College of Journalism and Communications Intra-College Newsletter
VOL. 36
DECEMBER 18, 2003
Happy Holidays!
CONGRATULATIONS
To Naeemah Clark (Ph.D. 2002), whose dissertation, “These
Dames are Bananas: The History of Action for Children’s Television,
1969-1992,” was selected for honorable mention for the 2003 American Journalism Historians Association’s top dissertation award.
Bernell E. Tripp chaired Clark’s dissertation committee. Clark is an
assistant professor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
To MA/JD students Alison Rumley and Meghan McShane, who
were invited to join the Journal of Law & Public Policy and were
elected to the JLPP Senior Board. Rumley will serve as assistant
managing editor and McShane will serve as articles text senior.
Amanda Reid (J.D./Ph.D. student) will serve as JLPP’s editor-in-chief
beginning spring. MA/JD student Wes Brewer will be concluding his
term as Executive Managing Editor on the Florida Journal of International Law at the end of this semester.
To Linda Correll, who has two presentations accepted for international conferences. “Hello! Developing a User-Friendly Ideation
System in a Global Village” was accepted for the First AIMS International Conference on Management, to be hosted by the Indian Institute
of Management Dec. 28-31. “New Directions in Global Commercial
Communication: Creative Aerobics: The Art of Ideation” has been
accepted for the Second International Conference on New Directions
in the Humanities, to be held July 20-23 at Monash University Centre
in Prato, Tuscany, Italy.
To Lisa Duke and John Sutherland, whose paper, “The Central
Properties of Creative Concepts: A Qualitative Content Analysis of 583
Working Creative Professionals,” has been accepted for presentation at
the 2004 American Academy of Advertising Conference to be held in
Baton Rouge, March 25-28.
To Colleen Connolly-Ahern (Ph.D. student), who has accepted a
position as assistant professor at Penn State University.
EARLY HEARST RESULTS
Congratulations to Journalism
students Greg Undeen and Cynthia
Wallace, who placed in round one
(portrait/feature) of the Hearst photo
journalism contest. Undeen placed
seventh and won a $500 award
with a match for the department.
Wallace placed in a tie for 14th
place.
NO. 6
FOR THE RECORD
Lisa Duke has been appointed to
serve on the
American
Academy of
Advertising
Research Committee, which
oversees three
national competitions:
Lisa Duke
the Outstanding Contribution to
Research Awards, Research Fellowships and the dissertation grant
competition.
Sandra Chance presented a
workshop Nov. 21 at the Florida
Bar’s Reporters Workshop in Tallahassee. More than 20 reporters from
around the state attended the threeday conference that teaches how to
report on the courts and the judicial
system and use
government-inthe-sunshine
laws. Chance
also attended
the AEJMC
mid-winter
meeting in
Atlanta, Dec.
Sandra Chance
5-7. She
received the highest number of votes
in this year’s election to the
organization’s national Professional
Freedom and Responsibility (PF&R)
Committee, and began serving a
two-year term.