Jim Veneman
Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Director of Visual Communications
Education
B.A., Ouachita Baptist University
M.A., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Contact
Office: JEN 304
Box 1841
731-661-5095 (voice)
E-mail: jveneman@uu.edu
Biography
Jim Veneman serves as assistant professor of Communication Arts and Director of Visual Communication. Veneman teaches digital photography and photojournalism courses, and he oversees the photo staff of the Cardinal & Cream. He has covered efforts in Iraq, spending time in Baghdad and on board the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean. From these assignments, the book A Greater Freedom was produced.
Other assignments include the days immediately following the World Trade Center attack, the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, meetings with Fidel Castro and many other national and international stories. Most recently his photographs provided the visual content for the book, The Inklings of Oxford.
Courses taught
COM 236: Digital Photography I
COM326: Social Documentary
COM 336: Advanced Digital Photography
COM 346: Photo Editing
COM 426: Photojournalism Professional Portfolio
