Interim Director
Lucinda Davenport
Contact
Room: 387 Communication Arts & Sciences BuildingPhone: 517-355-6574
Email: ludavenp@msu.edu
Bio
Lucinda D. Davenport is interim director of the School of Journalism. She is also graduate director of the Media and Information Studies doctoral program and professor in the School of Journalism. From 2004-2007, she served as the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the College of Communication Arts & Sciences.Davenport developed one of the first interactive software programs for journalism education and has co-authored three nationally-known textbooks in reporting and mass communication: Reporting for the Media, 9th ed., Media Now, 6th ed., and The Media in Your Life, 1st ed. Her master's thesis and doctoral dissertation were among the first in the country on computerized information services and online news.
She writes book chapters and is published in a variety of refereed research journals, including Journalism Quarterly, Newspaper Research Journal, Web Journal of Mass Communication Research, The Journal of Media Economics, Journalism Educator, Journal of Communication Inquiry, Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Visual Communication Quarterly and Asian Journal of Communication. Her research with colleagues and graduate students has won national recognition.
In 2002, she received the MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan Quality in Undergraduate Teaching Award.
She advises doctoral, master's and undergraduate students, and she has developed many graduate and undergraduate courses for the College.
Her professional experience includes work in newspapers, radio, television, public relations and early online services. She has also held professional fellowships at newspapers while in academia.
