Mass Communication

Faculty Achievements

Our faculty has a wide array of interests and engages in significant research and creative activities including documentaries, books, research grants, publication in leading academic journals, and conference presentations around the world. Faculty are also engaged in undergraduate research and mentoring students. Last year the Department held its first undergraduate research symposium. 

NATHANIEL FREDERICK

  • Frederick, N., & Schulte, W. (2016, Aug). Black Panther and black agency: Constructing cultural nationalism in comic books featuring Black Panther, 19731979. Presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) National Conference: Entertainment Studies 2016 Abstracts Division, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Frederick, N., & Schulte, W. (2015, Apr). Black Panther and black agency: Constructing cultural nationalism in comic books featuring Black Panther, 19731979. Presented The Media & Civil Rights History Symposium, Columbia, SC.

JOSEPH KASKO

  • Kasko, J.W. (2020, August). Community through dialogue and its impact on support for NPR member stations. Paper presented to The Community Journalism Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference, San Francisco, California.
  • Kasko, J. (2019). Building community through dialogue at NPR member stations. Community Journalism.

AIMEE MEADER

  • Meader, A. (2017, Aug). The third person effect on twitter: How partisans view Donald Trump's 2016 campaign messages. Presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC): Mass Communication and Society Abstracts, 2017, Chicago, IL.
  • Frederick, N., & Meader, A. (2016). When privacy outweighs the public's right to know. In Guy Reel & Lee Ann Peck (Eds.). Media ethics at work: True stories from young professionals (2nd ed.). San Diego: Cognella.

WILLIAM SCHULTE

  • Schulte, W. (2018). The journalism of Gannett Blog: Revealing communities of practice and social construction through collective dynamics. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies.
  • Schulte, W., Simpson, E., & DeBari, M. (2017, Aug). President Ford's personal Watergate: The undermining of the public sphere during the Mayaguez Incident of 1975. Paper presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication(AEJMC) National Conference: History Abstracts, Chicago, IL.  

BONNYE STUART 

  • Stuart, B. (2015). Discovering vintage New Orleans: A guide to the city's timeless shops, bars, hotels & more. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield
  • Stuart, B. (2015). It happened in Louisiana: Remarkable events that shaped history. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Stuart, B. (2015). Haunted New Orleans: Southern spirits, garden district ghosts, and vampire venues. Guildford, CT: Morris Book Publishing.