Lucinda Davenport

Director, School of Journalism
Phone: (517) 353-6430
Room: 305 CAS Building
Email: ludavenp@msu.edu

Bio

Lucinda D. Davenport, Ph.D., is Director and a professor in the School of Journalism.

She is former Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the College of Communication Arts & Sciences.

Research

Davenport has received five "Top Faculty Paper" research awards at national conventions for the Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).

She developed one of the first interactive software programs for journalism education, called Media Writer.

She has co-authored three nationally-known textbooks in reporting and mass communication: Reporting for the Media, 10th ed., Media Now, 8th ed., and The Media in Your Life, 1st ed.

Her master's thesis and doctoral dissertation were virtually the first in the country on news online and computerized information services.

She writes book chapters and is published in a variety of refereed research journals, including Journalism Quarterly, Newspaper Research Journal, Web Journal of Mass Communication Research, The Journal of Media Economics, Journalism Educator, Journal of Communication Inquiry, Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Visual Communication Quarterly and Asian Journal of Communication. Her research with colleagues and graduate students has won national recognition.

Teaching

In 2010, Dr. Davenport was recognized for her teaching with the celebrated Faculty Impact Award, College of Communication Arts and Sciences.
In 2002, she received the prestigious MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan Quality in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Michigan State University.
She advises doctoral, master's and undergraduate students, and she has developed many graduate and undergraduate courses for the College.

Professional Experience

Dr. Davenport has worked as a reporter in newspapers, a news director and also announcer in radio and television, a public relations practitioner in national retailing, and as a forum administrator in early online services. She has also held professional fellowships, such as being an online editor, at newspapers while in academia.

Research Interests

Innovative communication/journalism technologies, social media, ethics, historical research and women's studies

Current Courseload

Courses include reporting and writing, ethics, history, qualitative research methods, computer-assisted reporting.

Credentials

Ph.D., Mass Communication, Ohio University

Top Doctoral Candidate award

M.A., Mass Communication

University of Iowa

B.A., Journalism and Radio/TV/Film

Baylor University