Department of Mass Communication
JOURNALISM  ~  PUBLIC RELATIONS  ~  BROADCASTING

Judith G. Curtis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Mass Communication
University of North Carolina at Pembroke

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The Pine Needle student newspaper

Faculty Senator

P.O. Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372-1510
office: 224 Old Main
voice: (910) 521-6238
fax: (910) 522-5795
email: jcurtis@uncp.edu
Judith G. Curtis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mass Communication Department, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Dr. Judy has been teaching in higher education since 1992 including journ, pr and mass comm at UNCP since 2002.

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The Journalism Program
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Required Courses:
Introduction to Mass Communication (MCM 2100)
Writing for the Media (MCM 2400)
News Writing and Reporting (JRN 2600)
Feature Writing (JRN 3050)
News Editing (JRN 3060)
History of American Journalism (JRN 3170)
Photojournalism (JRN 3200)
Advanced News Writing and Reporting (JRN 3400)
Investigative Journalism (JRN 4600)
Internship (MCM 4130)
Mass Communication Law and Ethics (MCM 4050)
Mass Communication Research (MCM 4360)

Elective Courses:
Editorial Writing (JRN 3090)
Sports Reporting (JRN 3250)
Magazine Writing and Editing (JRN 4050)
Online Journalism (JRN 4100)
Science Journalism (JRN 4200)
Computer-Assisted Editing and Design (PRE 3450)
Broadcast Journalism (BRD 3140)
Media and Society (MCM 3600)
Media and Culture (MCM 3660)
Media and Politics (MCM 3700)
Independent Study (MCM 4990)

Internships and Practica:
Internship (MCM 4140)
Student Newspaper Production (JRN 1610...4620)
Yearbook Production (JRN 1820...2840)

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It's not just a job – it's Journalism.

It's not just a job, it's Journalism
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Committee Memberships
Faculty Senate (Senator 2008-2012)
Executive Committee of Faculty Senate (member 2008-2009)
Student Affairs and Campus Life Committee (Chair 2008-2009, Secretary 2006-2008, member 2004-present)
Academic Affairs Committee (member 2008-2009)
Enrollment Management Subcommittee (Chair 2008-2009, Secretary 2005-2007, member 2005-present)
Student Publications Board (member 2002-present, Chair 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008)
Friends of the Library Board (member 2007-2009, Faculty Representative 2008-2009)
University Textbook Committee (member 2008-2009)
University Textbook Task Force (member 2007-2008)
Strategic Planning and Resources Council
SPARC Writing Committee (Chair 2007-2008)
Writing Across the Curriculum Teaching Circle (member 2003-Present)
North Carolina Consortium on Distance Education
in Journalism and Mass Communication (2005-Present)
University Center Annex Committee (member 2002-2003)

UNCP Brave Bulletin News Items
Pine Needle turns 60!
AIQ Book Forum hears three reviews
UNCP represented at consortium on distance education in journalism
Dr. Curtis' book review published in American Indian Quarterly March 2006
Dr. Curtis presents at American Indian Quarterly Book Review Forum Nov. 2005
Dr. Curtis attends Consortium on Distance Education in Journalism May 2005
Dr. Curtis presents at American Indian Quarterly Book Review Forum Feb. 2005
Eighth graders photographing dust storms on Mars
    Eighth graders team report published by NASA/ASU
Dr. Curtis at Convocation Sept. 2003

UNCP News Wire Items
UNCP student newspaper begins Podcasting [The Pine Needle]
No summer break for UNCP's student newspaper [The Pine Needle]
Ammons named editor of UNCP's resurgent student newspaper [The Pine Needle]
UNCP student newspaper cartoonist wins award [The Pine Needle]
The Pine Needle, UNCP's student newspaper, goes online [The Pine Needle]

Recent Publications
Curtis, Judith G. "Killing the Indian Maiden: Images of Native American Women in Film" (review) The American Indian Quarterly - Volume 32, Number 3, Summer 2008, University of Nebraska Press

Curtis, Judith G. "Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making Americans, 1880-1930 (review) The American Indian Quarterly - Volume 32, Number 2, Spring 2008, University of Nebraska Press

Curtis, Judith G. "Cultural Politics and the Mass Media: Alaska Native Voices" (review) The American Indian Quarterly - Volume 29, Number 3&4, Summer/Fall 2005, pp. 713-715, University of Nebraska Press

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