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Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor emeritus, is the recipient of the 2024 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research. AEJMC’s highest research award recognizes a body of significant research over the course…

Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor and former Journalism Department chair, retired at the end of 2023 after a 12-year tenure at the College. Wanta will pursue a Fulbright Scholar Award at the University of Wroclaw in Poland and write a book on…

Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, is the author of an essay published in the December 2023 AEJMC Advertising Division newsletter focusing on her selection as the 2023 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Advertising Distinguished Teaching Award. Fernandes writes…

Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, has been named a 2023 Kopenhaver Center Fellow by the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University. As one of the 2023 cohort of distinguished fellows, Grant participated in…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) doctoral student Alexandrea Matthews is the recipient of one of two Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2023 Collaborative Scholar Awards for her research proposal “Polarization by Examining How Targeted Ideological Messaging through Use of Moral Cues May Stimulate Political…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Assistant Professor Juliana Fernandes is the recipient of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Advertising Division 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award. The Distinguished Teaching Award rewards excellence in undergraduate teaching over a sustained period of time. The selection…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student A. Kix Patterson is one of two recipients of the 2023 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Visual Communication Division’s Sandy Utt Excellence in Teaching Award. The award recognizes instructors who demonstrate exceptional teaching skills, a high…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications had a strong presence at the 2022 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference, held August 3-6 in Detroit. Below is a list of this year’s presentations and presenters, by date. Among this year’s AEJMC award winners are:…

Rita Men, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations associate professor, is the recipient of the 2022 Hillier Krieghbaum Under-40 Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Men is the first UFCJC faculty member to win the Hillier Krieghbaum Award while…

The Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Law & Policy Division has established the Michael Hoefges Graduate Student Research Fund, in honor of the late Michael Hoefges, B.S. Advertising 1982, J.D. 1985, M.A.M.C. 1996, and Ph.D. 1998  The fund will support graduate student research on media law. Three…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumna Daniela Dimitrova, Ph.D. 2003, has been named an Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2019 Senior Scholar. AEJMC awards up to two $5,000 grants to senior scholars to fund innovative and timely research projects. Dimitrova’s research proposal, “Terrorists,…

Within the confines of the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile hotel, academics, scholars, teachers and industry professionals will convene at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC ) annual conference to discuss and shape the future of journalism and communication education. Dr. Jennifer Greer, Ph.D. 1996, associate provost…