Marquita  Smith, Ed.D.

Associate Professor of Media and Communication and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and

Dr.  Marquita Smith is associate dean for graduate programs and research at the University of Mississippi's School of Journalism and New Media. The associate professor is a former Fulbright Scholar, who has worked in Ghana and Liberia. As a Knight International Journalism Fellow, Smith created a judicial and justice reporting network in Liberia which continues to operate. She has more than a decade of experience in higher education, and more than 15 years as an award-winning journalist.  As a former head of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s Commission on the Status of Minorities, Smith’s research often centers on gender, under-presented voices, intersectionality,  media and health communication.

Gender Studies -Related Research Interests:   gender and media; Black feminist theory; Black feminism and media literacy