C&IS Faculty Elected to AEJMC Leadership Positions

Three C&IS faculty members received elected positions within the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), a nonprofit, educational association of journalism and mass communication educators, students and media professionals.

AEJMC’s mission is to promote the highest possible standards for journalism and mass communication education, to cultivate the widest possible range of communication research, to encourage the implementation of a multi-cultural society in the classroom and curriculum, and to defend and maintain freedom of communication in an effort to achieve better professional practice and a better informed public.

Congratulations to the three C&IS faculty members:

Dr. Suzanne Horsley

Horsley, Assistant Dean of Assessment, Accreditation and Diversity, was elected Accrediting Council Representative. Horsley will serve in the position for a three-year term and will work with the Executive Director to schedule sessions. Additionally, she will work with other representatives to issue written reports to the AEJMC Board of Directors following each meeting, which may also be published in the AEJMC newsletter.

Dr. George Daniels

Daniels, associate professor of journalism and creative media, was elected to the Professional Freedom & Responsibility Committee. In this position, he will serve as liaison to two or three divisions, working most closely with division chairs. The committee also works to sponsor a Resolutions Hearing.

Dr. Chris Roberts

Roberts, associate professor of journalism and creative media, was elected to the Teaching Committee. In this position, he will serve as liaison and maintain contact with assigned division and interest group teaching standards chairs. Roberts will also prepare a list of potential programming activities for division and interest group teaching chairs, provide divisions with goals that may be applicable to teaching standards, plan an AEJMC plenary once every three years, plan workshops and other teaching activities, and review papers submitted for Teaching Committee paper competitions when sponsored.