Jamie Litty

Dr. Litty has ten years' experience in public radio and television in New York, New Jersey and Ohio. She taught ten years in higher education and the nonprofit sector before coming to UNCP in July 2001. She teaches courses in audiovisual production, media writing and media theory, law and ethics. Dr. Litty served as chair of the department from 2003 to 2012 and again from 2016 to 2024.

She is an award-winning videomaker who has produced in a variety of corporate and news genres. Her current research interests include intellectual property law, realism in video games and gender in sports broadcasting. Previous research focused on health communication and the phenomenology of media production. She regularly presents on topics in media pedagogy.

A recipient of the 2011 UNCP Outstanding Teaching Award, Dr. Litty advised the Mass Communication Department's weekly student-produced TV newscast Carolina News Today from 2001 to 2004 and from 2006 to 2023. She also advised The Hawk internet radio station from 2008 to 2013 and currently advises the Indianhead yearbook. Dr. Litty is active in university governance, especially in the Faculty Senate.

She received the 2014 Adolph L. Dial Faculty Award for Community Service. Her past service includes chairing the Cable Access Channel Advisory Committee for Laurinburg/Scotland County and supporting the Storytelling and Arts Center of the Southeast with videography and grant preparation. She has been active nationally in the Broadcast Education Association and regionally in the Carolinas Communication Association, which awarded her the Betty Jo Welch Award for Service in 2019.

Education
Ph.D. Communication, The Ohio State University
M.S. Mass Communication, Miami University
B.A. Journalism, New York University