University of New Mexico
Department of Communication & Journalism
UNM Lobo

J-MC Faculty Community Service
Connecting with our alums, students and the community at large.

Miguel Gandert
Dirk C. Gibson

Ilia Rodríguez
Richard Schaefer

Miguel Gandert, M.A.
Professor

  • Associate Chair, C & J Department, 2006-2008
  • Research Associate, Southwest Hispanic Research Institute
  • Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, University of New Mexico
  • Member, Steering Committee, University College Chicano Studies Committee
  • Member, Advisory Board, Center for the Southwest
  • Member, Board of Directors, Capitol City Art Foundation (responsible for the acquisition of art for the State Capitol as well as other state buildings)
  • Member, Art Advisory Board, McCune Foundation
  • Developed and taught community workshops on photography and community ethnography for the New Mexico Office of Cultural Affairs
  • Panelist, Very Special Arts Career Workshops
  • Juried photography exhibitions and contests for the New Mexico Presswoman and Working Classrooms, portfolio reviews for the Independent Schools Association Southwest and for the Santa Fe Center for the Visual Arts
  • Donated numerous photographic prints for fundraising; worked with Heart Gallery, which makes and exhibits portraiture of older orphan children to facilitate their adoptions

Dirk Gibson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

  • Undergraduate mass communication chair and adviser, fall of 2009
  • Member, New Mexico Cancer Council, 2006-present
  • Communication Consultant, American Cancer Society, 2005-present
  • Member, Communication Workgroup, The New Mexico Cancer Plan, 2005-present
  • Facilitator, New Mexico Cancer Council, 2005-present
  • Communication Consultant, Cancer Services of New Mexico, 2006- present
  • Judge, Public Relations Society of America, El Cumbre Awards, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
  • Co-chair, Marketing Board, Albuquerque Retarded Citizens Association, 2000-2002
  • Marching Neighborhood Mom for the March of Dimes, March of Dimes. 2001-present
  • Speaker, Sisters in Crime, Albuquerque, NM author's association, May 2006
  • Speaker, Washington, D.C. chapter of the UNM Alumni Association, March, 2006
  • Manuscript Reviewer, Management Communication Quarterly, Public Relations Review, Southwestern Journal of Mass Communication, Journal of Communication Law Policy, International Academy of Business Disciplines and McGraw-Hill Higher Education Group 2002-2006.
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Southwestern Journal of Mass Communication, 2004-present
  • Contributing Editor, Public Relations Quarterly, 2004-present.
  • Guest Editor, "American Hispanic Public Relations," Public Relations Quarterly, Spring 2002.

Ilia Rodríguez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

  • Member, Advisory Board, Southwest Creations (non-profit organization promoting women economic empowerment in Albuquerque), 2006-present
  • Faculty representative, KUNM Radio Board, University of New Mexico, 2005-present
  • Member, Women Studies Executive Committee, University of New Mexico, 2003-present
  • Volunteer, Albuquerque High School's workshops for Hispanic bilingual students, 2005
  • Faculty mentor, UNM Peer Mentoring for Graduates of Color, 2004-present
  • Departmental representative, Hispano Student Day, University of New Mexico, 2005
  • Departmental representative, Stars Scholars Program (for recruitment of high school students), University of New Mexico, 200-2006
  • Volunteer translator, PEARL, Battered Women's Resource Center, Milaca, MN, 2002-2003
  • Member, Caribbean Studies Group, Latin American & Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico, 2004-2006
  • Member, Southwest and Hispanic Research Institute, University of New Mexico, 2003-present
  • Volunteer reader (in Spanish), Celebración Quijotesca, event commemorating 400th anniversary of Don Quijote, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of New Mexico, 2005
  • Co-coordinator (with International Studies), guest lecture by Washington Pos t Managing Editor Steve Coll for journalism undergraduate students, University of New Mexico, 2004
  • Faculty participant, Presidential Debate Watch sponsored by the National Communication Association and the Presidential Debate Commission and organized locally by Prof. Jan Schuetz, University of New Mexico, 2004
  • Presented information about C & J Department for student recruitment purposes at the regional meeting of the Latin American Federation of Schools of Social Communication (FELAFACS), University of Miami, 2004
  • Co-coordinator, Ecuadorian Film and Lecture Series, Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico, 2003
  • Secretary, Minorities and Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2004-present
  • Manuscript reviewer, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly and Critical Studies in Media Communication , 2001-present
  • Faculty representative, Advisory Editorial Board, Workday Minnesota , online publication sponsored by the Labor Education Service and the Minnesota AFL-CIO, University of Minnesota, 2003
  • Developed and taught two mock classes as part of College Day, event designed to recruit students of color from area high schools, St. Cloud State University, 2002

Richard Schaefer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

  • Founding member, along with Arturo López Durán and Carolyn
    Gonzales, of the Cross-Border Issues Group, which conducts
    research on issues that affect Mexican and Americans.
  • Directs an annual summer exchange program in Mexico in
    which Mexican and U.S. students produce journalist
    reports.
  • Faculty adviser for the Talk Radio News Internships in
    Washington, D.C.
  • Directs a FIPSE grant that brings Canadian and Mexican
    students to UNM to study water issues and sends UNM
    students to Canada and Mexico to study the same issue.
  • Undergraduate journalism adviser, 2007-2009
  • Chair, Undergraduate Journalism Committee, 2007-2009
  • Director, MA Program, C & J Department, 2005-2007
  • Member, Advisory Board, CIRT (computer facilities organization ), University of New Mexico, 2005-present
  • Member, ARTSLab Steering Committee, University of New Mexico, 2004-2006 (ARTSLab is a cross-disciplinary effort to upgrade and coordinate digital media training at UNM and throughout New Mexico)
  • Member, Search Committee for Broadcast Engineer, C & J Department, 2005
  • Member, Graduate Student Review Committee, C & J Department
  • Member, Merit Committee, C & j Department
  • Member, Development Committee, C & J Department
  • Member, Administrator Hiring Committee, C & J Department
  • Member, Institutional Review Board (IRB), University of New Mexico', 2002-2005
  • Chair, KUNM-FM Radio Board, 2001-2002
  • Co-chair, Journalism Accreditation Committee, C & J Department, 2002
  • Review and Criticism Editor, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Medi
  • Member, Committee on E-Journal Publications, Broadcast Education Association
  • Manuscript reviewer, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Southwest Mass Communication Journal , Management Communication Quarterly
  • Treasurer, River Ranch Neighborhood, Albuquerque, NM
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