The History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is announcing that Elizabeth Atwood of Hood College has won this year’s Top Faculty Paper Award. She will receive a plaque and a $100 cash prize for her paper, “Deadline: A History of Journalists Murdered in America.”

The second-place faculty paper award goes to Noah Arceneaux of San Diego State for “Acadian Airwaves: A History of Cajun Radio.”

Third place faculty paper goes to Tamar Gregorian of Tulane University for “The Making Of ‘The Young Budgeter’: The American Girl Magazine’s Role in a Girl Scout’s Life During the Great Depression.”

In the student paper competition, the top award winner is Autumn Linford of the University of North Carolina for her paper “Perceptions of Progressive Era Newsgirls: Framing of Girl Newsies by Reformers, Newspapers, and the Public.” She will receive a plaque and a $100 cash prize.

The second place student award goes to Alexia Little of the University of Georgia for “Cementing Their Heroes: Historical Newspaper Coverage of Confederate Monuments.”

Third place was won by Carolina Velloso of the University of Maryland for “Race Films and the Black Press: Representation and Resistance.”

The Top Extended Abstract Award goes to Michael Buozis of Muhlenberg College for “Targeting the trades, press associations, and J-schools: Tobacco industry mapping and shaping of metajournalistic discourses.”

In addition to top paper awards, this year the division also has a Top Reviewer Award. It goes to Jennifer Moore of the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

The session featuring the first- and second-place papers will be at 7 p.m. Central Daylight Time Thursday, Aug. 5. The session including the third-place winners will be at 3 p.m. Central Daylight Time Wednesday, Aug. 4.

Here is an early draft of the History Division’s agenda for the conference. All times are Central Daylight Time. The Division will convey any updates as needed.

Tuesday, Aug. 3
7 p.m. Awards Gala

Wednesday, Aug. 4
7:30 a.m. Executive Committee Meeting

9 a.m. Flashpoint in History: How Image Shapes Historical Understanding, panel with VISC

11 a.m. High Density Paper Session

The 1980s and the War on Drugs: The Media’s Declaration Against Hollywood? – Andrew Daws, University of Alabama
Civil War Generals for President: Press Coverage of Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield During the Elections of 1876 and 1880 – Jack Breslin, Iona College
The Image of Heroines in Advertisements of Shanghai’s Martial Arts Films during 1920s-1930’s – Huang Wenlu, National Chengchi University
An Attempted Coup on King Coal: How The Tennessean helped reshape discourse of coal mining – Anthony Cepak, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Community Divisions and Fractures in Print: Institutional and Student Media Coverage of a 1927 High School Student Strike – Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen, University of Idaho
Evangelical Erasure?: Digital Communications Technology and the Memory of Rachel Held Evans – Karlin Andersen, Pennsylvania State University
Dorothy Barclay: Mediating Parenting Advice – Diane Prusank, Westfield State University

1 p.m. History of Video Gaming: Moral Panics and News Controversy in the Storytelling Medium, panel, with CTEC

3 p.m. Diversity: Race and Gender Paper Presentations

Where There Was a Will, AEJ Made a Way for Diversity – George Daniels, University of Alabama
Race Films and the Black Press: Representation and Resistance – Carolina Velloso, University of Maryland
“The Making Of “The Young Budgeter:” The American Girl Magazine’s Role in a Girl Scout’s Life During the Great Depression – Tamar Gregorian, Tulane University
By Far the Best of Our Foreign Representatives:” Vira B. Whitehouse and the Origins of Public Diplomacy – Ayla Oden, Louisiana State University; John M. Hamilton, Louisiana State University

Thursday, Aug, 5
9 a.m. The Future of Historical Research: Re-envisioning the Archive in the Age of Digitization, panel with MMAG

11 a.m. Dismantling a Legacy of Misrepresentation: Critiquing the Past in Order to Improve the Present Coverage of American Indian Issues and Identity, panel with CCSD

3 p.m. Covering 9/11, Twenty Years Later, panel with CoAF

5 p.m. Media Law Research in a Time of Crisis, panel with LAWP

7 p.m. Top Papers
Deadline: A History of Journalists Murdered in America – Elizabeth Atwood, Hood College
Acadian Airwaves: A History of Cajun Radio – Noah Arceneaux, San Diego State
Perceptions of Progressive Era Newsgirls: Framing of Girl Newsies by Reformers, Newspapers, and the Public – Autumn Linford, University of North Carolina
Cementing Their Heroes: Historical Newspaper Coverage of Confederate Monuments – Alexia Little, University of Georgia

8:45 p.m. Business Meeting – all members welcome!

Friday, Aug. 6
9 a.m. Journalism and Public Relations: Practices and Ethics

Targeting the Trades, Press Associations, and J-schools: Tobacco Industry Mapping and Shaping of Metajournalistic Discourses – Michael Buozis, Muhlenberg College
A Socially Responsible Trade: an Analysis of Ethical Discourse in Editor & Publisher, 1930-1934 – James Fuller, University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Effect of Early Journalism Codes and Press Criticism on the Professionalization of Public Relations – Thomas Bivins, University of Oregon

Saturday, Aug. 7
12:30 p.m. Broussard Teaching Awards, “Transformative Teaching of Media and Journalism History”