Faculty/Staff
Shemberger selected for Academic Leadership Academy
Dr. Melony Shemberger, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, has been selected as a fellow for the Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy, June 11-14, at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. The Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU partners with the Scripps Howard Foundation each year to host 12 to 15 participants in […]
Read MoreAnderson named adviser for The Murray State News
Stephanie Anderson defended her dissertation in June. Her committee included, from left, Melony Shemberger, Teresa Clark, Anderson, and Robert McGaughey. She completed her doctorate in August. Dr. Stephanie Anderson has joined the JMC department as an assistant professor in the journalism sequence and advisor for The Murray State News. Anderson received all three of her […]
Read MoreWright presents at broadcast conference
Leigh Wright, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, presented three sessions at the Broadcast Education Association conference in Las Vegas. Wright received a BEA Ignite Scholar designation for her peer-reviewed presentation “Never Let Them See You Cry: Teaching Student Journalists How to be Human First.” The BEA Ignite program is a peer-reviewed competition where […]
Read MoreNATPE fellowship aids course revamp effort
For all those people who think college journalism professors get to spend their summers relaxing by the pool, think again. Leigh Landini Wright, assistant professor of journalism at Murray State, spent much of July as an “intern” for WTVF Newschannel 5 in Nashville, Tenn. Wright received a faculty development fellowship from the National Association of […]
Read MoreWelsch honored for distinguished service
Murray State University has awarded Gill Welsch the Faculty Award for Distinguished Service in recognition for his contributions to the department and greater university. He received the honor at the 2017 Faculty Recognition Banquet in April. Welsch, a senior lecturer, joined the faculty in August 1992 and has served as head of the advertising major […]
Read MoreInnovation grant funds oral history project
Dr. Melony Shemberger, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, was one of two inaugural recipients of the Faculty Innovation Initiative Grant awarded in April from the Giving Back Endowment at Murray State University. Dr. Melony Shemberger, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, was selected in April 2017 as an inaugural recipient of the Faculty […]
Read MoreThomas writes Star Trek book chapter
A book chapter published in May 2017 has been authored by Elizabeth A. Thomas, senior lecturer and public relations sequence head. Published by DePaul University Press (Chicago), the book is Time Lords and Tribbles, Winchesters and Muggles. It covers the best of the Midwest Popular Culture Conference presentations from 2011 through 2016. Thomas’ chapter, titled “50 Years […]
Read MoreFaculty fellow brings international legal insight to JMC
Sonya Noruwa, J.D., has joined the Journalism and Mass Communications Department as a Faculty Fellow as part of Murray State’s Diversity Development Initiative for 2016-2017. The Diversity Development Initiative is housed in the Office of the Provost. Noruwa Dr. Noruwa is a graduate of Thurgood Marshall School at Texas Southern University, Houston, with an International […]
Read MoreThree JMC faculty recognized for teaching milestones
Faculty years-of-service milestones were noted at the annual faculty recognition banquet in April. Nine were recognized for reaching the 25 year service mark. They are front row from left: MSU President Dr. Robert Davies; Dr. Staci Stone, interim dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts; Ann Neelon, Department of English; Dr. Mary Sue Sroda, chair, […]
Read MoreThomas presents at pop culture event
Elizabeth Thomas (MS, 2009), senior lecturer and PR sequence head, presented research at the 2017 Popular Culture Association (PCA) National Convention in San Diego in March 2017. Her paper titled “Star Trek: The 50-Year Mission” chronicled fan culture through Star Trek events and subsequent other fan conventions dating from the early 1970s through 2016 for the fabled Star […]
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