Dr. Marcus Messner, an assistant professor of in the School of Mass Communications, received a national teaching award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

The “2011 AEJMC Promising Professor Award” honors new tenure-track faculty and graduate students in mass communication who demonstrate excellence and innovation.

“I’d like to thank my school’s former Director Terry Oggel for nominating me for this award as well as my colleagues at the School of Mass Communications for their support of my teaching and research, especially Jeff South who has developed our intercultural social media program with me,” Messner said.

Messner teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in journalism, multimedia journalism, social media, online journalism, beat reporting, global communication, business of media, research methods and convergence law and ethics. Messner’s research focuses on the growing influence of new media formats.

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication is a nonprofit, educational association of journalism and mass communication educators, students and media professionals. The group’s mission is to promote standards in journalism and mass communication education and research, to encourage the implementation of a multi-cultural society in the classroom and curriculum, and to defend and maintain freedom of communication.