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Adam M. Maksl Ph.D.


Knobview Hall 200K
Phone: (812) 941-2892
amaksl@iu.edu

Biography

Adam Maksl is a professor of journalism and media at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana. He teaches courses focused on digital journalism and researches news and media literacy. He is also Senior Faculty Fellow for GenAI Learning Innovation within Indiana University’s Learning Technologies Division, where he serves as a thought leader and internal consultant across all IU campuses focused on the integration of generative artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. He has spoken extensively on the productive use of generative AI and served on IU’s university-wide Generative AI Task Force. He is also co-founder of the Digital Gardener Initiative, IU's university-wide digital literacy initiative. 

Maksl has served as a Journalism & Media Program Coordinator (2016-2019) and the Director of Student Media (2012-2019) at IU Southeast. Under his leadership of student media, his students won hundreds of awards, including national awards such as the Pacemaker, considered by some to be the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism. He is an award-winning teacher, including honors such as the Teacher of the Year award from the Small Programs Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the Honor Roll Newspaper Adviser Award from the College Media Association.

Maksl’s research has been published in top-rated journals in his field, including Journalism; Communication Theory; Communication and the Public; Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly; Journalism & Mass Communication Educator; the Journal of Media Literacy Education; Electronic News; and Cyberpsychology, Behavior & Social Networking. He has co-authored two books, "American Journalism and Fake News: Examining the Facts" and "Attacks on the American Press: A Documentary and Reference Guide."

Maksl earned his PhD in journalism from the University of Missouri, an MA in journalism from Ball State University, and a BS in secondary journalism education from Indiana University Bloomington.

Academic Background

  • Doctorate

    • University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
    • Doctor of Philosophy, Major in Journalism
  • Masters

    • Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA
    • Master of Arts, Major in Journalism
  • Bachelors

    • Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, US
    • Bachelor of Science in Education, Major in Journalism, Minor in English

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