Dr. Debra van Tuyll
Allgood Hall, Office E119
(706) 729-2183
dvantuyl@aug.edu
Office hours: M 8-11:00 am, TH, 3-6:00 pm |
About Dr. Debra van Tuyll
| Degrees: |
Ph.D., University of South Carolina M.A., University of Alabama A.B., University of Montevallo |
| Areas of specialty: |
Public relations, media law and ethics, journalism history |
| Awards: |
Honorable Mention, Maurine Beasley Award for
Women's History, AJHA, 2006 Richard S. Wallace Distinguished Service Award, Augusta State University, 2006
Award for Excellence in Journalism History Scholarship, Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 11-13, 2004
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, initiated March 2001
Bryce Rucker Award for Excellence in Student Research: Best Dissertation, University of South Carolina College of Journalism and Mass Communication, April 25, 2001
Kappa Tau Alpha Award for Top Graduate Scholar (Ph.D.-level), University of South Carolina College of Journalism and Mass Communications, April 25, 2001
Distinguished Adviser of the Year for 4-Year College Magazine Advisers, College Media Advisers, October 30, 1999
The Dean's Award for Graduate Research Endeavors in Public Affairs, University of South Carolina Graduate School, April 1, 1998
Bryce Rucker Award for Excellence in Student Research, University of South Carolina College of Journalism and Mass Communication, April 1, 1998
Best Faculty Paper in the History Division, Southeast Colloquium of the AEJMC, March 14, 1998
College Media Advisers Presidential Citation, 1996, 1997
Distinguished Professor of the Year, 1989, from Union College SGA
Special award for photography, 1987, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) (WINDOWS Staff)
Second place for periodical improvement, 1986, CASE (WINDOWS Staff)
Third place in magazines, 1986, Brazos County, Texas Chapter of International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) (WINDOWS Staff)
Third place in photography, 1986, IABC, Brazos County Chapter (WINDOWS Staff)
Second place in magazines, 1985, CASE District IV (WINDOWS Staff)
Second place in spot news writing, 1981, Alabama Associated Press Association |
| Classes taught: |
Media Law and Ethics, PR Theory, Publication Production, Web Publication Production, Journalism History
Research: Civil War journalism, primarily in the South |
| Plans: |
(books) History of the first access lawsuit in the U.S. (happened in 1854 in Columbia, S.C.); History of the Confederate press; History of the Peace Press in the Civil War South; (papers) what the 19th century has to teach us that might just save 21st century journalism (to be presented at the International Conference on the Future of Journalism in Cardiff, Wales, Sept. 2009); the history of public relations in the era of Ivy Lee (submitted to AJHA); What Freedom of Speech Meant in the Confederacy ((submitted to Symposium on the 19th Century Press, Civil War and Free Speech) |
| Books: |
The Tyranny of Printers by Jeff Pasley |
| Films: |
The Lion in Winter |
| Music: |
Irish traditional |
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