Yes! Thank you! On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 7:13 PM, EK Daufin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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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