She believes that graduate education is a privilege and opportunity for students to gain outstanding communication and research skills. Smith earned her doctorate from the University of Arkansas focusing on curriculum and instruction and faculty leadership. Marquita Smith, Ed.D., is the assistant dean for graduate programs. She also reviews graduation applications and is overseeing the student internship program.ĭr. In this role, one of her primary functions is freshmen advising. Simmons joined the School of Journalism and New Media in October 2015 as the assistant dean for student services. She served on several university standing committees, including the Admissions, Orientation, Recruitment and Advising Committee, Non-Resident Admissions Committee, and Institutional Compliance Committee. She also served as the department’s DGET officer. In these roles, she managed the application process for the Oxford, Tupelo, Desoto, Booneville and Grenada campuses for all new undergraduate applicants. Simmons served as the assistant director, interim director and associate director of admissions. She worked as financial aid advisor and senior financial aid advisor until she was offered a position in the UM Admissions Office in 2004. While enrolled in her master’s program, Simmons worked as a graduate assistant in the Office of Financial Aid, and upon completion of her master’s, was hired as a full-time employee there. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Master of Arts in higher education/student personnel from the University of Mississippi. Jennifer Simmons is originally from New Albany, Mississippi. Title: Assistant Dean for Student Services He is an attorney and is admitted to practice in state and federal courts. He has been a columnist in more than 20 state newspapers for more than 30 years and has won many writing awards for the column, his reporting from Iraq and in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He is a past president of the Mississippi Press Association and has also served as a director and president of the Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information and the Mississippi-Louisiana Associated Press Managing Editors Association. He came to the School of Journalism and New Media in 2010 after 24 years as executive editor of The Vicksburg Post. Title: Journalism Program Coordinator /Associate Professor of JournalismĬharlie Mitchell is an associate professor, having previously served as associate dean. in mass communication from the University of Florida, where he studied as an Alumni Graduate Fellow, a master’s degree in mass communication from Texas State University – San Marcos in mass communication, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Middle Tennessee State University in recording industry management. His research interests include digital media related issues from news gathering to intellectual property.Ĭain has a Ph.D. Originally a musician, he worked in Nashville and Austin in live music and studio settings for 15 years. Cain joined the school after working in corporate consulting in Austin, Texas. Jason Cain is an assistant professor of integrated marketing communications. Title: Integrated Marketing Communications Coordinator /Assistant Professorĭr. Wenger has previously served as Assistant Dean for Partnerships and Innovation in the school and was Associate Professor for Media Convergence at Virginia Commonwealth University prior to her association with the University of Mississippi. In 2018, AEJMC’s Electronic News Division also honored Wenger with the Larry Burkum Service Award for her service to journalism and journalism education. Her 2018 research on news video and local television news was completed with support from the Knight Foundation. She has made more than a dozen campus visits as a consultant, a member of site teams for the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (ACEJMC) or as a state board program evaluator.
from Kingston University in London and was named as a top journalism educator by NewsPro magazine in 2017. She is also co-author of two books, Advancing the Story: Journalism in a Digital World and Managing Today’s News Media: Audience First.
She conducts multimedia workshops in newsrooms around the country for SPJ in association with its Google News Initiative Program and is co-executive editor of.
State Department providing multimedia journalism training in the South Pacific and in Europe.
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Wenger worked as a reporter, producer and in newsroom leadership roles for multiple TV stations. Twitter: Wenger, Ph.D., is Interim Dean and Professor in the School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi. School of Journalism and New Media Faculty and Staff Administration Debora Wenger