At Johnson County Community College, Michael Humphrey teaches news reporting and writing, mass media and society, and is currently focused on building an innovative, multimedia-focused student media center. He is the also the Associate Editor for the International Journal of Listening. His research focuses on the role of listening for narratives in vocations, especially journalism.

He joined JCCC after 13 years as a professor, newsroom advisor, and Ph.D. graduate at Colorado State University. Before receiving his M.A. at New York University, Humphrey wrote feature stories for The Kansas City Star and founded 1000 Stories, a life story writing program sponsored by KC metro area libraries that reached more than 2,000 adult students.

His writing has also appeared in Forbes, The Conversation, Salon, National Catholic Reporter, True/Slant, The New Yorker, New York and others. Michael lives in Fort Collins with his partner Lorie Humphrey, a career counselor at the CSU College of Business.