AEJMC Election Profiles 2020 Vice President Deb Aikat Jisu Huh Univ

AEJMC Election Profiles 2020 Vice President Deb Aikat Jisu Huh Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Minnesota

A former journalist, Deb Aikat Jisu Huh is Professor, Mithun (pronounced EYE-cut) has served Endowed Chair in Advertising, and since 1995 on the faculty of the Director of Graduate Studies in Hussman School of Journalism and the Hubbard School of Journalism Media. An award-winning scholar, and Mass Communication at the Aikat theorizes the role of digital University of Minnesota. media in the global sphere. Huh has been an active mem- Aikat has served AEJMC since ber of AEJMC since 2001 and has 1992. As AEJMC Publications attended and presented at every Committee member, Aikat partici- AEJMC annual conference. Her pated in the Fall 2019 selection of active involvement with AEJMC J&MCQ and JMCE editors. began early in her career. As a doc- His AEJMC work includes: toral student she helped with the Co-chair, Bridges to the Professions ASJMC-sponsored Annual Surveys Presidential Task Force (2016-18); of Journalism & Mass Communication Member, Careers Presidential Task Force (2018-2019); AEJMC representa- Enrollments and Graduates at UGA, and served as a student member on tive, ACEJMC Accrediting Council (2007-13); Founder, “Magnanimous the AEJMC Task Force on the Future of Doctoral Education in Mass Mentor” initiative (2009-2012); Chair, Teaching Committee (2009- Communication. 10); Chair, Best Practices in Teaching competition (2008-10); Chair, As a professor, Huh has work on many AEJMC committees and task Professional Freedom & Responsibility (2015-16), Chair, Equity & Diversity forces. She was elected twice to the Standing Committee on Research, Award committee (2013, 2014). leading the committee as chair for two years, running its Deutschmann Aikat joined AEJMC members in 2015 to constitute the South Asia Award and Blum Award for multiple years, and working closely with vari- Communication Association, which examines media and communication ous divisions and interest groups as the Research Committee’s liaison. In in South Asia and its diaspora worldwide. 2015, she led the AEJMC annual conference Plenary Panel on “Big Data Aikat co-authored the 2019 book, Agendamelding: News, social media, and Its Implications on Journalism and Mass Communications.” She also audiences, and civic community, with Don Shaw, Milad Minooie and Chris served on the Board of Directors, Division Assessment Committee, and Vargo. Agendamelding theorizes how audiences meld messages of newspapers, Krieghbaum Under-40 Award Committee for multiple terms. Most recently, television, and social media in our 21st century digital age. The book marks Huh worked on the AEJMC Presidential Task Force on Graduate Education the 50th anniversary of the seminal 1968 agenda-setting study in UNC- and Research Enhancement Committee, and currently serves on the Chapel Hill. Agendamelding was recognized as a winning title in the 2016 Membership Committee. Huh has also served in leadership roles for other AEJMC-Peter Lang Scholarsourcing competition. His research has also academic organizations. She was elected Vice President of the American been published in book chapters and refereed journals. Academy of Advertising (AAA) in 2014 and President in 2016-2017. The Scripps Howard Foundation recognized him as the inaugural During her tenure as AAA’s President, she ran two successful AAA annual winner of the “National Journalism Teacher of the Year award” (2003) for conferences, and helped expand AAA’s global connections. “distinguished service to journalism education.” Aikat won UNC’s Diversity Huh earned her BA from Korea University and MA and PhD from Award for Faculty (2019) “for exemplary scholarship in promoting diversity, the University of Georgia. Prior to academia, she worked in advertising equity, social justice, community engagement, and/or cultural awareness;” in Seoul, Korea. Huh’s research and teaching covers a wide range of top- AEJMC Senior Scholar Grant Award (2017-18); AEJMC-Scripps Howard ics related to advertising and its effects, especially in the digital and social Researcher of the Year (2014-15); AEJMC top research paper awards; media contexts. Her current research includes computational advertising Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction (2003), research, consumer trust and its role in information diffusion, and direct- UNC’s highest honor for excellence in teaching graduate students; David to-consumer advertising of healthcare products. She has published over 60 Brinkley Teaching Excellence Award (2000); AEJMC Baskett Mosse journal articles and book chapters in premier outlets, and presented over Award (1999); Tanner Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate 100 conference papers. Huh was Associate Editor of Journal of Advertising for Teaching (1999), UNC’s topmost honor for teaching undergraduate stu- six years and currently serves as Associate Editor of International Journal of dents; UNC Students’ Undergraduate Teaching Award (1998); and IBM Advertising. In recognition of her outstanding scholarship and contributions, Research Fund Award (1995). she was named a Distinguished Alumni Scholar in 2018 by UGA’s Grady Aikat earned a Certificate in American Political Culture from New College. York University and a PhD from Ohio. Vice President Platforms

Aikat’s Platform Huh’s Platform “…I honestly believe that advertising is the most fun you can have with your As I write this and envision the future of AEJMC, I recall my first clothes on.” day in the U.S. as a timid international student enrolled in a profes- - Madison Avenue adman Jerry Della Femina in his 1970 book that defined sional MA program at UGA. Growing up in a family where no one had advertising and inspired the American TV series Mad Men (Della Femina, ever gone to graduate school, I had never thought of earning a graduate 1970, p. 270). degree nor imagined I could become a professor, let alone doing all of Truth be told, I can arguably adapt Della Femina’s witty adage to that in English in a foreign country. Stumbling through the unfamiliar say AEJMC is the most fun JMC educators can have. Period. world of graduate school and experiencing enormous language and cul- Like you, I have cherished the magnanimity, the camaraderie, and tural barriers, I thought of quitting frequently. In fact, I would have quit the collective wisdom of 3,700 educators, students and practitioners who if I had not had the compassionate, insightful, and encouraging teachers, have contributed to AEJMC’s rise as a singularly collegial, interdisciplin- mentors, and peers, whom I call my academic family. ary organization fostering excellence in education, research and profes- During my formative years as a graduate student, AEJMC became sional freedom. My 10-point platform outlines key ideas and insights my academic home and its members my extended family, and I believe about the future of AEJMC. many of you feel the same way about AEJMC. This great organization AEJMC has been my academic home since 1992, when I was a PhD and its generous members have nurtured generations of students and student. I have enjoyed every moment of the AEJMC experience. I am, faculty in our field and provided them with critical opportunities to therefore, honored and humbled that my peers nominated me for elec- jump-start their careers and helped us grow as scholars and educators. I tion to vice-president. am grateful to be part of this special community and have had the many In my 28 years as an AEJMC member, I have experienced the joys, opportunities allowing me to serve and contribute to its mission. trials and tribulations of our field. I, therefore, feel privileged to have In today’s world of declining trust in media institutions and hyper- among the best preparation possible to serve in this important role. fragmented media environment filled with misinformation and disinfor- In our commitment to enhancing AEJMC’s relevance, I am committed mation, the importance of rigorous research and effective education in to advancing AEJMC priorities through 10 strategic steps: journalism and mass communication is ever greater, and the mission of 1. Redefine the role of AEJMC in the changing media ecosystem: AEJMC is ever more critical. As AEJMC plays an important role not AEJMC should adapt to the transforming media models in our 21st cen- just for our academic community but for the public, I reflect on the tre- tury digital age. Media organizations are struggling with waning public mendous opportunities and challenges that lie ahead of us. Among the trust. Declining local news has affected all of us. Social media platforms current and emerging challenges and opportunities, I view the following disseminate news without the diligence of fact-checking. AEJMC can issues as particularly relevant and important for the next president: (1) redefine the intellectual métier of JMC research and education in our diversity, equity, and inclusion, (2) radical and rapid transformation pursuit of media and journalism that matter. of the media landscape and linked industries, and (3) globalization of 2. Bolster the AEJMC brand within our field and beyond: Let us media/communication practice, research, and education. enhance AEJMC’s visibility as a research power house and our status as First, diversity, equity, and inclusion are particularly critical and a premier alliance of JMC educators and administrators. timely issues in our society as well as in our field. AEJMC has long been 3. Recognize distinguished contributions of AEJMC members: committed to fostering diversity and inclusion, and invested significant We should institute an AEJMC Distinguished Fellows Program to reward efforts and resources with meaningful accomplishments. While we and recognize AEJMC members for their contribution to JMC education embrace the value of diversity, however, achieving the level of diversity and beyond. Our peer organizations have done so for decades. Think of that fairly represents our society across the students and future workforce the 182 ICA fellows since 1979 and NCA’s 108 Distinguished Scholars in our field and the faculty teaching them, will still take more time, hard since 1993. Several of these scholars are AEJMC members. work, and creativity. Reaching closer to this goal will be one of my high- 4. Mentor colleagues and students to thrive and excel. As Chair of est priorities as president. As difficult as this might be due to interlinked AEJMC’s Teaching Committee, I conceptualized in 2009 the AEJMC’s historic, structural, and cultural factors, I believe we can accomplish “Magnanimous Mentor” program. Several AEJMC units have peer major steps forward with multipronged and innovative approaches. mentoring programs and we should unify our efforts. We should form These should include: 1) research to enhance deeper understanding an “AEJMC Academy for Students” by teaming students with AEJMC of the reality of the diversity and inclusion issues beyond superficial members who will mentor them in areas ranging from research tools, to metrics; 2) programs to help recruit and retain highly diverse students career development, to furthering their scholarly pursuits. The students into the pipeline of our faculty and practitioners; 3) continuing and new may travel to the mentors’ campus, shadow them, or interact in other initiatives to foster, mentor, and support those from underrepresented ways, similar to the Institute for Diverse Leadership (IDL) fellows. and non-traditional backgrounds into leadership roles across academe 5. Enrich the spirit of AEJMC community and camaraderie: and industry; and 4) public education to promote and advance the value Let us boost AEJMC’s spirit and joie de vivre. I am proud to be part of for diversity and inclusion. AEJMC’s jocund and erudite community sharing a bond of scholarship Second, heightening the relevance of our work to the changing as we commiserate budget cuts and navigate our busy lives. In addition, media/communication industries will be another important focus. Under we should consider increasing representation of the AEJMC Central the excellent leadership of past presidents, AEJMC has made great Office staff at AEJMC board meetings. The AEJMC staff takes good care strides toward bridging the academe-industry gap. However, with the of us and we should engage them to lead. More staff members at board profound and rapid transformations and global disruptions happening in meetings will enable them to be more involved. the media/communication industries, the relevance and interchange of 6. Reinforce AEJMC fundraising and budget innovations: As ideas and knowledge between our scholarship and practice still exists. AEJMC explores fundraising strategies and resources to jump-start ini- 2 Vice President Platforms con’t.

Ailat’s platform continued from previous page Huh’s platform continued from previous page tiatives, let us work on innovative approaches to cultivate fundraising To reflect and adapt to constant changes in the media/communica- with foundations, the industry, and motivate colleagues to suggest ideas. tion industries, building on AEJMC’s strong legacy of being the global 7. Liaise with peer organizations to enrich our field: As co-chair leader in JMC research and education, we should continue to take the of the AEJMC Presidential Task Force on Bridges to the Professions leadership role in redefining and broadening our disciplinary boundaries (2016-2018), I value closing the gap between the media industry and and foster non-traditional research and teaching ideas. I would con- academia. We should forge closer partnerships with peer organizations tinue supporting existing programs proven effective for strengthening to enhance our AEJMC experience. These partnerships would benefit our scholarship and translating the knowledge for the benefit of the AEJMC members with discounted memberships in peer organizations communication practice as well as the public. I would also work with and nurture networking ties to share resources and ideas. the AEJMC’s standing committees or form a task force to develop new 8. Expand international opportunities for AEJMC: We have initiatives to further promote the visibility and relevance of our research restricted to the US and Canada our 106 annual conference venues. Let and teaching, especially expanding our connections with new areas us consider other nations to expand AEJMC’s global mission. We should where future careers for our students are emerging. also forge global ties in other realms. Third, expanding our global connections would be another impor- 9. Foster opportunities for equity and diversity: As a 2005 gradu- tant focus for the long-term growth and health of our discipline. While ate of the AEJMC-ASJMC Journalism Leadership Institute in Diversity, AEJMC has been predominantly North America-centered, many of our I have been impressed with the transformative power of diversity initia- students and faculty come from outside North America, and some of the tives such as the IDL and the Equity & Diversity Award. Let us continue past presidents have actively pursued globalization initiatives, including to recognize innovative approaches for inclusion, equity and diversity. AEJMC’s participation in the WJEC and recent AEJMC International 10. Enhance AEJMC’s commitment to scholarship and speak- Regional Conference. I would further expand the globalization of ing truth to power: Even as journalists continue to question, analyze, AEJMC and our global leadership. Such expansion will not only bring annoy, laud and criticize presidents and politicians, our free speech rights in new members contributing to our mission but also highlight differ- empower anyone practicing journalism with significant rights. It also ent research problems and perspectives opening new avenues for future means that reporters, editors, bloggers, and commentators have a major scholarship, education, and public service. ethical responsibility. AEJMC is the right venue to ratify that resolve. In this effort, I see great value in collaborating with established If I am elected as the AEJMC vice-president, I will lead, by consen- academic associations in other countries, and believe my global connec- sus, a compelling plan to enhance research, teaching, and professional tion and prior leadership experiences would be helpful. As President and freedom and responsibility, the three pillars of AEJMC. Past-President of AAA, I initiated and successfully implemented several In conclusion, let me share a moment of truth. “Work expands globalization initiatives. These include AAA and European Advertising so as to fill the time available for its completion,” theorized British Academy annual joint board meeting, which resulted in fruitful part- naval historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson in a humorous essay in The nership and active cross-Atlantic collaborations. I also organized and Economist (1955). We are all pressed for time; however, we can together chaired two successful AAA Global Conferences, one in Tokyo (2017), accomplish success in our AEJMC work. in collaboration with the Japan Academy of Advertising, and another Like you, I firmly believe in the power of collective wisdom. One of in Beijing (2019), working with the China Advertising Association. the great benefits of being an AEJMC member is that we are surrounded As I work with the AEJMC Board of Directors and general mem- by lots of smart people. Together, we can do amazing things. To that bers in the coming years, I will ensure existing effective programs are end, I feel honored to run for election as vice-president to accomplish supported continuously, and develop my own initiatives appropriately. I insights and ideas from AEJMC members like you. believe my prior experiences within AEJMC and outside, and my international connections would be a great asset to AEJMC. I am honored References: and grateful to be nominated for vice president and excited about this Della Femina, J. (1970). From those wonderful folks who gave you Pearl opportunity to work with everyone to make AEJMC a stronger and more Harbor: Front-line dispatches from the advertising war. New York, NY: inclusive organization for all of us, and to achieve its mission. Simon and Schuster. Parkinson, C. N. (1955, November 19 “Parkinson’s Law.” The Economist [London, England edition]. Vol. CLXXVII, no: 5856, page 635-637. Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/node/14116121

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3 Accrediting Council Representative

Dwight Brooks Pat Curtin Zayed University University of Oregon

Dwight Brooks is dean of the Pat Curtin (PhD, Georgia) College of Communication and is professor, associate dean for Media Sciences at Zayed University undergraduate affairs, and assess- in the United Arab Emirates. The ment director at the University college is accredited by ACEJMC of Oregon’s School of Journalism and enrolls over 1,200 students and Communication. Previously, on its Abu Dhabi and Dubai cam- she was an assistant and associate puses. Prior to that, Brooks was professor at the University of North vice dean of Hofstra University’s Carolina-Chapel Hill, where she Lawrence Herbert School of served as head of the master’s and Communication. Brooks also served doctoral programs. She has been an for seven years as director of the active AEJMC member since the School of Journalism at Middle mid-1990s, serving on the Council Tennessee State University. He also of Divisions as head of the Public was chair of the Department of Relations Division and chair of the Mass Communications at Jackson Standing Committee on Research. State University. Brooks was a She is completing her second term faculty member for ten years at on the Standing Committee on The University of Georgia’s Grady Publications as chair of the com- College of Journalism and Mass mittee and serving her second term Communication. In each of these on AEJMC’s Board of Directors. universities, Brooks played a leading She has been a member of role in successful ACEJMC reac- ACEJMC site review teams and creditation initiatives. a major contributor to accredita- Brooks has extensive experi- tion self-studies. She has been an ences with regional, national, and external reviewer for national and international accreditation pro- international programs, including cesses. In addition to his familiarity those at Temple University, the with ACEJMC, Brooks is an active University of Northern Colorado, member of multiple AEJMC divi- and the University of Singapore. sions. He was elected twice to the She successfully designed and Committee on Professional Freedom instituted an assessment plan at and Responsibility (PF&R), and as the UO’s School of Journalism PF&R Chair, served on the AEJMC and Communication, resulting Board. Brooks’ research on race, in a restructuring of the under- gender and media has been pub- graduate curriculum. Her univer- lished in various journals such as sity service includes the Faculty Journalism and Communication Personnel Committee, the Provost’s Monographs and the Howard Journal Advisory Committee on Academic of Communications. Brooks is an Excellence, and the Faculty accomplished academic leader in Grievance Appeals Committee. fostering shared governance, inter- She is the recipient of national national education, and student teaching and research awards as success. He earned a master’s degree well as a UNC-CH Provost’s award from Ohio State and doctorate from for service. Iowa.

4 Committee on Professional Freedom and Responsibility Profiles

Rauf Arif Jeffrey Blevins Kalen Churcher Meredith Clark Texas Tech University University of Cincinnati Wilkes University University of Virginia

Rauf Arif is an assistant profes- Jeffrey Layne Blevins (PhD, Kalen Churcher is an associate Meredith D. Clark, PhD, (she/ sor of Journalism & Creative Media Ohio) is an associate professor and professor of communication studies her/hers) is an assistant professor in Industries (JCMI) at the College of Head of the Journalism Department at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, the Department of Media Studies Media and Communication, Texas at the University of Cincinnati. Pa. She teaches courses in multi- at the University of Virginia. A Tech University. Born in Pakistan, Previously he was Director of media journalism, public relations, longtime member of AEJMC, she Arif worked as a news reporter Undergraduate Education at the media law and media studies. Her served as chair of the Commission in Islamabad, Pakistan for over Greenlee School of Journalism research is situated at the intersec- on the Status of Women during the eight years, both for print and elec- & Communication at Iowa State tion of journalism and cultural stud- 2018-2019 academic year. Clark tronic media including the CNBC University, and held a faculty ies. is a former newspaper/digital news Pakistan TV. Arif received his MS appointment at Central Michigan Churcher is currently the vice journalist, having worked at the in Mass Communication (2007-09) University. chair of the Small Programs Interest Tallahassee Democrat and Raleigh from the University of Kansas, and Blevins is editor of the offi- Group and is an active member News & Observer. a PhD in Mass Communication & cial journal for the Union for of the Cultural & Critical Studies Her newsroom experience is Journalism (2009-2014) from the Democratic Communications, Division, where she has served as a direct influence on her research University of Iowa. As an active Democratic Communiqué. His the division’s research chair, vice on issues of race, media, and power, member of the AEJMC since 2009, research examines the political president and president. in news and social media. She Arif has served the Association in economy of media and telecom- She was the recipient of directed the American Society of multiple capacities including his munications policy with publica- Wilkes University Interdisciplinary News Editors’ (ASNE) Newsroom ongoing role as a Research Liaison tions in New Media & Society, Teaching Award (2017) and the Diversity Survey in 2018 and 2019, for Asia, ICD, and as the former Journal of Information Policy, Journal university’s Outstanding Adviser and is currently academic lead president and a current member of of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Award (2015). She received 2017 for Documenting the Now II, a the South Asia Communication Journal of Media Law & Ethics, and Top Five honors by the AEJMC research initiative supported by the Association (SACA). Arif is also Journal of Mass Media Ethics, as well Cultural & Critical Studies Division Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. actively involved in promoting as other venues. for a co-authored paper with Dr. She previously served as an advisory freedom of media and speech in In addition to scholarly pur- Heather McIntosh. Her research board member for the project. South Asian region. His observa- suits, Blevins is a frequent opinion has appeared in journals including, Clark also serves on the advi- tions on social media and soci- columnist for national and regional Communication, Culture & Critique; sory board for Project Information ety have appeared in national and news outlets, including USA Today, Journal of Effective Teaching; Journal Literacy, a research institute international media. Arif has a St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Cincinnati of Film and Video, as well as various engaged in national studies about number of publications focusing Enquirer, Des Moines Register, and books. She is the faculty coordina- how young people find and use on social media and social move- others. He is a member of the tor of the Tom Bigler Journalism information online. Her research ments, the role of communication SPJ, and has served as a contest and Media Conference at Wilkes has been published in Journalism & technologies in healthcare sector, judge for the National Society of University, as well as the adviser Mass Communication Educator, New cross-cultural image analysis, cross- Newspaper Columnists and the to the university’s award-winning Media & Society, Electronic News, cultural media practices, mediated Scripps Howard Awards. In 2009 he newspaper, The Beacon. She also and Social Movement Studies, among public diplomacy, and the changing was a federal grant reviewer for the co-chairs her university’s General others. She is the faculty advisor trends of Pakistani media in the Broadband Technology Opportu- Education Committee and is a mem- for the UVA student chapter of post-9/11 era. His active research nity Program administered by the ber of her university’s Assessment the National Association of Black agenda also involves the use of National Telecommunication and Committee, Institutional Review Journalists. social media and public diploma- Information Administration and Board, Middle States Assessment cy to promote friendly relations U.S. Department of Commerce. Work Group and Women’s and between the United States and the Blevins has been involved with Gender Studies Committee. Muslim World. AEJMC since 1999 and in 2011 Churcher received her PhD took third place in the Best Ideas from Pennsylvania State and her in the Teaching of Communication MS from University of Scranton. Law and Policy Competition. She is a former print journalist and PR practitioner. 5 PF&R Committee Profiles con’t. Jason Shepard Amy Falkner California State University Gabriel Tait Bradford Yates Syracuse University Fullerton Ball State University University of West Georgia

Amy Falkner was appointed Jason Shepard is professor Gabriel B. Tait, PhD, is the Brad Yates is a professor and interim dean in April 2019, after and chair of the Department of assistant professor of Diversity serves as chair in the Department serving as acting dean since August Communications at California and Media in the College of of Mass Communications at the 2018. Falkner joined the Newhouse State University, Fullerton, one of Communication, Information, and University of West Georgia. He School full-time in 1998 as an assis- the largest mass communications Media at Ball State University. teaches media law and radio pro- tant professor in advertising and programs in the United States. His research focuses on cultural duction. He has been an active became chair of the advertising Shepard’s research examines and visual identity formation and member of AEJMC since 1996, and department in 2004. She was made the role of the First Amendment representation, visual research he currently serves the Emerging associate dean of academic affairs in American democracy, journal- methods, and participatory pho- Scholars Program Steering in 2006 and senior associate dean ism and culture. He is co-author tography and its role in cross-cul- Committee. He is the former of academic affairs in 2013. of Major Principles of Media Law, tural and religious contexts. Tait chair of the Entertainment Studies Falkner’s senior associate in its 29th edition, and he writes has published in various jour- Interest Group. He served nearly dean portfolio included oversight “Online Legalities,” a column in nals and publications, including every officer position since joining of course planning and scheduling, California Publisher. His first book, Visual Communication Quarterly, ESIG in 2006, including two terms curriculum development, including Privileging the Press: Confidential Newspaper Research Journal, On as PF&R Committee Chair. He the design of the school’s online Sources, Journalism Ethics and the Knowing Humanity (OKH) Journal, was selected to participate in the digital communications master’s First Amendment, explored the his- and the Encyclopedia of Christianity. 2017 Georgia Governor’s Teaching program, and finalizing steps in the tory and ethics of journalists’ pro- In 2019, he published the co-edited Fellows Summer Symposium as well merger of the school’s Newspaper tection of confidential sources. volume Narratives of Storytelling as other competitive fellowships/ and Magazine departments into At CSUF, Shepard has taught across Cultures: The Complexities seminars with IRTS, NATPE, the Magazine, News and Digital courses in communications law, of Intercultural Communication with and the Television Academy Department. She has overseen all media history and multimedia jour- Tony DeMars. Foundation. He also earned the faculty searches for 13 years and nalism. He serves as publisher of Tait is currently head of the UWG College of Social Sciences’ has been a dedicated supporter of the Daily Titan student newspaper. AEJMC Visual Communication Outstanding Teaching (2015), increasing faculty diversity. He has won several university-wide Division after serving in many Outstanding Service (2014), and Falkner is an active mem- leadership awards, and he over- of the division’s leadership roles, Outstanding Mentor (2012, 2018) ber of the Association for saw the Department’s ACEJMC including research chair. Tait par- awards. Yates founded UWG’s The Education in Journalism and Mass reaccreditation in 2015. Shepard ticipates in the AEJMC Cultural & WOLF Internet Radio and is fac- Communication, including serv- earned his doctorate, master’s and Critical Studies and Minorities & ulty advisor of the UWG Chapter ing two terms on the Standing bachelor’s degrees from Wisconsin- Communication divisions and the of NBS-AERho, the National Committee for Teaching and pre- Madison. UW-Madison’s Religion & Media and Participatory Electronic Media Association. He senting on best practices in teach- School of Journalism and Mass Journalism interest groups. He also served the NBS-AERho Board ing advertising, diversity, and aca- Communication recognized serves on the Visual Communication of Governors for three years. His demic leadership issues at its annual him with the inaugural Sharon Quarterly editorial board. He research interests include media conferences. Her research interests Dunwoody Early Career Award in received his BA from Slippery Rock literacy, mass communication are in the purchasing behaviors 2019. University and his MA and PhD education, and Bruce Springsteen. and media usage of LGBT consum- Shepard has been active in from Asbury Theological Seminary. His work has been presented at ers. She was lead researcher for a AEJMC for more than 15 years, Prior to joining academia, Tait national and international confer- number of years on a major survey especially in the Law and Policy worked over 20 years as a staff ences and published in refereed and study used by Fortune 500 Division and LGBTQ Interest photojournalist for the Detroit Free journals including Atlantic Journal marketers and media companies to Group, including as former head. Press and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He of Communication, The Internet and develop products and marketing Prior to academia, Shepard was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Higher Education, Journal of Popular addressed to LGBT consumers. worked as a journalist for 10 years He currently teaches courses Music Studies, Journal of Radio & Before entering higher educa- in Wisconsin, and he taught mid- in diversity and media and photo- Audio Media, and Learning, Media tion, Falkner worked for 10 years in dle school English and U.S. history journalism. Prior to joining BSU, & Technology. Yates received his the newspaper industry in both edi- in the South Bronx of New York Tait taught at Arkansas State. MS from Syracuse and his PhD torial and advertising. She earned City as a corps member for Teach from Florida. her MA from Syracuse and has a For America. BA from St. John Fisher College. 6 Committee on Research Profiles Shirley Ho Harsha Gangadharbatla Melita Garza Nanyang Technological Avery Holton University of Colorado Texas Christian University University University of Utah

Harsha Gangadharbatla is an Melita M. Garza (PhD, North Shirley Ho (PhD, Wisconsin- Avery E. Holton is an Associate associate professor in the College Carolina at Chapel Hill) is an Madison) is Associate Professor Professor and Vice-President’s of Media, Communication and associate professor of journalism in the Wee Kim Wee School of Clinical and Translational Scholar Information at the University of at TCU’s Bob Schieffer College Communication & Information, at the University of Utah, where Colorado Boulder. He served as of Communication. She is affili- and Research Director for Arts, he also serves as the University’s the Founding Chairperson of the ated with both the Department of Humanities, Education, & Social Student Media Advisor. Working Department of Advertising, Public Women and Gender Studies and Sciences in the President’s Office at out of the Department of Relations and Media Design, and the Department of Comparative Nanyang Technological University, Communication, and in coordi- grew the number of majors from Race and Ethnic Studies. Her Singapore. She is the Editor-in- nation with the Honors College, 150 to over 1000 and the number research examines the media as an Chief of the journal Environmental his research and project develop- of full-time faculty from three to agent of democracy, focusing on Communication. ments focus on the intersections 18 in under five years. His research news constructions of what it means She serves on the AEJMC of journalistic identity, misinfor- interests include but are not lim- to be considered American, as well Emerging Scholars Program mation, digital and social media, ited to emerging media technolo- as media representations of immi- Steering Committee. She is the and broader issues of health com- gies, social and economic effects grants. Her scholarship has been former Head of the AEJMC munication. He was selected as a of advertising, and environmental published in American Journalism, Communicating Science, Health, 2018 National Humanities Center communication. He has authored Journalism History, and the Environment, & Risks (ComSHER) Summer Fellow for his explora- (or co-authored) over 50 publi- Howard Journal of Communications. Division, after having served the tions of artificial intelligence in cations including conference pro- Her book, They Came to Toil: same division as Vice-Head, PF&R journalism and in healthcare set- ceedings. His work has appeared in Newspaper Representations of Chair, and Teaching Chair. She tings and served in 2019 as an Oslo Metropolitan University the Journal of Advertising, Journal of Mexicans and Immigrants in the is an editorial board members of Digital Journalism Research Fellow Business Ethics, International Journal Great Depression (University of Journal of Communication and Mass in Oslo, Norway. He has been a of Advertising, Journal of Computer Texas Press, 2018) was a finalist Communication & Society. member of the Association for Mediated Communication, and for the AEJMC Tankard Prize and Ho is the recipient of the Education in Journalism and Mass Creativity Research Journal, among the Frank Luther Mott – Kappa 2018 Hillier Krieghbaum Under- others. He is an active member Tau Alpha Journalism & Mass 40 Award, given by AEJMC to Communication for 10 years, pre- of AEJMC and currently serves Communication Research Award. honour a scholar annually who senting, moderating, or chairing during the annual conference more on the AD Division Executive Her research has also received has shown outstanding achieve- Committee. He also received fac- awards from MACD and CCSD. ment in research, teaching and than 30 times. He has also served ulty top paper award in the Mass Garza was the History Division’s service. She has won four coveted in multiple division and interest Comm and Society Division in PF&R chair, research chair for Best Published Article of the Year group leadership capacities. He 2012. He currently serves on the the Southeast Colloquium, and Awards from AEJMC’s ComSHER completed his tenure as Head of the Communicating Science, Health, editorial boards of the Journal of currently book review editor for and MCS Divisions on science and Environment, and Risk Division in Advertising, Journal of Current Issues the division’s journal, Journalism risk communication, in addition to 2019. and Research in Advertising, and the History. numerous other top faculty paper Avery also serves on six edito- Journal of Interactive Advertising. He Before academia, Garza was awards that she has won at AEJMC. is a former associate editor of the an award-winning journalist for Ho’s research focuses on sci- rial boards, including Journalism, , and the Journal of Interactive Advertising. He twenty years at the Los Angeles ence communication, in which she Health Communication served as the Vice President of the Times, the Milwaukee Journal, investigates cross-cultural public Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic American Academy of Advertising Chicago Tribune, and Bloomberg opinion dynamics related to sci- Media. He has published more than and co-chaired its annual confer- News. She was named a Donald W. ence and technology. She has 65 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, ence in New York overseeing the Reynolds business journalism pro- peer-reviewed publications in such book chapters, and encyclope- review process and putting together fessors seminar fellow and annually journals as Communication Research, dia entries in journals such as the conference schedule. He holds judges the Society for Advancing Public Understanding of Science, and Communication Theory, Journalism, a BE in Electrical Engineering from Business Editing and Writing’s Best Nature Nanotechnology. She has Journalism Studies, and New Media Motital Nehru National Institute in the Business contest, which she given keynote speeches and other & Society. of Technology (India), an MA in won as a reporter. invited talks at Harvard and MIT. Advertising from Michigan State and a PhD from Texas at Austin. 7 Research Profiles con’t.

Patrick Meirick Amber Roessner Ryan Thomas Melissa Tully University of Oklahoma University of Tennessee University of Missouri University of Iowa

Patrick Meirick, (PhD, Lori Amber Roessner, an asso- Ryan Thomas (PhD, Melissa Tully (PhD, Minnesota) is an associate pro- ciate professor at the University of Washington State) is an Associate Wisconsin-Madison) is associ- fessor of communication at the Tennessee’s School of Journalism Professor of Journalism Studies ate professor and director of University of Oklahoma, where & Electronic Media, teaches and at the University of Missouri, undergraduate studies in the he also directed the Political studies media history and its rela- where he also holds a courtesy School of Journalism and Mass Communication Center for six tionship to cultural phenomena appointment in the Department Communication at the University years. Before starting graduate and practices, including the opera- of Communication. His research of Iowa. She headed AEJMC’s school, he was a newspaper jour- tion of politics, the negotiation of program addresses the intersection Participatory Journalism Interest nalist. public images and collective memo- of journalism ethics and the sociol- Group (PJIG) in 2013–14 and was Meirick’s research focuses ries, and the construction of race, ogy of news, focusing on the forces Co-Vice Head from 2011–13. She on political communication, gender, and class. shaping journalism, how journalists is an active member of AEJMC. including political mispercep- Since 2014, she has published make sense of them, and how these Tully’s research focuses on news lit- tions, political advertising effects, two books, including Jimmy Carter changes affect journalism’s demo- eracy, news consumption, engage- public opinion, framing, and first- and the Birth of the Marathon cratic obligations. ment on social media and African and third-person perception. He Media Campaign (LSU Press, His peer-reviewed research digital media. Her scholarship has is the author (with Jill Edy) of 2020), and co-edited Political Pioneer appears in such journals as been published in numerous aca- A Nation Fragmented: The Public of the Press: Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Journalism & Mass Communication demic journals, including AEJMC Agenda in the Information Age Her Transnational Crusade for Social Quarterly, the Journal of Media flagship journals, Journalism & (Temple University Press, 2019). Justice (Lexington Books, 2018). Ethics, Journalism Studies, Journalism Mass Communication Quarterly and His work has appeared in Journal Her earlier journal-length cultural Practice, and New Media & Society. Journalism & Mass Communication of Communication, Communication histories appeared in Journalism He has also published a wide vari- Educator, and AEJMC Division Research, Political Communication, & Mass Communication Quarterly ety of book chapters and invit- journals, Mass Communication and Public Opinion Quarterly, Media and Journalism History, among ed articles. He was a recipient of Society and Newspaper Research Psychology, Journalism and Mass others, contributing to her receiv- AEJMC’s 2020 Senior Scholar Journal, as well as leading jour- Communication Quarterly, and Mass ing the distinction of American Grant. Thomas serves on the edito- nals, Information, Communication Communication and Society, among Journalism’s Inaugural Rising rial boards of the Journal of Media & Society, International Journal others. He has been interviewed Scholar in 2014. Ethics and Digital Journalism and is of Communication, Journal of dozens of times by local, national, Moreover, Roessner extends a former head of AEJMC’s Media Broadcasting & Electronic Media, and international news organiza- her passion for research into the Ethics Division, having previously Journalism Practice, and Journalism, tions including The Guardian, Al classroom, where in fall 2012 she served as the division’s program- among others. She received a 2020 Jazeera, NPR, the Christian Science established the Ida Initiative. The ming chair, research chair, and AEJMC Senior Scholars Award Monitor, New Republic, and The public history initiative, designed newsletter editor. He has served for her research on news literacy Atlantic. to promote study of the life, work, on a number of AEJMC commit- and (mis)information in Kenya, a Meirick is an associate editor and legacy of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, tees, including the reviewing com- project that incorporates multiple for Mass Communication and Society evolved into Ida B. & Beyond, a mittee for the Emerging Scholar methods including field research and an editorial board member for one-day conference held in asso- Program and a committee looking to study Kenyans’ experiences with Communication Research; he is a past ciation with AEJMC’s Southeast at how AEJMC measures member news and (mis)information, how member of the editorial boards of Colloquium in March 2015, and diversity. At Missouri, he teaches they use news and social media to Journalism and Mass Communication the aforementioned volume. Her courses in media ethics, qualita- meet their information needs, and Quarterly, Journal of Advertising, work in this area recently was tive research methods, and media the strategies they use for navigat- and Communication Quarterly. He honored with one of the AEJMC sociology, is extensively involved in ing evolving news and informa- served the Communication Theory History Division’s Inaugural graduate advising, and has chaired tion ecosystems. This work is also and Methodology division as head, Transformative Teaching of Media the School’s policy, doctoral admis- supported by a Summer Research vice-head, research chair, Barrow and Journalism History recogni- sions, and student outreach com- Fellowship from International Scholarship committee chair, and tions. Roessner regularly presents at mittees. He is a first-generation col- Programs at the University of Iowa. recruitment chair. He also has AEJMC and remains deeply com- lege student from Merthyr Tydfil, served as a senior scholar mentor mitted to her service within the Wales. in the Emerging Scholars Program. organization. 8 Committee on Teaching Profiles

Masudul Biswas Dhiman Chattopadhyay Raluca Cozma Kristin Gustafson Loyola University Maryland Shippensburg University Kansas State University University of Washington

Masudul (Mas) Biswas (PhD, Dhiman Chattopadhyay is an Raluca Cozma (PhD, Kristin Gustafson (PhD LSU) is an Associate Professor in assistant professor at Shippensburg Louisiana State) is an associate pro- Washington; MA Minnesota) is the Department of Communication University’s Department of fessor of journalism and Associate a senior lecturer at the University at Loyola University Maryland. His Communication/Journalism. He Director for Graduate Studies of Washington Bothell, where teaching interests are diversity and teaches across the curriculum – from and Research in the A.Q. Miller she has built deep expertise on the media and digital media and Intro to Communication, Media School of Journalism and Mass pedagogies of diversity, collabo- design. Writing, and Diversity & Media, Communications at Kansas State ration, community, engagement, Biswas regularly teaches web to graduate classes in Strategic University. She teaches classes in and access. She has brought this development, digital media cap- Communication, and Media electronic media, research methods, expertise to AEJMC as a History stone, and mobile media courses Management. Chattopadhyay and political communication. At Division Teaching Chair since at Loyola University Maryland. In joined academia after 18 years as AEJMC, she is completing her first 2015. In this role, she launched addition to these courses, Biswas is a journalist/editor with some of term on the Standing Committee a “Transformative Teaching of also experienced in teaching grad- India’s largest English language on Teaching and is currently vice Media and Journalism History” uate courses online on user experi- news organizations, reporting chair. She has coordinated the teaching competition to highlight ence and social, cultural and politi- from three continents. Prior to committee’s Best Practices teach- excellent teaching relevant to the cal impacts of emerging media. He Shippensburg, he has taught at ing competition for the past two History Division; wrote 14 col- also conducted research on the Lamar University (Texas), Bowling years. She also served as research umns featuring pedagogies of diver- topics of media and public affairs, Green State University (Ohio), chair, program chair, and then head sity, collaboration, community, ethnic media, global media, and and as visiting faculty in different of the Newspaper and Online News and justice; and co-organized and communication for development. universities across India. He was Division from 2011 to 2015. She moderated four teaching panels for His research articles are published one of the only two PhD students currently serves as the President the annual conference. Gustafson in peer-reviewed academic journals among 23 winners of AEJMC’s of the Southwest Education teaches journalism, media, his- such as Newspaper Research Journal, “Great Ideas for Teachers” award Council for Journalism and Mass tory, and portfolios for UWB’S Journalism & Mass Communication at the 2017 annual conference. Communication. Cozma combines School of Interdisciplinary Arts Educator, Teaching Journalism and His research has been published her professional experience in local and Sciences and advised the stu- Mass Communication, Journal of in peer-reviewed journals such as television news and her scholar- dent newspaper. Her institutional- New Communications Research, and Asian Communication Research, ship on news framing, excellence, level teaching leadership includes: Athens Journal of Mass Media and Global Media & Communication, and credibility to teach journalism nomination for the Distinguished Communications. He has received Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics, and research skills in an age of Teaching Award; election to top research paper awards from and JMCQ, and as multiple book evolving global and social media. Campus Council on Assessment the following AEJMC divisions chapters. He is one of the found- Cozma won the Early Achievement & Learning; appointment to UW’s and interest groups: Minorities ing members of the South Asian in Teaching Award in 2014 and tri-campus Faculty Council on and Communication Division Communication Association the Harry Heath Distinguished Teaching and Learning; three-year (MACD) and Small Program (SACA), now a part of AEJMC, Adviser’s Award from Iowa State service as faculty lead for Media Interest Group (SPIG). and an editorial board member University’s Greenlee School in and Communication Studies cur- Biswas served as head of of Asia Pacific Media Educator. If 2012. Her research examines the riculum; two-year service on the AEJMC’s MACD from 2015 elected Chattopadhyay hopes to evolution of foreign correspon- school’s Curriculum Committee; - 2016. Moreover, he served as be an advocate for greater inclusiv- dence. Cozma argues for a more mentoring junior teaching fac- newsletter editor of AEJMC’s ity within AEJMC, and work to nuanced and realistic view of for- ulty; service on promotion and Commission on the Status of develop AEJMC-led training ses- eign news, using social science to reappointment committees; and Minorities from 2011 – 2013. sions and teaching workshops that understand what can be changed leading campus-wide teaching Currently, Biswas is webmaster help junior faculty, faculty of color, to ensure correspondence learns excellence workshops. Her work of the AEJMC’s Minorities and and other historically underrepre- from its past, serves the public, and appears in American Journalism, Communication Division, and site sented groups (groups that are also is genuinely foreign, rather than Journalism, Journalism History, editor of Media Diversity Forum, a underrepresented in the AEJMC merely a projection of Washington Newspaper Research Journal, and resource website on diversity and leadership). views. Visual Communication Quarterly. the media. 9 Teaching Profiles con’t.

Kevin Hull Michael Longinow Carol Schwalbe Kevin Williams University of South Carolina Biola University University of Arizona Mississippi State University

Kevin Hull (PhD, University Michael Longinow is the for- Carol Schwalbe is a full profes- Kevin Williams (PhD, of Florida) is an assistant profes- mer chair of Biola’s Department sor and director of the University Georgia) is an associate professor at the University of South of Journalism and the advisor of of Arizona’s School of Journalism. sor and chair of the broadcasting Carolina. Within AEJMC, he The Chimes newspaper. During his She teaches editing, multimedia concentration in the Department is a member of and previously tenure at Biola, he has overseen journalism, travel writing, science of Communication at Mississippi served as the teaching co-chair, the rapid expansion of journalism journalism, and environmental State University. He teaches social media chair, and commu- within the university, hiring new journalism. From 2002 until 2010 Mass Media and Society, Digital nication co-chair for the Sports faculty members in the fields of she taught at the Walter Cronkite Communication, and Interviewing. Communication Interest Group. photojournalism, broadcast jour- School of Journalism and Mass He has served in several capaci- He has also been a member of nalism and public relations. He’s Communication at Arizona State ties for the Mass Communication the Mass Communication & led the department in a convergent University. She has won numer- and Society Division, including Society Division, the Scholastic approach to teaching and a cross- ous awards, including Arizona State Teaching Chair and eventually Journalism Division, and the cultural approach to career prepa- University’s Faculty Achievement Division Head. Graduate Student Interest Group. ration, encouraging students to Award for Excellence in Classroom His love for teaching was In 2018, he was awarded the become fluent in other languages Performance, University of first recognized as a teaching assis- Promising Professor award from and to participate in study abroad Arizona’s Leicester and Kathryn tant when selected to be a part of AEJMC’s Mass Communication & programs. Sherrill Creative Teaching Award, UGA’s highly competitive Future Society Division. Longinow attended Wheaton University of Arizona’s Provost Faculty Program. He has returned He has taught a wide-range of College, earning a BA in Political Award for Innovation in Teaching, often to assist with workshops for classes at U of SC, from hands-on Science, and completed the AEJMC Magazine Media Division’s the group. He has won top teach- journalism skills classes to large University of Illinois’ graduate pro- Educator of the Year, and AEJMC/ ing awards at MSU and has also lecture sports media classes to a gram in news-editorial journalism. Scripps Howard Journalism Teacher been recognized for his teaching graduate-level research methods During his early days as a report- of the Year Award. Schwalbe’s in MCSD’s Promising Professor class. He also turned the school’s er, Longinow freelanced for the research focuses on the role of Competition. He often serves as a core face-to-face Principles of Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, images in shaping ideas and pub- judge for that competition. As a Journalism class into an online as well as smaller weeklies in lic opinion during the Cold War, six-year member of MSU’s Faculty offering. Additionally, he led the metro Chicago, and as a full-time ethical concerns about publishing Senate, he contributed to major efforts to create a new sports media reporter for small dailies in Illinois violent images, the visual framing revisions in the promotion and concentration and several classes and Georgia in the mid-1980s. of war, gatekeeping, and innovative tenure process, oversaw the cre- that will be a part of that pro- Longinow was invited in 1989 to pedagogy in the digital age. For five ation of a workplace anti-bullying gram. Hull was recognized with an teach news-editorial journalism at years she was editor of AEJMC’s initiative, and conducted periodic award from the Student Disability Asbury College in Kentucky. At Journal of Magazine & New Media reviews and revisions of the uni- Services Office for his work with Asbury, he helped build a news Research. She co-authored a broad- versity’s academic operating pro- the student body and was later component into the journalism cast textbook called News Now: cedures. He played a major role in chosen to be the faculty represen- program and assisted with the Visual Storytelling in the Digital MSU founding its Phi Beta Kappa tative to speak to 6,000 incoming launch of an annual photojournal- Age. Her professional writing has chapter. He has also served on both students before the 2017 semester. ism workshop and bilingual news- appeared in National Geographic the university’s honor code council His journalism education paper for migrant Hispanics. publications. Schwalbe came to and grade appeal committee. In research has been published in While at Asbury, Longinow Arizona in 2002 from National addition to traditional face-to-face Journalism & Mass Communication completed a doctorate at the Geographic magazine, where she lectures and labs, he also enjoys Educator, and he was recently University of Kentucky. His dis- was a senior articles editor. Before teaching in a flipped classroom. named a Breakthrough Scholar at sertation probed the history of that, she was a senior articles editor His reputation for teaching online the University of South Carolina. Christian higher education and for National Geographic Traveler, led to serving on the university’s Before joining higher education, American journalism between a member of the launch team for committee dedicated to improving Hull was a television sports broad- 1888 and 1942. Longinow moved nationalgeographic.com, and an online instruction. If elected, he caster and a high school teacher. to California in 2005 to join the editor-writer in the book division. will focus on novel ways to engage Biola journalism faculty. students, work/life balance, and also promises to bring snacks. 10 Publications Committee Profiles George Anghelcev Shahira Fahmy Northwestern University American University in Jacob Groshek Jacqueline Lambiase Qatar Cairo Kansas State University Texas Christian University

Jacqueline Lambiase, George Anghelcev (PhD, Shahira S. Fahmy (PhD, Jacob Groshek (Indiana PhD, serves as Professor and Minnesota) is an associate profes- Missouri School of Journalism) University, 2008) is the Chair in the Department of sor of strategic communication at is a professor in the Department endowed Ross Beach Chair of Strategic Communication, at Northwestern University in Qatar of Journalism and Mass Emerging Media Research and TCU’s Bob Schieffer College of and a senior research fellow at the Communication at the American Associate Professor at Kansas Communication, where she has Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity University in Cairo. Prior to State University. He also main- taught for 11 years. At TCU, she in Public Communication. Prior working in Egypt, she was a ten- tains affiliations as an honor- provides leadership and support for to joining Northwestern’s interna- ured faculty at the University of ary Associate Professor in the diversity, equity and inclusion ini- tional campus in Doha, he spent Arizona and the first female Arab- Department of Communication tiatives, and she is an affiliate facul- a decade at Penn State’s College American journalism professor at and Arts at Roskilde University ty member of the Comparative Race of Communications, where he an American research university. (Denmark). Previously, he has and Ethnic Studies and the Women received tenure in 2014. Her research focuses on peace held faculty appointments at and Gender Studies departments, He has contributed signifi- journalism and visual communica- Boston University, the University and the Honors College. In 2016, cantly to AEJMC over the years in tion, most recently analyzing how of Melbourne (Australia), she was the recipient of TCU’s Jean various capacities, including Head emerging technologies are trans- and Erasmus University (The Giles-Sims Wise Woman Award. of the Advertising Division (2016- forming the relationship between Netherlands). Topically, his areas For 13 years, she taught in the 2017). In 2017 he received a dis- media and terrorism in society. of expertise concern online and University of North Texas journal- tinguished service award “for out- She has published over 70 jour- mobile media technologies as their ism school. standing service and dedication to nal articles and book chapters, in use may relate to sociopolitical and She is the former head of the Advertising Division”. During addition to four books. Fahmy has behavioral health change at the the Cultural and Critical Studies his mandate, the division’s journal given several keynote speeches and macro (i.e., national) and micro Division, and she has served that (Journal of Advertising Education) her recent international engage- (as in individual) levels. His work division as vice-head, research was successfully transitioned over ments include professional visits to also includes analyses of media chair, and secretary, among other to SAGE. Prior to 2017, George universities in England, Germany, content and user influence in roles. For 20 years, she has pre- served on the Executive Board Denmark, Spain, Latvia, Hungary, social media. sented refereed research at AEJMC of the Advertising Division for Kazakhstan, South Africa, He is the founding editor in CCS, the Public Relations five years. In that capacity, he Ethiopia, China and Pakistan. She of the Journal of Communication Division, and the Commission on helped establish the division’s was the recipient of the visual Technology, which is the flag- the Status of Women, using qualita- Distinguished Teaching Award and communication book award by ship journal of the AEJMC tive, quantitative, and mixed meth- chaired the committee that select- the National Communication Communication Technology divi- odologies. ed the inaugural winner. George Association and was awarded two sion. This years-long endeavor Her research interests include currently sits on several editorial Fulbright grants to work with the especially well equips him to gender and media, digital plat- boards, including International NATO Strategic Communication understand the challenges and forms, and public-sector commu- Journal of Advertising and Journalism Center of Excellence in the issues facing academic publishing nication, with work published in and Mass Communication Educator. Baltics and UNECA in Africa. in the contemporary environment. Journalism and Mass Communication Other accomplishments relevant Fahmy has been active in Mass He also serves on the Editorial Quarterly, the Journal of Public to a position on AEJMC’s publica- Communication, and Visual Board of numerous leading jour- Interest Communications, Feminist tions committee include the Best Communication Divisions. She nals, and reviews for dozens more. Media Histories, Advertising and Reviewer Award from International served as the associate editor of If selected, he will wholeheartedly Society Quarterly, and the Journal Journal of Advertising (2016), the Mass Communication & Society for put his expertise to work for the of Public Relations Education, among Best Paper Award from Journal almost a decade and currently is betterment of AEJMC research, others. With Julie O’Neil, she won of Current Issues and Research in the associate editor of the flagship authors, and publishing. the PR Division’s Wilcox Award Advertising (2017), the Emerald Journal of Communication and an for Refereed Teaching Research in Literati Network Outstanding editorial board member of multiple 2014. Lambiase earned her doctor- Article Award from Journal of journals in the communication ate from the University of Texas, Social Marketing (2015) and several discipline, including Journalism & Arlington, in 1997. Top Paper Awards from AEJMC Mass Communication Quarterly, (most recently in 2018 and 2019). Mass Communication & Society and Visual Communication Quarterly. 11 Publications Profiles con’t. Suman Mishra Southern Illinois University Esther Thorson Edwardsville Michigan State University

Suman Mishra is an inter- Esther Thorson has been disciplinary teacher-scholar of member of AEJMC since 1984, media and communication. Her and served on the Publication research interests are in globaliza- Board in the 1990’s. She has tion, consumer culture, transna- presented scores of papers at tional media, advertising/strategic AEJMC, as have many of her communication, and visual com- 52 doctoral advisees. She has munication. Geographically, she published several hundred arti- is interested in media and commu- cles, chapters, and written or nication in developing countries. edited 14 books. Her work in Her research also focuses on issues advertising, media economics, of race, class and gender in the and journalism studies has been media. cited nearly 11,000 times. Her Mishra teaches a variety of research has received nearly $5 undergraduate and graduate cours- million in funding. She serves es: Research Methods in Mass on a number of editorial boards Communication, Media Law and including JMCQ and Journal of Policy, International Advertising, Communication. Transnational Media, Mass Media Thorson served as Graduate in Society, Media Campaigns, Associate Dean at the University Mass Media and Health, and of Wisconsin, the Missouri Freshman Seminar. School of Journalism, and pres- ently holds that position at Michigan State University. Thorson was awarded the Paul Deutschmann and the Eleanor Blum awards at AEJMC. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Advertising and the International Communication Association. She earned her BA from Macalester College (Psychology), and her PhD from the University of Minnesota (Psychology).