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 16 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
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
School of Journalism
and Mass Communication
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)

Jo-Ann Huff Albers
9609 Iris Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45241-1306
(513)759-0229
E-mail: joann.albers@wku.edu
Representing Association
for Women in Communications

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

Beth Barnes
Director
School of Journalism
& Telecommunications
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0042
(859)257-4275
Fax: (859)323-3168
E-mail: bbarnes@uky.edu
Representing the Association
of Schools of Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2008)

Fred Blevens
Associate Dean and 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

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 2008)

Jerry Ceppos
Fellow, Markkula Center
for Applied Ethics
Santa Clara University
14550 Pike Road
Saratoga, CA 95070
(408)741-0331
Fax: (408)741-8829
E-mail: jceppos@aol.com
Representing Newspaper
Association of America
Foundation

Barbara Cochran
President
Radio-Television News
Directors Association
1600 K Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006
(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
E342 AJB
University of Iowa
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)

Robert Dodge
Media Relations Representative
American Petroleum Institute (API)
1220 L Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
(202)682-8127
Fax: (202)682-8115
E-mail: dodger@api.org
Representing National Lesbian
and Gay Journalists Association

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 of Journalism
and Mass Communication
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

Kathleen Fox
Director of Research
& Information, Research
& Information Group
National Association
of Broadcasters
1771 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202)429-5383
Fax: (202)429-4199
E-mail: kfox@nab.org
Representing National
Association of Broadcasters

Constance Cannon Frazier
Executive Vice President
Mosaic Center
and Education Services
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
Producer, Anchor
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 2008)

Christine Harris
211 Laurel Grove Lane
San Jose, CA 95126
(408)455-0023
E-mail: acharris2005@mac.com
Public member
(term expires 2009)

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)

Rick Rodriguez
Executive Editor
and Senior Vice President
The Sacramento Bee
2100 Q Street, PO Box 15779
Sacramento, CA 95852
(916)321-1002
Fax: (916)556-5605
E-mail: rrodriguez@sacbee.com
Representing American Society
of Newspaper Editors
(Term expires 2010)

Mary Alice Shaver
Director, Nicholson School
of Communication
University of Central Florida
PO Box 161344
Orlando, FL 32816
(407)823-2681
Fax: (407)823-6360
E-mail: mshaver@mail.ucf.edu
Representing American
Academy of Advertising

Ardyth Sohn
Director
Hank Greenspun School
of Journalism and Media Studies
4505 Maryland Parkway,
Building #9 CDC
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5007
(702)895-2028
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

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