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Faculty/Staff Notes Political science professor joins regional, national committees Political science professor Dr. D’Andra Orey, is appointed to the Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession for the American Political Science Association for the 2012-2014 term and the Committee on the Status of African Americans in the South for the Southern Political Science Association. Orey’s research focuses heavily on racial attitudes and legislative behavior. Mumford gets JSU Humanities Teacher Award Jimmy Mumford, associate professor of graphic design, receives JSU’s Humanities Teacher Award for 2012.
As the recipient, Mumford presents “Perspectives of Empowerment: How Graphic Design Affects Black America,” in the Dollye M.E. Robinson Liberal Arts Building on JSU’s main campus. Sociology professor speaks at national meeting Dr. Thomas Kersen, is an invited speaker at the New Fellow Orientation for the American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship Program at the ASA Annual Meeting Aug. 16 in Denver. Kersen is an assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology.
Tchounwou becomes member of Fulbright Specialist Program peer review committee Dr. Paul Tchounwou, Jackson State University Presidential Distinguished Professor in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, is selected by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars to serve on the 2012-13 Engineering Education Peer Review Committee for the Fulbright Specialist Program. National association elects technology professor president of student division Dr. Jessica L. Buck, associate professor in the Department of Technology in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, is elected to a two-year term as president of the Student Division for
Alum assumes executive director of University Communications title Eric Stringfellow, a former reporter, editor and columnist for The Clarion-Ledger, is named executive director of University Communications at Jackson State University. Stringfellow received both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mass communications from JSU. He is founding chair of the Tougaloo College Department of Mass Communications and has taught journalism for more than two decades at Tougaloo, Jackson State and the University of Mississippi. As executive director of University Communications, Stringfellow leads JSU’s marketing, public relations and athletic media relations strategies as well as the university’s website and Digital Media Center, which includes JSUTV, WJSU 88.5 FM and the Tiger Sports Network. A former JSU football player, Stringfellow serves as secretary of both the JSU Alumni Football Players Association and the Tiger Fund. He is a past president of 100 Black Men of Jackson, a board member for Mission Mississippi and an advisory board member for the Margaret Walker Center. He is also a board member of the JSU Sports Hall of Fame.
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