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Dr. Ronald L. Jackson will discuss black pioneers in communication research during a September 14 visit

Dr. Ronald L. Jackson, a professor of culture and communication at Pennsylvania State University and author of eight books, will speak to College of Charleston students and faculty on September 14 to discuss black pioneers in communication research. His talk will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Wachovia Auditorium (in the College’s Beatty Center) and is open to the public.

Jackson’s lecture, titled “Unspoken Truths, Invisible Legacies: Chronicling the Lives of 11 Black Pioneers in Communication Research,” will discuss the hardships and unbelievable obstacles these scholars had to overcome in order to succeed in the communication field. Dr. Jackson is the inaugural speaker in the College’s Shirley Moore Lecture Series, sponsored by the Department of Communication.

Jackson has written almost four dozen articles, chapters, and reviews. He is also the author of eight books, including the recent African American Communication: Identity and Culture. In addition, he has developed two theories, “cultural contracts theory” and “black masculine theory.” Dr. Jackson is presently working on a three-volume Sage Encyclopedia of Identity, as well as a manuscript about multiracial identity.

Dr. Celeste Lacroix, communication professor at the College of Charleston and First Vice President of Carolina’s Communication Association (CCA), notes that the Department of Communication is fortunate to have an author with such high credentials to lecture to C of C students and faculty. Dr. Jackson will also be the keynote speaker during the CCA conference that weekend.

“We are pleased to host one of the top young scholars in the communication field,” Dr. Lacroix said. “Dr. Jackson’s work on race and identity is some of the most exciting writing in the area of intercultural communication.”

Professor Shirley Moore was an English and Communication professor at the College of Charleston for 30 years and received numerous teaching and service awards during her career. The lecture series was established in her honor after she retired in Spring 2006.

The series is just one of many outreach programs sponsored by the College’s Department of Communication, which has more than 800 majors in three concentrations:  Corporate and Organizational Communication, Media Studies, and Communication Studies.

 

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