Diversity Profile Report of the AEJMC Standing Committee on Professional Freedom and Responsibility

Ethnic/Racial Minorities’ Participation in AEJMC

“…In the first group, Stephens studied the gender and ethnic identity of AEJMC divisions and interest groups members. 8 He noted that several AEJMC divisions and interest groups have more women and minority members because they focus on issues and concerns of special interest to certain groups. He concluded that the following divisions and interest groups had a significant overrepresentation of women: the Commission on Status of Women, the Commission on Status of Minorities, Cultural & Critical Studies, Magazine, and Internships & Career.…”

Refereed Convention Paper Productivity in the Magazine Division of AEJMC (1999–2008): Analysis of Benchmarks and Impact of Gender

“…The macro level involved examining convention paper productivity of a given gender over gender representation in the AEJMC Magazine Division. With regard to top convention productivity, women performed in an amount (25.42; 65.28%) that exceeded their numeric representation (50.76% as reported by Stephens, 2003) in the division in contrast to men who performed at a level (13.58; 34.82%) below their numeric representation in the division (49.24% according to Stephens). Regarding regular refereed conventional papers, female performance (49; 51.85%) exceeded female numeric membership in the division (50.76% as reported by Stephens), but not as much as male performance (45.33; 48.05%), which soared above male numeric membership (42.24% as reported by Stephens) by a larger margin.…”

Opportunities and Challenges: Professional Development Programming in Media and Communication Education

“…In addition to the task force’s eight-page report that was unveiled in August 2019, subcommittee members crafted and fielded a survey to help accomplish the task force’s mission. This data-driven approach mirrors how several previous AEJMC task forces and research initiatives have used membership surveys to examine student and faculty issues including general membership demographics (Kosicki et al, 1994), graduate education (Christ & Broyles, 2007), teaching duties (Riffe et al, 1997), gender equity (Rush et al, 2005), and diversity outreach (Stephens, 2003). Together, these studies have provided a foundation for AEJMC’s strategic plan, which advances membership programming as a central goal for the future (AEJMC, 2017).…”