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AEJMC Pre-Convention Workshop Women Faculty Moving Forward:
“Leading the Future of Academia”
August 4, 2021, Virtual Conference
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Pre-Convention Workshop Women Faculty Moving Forward: “Leading the Future of Academia” was held virtually on Wednesday, August 4, 2021.
Sponsored by the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women, the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University and the AEJMC Council of Affiliates. This ninth workshop with accomplished academics will help junior women faculty move forward in their careers through mentoring, networking and preparing for tenure and promotion and administration and leadership positions.
Keynote speaker for the workshop was Rochelle Ford, Elon. Senior professor and researcher panelists included Meenakshi “Gigi” Durham, Professor, former Associate Dean for Outreach and Engagement, and Director of Diversity, College of Liberal Arts and Science, Iowa; Melita Garza, Associate Professor, Bob Schieffer College of Communication, Texas Christian; Dustin Harp, Director of Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Texas-Arlington and Sonora Jha, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Community.
2021 Kopenhaver Fellows
| Alaimo Katie, University of Colorado Boulder | Luttrell Regina, Syracuse University |
| Bayliss Lauren, Georgia Southern University | Marks Malone Kim, University of Memphis |
| Boling Kelli, University of Nebraska – Lincoln | Mason Nia, Xavier University of Louisiana |
| Bradshaw Amanda, University of Mississippi | McClinton Melissa, University of Nevada, Reno |
| Cabas-Mijares Ayleen, Marquette University | Mesmer Kelsey, Saint Louis University |
| Cato Mackenzie, Kennesaw State University | Miller Kaitlin, University of Alabama |
| Chen Yingying, University of South Carolina | Mohammed Wunpini Fatimata, University of Georgia |
| Chen Zifei, University of San Francisco | Nyamandi Varaidzo, Collin College |
| Choi Grace, Columbia College Chicago | Osur Laura, Quinnipiac University |
| Ciszek, Erica, University of Texas at Austin | Perryman Mallory, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Clarity Nicole, Hofstra University | Qadiri Monisa, Islamic University of Science & Technology, Awantipora Kashmir |
| Coduto Kathryn, South Dakota State University | Rheu Minjin, Loyola University Chicago |
| Costello Lori, University of South Dakota | Rodrigues Usha, Deakin University, Australia |
| Dai Zehui, Radford University | Rodwell Elizabeth, University of Houston |
| DeCook Julia, Loyola University Chicago | Saha Arpita, XIM University |
| Densley Rebecca, Trinity University | Scheinfeld Emily, Kennesaw State University |
| Edrington Candice, University of South Carolina | Schneider Erika, Syracuse University |
| El Sayed Nadine, The American University in Cairo | Shan Yan, California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo |
| Feng Yayu, University of St. Thomas | Sharma Neelam, Idaho State University |
| Galarza Litzy, University of North Alabama | Shata Aya, School of Communication, University of Miami |
| Garud Patkar Nisha, San Jose State University | Shi Rui, Rowan University |
| Gerber-Salins Heidi, Howard University | Shin Jae-Hwa, University of Southern Mississippi |
| Han Jiangxue, Appalachian State University | Smith Hollie, University of Oregon, Center for Science Communication Research |
| Hedges Carolyn, Syracuse University | Smith Marquita, University of Mississippi |
| Hernandez Miriam, CSU Dominguez Hills | Srikrishna Vasupradha, Madras Christian College |
| Huang Yan, University of Houston | Vasquez Rosalynn, Boston University |
| Jacobsen Jaime, Colorado State University | Wang Qun, Fordham University |
| Jenkins Joy, University of Tennessee | Weare Andrea M., University of Nebraska Omaha |
| Jiang Jenny, Elon University | Xiao Anli, University of South Carolina |
| Kempton Stefanie, Penn State Altoona | You Leping, Miami University |
| Kirkpatrick Ciera, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Yue Cen “April”, University of Connecticut |
| Kudva Sowjanya, Elon University | Zenner Shannon, Elon University |
| Kumble Sushma, Towson University | |
| Lee Namyeon, University of North Carolina at Pembroke |