42nd Annual AJHA Convention
Columbus, Ohio | Sept. 28-30, 2023
Convention contacts Convention Coordinator Registration Coordinator California Polytechnic State University Program Coordinator Augusta State (emerita) Convention hosts Ohio University Ohio State University Conference Sponsors Ohio State University School of Communication Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism | Questions about the program should be directed to 2nd Vice President Debra van Tuyll Go to: Thursday morning | Thursday afternoon | Friday | Saturday Wednesday, September 27 1:30 p.m. Board of Directors meeting, Hartman Parlor 2 - 6 p.m. Conference Registration, Deshler Parlor 6 p.m. American Journalism Editorial Advisory Board meeting, Deshler Parlor7:30-8:30: Breakfast buffet in Grand Ballroom 8 a.m. to Noon: Conference Registration, Deshler Parlor 8:30-9:30 a.m. Welcome and President’s Address, Grand Ballroom Mike Conway, Indiana University, AJHA President 2022-2023 “Influencing the Future by Interrogating the Past” 9-10 a.m. Coffee and Hot Tea Service, Grand Ballroom Promenade 9:40-10:40 a.m. Your Choice of Two Simultaneous SessionsPaper Session: Civil War Era Conspiracies and Narratives, Chittenden Parlor Moderator: David Bulla, Augusta University Presenters:
LOCAL PANEL: Ohio: A Haven for Presidential Beginnings, Thurber Conference Moderator: Felecia Ross, Ohio State University Panelists:
Ohio has long been a bellwether for presidential elections. A popular saying is, “As Ohio goes, so goes the nation.” Ohio is either the political home or birthplace of eight presidents. Panelists will share how these presidents shaped the development of the nation as well as how they contributed to Ohio’s role in shaping presidential politics. Panelists will also discuss how their tenure coincided with the development and evolution of the press. 10:50-11:50 p.m. Your Choice of Two Simultaneous Sessions PAPER SESSION: Labor Coverage and Concerns, Chittenden Parlor Moderator: Bailey Dick, Bowling Green State University Presenters:
PANEL DISCUSSION: Happily Ever After: Advice for Journalism Historians on Working with Book Editors and Publishers, Thurber Conference Moderator: Jon Marshall, Northwestern University
Getting a book manuscript published takes many steps, some of which can be difficult to navigate. Authors must work with editors and other publishing staff to go through the peer review process, agree on contracts, finalize manuscripts, review page proofs, complete indexes, select covers, and gain positive publicity. This panel of book authors and a book series editor will share advice on what questions to ask editors and publishers, how to work with them in the most productive way, and what mistakes to avoid. The panel will include plenty of time for questions and conversation with the audience. 12-1:30 p.m. Sidney Kobre and Teaching Awards Luncheon 2-5 p.m.: Conference Registration, Deshler Parlor 1:40-2:40 p.m. Your Choice of Two Simultaneous Sessions
PAPER SESSION: Women in the Kitchen and in History, Thurber Conference Moderator: Jason Peterson, Charleston Southern University Presenters:
PANEL DISCUSSION: Black Power to Woke: The Historical Evolution of Black Racial Consciousness in Black Media, Chittenden Parlor Moderator: Earnest Perry, University of Missouri Panelists:
The historical Black press has served as the mouthpiece for racial consciousness and empowerment, but more recently Black-created media content has also bridged that gap between mainstream and advocacy media. The recent mainstream media coverage of “culture wars on woke” influences political, economic, and social dissent against Black/Brown individuals and other marginalized identities. In the post-Trump racial reckoning, local and state-wide policies have attacked the teaching of Black history and erased diversity, inclusion, and equity efforts in an attempt to reduce social change and diminish the systemic oppression still plaguing society’s most disenfranchised communities. While the backlash on racial consciousness and progress isn’t new, this panel will trace how the Black press/media has shaped social movements, such as Black Power and Black Lives Matter, through language, imagery, and advocacy to gain mainstream momentum and resistance. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Coffee and Hot Tea Service, Grand Ballroom Promenade 2:50-3:50 p.m. Your Choice of Two Simultaneous Sessions
PAPER SESSION: Race and the Arts, Sports, and Violence, Thurber Conference Moderator: Wayne Dawkins, Morgan State University Presenters:
PANEL DISCUSSION: From Talk to Action: Making Journalism History More Inclusive, Chittenden Parlor Moderator: Tracy Lucht, Iowa State University Panelists:
Recognizing the need for inclusivity is one thing; achieving it is another. This panel of scholars—all of them editors and/or contributors to the recent Routledge Companion to Journalism History—revisits a longstanding problem: the need to reimagine journalism history across forms, formats, and voices while making the field more welcoming and equitable. The speakers will offer new ways of looking at media history—its standards, methods, theories, and practices—with the goal of expanding the narrative, correcting the record, and elevating underrepresented voices and experiences. 4-5:15 p.m. PAPER SESSION: International/Transnational Conflicts and Coverage, Thurber Conference Moderator: Cristina Mislán, University of Missouri
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5:30-7:30 p.m. AJHA Awards Reception, Grand Ballroom Hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, cash bar. Included with registration 7:30-8:45: Breakfast buffet in Grand Ballroom 8 a.m. to 11:30: Conference Registration, Deshler Parlor 9-10 a.m. Coffee and Hot Tea Service, Grand Ballroom Promenade 8:30-10 a.m. Your Choice of Two Simultaneous SessionsPANEL DISCUSSION: President’s Panel: Who's Afraid of Inclusive History, Chittenden Parlor Moderator: Mike Conway, AJHA President, Indiana University Panelists:
On one hand, universities are cutting history departments and other humanities because of a perceived lack of interest. At the same time, people in power are pushing laws limiting what can be taught in history courses. As scholars and teachers push for a more inclusive history, why are we now seeing such a backlash to a more honest understanding of our past? What happens when students learn a more inclusive history? Conversely, how does society change when it is shielded from difficult or unpleasant truths? As historians and educators, how do we respond? RESEARCH IN PROGRESS: War, Propaganda, and Freedom, Thurber Conference Moderator: Elisabeth Fondren, St.John’s University Presenters:
10:10-11:25 a.m. Margaret A. Blanchard Dissertation Prize, Chittenden Parlor Winner: Molly Thacker, Georgetown University under the direction of Katherine Benton-Cohen, for “‘Are We Not Children, Too?’: Race, Media, and the Formative History of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the United States.” Honorable mentions:
11:35 am-12:40 p.m. Donna Allen Roundtable Luncheon 1-4 p.m. Historic Tour of Ohio History Center. Meet in hotel lobby at 1 p.m. 7-8:10: Breakfast buffet in Grand Ballroom 9-10 a.m. Coffee and Hot Tea Service, Grand Ballroom Promenade 8:10-10 a.m. Your Choice of Two Simultaneous Research in Progress Sessions
Representations in the Media, Chittenden Parlor Moderator: Paulette Kilmer, University of Toledo Presenters:
Coverage of Change and Conflict, Thurber Conference Moderator: Ford Risley, Pennsylvania State University Presenters:
10:10-11:40 a.m. General Business Meeting, Grand Ballroom
11:50-1:20 p.m. Working Lunch (Officers/Board), Hartman Parlor 1:30-2:30 p.m. Book of the Year Award, Chittenden Parlor Moderator: Jane Marcellus Winner: James West, "A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago." Honorable mention:
2:40-3:40 p.m. Your Choice of Two Simultaneous Sessions PAPER SESSION: Diplomacy and Diversity, Chittenden Parlor Moderator: Yong Volz, University of Missouri Presenters:
PANEL DISCUSSION: Covering and Violating Civil Rights in the Mid-Twentieth Century: Moderator: Raja Das, Ohio University Panelists:
During the mid-Twentieth Century, members of the U.S. press reconsidered their professional roles amid calls to leave behind their World War II-era promotion of the United States, its allies, and its propaganda to provide more independent and socially responsible news coverage. This shift aligned with the postwar surge in the movement for Black civil rights, which intensified reporting on race in the 1950s and 1960s. The courts, as venues for historic contests over racialized power, produced newsworthy criminal trials and civil litigation that captivated audiences and framed the national narrative about civil rights. Although the white press reported on court proceedings and legal inequity, it also missed opportunities to expand understanding of racism and its effects, sometimes violating the civil rights of those it covered. Drawing upon primary sources, panelists will revisit significant court coverage from this period and will discuss what news coverage and archived correspondence reveal about journalists’ rationales for how they reported on pivotal criminal cases, libel suits, and contempt of court cases involving members of the press during the civil rights movement. Panelists will discuss what these high-profile civil-rights related cases reveal about journalism standards in the mid-Twentieth Century. The panel will invite audience members to discuss implications for journalism history from panelists’ findings about coverage of these civil-rights related cases and journalistic conduct during the mid-Twentieth Century. 3:50-4:50 p.m. PANEL DISCUSSION PANEL DISCUSSION: Meet the Microgrant Winners of the American Journalism/Journalism History Initiative, Thurber Conference Moderator: Pamela E. Walck, Editor, American Journalism Panelists:
6 p.m. Gala Dinner, Sidebar Columbus Meet in the hotel lobby by 5:40 p.m., separate ticket required. |