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

James E. (Jim) Mueller Professor University of North Texas 3614 Leeds Court Mayborn School of Journalism Corinth, TX 76210 P.O. Box 311460 940-321-0421 Denton, TX 76203-1460 940-368-3528 (cell) jmueller@unt.edu 940-565-2278 940-565-2370 (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 2006-2013 Tenured Associate Professor, Mayborn School of Journalism University of North Texas 2000 2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism University of North Texas 1998-2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Pittsburg State University 1997 Assistant Instructor, Department of Journalism University of Texas at Austin 1994-1996 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Journalism University of Texas at Austin. 1991-1992 Graduate Student Instructor, School of Journalism University of Missouri-Columbia 1990-1991 Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Journalism University of Missouri-Columbia 1

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1993-1994 St. Charles County Bureau Chief, Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis 1992-1993 St. Peters City Editor, Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis 1986-1989 St. Charles County Police Reporter and General Assignment Photographer, Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis 1984-1986 Education and O'Fallon, Missouri, City Hall Reporter, Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis 1982-1984 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

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. 57-66). 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. 208-247). 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. 251-274). LaGrange Park, Illinois: Little Big Horn Associates, Inc. 3

Mueller, James E. (1997). "Delivery System Disaster: Circulation Problems of the St. Louis Sun." In Charles Warner (Ed.), Media Management Review (pp. 115-125). 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), 563-577. 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. 71-83. Mueller, James E. (2005). "Kentucky Press Coverage of the Little Bighorn: Detached Partisanship," Greasy Grass, Vol. 21, May, pp. 15-23. 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. 55-64. 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. 513-527. 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. 266-273. 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. 168-177. (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), 129-146. 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. 38-46. 4

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. 25-36. Mueller, James E. (Fall 2009). "A Dozen Best: Top Books on Presidents and the News Media," American Journalism 26 (4), 138-148. 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 2007. 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. 69-79. 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. 19-25. 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. 24-33. ARTICLES Professional Mueller, James E. Clintons Put the Squeeze on Press, North Texas Daily, 11 November 2008. 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), 189-190. Pacific Citizens: Larry and Guyo Tajira and Japanese American Journalism in the World War II Era. (Fall 2012). Journalism History, 38 (3), 194-195. "First Ladies and the Fourth Estate: Press Framing of Presidential Wives." (March 2010). Presidential Studies Quarterly, 40 (1), 197-198. 5

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), 436-8. The Globalization of News. (2000). The Journal of Media Economics, 13 (4), 269-270. Joint Operating Agreements. (Winter 1999). American Journalism, 16 (1), 145-147. 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

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, 1863 1864. 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 1876. 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

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

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 1989. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Anaheim, California. 9

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 2008. 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

2010 Next Generation Course Redesign Grant, $12,000. Project: Redesigning the large lecture class Mass Comm and Society. 2001 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. 2011 Applied with Nikhil Moro and others for an internal grant for a research cluster titled South Asian Media, Culture & Arts. 2004 Advisory Panel member on application for National Digital Newspaper Program grant for UNT library. 2002 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. 2001 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. 2011 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. 2010 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. 2009 Participant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention in Boston, August. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions. 11

2009 Participant, National Communication Association convention in Chicago, November. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions. 2008 Participant, Symposium on the 19 th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, Chattanooga, Tennessee, November. Attended professional development and research sessions. 2008 Panelist, invited to discuss censorship in panel entitled Banned and Burned: An Open Public Forum on Censorship, at Lakewood Library in Dallas, September. 2008 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. 2008 Participant, National Communication Association convention in Diego, California, November. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions. 2008 Participant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention in Chicago, August. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions. 2008 Participant, Western Social Science Association, Denver, April. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions. 2007 Participant, American Journalism Historians Association, Richmond, Virginia, October. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions. 2007 Participant, Western Social Science Association, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April. Attended teaching, professional development and research sessions. 2006 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. 2005 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

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. 2004 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. 2004 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. 2004 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. 2003 Participant, Grants for Research and Scholarship seminar hosted by T. Lloyd Chesnut, vice president for research and technology transfer, November. 2003 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. 2003 Speaker, "Journalism Careers," University of North Texas Careers Exploration Class, October. 2003 Speaker, "Ethics in the Workplace," University of North Texas chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, September. 2003 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. 2003 Participant, Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association Symposium, Hardin, Montana, June. Attended sessions on history of the American West. 13

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. 2002 Participant, Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication convention in San Marcos, Texas, November. Attended sessions on historical research and other journalism topics. 2002 Participant, American Journalism Historians Association convention in Nashville, Tennessee, October. Attended sessions on research methodology and current research. 2002 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. 2002 Participant, National Newspaper Association convention, Portland, Oregon, September. Attended sessions on operations of community newspapers. 2002 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. 2002 Speaker, Leads, Structure and Nut Grafs! Oh My! Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Convention, Fort Worth, Texas, March. 2002 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. 2001 Panelist, Social Responsibility of the Media, a seminar for professional journalists held at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique, August. 2001 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. 2000 Speaker, International Telephone Conference Roundtable on 2000 U.S. elections, hosted by Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique, October. 14

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. 2000 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. 2000 Participant, New Advisers Workshop, August. Two all-day workshops for new college newspaper advisers held at CMA advisers convention, Chicago. 2000 Participant, Society of Professional Journalists regional convention, St. Louis, Missouri, April. Attended a variety of workshops on reporting and writing. 1997 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. 2013 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. 2012 Stephanie Daniels, M.A., thesis, Young Journalists Today: Journalism Students Perceptions of the Ever-Evolving Industry. Committee member. 15

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. 2012 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. 2012 Cheran Ratnam, M.A., thesis, Not yet titled. 2012 Courtney Gee, thesis, M.A., Down Syndrome and Self-esteem. Committee member. 2012 Jenny Mumah, M.A., thesis, Western media attitudes toward an immigrant of color sex crime victim: case study: the DSK case. Committee member. 2012 Brad Riddell, M.A., thesis, " Cause-Related Communication: PR, Business Magazines, and a Consumer s Response to Information." Committee member. 2011 Gretchen Sparling, M.A., thesis, High School Journalism Educators Use of Technology in the Classroom." Committee member. 2009 Jordon Bostic, M.A., thesis, "No Title IX in Journalism: An Analysis of Subject Gender in Newspaper Sports Columns." Committee chair. 2009 Porsha Thomas, internship. 2009 Taylor Short, internship, Sun newspapers. 2009 Jonah Kuehne, internship, Hoopsworld.com. 2009 Jessica Harp, internship, ENVY magazine. 2009 Ian Birnbaum, special project, internship at Brown Books. 2008 Courtney Landrum, internship. 2008 Elizabeth Knighten, University of North Texas Communication and Marketing. 2008 Rachel Mehlhaff, internship, Associated Baptist Press. 2008 Miguel Artiga, internship. 2008 James Stewart, internship, Collin County Business Press. 2008 Ashley Alber, special problems. 2008 Katie Farnum, special problems. 2007 Heather Smith, internship. 16

2006 Samuel Taylor, internship, Lower Colorado River Authority. 2006 Gabe Monte, internship, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. 2006 Lindsay Wilps, internship, Home+Heritage magazines. 2006 Jessica Johnson, internship. 2006 Brandon Musselman, special problems, editing instruction. 2005 Eliana Munguambe, M.A., thesis, A Content Analysis of Mozambican Newspapers Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election. Committee chair. 2005 Noor Elashi, internship, Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 2005 Rebekah Wolf, internship, Advocate Publishing. 2005 Emily White, internship, AVIDGOLFER magazine. 2005 Jennifer Haney, internship, The Bridgeport Index. 2005 Jaclyn Barrientes, internship, Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 2004 Gentry Braswell, internship, Plano Star Courier. 2004 LaNesha Wheeler, special problems project, A Comparison of Famous Journalism Ethical Cases. 2004 Vanessa H. Londono, special problems honor project, An Analysis of the 2004 Presidential Campaign in the Spanish Language Press. 2004 Clarissa Ramirez, internship, Dallas Morning News. 2004 Julie Dickerson, special problems project, An Analysis of Pulitzer Prize Winners based on Circulation Size. 2004 Katie Bransford, special problems project, A Study of Women Sports Journalists. 2004 Kristin Avila, special problems project, A Comparative Study of Coverage of the First Gulf War and the War in Iraq. 2004 Tim Baren, one-hour special problems history project, Nellie Bly: A Journalists Journey. 2004 Kristin Avila, one-hour special problems project, in-depth reporting for summer Daily. 17

2004 Lindsay Brandt, one-hour special problems project, in-depth reporting for summer Daily. 2003 April Kinser, special problems project, How to Start a New Magazine. 2003 Sophia Malik, special problems project, Coordinating a Special Football section of The North Texas Daily. 2003 Pablo Gaete, special problems project, How to Prevent Plagiarism on College Newspapers. 2003 Eric Finley, special problems project, Effective Methods of Faculty Critiques of Student Newspapers. 2003 Andy Hogue, special problems project, How to Establish a Student Newspaper Copy Desk System. 2003 Megan Middleton, special problems project, Successful Student Newspaper Operations. 2002 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. 2012 Reviewed set of three papers for SWEJMC annual convention. 2012 Reviewed set of three papers for the Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression. 2012 Reviewed set of four papers for History Division of AJEMC. 2012 Reviewed set of three papers for Media Management and Economics Division of AJEMC. 2012 Reviewed mass communication textbook proposal for St. Martin's Press 2012 Reviewed two manuscripts for SWEJMC Journal. 2011 Reviewed set of four papers for International Communication Association. 2011 Reviewed manuscript for Southwestern Mass Communication Journal. 2011 Reviewed set of three papers for Media Management Division of AEJMC. 2011 Reviewed book proposal for Continuum. 18

2011 Reviewed textbook for Pearson. 2010 Reviewed proposal for mass media history book for Pearson. 2010 Reviewed companion web site for textbook for CQ. 2010 Reviewed manuscript for textbook for Bedford/St. Martin's. 2010 Reviewed manuscript for Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 2010 Reviewed manuscript for Southwestern Mass Communication Journal. 2010 Reviewed set of four papers for Political Communication Division of NCA. 2009 Reviewed packet of five newspapers for Texas Wesleyan's Rambler newspaper. 2009 Reviewed tenure packet for candidate. 2009 Reviewed manuscript for American Journalism. 2009 Reviewed book proposal for Bedford/St. Martin s. 2009 Reviewed book proposal for Oxford University Press. 2007 Reviewed five paper submissions for the Southwest Education Council for the annual Journalism & Mass Communication conference. 2007 Reviewed book proposal for Oxford University Press. 2007 Reviewed book proposal for Holcomb Hathaway publishers. 2007 Reviewed book manuscript for Rowman & Littlefield. 2007 Reviewed three journal manuscripts for American Journalism. 2006 Reviewed two paper submissions for the Southwest Education Council for the annual Journalism & Mass Communication conference. 2006 Reviewed article for the International Journal on Media Management. 2006 Reviewed textbook for Bedford/St. Martin s. 2004 Reviewed a textbook for McGraw-Hill. 2003 Reviewed textbook and CD-Rom proposal for the Iowa State Press. 2003 Reviewed new edition of textbook for Bedford/St. Martin s. 2003 Reviewed manuscript for American Journalism. 19

2001 Reviewed manuscript for The Journal of Media Economics. NEW COURSES DEVELOPED Undergraduate Updated and revised: 2010- present Revising Journalism 1210 to be taught as a hybrid online class. 2007 Revised Journalism 4510 Newspaper Management and Ethics class to be taught one day per week. 2006 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. 2005 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. 2005 Developed syllabus and lesson plans for Journalism 4820 Media History to focus on research projects rather than lecture and exams. 2005 Mentored new adjuncts and teaching assistants for Journalism 2310 beginning reporting course. None had taught the course before. 2004 Taught first two days of Summer Journalism 2310 beginning reporting course and helped adjunct prepare syllabus and lesson plans for the course. 2004 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. 2004 Revised Journalism 4510 Newspaper Management and Ethics course from lecture to case study format. 2004 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. 2003 Developed exemplary course objectives for Journalism 2310 beginning reporting, which is part of Arts and Sciences core. 20

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. 2003 Revised Journalism 2310 beginning reporting course to include more live reporting assignments while retaining emphasis on laboratory training. 2002 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. 2002 Revised long-semester Journalism 2310 for adaptation to Summer sessions. 2000 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. 2000 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. 2009 Added online component to Journalism 5050 Readings in Mass Communication. 2008 New prep for Journalism 5050 Readings in Mass Communication. Created new reading list for graduate class. 2004 Assisted Graduate Director Mitch Land in writing thesis guidelines for master's students in the department s Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism. 2001 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

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. 2003 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. 2003 News staff broke story on convicted rapist who continued attending classes between his plea agreement and sentencing. Story attracted national attention. 2003 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. 2003 Helped Ad staff redesign ad office with new work stations to improve efficiency and accommodate larger staff. 2003 Helped plan readership survey to be conducted in 2004. 2003 Supervised the establishment of the Bob Stanley Reporter of the Month award and designed certificate issued to each recipient. Each recipient also earns $100. 2003 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. 2003 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. 2003 Helped establish Production Committee, which meets weekly to discuss and resolve production errors. 2003 Hired additional sales representative to handle increased number of accounts. 2003 Daily news staff totaled 47 for Spring 2003, largest recorded number of news positions. Made possible by addition of Daily internships and salary adjustments. 2002 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. 2002 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

2002 Worked with Photography Prof. Susan Zavoina to convert Daily from wet lab to digital photography. 2002 Added four drops to expand newspaper distribution off campus. Distribution increased from 9,000 to 10,000 to reflect increased demand by readers. 2002 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. 2002 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. 2002 Staff size averages 42 for Fall and Spring 2002, reflecting success of internship program and managing salary budget. 2002 Started publishing special advertising editions with team rosters that can be used as Go Mean Green posters at basketball and football games. 2002 Added circulation assistant to help better maintain news racks and keep track of circulation. 2001 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. 2001 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 2001. 2001 Established Professional Staff Committee, which meets monthly to discuss all aspects of Daily operations and policies. 2001 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. 2000 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

2003 Best overall student newspaper, Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence Award for Region 8: First Place. 2003 Individual award for best news page design, Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers 2003. 2003 Best newspaper, Third Place, and four individual awards, Southwestern Journalism Congress. 2002 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. 2002 Seven individual awards for writing, design and photography, Southwestern Journalism Congress. 2002 Honorable Mention for Special Edition/Section; Honorable Mention for Overall Newspaper; 18 individual awards for writing, design, and photography, Texas Intercollegiate Press Association. 2001 Associated Press Managing Editors Association 2 nd Place best college daily newspaper. 2001 Third Place, Best All-Around Daily Newspaper, Region 8 (Texas and Oklahoma) Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence. 2001 Fifth Place, best sports page, The Best of Collegiate Design, sponsored by College Media Advisers. 2000 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. 2003 Ryan Peterson, Waco Tribune. 2003 Andrea Arterberry, Tampa Tribune. 2003 Cristina Rodriguez, Dallas bureau of the Associated Press. 2003 Yoshio Kuramitsu, The Detroit News 2002 Megan Middleton, San Antonio Express-News. 2002 Cristina Rodriguez, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. 24