Paul Parsons

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  Paul Parsons is professor and dean emeritus of the School of Communications at Elon University. He retired from Elon in May 2020 after serving 17 years as founding dean of the school. He graduated from Baylor University, worked for a decade as a reporter for United Press International and editor with The Associated Press, and earned a Ph.D. in Communications at the University of Tennessee. At Kansas State, he received the Outstanding Teaching Award in the College of Arts and Sciences, was promoted to full professor, and served eight years as associate director of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications. He was a Fulbright Professor at the China School of Journalism in Beijing in 1992-93 and a visiting professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in 1999-2000. He authored two books published by university presses, four book chapters, 18 peer-reviewed journal articles, and numerous articles in popular publications, plus gave dozens of presentations at national conferences and abroad. Parsons became founding dean of Elon's School of Communications in 2001 and concluded 17 years in the role in May 2018 following completion of the doubling of school facilities and a third successful accreditation review. Today the school is home to 20 percent of Elon’s student body and 80 faculty and staff members. Elon is one of only 18 private universities in the nation with an accredited communications program. In 2011, Parsons received the national Administrator of the Year Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation and AEJMC. The year before, Elon's School of Communications received the discipline's national Equity & Diversity Award for its record in gender equity and racial diversity. In 2010-11, Parsons served as president of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication. Parsons served as vice president of the national Accrediting Council from 2016-18 and regularly chaired accreditation site teams (New York University, Kansas, Michigan State, Missouri, Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma, University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo and in the United Arab Emirates, as well as accreditation previsits to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.) He concluded his academic career with a two-year return to being a teaching professor, capped by teaching Media Law & Ethics online during the spring 2020 pandemic. Elon University

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  Paul Parsons is professor and dean emeritus of the School of Communications at Elon University. He retired from Elon in May 2020 after serving 17 years as founding dean of the school. He graduated from Baylor University, worked for a decade as a reporter for United Press International and editor with The Associated Press, and earned a Ph.D. in Communications at the University of Tennessee. At Kansas State, he received the Outstanding Teaching Award in the College of Arts and Sciences, was promoted to full professor, and served eight years as associate director of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications. He was a Fulbright Professor at the China School of Journalism in Beijing in 1992-93 and a visiting professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in 1999-2000. He authored two books published by university presses, four book chapters, 18 peer-reviewed journal articles, and numerous articles in popular publications, plus gave dozens of presentations at national conferences and abroad. Parsons became founding dean of Elon's School of Communications in 2001 and concluded 17 years in the role in May 2018 following completion of the doubling of school facilities and a third successful accreditation review. Today the school is home to 20 percent of Elon’s student body and 80 faculty and staff members. Elon is one of only 18 private universities in the nation with an accredited communications program. In 2011, Parsons received the national Administrator of the Year Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation and AEJMC. The year before, Elon's School of Communications received the discipline's national Equity & Diversity Award for its record in gender equity and racial diversity. In 2010-11, Parsons served as president of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication. Parsons served as vice president of the national Accrediting Council from 2016-18 and regularly chaired accreditation site teams (New York University, Kansas, Michigan State, Missouri, Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma, University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo and in the United Arab Emirates, as well as accreditation previsits to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.) He concluded his academic career with a two-year return to being a teaching professor, capped by teaching Media Law & Ethics online during the spring 2020 pandemic.

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  Elon University , Nanyang Technological University , China School Of Journalism Beijing , Kansas State University , The Associated Press Little Rock , United Press International Little Rock , Arkansas Democrat

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  Elon University , Nanyang Technological University , China School Of Journalism Beijing , Kansas State University , The Associated Press Little Rock , United Press International Little Rock , Arkansas Democrat .

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