He worked as the University of Nebraska Journalism Chief Advisor for 13 years. William Greer, the undergraduate advisor for the past three years, will be teaching an extra editing class this semester and producing the Alumni Cursor, the UA journalism department's bi-annual newsletter to its alumni. He said he was not interested in the position of department head. The acting head of the department is Jacqueline Sharkey, who has shown an interest in being the permanent head. The department will have an internal search this semester.
Any tenured professor can apply.
The committee will be made up of the full-time journalism department faculty and a head of another UA department, Smith said. Once the committee picks a candidate, members make a recommendation to Smith, who interviews him or her and can then give final approval.