Elected Standing Committees'
Job Responsibilities
AEJMC Research Committee Member Responsibilities
Research Committee members are expected to:
- Attend committee meetings (including winter) and during the year participate in planning. Work as liaison with assigned divisions and interest groups
- Participate in the selection of the Nafziger-White-Salwen dissertation competition (for the last three years this has meant reading all of the abstracts and sample chapters from each contestant -- ranges from 8 to 12 -- and reading in full the top three nominee dissertations).
- Participate in the solicitation of nominees and decide upon awards for the Deutschmann and Blum awards (not given every year)
- One member takes part in the division/IG assessment process each year. This requires reading annual reports for 5 to 6 groups and particpating in a one-on-one interview process at the convention.
- Participate in the planning of the plenary session (once every three years)
- Assist the Association as may be needed and show incentive in developing new ideas and initiatives.
Duties and Responsibilities of Teaching Committee Members:
- Attend AEJMC annual and mid-winter meetings.
- Serve as liaison and maintain contact with assigned division and interest group teaching standards chairs.
- Prepare a list of potential programming activities for division and interest group teaching chairs.
- Provide divisions with goals that may be applicable to teaching standards.
- One member takes part in the division/IG assessment process each year. This requires reading annual reports for 5 to 6 groups and particpating in a one-on-one interview process at the convention.
- Plan, organize and carry out an AEJMC plenary once every three years.
- Plan, organize and carry out workshops and other teaching activities.
- Review papers submitted for Teaching Committee paper competitions (when sponsored).
TS Committee members are required to attend at least two meetings during the AEJMC fiscal year, which runs from October 1 through September 30. The first meeting that new members will attend is the AEJMC mid-year planning conference (early December) when programming for the following August is determined. This meeting usually lasts 3 to 5 hours. The second meeting that new members will attend occurs during the annual AEJMC Convention in August and is typically held the morning of the second day of the convention. This meeting usually lasts 3 hours.
Although the first official meeting of service on the TS Committee following the March AEJMC elections occurs with the December meeting, new members are encouraged to attend the upcoming August meeting during the convention. This provides valuable insight into the workings and activities of the Committee prior to full-time involvement and assignment of responsibilities.
Four members are elected from, and by, the Teaching Committee to serve as AEJMC representatives on the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) for three-year terms. (ACEJMC is the accrediting body for schools, departments and programs of journalism and mass communication.) Reports and discussion of ACEJMC business occur at both the August and December meetings of the TS Committee. Service on ACEJMC involves attendance at two required meetings for a two-day long period in May and September at various cities in the United States. (AEJMC provides travel support for the two ACEJMC meetings.) Service on ACEJMC may involve participation in accrediting site visits at various units seeking first-time accreditation or re-accreditation.Service on the Teaching Standards Committee can be a very rewarding experience for AEJMC members who have an interest in improving the quality of teaching in journalism and mass communication.
Professional Freedom and Responsibility Committee
Member Job Description
- (Fall) Serve as liaison to two or three divisions, working most closely with the division PF&R chairs. Make sure each divisional PR&R chair has a copy of "Tips for PF&R Division Chairs." This liaison work should begin early in the academic year, preferably at the August convention but certainly in early fall. Make it clear that the PF&R standing committee is there to help by suggesting activities and encouraging innovative projects.
- (Spring) Continue contacts with PF&R chairs of assigned divisions.
- (Summer before convention) One member takes part in the division/IG assessment process each year. This requires reading annual reports for 5 to 6 groups and particpating in a one-on-one interview process at the convention.
- (Second day of convention) Committee sponsors a Resolutions Hearing. The committee also meets later that day. In recent years, a vice chair and resolutions chair for the coming year are elected. The vice chair will advance to chair a year later. The resolutions chair will serve for the next year's annual meeting. The PF&R Committee chair attends the opening AEJMC Board of Directors' meeting and reports to the membership at the business meeting. The incoming committee chair attends the second AEJMC Board of Directors' meeting. The newly elected committee vice chair might attend to observe and get an idea of what he/she will do the following year.
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