Mia Moody is a professor and chair of the Baylor University Department of Journalism, Public Relations and New Media in the College of Arts & Sciences. She joined the faculty of Baylor University in 2001 and has maintained an active research portfolio in addition to her teaching, mentorship and leadership roles. Moody’s research emphasizes image repair, intersectionality, critical race theory and media framing of women, and people of color. The author and co-author of four books, she has also been widely published in various academic journals, including Journalism Mass Communication Quarterly, Howard Journal of Communication, Journalism Educator, Journal of Black Studies, and Public Relations Review.During her tenure as the department chair, she has had the privilege of working with an amazing team of faculty and staff. Together, they have achieved many milestones, including re-accreditation by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) in 2022, the successful launch of a broadcast sequence in 2023, the introduction of updated concentrations and curriculum, and the endowment of several scholarships. Efforts have resulted in job placement and first-year student recruitment rates of 90-100% for multiple semesters.She is currently on the A&S Deans Executive Chair Committee, an affiliate faculty member of Baylor University's Ethnic Studies and Women and Gender Studies programs, and a member of the Faculty and Staff of Color Association (FOCA) and BFSA (Black Faculty and Staff Association).In the past, she played a leadership role in the following: Baylor United Way Fundraising campaign Co-chair for two years ($94,000 raised), Co-chair of the Arts & Sciences Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. She served on Baylor's Commission on Historic Campus Representations, Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) Underrepresented Racial Minorities (URM) Faculty Experience Working Group.She has been the adviser of the Baylor National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) since 2003. She is the honoree of the Moody Belden Endowed Scholarship for Diversity in Journalism, which is given to students who are members of NABJ-Baylor. She is the recipient of various AEJMC honors, including the Barrow Minority Doctoral Student Scholarship, the Outstanding Woman in Journalism award, the Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research and Education, and a 2019 Fellow in the AEJMC Institute for Diverse Leadership.