Faculty/Staff
Chair chronicles a year of accomplishments
We continue to make progress in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications. In the last year, we’ve experienced two academic program reviews, a departmental retreat, new faculty hires and numerous accolades. Here are a few highlights:
Read MoreNorsworthy helps students find internships, jobs
Bob Norsworthy speaks with two graduating seniors at the 2015 Meet the Pros event. Norsworthy’s advertising industry insight helps students as they seek internships and jobs. Several years ago in a movie called “Dave” actor Kevin Kline played a look alike, stand-in of the president of the United States who had suffered a stroke. In […]
Read MoreAssistant professor adds to her University duties
Dr. Melony Shemberger will be serving as the interim Faculty Development Center director, which is now a part of the University Libraries. Dr. Shemberger, assistant professor of journalism and mass communication, began her fourth year of teaching at Murray State in August. Shemberger has published in the peer-reviewed publications of Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, […]
Read MoreShemberger, Wright contribute to social media classroom book
Two journalism faculty members have chapters published in a new book, Social Media in the Classroom. Dr. Melony Shemberger and Leigh Landini Wright, assistant professors in the journalism and mass communications department, had their scholarly work to appear in the collection edited by Hana S. Noor al-Deen and published by Peter Lang Media. The book […]
Read MoreThomas edits journal special issue
Elizabeth Thomas, public relations sequence head and senior lecturer in the JMC Department, served as editor of a special issue covering the state of the advertising and marketing industries today for the November 2016 edition of the Journal of Mass Communication and Journalism, an open-access online peer-reviewed international journal. Her article, The State of Advertising […]
Read MoreEzumah excels with fellowship
The Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business Notable Accomplishment Award recognizes faculty that excels in the area of external grant, patent, fellowship, or any other notable recognition. Ezumah’s Carnegie Foundation Fellowship qualified her for this award.
Read MoreMcGaughey named Volunteer of the Year
Dr. Bob McGaughey, retired chairman and professor of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, was named one of 20 Volunteers of the Year (2015-16) at the national Pi Kappa Alpha convention Aug. 6 in New Orleans.
Read MoreShemberger elected to Phi Kappa Phi national board of directors
Dr. Melony Shemberger, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, was elected to the national board of directors for The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi during the organization’s 2016 biennial convention held July 28-30 in Atlanta. Shemberger, who is vice president of Murray State’s Phi Kappa Phi chapter, is the first Murray State chapter […]
Read MoreEzumah presents at Scripps Howard Leadership Academy
Dr. Bella Ezumah was among 15 professors, administrators and communication professional selected for the Ninth Annual Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy held at Louisiana State University’s Manship School of Mass Communication in June 2016. The academy, co-sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation and the Manship School, brings together academics and professionals to learn administrative strategies […]
Read MoreMagee releases collection of Mammoth Cave photos
A project five years in the making is surfacing as a Murray State University faculty member prepares to release his collection of subterranean 3D photos, paying homage to the first images of its kind in America and the groundbreaking photographer who created them. William Gross Magee, Graphic Communications lecturer within the Department of Journalism and […]
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