FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Jeff Miller, professor of agricultural communications in U of A's Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, has been selected to be the managing editor of the Journal of Applied Communications.

He began his term in December. After serving as managing editor, he will rotate into the role of executive editor and then past editor.

Miller teachers several courses in the Department of Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology, manages the student-run Experiential Learning Lab, which provides professional communications services, and focuses research on media coverage of agricultural issues, agricultural communications curriculum development and international rural development.

The Journal of Applied Communications is a quarterly, refereed journal published by the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE). The Journal of Applied Communications focuses specifically on issues and topics relevant to agricultural and applied communication professionals, and is peer-reviewed to ensure accuracy and quality.

Miller also serves as treasurer of ACE.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture. For more information about Bumpers College, visit our website, and follow us on Twitter at @BumpersCollege and Instagram at BumpersCollege.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 3 percent of colleges and universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.