Committees

AEJMC Committees and Roles of Committee Members

Overall Committee Member Expectations

Across all AEJMC committees, members are expected to:

  • Participate actively in meetings and discussions throughout the year.
  • Uphold AEJMC’s mission, values, and ethical standards.
  • Collaborate respectfully with other committee members and leadership.
  • Maintain confidentiality and transparency in all decision-making processes.
  • Contribute 

Elected Standing Committees

Elected standing committee members are elected by the AEJMC membership and serve staggered three-year terms.

About the Committee

Serving the AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on Professional Freedom and Responsibility
for the 2025 – 2026 term

Holly Overton (Chair) (Term: 2024-2027)
Pennsylvania State University
 
George L. Daniels (Term: 2025-2028)
University of Alabama

Jason Martin (Term: 2025-2028)
DePaul University

Jessica Retis (Term: 2025-2028)
The University of Arizona

Carol Terracina-Hartman (Term: 2025-2028)
Murray State University

Celeste González de Bustamante (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Texas at Austin
 
Mimi Perreault (Term: 2024-2027)
University of South Florida
 
Ingrid Sturgis (Term: 2024-2027)
Howard University
 
Genelle Belmas (Chair) (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Kansas
 
Steve BienAime (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Northern Kentucky
 
Pallavi Guha (Term: 2023-2026)
Towson University
 
Meg Heckman (Term: 2023-2026)
Northeastern University

About the Committee

Ethical Research Guidelines

Serving the AEJMC Standing Committee on Research
for the 2025 – 2026 term

Deborah Chung (Chair) (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Kentucky

Saleem Alhabash (Term: 2025-2028)
Michigan State University

Kim Fox (Term: 2025-2028)
American University in Cairo

Summer Harlow (Term: 2025-2028)
University of Texas at Austin

Yong Volz (Term: 2025-2028)
University of Missouri

Lucinda Austin (Term: 2024-2027)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Valérie Bélair-Gagnon (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Minnesota

Patrick Ferrucci (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Colorado Boulder

Jessica Willoughby (Term: 2024-2027)
Washington State University

Melita Garza (Term: 2023-2026)
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Amber Roessner (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Tennessee

Denis Wu (Term: 2023-2026)
Boston University

About the Committee

Serving the AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on Teaching
For the 2025-2026 term

Gabriel B. Tait (Chair) (Term: 2023-2026)
Ball State University

Cara Hawkins-Jedlicka (Term: 2025-2028)
Washington State University

Katie Place (Term: 2025-2028)
Quinnipiac University

Erika Schneider (Term: 2025 -2028)
Syracuse University

Amanda Weed (Term: 2025-2028)
Kennesaw State University

Masudul Biswas (Term: 2024-2027)
Loyola University Maryland

Harrison Hove (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Florida

Jeremy Littau (Term: 2024-2027)
Lehigh University

Laura K. Smith (Term: 2024-2027)
University of South Carolina

Theresa de Santos (Term: 2023-2026)
Pepperdine University

Nandini Bhalla (Term: 2023-2026)
Texas State University

Kim Marks Malone (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Memphis

About the Committee

Serving the AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on Publications
for the 2025 – 2026 term

Alyssa Appelman (Chair) (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Kansas

Sun Young Lee (Term: 2025-2028)
University of Maryland

María De Moya (Term: 2025-2028)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Chelsea Reynolds (Term: 2025-2028)
Arizona State University

Stephanie Craft (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Illinois
 
Keren Henderson (Term: 2024-2027)
Syracuse University
 
Teri Finneman (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Kansas

Uche Onyebadi (Term: 2023-2026)
Texas Christian University
 
Hyejoon Rim (Term: 2023-2026)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Other Elected Committees

About the Council

Serving the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (ACEJMC)
for the 2025 – 2026 term

Louisa Ha (Term: 2025-2028)
Bowling Green State University

Dorothy Bland (Term: 2024-2027)
University of North Texas

Jairo Alfonso Lugo-Ocando (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Sharjah

Jessica Pucci (Term: 2023-2026)
Arizona State University

Appointed Standing Committees

Appointed standing committee members serve staggered three-year terms and are appointed by the AEJMC president.

About the Committee

Serving the AEJMC Finance Committee
for the 2025 – 2026 term

Mia Moody (Chair) (Term: 2024-2028)
Baylor University

Mattew Haught (Term: 2025-2029)
University of Memphis

Gabriel Dominguez Partida (Term: 2025-2028)
Universidad Panamericana

Bey-Ling Sha (Term: 2023-2027)
Texas Tech University

Samuel Tham (Term: 2024-2027)
Colorado State University

Carl Ciccarelli (Term: 2023-2026)
University of South Carolina Aiken

Teresa Mastin (Term: 2022-2026)
Michigan State University

About the Committee

Serving the AEJMC Membership Committee
for the 2025 – 2026 term

Jennifer Vardeman (Chair) (Term 2023-2026)
University of Houston

Zicheng Cheng (Term: 2025-2028)
University of Arizona

Sungwon Chung (Term: 2025-2028)
Ball State University

Katie Foss (Term: 2025-2028)
Middle Tennessee State University

Mariam Alkazemi (Term 2024-2027)
Virginia Commonwealth

Irene Segopolo (Term 2024-2027)
University of Bostwana

Ron W. Sitton (Term 2024-2027)
Arkansas State University

Keonte Coleman (Term 2023-2026)
Syracuse University

Valerie White (Term 2023-2026)
Florida A&M University

About the Committee

Serving the AEJMC Nominations and Elections Committee
for the 2025 – 2026 term

Ryan J. Thomas (Chair) (Term: 2025-2028)
Washington State University

Jan Boyles (Term: 2025-2028)
University of Arizona

Betsy Emmons (Term: 2025-2028)
University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Chuqing Dong (Term: 2024-2027)
Michigan State University

Yeuseung Kim (Term: 2024-2027)
Chung-Ang University

Damion Waymer (Term: 2024-2027)
University of South Carolina

Derigan Silver (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Denver

About the Committee

Serving the AEJMC/ASJMC Human Resource Committee
for the 2025 – 2026 term

Matthew Haught (Chair) (Term: 2025-2029)
Memphis University

Jared L. Johnson (Term: 2025-2028)
Oklahoma State University

Mia Moody (Term: 2024-2028)
Baylor University

Kim Bissell (Term: 2024-2027)
Louisiana State University

Bey-Ling Sha (Term: 2023-2027)
Texas Tech University

Hub Brown (Term: 2023-2026)
University of Florida

Teresa Mastin (Term 2022-2026)
Michigan State University

About the Committee

Serving the AEJMC Committee on Career Development
for the 2025 – 2026 term 

Weiwu Zhang (Chair) (Term: 2023-2026)
Ball State University

Amy Jo Coffey (Term: 2025-2028)
University of Tennessee

Hua Jiang (Term: 2025-2028)
Syracuse University

Marisa Porto (Term: 2025-2028)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Patrick Merle (Term: 2025-2027)
Florida State University

Matt Ragas (Term: 2024-2027)
DePaul University

Natalie Tindall (Term: 2024-2027)
University of Texas at Austin

Kristen Eddy (Term: 2024-2026)
Pew Research Center

HongMei Shen (Term: 2023-2026)
San Diego State University

About the Committee

Serving the AEJMC/Gene Burd Award Committee
for the 2025 – 2026 term

Newly Paul (Term: 2025-2028)
University of North Texas

Dani Brown (Term: 2024-2027)
Michigan State University

Susan Keith (Term: 2023-2026)
Rutgers University 

About the Committee

Serving the Committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Access, and Justice (DEIJ)
for the 2025 – 2026 term

Leaders TBA after Oct. 1, 2025

Annual Committees

Appointed annual and ad hoc committee members are appointed by the AEJMC president. Members serve one-year terms.
 

There are no committees at this time.

Task Forces

A task force is appointed by the president to investigate a particular broad-based issue. The appointment is on a short-term basis.

There are no task forces at this time.

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