AEJMC 2025 Election Results
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025 AEJMC Election. Leadership elections are an important part of our association, and we appreciate your involvement.
Official start date for all new officers is October 1, 2025.
Matthew J. Haught is our newly elected vice president. Dr. Haught will go through the leadership ladder and serve as the AEJMC president for 2027-28.
“My fellow scholars, educators and media professionals, I am grateful for your trust in me to lead our association. I am excited to work in growing AEJMC in the next four years. I am honored to serve an organization that has given me my career in higher education. And I am hopeful for the future of our discipline as a critical tool in growing freedom, truth, and fairness across the world. There’s much to do. Let’s get to work.”
Matthew Haught, Department Chair and Professor, joined the faculty of the Department of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis in 2013 after earning his Ph.D. in Mass Communications from the University of South Carolina. He specializes in visual communications and teaches design, photography, creative strategy and multimedia communications to undergraduate and graduate students.
These new leaders take AEJMC office October 1, 2025:
Vice President:
Matthew J. Haught, Memphis
Accrediting Council Rep (1 elected):
Louisa Ha, Bowling Green State
Publications Committee (3 elected):
Sun Young Lee, Maryland
María De Moya, Tennessee, Knoxville
Chelsea Reynolds, Arizona State, California Center
PF&R Committee (4 elected):
George L. Daniels, Alabama
Jason Martin, DePaul
Jessica Retis, Arizona
Carol Terracina-Hartman, Murray State
Research Committee (4 elected):
Lindita Camaj, Florida
Kim Fox, American University in Cairo
Summer Harlow, Texas at Austin
Yong Volz, Missouri
Teaching Committee (4 elected):
Cara Hawkins-Jedlicka, Washington State
Katie Place, Quinnipiac
Erika Schneider, Syracuse
Amanda Weed, Kennesaw State
AEJMC Council of Divisions Vice Chair Election Results Announcement
The Council of Divisions recently held its election for the vice chair position.
Lindita Camaj, associate professor, University of Florida won the vice chair position. Her term begins October 2025 for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 year. Camaj then will move into the Chair position.
Regarding her election, Camaj stated, “I am deeply honored for the opportunity to serve as vice chair for the AEJMC Council of Divisions. Having been involved with AEJMC for two decades, with leadership experience across three divisions, I am eager to step into this crucial position. I look forward to working with the CoD to support our members and make sure that AEJMC programming reflects the richness and range of our academic community.”
AEJMC is appreciates Meredith Clark who has served as the Council of Divisions chair for the past two years and Avery Holton who has served as the Council of Divisions vice chair for the past two years and will move into the chair position in October 2025.
Eligibility was determined in advance from the immediate past outgoing division or interest group chairs. Voting members were from the current AEJMC Divisions, Interest Groups and Commissions leaders.