ALBANY, Ga. – The Mass Communication program of study at Albany State University has evolved into something of a mini-United Nations.
Not only do ASU’s future journalists receive instruction in the latest concepts, methods and technology of their chosen field, they’re given insight into the global experiences of professors from such disparate locations as China, the Netherlands and El Salvador.
Jianchuan Zhou, Judith Rosenbaum and Alfonso Moises, all Ph.D.s and all with journalistic experience in their respective home nations, offer practical evidence of the ever-shrinking world community to students from a section of this country not traditionally known for its diversity.
Zhou draws from his experience as a reporter/editor for an English-language newspaper in his hometown in China’s Sichuan Province to teach future print journalists. Moises utilizes his background as, among other things, a documentary-maker in his Central American home in El Salvador and in Mexico to instruct students drawn to radio, television and film studies. Rosenbaum’s duties as a researcher/instructor/editorial manager in The Netherlands fit perfectly with her theory and methods classes.
