APSU faculty, staff recognized for their efforts

Several faculty and staff members at Austin Peay State University demonstrated recent noteworthy accomplishments.

Dr. Christos Frentzos, assistant professor of history, gave a presentation July 14th during a weekly briefing of the Tennessee Homeland Security District 7. He spent two weeks this summer in Israel as a part of a counterterrorism fellowship, and he discussed what he learned about Israel’s strategies for combating terrorism during the briefing with local emergency first responders, including police officers, firefighters and emergency management officials.

Lois Jones, administrative specialist in the Office of Legal Affairs and Strategic Planning, will have an article, titled “A baseline summary of framing research in public relations from 1990 to 2009,” published in the September issue of Public Relations Review. She co-authored the paper with Dr. Jeongsub Lim, a former APSU communication professor who now teaches at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea. Jones graduated from APSU with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communication.

Janet Velazquez, assistant director of Career Services, was appointed to the board of directors for the Tennessee Association of Colleges and Employers (TACE) in the role of secretary.