Avery E. Holton
  • Executive Committee, Communication
  • Co-Research Coordinator, Center for Excellence in ELSI Research
  • Student Media Advisor, Communication
  • Associate Chair, Communication
  • Assistant Professor, Communication
  • Associate Professor, Communication
  • Humanities Scholar, College Of Humanities
801-581-6889

Current Courses

Fall 2021

  • COMM 6930-001
    Masters Project
  • COMM 7990-001
    Cont Reg-Ph D

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Spring 2021

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Professional Organizations

  • Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk (ComSHER); Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). 08/11/2017 - present. Position : Vice Head.
  • Tankard Book Award; Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEMJC). 08/11/2017 - present. Position : Peer Judge.
  • Participatory Journalism Interest Group; Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). 08/01/2017 - present. Position : Head.
  • International Communication Association. 01/2015 - present. Position : Member.

Teaching Projects

  • 2020 Honors College Praxis Lab: Misinformation. Project Lead: Avery E. Holton. Collaborators: Randy Dryer. 01/2020 - 05/2020.
  • Humanities Scholars. Project Lead: Taunya Dressler. College of Humanities 08/16/2016 - present. Total Budget: $12,000.00.
  • Drones & Society. Project Lead: Avery Holton & Sean Lawson. H2 Honors Fellowship (Honors College) 08/01/2014 - present. Total Budget: $13,500.00.
  • Smart Reporting: Innovations in News Coverage. Project Lead: Avery E. Holton. Individual Teaching Grant - University Teaching Committee 12/2013 - 12/31/2017. Total Budget: $3,500.00.