Morris Professorship

William S. Morris Professorship in Innovation, Journalism, and Information

Professor Lyombe Eko, Ph.D., in the Department of Journalism & Creative Media Industries earned the William S. Morris Professorship in Innovation, Journalism, and Information in 2023 after years of public and student engagement fueled by his academic pursuits. Each year, Eko curates an undergraduate and graduate student research symposium where he highlights the oppression of the exercise of free speech around the globe by inviting renowned journalists to speak with his students. As part of Eko's professorship, there are three main activities funded including the annual journalism symposium, a newly designed course offerred in the borderlands of Marfa, Texas, and an upcoming book project highlighting the unique dangers of female journalists reporting in the field.

1. Excellence in International Journalism and Human Rights Graduate Student Symposium & Awards
2. Maymester Course in Marfa, Texas, bordering the Rio Grande
3. Book Project, “Daring to Report While Female: Profiles in Journalistic Courage.