2015
Julie Smith, an adjunct professor at SIUE and alumni, has been speaking about media for the last five years and is speaking at an upcoming Media Trends conference in Vienna, Austria. Smith, recently, released a book, “Master the Media: How Teaching Media Literacy Can Save Our Plugged-in World,” that discusses media as a whole, including television, … More Julie Smith’s new book and plans for Fall
Today Jeff Mizanskey, sentenced to life without parole for pot, walked out of a Missouri prison a free man after serving 20 years, thanks in part to Eric Sykes, a former student in the Mass Comm Dept. Eric produced a documentary for Kaleidoscope as a class assignment in 2013, which focused on Mizanskey’s plight, urging a pardon … More Former Mass Comm student helps change man’s future
John Kelly is returning for his 10th year as the television play-by-play announcer for the St. Louis Blues.He graduated from SIUe in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications – Television & Radio and is returning for a chat. He has called NHL games for over 20 seasons and comes from a hockey broadcasting family … More Alumni Announcer for the St. Louis Blues to visit SIUe
Professor Mishra’s paper “Looking Westwards: Men in Transnational Men’s Magazine Advertising in India” received third place in the top faculty paper award at 2015 AEJMC. She also presented her paper “He is a Looker Not a Doer: New Masculinity in Men’s Magazine In India”
Professor Ibroscheva presented “Learning How to Do Things Right: Lessons from the Digital Transition in Bulgaria with Maria Raicheva-Stover, Washburn University.
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
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
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
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