A contingent of School of Journalism faculty and students heads to Washington, D.C., this week for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's annual conference. They'll present research, serve on panels and moderate discussions during the Aug. 7-12 conference activities.

For information about AEJMC and the conference, check out the AEJMC Web site.

Below is a schedule of School of Journalism representatives' activities:

Professors David Boeyink and Holly Stocking will be featured on a Best Practices: Teaching Media Ethics panel. Boeyink is AEJMC's third place winner this year and Stocking won honorable mention for their teaching of ethics.

Former dean Trevor Brown will serve on a panel, Assessment in Program Review and Accreditation, and on a panel for a follow-up session, Assessment Questions and Answers.

Assistant professor Mike Conway and doctoral student Jacob Groshek will present "Forgive Me Now, Fire Me Later: Journalism Students' Perceptions on Academic and Journalistic Ethics" during the Media Ethics Division sessions. Groshek also will present "Dependency, Democracy and the Internet" during the International Communications session and Conway also will moderate a panel, The Power of Radio.

Professor Claude Cookman will present "Henri Cartier-Bresson Reinterprets His Career in Magazine Photojournalism," a third-place faculty paper, in the Visual Communication Division session. He'll also serve as a discussant on a Visual Communication Division panel, Visual Imagery, Politics and War.

HSJI Director Jack Dvorak will serve as discussant for a panel in the Scholastic Journalism Division.

Assistant professor Tony Fargo will moderate a panel, The Future of Media Law and Policy, and he will serve on a panel, A Class in Privilege Then and Now: Is there any change? for the Law and Policy Division and the AEJMC Council of Affiliates.

Professor Lesa Hatley Major, with co-author Renita Coleman of University of Texas at Austin, will present "Bridging Gaps in AIDS Communication: Complementing the Sense-making Approach with a Survey for Better Targeted Health Messages" at a session of the Minorities and Communications Division. She will present "What Are We Saying About Sex? A Content Analysis of Sexual Health Issues in the Print News Media" with co-author Kimberly Walker during a Mass Communication and Society session.

In the History and Scholastic Journalism Divisions, professor David Nord will serve as a panelist for Is Journalism History "Serious" History? He'll also moderate a panel, Historical Voices: Lost, Found and Otherwise.

Professor Christine Ogan will serve as a discussant for a session of the Communication Technology Division.

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Amy Reynolds will present "Journalism & Terrorism Across the Atlantic: A Qualitative Content Analysis of CNN and BBC Coverage of 9/11 and 7/7" during a International Communication Division session.

Doctoral student Yue Tan and Roy W. Howard Professor David Weaver's paper, "Local Media, Public Opinion and State Government Policy: Second-Level Agenda Setting and Political Bias," will be presented during the Mass Communication and Society Division refereed research session. The paper is the third-place winner in the faculty paper division.

Doctoral student Janis Cakars will present his paper, "Nationalism and Media Access in Perestroika-Era Latvia," during the International Communications Division.

Also, master's student Lori DesRochers will present "The Radical Act of Mommy Blogging: Redefining Motherhood Through the Blogosphere" during the Scholar-to-Scholar session of the Commission on the Status of Women session.

In the refereed Scholar-to-Scholar session, Jessica Gall, M.A. '07, will present "Living with Republican Party of Minnesota v. White" for the Law and Policy Division. Assistant professor Tony Fargo will serve as a discussant during this session.

Doctoral student Kevin Grieves will present "Lessons for Post-War Germany" during the History Division refereed research session. In the International Communications Division, he'll present "Ambassador of the Airwaves: The Saarlaendischer Rundfunk as Cultural Mediator."

Doctoral student William Gillis will present "Rebellion in the Kingdom of Swat: How Sportswriters Covered Curt Flood's Lawsuit Against Major League Baseball" in the History Division.

In the Communication Technology and Newspaper Divisions, doctoral student Jacob Groshek will moderate a panel, From Convergence to Emergence: Opportunities and Challenges in Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication Beyond Our Comfort Zones. Professor Claude Cookman will serve as a panelist.

Doctoral student Mike Lyons will present "An Army Like That of Gideon: Communities of Reform on the Pages of Free Russia," a second place student paper, during a History Division session.

Doctoral student Leigh Moscowitz will present "The Ties that Bind: News Discourse, Gay Marriage and Politics of the GLBT Representation" during the Newspaper Division and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Interest Group session.