Friday, September 4, 2009
Master's Comps is today!
Master's students have to take a 6-hour exam after they finish their course work. Today is the happy day!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Paper calls
2010 Southern States Communication Association conference: http://www.ssca.net/
Submission Deadline: Sept. 11, 2009
2010 American Academy of Advertising conference: http://www.aaasite.org/Annual_Conference.html
Submission Dealine: Oct. 1, 2009
2010 AEJMC Southeast Colloquium: http://jomc.unc.edu/images/documents/seccolloquiumcfp.pdf
Submission Deadline: Dec. 4, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Farewell to Dr. Keith Johnson
Dr. Keith Johnson, an advertising professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, died Wednesday, July 15.
Johnson, 59, joined the university’s School of Mass Communication and Journalism faculty in 2003.
“He was a brilliant man with a very funny, very dry sense of humor,” Dr. Chris Campbell, the school’s director, said. “He was a great teacher and was notorious for being very demanding. But his students always seemed to rise to the occasion and produce great work. We’re really going to miss him.”
Johnson received his doctorate in mass communications from the University of Georgia, his master’s in advertising from Michigan State University and his bachelor’s in advertising/public relations from New Mexico State University.
He began his teaching career at his alma mater, serving as head of advertising and public relations at New Mexico State. He later taught at the University of Georgia, Louisiana State University and Texas Tech University.
Professionally, he worked as a communications director for a chain of motion picture theaters. He also worked in gubernatorial and senatorial campaigns and managed a congressional campaign. Johnson left the industry to enter advertising education, serving as Director of Educational Services for the American Advertising Federation in Washington, D.C., where he was director of the National Student Advertising Competition and Alpha Delta Sigma Honorary Society.
Dr. Johnson co-authored numerous editions of “Where shall I go to study advertising and public relations?,” a national project that surveyed all university advertising and public relations degree programs annually.
He served as advisor to Golden Eagle Advertising, the USM Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, and also advised the team in the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC).
Johnson was a decorated U.S. Army veteran who served as a public information specialist in Vietnam in 1970 and 1971. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal and the Republic of South Vietnam Honor Medal.
Johnson, 59, joined the university’s School of Mass Communication and Journalism faculty in 2003.
“He was a brilliant man with a very funny, very dry sense of humor,” Dr. Chris Campbell, the school’s director, said. “He was a great teacher and was notorious for being very demanding. But his students always seemed to rise to the occasion and produce great work. We’re really going to miss him.”
Johnson received his doctorate in mass communications from the University of Georgia, his master’s in advertising from Michigan State University and his bachelor’s in advertising/public relations from New Mexico State University.
He began his teaching career at his alma mater, serving as head of advertising and public relations at New Mexico State. He later taught at the University of Georgia, Louisiana State University and Texas Tech University.
Professionally, he worked as a communications director for a chain of motion picture theaters. He also worked in gubernatorial and senatorial campaigns and managed a congressional campaign. Johnson left the industry to enter advertising education, serving as Director of Educational Services for the American Advertising Federation in Washington, D.C., where he was director of the National Student Advertising Competition and Alpha Delta Sigma Honorary Society.
Dr. Johnson co-authored numerous editions of “Where shall I go to study advertising and public relations?,” a national project that surveyed all university advertising and public relations degree programs annually.
He served as advisor to Golden Eagle Advertising, the USM Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, and also advised the team in the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC).
Johnson was a decorated U.S. Army veteran who served as a public information specialist in Vietnam in 1970 and 1971. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal and the Republic of South Vietnam Honor Medal.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
2010 SSCA Conference Call for Paper
The 2010 SSCA conference will be held in Memphis, TN, from April 7 to 10. More informaiton about the call: http://www.ssca.net/files/ssca-2010-call-for-papers-div-ig-uhc-finis.pdf
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
AJHA paper call
The 2009 AJHA convention will be held in Birminham this year (Oct. 7-10). Since the AJHA usually gives grad students discounted rates, this will be an especially affordable convention this year. For more info, please go to:
http://ajhaonline.org/convention.html
http://ajhaonline.org/convention.html
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
New Book Deal!
Dr. Elizabeth Christian, who just received her Ph.D in Mass Communication from the University of Southern Mississippi in December, 2008, is going to have her dissertation published by the University Press of Mississippi. The title of her dissertation is: "Reading, Writing, and Rabble-Rousing: Willie Morris, A Good Old Editor." Congratulations!!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Dr. Art Kaul Symposium
Since Dr. Art Kaul's passing early last year, we in the School of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern Mississippi have wanted to honor his many contributions to the university with an event. We've decided to hold a one-day conference, "Subverting the Dominant Paradigm": Celebrating the Legacy of Arthur J. Kaul. Please mark your calendar for February 27, 2009 for this event. For more information, please go to:
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