Germany Kent

In Germany Kent’s work, communication is never just a matter of sending a message. It is a way to encourage, inform, present oneself clearly, and meet the moment with care. Born Evelyn Palmer and from Greenville, Mississippi, Kent built a public career at the meeting point of journalism, authorship, social media, and strategic communications in an era when online platforms reshaped how people speak to one another.

Kent graduated from North Panola High School in Sardis, Mississippi, then studied marketing, counseling, and journalism at Mississippi State University. She also served as attorney general of the university’s Student Association before earning her bachelor’s degree in 1998. Later, she received a master’s degree in administration from the University of Alabama. That mix of study and campus leadership helps explain the practical tone of her later work: she writes about communication not as an abstract skill, but as something tied to character, opportunity, and responsibility.

She became especially known for her 2015 social-media self-help book You Are What You Tweet, published by Star Stone Press. Mississippi State University described it as a 300-page guide to using Twitter for communication, professional development, and personal branding. The same year, Star Stone Press also published The Hope Handbook, a collection of inspirational and hopeful tweets meant to encourage and motivate readers. Kent’s advice from You Are What You Tweet was used in 2015 by Inc. and Fast Company in articles about Twitter profiles and online professional presentation, while a Blogcritics review described the book as both a practical Twitter guide and a look at the platform as a tool for personal and professional connection.

Kent’s communication work has also extended into journalism. She received national recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists for “Tragedy in Thousand Oaks,” her coverage of the 2018 Borderline Bar and Grill shooting in Thousand Oaks, California. Mississippi State University reported that she shot, edited, produced, and published the piece herself. The work won the 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Online Deadline Reporting in the independent category, with the award announced in 2019 as part of the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual honors for work published or broadcast the previous year.

In 2017, Kent wrote the foreword to Women of Faith: Their Untold Stories Revealed: Teen Edition: Bully & Cyber Bullying Prevention, and in April 2026 the University of Memphis College of Education named her its executive-in-residence. The university said the role would involve strategic communications, storytelling, alumni engagement, and innovation initiatives across the college. Across these varied roles, Kent’s words continue to fit a world where attention moves quickly and messages travel far. Her reminder, “Look around you. Appreciate what you have. Nothing will be the same in a year,” captures the grounded urgency that runs through her writing: be present, be thoughtful, and use your voice with intention.