Assistant Professor, Strategic Communication Director of Engagement and Student Development
Jeannette H. Porter (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) began her career in strategic communications managing native advertising sales as a high school student. Following her B.A. in Economics from Swarthmore College, she spent 10 years in fund development and community relations at The Boys Choir of Harlem; became a director of communications at PENCIL; moved to rural journalism at The Amelia Bulletin Monitor in Virginia; and, following a master’s degree in multimedia journalism (Virginia Commonwealth University), found her cause in health communication. Her current research examines African American communication about mental health and mental illness with a goal of increasing mental health help-seeking. Dr. Porter has contributed to articles in Communication Studies, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Telemedicine and E-Health and Howard Journal of Communications. She serves the Missouri School of Journalism as the Director of Engagement and Student Development, teaches Cross-Cultural Journalism (among other courses), and is proud of being a QEBH honor tap. Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Fz1rqdAAAAAJ&hl=en
Jain, P., Comello, M., Francis, D. and Porter, J. (2022, May). "Blue Sky Workshop: Beyond Productivity: Writing Groups as Catalysts for Peer Mentorship and Collaboration Among Minority Faculty." Presented at 72nd Annual International Communication Association Conference, "One World, One Network" in Paris, France.
Porter, J. H. (2021, April). "Taking People With You: An Insight-Driven Approach to Leading People and Achieving Big Goals." Presentation to Women of Color Honor and Ambition, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Porter, J. H. (2018, November). "In the Pastor's Study: How Do African American Baptist Ministers Talk About Mental Health?” at University of Missouri academic summit “Rebuilding the Civic Compact: Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in the Behavioral and Social Sciences” at University of Missouri - Saint Louis.
Porter, J. H., Marshall, L. and Battista-Frazee, K. (2016, June). Pitching and placing your mental health message to local and national media. Breakout session presented at the 2016 Mental Health America national conference, “Media, Messaging and Mental Health,” Arlington, Va.
Porter, J. H. and Carpentier, F. D. (2016, April). Can we talk? College student willingness to talk about mental health. Paper presented at the 2016 Spring Research Colloquium at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.