By Perry Parks, Membership Co-Chair, Michigan State University, parksp@msu.edu
Elizabeth Atwood
Where you work: Hood College, Frederick, MD (associate professor)
Where you got your Ph.D.: University of Maryland
Current favorite class: Introduction to Media Writing (I enjoy seeing students learn a new form of writing and gain appreciation for how journalists work.)
Current research project: I have just completed work on the biography of Marguerite Harrison, a Baltimore Sun reporter who was a spy for the Military Intelligence Division in the early 1920s. The book, The Liberation of Marguerite Harrison, America’s First Female Foreign Intelligence Agent, will be published by Naval Institute Press in September.
Fun fact about yourself: I met my husband in Moscow when the Baltimore Sun sent its co-ed softball team to Russia in 1990 to teach Russian journalists how to play softball. That anecdote shows how much money newspapers used to have and how naive we were as we watched the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Nathaniel Frederick II
Where you work: Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC
Where you got your Ph.D.: Pennsylvania State University
Current favorite class: Culture of Media Startups
Current research project: I am currently serving as an editor of the 3rd Edition of Media Ethics at Work: True Stories from Young Professionals.
Fun fact about yourself: I am a huge fan of soul singer Sam Cooke. My favorite songs are “Nothing Can Change This Love” and “Nearer To Thee.”
Mark Neuzil
Where you work: Chair of the Department of Emerging Media, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
Where you got your Ph.D.: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Current favorite class: British Roots of American Journalism (in London)
Current research project: Profiles of (historical) nature writers with a Minnesota connection
Fun fact about yourself: Was a U.S. Forest Service-licensed wilderness guide and First Responder