Category: Faculty News

Celebrating 45 Years of Excellence Event

October 31, 2015

Come help us celebrate 45 years of Excellence honoring the Mass Communication Department! Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 Morris University Center, SIUE SIUE’s Department of Mass Communications graduated its first class in 1970. Retired CBS Radio White House correspondent and award-winning journalist Peter Maer was included in this group. He returns to SIUE to recount his illustrious career and provide … More Celebrating 45 Years of Excellence Event

The Heroin Project

August 18, 2015

SIUE Foundation will host Ashley Seering and Cory Byers, Producers of “The Heroin Project” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug 20, 2015 at Birger Hall. More here. Ashley and Cory were interviewed on the St. Louis Public Radio. You can watch the trailer and read about the project. Congratulations Ashley and Cory !

Professor Undrah Baasanjav presented papers at IAMCR

August 12, 2015

Professor Undrah Baasanjav presented two papers “Transition to digital television in Mongolia: Challenges and opportunities for public interest services” and “Resisting the mind and body duality in chess” at the annual conference of the International Association of Media and Communication (IAMCR) held in Montreal, July 12-16. IAMCR is the preeminent worldwide professional organization which supports … More Professor Undrah Baasanjav presented papers at IAMCR

Professor Undrah Baasanjav was awarded a Summer Research Fellowship from the American Center for Mongolian Studies

August 12, 2015

Professor Undrah Baasanjav was awarded a Summer Research Fellowship of the American Center for Mongolian Studies. With the support of the ACMS, she completed a field trip to her hometown Ulaanbaatar, and explored opportunities and challenges for public interest services in Mongolia during the transition of television from analog to digital. In 2001, as a … More Professor Undrah Baasanjav was awarded a Summer Research Fellowship from the American Center for Mongolian Studies

Professors Hicks and Poepsel Present at AEJMC

August 9, 2015

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

May 10, 2015

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