🏆 Nominate the ComSHER Article of the Year!

Seeking outstanding 2025 research in science, health, environmental, & risk communication.

📢 Graduate students – don't miss this!

AEJMC ComSHER FREE panel: "Preparing Competitive Grant Applications"

🗓 April 15 | 3-4 PM ET | Zoom (QR on poster)

Learn how to write strong proposals, avoid pitfalls, and align with funders + live Q&A.

Share with your fellow grad students 🎓

TODAY is the deadline! Submit your paper by 11:59 PM (CT). You’ve got this! 🤞

⏳ Only 2 days left to submit to the #AEJMC26 paper competition!

ComSHER is accepting full papers only. Read the call & submit: community.aejmc.org/communicatin...

Want to help with reviews? Sign up here: aejmc.secure-platform.com/site/judgeso...

📢 Postdoc opening – Science Communication, University of Zurich

3-year position (start Sept 2026). Seeking strong empirical researchers interested in science communication and related topics, including AI, climate change, health, etc.

Deadline: April 15, 2026
Apply: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

Submitting to ComSHER? Don't forget to sign up as a reviewer. A small step that makes a big difference 😇

AEJMC Community Login - AEJMC Community AEJMCP.O. Box 21647Columbia, SC 29221 USA

⏰ As the AEJMC submission deadline approaches, ComSHER kindly invites all authors to volunteer as reviewers. Eligible reviewers include post-comps PhD students and PhD holders. Your support makes the conference possible! 🫶
👉 Sign up here: aejmc.secure-platform.com/site/judgeso...

Reminder: We are accepting submissions. Full papers only this year.

Reminder: Faculty & students are invited to submit original research for the 2026 AEJMC Conference Paper Competition. Full papers and research-in-progress are both offered. Deadline to submit is April 1, 11:59 pm CDT. Be sure to read the call instructions:
www.aejmc.org/aejmc-events...

🎓 On the academic job market? Wondering what Year One as faculty really looks like?
Join COMSHER's online panel: "From the Job Market to Year One: Early-Career Faculty Perspectives."

📅 03/12/2026 from 4 to 5pm (ET)
🔗 ufl.zoom.us/j/9282719456...

Practical advice + live Q&A for grad students!

It's March! One month to the AEJMC submission deadline. Looking forward to seeing everyone in New Orleans! 🤗

The ComSHER Spring Newsletter is out! 🎉

Inside: messages from division leadership, conference panel previews, Graduate Student Committee updates, the paper call, and reviewer sign-up information.

Read it here: community.aejmc.org/communicatin...

#ComSHER #AEJMC

📌 Job Posting
Health Communication Assistant Professor
Tenure Track, California State University, Fresno.
⏳ Application deadline: March 12, 2026
👉 Full details & apply: careers.fresnostate.edu/en-us/job/55...

📌 Job Posting
Assistant Professor in Astronomy & Society @ Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
⏳ Application deadline: March 27, 2026
👉 Full details & apply: careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...

UCR awarded $4 million for civic engagement science initiative UCR's School of Public Policy has received a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund a four-year initiative aimed at improving civic engagement and public policy discourse with ...

Interested in science, tech & policy?
PhD opportunity (4-yr GRA) in Environmental Science & Policy at George Mason University (starts May 2026).

Apply 👉 Email kakerlof@gmu.edu
with CV, brief interest letter & 2 refs.
#PhD #SciComm
insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2026...

AEJMC 2026 | New Orleans
August 5-8, 2026 (pre-conference: Aug 4)

Paper competition submissions are open, with a deadline of April 1.
Great scholarship + great food + great city 🌆

We'd love to see strong participation from our division!
#AEJMC #ComSHER

📣 AEJMC SCT Best Practices in Teaching – 2026

The 21st annual competition recognizes innovative, class-tested teaching practices in journalism & mass communication.

2026 theme: Nurturing Harmony and Health in Higher Education
Deadline: Feb 15, 2026 | 11:59 p.m. CT

Full call: tinyurl.com/ptx22szr

📌 TT Faculty Position in Communication @ Clemson University

Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor
📍 Clemson University (R1)
🗓 Start: Aug 15, 2026
⏳ Deadline: Feb 16, 2026

Research + teaching across strategic, health, sport, media/tech comm.
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/180356

📢 2026 New Perspectives Fellowship

The Edna Anderson-Taylor Communication Institute @utah.edu invites nominations for an early-career scholar doing innovative communication research.

💰 $3,000 research award
📍 Campus visit + public talk (Fall 2026)
⏰ Deadline: March 31, 2026

Details in image ⬇️

Direct link to ComSHER submission guidelines: community.aejmc.org/communicatin...

📢 ComSHER @AEJMC 2026 is now accepting submissions!

We welcomes paper submissions on science, health, environment, and risk communication.
👉 Full papers only this year (no extended abstracts).

Details here: higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AEJMC/680a77...

📢 Call for Papers
Communication Horizons Conference 2026
“Communication in the Age of AI & Algorithms”
📍 UC Davis | 📅 May 15–17, 2026

500-word extended abstracts due March 1, 2026 (Anywhere on Earth)

More info: communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...

#ComSHER

🎓 Another opportunity for #ComSHER grad students!

Join the Concept Speed Round on Zoom
🗓️ Thurs., Jan. 29 | ⏰ 5 PM ET

Share a research concept in a 3-minute talk or learn from others in this low-stakes, fast-paced session.

Presenter spots (15 max): tinyurl.com/tfzz3vxa
Attend: tinyurl.com/4vumsx86

📣 Calling all #ComSHER grad students!

The ComSHER GSC (Graduate Student Committee) Mentorship Program is back!

Connect with experienced grad students for support or share your skills as a mentor. Sign up as a mentee, mentor, or both!

Complete the survey by Jan. 30:
👉 forms.gle/JhF7m5gyjzRn...

AEJMC Award for Excellence in Teaching: Nominations due by October 30. This new award, sponsored by the AEJMC Standing Committee on Teaching, recognizes excellence in teaching in mass communication, journalism, communication, and related fields. higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AEJMC/680a77...

Seeking Reviewers for AEJMC's Emerging Scholar Grant Program: Evaluate nomination materials according to the award criteria, and provide written feedback or scores by Monday, Dec., 1. Please submit your interest by Fri., October 17, via this Google Form:
bit.ly/ESreviewerAEJ

See the call here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Special Issue Call! 📣 Health Communication will dedicate a special issue, titled “Mental Health Mass Communication: Advancements in Optimizing and Safeguarding Mental Health Messaging,” to expand the conceptual and empirical foundation of message-based mental health promotion.

AEJMC’s Standing Committee on Research seeks nominations for its Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award. Nominations are due October 15, 2025.
higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AEJMC/680a77...

As we transition to a new term, we wanted to thank our 2024-2025 ComSHER Executive Board for their service to the division. Thank you!