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Renovation of Franklin Hall is not the only way the KSU administration has shown its support for Kent JMC. Six new fulltime tenure track faculty lines were given to the school for the 2006-2007 academic year. Five have been filled, and one search is underway with the goal of having the sixth faculty member on board by the start of Spring Semester 2007. JMC Director, Jeff Fruit, expressed appreciation for the university's backing. "This kind of support is almost unheard of in this time of shrinking financial resources," he said. "Six new tenure track lines must be a record of some sort!" "We are really thankful the university sees our program as central to its mission. The new faculty lines allow us to better serve not only our current students, but also those coming to us in the future," Fruit said. Joining the faculty this year are assistant professors Jacquie Marino, magazine; Jan Leach, news; Joe Murray, electronic media; and Hyangsook Lee, information design. Jeanette Drake joins the faculty as an associate professor in public relations. And, a search is underway for a junior faculty member in the advertising sequence. Here's a brief bio on each new faculty member:
She holds a Ph.D. in communication studies from Bowling Green and is accredited in PR (APR) by PRSA. Her research interests are in political and environmental communication, social marketing, and grassroots campaigns. At KSU, she will focus on developing the new PR graduate program.
before that. Prior to that, she was a staff writer for Cleveland Scene and for The Memphis Flyer. She earned undergraduate degrees in journalism and political science at Kent State and a master's degree in nonfiction writing from the Johns Hopkins University. She will teach feature writing and magazine writing and production classes.
Moulton Hall. Before that he was senior producer/director in the Office of Teleproductions. His background includes work in videography, nonlinear video editing, documentary, electronic media and Web production, computer graphics and art direction. |
He holds a bachelors, masters and Ph.D. from Kent State. He will teach production and Web design courses to start.
Residence in the school, teaching copy editing and ethics, working on development and organizing the Ethics Workshop co-sponsored by the school and the Poynter Institute. She is also finishing work on her master's degree. Before going to the Beacon Journal, Jan was managing editor and metro editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer and city editor of the Arizona Republic. Jan will continue to teach in the news and ethics areas.
Tennessean, and she spent a summer on the New York Times. She received her bachelors degree from Hongik University in Seoul, Korea, and her masters from Ohio University. She did additional study at the Watkins College of Art and Design in Nashville. Hyangsook will begin teaching information design courses for JMC starting in Spring Semester 2007.
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Here's the 'Cast of Characters' for AY 2006-2007 |
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Professors Fred Endres, news Associate Professors Fran Collins, advertising Assistant Professors Bill Barre, advertising |
Non-Tenure Track Rob Jewell |
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