Fun Facts

Dr. Deborah Root's husband, Dr. Jeff Root, serves as dean of the School of Humanities and the Huckabee School of Education. He has served as adviser of the Signal since 1991, and was editor of the Signal in 1981-1982.

The Roots are a family of teachers. Jeff's parents were former faculty/staff members at Ouachita, and the Roots' daughter and son-in-law, Abby ('17) and Stephen ('15) Curry, are teachers at Little Rock Christian Academy.

Areas of Expertise

Featured Courses Taught:

• News writing
• Feature writing
• Publication design 

Involvement

Memberships

• Arkansas College Press Association
• Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• Associated Collegiate Press
• College Media Advisers

Professional Organizations

• Member of College Media Adviser, Inc.
• Recipient of the Gold Key Award for outstanding leadership in the field of journalism education from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association

Involvement

• First Baptist Church, Arkadelphia - College Committee, Communications Team
• Previously served as director of development publications, news bureau director and sports information director at Ouachita.
• Began career as sports editor of the Daily Siftings Herald, Arkadelphia.
• Currently serves as adviser of the Ouachitonian yearbook.
• Faculty sponsor of the EEE women’s social club.
• Serves as Director of Assessment and Institutional Research

Other

The Ouachitonian yearbook has received the Gold Crown and Silver Crown awards from Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and the All-American rating from Associated Collegiate Press.