Dr. Lowery Woodall successfully defended his dissertation this morning. His dissertation, titled "The Secret Identity of Race: Exploring Ethnic and Racial portrayals in Superhero Comic Books," was directed by Dr. Campbell. Congratulations to both!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Dr. Woodall
Dr. Lowery Woodall successfully defended his dissertation this morning. His dissertation, titled "The Secret Identity of Race: Exploring Ethnic and Racial portrayals in Superhero Comic Books," was directed by Dr. Campbell. Congratulations to both!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Another New Doctor in the House!
Cassandra Johnson successfully defended her dissertation, titled "The Experiences of Mississippi Weekly Newspaper Editors as They Explore and Consider Producing Internet Editions," on October 19, 2010. This dissertation was directed by Dr. David R. Davies. Congratulations to both!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Alumni News - Dr. Elizabeth Barfoot Christian
A book edited by Dr. Elizabeth Barfoot Christian, who received her doctoral degree in Communication from the School of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern Mississippi in 2009, Rock Brands: Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture, will be released by Lexington Books in December (http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Brands-Selling-Saturated-Culture/dp/0739146351) Dr. Christian has also been invited to write a series of blogs on music marketing for Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20101018/UPDATES01/101018001/Tech+professor+blogs+for+publishing+company
Congratulations!
Monday, October 11, 2010
The AJHA Southern Miss Group

Dr. David R. Davies, doctoral students Pam Parry and Kaylene Armstrong at the American Journalism Historians Association conference in Tuscon, AZ.
More conference information: http://ajhaonline.org/convention.html
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Research News - Summer 2010
Dr. Mary Lou Sheffer was recently elected Research Chair for the Sports Media group at AEJMC and publisehd a research article in the International Journal on Sports Communication.
Dr. Jae-Hwa Shin was one of the authors of a new book, “THINK Public Relations,” a magazine-designed textbook. More details at http://www.usm.edu/news/article/professor-releases-magazine-style-public-relations-textbook-0
Doctoral students Sidharth Muralidharan, Leslie Rasmussen, Daniel Patterson and Dr. Jae-Hwa Shin presented their research paper, "Hope for Haiti: An Analysis of Facebook and Twitter Usage during the Earthquake Relief Efforts," at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Denver, August 2010.
Kudos!
Dr. Jae-Hwa Shin was one of the authors of a new book, “THINK Public Relations,” a magazine-designed textbook. More details at http://www.usm.edu/news/article/professor-releases-magazine-style-public-relations-textbook-0
Doctoral students Sidharth Muralidharan, Leslie Rasmussen, Daniel Patterson and Dr. Jae-Hwa Shin presented their research paper, "Hope for Haiti: An Analysis of Facebook and Twitter Usage during the Earthquake Relief Efforts," at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Denver, August 2010.
Kudos!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Conference Calls
Did you write a research paper for any of your classes last semester? Send it to a conference! Here is a list of some of the most popular mass communication conferences: Mass Communication Conferences
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