Congrats to Federico, Natalie and Victoria -- all MAC members too I think. On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Lawrence, Curtis <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Thanks for posting this great news, Masudul ... and congratulations to > Federico! > Curtis Lawrence > Associate Professor, Journalism Department > Faculty Adviser, Columbia Links > Columbia College Chicago > 33 E. Congress Parkway > Chicago, IL 60605 > 312-369-8905 (OFFICE) > 312-315-7299 (CELL) > 312-369-8095 (FAX) > [log in to unmask] > http://www.columbialinks.org/ > ________________________________________ > From: AEJMC Commission on Status of Minorities [[log in to unmask]] > On Behalf Of Biswas, Masudul [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:46 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [AEJMC-CSM] News Release from the Forum on Media Diversity > > Click here to view t< > http://www.mediadiversityforum.lsu.edu/forum-expansion-release.pdf>his > release online< > http://www.mediadiversityforum.lsu.edu/forum-expansion-release.pdf> > > FORUM ON MEDIA DIVERSITY > Many Voices, One Vision > ________________________________ > > > October 19, 2012 > > For Immediate Release > > The Forum on Media Diversity<http://www.mediadiversityforum.lsu.edu/>, a > national website dedicated to providing research results and news about > diversity in higher education and the professional media, has expanded its > staff through appointment of eight national scholars on diversity. > The addition of eight assistant editors represents an > effort by the forum<http://www.mediadiversityforum.lsu.edu/> to expand > its content and news to more completely serve educators and professionals, > Masudul Biswas of Shippensburg University, the site’s editor and webmaster, > said. Each assistant editor will provide new references about diversity > research, analysis, activities and other information. > Ralph Izard of Louisiana State University and Ohio > University, the forum’s executive director, added that during the 10 years > of its existence, the forum, a project of the Manship School of Mass > Communication at Louisiana State University, has been aware of the need for > growth. > “We look forward to working with these productive > scholars, and we know their contributions will be important additions to > the forum’s service,” he said. > Added to the staff, effective immediately, are: > Federico Subervi, professor in the School of Journalism > and Mass Communication, Texas State University, San Marcos; director of the > Center for the Study of Latino Media & Markets; editor/author of The Mass > Media and Latino Politics: Studies of U.S. Media Content, Campaign > Strategies and Survey Research: 1984-2004 -- Assistant Editor, > Latino/Hispanic. > Tracy Everbach, associate professor of journalism, > University of North Texas, 2012-13 head of the AEJMC Commission on the > Status of Women; teaches race, gender and media; research interests on > gender in media; worked 12 years at The Dallas Morning News and two years > at the Boston Herald – Assistant Editor, Gender. > Dane S. Claussen, executive director, ACLU of Nevada; > former professor and faculty chair in the School of Communication, Point > Park University; author or editor of Anti-intellectualism in American > Media: Magazines and Higher Education; Sex, Religion, Media; and two other > books; former editor of Journalism & Mass Communication Educator -- > Assistant Editor, LGBT. > Victoria LaPoe, adjunct instructor in broadcasting and > Ph.D. candidate, Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State > University, former award-winning television journalist; her research > interests include construction of reality within television news, how it > affects groups such as American Indians -- Assistant Editor, American > Indians. > Natalie J. Tindall, Department of Communication, Georgia > State University, whose research includes identity, diversity and power in > public relations; identity and health messages; fundraising and > philanthropy; organizational culture and stereotypes within historically > Black fraternities and sororities; and the intersection of public relations > and marketing to minority health -- Assistant Editor, African Americans. > Kent Alan Ono, Department of Communication, University > of Utah, co-author of Asian Americans and the Media; former director of the > Asian American Studies Program at the University of Illinois at > Urbana-Champaign; co-editor of the book series Critical Cultural > Communication; editor (with Ronald L. Jackson II, University of Cincinnati) > of the journalCritical Studies in Media Communication -- Assistant Editor, > Asian Americans. > Vincent N. Pham, Department of Communication, California > State University, San Marcos, co-author of Asian Americans and the Media; > conducts research on means used by Asian American media organizations to > constitute and represent themselves within U.S. society and how they are > constructed and represented by public discourse -- Assistant Editor, Asian > Americans. > Debra Mason, professor and director of the Center on Religion > and the Professions, University of Missouri School of Journalism, brings > more than 25 years of professional reporting, research, and teaching > experience; major research work includes a content audit of religion news > spanning 50 years; she edited the recently published Religion Reporting: A > Guide to Journalism’s Best Beat,and co-edited Readings in Religion as News > – Assistant Editor,Religion. > With the contributions of these scholars, Biswas said the > forum plans to make a major leap well beyond its current 3,250 academic and > professional journal articles, books and conference papers on diversity > issues with focus on media, journalism and communication in both national > and international contexts. The main purpose of this searchable database is > to help media diversity researchers locate contemporary research and other > sources of literature on media diversity. > In addition, the website provides news and analysis from > scholarly publications, media and national diversity organizations; sample > media diversity syllabi for college faculty members; original research > sponsored by the forum; and a calendar of events and opportunities related > to diversity. > The forum also serves as the host site for two units of > the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) > – the Minorities and Communication Division< > http://www.mediadiversityforum.lsu.edu/MAC/index.html> and the Commission > on the Status of Minorities< > http://www.mediadiversityforum.lsu.edu/csm/index.html>. > > Contacts > Masudul Biswas > [log in to unmask]<http://hip.edu/> > 717.477.1517<tel:717.477.1517> > > Ralph Izard > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > 740-707-7848<tel:740-707-7848> > > Masudul (Mas) Biswas, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor [Faculty Page< > http://www.ship.edu/communication-journalism/faculty/#Biswas>] > Department of Communication/Journalism > Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania > Shippensburg, PA 17257 > Phone: 717.477.1517 (office), Twitter: @COM381 @MediaDiversity > > > ________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from the AEJMC-CSM list, click the following link: > http://listserv.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=AEJMC-CSM&A=1 > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the AEJMC-CSM list, click the following link: > http://listserv.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=AEJMC-CSM&A=1 > -- Know Justice; Know Peace, Rev. 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