Faculty

Whitney Phillips, SOJC associate professor, said the media was never the far-left monolith conservatives claimed it to be. Phillips has written six books on information manipulation.

Students in Professor Andrew DeVigal’s Engaged Journalism class use data to find out how local journalism can foster community connection. DeVigal is director of the SOJC’s Agora Journalism Center.

The difference between AI adoption and AI transformation isn't about how much you use AI marketing tools, writes SOJC Teaching Professor Lisa Peyton in Forbes. It’s all about where you deploy them.

“Isle of Rum” by Christopher Chávez was reviewed by the International Journal of Communication. Chávez is the Carolyn Silva Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising at the SOJC.

Whitney Phillips, SOJC media studies professor, told the New York Times the absurd juxtaposition of Portland protesters in silly costumes against masked federal agents is resonating with people.

Peter Laufer, SOJC professor and James N. Wallace Chair of Journalism, talked to the Eugene Weekly about his new book, “Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Migrating to Stay Alive,” and his life as a reporter.

Whitney Phillips, SOJC associate professor of media studies, was quoted in a New York Times article about the effectiveness of the Trump administration’s social media tactic of attacking liberals.

SOJC Professor of Practice Torsten Kjellstrand will be inducted into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame, which honors outstanding contributors to visual communication with ties to Missouri.

Cottage Grove teacher Kindra Roy recalls how Professor of Practice Ivan Miller pushed her to go to college despite a tumultuous home life. Miller taught high school before working at the SOJC.