It is with great sadness I must announce that our dear friend and colleague John T. Barber, Assistant Professor and former Acting Chairman in the Department of Communication Studies at Morgan State University in Maryland passed away on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. He was a member of the AEJMC MAC Division since the late 1980's.  He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Howard University where he received a Ph.D. in Human Communication Studies. He was a former Congressional Black Caucus Senior Research Fellow and winner of research and writing awards for his research on the media and Black political leaders. He received the top three papers award for research in political communication from the Eastern Community Association. He was also a member of the Research and Policy Committee of the National Association for Minorities in Communications. He was also a research consultant to HBO on marketing programming to African Americans.


Services will be held on November 24, 2017 through Stewart Funeral Home, 4001 Benning Road NE, Washington, DC 20019 or visit: http://www.stewartfuneralhome.com<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stewartfuneralhome.com&data=01%7C01%7CMia_Moody%40baylor.edu%7C04937d4bb57649d0506108d52ac98b18%7C22d2fb35256a459bbcf4dc23d42dc0a4%7C1&sdata=zcH5WZJzzZZpqPn70awdDiGUrVJfiVlsLpL%2BJl1ExwM%3D&reserved=0>


Thank you,
Alice Tait

Alice A. Tait, Ph.D.
2015-2016 Fellow AEJMC Institute for Diverse Leadership in Journalism and Communication
2015 Recipient Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research and Education
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