Name: John S. Armstrong
Where you work: Department of Communication Studies, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
Where you received/are receiving your Ph.D.: Ph.D. received at the University of Utah in 2002
Current favorite class: Media History
Current research project: History of South Carolina Broadcasting

Fun fact about yourself: I just finished my 13th marathon. It was the Berlin Marathon in which Eliud Kipchoge set a new world record. I finished an hour and 33 minutes behind him.

Name: Ulf Jonas Björk
Where you work: Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis
Where you received/are receiving your Ph.D.: University of Washington, Seattle
Current favorite class: J450 Journalism History
Current research project: How the Swedish version of LIFE Magazine covered Civil Rights in America and the Vietnam War.
Fun fact about yourself: I thought I could do without a car when moving to a city in the Midwest; it took me to years to figure out that was not an option. Back then, I was pretty much the only adult in the city riding a bike to work and to the grocery store.

Name: Karen Miller Russell
Where you work: University of Georgia
Where you received/are receiving your Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin-Madison (1993)
Current favorite class: Advertising and Public Relations Theory
Current research project: Writing a book to be published by Peter Lang through AEJMC’s Scholarsourcing program, Promoting Monopoly: AT&T and the Politics of Public Relations, 1900-1945
Fun fact about yourself: When I was a child an airplane flew just over our car and landed on the highway!

Name: Kathleen Wickham
Where you work: University of Mississippi
Where you received/are receiving your Pd.D: University of Memphis
Current favorite class: The Press and the South
Current research project: Eyes on the Prize pre-production discussions about the role of the media in the Civil Rights Movement
Fun fact about yourself: Will be teaching at the University of Rennes 2 in Spring 2019, holding the American Studies chair