Dr. Alice Tait, award-winning professor in the Department of Journalism at Central Michigan University, received the Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research and Education at the AEJMC convention in San Francisco on August 6 - 9.
Created in 2009 by the MAC Division and the Commission on the Status of Minorities, the award recognizes outstanding individual accomplishments and leadership in diversity efforts within the Journalism and Mass Communication discipline. The award was presented on Saturday, Aug. 8, during the AEJMC General Business Session.