By Perry Parks, Michigan State University, Membership Co-Chair, parksp@msu.edu
Lillie Fears
Where you work: School of Media & Journalism, Arkansas State University
Where you got your Ph.D.: University of Missouri School of Journalism
Current favorite class: Mass Communications in Modern Society
Current research project: I am working on a project that examines coverage of the historic Memphis-based Universal Life Insurance Company in African American print media.
Fun fact about yourself: I have always enjoyed organizing information and edited three self-help books about health in the 7th grade.
John Haman
Where you work: University of Dubuque, Iowa
Where you got your Ph.D.: University of Iowa, 2019
Current favorite class: Media History and Culture, where we investigate how media has aided in the construction of race, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.
Current research project: I’m working on an article that focuses on the intersection of muckraking journalism, alternative media, and libel law in the pre-Progressive Era.
Fun fact about yourself: I’m an avid runner and enjoy taking advantage of all the trails along the Mississippi River in NE Iowa.
Ross Collins
Where you work: North Dakota State University, Fargo, professor of communication
Where you got your Ph.D.: University of Cambridge, UK
Current favorite class: History of mass media
Current research project: Cultural history of chocolate
Fun fact about yourself: Third degree black belt, tae kwon do, old guys division (or I would be in it if they had one)