Tracee W. Mason

Tracee Nicole Mason

FACULTY (GENERIC)
EMAIL
PHONE
850-412-5550
OFFICE
Payroll Clearing-Acad Affairs

 

Office Hours

Tucker Hall Rm. # 410

Monday/ Wednesday •  12:20 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Tuesdays (Online) • 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Current Semester Schedule

SPC 2608-006 Public Speaking • MWF — 10:10 a.m. - 11: 00 a.m.
SPC 2608-008 Public Speaking • MWF — 11:15 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.
SPC 2608E-501 Public Speaking • Online
SPC 2608E-502 Public Speaking • Online
JOU 1040E-504 Language Skills for Media Professionals • Online

About Me

Tracee Mason is an educator, journalist, and storyteller who enjoys helping people develop communication and interpersonal relationship skills in a supportive environment. In addition to teaching college-level public speaking and foundation of speech classes at FAMU, she has taught family and communication and business and professional communication college courses. Mason has written for the Dallas Morning News, Tallahassee Democrat, and various newspapers and magazines, worked in corporate public relations and employee communications, and researched the nineteenth-century antebellum black press.

Areas of Interest

  • Public Speaking and Communication Skills Development
  • Race, Culture, and Communication
  • Emotional Intelligence

Education

  • Florida State University • 2010
    M.A. in Media and Communication Studies

  • University of Minnesota • 2002
    M.A. in Mass Communication

  • Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University • 1996
    B.S. in Journalism

Work History

  • Associate Instructor • 2024 – present
    Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

  • Instructor • 2013 – 2024
    Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

  • Visiting Instructor • 2012 – 2013
    Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

Academic Accomplishments


Refereed Presentations at Conferences

  • Mason, T. (Presented 2019, October). Finding Lasting Love Online: Black Women’s Perceptions of Online Dating. Global Fusion Conference in Global Media & International Communication Studies, annual conference, Austin, TX. (National).

  • Graves, B. & Mason, T. (Presented 2018, November). Public Memory and the Preservation of North Florida’s Negro Fort. National Communication Association, annual conference, Dallas, TX. (National).

  • Harlow, S., Baldwin, J. Mason, T. & Noli, A. (Presented 2017, May). #Gamergate and Online Controversy: Exploring Gender and Incivility in Fandoms on Twitter, selected for Communication and Technology Interactive Poster Session. “Interventions: Communication Research and Practice.” International Communication Association, annual conference, San Diego, CA. (International).

  • Bernadin, S. & Mason, T. (Presented 2016, June). Investigating the Emotional Experiences of Engineering Students in an Upper-level Signal Processing Course. American Society for Engineering Education, New Orleans, LA. (National).

 

Non-Refereed Presentations at Conferences

  • Mason, T. (Presented 2015, October). A Case Study Using a Classroom Award Ceremony to Teach Special Occasion Speaking in a College Public Speaking Course. Florida Communication Association, annual conference, Orlando, FL. (State).

Awards

 

  • Life-Gets-Better Full Academic Scholarship, FAMU

  • Distinguished Scholars Award, FAMU

  • National Achievement Commended Student

  • Elks Oratory Contest, Second Place Winner

Courses Taught At FAMU

  • SPC 2608 Public Speaking
  • SPC 1017 Foundations of Speech
  • JOU 1040E Language Skills for Media Professionals