Beth Garfrerick, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

 

Dr. Beth A. Garfrerick
UNA Box 5007
Florence, AL 35632-0001

256.765.4941
bagarfrerick@una.edu

Education:
  • A.B., The University of Alabama, 1979
  • M.A., The University of Alabama, 2001
  • Ph.D., The University of Alabama, 2010
Research & Teaching Fields:
  • Journalism History
  • Public Relations
Current Professional Affilitations: Academic Honors and Awards:
  • North Alabama Chapter of the Public Relations Council of Alabama Educator of the Year Award Recipient, 2011
  • Public Relations Council of Alabama Educator of the Year Award Recipient, 2014. 
  • North Ala. Chapter of the Public Relations Council of Alabama Educator of the Year Award Recipient, 2014. 
  • First Place Award, PR Education, for the North Alabama Chapter of the Public Relations Council of Alabama, presented at the Sept. 2019 annual conference of the Southern Public Relations Federation. 
  • Nominee of the North Alabama Chapter of the Public Relations Council of Alabama for the Philip R. Forrest Jr. Professional Achievement Award, which is the highest annual honor bestowed by the Public Relations Council of Alabama to a single practitioner, February, 2018. It is given to recognize public relations practitioners who are outstanding in the field of public relations. 
  • Southern Public Relations Federation 2015 Senior Practitioner Award 
Recent Presentation/Publications Highlights:
  • Scholarly paper presentation, Southern Studies: Auburn University-Montgomery Liberal Arts Conference, Montgomery, Alabama. Paper title: "The Small-Town Southern Newspaper: As in Politics, Everything is Local," February, 2013.
  • Scholarly paper presentation, National Newspaper Association 126th Annual Convention and Trade Show, Charleston, South Carolina. Paper title: "Before Bloggers there were Ploggers (Print Loggers): Community Journalism Correspondents," October, 2012.
  • Scholarly paper presentation, Southern Studies: Auburn University-Montgomery Liberal Arts Conference. Paper title: "The Role of the Community Weekly Newspaper in the Twentieth Century South," February, 2011. 
  • Article, 'Before Bloggers There Were Ploggers (Print Logger)." Grassroots Editor, Vol. 54, No. 3-4 (Winter-Fall 2012).
  • Essay, "News Syndicates Serve as Papers' 'Silent Partners'." The Media in America, 9th Edition, Edited by Dr. Wm. David Sloan, Northport, Alabama: Vision Press, 2013.
  • Essay, "Despite Canned 'News,' Influential Editors Serve Small Towns." The Media in America, 8th Edition, Edited by Dr. Wm. David Sloan, Northport, Alabama: Vision Press, 2011.
  • Essay, "The Community Weekly Newspaper: Telling America's Stories." American Journalism, Summer 2010 edition.
  • “Syndicates Attempt to Sway Public Opinion as a ‘Silent Partner’ of the Country Press: 1900 to 1950,” published single author article, Journalism History, Vol 46, 2020 - Issue 1, Taylor & Francis, pages 16-31, 16 pages. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00947679.2020.1724492 
  • Textbook Feature, “Weekly Newspapers: News Syndicates Serve as Papers’ “Silent Partners’.” The Media in America, 11th, Edition, Ed. by Dr. Wm. David Sloan, Tracy Lucht, Erica Pribanic-Smith, Northport, Ala.: Vision Press, 2020. 
  • Monograph, “Community Journalism in the Twentieth Century,” Agricultural Communications Documentations Center at the University of Illinois-Urbana, November, 2018. 
  • Textbook Feature, “Despite Canned ‘News,’ Influential Editors Serve Small Towns.” The Media in America, 10th, Edition, Ed. by Dr. Wm. David Sloan, Northport, Ala.: Vision Press, 2017. 
  • Textbook Feature, “Weekly Newspapers: News Syndicates Serve as Papers’ “Silent Partners’.” The Media in America, 9th, Edition, Ed. by Dr. Wm. David Sloan, Northport, Ala.: Vision Press, 2014. 

At UNA since: 2005