Federico Subervi, Ph.D
Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Texas State Univeristy-San Marcus
Director of Latinos and Media Project
Federico Subervi has had a busy summer:
Attended the National Conference on Media Reform (Minneapolis, MN, June 5-8), where he spoke at a panel discussing Spanish-language media.
Attended a meeting in Chicago (June 18-20) that brought together recipients of McCormick Foundation grants to analyze various issues related to ethnic media. His project is assessing the policies and practices in Texas and Illinois for emergency communications directed at non-English-speaking populations.
From Chicago he flew directly to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend (June 21-25) and become a team member of OBITEL, which brings together annually a group of international scholars from 9 Latin American and Iberian countries who are analyzing telenovelas and other fictional television produced and distributed in these region.
From July 22-27, he will be in Chicago to attend UNITY 2008, the conference of journalists of color, where he is one of the authors selected to do a book signing for his edited/authored book: The Mass Media and Latino Politics (NY:Routledge).
Special Thanks to Dr. Randy Reddick, Texas Tech University’s Journalism Department Chairman, for establishing MAC’s web presence. Darlene Lee, the MAC newsletter editor and interim webmaster, personally thanks Dr. Reddick for his time and guidance in enabling the existence of MAC online.
Dr. Camilla Gant, MAC’s Head, has been appointed the inaugural Director of the Mass Communications program at the University of West Georgia, effective fall 2007. In consultation with the department chair, she will oversee curriculum development and assessment, budgeting, course scheduling, advising, scholarship selection, and strategic initiatives.
Dr. Frances Ward-Johnson, MAC’S PF&R Chair, recently had her work titled “Ida B. Wells-Barnett and America’s First Anti-Lynching Campaign” published as a chapter in the book, Women’s Use of Public Relations for Progressive-Era Reform: Rousing the Conscience of a Nation, The Edwin Mellen Press, September 2007. Ward-Johnson’s chapter focuses on famous American journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett. The chapter highlights a woman’s role in spearheading the activism of black women, the activism of a nation and eventually the world.
Dr. Ed Mullin was presented the Robert P. Knight Multicultural Recruiting Award at MAC’s summer luncheon. Mullin, a retired University of Alabama journalism professor, received the award for his efforts to create a more diversified journalism workforce.
