DoctorTara Ross
Senior Lecturer Above the Bar
Media and Communication
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- Senior Lecturer Above the BarMedia and Communication
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP SUMMARy
I am the programme coordinator for the University of Canterbury's Bachelor of Communication (BC) and the point of contact for the degree’s industry Advisory Board and the Public Relations Institute of NZ (PRINZ), with whom the Media and Communication programme has an MOU. I am also the Graduate Research Coordinator for the Media and Communication programme and, off campus, sit on multiple boards, including the board of Tangata Atumotu Trust, for which I am deputy board chair.
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
- BROADCAST INTERVIEW24 Sep 2026
- OFFICE HELDGraduate Research Coordinator13 Jul 2026
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPUniversity of Canterbury Research Committee1 Jul 2026
- NON-RESEARCH PRESENTATION5 May 2026
- MEMBERSHIPMedia Innovation Lab, University of Canterbury1 Dec 2025
- OFFICE HELDHead of department1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPAANZCA executive27 Nov 2024
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPJEANZ Working Group6 Sep 2024
- GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENTSummative1 Aug 2024
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPAANZCA Working Group - Decolonising AANZCA Culture6 Jun 2024
- DISTINCTION2023 Service Award1 Dec 2023
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP8 Sep 2023
- GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENTSummative24 May 2023
- MEMBERSHIPInternational Association for Media and Communication Research, IAMCR1 Jan 2023
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPArts Digital Lab16 Dec 2022
- OFFICE HELDAssociate Dean Research, Faculty of Arts1 Dec 2022 - 1 Jul 2022
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPJournalism Education Association NZ (JEANZ)1 Dec 2022 - 1 Dec 2023
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPIAMCR local organising committee1 Jul 2022
- JOURNAL REVIEWING / REFEREEINGPolitical Communication: an international journal1 May 2022
- EDITORIALCommunication Research and Practice3 Jan 2022
- OFFICE HELDAssociate Dean of Research1 Jan 2022 - 1 Jul 2022
