James E. (Jim) Mueller Professor. Mayborn School of Journalism Corinth, TX P.O. Box EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

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1 James E. (Jim) Mueller Professor University of North Texas 3614 Leeds Court Mayborn School of Journalism Corinth, TX P.O. Box Denton, TX (cell) (fax) Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 1998 Journalism EDUCATION M.A. University of Missouri-Columbia, 1992 Journalism B.J. University of Missouri-Columbia, 1982 Journalism EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE 2013-present Professor, Mayborn School of Journalism University of North Texas Tenured Associate Professor, Mayborn School of Journalism University of North Texas Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism University of North Texas Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Pittsburg State University 1997 Assistant Instructor, Department of Journalism University of Texas at Austin Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Journalism University of Texas at Austin Graduate Student Instructor, School of Journalism University of Missouri-Columbia Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Journalism University of Missouri-Columbia 1

2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE St. Charles County Bureau Chief, Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis St. Peters City Editor, Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis St. Charles County Police Reporter and General Assignment Photographer, Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis Education and O'Fallon, Missouri, City Hall Reporter, Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis General Assignment Reporter, Suburban News Bureau, St. Louis BOOKS PROFESSIONAL AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES Mueller, James E. (2013). Shooting Arrows and Slinging Mud: Custer, the Press and the Little Bighorn. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. Mueller, James E. (2008). Tag Teaming the Press: How Bill and Hillary Clinton Work Together to Handle the Press. Boulder, CO: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Mueller, James E. (2006). Towel Snapping the Press: Bush's Journey from Locker-Room Antics to Message Control. Boulder, CO: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Textbooks Mueller, James. E., and Christopher R. Martin, Bettina Fabos and Richard Campbell. (2013). Instructor s Resource Manual, Media Essentials: A Brief Introduction, 2nd ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's. This revised edition included a set of slides for every chapter and a new chapter on electronic gaming. Mueller, James. E., and Christopher R. Martin, Bettina Fabos and Richard Campbell. (2013). Test Bank, Media Essentials: A Brief Introduction, 2nd ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's. This revised edition included a new chapter on electronic gaming. Mueller, James. E., and Christopher R. Martin, Bettina Fabos and Richard Campbell. (2011). Instructor s Resource Manual, Media Essentials: A Brief Introduction. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's. 2

3 Mueller, James. E., and Christopher R. Martin, Bettina Fabos and Richard Campbell. (2011). Test Bank, Media Essentials: A Brief Introduction. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's. Sidebars Mueller, James E. (2002). Norman Vincent Peale and Guideposts Magazine. In Wm. David Sloan and James D. Starrt (Eds.) The Media and America. Northport, AL: Vision Press. Research done with help of Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship. Chapters Mueller, James E. (2014). Custar in the News: George Armstrong Custer in the Gettysburg Campaign. In Sachsman, David B., editor. A Press Divided: Newspaper Coverage of the Civil War, Piscataway, NJ: Transaction Publishers. Mueller, James E. (2013). Out on a Pair of Limbs: Newsweek s Leggy Sarah Palin Cover Sparks Cries of Sexism. In Land, Mitchell, Koji Fuse, and Bill W. Hornaday (Eds.) Contemporary Media Ethics: A Practical Guide for Students, Scholars and Professionals in the Globalized World, 2nd ed. Spokane, WA: Marquette Books. Fuse, Koji, and James E. Mueller. (2009). Created Heroes, Humanized Soldiers, and Superior Western Values: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. In Paul M. Haridakis, Barbara S. Hugenberg, and Stanley T. Wearden (Eds.), War and the Media. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. Mueller, James. E. (2009). Little Bighorn Coverage in the Kansas Press. In David B. Sachsman, S. Kittrell Rushing, and Roy Morris Jr. (Eds.), Seeking a Voice: Images of Race and Gender in the 19 th Century Press, (pp ). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press. (Revised re-publication from Custer and His Times, Vol. 4.) Mueller, James. E. (2008). Little Bighorn Coverage in the Illinois Press. In John P. Hart, editor, Custer and His Times, Vol. 5 (pp ). Cordova, Tennessee: Little Big Horn Associates, Inc. Nitz, Michael; Cypher, Alyson; Reichert, Tom, and James E. Mueller (2003). "Candidates as Comedy: Political Presidential Humor on Late-Night Television Shows." In Lynda Lee Kaid, John C. Tedesco, Dianne Bystrom, and Mitchell S. McKinney (Eds.), The Millennium Election: Communication in the 2000 Campaign. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. Mueller, James E. (2002). Little Bighorn Coverage in Kansas Newspapers: Last Stand for a Partisan Press. In John P. Hart, editor, Custer and His Times, Vol. 4 (pp ). LaGrange Park, Illinois: Little Big Horn Associates, Inc. 3

4 Mueller, James E. (1997). "Delivery System Disaster: Circulation Problems of the St. Louis Sun." In Charles Warner (Ed.), Media Management Review (pp ). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. ARTICLES Refereed or Juried by Peers Mueller, James E., and Tom Reichert. (2009). "More Engaged But Still Uninformed? 2004 Presidential Election Coverage in Consumer Magazines Popular with Young Adults," Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 86 (3), Mueller, James E. (2006). Victims, Villains and Heroes: Comparing Newspaper Coverage of World War II and the Iraq War, Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp Mueller, James E. (2005). "Kentucky Press Coverage of the Little Bighorn: Detached Partisanship," Greasy Grass, Vol. 21, May, pp Mueller, James E. (2003). Not His Father s Sun: A Brief Biography of St. Louis Sun Founder Ralph M. Ingersoll II, Southwestern Mass Communication Journal Vol. 19, No. 1, pp Reichert, Tom; Mueller, James E.; Nitz, Michael, and Alyson Cypher. (2003). Disengaged and Uninformed: 2000 Presidential Election Coverage in Consumer Magazines Popular with Young Adults, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Vol. 80, No. 3, pp Mueller, James E. (1999). The Evolving Image of American Newspaper Publishers Since World War II: From Passionate Public Champion to Market-Driven Corporate Executive, in The Image of America, proceedings from the 1999 conference of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, pp Fuse, Koji, and James E. Mueller (1998). The Politics of World War II History: The Dehistoricizing Obliteration of Non-Japanese Asians in Japanese and American Newspapers, in The Image of Class, proceedings from the 1998 conference of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, pp (Note: The authors are listed in alphabetical order but did equal work on the project.) Sylvie, George, and James E. Mueller (1995). The Shreveport Solution: Preserving Editorial Diversity When a JOA Fails, in Mass Comm Review, 22 (3 and 4), ARTICLES Judged by Professionals Mueller, James E. (2014). Swinging Around the Circle with Custer: George Armstrong Custer's Role in the 1866 Election. Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association Symposium Annual, pp

5 Mueller, James E. (2010). "Taking a Humorous Stand: 19 th Century Newspaper Jokes About Custer and the Little Bighorn." Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association Symposium Annual, pp Mueller, James E. (Fall 2009). "A Dozen Best: Top Books on Presidents and the News Media," American Journalism 26 (4), Editor invited me to write this article based on my expertise on the press and the presidency. Mueller, James E. (Winter/Spring 2007). Journalistic Objectivity: Time to Abandon It? Invited article in Phi Kappa Phi National Forum, Winter/Spring Note: This is an academic publication, but the editor invited me to write the article rather than have it peer-reviewed. Mueller, James E. (2003). "The Last Stand is Not the Last Word: Effective Leadership Principles of George Armstrong Custer," Custer Battlefield Historical Museum Association Symposium Annual, pp Mueller, James E. (2003). Building Community by Building a High School Newspaper: A Case Study of One Daily s Cooperative Project, Grassroots Editor, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp Mueller, James E. (1999). Community Building Concepts Applied to Online Newspapers: A Case Study of a Four-State Region, Grassroots Editor, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp ARTICLES Professional Mueller, James E. Clintons Put the Squeeze on Press, North Texas Daily, 11 November Mueller, James E. "Teaching Tricks for Media Management Case Studies." MME Record, Summer 2004, 2. Mueller, James E. Your Teaching is a Blessing. Column in The Dallas Examiner, 11 Oct. 2001, p. 5. BOOK REVIEWS The Fights on the Little Horn: Unveiling the Mysteries of Custer's Last Stand. (October 2014.) True West. Custer. (Spring 2014). Great Plains Quarterly, 34 (2), Pacific Citizens: Larry and Guyo Tajira and Japanese American Journalism in the World War II Era. (Fall 2012). Journalism History, 38 (3), "First Ladies and the Fourth Estate: Press Framing of Presidential Wives." (March 2010). Presidential Studies Quarterly, 40 (1),

6 A review/essay on "The Elements of Newswriting," "Storycrafting: A Process Approach to Writing News," and "Newswriting on Deadline." (Winter 2006). Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 60 (4), The Globalization of News. (2000). The Journal of Media Economics, 13 (4), Joint Operating Agreements. (Winter 1999). American Journalism, 16 (1), PAPERS Refereed or Juried by Peers Mueller, James E. (2015, March). Bush s Wartime Press Conferences: Lap Dogs, Attack Dogs, or Objective Reporters? Paper accepted for presentation at the Conference on the George W. Bush Presidency, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. Mueller, James E., and Koji Fuse (2014, November). "Buried for Seven Decades: A U.S.- Japan Comparative Textual Analysis of News Coverage of the Battle of Iwo Jima. Paper accepted for presentation at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago. Mueller, James E. (2014, November). Blood Will Flow Like Water: How the Press Framed the Centralia, Missouri, Massacre and Battle. Paper accepted for presentation at the Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mueller, James E., Koji Fuse, and Jia Zhao. (2013, November). International Justice during the Time of Imperialism: The 19th Century Press Coverage of the Shimonoseki Indemnity Imposed on Japan. Paper presented at the National Communication Association, Washington, D.C. Fuse, Koji, Nicole Holland Pearce, Hui Wang, and James E. Mueller. (2012, November). "Humanization of Reel Japanese Soldiers: A Cross-Cultural Fantasy Theme Analysis of Three War Movies from Japan, China, and the United States." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Orlando. Won Top Faculty Award from the Japan-U.S. Communication Association, an affiliate of the NCA. Mueller, James E. (2011, November). "Extermination or Reservation: How Newspapers Covered Native Americans in the Battle of the Little Bighorn." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication in Dallas. Fuse, Koji, and Nicole Holland Pearce and James E. Mueller. (2011, November). "Media Framing Analysis of Japan-U.S. Conflicts in the Era of 'Japan (Sur)Passing': A Cross-Cultural Comparison." Paper presented at the National Communication Association convention in New Orleans. Mueller, James E. (2010, November). Custar Was Conspicuous: How the Press Covered George Armstrong Custer in the Gettysburg Campaign. Paper presented at the Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The paper won the conference's Award of Excellence. 6

7 Fuse, Koji, and James E. Mueller. (2010, November). Pop Nationalism Gone Wild: A Cross-Cultural Fantasy Theme Analysis of Japanese and U.S. Nationalist Comic Books. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association in San Francisco. Mueller, James E. (2010, November). "Filibustering the Press: Obama's Debut Before the White House Press Corps." Paper presented at Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Round Rock, Texas. Fuse, Koji, and James E. Mueller. (2009, November). Japanese Antiforeign Policy and Its Collapse: Kawaraban and The New York Times on the Battle of Shimonoseki, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association in Chicago. Fuse, Koji, and James E. Mueller. (2009, August). Text-Audience Convergence or Divergence? A Cross-Cultural Fantasy Theme Analysis of Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Boston. Mueller, James E. (2008, November). The Forgotten Issue: The Little Bighorn and the Election of Paper presented at the Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The paper won the conference's Award of Excellence. Fuse, Koji, and James E. Mueller. (2008, August). Created Heroes and Humanized Soldiers: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. Paper presented at presented at poster session at AEJMC in Chicago. Mueller, James E. (2008, April). The Politics of a Massacre: Comparing Newspaper Coverage of the Little Bighorn with the Hamburg Race Riot. Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association in Denver. Mueller, James E. (2007, October). Shooting Arrows and Slinging Mud: How Newspapers Re-fought the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Paper presented at the American Journalism Historians Association convention, Richmond, Virginia. Mueller, James E. (2007, April). Tag Teaming the Arkansas Press: How Bill and Hillary Clinton Learned to Handle Journalists. Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Mueller, James E. (2006, October). Little Bighorn Coverage in the Illinois Press. Paper presented at the Illinois History Conference, Springfield, Illinois. Mueller, James E. (2005, November). Victims, Villains and Heroes: Comparing Newspaper Coverage of World War II and the Iraq War. Paper presented at the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication symposium, Greeley, Colorado. The paper won Honorable Mention in the Research Paper Competition. 7

8 Mueller, James E. (2004, August). "Eating the Zombies: George W. Bush Feeds on Reporters at a Pre-war Press Conference." Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Toronto, Canada. Mueller, James E. (2003, November). "George W. Bush and the Baseball Press: A Home Run for the Future President." Paper presented at the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Salt Lake City, Utah. Mueller, James E. (2002, November). Not His Father s Sun: A Brief Biography of St. Louis Sun Founder Ralph M. Ingersoll II. Paper presented at the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention, San Marcos, Texas. Mueller, James E. (2002, October). George W. Bush and the (Baseball) Press: Training for the Political Major Leagues. Research in progress paper presented at the American Journalism Historians Association convention, Nashville, Tennessee. Mueller, James E. (2002, September). Building Community by Building a High School Newspaper: A Case Study of One Daily s Cooperative Project. Paper presented at the National Newspaper Association convention, Portland, Oregon. (This was an updated version of the paper accepted but not presented in September 2001 because the convention was canceled after the terrorist attacks.) Mueller, James E. (2002, April). Who Wants to be a Journalist? Motivation for Mozambicans to Enter a New Graduate Journalism Program. Paper presented at What s News? The Syracuse University Symposium on the Nature of News, Syracuse, New York. Mueller, James E. (2001, November). Framing the Blame: Coverage of the Sinking of the Ehime Maru by the U.S.S. Greeneville. Paper presented at the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Research done with help of Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship. Mueller, James E. (2001, October). A History of Guideposts Magazine. Research in progress paper presented at the national convention of the American Journalism Historians Association convention, San Diego, California. Research done with help of Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship. Mueller, James E. (2001, September). Building Community by Building a High School Newspaper: A Case Study of One Daily s Cooperative Project. Paper scheduled for presentation at the National Newspaper Association convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The convention was canceled because of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Mueller, James E. (1999, November). Little Bighorn Coverage in Kansas Newspapers: Last Stand for a Partisan Press. Paper presented at the Symposium on the 19 th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. 8

9 Mueller, James E. (1999, October). Web Community Building Concepts Applied to Online Newspapers: A Case Study of a Four-State Region. Paper presented at the National Newspaper Association convention, Boston, Massachusetts. Mueller, James E. (1999, October). Sun Sawed in Half: The Brief Life of Ralph Ingersoll s St. Louis Newspaper. Dissertation presented at the American Journalism Historians convention, Portland, Oregon. Mueller, James E. (1999, August). Anatomy of a Business Decision: Ralph Ingersoll Launches the St. Louis Sun. Paper presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Baltimore, Maryland. Mueller, James E. (1999). The Evolving Image of American Newspaper Publishers Since World War II: From Passionate Public Champion to Market-Driven Corporate Executive. Paper presented at the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery convention, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Fuse, Koji, and James E. Mueller. (1998). The Politics of World War II History: The Dehistoricizing Obliteration of Non-Japanese Asians in Japanese and American Newspapers. Paper presented at the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery convention, Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Note: Authors listed in alphabetical order. Authors did equal work on project.) Mueller, James E. (1997). Ben Hecht as a Literary Journalist. Paper presented at the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Dallas, Texas. Mueller, James E. (1997). General Powell and Admiral Dewey: Press Coverage of Two Heroes Who Might Have Been President. Paper presented at the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Dallas, Texas. Mueller, James E. (1997). Metropolitan Daily Newspaper Start-ups since 1962: A Beginning History. Paper presented at the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Dallas, Texas. Sylvie, George, and James E. Mueller. (1996). The Shreveport Solution: Preserving Editorial Diversity When a JOA Fails. Paper presented at the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Monroe, Louisiana. Mueller, James E. (1996). Little Bighorn Coverage in the Texas Press: Fiercely Partisan Myth-making. Paper presented at the American Journalism Historians Association convention, London, Ontario, Canada. Mueller, James E. (1996). A History of St. Louis Newspapers: Context for the Birth of the Sun in Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Anaheim, California. 9

10 Fuse, Koji, and James E. Mueller. (1996). Japanese and American Coverage of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: Different Stories for Different Audiences. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Anaheim, Calif. (Note: Authors listed in alphabetical order but did equal work on the project.) Mueller, James E. (1995). History of the St. Louis Sun. Research in progress paper presented at the American Journalism Historians Association convention, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mueller, James E. (1995). Delivery System Disaster: Circulation Problems of the St. Louis Sun. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, D.C. PAPERS Invited Mueller, James E. (2015, June.) Who was Custer? Teacher, Writer, Political Activist, Performer and Soldier. Paper accepted for presentation at the Custer Battlefield Museum & Historical Association convention, Hardin, Montana. Mueller, James E. (2013, June). Swinging Around the Circle with Custer: George Armstrong Custer's Role in the 1866 Election. Paper presented at the Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association conference, Hardin, Montana. Mueller, James E. (2009, June). "Taking a Humorous Stand: 19 th Century Newspaper Jokes About Custer and the Little Bighorn." Paper presented at the Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association conference, Hardin, Montana. Mueller, James E. (2008, June). Visual Literacy and the Clintons. Paper presented at the From Power to Empowerment Conference at UNT, June Mueller, James E. (2004, July). "Kentucky Press Coverage of the Little Bighorn: Detached Partisanship." Paper presented at the Little Big Horn Associates national convention, Louisville, Kentucky. (Note: the association uses the old two-word spelling of Little Bighorn while the author uses the National Park Service spelling.) Mueller, James E. (2003, June). "The Last Stand is Not the Last Word: Effective Leadership Principles of George Armstrong Custer." Paper presented at the Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association symposium, Hardin, Montana. RESEARCH GRANTS Received: 2011 Phase II of UNT Research Cluster Program. Project: South Asian Media, Culture & Arts, unspecified amount. 10

11 2010 Next Generation Course Redesign Grant, $12,000. Project: Redesigning the large lecture class Mass Comm and Society Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, $5,000. Projects: Studying Guideposts magazine and American press coverage of Japan. Grant proposals written/not awarded: 2011 Consultant for World Education, Inc. on USAID grant to development journalism education programs in Mozambique. Drafted letter of support from Mayborn School for WEI's application Applied with Nikhil Moro and others for an internal grant for a research cluster titled South Asian Media, Culture & Arts Advisory Panel member on application for National Digital Newspaper Program grant for UNT library U.S. State Department Educational Partnerships Program grant to help fund the Journalism Department s efforts to establish a journalism program at Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique. Assisted Prof. Mitch Land in writing this lengthy grant proposal Texas Associated Press Managing Editors grant for a high school workshop for minority students. CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS 2013 Panelist, research presentation Swinging and Missing: Andrew Johnson and the Press, in a session entitled The Civil War and Free Expression: Press and Presidential Problems of the Civil War Era. Held at the Symposium on the 19 th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, Chattanooga, Tennessee, November Panelist, invited to discuss coverage of Japan in U.S. media since World War II in a session entitled, "Voices of Japan-US Relationships: Reflecting the Past, Considering the Present, and Envisioning the Future." Held at the National Communication Association convention in November Panelist, invited to discuss public relations and news coverage in session entitled "Bridging Japan-U.S. Communication: Toyota's Crisis Communication and Media's Response." Held at National Communication Association convention in November Participant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention in Boston, August. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions. 11

12 2009 Participant, National Communication Association convention in Chicago, November. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions Participant, Symposium on the 19 th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, Chattanooga, Tennessee, November. Attended professional development and research sessions Panelist, invited to discuss censorship in panel entitled Banned and Burned: An Open Public Forum on Censorship, at Lakewood Library in Dallas, September Panelist, invited to discuss American media coverage of World War II in session entitled Unconventional Historicisms and Communication of Collective Memories of the Pacific War: Moving Beyond U.S.-Japanese Dichotomies, NCA in San Diego, November Participant, National Communication Association convention in Diego, California, November. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions Participant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention in Chicago, August. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions Participant, Western Social Science Association, Denver, April. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions Participant, American Journalism Historians Association, Richmond, Virginia, October. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions Participant, Western Social Science Association, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions Participant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention in San Francisco, California, August. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions. Helped screen candidates for department openings Participant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention in San Antonio, Texas, August. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions. Attended two sessions directly related to research on George W. Bush and the press and also to the 19 th Century press. 12

13 2004 Panelist, Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Little Rock, Arkansas, November. Invited to participate in panel on President Clinton and the Media to discuss unpublished paper, "Presidents Under Attack: The Pre-war Press Conferences of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush." 2004 Participant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions and participated in Media Management and Economics Division business meetings Participant, Little Big Horn Associates national convention, Louisville, Kentucky, July. Attended sessions on history of American West. Networked with history journal editors and book publishers Participant, American Society of Newspaper Editors convention, Washington, D.C., April. Attended seminars, networked with potential employers for students, attended speeches by President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry for research on Bush and the press Participant, Texas Associated Press Managing Editors convention, Abilene, Texas, March. Attended a variety of sessions on journalistic techniques and networked for job and internship opportunities for students Participant, Grants for Research and Scholarship seminar hosted by T. Lloyd Chesnut, vice president for research and technology transfer, November Participant, Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, November. Attended sessions on historical research and other journalism topics Speaker, "Journalism Careers," University of North Texas Careers Exploration Class, October Speaker, "Ethics in the Workplace," University of North Texas chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, September Participant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention in Kansas City, Missouri, August. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions and participated in Media Management and Economics Division business and executive board meetings Participant, Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association Symposium, Hardin, Montana, June. Attended sessions on history of the American West. 13

14 2002 Substitute paper presenter, Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention in San Marcos, Texas, November. Presented The Proactive Triad In the African-American Community: Interrelationships Among the Church, Politics and Press as Examined Through a Qualitative Content Analysis of the Arizona Informant, for Dr. Eric Gormly, who could not attend the conference Participant, Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention in San Marcos, Texas, November. Attended sessions on historical research and other journalism topics Participant, American Journalism Historians Association convention in Nashville, Tennessee, October. Attended sessions on research methodology and current research Consultant, provided seminar materials and helped develop a presentation for two reporters to give at their paper, The Daily Astorian of Portland, Oregon, September. The presentation advised the paper on developing a cooperative relationship with area high schools Participant, National Newspaper Association convention, Portland, Oregon, September. Attended sessions on operations of community newspapers Participant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention, Miami, August. Attended teaching and professional development sessions, met with potential applicants for department faculty openings, and attended Media Management and Economics Division business and executive board meetings Speaker, Leads, Structure and Nut Grafs! Oh My! Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Convention, Fort Worth, Texas, March Participant, Society of Professional Journalists regional convention in San Antonio, Texas, March. Represented The North Texas Daily at awards ceremony. Attended sessions on such topics as political reporting Panelist, Social Responsibility of the Media, a seminar for professional journalists held at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique, August Participant, Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Convention, El Paso, Texas, April. Attended a variety of sessions on topics including online journalism, diversity in the newsroom and the application of U.S. Census data to the newspaper industry Speaker, International Telephone Conference Roundtable on 2000 U.S. elections, hosted by Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique, October. 14

15 2000 Participant, College Media Advisers annual convention in Washington, D.C., November. Attended sessions on a variety of topics to gather information for the administration of The North Texas Daily Participant, Associated Press Managing Editors convention, San Antonio, Texas, October. Attended a variety of sessions on topics including employee retention, increasing readership and using new technology Participant, New Advisers Workshop, August. Two all-day workshops for new college newspaper advisers held at CMA advisers convention, Chicago Participant, Society of Professional Journalists regional convention, St. Louis, Missouri, April. Attended a variety of workshops on reporting and writing Panelist, Teaching Journalists History: Providing Context for the Text, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Chicago. Discussed failure of many journalists to provide the proper historical context for Colin Powell s role in the 1996 presidential campaign. JUDGING Judge: North and East Texas Press Association s Better Newspaper Contest (March 2009). Judge: Science and Health Section of the CASE Region III public relations writing contest (Summer, 2005). Judge: Texas Community Newspaper Association, Inc., annual contest. Judged all news categories including editorials, news stories, photography, layout, headlines, and general excellence, San Antonio, Texas, (February 2004). Judge: The Dallas Bar Association s Stephen Philbin Awards for Excellence in Legal Reporting (October 2000). Judge: High school journalism writing contest, Pittsburg State University, (Winter 1999). DISSERTATIONS, THESES, and SPECIAL PROBLEMS PROJECTS 2014 Anna Desiree Cousineau, M.A., thesis, Madness in the Media: How can Journalists Better Report on Mental Illnesses? Committee member Mi-Young Chong, M.A., thesis, Comparing Western and South Korean Newspaper Coverage Regarding North Korean Women Defectors and Victims of Human Trafficking. Committee member Stephanie Daniels, M.A., thesis, Young Journalists Today: Journalism Students Perceptions of the Ever-Evolving Industry. Committee member. 15

16 2012 Eric Nishimoto, M.A., thesis, Measuring the Devil: Reality Television Gratifications as Predictors of Cultivated Worldviews as Predictors of Third- Person Effects in Viewers. Committee member Nicole Pearce, M.A., thesis, Predicting Shaping Relations: A Media Framing Analysis of Japan-U.S. Affairs in the Era of Japan (Sur)Passing. Committee member Cheran Ratnam, M.A., thesis, Not yet titled Courtney Gee, thesis, M.A., Down Syndrome and Self-esteem. Committee member Jenny Mumah, M.A., thesis, Western media attitudes toward an immigrant of color sex crime victim: case study: the DSK case. Committee member Brad Riddell, M.A., thesis, " Cause-Related Communication: PR, Business Magazines, and a Consumer s Response to Information." Committee member Gretchen Sparling, M.A., thesis, High School Journalism Educators Use of Technology in the Classroom." Committee member Jordon Bostic, M.A., thesis, "No Title IX in Journalism: An Analysis of Subject Gender in Newspaper Sports Columns." Committee chair Porsha Thomas, internship Taylor Short, internship, Sun newspapers Jonah Kuehne, internship, Hoopsworld.com Jessica Harp, internship, ENVY magazine Ian Birnbaum, special project, internship at Brown Books Courtney Landrum, internship Elizabeth Knighten, University of North Texas Communication and Marketing Rachel Mehlhaff, internship, Associated Baptist Press Miguel Artiga, internship James Stewart, internship, Collin County Business Press Ashley Alber, special problems Katie Farnum, special problems Heather Smith, internship. 16

17 2006 Samuel Taylor, internship, Lower Colorado River Authority Gabe Monte, internship, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Lindsay Wilps, internship, Home+Heritage magazines Jessica Johnson, internship Brandon Musselman, special problems, editing instruction Eliana Munguambe, M.A., thesis, A Content Analysis of Mozambican Newspapers Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election. Committee chair Noor Elashi, internship, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Rebekah Wolf, internship, Advocate Publishing Emily White, internship, AVIDGOLFER magazine Jennifer Haney, internship, The Bridgeport Index Jaclyn Barrientes, internship, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Gentry Braswell, internship, Plano Star Courier LaNesha Wheeler, special problems project, A Comparison of Famous Journalism Ethical Cases Vanessa H. Londono, special problems honor project, An Analysis of the 2004 Presidential Campaign in the Spanish Language Press Clarissa Ramirez, internship, Dallas Morning News Julie Dickerson, special problems project, An Analysis of Pulitzer Prize Winners based on Circulation Size Katie Bransford, special problems project, A Study of Women Sports Journalists Kristin Avila, special problems project, A Comparative Study of Coverage of the First Gulf War and the War in Iraq Tim Baren, one-hour special problems history project, Nellie Bly: A Journalists Journey Kristin Avila, one-hour special problems project, in-depth reporting for summer Daily. 17

18 2004 Lindsay Brandt, one-hour special problems project, in-depth reporting for summer Daily April Kinser, special problems project, How to Start a New Magazine Sophia Malik, special problems project, Coordinating a Special Football section of The North Texas Daily Pablo Gaete, special problems project, How to Prevent Plagiarism on College Newspapers Eric Finley, special problems project, Effective Methods of Faculty Critiques of Student Newspapers Andy Hogue, special problems project, How to Establish a Student Newspaper Copy Desk System Megan Middleton, special problems project, Successful Student Newspaper Operations James Colby Horton, M.A., thesis, The Failing Media-Military Relationship: Inevitable Conflict in Maintaining a Democratic Coexistence. Committee member. REVIEWER 2014 Reviewed set of three papers for the Symposium on the 19 th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression Reviewed set of three papers for SWEJMC annual convention Reviewed set of three papers for the Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression Reviewed set of four papers for History Division of AJEMC Reviewed set of three papers for Media Management and Economics Division of AJEMC Reviewed mass communication textbook proposal for St. Martin's Press 2012 Reviewed two manuscripts for SWEJMC Journal Reviewed set of four papers for International Communication Association Reviewed manuscript for Southwestern Mass Communication Journal Reviewed set of three papers for Media Management Division of AEJMC Reviewed book proposal for Continuum. 18

19 2011 Reviewed textbook for Pearson Reviewed proposal for mass media history book for Pearson Reviewed companion web site for textbook for CQ Reviewed manuscript for textbook for Bedford/St. Martin's Reviewed manuscript for Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Reviewed manuscript for Southwestern Mass Communication Journal Reviewed set of four papers for Political Communication Division of NCA Reviewed packet of five newspapers for Texas Wesleyan's Rambler newspaper Reviewed tenure packet for candidate Reviewed manuscript for American Journalism Reviewed book proposal for Bedford/St. Martin s Reviewed book proposal for Oxford University Press Reviewed five paper submissions for the Southwest Education Council for the annual Journalism & Mass Communication conference Reviewed book proposal for Oxford University Press Reviewed book proposal for Holcomb Hathaway publishers Reviewed book manuscript for Rowman & Littlefield Reviewed three journal manuscripts for American Journalism Reviewed two paper submissions for the Southwest Education Council for the annual Journalism & Mass Communication conference Reviewed article for the International Journal on Media Management Reviewed textbook for Bedford/St. Martin s Reviewed a textbook for McGraw-Hill Reviewed textbook and CD-Rom proposal for the Iowa State Press Reviewed new edition of textbook for Bedford/St. Martin s Reviewed manuscript for American Journalism. 19

20 2001 Reviewed manuscript for The Journal of Media Economics. NEW COURSES DEVELOPED Undergraduate Updated and revised: present Revising Journalism 1210 to be taught as a hybrid online class Revised Journalism 4510 Newspaper Management and Ethics class to be taught one day per week Revised syllabus and lesson plans for Journalism 1210 Mass Communication and Society. Adopted use of remote control devices for student use in the auditorium so this large class (about 500 students Fall and 250 students Spring) could participate in class discussion via polling and quiz questions incorporated in slides Revised syllabus and lesson plans for Journalism 4321 Opinion Writing. Based class on compilation of materials collected by both students and instructor instead of textbook Developed syllabus and lesson plans for Journalism 4820 Media History to focus on research projects rather than lecture and exams Mentored new adjuncts and teaching assistants for Journalism 2310 beginning reporting course. None had taught the course before Taught first two days of Summer Journalism 2310 beginning reporting course and helped adjunct prepare syllabus and lesson plans for the course Developed syllabus and lesson plans for Journalism 4321 Opinion Writing, which had not been taught for at least five years. No syllabus was available in the department files Revised Journalism 4510 Newspaper Management and Ethics course from lecture to case study format Revised Journalism 3310 Feature Writing class to include more emphasis on magazine writing. Coordinated course requirements and logistics with adjunct professor teaching a section of the course Developed exemplary course objectives for Journalism 2310 beginning reporting, which is part of Arts and Sciences core. 20

21 2003 Helped adjunct faculty members revise Journalism 2320 advanced reporting course to portfolio grading system. This method is intended to judge a student s body of work more on the quality of stories rather than the quantity. Helped staff established editing positions at Daily to coordinate assignment of lab stories Revised Journalism 2310 beginning reporting course to include more live reporting assignments while retaining emphasis on laboratory training Created Reporting Lab Committee to improve cooperation between The North Texas Daily and department s reporting classes. Mentored adjunct faculty member in teaching reporting courses and supervising reporting labs Revised long-semester Journalism 2310 for adaptation to Summer sessions Revised Journalism 2310 from beat reporting course to laboratory course in order to handle dramatic increase in enrollment and better prepare students for working on the campus newspaper and in advanced reporting classes Revised grading system and developed new procedures for Journalism 2320 advanced reporting course in order to handle increase in enrollment and changes in reporting classes. Graduate 2012 Added online component to Journalism 5050 Media Studies and Theories Added online component to Journalism 5050 Readings in Mass Communication New prep for Journalism 5050 Readings in Mass Communication. Created new reading list for graduate class Assisted Graduate Director Mitch Land in writing thesis guidelines for master's students in the department s Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism Revised Journalism 5010 and Journalism 5020 for teaching summer courses at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo, Mozambique, where the primary language is Portuguese. (The teaching was funded by a $10,000 Africa-UNT Graduate Program Initiative proposed by The Toulouse School of Graduate Studies and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research to the Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund.) THE NORTH TEXAS DAILY ADVISING Policies and Operations 2004 With Department chair reorganized the Daily professional staff so that the Student Publications Director would supervise the other professional staff members thus easing and streamlining the duties of the incoming Daily adviser. The new adviser now has more time for research, teaching and advising the student news staff. 21

22 2003 Published next-day coverage of football team s bowl game in the Daily s online edition. This was done during the semester break when the paper does not normally publish Published special year-end edition on football team s success over the past three years. Enough ads were sold to justify a paper twice as large as the original plan of four pages News staff broke story on convicted rapist who continued attending classes between his plea agreement and sentencing. Story attracted national attention Improved security of newsroom by installing alarm and new glass doors allowing staff to keep door shut while maintaining open appearance and atmosphere. Restricted access to newsroom to staff only Helped Ad staff redesign ad office with new work stations to improve efficiency and accommodate larger staff Helped plan readership survey to be conducted in Supervised the establishment of the Bob Stanley Reporter of the Month award and designed certificate issued to each recipient. Each recipient also earns $ Journalism 3320 Desk Work class special editions moved to online publication unless determined to be newsworthy and profitable. The Daily previously published special sections as learning vehicles for this class. Enrollment increases made this policy no longer practical. The new policy benefited both the department and the newspaper Worked with Journalism 2320 advanced reporting instructor, teaching assistants and Daily staff to revise the copy editing desk to more closely follow the systems used at commercial newspapers Helped establish Production Committee, which meets weekly to discuss and resolve production errors Hired additional sales representative to handle increased number of accounts Daily news staff totaled 47 for Spring 2003, largest recorded number of news positions. Made possible by addition of Daily internships and salary adjustments Published next-day coverage of football team's bowl game in the Daily s online edition. This was done during the semester break when the paper does not normally publish Worked with Dr. John-Mark Dempsey, broadcast professor, to establish NT Daily Sounds, a webcast for the Daily s online edition. This webcast allows broadcast and news-ed students the opportunity to work together to learn about the convergence of media and to gain practical experience in broadcast journalism. 22

23 2002 Worked with Photography Prof. Susan Zavoina to convert Daily from wet lab to digital photography Added four drops to expand newspaper distribution off campus. Distribution increased from 9,000 to 10,000 to reflect increased demand by readers Published special Monday edition to report on football game that clinched conference championship for UNT. As far as we know, this was the first special edition published by the Daily. So many readers requested souvenir copies, including the office of the president that the paper had to print an extra 1,000 copies Daily conducted two public journalism projects: an edition devoted to parking problems at UNT, and a semester-long project covering the overpopulation of stray dogs and cats in Denton County Staff size averages 42 for Fall and Spring 2002, reflecting success of internship program and managing salary budget Started publishing special advertising editions with team rosters that can be used as Go Mean Green posters at basketball and football games Added circulation assistant to help better maintain news racks and keep track of circulation Published next-day coverage of the football team s bowl game. This was the first time the staff is aware of that breaking news was published during a semester break, when the paper is normally shut down Helped students establish internship program to allow students to volunteer to write stories for the paper and increase size of news staff. Staff increased from average of 24 for Fall and Spring 2000 to average of 40 for Spring and Fall Established Professional Staff Committee, which meets monthly to discuss all aspects of Daily operations and policies Helped establish and served on special diversity committee including media professionals and faculty charged with studying North Texas Daily staffing and content. Helped implement and wrote reports on the actions suggested by the committee Revised Slash, the Daily s weekly faculty critique. The meeting was moved from the newsroom to a conference room to avoid distractions and provide a more professional meeting environment. The focus was revised to include ethical, legal and content issues raised by the past week s issues rather than just stylistic errors. Daily Awards 2004 Associated Press Managing Editors Association of Texas 2 nd Place best college daily newspaper. 23

24 2003 Best overall student newspaper, Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence Award for Region 8: First Place Individual award for best news page design, Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers Best newspaper, Third Place, and four individual awards, Southwestern Journalism Congress Two individual awards for photography, William Randolph Hearst Foundation Journalism Awards program. The staff believes this is the first time the Daily has ever had two awards in one year in this prestigious national competition Seven individual awards for writing, design and photography, Southwestern Journalism Congress Honorable Mention for Special Edition/Section; Honorable Mention for Overall Newspaper; 18 individual awards for writing, design, and photography, Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Associated Press Managing Editors Association 2 nd Place best college daily newspaper Third Place, Best All-Around Daily Newspaper, Region 8 (Texas and Oklahoma) Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Fifth Place, best sports page, The Best of Collegiate Design, sponsored by College Media Advisers Third Place, Best All-Around Daily Newspaper, Region 8 (Texas and Oklahoma) Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence. Internship Placement Helped secure internships for Daily staffers Ryan Peterson, Waco Tribune Andrea Arterberry, Tampa Tribune Cristina Rodriguez, Dallas bureau of the Associated Press Yoshio Kuramitsu, The Detroit News 2002 Megan Middleton, San Antonio Express-News Cristina Rodriguez, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. 24