IU journalism professor Shannon Martin named associate vice provost

Vice Provost Tom Gieryn named Shannon E. Martin, professor in the IU School of Journalism, associate vice provost for faculty and academic affairs at IU Wednesday, according to a press release.

As associate vice provost, Martin will work on developing faculty workshops and the New Faculty Orientation program and serve as liaison for the campus-level Promotion Advisory Committee. She will also meet with individual faculty members to discuss career development, according to the release.

“I am honored to be given an opportunity to serve IU, in particular the vice provost’s office, in this role,” Martin said in the release. “I look forward to meeting the new faculty as they join our ranks, and to providing support in the advancement of every member of our academic community.”

Martin succeeds Anne Massey, Dean’s Research Professor at the Kelley School of Business, who has been associate vice provost since 2009.

Martin has been an IU Bloomington faculty member since 2008 and has served as associate dean for research and graduate studies in the School of Journalism. While associate vice provost, she will continue to teach journalism, according to the release.

“Professor Martin has an outstanding record as a scholar and teacher and a strong commitment to the mission of the university,” Gieryn said in the release. “She will provide invaluable experience and leadership, and will contribute a great deal to our efforts to serve the IU Bloomington faculty.”

Martin chaired the communication and journalism department at the University of Maine, Orono, and was on the faculty at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. before coming to IU. She earned her Master of Arts at IU’s School of Journalism and her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, according to the release.

Martin recently authored “Freedom of Information: The News the Media Use” and is currently working on “Social Media and Participatory Democracy in the 21st Century: Public Notice and the World Wide Web,” to be published in 2014, according to the release.

- Makenzie Holland