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a SAJAer: Anantha S. Babbili
Journalism
professor, Texas Christian University
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B.S., Osmania University
(India) A specialist in international communication, Dr. Babbili's research has been published in a variety of international journals. He has traveled extensively world-wide, and has presented papers at conferences in Slovenia, Brazil, Mexico, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany, Canada, Great Britain and South Korea. He is a consultant to the United Nations on issues of global news flow and human rights. The German magazine New Medien has called Dr. Babbili "one of the most influential" media scholars in the world. He has won several university teaching awards and has been recognized for teaching excellence by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, the Burlington Northern Foundation, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Associated Press Managing Editors and the National Conference of Editorial Writers. Dr. Babbili has taught abroad at Regent's College in London and is invited on a regular basis to lecture at India's Osmania University, Oxford University and the London School of Economics. Before he came to the United States to pursue his graduate studies, he was a newspaper reporter in India.
TCU Press Release Carnegie Foundation
honors TCU professor A member of the TCU faculty since 1981, Babbili has been chair of the journalism and media studies department for the past nine years. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, a master's from the University of Oklahoma and undergraduate degrees in journalism and biological sciences from Osmania University in India. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) established the Professors of the Year program in 1981 and works in cooperation with the Carnegie Foundation and various higher education associations in its administration. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a policy center located in Princeton, N.J., is devoted to strengthening America's schools and colleges. The program recognizes top professors each year in every U.S. state. Dr. Babbili is only the third journalism professor nationwide to receive the honor since the program began. He is the only journalism professor being honored this year. "First-rate teaching is among the most meaningful functions in any society," said Babbili. "The fact that the Carnegie Foundation takes time to recognize outstanding teaching shows that our country values the teacher as one of the most fundamental pillars of society. The fact that I am being recognized teaches me humility, and renews my commitment to become a more energetic and competent professor in the classroom. I see this award as an injection of energy into my teaching." Dr. Babbili has won other major awards both on and off campus. In 1996, he received the university's highest faculty honor, the Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching. The Poynter Institute for Media Studies presented him with its national teaching award and he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the D/FW Association of Black Communicators, as well as the Outstanding Educator award from the Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce. He is the 1995 recipient of the National Conference of Editorial Writers' Barry Bingham Fellowship for his efforts to channel students of color into American newsrooms. He served on the Society of Professional Journalists' Ethics and Credibility Committee and addressed the 1995 conference of the National Association of Newspaper Ombudsmen. In 1996, he led an academic seminar on site at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago at the invitation of the Washington Center. His research has been published in several books, including Communication Ethics and Universal Values, Bosnia by Television, Mass Media in the Middle East, The Press and the State, among others. He has been interviewed on the subject of media ethics and credibility for articles appearing in The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal and in Metroplex news media. Babbili is on the guest faculty of the Washington Center, Mexico's Universidad de las Americas and U.K.'s Oxford University and Regent's College and will serve on the faculty of TCU's new London Center when it opens in fall 1998. -30-
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