Category: Faculty Updates

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