Kari Williams presents at the 2015 AEJMC Conference in San Francisco

Kari Williams presented her master’s thesis “Riot Bias: A Textual Analysis of Pussy Riot’s Coverage in Russian and American Media” at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual conference in San Francisco. The conference is peer reviewed and highly competitive. Her thesis committee members were professors Suman Mishra (chair), Elza Ibroscheva and … More Kari Williams presents at the 2015 AEJMC Conference in San Francisco

Professors Hicks and Poepsel Present at AEJMC

Mass Communication faculty made research presentations at the prestigious annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) that was held Aug 9-12 in San Francisco. Mark Poepsel presented two papers, “Crossing the “Interregnum”: Group Cohesion among Adaptive Journalists and Radically Objective: The Role of the Alternative Media in Covering Ferguson, … More Professors Hicks and Poepsel Present at AEJMC

Professor Mishra awarded for mentoring role, global perspectives, and high classroom standards

By Theresa San Luis, CAS Reporter: Mass communications professor Suman Mishra, SIUE professor since 2009, has received the 2014-2015 Teaching Distinction Award. Dr. Mishra says she feels greatly honored to be recognized by her students and peers. The committee selected her in recognition of her role as an outstanding mentor to graduate students in mass communications. Her … More Professor Mishra awarded for mentoring role, global perspectives, and high classroom standards