JMC faculty have presented and published their pedagogical and applied research this semester.
Here are the highlights:
Dr. Stephanie Anderson, assistant professor of journalism:
- Won first place in the debut paper category of the Student Media Advisers division of the Broadcast Education Association for her paper, “COVID-19’s Impact On Student Media Organizations in the United States.”
- Presented two panels: “When the Shooting Starts: Perspectives on Trauma Journalism and the Moral & Emotional Impacts of Live Coverage” and “Wait … This School has a TV/Radio Station” during BEA’s April conference in Las Vegas.
- Serves as the webmaster for the Student Media Advisers division of BEA.
Dr. Carol Terracina-Hartman, assistant professor of journalism and adviser to The Murray State News
- Moderated a panel “Evolution in Campus Media: How a Social Justice Movement and a Pandemic Serve as Catalysts for Rethinking the Campus Magazine” during the AEJMC Southeast Colloquium in Memphis in March.
- Will present “Rethinking student media: How the pandemic shifted operations and will shape their future” at the AEJMC national conference in August in Detroit.
- Serves as PF&R chairman of the Magazine Media division of AEJMC.
Leigh Landini Wright, associate professor of journalism
- Presented “Teaching Trust” during the Great Ideas for Teaching session of AEJMC Southeast Colloquium in March.
- Worked as a freelance journalist for the Murray Ledger & Times to provide social media and feature coverage of Murray State’s March Madness run.
- Presented a panel “Enhancing educational and practical production: How student media outlets can increase multiplatform collaboration and local/regional media partnerships” virtually during the Broadcast Education Association conference in April.
- Completing her term as the Interactive Media and Emerging Technologies division chairman of BEA.
Dr. Melony Shemberger, associate professor of mass communications
- Wrote two articles – one about the Associated Press and the other about Tribune Publishing Co. – for the four-volume Encyclopedia of Journalism, published in February 2022 by Sage.
Dr. Kenneth Kim, assistant professor of advertising
- Had a paper accepted for presentation at the World Journalism Education Conference in Paris, France.
Dr. Bella Ezumah, associate professor of mass communications, completed a sabbatical during the spring 2022.
Dr. Debbie Owens, associate professor of mass communications, has been selected as a reviewer for Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, one of the top journals in the discipline.
- Completed a sabbatical during spring 2022.
Professor Elizabeth Thomas, senior instructor of public relations
- Presented her research about “Star Trek” nationally in the past year. She presented “Adventures in the Delta Quadrant: How Star Trek:Voyager Made its Mark as the Trek-iest of all the Treks” at the 2021 National Popular Culture/American Culture Conference, April 2021 (Virtual), and she presented at the official Star Trek Convention, Academic Stage in Las Vegas last August. Her paper title was “Navigating Academic Studies as a Scholar and a Fan of Science Fiction Genre.”
- Published a public relations textbook “Public Relations: Best Practices and Applications” with Cognella Academic Press in July 2021.
- Selected as a judge for the 2022 WMPRSA PRoof Awards presented by PRSA’s Nashville Chapter (Public Relations Society of America). Entries from PR agencies and organizations throughout the region were due early in April and judging takes place April 25 through May 30. The WMPRSA PRoof Awards program annually highlights the “best of the best” public relations campaigns, tactics and professionals in the Nashville region.
