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AEJMC 2008 Election

(Listed in alphabetical order in each group)

Click on link's below to read candidates' bios and the vice presidential candidates’ platforms.


Candidates for AEJMC Vice President

David T. Z. Mindich's Platform

David T. Z. Mindich is a professor of journalism and mass communication at Saint Michael’s College. Hired in 1996, Mindich was department chair from 2000 to 2006; he is currently acting chair. Mindich is the founding adviser for the department’s Kappa Tau Alpha chapter, the nation’s only chapter housed at a small college. In 2007, Saint Michael's College gave Mindich its lifetime scholarship award. (Read David's Full Bio)

Jan Slater's Platform

Jan Slater is professor of advertising and Head of the Advertising Department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Prior to her appointment at Illinois, Slater was an associate professor and the Associate Director of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. Slater joined the academy following a long career as an advertising practioner. She worked in both private industry as well > (Read Jan's Full Bio)


Professional Freedom and Responsibility Committee Profiles (PDF)

Ralph Beliveau, Oklahoma Patricia Dooley, Wichita State
Marie Hardin, Pennsylvania State Jennifer Lambe, Delaware
Paul Lester, California State, Fullerton John Pavlik, Rutgers

Committee on Research Profiles (PDF)

David Allen, Wisconsin-Milwaukee Elizabeth Dougall, North Carolina
Earnest Perry, Missouri Steve Reese, Texas at Austin
Dietram Scheufele, Wisconsin-Madison Ran Wei, South Carolina

Committee on Teaching Profiles (PDF)

Marianne Barrett, Arizona State Sheri Broyles, North Texas
Claude Cookman, Indiana Mike Murray, Missouri-St. Louis
Paul Parsons, Elon Katerina Tsetsura, Oklahoma

Election results will be published in the May issue of AEJMC News. If you are eligible to vote and you have not received your election e-mail by March 11, please contact the Central Office at 803-798-0271 to request a ballot.

The election slate is set by the AEJMC Nominations Committee. AEJMC 2007-08 Nominations Committee members are Kyu Ho Youm (chair), University of Oregon; Louise Benjamin, University of Georgia; Venise Berry, University of Iowa; Kathleen Hansen, University of Minnesota; Leo Jeffres, Cleveland State University; Dean Kruckeberg, University of Northern Iowa and Sandra H. Utt, University of Memphis.