Dr. Thomas P. Oates Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Northern Illinois University

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1 Department of American Studies University of Iowa 210 Jefferson Building 129 East Washington St. Iowa City, IA Dr. Thomas P. Oates Educational and Professional History Education Ph.D. in Mass Communication, University of Iowa, Concentration: Media and cultural studies Dissertation title: On the Block: Race, Gender and Power in the NFL Draft M.A. in American Studies, Saint Louis University, 1999 Concentration: U.S. history and popular culture B.A. in American Studies, Georgetown University, 1996 Study Abroad Participant, , Trinity College; Dublin, Ireland Academic Positions Fall, Assistant Professor of Sport Media, Department of American Studies and School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Iowa Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Northern Illinois University Assistant Professor of Communications, Penn State University New Kensington Visiting Professor of Cultural Studies; School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, Hampshire College Instructor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication and Department of Rhetoric, University of Iowa Fellowships, Grants and Awards Sociology of Sport Journal Outstanding Article, Awarded by the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport. Excellence in Teaching, Awarded by Penn State University, New Kensington. Symposium Fellowship, Whalen Symposium on Media Ethics, Awarded by the University of St. Thomas. Research Development Grant, Awarded by Penn State University. Research Development Grant, Awarded by Penn State University. Nominee, D.C. Spriesterbach Prize for Excellence in Doctoral Research, Nominated by School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa.

2 Oates: Curriculum vitae 2 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award for Research, Awarded by School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa. Scholarship recipient, Tutors Across the Curriculum. Awarded by Department of Rhetoric, University of Iowa. Graduate Research Fellowship, Awarded by School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa. Murray Dissertation Scholarship, Awarded by School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa. Runner Up, Top Student Papers, Awarded by Semiotics and Communication Commission, National Communication Association. Second Place, Graduate Student Paper Competition, Awarded by Entertainment Studies Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Publications Refereed Articles Research Oates, T. Representing the audience: The gendered politics of sport media. Accepted for publication in Feminist Media Studies, Oates, T. (2009) New media and the repackaging of NFL fandom. Sociology of Sport Journal 26(1) Oates, T. and J. Pauly (2007) Sports journalism as moral and ethical discourse. Journal of Mass Media Ethics 22(4), Oates, T. (2007) The erotic gaze in the NFL draft. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies 4(1), Oates, T. and M. Durham (2004) The mismeasure of masculinity: The male body, race, and power in the enumerative discourses of the NFL draft. Patterns of Prejudice. 38(3), Oates, T. and J. Polumbaum (2004) Agile big man: The flexible marketing of Yao Ming. Pacific Affairs, 77(2), Edited Books Oates, T. and Z. Furness, Critical/cultural perspectives on the National Football League (forthcoming from Temple University Press). Book Chapters Oates, T. Spectator sports, in Burns, G. (ed.) The Blackwell Companion to Popular Culture (forthcoming). London: Wiley-Blackwell. Invited.

3 Oates: Curriculum vitae 3 Wood, J. and T. Oates (2009) Brand ex: The unhappy marriage of university branding and higher education, in Gilberson, T. and G. Gilberson (Eds.), Knowledge economy academic and the commodification higher education. Hampton Press, Reviews, Exhibits, and Essays Wood, J. and T. Oates (2011) All king football s men. In Fembot: Feminism, New Media, Science and Technology. Available at: s-men/ Oates, T. (2009) It s in the game. In Media Res: A MediaCommons Project. Available at: Invited. Oates, T. (2005) Review of Young, black, rich & famous : The rise of the NBA, the hip hop invasion and the transformation of American culture. Journal of Communication Inquiry. 29, Oates, T. (2004) Review of Into the buzzsaw: Leading journalists expose the myth of a free press. Journal of Communication Inquiry. 27, Pedagogical Resources Durham, F. & T. Oates (2012) Defining the mainstream: A critical news reader. Dubuque: Great River Technologies. Oates, T. (2004) History, Memory & Advocacy, in The Morphing Textbook, a resource for rhetoric instructors at the University of Iowa. Available online at: Refereed International and National Presentations Oates, T. (2012, July) Black-blanc-beur and blue: European football and racial neoliberalism. Paper presented at Crossroads in Cultural Studies, Paris, France. Oates, T. (2011, November) Organizational men: Professional football and masculine inspiration. Paper presented at North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Minneapolis, MN. Oates, T. (2010, October) The lost world: Cinematic narratives of football in the post-civil rights era. Paper presented at Midwest Popular Association and Midwest American Culture Association, Minneapolis, MN. Oates, T. (2010, September) Panelist in session Convergent sport culture: Mediating the game at Flow Conference, Austin, TX. Oates, T. (2010, April) Straight line defense: Reconstituting hegemonic masculinity in the University of Nebraska wrestling scandal. Paper presented at Console-ing Passions: Conference on Television, Audio, Video, New Media, and Feminism, Eugene, OR. Oates, T. (2008, November) Critical pedagogy and popular sport. Paper presented at the 94 th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA.

4 Oates: Curriculum vitae 4 Oates, T. (2007, November) Panelist in session Teaching gender beyond Gender and Communication at the 93 th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Oates, T. (2007, November) Repackaged football fandom and the crisis of white masculinity. Paper presented at the 28 th Annual Meeting of the North American Society for Sociology of Sport, Pittsburgh, PA. Oates, T. (2007, March) Win or lose like a man: Race, gender & hierarchy in Any Given Sunday. Paper presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Chicago, IL. Oates, T. and J. Pauly (October, 2006) Sports journalism as moral and ethical discourse. Paper presented at 8 th Whalen Symposium on Media Ethics, St. Paul, MN. Oates, T. (2006, June) Imagined ownership in European football. Paper presented at Conference on Football, Media, and Everyday Life, Dresden, Germany. Oates, T. (2005, November) Power rankings: A critical study of fantasy league football. Paper presented at the 91 rts Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association Convention, Boston, MA. Oates, T. (2004, November) I own you : Commodified bodies and virtual ownership in mediated discourses about black dominated sports. Paper presented at the 90 th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL. Oates, T. (2003, November) The NFL draft as an erotic problem. Paper presented at the 89 th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association Convention, Miami. Oates, T. and M. Durham (2003, May) The mismeasure of masculinity: The male body, race, and power in the enumerative discourses of the NFL draft. Paper presented at the 53 rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association Convention, San Diego. Oates, T. (2002, November) The kind of man you want to go to war with : Bodily capital, masculinity, and militant culture in the NFL draft. Paper presented at the 88 th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, LA. Oates, T. (2002, November) A Foucaultian approach to the NFL draft. Paper presented at the 23 rd Annual Meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Indianapolis, IN. Oates, T. (2001, November) Selling the street: Urban aesthetics and media culture. Paper presented at the 22 nd Annual Meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, San Antonio, TX. Oates, T. (2001, August) Bodies on display: ESPN s presentation of the NFL draft. Paper presented at the 84 th Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention, Washington, DC. Oates, T. (1999, April) Eighteen hired men: Sports journalism and civic ideals in St. Louis, Presented at the Mid-America American Studies Conference, Omaha, NE.

5 Oates: Curriculum vitae 5 Teaching Courses Designed and Taught University of Iowa (2012- Present) Masculinity, Race, and Sport Media (Graduate) Media, History, and Culture Northern Illinois University ( ) Critical/Cultural Media Studies (Graduate) News and Public Culture (Graduate) Sports, Media and Culture (Graduate) History of Journalism Media Law and Ethics Reading News Critically Introduction to Mass Communication Sports Journalism News Reporting Penn State University, New Kensington, ( ) Cultural Sports Reporting Mass Media Law News Media Ethics News Writing and Reporting News Writing Practicum Reporting Methods Effective Speech Hampshire College, ( ) Introduction to Cultural Studies Reading News Critically Manhood, Race and Hierarchy in US Popular Culture Reporting the Cultures of Sport Nationalism, Media and Identity University of Iowa, ( ) Cultural and Historical Foundations of Communication Mass Media and Society Journalistic Reporting and Writing Rhetoric of Sport Individual Instruction in Writing Speaking and Reading Accelerated Rhetoric Undergraduate and Graduate Advising Graduate Degree Directorships: Zach Harper, NIU Communication M.A. (non-thesis) adviser Spring 2009

6 Oates: Curriculum vitae 6 Graduate Degree Committees: Katie Ryan, NIU Communication M.A. (non-thesis) committee Spring 2008 Sunny Serres, NIU, Communication M.A. (non-thesis) committee Spring 2009 Natasha Kemmerling, NIU, Communication, M.A. (thesis) committee Spring 2009 Joel Ramsey, NIU, Communication, M.A. (non-thesis) committee Spring 2010 Stephanie Hill, University of Tennessee, Exercise and Sport Studies, Ph.D. (outside reader) Spring 2010 Senior Research Project Directorships: Michael Winslow, Hampshire College Spring 2005 Katy Morgan, Hampshire College Spring 2005 Michelle Gilbert, NIU Honors Program Spring 2009 Stephanie Wise, NIU Honors Program Fall 2009 Academic Journals and Associations Academic Service Reviewer Communication, Culture and Critique, 2012 International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2012 Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Newspaper Division, 2008 National Communication Association, Critical/Cultural Studies Division, Journal of Communication Inquiry, Western Journal of Communication, 2007 Reviews Editor and Board Member, Journal of Communication Inquiry Northern Illinois University Curriculum Committee, Department of Communication, Member, Fall, 2009 Spring, Search Committee, Media Studies: Media Production, Member, Fall, Search Committee, Journalism: Broadcast Convergence, Member, Spring Search Committee, Journalism: Public Relations, Member, Spring Search Committee, Journalism: Assistant/Associate Professor of Journalism, Member, Spring, 2008.

7 Oates: Curriculum vitae 7 Technology Advisory Committee, Member, Fall Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington Faculty Advisor, Fall 2005-Spring Penn State, New Kensington Nittany Pride (monthly student newspaper) Coordinator and Co-founder, Spring 2006 Fall Penn Ken Debates, Penn State, New Kensington University of Iowa Tutor, Fall 2002-Spring University of Iowa Writing Center Co-founder and Facilitator of the Journalism Center for Writers, Fall 2003-Spring University of Iowa, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

MIAO WANG. Articles in Refereed Journals and Book Volumes. Department of Economics Marquette University 606 N. 13 th Street Milwaukee, WI 53233

MIAO WANG. Articles in Refereed Journals and Book Volumes. Department of Economics Marquette University 606 N. 13 th Street Milwaukee, WI 53233 1 MIAO WANG Department of Economics Marquette University 606 N. 13 th Street Milwaukee, WI 53233 Phone: 414-288-7310 Fax: 414-288-5757 Email: grace.wang@marquette.edu Education Ph.D., Economics, University