JMC Accomplishments

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Faculty & Staff:

  • Dr. Serajul Bhuiyan presented a paper titled "Charlotte Collaborative Journalism - A Case Analysis on Collaborative Journalism" at the AEJMC (association for education in Journalism and Mass Communication) Conference held from August 7-11, 2023.


  • Dr. Juliana Trammel was invited to present her published chapter titled "Artificial Intelligence for Social Evil: Exploring how AI and Beauty Filters Perpetuates Colorism- Lessons Learned from Colorism Giant, Brazil, at the media sociology symposium in partnership with the Brazil-US Colloquium on Communication Studies (International Communication Association Pre-Conference, August 2023).
  • Reginald Franklin was appointed to serve on the assessment committee for the Georgia Film Consortium, a professional organization, a unit of the University System of Georgia         

Students: 

  • Aniyah Baker is Chairwoman of Health and Wellness Committee, NAACP
  • Eden Turner received the 2023 Washington Media Fellows Scholarship
  • Rayshon Lawrence was awarded the Kabela Family Scholarship. He published an article on the Savannah Tribute titled "Healthy Savannah Celebrates 15th Anniversary."


Alumni:

  • Christina John '22 got promoted to account manager in training at Insight Global HQ at the digital office
  • Justin Phillips '21 has enrolled at the MA in communications, strategic Management Track, at Columbus State University.
  • James Seabrooks '23 accepted a position as Videographer, website and YouTube manager for Roof Crafters
  • Jazmin Wilson '22 has enrolled at Grand Valley State University in the communications programs as part of the SSU/GVST Consortium
  • Christa Ross '22 has graduated from the military's premier communications and media learning institution  on August 26, 2023. Her graduating average was 87.9. Ms. Ross had her work/projects published by the Major General Crumbly of the GA Air National Guard



The Mass Communications Department at Savannah State University would like to congratulate all the students, faculty/staff and alumni for all of there hard work!

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