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The University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA 71209-0322 |
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Ph.D., Communications, University of Pennsylvania, May 1992. M.A., Communications, University of Pennsylvania, December 1982. B.A. with Distinction, Honors in Journalism, University of Iowa, May 1980.
Critical media studies; social identity (race, class, gender) in culture and communications; qualitative research methods; visual communications; public relations; writing for media. Academic & Professional Experience July 2002-Present, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Communication, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM), Monroe, LA. August 1998-June 2002, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Mass Communications, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA. July 1997-August 1998, Associate Professor; Head, Department of Journalism; and Interim Head, Department of Radio, Television and Film; School of Communication, College of Liberal Arts, Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA. July 1992-June 1997, Assistant Professor of Communications, College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University (PSU), University Park, PA. August 1989-July 1992, Instructor, School of Communications, PSU. Fall 1988-Spring 1989, Instructor, Dept. of Radio/Television/Film, School of Communications, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Spring 1989, Lecturer, College of General Studies, University of Pennsylvania (U of PA), Philadelphia, PA Spring 1987-Fall 1987, Instructor, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Fall 1986, Instructor, Muhlenberg & Cedar Crest Colleges, Allentown, PA. June 1984-August 1985, Administrative Assistant and Research Coordinator, Office of Student Life, U of PA. Fall 1981-Spring 1984, Teaching Assistant, Teaching Associate, Course Supervisor, The Annenberg School of Communications, U of PA. Summer 1980, Instructor, School of Journalism, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 1976-present, freelance photography, writing, video production, design. 1968-1978, Communications Supervisor and Coordinator of Volunteers, Public Relations Department, Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA. 1964-1968, Business Services Instructor, Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., Iowa City, IA. Grants and Awards Student Technology Access Plan Grant, ULM,
2001
Student Technology Access Plan Grant, ULM, 2000 Student Technology Access Plan Grant, ULM, 2000 Academic Enhancement Fund Grant, ULM, 1999 Academic Enhancement Fund Grant, ULM, 1999 College of Liberal Arts Enhancement Fund Grant, ULM, 1999 Faculty Development Grant, ULM, 1999 Student Technology Access Plan Grant, ULM, 1997 Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction, PSU, Fall 1991 Dissertation Research Fellowship, Annenberg School, U of PA, 1985-86 Iowa Center for Communication Study, School of Journalism, U of IA, 1980. Alice Paul Award, Women's Faculty Club, U of PA, 1984. Graduate Teaching Assistantships, Annenberg School, U of PA, 1981-1985. Tuition Scholarships, Annenberg School, U of PA, 1980-86. Small Murray Scholarship Grant, School of Journalism, U of IA, 1980. Ruth Baty and Maurice Barnett Jones Scholarship, School of Journalism, U of IA, 1979 and 1980. Leon Barnes Community Journalism Honor Award, School of Journalism, U of IA, 1979. Selected ULM Administrative Achievements Implementation of merger of Mass Communications and Speech Communication and Theatre Departments to form Department of Communication, Fall 2002. Implementation of integrated Mass Communications curriculum, Fall 2001. Approval of integrated Mass Communications curriculum by ULM Board of Supervisors and Louisiana State Board of Regents, Spring 2001. Full accreditation of Mass Communications Department, May 2001. Approval of integrated Mass Communications curriculum by Graduate Council, February 2001. Establishment of Mass Communications Alumni Chapter, November 2000. Establishment of Mass Communications Alumni Advisory Council, October 2000. Provisional accreditation of Mass Communications Department, May 2000. Approval of integrated Mass Communications curriculum by ULM Curriculum Committee, April 2000. Approval of integrated Mass Communications curriculum by College of Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee, Janury 2000. Led faculty in development of integrated Mass Communications curriculum, April 1998-Dec. 1999. Completion of self-study for accreditation of Mass Communications Department, September 1999. Publication of first issue of Mass Communications alumni newsletter, Summer 1999. Approval by Louisiana State Board of Regents for administrative merger of Journalism and Radio, Television, and Film Departments to form Mass Communications Department, August 1998. Led faculties to unanimous agreement to propose merger of Journalism and Radio, Television, and Film Departments, December 1997. Completion of White Paper laying out issues involved in merger and reaccreditation of Journalism Department and accreditation of Radio, Television, and Film Department, December 1997. Publications "Being There: Using Ethnology in the Study of Electronic Communities," Mots Pluriels, Online, forthcoming. (Co-author: Mark Giese.) "Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807)" and "Berenice Abbott (1891-1991)," in Women in World History, Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications, 1998. "Media Realities: The Social Context of Visual Competence," Journal of Visual Literacy, Vol. 17, No. 2: Autumn 1997, pp. 69-88. "Missing Persons: Working Class Women and the Movies, 1940-1990," in Feminism, Multiculturalism and the Media: Global Diversities, Angharad Valdivia, Ed., Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1995. (Co-author: Jasmine Paul.) "'Woman Artist': Between Myth and Stereotype," in On the Margins of Art Worlds, Larry Gross, Ed., Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995. Also presented at the Conference on Social Theory, Politics & the Arts, Philadelphia, October 1992. "'Feminist Facts': Interview Strategies and Political Subjects in Ethnography," Communication Theory , Vol. 2, No. 3, August 1992. "'Artist Woman': Self Identity in the Challenge of Art-World Boundaries," in Muse/10: An Exhibition Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Muse Gallery, Philadelphia: Muse Gallery, 1988. "Alternative vs. Stepping Stone: The Role of Cooperatives in the Women's Art Movement," The WARM Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1987.
"Woman Artist": Communicating Social Identity; book proposal, currently under review by several publishers. Conferences and Workshops Author-presentor:
ìBeing There: Using Ethnographic Methodology in the Study of Electronic Communities,î Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Qualitative Studies Division, Baltimore, August 1998. (Co-author: Dr. J. Mark Giese) "Womanist Art: The Politics of Gloves and Goddesses," Tenth Annual Visual Communication Conference, Alta, Utah, June 1996. "Media Realities: Children's Interpretations of News and Advertising Images," International Communication Association Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 1994. "Blind Geniuses and Mad Women: The Construction of Gendered Artists in Documentary Films," Society for Cinema Studies Annual Conference, Syracuse, NY, Spring 1994. "'Woman Artist': A Contradiction in Terms?" Conference on Social Theory, Politics & the Arts, Philadelphia, October 1992. "Learning and Teaching Conventions of Picturing as Interpretive Cue," Seventy-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, November 1991. "'Feminist Facts': Strategies for Reconstructing the Relationship between Researcher and Researched in Communications Ethnography," International Communication Association Annual Conference, Chicago, May 1991. "Sexual Minorities in the Undergraduate Curriculum," International Communication Association Annual Conference, Chicago, May 1991. "Interview Strategies as Evidence in Constructing the Identity 'Woman Artist,'" International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, May 1989. "'Woman Artist': Social-Self Identity in the Challenge of Art-World Boundaries," International Communication Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, May 1988.
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Workshop organizer/participant:
"Women's Voices, Women's Art," MUSE Foundation for the Visual Arts, Philadelphia, PA, April 1988. "Women in the Arts: Being & Becoming," Philadelphia Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art, Philadelphia, PA, November 1986. Session organizer/moderator:
"Conflicted Identities," Conference on Social Theory, Politics & the Arts, Philadelphia, October 1992. "Strategies of Evidence in Communications Ethnography," International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, May 1989. "Current Research on Women in the Arts," Women in the Arts: Being & Becoming," Philadelphia, PA, November 1986. Session respondent:
"Boundary Crossing in the Postmodern: Pedagogy, Meaning and Action," Sessions I & II, International Communication Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C., May 1993. Invited Lectures "Women and Hunting: Negotiating Gendered Territories," School of Communications Faculty Colloquium, PSU, September 1993. "Women and Hunting: A Work in Progress," Coalition for Multicultural Feminist Studies in Communications workshop, "Decentering Power/Negotiating Territories," University Park, PA, April 1993. "Woman Artist: Communicating Social Identity," Art Education Colloquium, PSU, October 1992. Public Speaking "The Spiral of Silence and the Role of
Journalism Relative to Real and Imagined Domestic Security."
Subject: Teaching media literacy Subject: Role of news media in 2000 presidential election ìMarketing Internship Programs,î Opportunities Industrialization Center of Ouachita, Inc., Region IV Conference, Monroe, LA, December 1998. Subject: Media handling of the Clinton-Lewinsky question Subject: Discussion of "Dreamworlds II" video. Subjects: Media portrayal of women; portrayal of women in advertising. Subject: Journalism and political candidates' private lives. "Gender in Advertising," West Halls Program, PSU, March 1993. "Gender and Profession," Penn State Marketing Association, Penn State University, Spring 1991. Subject: Gender stereotypes and Playboy magazine. "The Price of Solidarity?" Muse Gallery 10th Anniversary Conference, "Women's Voices, Women's Art," Philadelphia, April 1988. Selected Creative Works Editor; electronic design & layout, Liberalis, newsletter of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, Fall 1997-Present. Design and layout for church directory, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Monroe, LA, 2000. Publication design projects for Tabernacle United Church, Philadelphia, 1982-86; United Ministries in Higher Education, Iowa City, IA, 1980; Omicron Delta Kappa, Iowa City, IA, 1978. Video productions for Departments of Student Life and Residential Living, University of Pennsylvania, 1985; and Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA, 1976. "Fragile Giant," slide lecture on marine life and reef ecology; widely presented to various civic and avocational groups, Iowa City, IA; 1978-80. Multimedia training and public relations productions for Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA, 1976-78. Freelance contributions to the Underwater Photographer, The Iowa City Press Citizen, Arts Magazine, Vital Signs, Forefront, U.C.C. Reporter. Professional Memberships & Services Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Public Relations Society of America International Communication Association Manuscript and proposal reviewer: Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Critical & Cultural Studies Division, 2001, 2002 Commissioned research: Academic Honors Faculty Marshall for Broadcast/Cable, School of Communications, PSU, 1991 Phi Beta Kappa University of Iowa Hancher-Finkbine Medallion Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society in Journalism Pi Sigma Alpha National Honor Society in Political Science Professional Honors 2nd Place, Sport Diver Magazine/Underwater Photography Instructors Association Annual Underwater Photography Competition, Black & White Saltwater Division, July 1978. Refocus National Fall Competition, Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa, Iowa City, October 1977. Honorable Mention, NAUI International Photo Competition, Seattle, WA, March 1977. Group exhibition: "Hidden Talent," The Bowl Room Gallery, Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania, April 1985. Solo exhibitions:
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