Curriculum Vitae

Nancy Snow, Ph.D.

Personal Information

Work Address:                        Syracuse University

Newhouse School of Public Communications

Syracuse, NY  13244-2100

Office Address:                        Newhouse II-377

Office Telephone:                     (315) 443-1151

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Education

Ph.D., International Relations, magna cum laude, 1992

The American University, School of International Service

Comprehensive exams passed with distinction: International/Intercultural Communication, Peace and Conflict Resolution, International Relations Theory

Dissertation: “Fulbright Scholars as Cultural Mediators: An Exploratory Study,” judged fourth best dissertation in 1992, National Communication Association, Intercultural/International Communication Division

Fellow, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 1987

University of California, Berkeley

Received scholarship from DAAD for participation in nationally-recruited graduate seminar on politics and culture in East and West Germany

Affiliated with German Department

Fulbright Scholar, Federal Republic of Germany, 1984-1985

Bayreuth and Freiburg universities

Project: German foreign aid and its image abroad

Received 3-month extension of original Fulbright grant

B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 1984

Clemson University

Minor: Philosophy and German

Academic Employment

Tenured Associate Professor of Communications

College of Communications

Department of Communications

California State University, Fullerton (CSUF)

Fall 2002-Spring 2008

Senior Research Fellow

Center on Public Diplomacy

University of Southern California (USC)

Adjunct Professor

Annenberg School for Communication

University of Southern California (USC)

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Summer 2002

Associate Director

Center for Communications and Community

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Spring 2000-Fall 2001

Chair, Department of Political Science

New England College (NEC)

Spring 1998-Winter 2000        

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Department of Political Science

New England College (NEC)

Fall 1995-Spring 2000

Professorial Lecturer

School of International Service

American University (AU)

Fall 1990-Spring 1993

Honors and Awards

·        Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Activity, California State University, Fullerton, 2007

·        Visiting Senior Scholar, Tsinghua University, School of Journalism and Communication, Beijing, China 2007 

·        Department of Homeland Security Fellow, Summer Workshop on Teaching about Terrorism (SWOTT), Morehouse College, June 2007

·        Faculty Award for Outstanding Service to the External Community, California State University, Fullerton, 2006

·        Empire Who’s Who of Women in Education, 2006/2007 “Honors Edition”

·        Knight Foundation Fellow, The Fourth Estate and the Third Sector, University of Mississippi, May 2002

·        Voted “most enthusiastic and engaging professor” by staff and students at New England College, 1999

·        Nominated by students in 1998 for Teacher of the Year, New England College

·        Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 1998

·        Marquis’ Who’s Who Among American Women, 21^st Edition, 1998

·        Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program, US Information Agency and U.S. Department of State; 2-year public management service, 1992-1994

·        United States Information Agency delegate, Japan-America Leadership Exchange Committee, October 15-29, 1994

·        World’s Who’s Who of American Women, 18th Edition, 1993

·        Co-leader, U.S. delegation, International Youth Village, sponsored by Prime Minister’s Office, Youth Affairs Administration, Tokyo, Japan, July 1993

·        Dissertation designated “fourth best” by Speech Communication Association, Division of International and Intercultural Communication

·        Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, American University (AU), 1991

·        Hurst Academic Fellowship, American University, 1986-1989

·        Fellow, German Academic Exchange Service, UC-Berkeley, 1987

·        Fulbright pre-doctoral fellowship, Federal Republic of Germany, 1984-1985

·        Frank Gunby Memorial Academic Scholarship, Clemson University, 1981-1984

Courses Taught at Undergraduate and Graduate Level

• American Foreign Policy (NEC)
• American Politics and Government (NEC)
• American Presidency and Executive Process (NEC)
• Anti-Americanism: Hating the U.S. At Home and Abroad (USC)
• Cold War (NEC)
• Contemporary Politics (NEC)
• Communication and Global Organizations (USC)
• Feature Article Writing (CSUF)
• Global Media Systems (CSUF)
• Global Security & Human Rights (NEC)
• History and Philosophy of American Mass Communications (CSUF)
• Human Rights and Global Wrongs (NEC)
• Ideology and Propaganda (USC)
• Intercultural Communication (AU, NEC)
• International Communication (AU, CSUF)
• International Organization (NEC)
• International Politics (NEC)
• Media and Politics (NEC)
• Media and Propaganda in an Age of Terrorism and War (CSUF)
• Media and Social Change (UCLA)
• Opinion Writing (CSUF)
• Peace and Conflict Resolution (AU, NEC)
• Persuasion and Propaganda (NEC)
• Persuasive Communications (CSUF) 
• Political Communication and Elections (CSUF)
• Propaganda, Terrorism and Media (USC)
• Women and Leadership (NEC)

Publications

Books

• The Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy, edited by Nancy Snow and Philip Taylor (New York: Routledge, 2008.)
• The Arrogance of American Power: What U.S. Leaders Are Doing Wrong and Why It’s Our Patriotic Duty to Dissent  (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006).
• War, Media and Propaganda: A Global Perspective, edited by Yahya Kamalipour and Nancy Snow. Foreword by Ben Bagdikian, author of The Media Monopoly.  (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004).
• Propaganda, Inc.: Vendendo ao Mundo A Cultura Dos Estados Unidos (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Graphia, 2004).  Brazilian translation by Jose Laurenio de Melo.  [Also available in Korean and Farsi translations; foreign rights to Propaganda, Inc. have been sold in Indonesia and Japan.]
• Information War: American Propaganda, Free Speech and Opinion Control Since 9/11(New York: Seven Stories Press, 2004). Japanese translation of Information War by Yoshiaki Fukuma, Department of Economics, Kagawa University, Japan. 

            [Foreign rights to Information War have also been sold in Saudi Arabia.] 

• Propaganda, Inc.: Selling America’s Culture to the World (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002.) Revised and expanded 2nd edition.  [Available in Farsi, Portuguese and Japanese translations.]
• Propaganda, Inc.: Selling America's Culture to the World. (New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998.)

Book Chapters

·        “Invisible Ink: Women and Global Communications,” in Women Across Borders, edited by Jeffrey Klaehn. (Montreal, Canada: Black Rose Books, 2008.)

·        “Propaganda,” in American Thought and Culture in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Martin Halliwell and Catherine Morley. (Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 2008). 

·        “American Media and Propaganda in an Age of Terror,” in Terrorism, Media, Society, edited by Tomasz Pludowski. (Warsaw and Toruń, Poland: Collegium Civitas Press and Adam Marszałek, 2006.)  

·        “Propaganda Lies and Patriotic Journalism,” in Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney, edited by Dennis Loo and Peter Phillips. (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2006.)

·        “Terrorism, Public Relations and Propaganda,” in Media, Terrorism, and Theory: A Reader, edited by Anandam P. Kavoori and Todd Fraley.  (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.)

·        “U.S. Public Diplomacy,” in Readings in Propaganda and Persuasion: New and Classic Essays, edited by Garth Jowett and Victoria O’Donnell (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2006.)

·        “Consecuencias del 11-S en la informacion en Eastados Unidos,” in Estrategias de la desinformacion, edited by Miguel Catalan Gonzalez and Luis Veres Cortes.  (Valencia, Spain: Colleccio Minor, 2004).

·        “From Bombs and Bullets to Hearts and Minds: U.S. Public Diplomacy in an Age of Propaganda,” in War, Media and Propaganda: A Global Perspective, edited by Yahya R. Kamalipour and Nancy Snow (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.)   

·        “Confessions of a Hollywood Propagandist: Harry Warner, FDR, and Celluloid Persuasion,” in Warners’ War: Propaganda, Politics and Pop Culture in Wartime Hollywood, edited by Martin Kaplan and Johanna Blakley.  (Los Angeles: Norman Lear Center Press, 2004.)

·         “Media Strategies for Social Change” in Representing Resistance: Media, Civil Disobedience, and the Global Justice Movement, edited by Andy Opel and Donnalyn Pomper (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.)

·        “Brainscrubbing: The Failures of U.S. Public Diplomacy After 9/11” in Tell Me Lies: Propaganda & Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq, edited by David Miller. (London: Pluto Press, 2003.)

·         “The Social Implications of Media Globalization,” in Media, Sex, Violence and Drugs in the Global Village, Yahya R. Kamalipour and Kuldip R. Rampal, Editors. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.)

·        “UN Peacekeeping,” in Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: International Organizations and the 21^st Century, Wayne Lesperance and Tom Lansford (Eds.), Pearson Publishing, 2001.

·         “The Crisis in Mobility,” in Invisible Crises, George Gerbner, Herbert Schiller, and Hamid Mowlana (Eds.), Westview Press, 1996, pp. 207-217.

Articles and Reviews in Refereed Journals

·        “International Exchanges and the U.S. Image," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Volume 616, March 2008, pp. 198-222.

·       Media, terrorism, and the politics of fear," Media Development: Journal of the World Association for Christian Communication, 3/2007, pp. 17-22.

·       Anti-Americanism and the Rise of Civic Diplomacy,” FPIF Strategic Dialogue, Silver City, NM and Washington, DC: Foreign Policy In Focus, December 13, 2006. (http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3795)

·        “The Revival of the Propaganda State: U.S. Propaganda at Home and Abroad since 9/11,” with Philip M. Taylor, the International Communication Gazette, Volume 68, Nos. 5-6, November 2006, pp. 389-407.

·        "Truth and Information Consequences Since 9/11," Peace Review, Volume 17, No. 1, March 2005

·        Review essay, Inventing Public Diplomacy: The Story of the U.S. Information Agency by Wilson P. Dizard, Jr., History: Reviews of New Books.  September 2004.            

·        Review essay, The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the 21^st Century by Robert M. McChesney, Peace Review, Volume 16, No. 3, September 2004, pp. 393-395.

·        “U.S. Public Diplomacy: A Tale of Two Who Jumped Ship at State,” special report for Foreign Policy in Focus, June 1, 2004.  Republished at AntiWar (www.antiwar.com) and Asia Times (www.atimes.com).

·        “The real ‘Scary Movie’ Won’t Be on Elm Street this summer,” Foreign Policy in Focus, May 27, 2004. 

·        Editor, Global Media Journal, Fall 2003, www.globalmediajournal.com; peer-reviewed issue available in its entirety online at http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/gmj/SubmittedDocuments/archivedpapers/Fall2003/contentsFa03.htm

·        Reprint of “Common Sense: Drifting on a Vapor Trail of a Phantom Public,” originally published in Adbusters magazine March/April 2002.  Reprint published in The Politics of Liberation, by Kendall-Hunt publishing, 2003, for course taught by Nicky Gonzalez Yuen, De Anza Community College.

·        “The Smith-Mundt Act of 1948,” Peace Review, Vol. 10, No. 4, December 1998.

·         Review essay, The More You Watch, The Less You Know, Danny Schechter. Peace Review, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1998.

·        Review essay, One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism, William Greider.  Peace Review, Vol. 9, No. 4, 1997.

·        Review essay, Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy, Robert W. McChesney, Peace Review, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1997.

·        Review essay, Building a Win-Win World: Life Beyond Global Economic Warfare, Hazel Henderson, Peace Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1997.

·        Review essay, The Case Against the Global Economy, Jerry Mander (Ed.), Peace Review, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1997.

·        Reprint of “America’s Press Agent” in Alternative Library Literature, a biennial anthology, 1996.

·        Review essay, Creativity and Popular Culture by David Holbrook, Journal of Communication, Spring 1995, pp. 214-216.

Print and Online Publications

·        “Why I turned down Hustler,” Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2007, A-21.

       Republished in the Salt Lake Tribune, February 9, 2007, San Antonio Express-News, February 18, 2007, and        Contra Costa Times, February 25, 2007.

·        “Helen of Truth,” The Huffington Post, January 21, 2007. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-snow/helen-of-truth_b_39203.html

·        “The People’s Ambassador,” Common Dreams, November 10, 2006.

·        “Truth and Arrogance,” Common Dreams, October 24, 2006.

·        Contributing Writer, PBS’ Point of View (P.O.V.) Borders Talk online program on American Identity, May-June, 2006. http://www.pbs.org/pov/borders/2006/talk/nancy_snow/

·        “Dueling Tennis Divas Battle It Out in Desert,” The Daily Titan, March 22, 2006.

·        “Media is a Battlefield,” Common Dreams, May 14, 2005.

·        “I’m Not Anti-American: I’m From Hollywood,” Wicked Philosophy webzine, March 17-23, 2005.  Republished at http://snowndr.blogspot.com/.

·        “The Propaganda Czar from Paris + Texas,” Common Dreams, March 14, 2005.  Republished at http://www.albionmonitor.com

·        “The Language Police: Gettin’ Jiggy with Frank Luntz,” Common Dreams, February 27, 2005.  Republished at http://www.wanderingphilosopher.com and http://www.gnn.tv

·        “Rice’s diplomacy began in Birmingham,” Birmingham News, January 23, 2005, 5-B.

·        “Public Diplomacy: Tall Order, Tough Questions,” Common Dreams, January 18, 2005.  Republished at Guerrilla News Network (www.gnn.tv)

·        “Public Diplomacy Should Be A Two-Way Street,” O’Dwyer’s PR Daily, December 14, 2004.

·        “Life or Death for the Democratic Party?” The Daily Titan, November 16, 2004.

·        “Kerry Wins,” Common Dreams, October 30, 2004. 

·         “Warrior Candidates Get Ready for Their Closeup,” Media Channel, April 13, 2004.

·        “Soft Power is Missing In Action in U.S. Foreign Policy,” O’Dwyer’s PR Daily, April 12, 2004.

·        “How to Build an Effective U.S. Public Diplomacy: Ten Steps for Change,” Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. LXX, No. 12, April 1, 2004, pp. 369-374.

·        “Al Hurra-Al Who? Haven’t Heard?  We’re Free, They’re Not!” O’Dwyer’s PR Daily, March 8, 2004.

·        “Public Diplomacy in the Middle East: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back,” O’Dwyer’s PR Daily, February 13, 2004

·        “Kill Your TV: No Oops, I Really Mean It,” Common Dreams, January 8, 2004

·        “Diplomat Needs Some Southern Steel Magnolias,” Birmingham News, November 4, 2003.

·        “Triumph of the People’s Will,” Common Dreams, October 8, 2003

·        “We Are in Charge,” O’Dwyer’s PR Daily, October 7, 2003.

·        “We’re Caught in a Trap,” Common Dreams, June 19, 2003.

·        “When Truth is a Dangerous Thing,” Common Dreams, May 11, 2003.

·        “Operation Media Monopoly Freedom,” Common Dreams, April 29, 2003.

·        “While the Propaganda Czar Departs, the Product Pitching Remains,” Common Dreams, March 4, 2003.

·        “Reweaving Charlotte’s Web,” Common Dreams, December 27, 2002.

·        “What the World Thinks Now,” Common Dreams, December 6, 2002.

·        “The Antiwar Movement on the Web,” Online Journalism Review, Stephen O’Leary, October18, 2002.  Featured source in OJR article: “There’s also a thoughtful interview with propaganda expert Nancy Snow, who comments on `The Selling of America.’”

·        “American Propaganda,” in Polyconomics, Inc., Supply-Side University online newsletter, October 11, 2002.

·        “The Propaganda War: One Year Later,” Guerrilla News Network, October 4, 2002. (http://www.guerrillanews.com/media/cointel/744.html)

·        “Searching for the Soul of Los Angeles,” In the Fray, May 20, 2002.

            (http://www.inthefray.com/la10/interact/snow20/snow20.html)

•  “Catching the Z(inn) Train,” Common Dreams, April 22, 2002.
• “Globalization and the Ministry of Truth,” Common Dreams, April 5, 2002.
• “Drifting on the Vapor Trail of a Phantom Public,” Adbusters, March/April 2002, Vol. 10, No. 2.
• “March Madness,” Common Dreams, March 12, 2002.
• “Save the Really Important People,” Common Dreams, March 2, 2002.
• “Pentagon Pap: Is War of Worlds a War of Words?” interview with Michael Olson on GotCannedGoods.com, February 25, 2002.
• “Déjà vu All Over Again,” Common Dreams, February 20, 2002.
• “No C-SPAN Is Bad News for L.A. Viewers,” Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2002, F-4.
• “The Citizen and the Publisher,” Common Dreams, December 28, 2001.
• “We Need More Propaganda, Not Less,” Media Channel, October 17, 2001.
•  “Genoa Protesters: Your Image Needs Work,” Newsday, July 31, 2001.
• “Would Americans Be Better Off if We Had More Vacation Like Our European Counterparts?” Costco Connections, May 2001, pg. 14.
• “Is it a `Hood or Verging on Good?” Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2001, B-11.
• “L.A., You’re No New Hampshire,” Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2001, B-9.
• “Granny D: Walking the Talk,” Washington International, Vol. 14, No. 3, November/December 1999.
• Guest editorial, “The Power of Alternative Media in the Classroom,” Toward Freedom, Vol. 47, Winter 1998/99.
• “Hard Sell: How the USIA went from cold war propagandist to corporate pitchman,” Toward Freedom, Vol. 47, No. 3, June/July 1998.
•  “Occupational Hazards,” Toward Freedom, Vol. 46, No. 6, December 1997/98.
•  “Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution: Western vs. Non-Western Values,” New Hampshire Council on World Affairs Bulletin, Vol. XLII, No. 2, April 1997.
• “U.S. Information Agency,” Foreign Policy in Focus, Vol. 2, No. 40, August 1997.
•  “Engage, Don’t Contain: The Asian Values Debate,” Washington International, Vol. 11, No. 4, January/February 1997.
• “Covert Crossings,” Toward Freedom, Vol. 45, No. 5, October 1996.
•  “Betty Bumpers,” Founder of Peace Links: A Woman of Vision,” Washington International, Vol. 9, No. 6, May/June 1996.
•  “America’s Press Agent,” Toward Freedom, Vol. 44, No. 7, December 1995/January 1996.
• Masako Kuriyama, wife of Japanese Ambassador to U.S.: A Woman of Vision,” Washington International, Vol. 8, No. 4, Jan/Feb, 1995.
• Senator Fulbright: Arkansas’ Other Favorite Son,” co-author with Patricia Keegan.  Washington International, Vol. 7, No. 1, Jan-Feb, 1993.
• “Cultural Mediation and the Fulbright Ideal,” in Frankly, the newsletter of the German Fulbright Alumni Association, No. 7, April 1992.
• “Notes from German Returnee Meeting,” Fulbright Association Newsletter, Vol. XIV, No. 3-4, Fall/Winter 1991.
• “Becoming Cultural Mediators,” guest columnist for SIETAR Communique, international bi-monthly newsletter, Vol. XXI, No. 6, Oct-Nov 1991.
• “Toward the Abolition of War Through International Educational Exchange: The Fulbright Program,” The Peace Builder, June 1990.
• “First Petitbon, Then the World,” Washington Post, January 15, 1994
• “`Bama Slam,” Washington Post, October 14, 1993
• “USIA Wrongly Accused,” The Eagle, American University campus newspaper, February 8, 1993
• “The Bigger Bang Theory,” Washington Post, January 22, 1992
• “Blessings in Disguise,” guest editorial, Washington International, Vol. 5, No. 6, November-December 1990
• “The Economic Ethos,” Washington Post, October 20, 1990
• “Mush Toys,” Washington Post, January 25, 1988
• “Bomb Shelters,” Washington Post, April 10, 1987.

Presentations

• August 16, 2007. Google talk presentation and paper, "U.S. Media and Information Warfare," 2007 Media and Information Warfare Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• April 6, 2007. Author talk with Claremont Democratic Club, Claremont, California.
• March 23, 2007. Free Speech Summit.  Screening of Dixie Chicks' documentary, Shut Up and Sing, followed by panel discussion with Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, director Cecilia Peck, singer/songwriter Jamie Green, and Nancy Snow.  Moderated by Stephanie Miller.  Sponsored by the City of West Hollywood in support of Women's History Month. 
• March 22, 2007. Author talk with Nancy Snow, author of The Arrogance of American Power, sponsored by the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS) and the Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California. Aired on C-SPAN's Book TV in April 2007.
• March 1, 2007. Keynote, "If Karen Hughes Can Speak for America, So Can I." Democratic Club of Camarillo, California.
• February 11, 2007. Keynote, "Propaganda and Political Leadership." Junior State of America regional meeting, Woodland Hills, California.
• December 17, 2006-January 2, 2007.  Resident Faculty Author at The Greenhouse, Arlington, TX.  Presented lecture series on “Becoming Women of Influence.”
• December 1, 2006. Lifelong Learning Institute Faculty Author Series Talk, CSUF Ruby Gerontology Center.
• October 26, 2006.  Keynote Speaker, Student Symposium on Truth. “Truth and Information Consequences.  Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska.
• September 7, 2006. Presenter, “Public Diplomacy and American Power,” Behavioural Dynamics Institute.  Cliveden House, Berkshire, United Kingdom.

• April 22, 2006. Keynote Speaker, “What U.S. Leaders Are Doing Wrong and Why Youth Must Reclaim the Future,” Putney School, Vermont.
• March 28, 2006. Keynote Speaker, “Women and Social Change,” Clemson University President’s Commission on the Status of Women, Clemson University, South Carolina.
• March 12, 2006. Panelist, “Public Diplomacy,” Wilton Park, United Kingdom. 
• February 9, 2006. Winter Guest Lecturer, “Information Democracy, Literacy and Public Diplomacy,” Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). 
• September 15, 2005.  Panelist, “Does the US Rule the World?” Sponsored by the BBC for its World Service panel series, “Who Rules Your World?”  With Joseph Nye, Dean, Kennedy School of Government, and Keith Reinhard, Chairman, DDB Worldwide.  Washington, D.C.
• May 12, 2005.  Free Press, National Conference on Media Reform, Founding Member, Academic Brain Trust.  St. Louis, Missouri. 
• April 28, 2005. “Information Consequences Since 9/11,” League of Women Voters of North Orange County, Fullerton, California.
• April 27, 2005. Panelist, Discussion of propaganda and persuasion content of Marshall Plan films, Part IV screening of “Selling Democracy,” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Hollywood, California. 
• April 13, 2005.  Panelist, Discussion of propaganda and persuasion content of Marshall Plan Films, Part II screening of “Selling Democracy,” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Hollywood, California. 
• March 29, 2005.  Clemson University, Office of the Provost.  “Anti-Americanism at Home and Abroad.” 
• February 15, 2005. Author talk with Nancy Snow, author, Information War, and Kristina Borjesson, author, Into the Buzzsaw, San Fernando Valley Democrats, Encino, California.  Aired on C-SPAN’s Book TV in March and April 2005.  
• October 6, 2004.  International Association of Art Critics, Panelist, “Doublethink and Doubletalk: The Art and Politics of Language,” moderated by Arthur Danto, art critic, The Nation; artist Barbara Kruger; photography critic David Levi Strauss; and media philosopher Boris Groys.  New York Public Library.
• October 3, 2004.  West Hollywood Book Fair, PEN USA panel discussion, “Writing the Election” with White House attorney and author of Worse Than Watergate, John Dean; moderated by David L. Ulin, author of The Myth of Solid Ground.
• October 2, 2004.  Speaker among twenty Southern California area authors invited to speak at a “Democracy & Truth” book fair and panel.  Sponsored by the Southern California Americans for Democratic Action.  Los Angeles Convention Center.
• September 28, 2004.  Panelist, “Perceptions of our Nation’s Image” panel moderated by ABC News reporter Judy Muller.  Sponsored by W.O.M.E.N. Inc. (Women Organized for Mentoring, Education & Networking), The Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills, California.
• September 24, 2004.  Panelist, “Democracy and the Media” panel sponsored by CSUF’s Division of Political Science and Criminal Justice.  Titan Student Union.
• May 5, 2004.  “The Future of Democracy,” Panel sponsored by Phi Beta Delta, California State University-Fullerton. 
• April 28-30, 2004.  “Information Consequences of 9/11 in the United States.” Invited Paper and Presentation at the University of Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, SPAIN.  Conference Proceedings published in Spain.
• April 24, 2004.  Information War book signing, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, UCLA campus. 
• March 25, 2004.  Plenary luncheon speaker on persuasive communications.  Religion Communicators Council 75^th Anniversary Meeting.  Birmingham, Alabama.
• March 24, 2004.  Discussion of Information War.  North American Region of the World Association for Christian Communication (NARA-WACC) and the National Council of Churches of Christ (NCC-USA).
• March 14, 2004.  Information War book launch.  Midnight Special Bookstore.  Santa Monica, California.
• March 13, 2004.  UCLA Extended Education Program.  All-day workshop on “Thinking Outside the Box: Cutting-Edge Uses of Print and Electronic Media.”  Session leader on “How to Promote Your Client to the World.”
• March 10, 2004.  Author reading and discussion of Information War.  First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego.
• March 4, 2004.  “Propaganda and Public Diplomacy,” Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. Winter Guest Lecturer.
• January 22, 2004.  “Managing Perception: Media, Propaganda, and the War on Terrorism,” with Nick Grace and John Hockenberry of NBC News.  Sponsored by the Wolfsonian Museum/Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida.
• December 14, 2003.  “Public Diplomacy: One Way to Build U.S. Foreign Policy,” World Affairs Council of the Desert, Palm Springs, California.
• November 12, 2003.  “The Media Matrix: Intellectual Bankruptcy or a Reflection of Us?”  CSUF Center for Community Dialogue; University Honors Program.
• November 9, 2003.  “The Theatrics of War: A Public Forum on Media Coverage of the Iraq War.” University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.  Sponsored by the UNC University Center for International Studies.
• November 7, 2003.  Moderator, Opening Plenary Session on “Media and Propaganda During Wartime,” with Amy Goodman and John Stauber.  National Conference on Media Reform.  Sponsored by Free Press and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• October 30, 2003.  “Propaganda, Pop Culture & Public Diplomacy,” with Frank Pierson, President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Leo Braudy, Dana Polan, Steven J. Ross and Marty Kaplan.  Sponsored by the Norman Lear Center for Entertainment Studies, USC.
• October 16-17, 2003.  Workshop, “Communicating with Skeptical Audiences: Challenges and Solutions.”  Paper presentation on “Soft Power and American Communications with the World.”  University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Yaffe Center for Persuasive Communication.
• September 24, 2003.  “A World Without TV,” public lecture sponsored by the Office of the Americas, Los Angeles, California.
• July 30, 2003.  “Media Collusion and the Rise of the Fourth Reich,” University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.  Featured speaker at invitation of World Association for Christian Communication.
• June 20, 2003.  “Corporate Owned Media and Its Encroachment On A Free Society," Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.  Other panelists included Alan Minsky (KPFK Senior producer), Robbie Conal (Guerilla Poster Artist), and Brian Gage (Political Satire Author).
• June 5, 2003.  “Communicating the War on Terrorism,” Paper presentation for afternoon plenary on Trust, Rumours, and Public Perception.  Royal Institution of Great Britain, Centre for Defense Studies, King’s College London.
• April 28, 2003.  FCC Public Forum, University of Southern California, Invited Commentator on the public interest mandate in media.
• April 24, 2003.  CSU Long Beach Journalism Day, panel on “International Law in a Changing World, spoke about free speech, censorship and the Dixie Chicks litmus test of free expression.
• April 3, 2003. Author presentation to Tree Media Group, Santa Monica, California.  “Brainscrubbing: From Bombs and Bullets to Hearts and Minds.”
• March 18, 2003, World Affairs Council, panel with Westwood One chairman Norman Pattiz at the WAC of Northern California on the topic, "U.S. Propaganda in Times of Unrest: A Tool for Manipulation or Public Diplomacy?"
• March 12, 2003, Author reading on Propaganda, Inc., event sponsored by the West Hollywood Women's Advisory Committee.  It commemorated Women's History Month and honors women authors.  The Abbey, City of West Hollywood.
• March 9, 2003, Throop Memorial Church, Pasadena, California, guest speaker on the topic, "Propaganda for Peace."
• December 10, 2002.  Appearance and book signing, USC Annenberg Faculty Book Festival.
• December 7, 2002, Panelist, “Propaganda, War, and Democracy: Media Control in the 21^st Century.  Cal Tech Pasadena.
• November 13, 2002, Alternative and Independent Media: Serving the Public or Fanning the Flames?: A roundtable conversation with Marianne Partridge, former editor, The Village Voice, founder & editor, Santa Barbara Independent (http://www.independent.com/), Jack Newfield, author and contributor to The Nation, The Village Voice, and other publications (http://www.evesmag.com/newfield.htm), Michael Parks, former editor, Los Angeles Times and director, USC Annenberg's School of Journalism, and Nancy Snow, Communications Professor, Cal State Fullerton and lecturer, USC Annenberg's School of Communication, author and contributing writer, Common Dreams, Media Channel, Toward Freedom, USC Annenberg School.
• November 1, 2002, “Faces of Propaganda,” Chicago Media Watch Conference.

• October 28, 2002, “Media Under the Microscope: The Role & Responsibility of the Press" sponsored by Women of Los Angeles and hosted by the Four Seasons Hotel, Pasadena.  With Jon Beaupre, Assoc. Prof, of Broadcast Journalism, Department of Communication Studies, Cal State L.A., Correspondent, California Connected; and Cynthia Kennard, Former CBS News Correspondent in L.A., London, Moscow; Asst. Prof., USC Annenberg School for Communication.
• June 1, 2002.  “Propaganda, Inc.: An Insider’s View of the U.S. Government’s Policy in the War on Terrorism.” German Fulbright Alumni Association annual conference, Berlin, Germany.  Paper and presentation.
• Keynote Speaker, “Media in the Corporate Age,” presentation at Los Angeles Valley College, The Praxis Network (www.praxisnetwork.org), May 1, 2002.
• January 31, 2000.  “So Much Fuss for Such a Small State: The Press and the New Hampshire Presidential Primary.” Presentation to a group of young European leaders in politics, labor, and the media who are international guests of the U. S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Concord, NH. Hosted by the New Hampshire Council on World Affairs.
• January 25-28, 2000.  Moderator, “Let’s Meet the Presidential Candidates,” a week-long event to introduce   John McCain, Alan Keyes and Gary Bauer to the students of New England College.
• January 13, 2000. “Message to Youth: Get Involved,” dinner moderator, College and High School Convention 2000, the largest gathering of politically active students in the country.  Manchester, New Hampshire.
• January 4, 2000. Author presentation, Propaganda, Inc., Midnight Special bookstore, Santa Monica, California.  Sponsored by FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting).
• December 15, 1999.  Luncheon Speaker, “Propaganda, Inc.: Selling America’s Culture to the World,” New Hampshire Council on World Affairs. Concord, New Hampshire.
• October 2-3, 1999. Tributary remarks, “Media and Communication in the New Global Economy: A conference honoring Herbert I. Schiller, Professor Emeritus,” Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego.

• April 29, 1999, Award Presenter, “The 6^th Annual Project Censored Awards,” Fordham University, New York.
• November 19-20, 1998, Presenter, “Campaign Finance Reform in a Digital Age.”  Planning session for an international conference on “The Challenge of the Digital Age: A Forum for Diverse Perspectives.” Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Sponsored by Bell Atlantic and Temple University.
• April 3-6, 1997, Panelist, “Education and Democracy.”  48th annual Public Affairs Conference (PAC), Principia College, Elsah, Illinois.
• October 3-6, 1996, Invited Workshop leader, "Visible Candidates, Visible Voters: Civic Journalism and the New Hampshire Primary." 1996 National Media Literacy Conference. Conference Theme: "Citizenship in a Media Age: Media Literacy and the Common Good." Los Angeles, California.

• March 15-17, 1996, Chair and Facilitator, Working Group on "Global Village or Global Dominion: Cultural Integrity and Human Rights." The Founding Convention of the Cultural Environment Movement, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri.
• October 4-6, 1991, Featured Speaker, "Mutual Understanding and Educational Exchange." German Fulbright Alumni Association annual conference, Tuebingen, Germany.

Refereed Conference Presentations

• April 12-15, 2007. Panelist, Brand America: Can advertising help improve America’s image abroad?  American Academy of Advertising annual conference, Burlington, Vermont.
• January 12-14, 2007.  Panelist, Trust or Verify: Propaganda and the Press. National Conference on Media Reform, Memphis, TN.

• August 11, 2005.  Panelist, “Disturbing Images and the Internet: Self-Censorship versus the ‘Real World.’”  Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2005 Convention, San Antonio, Texas.
• April 9, 2005.  Paper presentation, “The Brand of the Free: A Critical Assessment of U.S. Public Diplomacy Efforts Since 9/11,” Session Title: Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy, from America to Iraq, Conflict and Resolution: Part Two.   17^th Annual Conference, International Academy of Business Disciplines, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• March 3, 2005.  Discussant, Media and the Public in U.S. Foreign Policy, International Studies Association, Honolulu, HI. (Invited)  
• October 18, 2004.  Cal Poly Pomona First Annual International Research Forum, Competitive Panel Presentation, “Building Bridges of Mutual Understanding: A Case for Public Diplomacy in International Education.” Bronco Student Union, Cal Poly Pomona.
• September 10-12, 2004.  Credibility Roundtable, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) National Credibility Roundtables Project.  One of five faculty across country awarded training grant to participate in 2004/2005 credibility roundtable with the Orange County Register.
• May 31, 2004.  Chair, Community Media and Attachment, International Communication Association 54^th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• April 5, 2002.  Paper presentation, “From Uncle Ben to Uncle Sam: Charlotte Beers and the Mother of All Marketing Campaigns,” Session Title: Communicating a Controversial Message: Propaganda and Public Affairs. 14th Annual Conference, International Academy of Business Disciplines, Marina Del Rey, California.

• September 2-5, 1999.  Panelist, “Critical Approaches to Political Culture and American Foreign Policy,” American Political Science Association Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
• March 25-29, 1999.  Panelist, “Voices against the Stream: Independents, Public Media and other Alternatives.” The Solidarity Convention of the Cultural Environment Movement, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
• May 24-28, 1998.  Panelist, “Public Access to Information.”  Media’s Dark Age: A 21st Century International Dialogue on the Ownership and Control of the Media. Athens, Greece.
• January 31, 1998.  Presenter and Conference Coordinator, “Is U.S. Foreign Policy for Sale?” Great Decisions Institute 1998.  An all-day conference on US foreign policy sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association, New Hampshire Council on World Affairs, and New England College. New England College.
• October 16-19, 1997. Panelist, “The Cultural Impact of Media Monopolies,” Media and Democracy Congress II, New York City.
• July 26, 1997.  “The Cultural Environment of Violence and What We Can Do About It.”  Festival of Light conference on violence.  Sponsored by the Center for American Studies, and the Office of the Governor of New Hampshire.

• September 2-5, 1993.  Panelist, "The Fulbright Program and the Future of Public Diplomacy," chaired by Charles W. Dunn, Chairman of Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. With James Billington, Librarian of Congress, Ted Lowi, Leonard R. Sussman, and Alice Ilchman. American Political Science Association, 89th Annual Meeting,            Washington, D.C.
• May 9-14, 1992.  “Fulbright Scholars as Cultural Mediators." SIETAR International's XVIII Annual Congress, Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Grants

2007                Department of Homeland Security, Summer Workshop on Teaching about Terrorism (SWOTT)

                        Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, June 16-24 ($1,800)

2007                External Grant, USC Center on Public Diplomacy (Course release valued at $4,250),

                        January-May, to develop graduate course in international exchanges for USC master’s program

                        in public diplomacy)

2006                Travel Grant, Hastings College, Keynote Speech on Truth ($2,500)

2006                Travel Grant, Behavioural Dynamics Institute, UK, Presentation on Public Diplomacy

                        and American Power ($6,000)

2006                Travel Grant, The Putney School, Putney, Vermont ($1,700)

2006                Travel Grant, Wilton Park, UK, Panelist on public diplomacy ($3,000)

2006                Travel Grant, Department of Communications, UK trip ($650)

2005                Travel Grant, BBC World News Service, Panel discussion. ($450)

2005                “Picture War,” PBS-funded documentary film project

2005                Reviewer Grant, Taylor & Francis Publishing ($500)

2005                Travel Grant, Department of Communications, CSUF, AEJMC ($761.42)

2005                Faculty Consultant, The History Channel, Patrick Davidson Productions, History Channel ($905)

2005                Travel Grant, McGannon Center, Fordham University, Academic Brain Trust

                        (www.academicbraintrust.org) in 2005 National Media Reform Conference, St. Louis, ($700)                   

2005                Travel Grant, Clemson University, Office of the Provost, Special Lecture

                        on the rise of anti-Americanism, March 29, 2005 ($1,500)

2005                Faculty Development Grant (FDC) Untenured Faculty Support Grant,

                        (3 WTUs valued at $4,250), January-May

2005                External Grant, Annenberg Foundation, USC Center on Public Diplomacy

                        (Course released valued at $4,250); January-May, to head up new initiative on “Anti-Americanism"  

2004                Travel Grant, International Association of Art Critics, New York Chapter

                        $2,000 ($1,000 speaking honorarium plus travel, room and board)

2004                External Grant, Annenberg Foundation, USC Center on Public Diplomacy

                        (Course release valued at $4,250); September-December

2004                Travel Grant, Associated Press Managing Editors (APME), Credibility

                        Roundtables Workshop, Northwestern University ($1,000)

2004                External Grant, Annenberg Foundation, USC Center on Public Diplomacy ($14,250); January-May

2004                Writing Grants, Interhemispheric Resource Center, Albuquerque, NM ($525)

2004                Writing Grant, GlobalVision/Media Channel, New York, NY ($400)

2004                Research Grant, George Bush Presidential Library Foundation ($500)

2004                Reviewer Grant, Taylor & Francis Publishing Services ($74.10)

2004                Writing Grants, O’Dwyer’s PR Daily ($500)

2004                External Grant, University of Cardinal Herrera and National Library, Valencia, Spain ($3,000)

2004                Travel Grant, Department of Communications, CSUF, ICA ($500)

2004                External Grant, Religion Communications Council and North American Regional Association,

                        World Association for Christian Communications ($1,190)

2004                External Grant, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA ($800)

2004                External Grant, Florida International University/Wolfsonian Museum, ($1,000)

2004                CSUF Junior Faculty Development Grant Academy

2003                Travel Grant, Department of Communications, CSUF, National Conference on Media Reform,

                        Madison, Wisconsin ($326.50)

2003                External, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University Center for International Studies ($600)

2003                External Grant, University of Michigan, Yaffe Center for Persuasive Communication ($500)

2003                External Grant, Annenberg Foundation, USC Annenberg School for Communication ($29,250)

2003                Faculty Development Center, Summer Proposal Writing Award, CSUF ($2,000)

2003                1^st Annual Service Learning Academy, CSUF Faculty Development Center

2002                Knight Journalism Fellowship, University of Mississippi

2002                C-SPAN Faculty Development Grant

2001                Visiting Fellow, Center for Communications and Community, UCLA

2000                Visiting Fellow, Center for Communications and Community, UCLA

1999                Gilmore Fund Grant for Excellence in Teaching, New England College

1999                Faculty Development Grant, New England College

1998                Faculty Development Grant, New England College

1998                Gilmore Fund Grant for Excellence in Teaching, New England College

1998                C-SPAN Faculty Development Grant, September 1998

1998                C-SPAN Winter Seminar for Professors, January 5-6, 1998, D.C.

1997                Gilmore Fund Grant for Excellence in Teaching, New England College

1997                Faculty Development Grant, New England College

1996                Gilmore Fund Grant for Excellence in Teaching, New England College

1996                Faculty Development Grant, New England College

1994                Finalist, Robert Bosch Fellowship Program, Federal Republic of Germany

1991                Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, American University

1987                Fellow, German Academic Exchange Service, University of California-Berkeley

1986-89          Hurst Academic Fellowship, American University

1984-85          Fulbright pre-doctoral fellowship, Federal Republic of Germany

1981-84          Frank Gunby Memorial Academic Scholarship, Clemson University

Professional Affiliations

• Editorial Board, Journal of Global Mass Communication
• Editorial Board, Journal of Promotion Management
• Advisory Board, The Fifth Estate (UK)
• Advisory Board, Spinwatch.org (UK)
• Advisory Board, Academic Brain Trust (Free Press affiliate)
• Consultant, American public diplomacy, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 2003
• Consultant, American public diplomacy, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 2002
• Consultant, Annenberg Foundation, public diplomacy and international relations
• Working Group, Center on Public Diplomacy, USC Annenberg, 2003-2005
• National Board of Judges, Project Censored  
• Reviewer, The International History Review
• Reviewer and contributor, Peace Review: The International Quarterly of World Peace
• Book Proposal reviewer, Pluto, Rowman & Littlefield, Routledge, and Allyn & Bacon
• Lifetime member, Fulbright Alumni Association
• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• National Communication Association
• International Association for Mass Communications Research 
• International Communication Association
• International Studies Association
• American Political Science Association
• Western Political Science Association
• PEN USA West
• Society of Professional Journalists
• Los Angeles Press Club, 2001-2002
• Knight Foundation Fellow, 2002
• C-SPAN Faculty Fellow, 1998, 2001
• Guest Editor and Contributing Writer, Global Media Monitor (www.globalmediamonitor.com), 2003
• Faculty Associate/Consultant, The Mainstream Media Project
• Faculty Associate/Consultant, Free Press
• American Politics and media consultant, HungryMinds.com, the Web’s learning hub, 2000. (Featured in national advertising campaign in USA Today and WSJ)
• American political history consultant, The History Channel, 2000
• Demographic and lifestyle communications consultant, Cohn & Wolfe, 2000
• Vice-President, Cultural Environment Movement, a national coalition of more than 150 community-based organizations and 6,000 individuals united in working for gender equity and general diversity in media employment, ownership, representation and perspective, 1999-2000
• Faculty Adviser and Conference Co-Chair, College and High School Convention,  a national political convention of college students preceding the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, Manchester, NH, 2000
• Faculty Advisor, Media Channel (www.mediachannel.org), world’s largest online global media and culture site, 2002-2004
• Executive Director and Media spokesperson, Common Cause of New Hampshire, a nonpartisan, citizens’ advocacy organization working on ethics, accountability, and campaign finance reform, 1997-2000
• Featured columnist, Common Dreams website, 1999-
• Contributing writer/columnist, Washington International magazine, 1990-1995
• Contributing writer, Toward Freedom magazine, Burlington, Vermont, 1995-1998
• Member, Profnet, an online database for academic spokespersons
• Expert listing, Global Perspectives: A Policy Media Guide of Progressive Foreign Policy Experts; published jointly by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC)
• Member, Institute for Public Accuracy, a San Francisco- and Washington, D.C.-based consortium of public policy analysts, 1997-
• Faculty Associate, Humanities Resource Center, NH Humanities Council (1997-2000)
• Faculty Associate, The Atlantic Council of the United States (1999-2000)

Professional, University and Community Service

(a) M.A. Thesis Supervisor

K.Cassady, “Reality TV,” 2004

K. Du, “Dancing with Chains: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese Media’s Coverage of the Sars Crisis,” 2004

C. Hughes, “Will & Grace: How Does a Show About Homosexuality Hit It Big?” 2004

D.Pirnazar, “The Effects of Negative Political Ads on Voter Turnout During the 2000 Presidential Election,” 2004

M. Verzeanu, “Russia and the Russians in the Los Angeles Times: From `Red Menace’ to ‘New Democratic Partnership.’” 2004

(b) M.A. Thesis/Project Committee

C. Keshav, “The Internet and the Indian-American Experience,” 2005
H. Nakachi, “Integration of International and U.S. Domestic Students at Cal State Fullerton,” 2004

M. Weber, “The Phenomenology of the Straight-Edge Music Subculture,” 2004

(c) M.A. Comprehensive Examination Committee

M. Maki, journalism concentration component

H. Shen, theory component

N. Sutcliff, theory component

(d) Doctoral Thesis External Examiner

Robert J. Kodosky, “The Joint United States Public Affairs Office in Vietnam: The Truth and Consequences of American Psychological Operations,” Temple University, 2005.

(e) Independent Study

Eleazar Elizondo, “Propaganda,” 2003

(f) Student References

Benjamin Becker

Rudy Gharib

Jenifer Ellis

Vivianne Wightman

CSUF Departmental and University Service

Member, Scholarship & Awards Committee, 2005-2008

Co-Editor and Liaison, Department Website, 2005-2008

Member, CSUF International Education Committee, 2004-2005

Chair, CSUF University Advancement Committee, 2003-2004

Member, Journalism Concentration Committee, 2002-2008

Member, Faculty Research and Development Committee, 2003-2008

Member, Graduate Committee, 2003-2008

Member, Curriculum Committee, 2004-2008

Member, College Development Committee, 2003-2008

Member, Department Publicity & Promotions Committee, 2004-2008

Liaison, College Development Committee and University Advancement, 2003-2004

Search Committee, Director of Development, College of Communications, 2003

Faculty Associate, Office of International Education & Exchange (Fulbright Application Judge), 2003

Departmental Representative, CUSF “Fullerton Initiative” on Homeland Security, a campus-wide working group on homeland security and counterterrorism efforts, 2002-2003

Political Science Department Chair, New England College, 1998-2000

Student Internship Coordinator, Common Cause of New Hampshire, 1997-2000

Chair, Faculty Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Political Science, NEC, 1998-1999

Faculty Adviser, Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority, NEC, 1997-2000

Faculty Welfare Committee, NEC, 1996-1998

Faculty Representative to Board of Trustees, Institutional Advancement Committee, NEC, 1996-1998

Member, Faculty Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Art, NEC, 1996-1997

Worked with Americorps staff and faculty colleagues to add community service and service learning dimension to curriculum, NEC, 1997-2000

Faculty Associate, Judicial Review Board, NEC, 1996-1998

Community Service Coordinator, Political Science Department, 1999

Select Campus and Community Activities  

• “The Road to Media Stardom” with Dr. Nancy Segal, Dr. Nancy Snow, and Dr. Raphael Sonenshein, Public Affairs, California State University, Fullerton.  Panel featuring top three media sources at CSUF out of 900 full-time faculty.  April 11, 2006.
• Panelist, “Democracy and the Media,” Cal State Fullerton's Division of Political Science and Criminal Justice, Titan Student Union, September 24, 2004.  
• Panelist, “The Future of Democracy,” California State University, Fullerton, Phi Beta Delta conference, May 5, 2004. 
• Panelist, “The Media Matrix: Intellectual Bankruptcy or a Reflection of Us?” Center for Community Dialogue and University Honors Program, Cal State Fullerton, November 12, 2003. 
• Phil Reeker, Deputy State Department Spokesman, guest lecturer in Comm 480 on the topic, “Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy in the War on Terrorism,” February 18, 2003.
• David Ballard, Director, Foreign Press Centers, U.S. State Department, guest lecturer in Comm 426 Global Media Systems, December 10, 2002.
• Coordinated and arranged first visit in CSUF history of C-SPAN School Bus, Sept., 2002.   
• Conference Co-Chair and Student Volunteer Organizer, College and High School Convention 2000.  The Center of New Hampshire, Manchester, NH, January 2000.
• Moderator, “Candidates: Listen to Us!: A Pre-Debate Student Forum.” Co-sponsored by New England College, College Convention 2000, and WNDS-TV, January 2000.
• Guest Lecturer, “Citizen Responsibility in a Democracy,” Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire. April 8, 1999.
• House Elections Law Committee, Legislative Office Building, Concord, New Hampshire, March 23, 1999.  Spoke in favor of New Hampshire Clean Elections Act.
• Moderator, Oxfam Hunger Banquet, sponsored by ServeCorp, a student-run community service organization.  New England College, March 1, 1999.
• Moderator, Oxfam Hunger Banquet.  November 18, 1998.  Henniker 4-H Club, Henniker, NH.
• Presentation, Board of Selectmen meeting, town of Henniker.  November 10, 1998.  My appearance was to express my concern that less than ten percent of voters age 18-30 voted in New Hampshire on November 3, 1998.  We explored ways to increase voter turnout among youth.
• Co-facilitator, Global Economy workshop, New England College.  Assisted sociology professor Dr. Dennis Kalob with a student workshop on human rights and the global economy.  November 14, 1998.
• Moderator, Henniker Election Fair: A Political Homeshow.  October 6, 1998. Hosted a candidates’ night for citizens of Henniker that featured federal and local candidates from the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties.
• Moderator, “A Conversation with Senator Paul Wellstone,” New England College, April 26, 1998.  Senator Wellstone was a Democratic presidential candidate.
• Moderator, “Campaign Financing: A Threat to our Democracy,” presentation by former Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox.  Franklin Pierce Law Center, April 19, 1998.
• Presenter, “Special Interests and Foreign Policy,” Teacher Seminar sponsored by the NH Council on World Affairs. March 23, 1998.
• Presenter and Moderator, “Issues in American Foreign Policy,” a student regional conference panel discussion at Con-Val High School.  March 19, 1998.
• Conference Coordinator, Great Decisions Institute 1998.  An all-day conference on U.S. foreign policy sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association, New Hampshire Council on World Affairs, and New England College.  January 31, 1998.
• Moderator, General Education Forum on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, New England College, October 8, 1997.
• Guest speaker, Heritage Heights Election Reform Committee, Concord, NH, May 27, 1997.
• Exhibitor, Common Cause of New Hampshire, Governor’s Conference on Volunteerism.  New Hampshire Technical Institute, Manchester, NH, May 12, 1997.
• Faculty coordinator and moderator, Marion Maged presentation, “The Holocaust: A Personal Experience and Exploration of Choices and Personal Responsibility.”  New England College, April 30, 1997.  Arranged Concord Monitor article connected to talk.
• Coordinator, 4-hour workshop on “The Global Economy: A View from the Bottom Up.”  New England College, April 19, 1997.  Result of Gilmore Fund Grant for Excellence in Teaching.
• Exhibitor, Common Cause of New Hampshire, annual meeting of NH Smoke-Free Alliance.  Manchester, NH, March 20, 1997.
• Guest lecturer, “Managing Conflict.” College for Life-Long Learning, University of New Hampshire. March 20, 1997, Rochester, New Hampshire.
• Luncheon speaker, “Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution: Western vs. Non-Western Values.”  New Hampshire Council on World Affairs.  Manchester, NH, January 15, 1997.
• Moderator, 50th Anniversary Lecture Series, "Social Security: Bridging the Generation Gap."  Featuring Neal Kurk, NH House Finance Chair, and Arnie Arnesen, Democratic candidate for New Hampshire, Second Congressional District.  New England College, October 12, 1996.
• Moderator, "Henniker Election Fair: A Political Homeshow," featuring candidates for Congressional, Gubernatorial and State Legislature.  Henniker Middle School, October 8, 1996.
• Faculty organizer, “Democracy Teach-In,” NEC.  Organized and moderated two-part program on citizen response to corporate power.  Part I on October 3, 1996 featured Dr. Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange, San Francisco, CA.  Part II on November 12, 1996 featured a panel discussion on “Rite Aid: Wrong Town?” which included members of The Only Henniker on Earth Committee, a local citizens’ lobby resisting Rite Aid.
• Program Coordinator, "The Spin Cycle: Press, Politics and the New Hampshire Primary."  Featured twenty international journalists for four days of programming, February 8-12, 1996.  Result of Delphi International grant and Gilmore Fund for Excellence in Teaching.
• Moderator, forum on "Intolerance in Politics," featuring Ken Coleman, Arnie Arnesen, Neal Kurk and Jack Falvey. Sponsored by Merrimack County Democratic Committee and held at Simon Center, New England College, January 31, 1996.
• Faculty adviser, Students Organized Against Rite-Aid (S.O.A.R.), an ad hoc student group that formed in response to a “Democracy Teach-In” at NEC.  I advised the students on letter writing campaigns, petition gathering, and peer education.  The students successfully published an editorial in the Concord Monitor and collected over 150 student signatures in opposition to building a Rite Aid in the town of Henniker.  Led several groups of students to town meetings on Rite Aid, 1997.
• Faculty Adviser, The Only Henniker on Earth Committee, Sustaining Grant Proposal for $10,000 Haymarket People’s Portfolio grant.  Authored letter of support that was included in successful grant application package.

Related Professional Experience

Mar 1994-Oct. 1994   Communications/Media Coordinator                            

U.S. Information Agency

Presidential Management Fellows Program Rotation

                                    Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs

Writer on international exchange issues for USIA Director, Director of Bureau, and Director of Office of Global Affairs for conference delivery and fundraising initiatives; Write feature articles and press releases which raise visibility of USIA artistic programs; Program Manager for exchange programs to Asia, American Republics and the Caribbean. 

Nov. 1993-Feb. 1994  Liaison Officer/Intergovernmental Consultant    

U.S. Department of State (PMF Program Rotation)

Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration

Office of Policy

Act as consultant on refugee and migration issues in Bureau; review and analyze reports from overseas posts and from NGOs and IGOs on refugee and migration policies; Conduct historical and current studies of the refugee women policies of the United States; other countries and the United Nations; Bureau liaison to women in foreign policy inter-agency working group and Beijing Conference on Women; meetings planner for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs); State Department escort officer and report writer.

Oct. 1992-Oct. 1993   Academic Exchange/Cultural Affairs Specialist 

U. S. Information Agency (PMF Program Rotation)

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Office of Academic Exchange Programs

Serve as communications coordinator to raise visibility of USIA’s prestigious Fulbright program; responsible for academic exchange policy and formulating Fulbright program strategies for Germany, Spain, Croatia, Slovenia, and Macedonia; Liaison to posts/commissions and programming agencies (CIES, IIE) to accommodate shifts in resources; grants evaluator for university-affiliated applicants.

Nov. 1987-Sep. 1992  Information Technology Consultant                              

National Institutes of Health

User Resource Center

Bethesda, M.D.

Assist NIH scientists and personnel in the use of personal computer technology for database management and word processing; Tutor in beginning and intermediate packages of DOS, WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, and dBase III Plus, as well as other applications for IBM, Macintosh and Apple computers.

Nov. 91-Sep. 92          International Education/Training Consultant

                                    Delphi International Group

                                    Washington, D.C.

Design and deliver training programs for international clients, including public sector and private industry executives; program areas of expertise include foreign policy, media, financial management, refugee and migration policy, and stocks and bonds.  Assist vice president in designing for-profit training programs for non-governmental clients from the former Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China; Team leader in planning 4-week training programs for Chinese clients to study stocks, bonds, and financial management. 

Summers 1988-90        Program/Academic Coordinator                                  

Fulbright Preacademic Training Program

American University, Office of Continuing Studies

Program and coordinate three-week intensive adaptation and training program for Fulbright senior scholars to the U.S.; Facilitate workshops on survival/information needs, home stays, and culture shock; liaison to U.S. Information Agency, the Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York, and the Office of Continuing Studies, American University. 

Jan.-Jun 1989               Conference Coordinator                                              

AT&T Company

Washington, D.C.

Coordinate $50,000 budget for conference entitled, “Telecommunications in Evolution: Implications for International Relations”; Design all conference materials and act as liaison between AT&T graphics and public relations and academic co-sponsor; Prepare invitation list of over 400 experts in telecommunications from business, government and academia. 

Professional References

Dr. Nick Cull                                                  Tel: (213) 821-4080

Professor and Director                                    cull@usc.edu

Master's Program on Public Diplomacy

University of Southern California

3502 Watt Way

Los Angeles, CA  90089-0281         

Dean Louis Goodman                                       Tel: (202) 885-1603

School of International Service                          goodman@american.edu

American University

4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Washington, DC  20016

Dr. Garth Jowett                                               Tel: (713) 743-2884

Professor of Communication                             gjowett@uh.edu

University of Houston

Communications Building, Room 203-H

Houston, TX  77204-3002

Patricia Keegan                                                Tel: (202) 223-3180

Editor and Publisher                                          washintl@erols.com

Washington International magazine               

967 Evonshire Lane

Great Falls, VA  22066

Michael J. Parks                                             Tel: (213) 740-0638

Director, School of Journalism                         mparks@usc.edu

University of Southern California

Dr. Philip M. Taylor                                          Tel: (011) 33435810

Prof. of Int’l Communications                            p.m.taylor@leeds.ac.uk

Institute of Communication Studies

University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Dr. Rhonda S. Zaharna                                     Tel: (202) 885-3995                            

Professor of Communication                             zaharna@american.edu

American University