AEJMC Membership Committee Members
Serving the AEJMC Membership Committee
for the 2024 – 2025 term
Committee Member TBA (Term 2024-2027)
Committee Member TBA (Term 2024-2027)
Committee Member TBA (Term 2024-2027)
Committee Member TBA (Term 2024-2027)
Valerie White (Term 2023-2026)
Florida A&M University
Keonte Coleman (Term 2023-2026)
Syracuse University
Jennifer Vardeman (Term 2023-2026)
University of Houston
Seungahn Nah (Term 2022-2025)
University of Florida
Shafiqur Rahman (Term 2022-2025)
South Carolina State University
Prabu David (Term 2022-2025)
Michigan State University
AEJMC/Gene Burd Award Committee
Serving the AEJMC/Gene Burd Award Committee
for the 2024 – 2025 term
Dani Brown (Term: 2024-2027)
Michigan State University
Susan Keith (Term: 2023-2026)
Rutgers University
Rauf Arif (Term: 2022-2025)
Towson University
AEJMC Finance Committee Members
Serving the AEJMC Finance Committee
for the 2024 – 2025 term
Bey-Ling Sha (Chair) (Term: 2023-2027)
California State University, Fullerton
Mia Moody-Ramirez (Term: 2024 – 2028)
Baylor University
Samuel Tham (Term: 2024 – 2027)
Colorado State
Carl Ciccarelli (Term: 2023 – 2026)
University of South Carolina Aiken
Teresa Mastin (Term: 2022 – 2026)
Michigan State University
Linda Aldoory (Term: 2021 – 2025)
University of Maryland
Maria Marron (Term: 2022 – 2025)
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Amanda Caldwell (Ex Officio Member)
AEJMC Executive Director
Felicia Brown (Ex Officio Member)
AEJMC Assistant Director
AEJMC Research Committee Members
Serving the AEJMC Standing Committee on Research
for the 2024 – 2025 term
Yong Volz (Chair) (Term: 2022-2025)
University of Missouri
Lucinda Austin (Term: 2024-2027)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Minnesota
Patrick Ferrucci (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Colorado Boulder
Jessica Willoughby (Term: 2024-2027)
Washington State University
Deborah Chung (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Kentucky
Melita Garza (Term: 2023-2026)
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Amber Roessner (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Tennessee
Denis Wu (Term: 2023-2026)
Boston University
Summer Harlow (Term: 2022-2025)
Texas A&M University/University of Texas at Austin
Jasmine McNealy (Term: 2022-2025)
University of Florida
Radhika Parameswaran (Term: 2022-2025)
Indiana University
AEJMC Publications Committee Members
Serving the AEJMC Publications Committee
for the 2024 – 2025 term
Teri Finneman (Chair) (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Kansas
Stephanie Craft (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Illinois
Keren Henderson (Term: 2024-2027)
Syracuse University
Alyssa Appelman (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Kansas
Uche Onyebadi (Term: 2023-2026)
Texas Christian University
Hyejoon Rim (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Minnesota
Maria DeMoya (Term: 2022-2025)
DePaul University
Chelsea Reynolds (Term: 2022-2025)
Arizona State University
Sun Young Lee (Term: 2022-2025)
University of Maryland
AEJMC Nominations and Elections Committee Members
Serving the AEJMC Nominations and Elections Committee
for the 2024 – 2025 term
Dorothy Bland (Chair) (Term: 2022-2025)
University of North Texas
Chuqing Dong (Term: 2024-2027)
Michigan State University
Yeuseung Kim (Term: 2024-2027)
Chung-Ang University
Damion Waymer (Term: 2024-2027)
University of South Carolina
Derigan Silver (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Denver
Ryan J. Thomas (Term: 2022-2025)
Washington State University
Suman Mishra (Term: 2022-2025)
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
AEJMC Committee on Career Development
Serving the AEJMC Committee on Career Development
for the 2024 – 2025 term
Steve Bien-Aimé (Chair) (Term: 2021-2025)
Northern Kentucky University
Richard Ganahl (Term: 2024-2027)
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
Matt Ragas (Term: 2024-2027)
DePaul University
Natalie Tindall (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Texas at Austin
Kristen Eddy (Term: 2024-2026)
Pew Research Center
HongMei Shen (Term: 2023-2026)
San Diego State University
Weiwu Zhang (Term: 2023-2026)
Ball State University
Sabine Baumann (Term: 2021-2025)
Jade University
Kelly Kaufhold (Term: 2022-2025)
Texas State University
About the AEJMC Committee on Career Development
The AEJMC Committee on Career Development works to:
- Implement plans for institutionalizing career service sessions at AEJMC conferences
- Foster coordination among AEJMC groups that conduct career development sessions
- Hold its own unique recurring career development events related to careers and
- Support AEJMC initiatives to aid underrepresented groups in journalism and mass communication education.
The appointed committee consists of at least a chair plus eight members, approved by the AEJMC President.
Members meet over the course of the year to work on committee activities.
AEJMC Committee on Teaching Members
Serving the AEJMC Committee on Teaching
for the 2024 – 2025 term
Tiffany Gallicano (Chair) (Term: 2022-2025)
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Laura K. Smith (Term: 2024-2027)
University of South Carolina
Mas Biswas (Term: 2024-2027)
Loyola University Maryland
Jeremy Littau (Term: 2024-2027)
Lehigh University
Hazel Cole (Term: 2024-2027)
University of West Georgia
Nandini Bhalla (Term: 2023-2026)
Texas State University
Lisa Burns (Term: 2023-2026)
Quinnipiac University
Theresa de los Santos (Term: 2023-2026)
Pepperdine University
Gabriel Tait (Term: 2023-2026)
Ball State University
Tracy Everbach (Term: 2022-2025)
University of North Texas
Chris Roberts (Term: 2022-2025)
The University of Alabama
Amanda Weed (Term: 2022-2025)
Kennesaw State University
ACEJMC Representatives
Serving the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (ACEJMC)
for the 2024 – 2025 term
Dorothy Bland (Term: 2024-2027)
University of North Texas
Christopher McCollough (Term: 2024-2027)
Jacksonville State University
Jessica Pucci (Term: 2023-2026)
Arizona State University
Suzanne Horsley (Term: 2022-2025)
University of Alabama
AEJMC Professional Freedom and Responsibility Committee Members
Serving the AEJMC Professional Freedom and Responsibility Committee
for the 2024 – 2025 term
George L. Daniels (Chair) (Term: 2022-2025)
University of Alabama
Celeste González de Bustamante (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Texas at Austin
Holly Overton (Term: 2024-2027)
Pennsylvania State University
Mimi Perreault (Term: 2024-2027)
University of South Florida
Ingrid Sturgis (Term: 2024-2027)
Howard University
Genelle Belmas (Chair) (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Kansas
Steve BienAime (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Northern Kentucky
Pallavi Guha (Term: 2023-2026)
Towson University
Meg Heckman (Term: 2023-2026)
Northeastern University
Sabine Baumann (Term: 2022-2025)
Jade University, Germany
Colleen Connolly-Ahern (Term: 2022-2025)
Penn State University
Katie Place (Term: 2022-2025)
Quinnipiac University