Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
From Rofflehaus
The school where the First Amendment gets it done.
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[edit] Facts
- Based in Hamilton Hall
- Current director is Michael Bugeja
- Enrolls 12% of LAS students
[edit] History
- Named after Robert and Diane Greenlee in 1998
- The Greenlee's donated $9 million the biggest donation ever to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Robert was the mayor of Boulder, CO during the Jon Benet Ramsey incident.
- Underwent a $2 million renovation in 2003
[edit] Accomplishments
- Boasts five Pulitzer Prize winners among its alumni, more than any other state school program
- The longest continuously accredited program in the nation
[edit] Controversies
- May 2002 - Racism in the leadership - The Greenlee school underwent major upheaval when the department and associate chairs, John Eighmey and Joel Geske, were stripped of their titles by the Iowa State Provost, after allegations that they were giving short shrift to minority faculty members. President Gregory Geoffroy overturned the provost's move, but the damage had been done and Eighmey and Geske soon resigned, and so did five junior faculty. The problem ended up stemming more from conflicts between junior and senior faculty than racial hostility.
- Feb 2002 - Racism in the classroom - Professor Tracy Owens-Patton (who later resigned, see controversy above) evicted Jay Gardner out of her class for...well, depends on who you believe. Gardner said he was the only voice going against what he thought were Owens-Patton ultra-PC, anti-white screeds. He said she removed him after he stated statistics from the FBI about minority crime "in the context of a class discussion on, of all things, minority crime." Owens-Patton claims that ISUPD Chief Gene Deisinger told her that Gardner was a member of a white-supremacy group and that she needed to look out for her safety. That, and Gardner was being a disruptive prick in class for railing against a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and being supportive of racial profiling. What is most curious, though, is that Deisinger has said that no such white supremacy groups exist but refuses to deny that he told Owens-Patton to watch her back. President Geoffroy refused to overturn Owens-Patton's decision.
[edit] Faculty and Staff
- Eric Abbott
- Technology/Development/International
- Tom Beell
- Electronic Media/Management
- Jeffrey Blevins
- Electronic Media Law & Policy
- Kathy Box
- Office Manager
- Diane Bugeja
- Visual Communication
- Michael Bugeja
- Media Ethics and Magazine Writing
- David Bulla
- Print Journalism
- Kim Curell
- Secretary, Central Office
- Maureen Deisinger
- Academic Adviser
- Daniela Dimitrova
- New Media and Electronic Media
- Dru Frykberg
- Reading Room Librarian
- Joel Geske
- Advertising/Web Design
- Debra Gibson
- Magazine
- Jody Graden
- Visual Communication/Web Design
- Beth Haag
- Public Relations
- Chad Harms
- Computer Mediated Communication
- Jeremy Haubrich
- System Support Specialist
- Becky Irish
- Secretary, Internship Office
- Suman Lee
- Public Relations
- Barbara Mack
- Newspaper/Media Law/Ethics
- Angela Mak
- Public Relations
- Jay Newell
- Advertising and New Media
- Deb Nugent
- Secretary, Advising Office
- Jane Peterson
- Public Relations and Science Communication
- Marcia Prior-Miller
- Magazine/Layout/Design
- Lulu Rodriguez
- Science/Visual Communication and Graduate Program Coordinator
- Shelley Rouse
- Electronic Media Studies and Public Relations
- Kim Smith
- Mass Communication
- Erin Wilgenbusch
- Public Relations
- Brenda Witherspoon
- Print Journalism
- Mark Witherspoon
- Print Journalism
