AEJMC 2013 Convention: MAC Call for Panel Proposal
Deadline: October 1, 2012
It’s time to submit your panel proposals for the 2013 AEJMC National Convention in Washington, D.C. Please send your proposals via e-mail by October 1 to MAC’s Vice-Head/Programming Yuki Fujioka at yfujioka@gsu.edu /
yukifujiokadr@gmail.com
Click here to read the call for paper.
2012 Barrow Award
Federico Subervi: The man walking in the path of Lionel C. Barrow Jr.
By Petra Guerra
It has been an honor to have been part of the committee to elect Federico Subervi as the winner of the Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award. In trying to write up something to speak about Federico’s life and why he was selected for this award, I spoke to several folks and everyone insisted that Federico functions just as Barrow would. Read more
Gutierrez receives the 2011 Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award for distinguished achievement in diversity research and education
MAC Report
Felix Gutierrez, professor of journalism at the University of Southern California, will receive the 2011 Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research and Education during the AEJMC Business Meeting on Friday, Aug. 12, at 10 a.m. Read more
MACers Win 2011 AEJMC national positions
Paula Poindexter: Elected AEJMC Vice President
Poindexter, Associate Professor and Graduate Adviser in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, has been a manager and executive at the Los Angeles Times and a reporter and producer for KPRC-TV in Houston. She has published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Newspaper Research Journal, Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Journal of Communication, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, and Harvard International Journal of Press & Politics. She is co-author of Research in Mass Communication: A Practical Guide and lead editor of Women, Men, and News: Divided and Disconnected in the News Media Landscape. Poindexter is currently writing her third book to be published next year.
Deb Aikat: Elected to a three-year term on the Professional Freedom and Responsibility Committee
Aikat is a former journalist and has served since 1995 on the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication. An award-winning researcher and teacher of news media, Aikat was the inaugural winner of the Scripps Howard's National Journalism Teacher (2003) Award. An AEJMC member since 1992, Aikat chaired the Teaching Committee in 2009-10 and conducted the Best Practices Competition in information gathering (2008), diversity (2009), and critical thinking (2010).
Anita Fleming-Rife: Elected to a three-year term on the Teaching Committee
Fleming-Rife is full professor and the newly appointed Special Assistant to the President for Equity and Diversity at the University of Northern Colorado. She has taught skills and conceptual courses for more than two decades in JMC. At Penn State, Fleming-Rife served on the Commission for Racial and Ethnic Diversity and the Taskforce to assess the University's Framework to Foster Diversity. At Northern Colorado, she assisted its journalism program in conducting a Self-Study, and made recommendations for incorporating diversity into the curriculum.
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Indiana Wesleyan University co-sponsors MAC’s 2011 top papers and luncheon
The Minorities and Communication Division of AJEMC received a generous donation of $1,550 from Indiana Wesleyan University to support the funding of Top Faculty and Student Papers in Minorities and Communication and the annual luncheon co-sponsored with the Scholastic Journalism Division. Our most sincere thanks to MAC Faculty Liaison Kyle Huckins, from Indiana Wesleyan, for his initiative and effort to secure this support.
MAC at the 2011 Midwinter Conference in Oklahoma
MAC joined five other divisions of AEJMC for the Midwinter Conference on March 4-5 at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma. The division’s sponsored panel featured the following presentations:
“Criteria Used by Minority Students in Selecting Universities.” Ralph Izard, Lyle Perkins and Masudul Biswas, Louisiana State University
“The Impact that Violence Has on the Dropout Rate of Black Males: What Roles Do the Media Play: A Case Study.” Trina Creighton, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
“Give the People what they Want: A Quantitative Analysis of News Satisfaction Levels among African-Americans.” Jayne Cubagga, Howard University
“Afro-textured Hair in the Media: Black Women’s Perspectives.” Meghann Olglesby, Arkansas State University
The session was coordinated by Felicia McGhee-Hilt from the University of Tennessee, who served as moderator of the panel. Serajul Bhuiyan, Auburn University, was the discussant. MAC joined the Cultural & Critical Studies, International Communication, Communication Technology, Mass Communication and Society, and Magazine divisions of AEJMC in the organization of this event.
The Ida B. Wells Annual Lecture Series at the Alabama State University
MAC was a co-sponsor the 2011 Ida B. Wells Annual Lecture Series on Feb. 22 at Alabama State University during Black History Month. This year’s guest speaker was Roz Dorsey, media sales contractor in St. Louis, Mo. The title of his presentation was “Changing Media: Are you ready?” The lecture is an annual event coordinated by Dr. E-K. Daufin, MAC Membership Chair, and co-sponsored with ASU’s Communications Department and Black History Month Committee. The series highlights the relationship between the mass media and the African-American community, with emphasis on African-American participation in the media.
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