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Portrait of Dr. Michel Mae Haigh

Dr. Michel Mae Haigh

  • Professor at School of Jrnlism & Mass Comm, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, McCoy College of Business College Review Group. 2024 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Newspaper Research Journal. 2023 - Present.
  • Chair, Broadcast Education Association, Research Committee. August 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). 2019 - Present.
  • Member, SJMC PC Committee. July 2017 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Public Relations Research. 2015 - Present.

2024

  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - University of Central Michigan. 2024.
  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - University of Georgia. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Corproate Communications: An International Journal. 2024.
  • Volunteer, For the Love of Go. 2024.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Western Journal of Communication. 2023 - 2024.
  • Member, South Dakota State Advisory Board. 2010 - 2024.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, BEA Research Committee Special Call for 2024 National Convention. September 2023 - April 2024.

2023

  • Member, College of Fine Arts and Communication Top Graduate Student Committee. 2023.
  • Chair, College of Fine Arts and Communication Graduate Student Scholarship Committee. 2023.
  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - Cal State Northridge. 2023.
  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - Colorado State. 2023.
  • Volunteer, For the Love of Go. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Corproate Communications: An International Journal. 2023.
  • Member, College Level - President's Excellence Award Committee for Research/Scholarly Activity. 2023.
  • External Promotion and Tenure Review, University of South Dakota. 2023.
  • External Promotion and Tenure Review, University of Houston-Clear Lake. 2023.
  • Chair, Faculty Handbook Committee Chair. August 2020 - 2023.
  • Chair, Graduate Committee. July 2017 - 2023.
  • Graduate Advisor, SJMC Grad Advisor. July 2017 - 2023.
  • Member, SJMC Curriculum Committee. July 2017 - 2023.
  • Member, SJMC Assessment Committee. July 2017 - 2023.
  • Chair, PR Search Committee. January 2023 - May 2023.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, BEA Research Committee Special Call for 2023 National Convention. September 2022 - April 2023.

2022

  • Member, College of Fine Arts and Communication Top Graduate Student Committee. 2022.
  • Chair, College of Fine Arts and Communication Graduate Student Scholarship Committee. 2022.
  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - University of Kentucky. 2022.
  • Volunteer, For the Love of Go. 2022.
  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - Syracuse. 2022.
  • External Promotion and Tenure Review, University of Memphis. 2022.
  • External Promotion and Tenure Review, University of Florida. 2022.
  • External Promotion and Tenure Review, University of Oklahoma. 2022.
  • External Promotion and Tenure Review, Northwestern University in Qatar. 2022.
  • Member, Broadcast Education Association Research Committee. 2018 - 2022.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, BEA Research Committee Special Call for 2022 National Convention. September 2021 - April 2022.

2021

  • Chair, College of Fine Arts and Communication Top Graduate Student Committee. 2021.
  • Member, College of Fine Arts and Communication Graduate Student Scholarship Committee. 2021.
  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - University of South Dakota. 2021.
  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - CSUDH. 2021.
  • Chair, Electronic Media Search Committee. January 2021 - May 2021.

2020

  • Chair, College of Fine Arts and Communication Top Graduate Student Committee. 2020.
  • Member, College of Fine Arts and Communication Graduate Student Scholarship Committee. 2020.
  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - Hampton University. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Corproate Communications: An International Journal. 2020.
  • Volunteer, For the Love of Go. 2020.
  • Member, GRP-Grad Council Subcommittee: Graduate Advisor PPS. November 2020 - 2020.
  • Volunteer, School Fuel. 2018 - 2020.
  • Chair, PR Search Committee. August 2019 - April 2020.

2019

  • Chair, College of Fine Arts and Communication Top Graduate Student Committee. 2019.
  • Member, College of Fine Arts and Communication Graduate Student Scholarship Committee. 2019.
  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - Memphis. 2019.
  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - Kansas State. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Corproate Communications: An International Journal. 2019.
  • Volunteer, For the Love of Go. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Public Relations Journal. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Western Journal of Communication. 2019.
  • Chair, Working group for standardizing MC Theory Course. January 2019 - April 2019.
  • Chair, Working group for standardizing MC Research Methods Course. January 2019 - April 2019.

2018

  • Chair, College of Fine Arts and Communication Top Graduate Student Committee. 2018.
  • Member, College of Fine Arts and Communication Graduate Student Scholarship Committee. 2018.
  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - - University of Auburn. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Global Sport Management. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Corproate Communications: An International Journal. 2018.
  • Co-Editor of a special issue of PR Journal, PR Journal. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Religion, Media, and Digital Culture. 2018.
  • External MA Program Review for Middle Tennesse State, External MA Program Review for Middle Tennesse State. 2018.
  • External Assessment Review, South Dakota State University. 2018.
  • Volunteer, For the Love of Go. 2018.
  • Member, Ph.D. in Communications Working Group. August 2017 - 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Broadcast Education Association Annual Meeting, Research Division. January 2018.

2017

  • Discussant, College of Communications Advanced Resume Workshop. 2017.
  • External Promotion and Tenure Review, South Dakota State University. 2017.
  • External Promotion and Tenure Review, Colorado State University. 2017.
  • External Promotion and Tenure Review, Texas Tech University. 2017.
  • External Promotion and Tenure Review, University of North Texas. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Broadcast Education Association. 2017.
  • External Promotion and Tenure Review, University of Florida. 2017.
  • Chair, Faculty Senate Retention and Transfer subcommittee. 2016 - 2017.
  • Member, committee on Starfish implementation. 2015 - 2017.
  • Chair, Faculty Senate Admissions, Records, Scheduling and Student Aid Committee. 2015 - 2017.
  • Advisor, KTA chapter -Penn State University. 2014 - 2017.

2016

  • Site Team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC). 2016.
  • Other, External Program Reviewer for Bloomsburg University. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Broadcast Education Association. 2016.
  • Member, Faculty Senate special committee on LionPATH implementation. 2015 - 2016.
  • Chair, Awards committee, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Mass Communication & Society Division. 2015 - 2016.

2015

  • Site team Member, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). 2015.
  • Vice Chair, Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee. 2014 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Public Relations Writing: A Direct Approach to Reach Your Audience. June 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Media Today. June 2015.

2014

  • Dean’s Search Committee Member, College of Communication. 2013 - 2014.
  • Member, College of Communications Sabbatical Committee. 2013 - 2014.
  • Member, Staff-Parish Relations Committee at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. 2012 - 2014.
  • Member, Communications Committee, St. Paul’s United Methodist Churc. 2012 - 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communicating Science, Health, Environment Interest Group. 2010 - 2014.
  • Chair, Department Promotion and Tenure Committee. October 2013 - May 2014.

2013

  • Chair, College Promotion and Tenure Committee. 2012 - 2013.

2012

  • Discussant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Theory & Methodology Division. 2010 - 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Communication Association, Mass Communication Division. 2008 - 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, for the book proposal Strategic Environmental Communication: How to get it right. November 2012.

2011

  • Chair, Faculty Senate taskforce for “embedded courses”. 2010 - 2011.
  • Chair, member of the Executive board, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Theory & Methodology Division. 2010 - 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Communication Association, Public Relations Division. 2009 - 2011.

2010

  • Reviewer / Referee, Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere. 2010.
  • Research Chair, Executive board, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Theory & Methodology Division. 2009 - 2010.
  • Judge, Promising Professors Competition, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Mass Communication & Society Division. 2008 - 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, fourth edition of Rice and Atkin Public Communication Campaigns. February 2010.

2009

  • Course Coordinator, COMM 471 Course Coordinator. 2009.
  • Faculty Coordinator. 2009.
  • Discussant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Theory & Methodology Division, Mid-winter Meeting. 2009.
  • Midwinter Research Chair, member of the Executive board, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Theory & Methodology Division. 2008 - 2009.

2008

  • Member, South Dakota State University’s Department of Journalism Advisory Board. 2008.
  • moderator, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Theory & Methodology Division. 2008.
  • Teaching Standards Chair, member of the Executive board, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Theory & Methodology Division. 2007 - 2008.
  • Discussant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Theory & Methodology Division, Mid-winter Meeting. March 1, 2008.

2007

  • Discussant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Mass Communication & Society Division. 2007.