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Edmund Lambeth Named RPP
Director
Edmund
Lambeth
COLUMBIA, Mo. —
Dr. Edmund B. Lambeth, professor emeritus
and former associate dean of the Missouri
School of Journalism, has been appointed director
of the university's Center for Religion, the
Professions, and the Public. Lambeth assumed
the leadership post February 1, 2004. The
Center, established in April 2003 by a $1.4-million
grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts, examines
issues surrounding the intersection of religious
and cultural diversity, spirituality, ethics,
and the professions. Through research, curricular
development, and outreach initiatives, the
Center aims to expand the scholarly knowledge
about these issues and to strengthen relationships
between professionals and the diverse populations
they serve. Faculty
and fellows from business, engineering,
health professions, journalism, law, medicine,
nursing, religious studies, and social work
are collaborating on the Center's initiatives.
"It's an honor to be working with colleagues
from such important disciplines and with
a project that offers such significant opportunities
for Mizzou and the state of Missouri," Lambeth
said. Dr.
Jill Raitt, founding chair of MU's Department
of Religious Studies and the Center's interim
director, continues with the Center as senior
research fellow. Raitt also was instrumental
in organizing Colloquia 2000: Religion,
the Professions, and the Public, a lecture
series on religion in the practice of law,
medicine, and journalism, and in securing
the grant that established the Center at
MU. After
spending 12 years as a reporter, the last
six years as a Washington correspondent
for the Gannett News Service, Lambeth originated
the Washington Reporting Program for the
Missouri School of Journalism and directed
it from 1968 to 1978. He then served as
a professor at Indiana University and as
director of the University of Kentucky School
of Journalism before returning to Missouri
as associate dean for graduate studies and
research from 1987 to 1990. Lambeth
is a former president of the Association
of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication,
a group of journalism administrators. His
books, Committed Journalism: An Ethic
for the Profession and Assessing
Public Journalism (edited with Phil
Meyer and Esther Thorson) reflect his interest
in public affairs reporting, ethics, media
criticism and the history of journalism.
A Congressional Fellow and a Nieman Fellow
at Harvard University, Lambeth also was
presented MU's Thomas Jefferson Award (1995)
and the University of Missouri Press Best
Book Award (1998) by the University of Missouri
Curators. He has served as a Fulbright Scholar
in Israel and Hungary. At
MU, Lambeth created courses in Journalism
and Democracy, Critical Analysis of Mass
Media, International Issues Reporting, and
Religion Reporting and Writing. He originated
and directed for 20 years (1984-2003) the
National Workshop on the Teaching of Ethics
in Journalism. Lambeth
holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in journalism
from Northwestern University and a Ph.D.
in political science from American University.
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