Interview with Dr. Alex Tan
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Dr. Alex Tan is a tenured professor and founding director of the Edward R. Murrow School (now College) of Communication at Washington State University, WSU. He is the inaugural Faculty Diversity Fellow at WSU in the Office of the Provost and the Division of Student Affairs, Equity and Diversity. He is a co-director of the Excellence in Science and Engineering Center at WSU, which is funded by a five-year $3.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to improve the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in science and engineering. Tan joined WSU in 1986 and has served it for three decades. In 1996-1997 Tan, served as the president of AEJMC. Tan’s research and teaching focuses are on communication interventions to reduce and control prejudices. He teaches Stereotypes in the Media at the undergraduate level and Quantitative Research Methods at the graduate level. Tan earned his bachelor’s degree in agricultural journalism from the University of the Philippines and his master’s degree in the same from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his doctorate there in mass comm. Prior to his arrival at WSU, Tan was a professor and the director of graduate studies in mass comm at Texas Tech University.
Daniels, George L. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Tan, Alexis S.
6/4/20
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications Trailblazers of Diversity collection
Journalism Race discrimination Islamophobia Education
United States - Washington - Whitman County - Pullman United States - South Carolina - Richland County - Columbia
Oral histories (literary genre)
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News Media History Civil Rights and Social Justice
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