Barbara Barnett:
--Received the Mary Ann Yodelis Smith Award for Feminist Scholarship for 2007 from the Commission on the Status of Women of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at the August convention in Washington. Her proposed study, “Omniscience and Omnipotence: An exploration about motherhood in news coverage of the Andrea Yates trials” has the potential to make significant contributions to the literature of gender and media, the commission said.
-- was chosen to attend the Poynter Institute Workshop on Teaching Diversity Across the Curriculum in May 2007.
Mugur Geana was selected to attend the Journalism Teaching Workshop at Indiana University in summer 2007.
Douglas Ward won two awards for papers at the American Journalism Historians Association Conference in October. The awards were: Top faculty paper for “Mapping the Women’s Magazine of the Early 20th Century: A geographic analysis of Ladies Home Journal Readers, 1911-1955;” Best article published in American Journalism for “From Barbarian Farmers to Yeoman Customers: Curtis Publishing Co. and the Search for Rural America, 1910-1930.”
Peggy Kuhr’s “Rosedale Project: KU’s Excellence in Journalism Camp” received a second place award in the AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division Innovative Outreach competition. Presentation on the project at the national convention in August, 2007.
John Hudnall was chosen to receive the Outstanding Educator Award from the AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division at the August 2007 convention. He chaired the division from 2003 to 2005.
Sue Novak, director of the Bremner Center, received a first place award from the National Federation of Press Women, for a column she writes about the Lawrence Humane Society and animal care issues.
Tom Eblen, who retired in 2001 after 15 years as Kansan general manager, received the Clyde M. Reed Master Editor Award from the Kansas Press Association in May.
Malcolm Gibson was elected president of the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press in April.
It represents advisers and students at 30 four- and two-year colleges.
Ted Frederickson was named the first Gene Budig Teaching Professor of Writing at the School for 2007-2008.
Bob Basow received the John Katich Creativity Award from the School.
Kerry Benson was a finalist for the HOPE Award, given by the KU Senior Class and Board of Class Officers. She has been a finalist three times.
Benson and Ward were chosen by the School’s graduate students to be honored at the KU Center for Teaching Excellence 2007 celebration of teaching.
