Jane D. Brown, a longtime advocate of women's issues, was recognized last month for her work to promote the status of women on campus and issues relevant to women faculty and professionals, such as adequate campus day care.
The Association of Women Faculty and Professionals awarded Brown the 1996 Mary Turner Lane Award for service to women on campus.
The faculty chair and professor of journalism and mass communication was honored for setting an excellent example as teacher and colleague, specifically for her work with the Faculty Council, the Chancellor's Task Force on Women and the Chancellor's Child Care Advisory Committee, which she chaired.
"Jane is tireless in her service to the University," said Provost Richard J. Richardson. "I know that she has served all of us--both men and women--with equal measure of integrity, good humor and wisdom."
The association also honored Brown for her support of the association and the women's studies curriculum. She is a member of the Coalition on Women's Concerns, former chair of the Faculty Council's Committee on the Status of Women and past president of the Association for Women Faculty and Professionals.
James L. Peacock, Kenan professor of anthropology and former faculty chair, said Brown was a fitting recipient of the Lane award.
"This award was well-deserved by a fine citizen of the University and the community who goes the extra mile in everything, including women's issues," he said.
A faculty member for nearly 20 years, Brown teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on mass communication theory and effects. Her research focuses on how the mass media affect adolescents' health and how the media can reduce unhealthy behaviors. She is co-editor of the books The Media, Social Science and Social Policy for Children and Media, Sex and the Adolescent.
This marked the second year a faculty member from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication won the award. Last year's winner was Carol Reuss, professor and former associate provost.
The Mary Turner Lane Award was established in 1986 in honor of the longtime faculty member in the School of Education and former chair of the Curriculum in Women's Studies.
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