Present | Professor of Journalism, Butler University | |
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Present | Richard M. Fairbanks Professor of Communication, Butler University ‐ College of Communication | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Faculty Award in Social Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Butler University, $1,000 (2010)
- Mary Ann Yodelis Smith Award for Feminist Scholarship, Commission on the Status of Women, AEJMC, $500. (2008)
- Member of Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Honor Society (KTA)
- Awards for Best Student in Journalism and Public Relations, School of Communication, North-West University, Potchefstroom (1994)
- Various internal travel and research grants, Butler University (2005 – 2010)
- Continuing University Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, $20,000 (2004 - 2005). This prestigious award is based on major accomplishments since entering Graduate School and a well-defined program of research.
- Butler University Faculty Woman of Distinction (2017)
Courses
- JR417 Global Media
- JR418 Gender and News: Global Views
- SW230 New Media and Public Communication
- GHS207 Resistance and Rights: Global Women
- JR112 Introduction to Media Writing
- JR107 Introduction to Mass Communication
- Journalism, Citizenship and Democracy
- Media, Diversity and Culture in South Africa
- GHS206 Resistance and Reaction: Colonialism and Post-colonialism in Africa
Contact Information
Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
Professor
Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism and Creative Media
Butler University
4600 Sunset Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46208
mgeertse@butler.edu
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