Created by AEJMC 2019 President Marie Hardin, Penn State University, the AEJMC Collaborative Scholar Research Program awards grants to collaborative research projects involving a graduate student and faculty partnership, with the graduate student serving as the lead researcher, to foster innovative and timely research in journalism and mass communication conducted by graduate students. The AEJMC Collaborative Scholar Program is designed to support graduate student researchers working closely with faculty scholars. These funds may support research assistants, travel to research centers or relevant locations, or pay for supplies, study participants’ compensations, and services associated with the research. Funding will be provided to the graduate student/lead author.
2023 Collaborative Scholars Recipients
- Proposal: The Holocaust as a Polarizing Metaphor for Emotion-laden Political Conversations on Social Media
Student: Amy Ritchart, College of Communication & Information Sciences, The University of Alabama
Faculty: Rebecca K. Britt, (Associate Professor), Department of Journalism and Creative Media, College of Communication & Information Sciences, The University of Alabama
READ THE ABSTRACT [1] - Proposal: Polarization by Examining How Targeted Ideological Messaging through Use of Moral Cues May Stimulate Political Participation and Influence Attitudes in Support for Green Energy
Student: Alexandrea Matthews, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
Faculty: Jay D. Hmielowski, (Associate Professor), Department of Public Relations in the College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
READ THE ABSTRACT [2]
2022 Collaborative Scholars Recipients
- Proposal: The Influence of Mediated Healthcare Environments on Preventative Healthcare-Seeking Intentions
Student: Amy Huber, (Student) School of Communication, Florida State University
Faculty: Rachel Bailey, (Associate Professor), School of Communication, Florida State University
Read the Abstract [3] - Proposal: Do Black Lives Matter in the Empathy Machine? Creating a Shared Reality to Disrupt Whiteness with Immersive 360-Degree Videos
Student: Haley R. Hatfield, (Student) Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
Faculty: Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn, (Associate Professor), Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
Read the Abstract [4] - Proposal: Getting the truth out: The Professional Practices and Roles of Central-Eastern European Foreign Correspondents Covering the War in Ukraine
Student: Teodora Trifonova, (Student) School of Journalism and Electronic Media, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Faculty: Joy Jenkins, (Assistant Professor), School of Journalism and Electronic Media, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Read the Abstract [5]
2021 Collaborative Scholars Recipients
- Proposal: Media Advocacy and the Health Belief Model in the Context of COVID-19: A Mixed Methods Study
Student: Carl A. Ciccarelli, (Doctoral Student) School of Journalism and Mass Communication College of Information and Communications, University of South Carolina
Faculty: Brooke W. McKeever, (Associate Professor, Associate Dean), School of Journalism and Mass Communications College of Information and Communications University of South Carolina
Read the Abstract [6] - Proposal: E-raced: Substack, journalists of color, and the entrepreneurial push
Student: Nelanthi Hewa, (Doctoral Student) University of Toronto, Faculty of Information
Faculty: Nicole Cohen, (Associate Professor), University of Toronto, Faculty of Information/Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology
Read the Abstract [7] - Proposal: “Am I An Influencer?”: Legitimation Strategies of Social Media Influencers of Color in an Emerging Profession
Student: Kaley N. Martin, (Doctoral Student) The University of Alabama College of Communication & Information Sciences
Faculty: Shaheen Kanthawala, (Assistant Professor), Department of Journalism and Creative Media at The University of Alabama
Read the Abstract [8]