PARTNERSHIPS
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• The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting (site)
• International Reporting Project (site) • African Studies Program at Ohio University (site) • The University of Zambia (site) • African University College of Communications in Accra, Ghana (site) • The Media Institute of Southern Africa (site) • World Press Institute (site) ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS • Member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) • Member of the International Communication Association (ICA) • Member of the International Studies Association (ISA) • Member of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) • Member of the African Studies Association (ASA) • Member of the American Political Science Association (APSA) • Member of the United Nations Association of the United States of America – (UNA-USA) chapter |
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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
2015 -- Ohio University, 2nd Place Award for OHIO Faculty Newsmakers Awards (September 2015). Dr. Kalyango’s name was featured in at least 337 media news pieces all over the world in 2014.
2015 -- MobileYou&Me, Top Published Research Paper on Mobile Communication 2014/15 “Mobile Learning: Rethinking the Future of Journalism Practice and Pedagogy,” Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. (Presented at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (sponsored partly by the John S. Knight Foundation).
2014 -- Health-Comm: Top Faculty Paper Award at ICD for research paper: “Facebook and College Women’s Bodies: Social Media’s Influence on Body Image and Disordered Eating.”
2012 -- ICD, Top Research Award at AEJMC sponsored by Asian Journal of Communication, for research paper titled: “Online Social Networking Profiles and Self-presentation of Indian Youths.”
2011 -- RTVJ, Top Faculty Paper Award at AEJMC for research paper titled: "Thirty Years of Broadcasting Africa on the U.S. Network Television News."
2010 --- Recipient of a U.S. federal grant: The 2010 Study of the United States Institutes for Journalism and Media Scholars. From the U.S. Department of State’s Study of the U.S. Branch in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (Washington, D.C.) – $225,000.
2010 -- ICD Best Paper Award at AEJMC sponsored by Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, for research paper titled: “Agenda Building and the Politics of Regime Legitimacy in East Africa.”
2009 -- ICD Best Poster Paper Presentation Award at AEJMC sponsored by the International Communication Division.
2009 -- Journalism Studies Division, Outstanding Poster Paper Presentation at the annual ICA conference, Boston MA, for research paper titled: “Cross-national Content Analysis of the Russia-Georgia Conflict Coverage.”
2008 -- Recipient of Ohio University and Scripps College of Communication research funds: Start up Research Funds for New Hire – Tenure Track Faculty. – $25,000
2007 -- ICD Top two Faculty Paper Award at AEJMC sponsored by the International Communication Division.
2007 -- Recipient of John D. Bies International Travel Fund for Doctoral Dissertation – $1,500 (Columbia, MO – USA).
2007 -- Recipient of the Lionel C. Barrow Minority Achievement Award, from CT&M Division of AEJMC (Washington, D.C.). Also received $1500.
2006 -- Recipient of the ICA Conference Presidential Travel Grant award to Dresden, Germany from the International Communication Association (Washington, DC – USA).
2003 -- Recipient of the Ragan Individual Graduate Scholarship award for Masters Degree in Journalism – $20,000 (from Elly, MN – USA).
Nominated for three consecutive years (2000-2002) as Best Television Journalist, The New Vision national newspaper, “Readers Choice” survey (Kampala, Uganda).
• 1999 Best Environment World Report Award, CNN World Report Conference (Atlanta, GA).
• 1999 Media Personality Achievement Award, Apple Appreciations Awards (Kampala, Uganda).
• 1998 Africa’s Best Television Journalist of the Year, African Journalist Foundation (Johannesburg, South Africa).
2015 -- Ohio University, 2nd Place Award for OHIO Faculty Newsmakers Awards (September 2015). Dr. Kalyango’s name was featured in at least 337 media news pieces all over the world in 2014.
2015 -- MobileYou&Me, Top Published Research Paper on Mobile Communication 2014/15 “Mobile Learning: Rethinking the Future of Journalism Practice and Pedagogy,” Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. (Presented at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (sponsored partly by the John S. Knight Foundation).
2014 -- Health-Comm: Top Faculty Paper Award at ICD for research paper: “Facebook and College Women’s Bodies: Social Media’s Influence on Body Image and Disordered Eating.”
2012 -- ICD, Top Research Award at AEJMC sponsored by Asian Journal of Communication, for research paper titled: “Online Social Networking Profiles and Self-presentation of Indian Youths.”
2011 -- RTVJ, Top Faculty Paper Award at AEJMC for research paper titled: "Thirty Years of Broadcasting Africa on the U.S. Network Television News."
2010 --- Recipient of a U.S. federal grant: The 2010 Study of the United States Institutes for Journalism and Media Scholars. From the U.S. Department of State’s Study of the U.S. Branch in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (Washington, D.C.) – $225,000.
2010 -- ICD Best Paper Award at AEJMC sponsored by Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, for research paper titled: “Agenda Building and the Politics of Regime Legitimacy in East Africa.”
2009 -- ICD Best Poster Paper Presentation Award at AEJMC sponsored by the International Communication Division.
2009 -- Journalism Studies Division, Outstanding Poster Paper Presentation at the annual ICA conference, Boston MA, for research paper titled: “Cross-national Content Analysis of the Russia-Georgia Conflict Coverage.”
2008 -- Recipient of Ohio University and Scripps College of Communication research funds: Start up Research Funds for New Hire – Tenure Track Faculty. – $25,000
2007 -- ICD Top two Faculty Paper Award at AEJMC sponsored by the International Communication Division.
2007 -- Recipient of John D. Bies International Travel Fund for Doctoral Dissertation – $1,500 (Columbia, MO – USA).
2007 -- Recipient of the Lionel C. Barrow Minority Achievement Award, from CT&M Division of AEJMC (Washington, D.C.). Also received $1500.
2006 -- Recipient of the ICA Conference Presidential Travel Grant award to Dresden, Germany from the International Communication Association (Washington, DC – USA).
2003 -- Recipient of the Ragan Individual Graduate Scholarship award for Masters Degree in Journalism – $20,000 (from Elly, MN – USA).
Nominated for three consecutive years (2000-2002) as Best Television Journalist, The New Vision national newspaper, “Readers Choice” survey (Kampala, Uganda).
• 1999 Best Environment World Report Award, CNN World Report Conference (Atlanta, GA).
• 1999 Media Personality Achievement Award, Apple Appreciations Awards (Kampala, Uganda).
• 1998 Africa’s Best Television Journalist of the Year, African Journalist Foundation (Johannesburg, South Africa).
