Senior Scholars Program

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The AEJMC Senior Scholars Program is designed to support researchers in a wide area of study. These funds may support research assistants, travel to research centers or relevant locations, or pay for supplies and services associated with the research. This program seeks to recognize senior (typically tenured) scholars who aim to engage in extended research projects. For at least one of the two awards, priority will be given to a project that requires travel. Members holding an endowed professorship or an endowed chair are not eligible to apply.

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Senior Scholar Recipients for 2026

  • Sungwon Chung, Ball State University, and Sun Young Lee, University of Maryland
    “AI Disclosure in Journalism: How Disclosure Wording and Editorial Oversight Influence Trust and Engagement”
  • Queenie Li and Nick Carcioppolo, University of Miami
    “Examining Online Discourse on Childhood Vaccination Amid Florida’s Removal of Mandates”

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Senior Scholar Recipients for 2025

  • Jon Bekken, Albright
    "Revisiting Bagdikian: Media Ownership Today"
  • Melissa R. Gotlieb and Bryan McLaughlin, Texas Tech
    “Problematic News Consumption and Its Implications for Individual and Democratic Health: A Comparison of WEIRD Countries”

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Senior Scholar Recipients for 2024

  • Kalyani Chadha, Northwestern University
    “Digital Alternative Journalism in India: Analyzing an Emergent Phenomenon and Its Implications for the Indian Public Sphere”
  • Renita Coleman, University of Texas at Austin
    “Expanding Affective Intelligence Theory: How Voters’ Feelings of Disgust toward the Candidates Affect Voting Intention in 2024”

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Senior Scholar Recipients for 2023

  • Rosie Jahng, Wayne State University
    “Exploring Twitter Bots Message Strategies to Encourage Social Media Upstanders against Anti-Asian Disinformation”
  • Jungmi Jun, University of South Carolina
    “Cancer Communication Ecologies of Asian Americans in the United States”

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Senior Scholar Recipients for 2022

  • Carolyn A. Lin, University of Connecticut
    “Assessing the Effectiveness of Interactive Disaster Communication: Piloting a Storm Preparedness Mobile App”
  • Kimberly Mack, University of Toledo
    “Rock Criticism in Black and Brown Publications”

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Senior Scholar Recipients for 2021

  • David R. Davies, University of Southern Mississippi
    “Ira B. Harkey, Jr., and the Pascagoula Chronicle: A Forgotten Crusader for Racial Justice in Mississippi”
  • Roselyn Du, Cal State University, Fullerton
    “Algorithmic Audience in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Tailored Communication, Information Cocoons, and News Literacy”

Read the Abstracts for the 2021 Senior Scholar Recipients

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Questions about the AEJMC Senior Scholars Program should be directed to Lillian Coleman.

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