Fast Facts about the
Gaylord College of Journalism and
Mass Communication

ABOUT GAYLORD COLLEGE

• One of the largest colleges at the University of Oklahoma
• Formerly known as the H.H. Herbert School of Journalism and Mass Communication
• Achieved college status in July 2000 after 85 years with a $22 million gift from the Gaylord family
• Founding member of the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC)
  
• Home of the Native American Journalism Association (NAJA)
• Accredited by the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communications (ASJMC)
  
• Headquarters for the Oklahoma Scholastic Media/OIPA, the oldest continuing secondary school press organization in the world
  

ABOUT ADMINISTRATION

• Dean, Joe Foote
• Assistant Dean of Student Affairs & Administration, John Hockett  
• Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs & Graduate Studies, David Craig
• Founding Dean, Charles C. Self

ABOUT THE FACULTY

The college has several endowed positions, including:

• Joe Foote, Gaylord Chair
• Charles Self, Edward L. Gaylord Endowed Chair
• Maureen Taylor, Gaylord Family Endowed Chair
• Meta Carstarphen, Gaylord Family Endowed Professor
• Peter Gade, Gaylord Family Endowed Professor
• Dana Rosengard, McMahon Centennial Professor

24 tenure-track faculty

• 7 full professors
• 5 associate professors
• 12 assistant professors

21 practitioner and visiting professors

• 13 part-time adjunct professors
• 8 full-time visiting professors

ABOUT ALUMNI

• The University of Oklahoma maintains addresses for 152,000 alumni in the U.S.
• 8,200 alumni have undergraduate and/or graduate degrees in journalism
• Current enrollment within the Gaylord College is more than 1,500
• Mozelle Richardson is the oldest person to graduate from the Gaylord College.  She completed her bachelor’s degree in professional writing in the spring of 2004 at the age of 90. She is among the world’s oldest college graduates according to The Guinness Book of World Records.

ABOUT DEGREES

• Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with emphases in advertising, journalism, professional writing, public relations, and broadcasting/electronic media
• Master of Arts in Journalism with emphases in journalism, mass communication management, strategic communication or media arts
• Master of Professional Writing
• Ph.D. in Mass Communication with emphases in news and information, strategic communication or media arts