Accrediting Council

ACEJMC has 19 member organizations that represent educators or professional practitioners. ACEJMC Bylaws stipulate that industry member associations may appoint at least one representative to the Accrediting Council; educator associations appoint one to six representatives depending on their size.

The Accrediting Council is composed of 14 representatives of professional organizations, 16 representatives of educational organizations, and three public members. The Council president is a non-voting member.

The Accrediting Council meets twice a year. It considers accrediting decisions at a meeting in the spring; the fall meeting is devoted to policies and other considerations. The Accrediting Council makes all final accrediting decisions.

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Peter Bhatia, President, ACEJMC
Executive Editor
The Oregonian
1320 S.W. Broadway
Portland, OR 97201
(503)221-8393 Fax: (503)294-5012
E-mail: pbhatia@news.oregonian.com
(Term expires 2010)

Jannette Dates, Vice President, ACEJMC
Dean
John H. Johnson School of Communications
525 Bryant St. NW
Howard University
Washington, D.C. 20059
(202)806-7694 Fax: (202)232-8040
E-mail: jdates@howard.edu
(Term expires 2010)

Debashis 'Deb' Aikat
Associate Professor and Media Futurist
School of Journalism
and Mass Communication
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
CB #3365, Carroll Hall 374
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365
(919)962-4090
Fax: (919)962-0620
E-mail:da@unc.edu
Representing Association
for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2010)

Jane Amari
President
Ivert Management Services
Publisher, San Pedro Valley News-Sun
and Arizona Range News
P.O. Box 2108
Benson, AZ 85602
(520)212-1971
Fax: (520)212-1971
E-mail: jane.amari
@wickcommunications.com
Representing Inland Press
Association

Fred Blevens
Professor
School of Journalism
and Mass Communication
Florida International University
3000 NE 151st Street
North Miami, FL 33181
(305)919-4430
Fax: (305)919-5203
E-mail: blevensf@fiu.edu
Representing Association
for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2009)

Douglas A. Boyd
Professor and Chief of Staff
Office of the President
University of Kentucky
101 Main Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0032
(859)257-1705
Fax: (859)257-1760
E-mail: boyd@email.uky.edu
Representing Broadcast
Education Association

Katherine A. Bradshaw
Associate Profesor
Department of Journalism
Bowling Green State University
302 West Hall
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0233
(419)372-2542
Fax: (419)372-0202
E-mail: kabrads@bgsu.edu
Representing American Journalism
Historian Association

Ann Brill
Dean
William Allen White School of Journalism
and Mass Communications
University of Kansas
1435 Jayhawk Blvd., Suite 200
Lawrence, KS 66045-7575
(785) 864-4755
Fax: (785)864-4396
E-mail: abrill@ku.edu
Representing Association of
Schools of Journalism and Mass
Communications
(Term expires: 2011)

Hubert Brown
Chair
Communications Department
The Newhouse School
of Public Communications
Syracuse University
215 University Place
Syracuse, NY 13244-2100
(315)443-4177
Fax: (315)443-3946
E-mail: hwbrown@syr.edu
Representing Association
for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2009)

Kenneth Campbell
Associate Professor
Electronic & Print Journalism
School of Journalism
and Mass Communications
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(803)777-3316
Fax: (803)777-4103
E-mail: Kencamp@gwm.sc.edu
Representing Association
for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires: 2011)

Jerry Ceppos
Dean
School of Journalism
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557-0310
(775)784-6531
Fax: (775)784-6656
E-mail: jceppos@unr.edu
Representing Newspaper
Association of America
Foundation

Barbara Cochran
President
Radio-Television News
Directors Association
1025 F Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20004
(202)659-6510
Fax: (202)223-4007
E-mail: barbarac@rtnda.org
Representing Radio-Television News Directors Association

Pamela J. Creedon
Associate Director
External Relations, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Iowa
E342 AJB
Iowa City, IA 52242-2004
(319)335-1370
Fax: (319)335-3502
E-mail: pam-creedon@uiowa.edu
Representing the Association
of Schools of Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2009)

Bill Felber
Executive Editor
The Manhattan Mercury
PO Box 787
Manhattan, KS 66505
(785)776-2300 x 240
Fax: (785)776-8807
E-mail: felber@themercury.com
Representing Associated Press
Managing Editors Association

Joe Foote
Dean and Edward L. Gaylord Chair
Gaylord College
University of Oklahoma
395 W. Lindsey
Norman, OK 73019
(405)325-5997
Fax: (405)325-7565
E-mail: jfoote@ou.edu
Representing Broadcast
Education Association

Constance Cannon Frazier
Executive Vice President
Corporate Programming and Development
American Advertising Federation
1101 Vermont Ave. N.W., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
(202)898-0089
Fax: (202)898-0159
E-mail: cfrazier@aaf.org
Representing American
Advertising Federation

Steve Geimann
Editor, Finance
Bloomberg News
1399 New York Avenue, 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
(202)624-1960
Fax: (202)624-1358
E-mail: Sgeimann@bloomberg.net
Representing Society
of Professional Journalists

Tim Gleason
Dean, School of Journalism
and Communication
1275 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1275
(541)346-3739
Fax: (541)346-0682
E-mail: tgleason@uoregon.edu
Representing the Association
of Schools of Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2011)

Christine Harris
1310 Fillmore St., PH1B
San Francisco, CA 94115
(408)455-0023
E-mail: charris@sfsu.edu
Public member
(term expires 2009)

Deborah Howell
Ombudsman
The Washington Post
1150 15th St. NW
Washington, DC 20071
(202)334-7582
Fax: (202)728-3222
E-mail: howelldc@washpost.com
Representing American Society of
Newspaper Editors

Jackie Jones
6500 7th Place NW
Washington, DC 20012
(202)291-5959 or (202)271-6890
E-mail: jjones5647@aol.com
Representing National
Association of Black Journalists

Kathleen S. Kelly
Professor
Department of Public Relations
College of Journalism
and Communications
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-8400
(352)392-9359
Fax: (352)273-1227
E-mail: kskelly@jou.ufl.edu
Representing Public Relations
Society of America Inc.

Dianne M. Lynch
Dean, Roy H. Park School
of Communications
311 Park Hall
Ithaca College
953 Danby Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607)274-3895
Fax: (607)274-1108
E-mail: dlynch@ithaca.edu
Representing the Association
of Schools of Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2009)

Judy Nadler
Senior Fellow
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0633
(408)554-7892
Fax: (408)554-2373
E-mail: jnadler@scu.edu
Public Member
(Term expires 2010)

John Paluszek
Senior Counsel
Ketchum
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6031
(646)935-3913
Fax: (646)935-4493
E-mail: john.paluszek
@ketchum.com
Representing Public Relations
Society of America Inc.

Chris Peck
Editor, The Commercial Appeal
495 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38101-0364
(901)529-2390
Fax: (901)529-2329
E-mail: peck
@commercialappeal.com
Representing Southern
Newspaper Publishers
Association

Angela Powers
Director
School of Journalism
and Mass Communications
105 Kedzie Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506-1501
(785)532-3963
Fax: (785)532-5484
E-mail: apowers@ksu.edu
Representing Association
of Schools of Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2010)

Reginald L. Robinson
President and CEO
Kansas Board of Regents
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 520
Topeka, KS 66612-1368
(785)296-3421
Fax: (785)296-0983
E-mail: rrobinson@ksbor.org
Public Member
(Term expires 2011)

Patricia Rose
Executive Director
American Academy of Advertising
24710 Shaker Blvd.
Beachwood, OH 44122
(786)393-3333
Fax: (866) 607-8512
E-mail: patrose@aaasite.org
Representing American Academy
of Advertising

Ardyth Sohn
Director
Hank Greenspun School
of Journalism and Media Studies
4505 Maryland Parkway,
Building #9 CDC
P.O. Box 455007
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5007
(702)895-3270
Fax: (702)895-5189
E-mail: ardyth.sohn@unlv.edu
Representing Association
of Schools of Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2010)

Ward White
Managing Director
Marcus Foundation
100 E. Wisconsin Ave., #1900
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414)905-1416
Fax: (414)905-2636
E-mail: wardwhite@marcuscorp.com
Representing Arthur W. Page
Society

Gale Workman
Professor
Division of Journalism
Florida A&M University
Tallahassee, FL 32307
(850) 561-2764
Fax: (850) 561-2764
E-mail: gale_workman@hotmail.com
Representing Association for
Women in Communications

Fred Young
Senior V.P. of News
Hearst Argyle Television, Inc.
300 W. 57th Street, 39th Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 887-6812
Fax: (212) 887-6812
E-mail: fyoung@hearst.com
Representing National Association of
Broadcasters Education Foundation

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