Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, MASS COMMUNICATION, MAY 2018
University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communications
Area of Research: Political Communication History
Adviser: Dr. Huan Chen
GPA: 4.0
2017 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
2019 Margaret Blanchard Dissertation Prize for nation’s top dissertation in media history

MASTER OF ARTS, JOURNALISM, APRIL 2014
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, School of Mass Communication
Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honor Society Top Graduate Scholar
Alpha Epsilon Lambda Graduate Honor Society
Adviser: Dr. Dale Zacher
GPA: 4.0

BACHELOR OF ARTS WITH HONOR, JOURNALISM, MAY 1986
University of Wyoming, College of Arts and Sciences
Phi Beta Kappa
GPA: 3.88

NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT FELLOWSHIP, SUMMER 2012
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas

TEACHING
FACULTY POSITIONS

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & BROADCASTING, BOWLING GREEN, KY
• Assistant Professor of Journalism, August 2017-Present

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDIA, BOWLING GREEN, KY

Fleischaker-Greene Scholars Program/First Amendment Reporting (SJB 402), Fall 2018: Selective senior-level class, with outside financial sponsorship, open to students in journalism, history, and political science.

  • This course provides 10 students with an opportunity to undertake an in-depth study of an issue relating to the First Amendment across an entire semester; in Fall 2018, the topic was dissent and protest.
  • Students participate in readings, discussions, and write reflective essays on a variety of First Amendment topics.
  • Students complete an in-depth research or reporting project for publication on a dedicated website (wku-flesichaker-greene.com).
  • Organized and supervised a field trip for students to augment their understanding of the First Amendment issue under study; in Fall 2018, students traveled to Kent State University in Ohio for research into the May 4, 1970 shootings.
  • Communicated class activities to outside donors who provide financial support for this class; organized events to present student work to donors.
  • Created website for the class on WordPress and coordinated posting of essays, projects, photos, and multimedia elements.
  • Used Blackboard course management software to organize and manage this course

American Press History (SJB 421), Spring 2018 and Spring 2019: Junior/senior-level elective class open to students across the university.

• This course provides provide students with a grounding in the history of American journalism, from the Colonial Era through the advent of television and into latter-day developments. Journalism history is evaluated from political, social/cultural, economic, and technological perspectives, with an emphasis on the role that journalism plays in a democratic society.
• Minority perspectives, including the African American, Native American, and Latino presses, are considered, as are the role of women in journalism and journalism’s role in fostering and sustaining efforts at social reform.
• Prepared lectures, reading quizzes, discussions, exams, and other class materials for a class of 15; graded assignments and provided feedback.
• Provided instruction in how to prepare an academic research paper on a journalism history topic, which students must complete in this course; oversaw progress of research projects and provided feedback and evaluation.
• Used Blackboard course management software to organize this course and facilitate discussions.

Intermediate Reporting (JOUR 302), Spring 2019: Lab-based intermediate newswriting and reporting class for majors and minors in the School of Media.

  • This course builds student skills in reporting and newswriting needed to work as a media professional.
  • Skills emphasized include finding and reporting information, effective storytelling techniques, producing error-free copy and using critical thinking in the journalistic process.
  • Students gain proficiency in techniques and standards for beat reporting, including politics, education, business, law enforcement, and courts.
  • Students complete eight writing assignments over the course of the semester, including four stores from a beat of their choice and an enterprise story on a newsworthy topic.
  • Students learn how to obtain and use public records, including filing freedom of information requests.
  • Media law and ethics issues are explored, particularly public access, libel, and privacy.
  • Students learn how to use Google and other online tools in reporting.
  • Created a syllabus, lectures, writing assignments, and progress assessments for up to 20 students each semester; graded writing assignments providing coaching and feedback.
  • Used Blackboard course management software to organize and manage this course.

Newswriting (JOUR 202), Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019: Lab-based beginning newswriting class required for sophomore-level majors and minors in the School of Media.

• This course provides students proficiency in the craft of newswriting and the skills they need to work as a media professional. Story structure, grammar, comma use, and journalistic conventions such as AP Style are emphasized.
• Students complete eight writing assignments over the course of the semester, culminating in an enterprise story on a newsworthy topic of their choice.
• Additional topics covered include legal and ethical practices in newswriting, how newsrooms work and how the journalism profession is organized, and writing for public relations and digital platforms, including use of Twitter as a journalistic tool.
• Created a syllabus, lectures, writing assignments, and progress assessments for 40 students each semester; graded writing assignments providing coaching and feedback.
• Used Blackboard course management software to organize and manage this course.

Understanding Media Content, Ethics, and Technology (SJB 101), Fall 2017 & 2018: Required large-lecture introductory media studies course primarily for freshman majors in the School of Journalism & Broadcasting.

• This course explores the nature of media and media content, the role they play in society, and their effects on audiences and culture. Media development is explored from both historical and technological dimensions for both legacy and digital media. Media purposes and practices are considered, including ethics and media law.
• The course is designed to foster critical thinking and analysis through participation in class discussions and by encouraging students to become thoughtful media consumers.
• Used Blackboard course management software to create a shell to organize and manage this course and facilitate weekly class discussions.
• Created a model syllabus for this class for use by all SJB 101 instructors.
• Created reading quizzes, discussions, unit exams, lectures, and course materials for a class of 80-120 students; evaluated and graded assignments.
• Conceived and coordinated a class project in which teams of four students conceived multimedia projects expressing their own point of view on how media affects audiences or a new media product that fulfills an unmet need.

Media Content, Collaboration, and Community (SJB 102), Fall 2017: Required lab-based introductory course that provides hands-on experience for students in photography, video and audio production, writing, and design; required for freshman majors in the School of Journalism & Broadcasting.

• Provided instruction for two sections of 20 students in the five areas of hands-on media production.
• Coordinated and supervised student production efforts; graded assignments.
• Created new course materials for use by all instructors in teaching the writing module, including lecture slides and assignments based on expertise in best practices for journalistic writing.

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATIONS, GAINESVILLE, FL
• Teaching Assistant, 2014-2018
• 2017 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
• 2017 Online Education Excellence Award

Media and Politics (MMC 3614), Instructor of Record, Spring 2017 & Summer 2017: Elective junior-senior level course for journalism majors in the College of Journalism and Communications.

• This is an online course that explores how the media, politicians, and the voting public interact with and affect each other and how and why media-based politics have become ascendant in the United States.
• Used Canvas course management software to create a shell to organize and manage this course and facilitate weekly class discussions.
• Created a syllabus, assignments, lesson plans, grading rubrics, and course materials for a class of 40; evaluated and graded assignments.
• Topics covered include media influence on the political process; the media’s watchdog role; how politicians shape media coverage; covering campaigns; polling, debates, and political advertising; use of new media in politics; and incivility, negativity, and media bias in politics.

Applied Fact Finding (JOU 3110), Instructor of Record, Summer 2015 & Summer 2016: Required junior/senior level course for all journalism majors in the College of Journalism and Communications.

• The emphasis of this course is teaching undergraduate journalism majors how to find, access, and use public records and publicly available information as a reporter.
• Topics covered include using the Florida Sunshine Law, the Florida Public Records Law, and the federal Freedom of Information Act to obtain information; using public records ethically in reporting news stories; computer-assisted reporting; and using public records in covering specific beats, including local government, education, legislatures, courts, police, and business.
• Created a syllabus, lesson plans, grading rubrics, and course materials for a class of 20; evaluated and graded assignments, including news stories utilizing public records and a final project that was a comprehensive analysis of all available records related to a single address.
• Coordinated guest appearances by industry experts and working journalists to discuss specific examples and techniques for using public records.

Multimedia Writing (JOU 3109c), Lecture Assistant, Fall 2015 & Spring 2016: Required junior-level course for all journalism and public relations majors in the College of Journalism and Communications.

• Under the guidance of Dr. Julie Dodd, helped manage a class of up to 210 undergraduates.
• Periodically lectured to the class on topics such as online journalism, media ethics, and AP style.
• In charge of managing the grading of the class, through use of the Canvas course management system.
• Helped coordinate the activities of six lab instructors, both graduate students and adjuncts.
• Served as a mentor for new lab instructors with no previous teaching experience.
• Guided one lab section of 20 students in honing their skills in news writing, editing, and writing press releases, as well as using social media journalistically.
• Evaluated and graded 20 lab assignments each week, which is 280 assignments over the course of a semester.
• Worked with Dr. Dodd to migrate Multimedia Writing to an online course in preparation for making the public relations major available online, including creating online lecture materials and quizzes and working with the university’s instructional design team. This project was recognized by the university with the 2017 Online Education Excellence Award.
• Created a set of comma drills designed to strengthen students’ punctuation skills, which were used by the entire teaching team.
• Created a set of exercises in use of AP Style to strengthen students’ newswriting abilities.
• Facilitated the use of a UF-hosted cloud service for use by the teaching team.
• Created a Qualtrics-based midterm evaluation tool for use by the teaching team.

Multimedia Writing (JOU 3109c), Lab Assistant, Fall 2014 & Spring 2015: Required junior-level course for all journalism and public relations majors in the College of Journalism and Communications.

• Worked as part of a collaborative team of six teaching assistants, managing and guiding two lab sections of 40 students in honing their skills in news writing, editing, and writing press releases, as well as using social media journalistically.
• Evaluated and graded 40 lab assignments each week, which was 560 assignments over the course of a semester.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR
Substitute Teacher, 2013-14. Worked in a wide variety of classes at all levels, including elementary, middle, and high school.

TEACHING EVALUATIONS

Spring 2019, WKU, News Writing (2 sections)
Instructor is Effective
• Mean, 4.78 out of 5; median, 5
Instructor is Organized and Prepared
• Mean, 4.67 out of 5; median, 5

Spring 2019, WKU, Intermediate Reporting
Instructor is Effective
• Mean, 4.33 out of 5; median, 4.5
Instructor is Organized and Prepared|
• Mean, 4.5 out of 5; median, 5

Spring 2019, WKU, American Press History
Instructor is Effective
• Mean, 3.57 out of 5; median, 4
Instructor is Organized and Prepared
• Mean 3.93 out of 5; median, 4

Fall 2018, SJB 101, WKU, Understanding Media
Instructor Is Effective
• Mean 4.15 out of 5; median 4
Instructor Is Organized and Prepared
• Mean 4.55 out of 5; median 5; above department and college means.

Fall 2018, JOUR 202, WKU, News Writing
Instructor Is Effective
• Mean 4.36 out of 5; median 4; at or above department and college means.
Instructor Is Organized and Prepared
• Mean 4.73 out of 5; median 5; above department and college means.

Spring 2018, SJB 421, WKU, American Press History
Instructor Is Effective
• Mean 4.78 out of 5; median 5; above department and college means.
Instructor Is Organized and Prepared
• Mean 4.78 out of 5; median 5; above department and college means.

Spring 2018, JOUR 202, WKU, Newswriting (2 sections)
Instructor Is Effective
• Mean 4.61 out of 5; median, 5; above department and college means.
Instructor Is Organized and Prepared
• Mean 4.52 out of 5; median, 5, above department and college means.

Fall 2017, SJB 101, WKU, Understanding Media
Instructor Is Effective
• Mean 4.12 out of 5; median, 4.
Instructor Is Organized and Prepared
• Mean 4.53 out of 5; median, 5; above department and college means.

Fall 2017, SJB 102, WKU, Media Collaboration (2 sections)
Instructor Is Effective
• Mean 4.17 out of 5; median, 4.
Instructor Is Organized and Prepared
• Mean 4.24 out of 5; median, 4.

Summer 2017, MMC 3614, UF, Media and Politics
Overall Rating: Mean 4.75 out of 5; median, 5; above department and college means.

Spring 2017, MMC 3614, UF, Media and Politics
Overall Rating: Mean 4.6 out of 5; median, 5; above department and college means.

Summer 2016, JOU 3110, UF, Applied Fact Finding
Overall Rating: Mean 4.69 out of 5; median, 5; above department and college means.

Spring 2016, JOU 3109, UF, Multimedia Writing Lab
Overall Rating: Mean 4.88 out of 5; median, 5; above course, department, and college means.

Fall 2015, JOU 3109, UF, Multimedia Writing Lab
Overall Rating: Mean 4.58 out of 5; median, 5; above course, department, and college means.

Summer 2015, JOU 3110, UF, Applied Fact Finding
Overall Rating: Mean 4.44 out of 5; median, 4.5; above department and college means.

Spring 2015, JOU 3109, UF, Multimedia Writing Lab (2 sections)
Overall Rating: Mean 4.57 out of 5; median, 5; above course, department, and college means.

Fall 2014, JOU 3109, UF, Multimedia Writing Lab (2 sections)
Overall Rating: Mean 4.66 out of 5; median, 5; above course, department and college means.

RESEARCH

AREAS OF INTEREST
• Perception of news media bias among political partisans
• Effects of negative political advertising
• 1960s political conservatism

APPROACHES
• Historical
• Qualitative
• Q Sort Methodology
• Content Analysis

DISSERTATION
Shumate, R. (May 2018). Elite voices and irritated conservatives: Pathways leading to the perception of liberal media bias arising from elite news media coverage of the emergence of movement conservatism (1960 to 1964).

PUBLICATIONS
Shumate, R. (Spring 2015). Onward Christian soldiers: How Arkansas political candidates deploy religious texts to motivate voters. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal.

Shumate, R. (Spring 2017). Riot, Race, and Placing Blame: Press Coverage of the 1885 Rock Springs Chinese Massacre. In After the War: The Press in a Changing America, 1865–1900. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

Shumate, R., McNeff, S., and Waters, S. (February 2017). Speech v. Conduct, Surcharges v. Discounts: Testing the Limits of the First Amendment and Statutory Construction in the Growing Credit Card Quagmire. New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy.

PRESENTATIONS
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

Shumate R. (2019, March). Reagan: A Rendezvous with Rewrite? Research in progress presented at the 2019 Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference, New York NY.

Shumate, R. (2018, October). The Thanksgiving without cranberries: Anatomy of a media frenzy. Paper presented at the 2018 American Journalism Historians Association Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.

Shumate, R. (2016, August). Framing Barry Goldwater: The extreme reaction to his 1964 “extremism” speech. Paper presented at the 2016 AEJMC National Conference, History Division, Minneapolis, MN.
• Warren Price Award/Top Student Paper/History Division

Shumate, R. (2016, August). Pride and prejudice: Anita Bryant, same-sex marriage, and “Hitler’s view” in The Miami Herald. Paper presented at the 2016 AEJMC National Conference, LGBTQ Interest Group, Minneapolis, MN.
• 2nd Place Student Paper/LBGTQ Interest Group

Shumate, R. (2016, August). Guilt by association: Barry Goldwater, the anti-communist fringe, and CBS’s Thunder on the Right. Paper presented at the 2016 AEJMC National Conference, Graduate Student Interest Group, Minneapolis, MN.
• Finalist for Top Student Paper/Graduate Student Interest Group

Shumate, R., McNeff, S., and Waters, S. (2016, August). Speech v. Conduct, Surcharges v. Discounts: Testing the Limits of the First Amendment and Statutory Construction in the Growing Credit Card Quagmire. Paper presented at the 2016 AEJMC National Conference, Law and Policy Division, Minneapolis, MN.

Shumate, R. (2016, March). Quick on the (Horn-Rimmed) Draw: Barry Goldwater’s Life in Political Cartoons. Study presented at the 2016 Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference, New York, NY.

Shumate, R. (2016, March). Framing Barry Goldwater: The extreme reaction to his 1964 “extremism” speech. Paper presented at the 2016 Southeast Colloquium, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
• Top Student Paper/History Division

Shumate, R. (2016, March). Pride and prejudice: Anita Bryant, same-sex marriage, and “Hitler’s view” in The Miami Herald. Paper presented at the 2016 Southeast Colloquium, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

Shumate, R. (2016, February). Guilt by association: Barry Goldwater, the anti-communist fringe, and CBS’s Thunder on the Right. Study presented at the 2016 AEJMC Midwinter Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.

Shumate, R., Blackstone, G., and Furey, L. (2016, February). What you’ve seen is what you’ll get: Dissecting the “Filter Bubble.” Study presented at the 2016 AEJMC Midwinter Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.

Shumate, R. (2015, November) Riot, race, and placing blame: Press coverage of the 1885 Rock Springs Chinese Massacre. Paper presented at the Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN.
• Student Paper Award of Excellence

Shumate, R., Papadelias, S., and Phillips, T. (2015, August) The government speech doctrine & specialty license plates: A First Amendment Theory perspective. Paper presented at the 2015 AEJMC National Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Shumate, R. (2015, March). Division and attraction: Negative political advertising and the increased popularity of politically opinionated programming. Paper presented at the 2015 AEJMC Southeast Colloquium, Knoxville, TN.
• Top Student Paper/Open Division

Shumate, R. (2015, March). Proposed study: Media framing and the reaction to Barry Goldwater’s 1964 acceptance speech. Paper presented at the 2015 Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference, New York, NY.

Shumate, R. (2014, October). Onward Christian soldiers: How Arkansas political candidates deploy religious texts to motivate voters. Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Council for Journalism and Mass Communication Symposium, Denver, CO.
• Top Paper Finalist

Shumate, R. (2014, June). Onward Christian soldiers: How Arkansas political candidates deploy religious texts to motivate voters. Paper presented at the Arkansas Press Women Best Brains Colloquium, Little Rock, AR.

TEACHING CONFERENCES

Shumate, R. (2015, July) JRN Scribe: A journalism mini-curriculum for high school students. Presentation at the Gulf Coast Conference on the Teaching of Writing, Destin, FL.

Shumate, R. (2013, November) Putting it all together: The carpentry of personal voice. Presentation at the Arkansas Curriculum Conference, Little Rock, AR.

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

Shumate, R. (2015, June) AP Style for public relations professionals. Presentation to the Treasure Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association, Ft. Pierce, FL.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CHICKEN FRIED POLITICS, BOWLING GREEN, KY: FOUNDER AND EDITOR, 2013-PRESENT
• Conceived and designed ChickenFriedPolitics.com, a one-stop shop for political coverage across 14 Southern states.
• Developed content strategy for site, including information architecture, search engine optimization, and a style guide used for generation of relevant, timely content that serves the site’s brand.
• Write and edit stores for posting on the site that serve various audiences, including Southerners interested in regional politics and journalists who need a fresh overview of Southern political news.
• Distribute content through Facebook and Twitter channels.
• Work with freelance contributors and student interns in producing content and promoting the site through social media channels.
• Produce a bi-weekly podcast, which is distributed through Stitcher.

CNN, ATLANTA GA: NEWS EDITOR, 2001-08
• Key player in CNN’s Atlanta-based worldwide newsgathering operation, making decisions on coverage that directly enhanced the network’s brand as the world’s news leader.
• Collaborated with correspondents and producers across the country and around the globe to gather and deliver timely and accurate information to serve millions of viewers of CNN’s six networks and website
• Packaged information into the CNN Wire, a web-based news service highlighting original CNN reporting.
• In breaking news situations, gathered information directly from sources to provide immediate news to viewers, allowing CNN to best its rivals in a highly competitive industry and maintain its lead in profitability.
• Recognized as one of the network’s best writers, consistently delivering detail-rich copy that was creative and clear and added value for viewers.
• Performed under intense deadline pressure requiring decisiveness, rapid-fire analytical skills and a breadth of knowledge on a wide array of subjects, from politics, business, and science to international affairs, natural disasters, and pop culture.
• Won an Emmy for coverage of Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and a Peabody award for coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

SAPIENT CORP, ATLANTA, GA: CONTENT STRATEGIST, 1999-2001
• Conceptualized and executed content solutions for websites of Fortune 1000 companies that served and enhanced their brand and business objectives.
• Enhanced Sapient’s own brand and profitability by representing the Internet consulting firm during sales presentations to win multimillion-dollar projects, showing prospective clients how their content needs could and would be met.
• Created and wrote client-facing deliverables to earn new business and keep clients educated throughout their engagements, thus building relationships for future revenue.
• Strategic partner on multi-disciplinary teams that took projects from client pitch to launch, coordinating content demands with the work of graphic designers, information architects, code writers, and system engineers to create seamless and timely engagements.
• Designed solutions for Nokia, Kodak, Sunglass Hut, Nissan, ING, and Reliant Energy, as well as a business-to-business start-up delivering content in three languages to customers in Latin America.

CNN.COM, ATLANTA, GA: SENIOR WRITER, 1997-99
• Integral contributor to the formative years of the world’s most popular Internet news site, creating compelling content that built a new audience for a new medium and thus broadened CNN’s business beyond television.
• Helped craft best practices for translating television content to the Web to maximize the Internet’s inherent advantages in delivering information, including integrating written copy with video and generating viewer participation to build audience share.
• On constant deadline, wrote smart, sharp, and concise copy well-suited to the Web, thus building CNN.com’s brand as the world’s most comprehensive and up-to-date news site.

WINDOWS MEDIA, ATLANTA, GA: EDITOR, 1993-94
• Led the editorial operations of a 15,000-circulation weekly community newspaper in Atlanta, improving and growing the product from 32 to 48 pages per week.
• Managed a three-person editorial staff and oversaw each edition from start to finish, including conceptualizing the content, assigning stories to in-house writers and a pool of freelancers, editing copy, writing editorials, designing pages, and overseeing production.
• Served as the newspaper’s representative for questions and concerns from readers and news subjects, balancing the requirements of ethical journalism with the paper’s business needs and community reputation.
• Developed a system to correlate weekly circulation numbers with cover content, generating key data to guide future editorial decisions in order to better serve advertisers by maximizing circulation.

ATLANTA MAGAZINE, ATLANTA, GA: SENIOR WRITER, 1991-93
• Key member of the award-winning staff of the Southeast’s largest monthly city magazine, producing long-form stories in narrative style on both news and feature topics, as well as editing a short-form news section called “Insider.”
• First-place winner for feature writing in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Green Eyeshade Awards, which salute media excellence in 13 Southeastern states.

CREATIVE LOAFING, ATLANTA, GA: WRITER/EDITOR/COLUMNIST, 1990-2003
• Thirteen-year association with the South’s largest alternative newsweekly, both on staff and as a freelancer.
• Served as news editor from 1990-91
• Served a news columnist covering North Fulton County from 1996-99
• Served as a featured political columnist from 2001-03.

THE GAINESVILLE TIMES, GAINESVILLE, GA: STAFF WRITER, 1987-1990
• Staff writer for daily Gannett Co. newspaper, covering beats including government, business, politics, law enforcement, courts, and environmental issues.
• Covered two sessions of the Georgia General Assembly.
• Work cited for excellence by the Georgia Press Association and the Georgia Associated Press.

THE MOUNTAINEER, WAYNESVILLE, NC: STAFF REPORTER, 1986-87
• Staff reporter for award-winning tri-weekly community newspaper, covering local government, business, agriculture, law enforcement, and courts.
• Work cited for excellence by the North Carolina Press Association.

SERVICE
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

Student Advising
• Advise more than 30students each semester, evaluating student progress toward graduation and assisting students with schedule advice and preparation

Society of Professional Journalists WKU Student Chapter
Faculty Adviser, Fall 2017 to Present
• Represented WKU at regional convention in Chicago, IL, April 2018.

Website Migration, Fall 2018
• Oversaw migration of journalism sequence websites to a new web hosting provider, which included creating information architecture for the sites and overseeing student workers who migrated content.

Project 1968, Fall 2018
• Participant in an interdisciplinary remembrance of the events of 1968, organized as an academic project at WKU.
Organized a teach-in on the topic of the 1968 presidential election and handled publicity for the event.

Evening with Mary Beth Tinker, Fall 2018
• Organized a public presentation by Mary Beth Tinker, an advocate for student First Amendment rights.
Handled logistics and publicity for the visit.
• Event drew a capacity crowd of 125 people.

Journalism Sequence Brochure, Fall 2018
• Led effort to create a new deliverable to promote the journalism programs within the School of Media at WKU.
Wrote copy and worked with vendor on design and printing.

Journalism Sequence Majors/Minors Mixer, Fall 2018
• Organized an informational and social mixer for WKU’s journalism majors and journalism writing minors and handled publicity for the event.

SJB 102 Writing Module.
• Created a new writing module for SJB 102, Media Collaboration
• Module included lesson plans, lecture slides, and assignments for use by all instructors.

SJB 101 Model Syllabus
• Created a model syllabus for SJB 101, Understanding Media
• New syllabus now available as a template for other instructors of this course.

School of Journalism & Broadcasting Faculty Travel Committee
• Fall 2017 to Present

TOPS Freshman Orientation
• Faculty Participant, Summer 2018

Head for the Hill Recruitment Event
• Faculty Participant, Fall 2017, Spring 2018

WKU Majors, Minors, & Study Abroad Fair
• Faculty Participant, Fall 2017

Kentucky High School Media Institute Journalism Scholars Day
• Panel Presentation, Fall 2017

Kentucky High School Mark of Excellence Competition
• Judge, Judging Coordinator, Spring 2018

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Journalism Historians Association
• Web Editor, 2018 to Present
• Public Relations Committee, 2017 to Present

Conference Paper Reviewer
• National Communication Association, 2016 and 2018
• Journal of Radio and Audio Media, 2015
• AEJMC, Graduate Student Division, 2016

Conference Panel Moderator
• Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference, March 2015

Judge
• Local Media Association Editorial Contest, 2015

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Graduate Students in Mass Communications Association
• President, 2015-16
• Vice President, 2014-15
• Created and maintained website for the GSMCA (cjcgradcentral.wordpress.com).
• Planned social and educational events college’s inaugural Research Day.

Dean’s Graduate Student Advisory Council
• Member, 2015-16 and 2016-17
• Part of a committee that advises the college dean on issues related to the graduate-student experience at UF.

Alpha Epsilon Lambda Graduate Honor Society
• Vice President, 2014-15 and 2015-16
• Worked on reviving UF’s dormant AEL chapter through recruiting and qualifying eligible graduate students.
• Evaluated candidates for induction and helped plan semi-annual induction ceremonies.

College of Journalism and Communications Graduate Student Mentor
• Served as a mentor to incoming graduate students to help them acclimate to the graduate student experience.

Panel Speaker
Mass Communications Colloquium, October 2016
• Spoke to incoming doctoral students about how to be a productive researcher.

Mass Communications Colloquium, October 2015
• Spoke to incoming doctoral students about giving conference presentations.

Graduate Student Orientation, August 2015
• Part of a panel entitled “Things I Wish I Had Known” to new graduate students.

Graduation Marshal
• Ceremonial marshal for Fall 2014 Commencement.
• Ceremonial marshal for Spring 2015 Commencement.

Exam Proctor
• MMC 4000, Media Law, Feb. 12, 2015.

WEBSITES

CHICKEN FRIED POLITICS (http://chickenfriedpolitics.com)
• Blog covering politics across 14 Southern states.
• Professional project for master’s degree at University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

FOOD FUN AND STORYTELLIN’ (http://foodfunandstorytellin.wordpress.com)
• Journalistic showcase for the Tales From The South radio show in North Little Rock, AR.
• Created for multimedia production class at University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

CJC GRAD CENTRAL (http://cjcgradcentral.wordpress.com
• Created blog designed to serve as a communications hub for the Graduate Students in Mass Communication Association at the University of Florida.

JRN SCRIBE (http://jrnscribe.wordpress.com)
• Online mini-curriculum developed to engage high school students in the craft of writing by exposing them to the fundamentals of journalism.
• Designed for use by high school English/Language Arts classes.

AWARDS, AFFILIATIONS, AND TRAINING
AWARDS

Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize
• American Journalism Historians Association, 2019

Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
• UF College of Journalism and Communications, 2017

Online Education Excellence Award
• University of Florida, 2017

Top Student Paper/History Division
• 2016 AEJMC National Conference and 2016 Southeast Colloquium, for Framing Barry Goldwater: The extreme reaction to his 1964 “Extremism” Speech.

Student Award of Excellence/Academic Paper
• 2015 Symposium on 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression for Riot, race, and placing blame: Press coverage of the 1885 Rock Springs Chinese Massacre.

Top Student Paper/Open Division
• 2015 AEJMC Southeast Colloquium for Division and attraction: Negative political advertising and the increased popularity of politically opinionated programming.

Top Paper Finalist
• 2014 Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication Symposium for Onward Christian soldiers: How Arkansas political candidates deploy religious texts to motivate voters.

Top Graduate Scholar, 2013-14
• Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honor Society, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Peabody Award, 2005
• Part of CNN team awarded a Peabody for coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

Emmy Award, 2002
• Part of CNN team awarded an Emmy for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Society of Professional Journalists’ Green Eyeshade Award, 1996
• First place award for feature writing for Atlanta Magazine story “Is It Possible to Be Both Gay and Christian?”

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• Divisions: History, Law and Policy, Newspaper and Online News, and Mass Communication and Society.

National Communication Association
• Divisions: Communication and Law, Freedom of Expression, Mass Communication, and Political Communication.

American Journalism Historians Association
• Public relations committee, 2017-Present
• Web editor, 2018-present

Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi
• WKU Student Chapter advisor, 2017-Present

National Council of Teachers of English

TRAINING

• WKU Student Advising, Fall 2017
• Using Google Tools in Journalism, Spring 2018
• Canvas Boot Camp, April 13, 2015
• Qualtrics: Getting Started, Feb. 6, 2015
• Qualtrics: Moving On, Feb. 13, 2015
• Technology for Teaching in UF Classrooms, Jan. 5, 2015.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

SPSS; Qsortware; R Studio; Qualtrics; Canvas; Blackboard; HTML; WordPress; Final Cut Pro; Adobe Photoshop; Adobe Dreamweaver; iMovie; Audacity; SoundCloud; YouTube; Microsoft PowerPoint; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Word; Microsoft Access.

FUNDING AWARDS

Western Kentucky University, School of Media
• Travel funding, 2019 JJCHC Conference
Western Kentucky University, School of Media
• Travel funding, 2018 AJHA National Conference
Western Kentucky University, School of Media
• Travel funding, 2017 AJHA National Conference
University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communications
• Doctoral research funding, $500
University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communications
• Travel award, $400, 2016 AEJMC National Conference
University of Florida, Brechner First Amendment Project
• Travel award, $800, 2016 AEJMC National Conference
AEJMC Mass Communication and Society Division
• Travel award, $500, 2016 AEJMC Midwinter Conference
University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communications
• Travel award, $150, 2016 AEJMC Southeast Colloquium
University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communications
• Travel award, $400, 2016 Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference
University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communications
• Travel award, $150, 2015 AEJMC Southeast Colloquium
University of Florida, Brechner First Amendment Project
• Travel award, $800, 2015 AEJMC National Conference
University of Florida, Graduate Student Council
• Travel award, $350, 2015 AEJMC Southeast Colloquium
University of Florida College of Journalism and Communication
• Travel award, $400, 2015 Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference
University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
• Travel award, $150, 2014 SWECJMC Symposium