Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction, PSU, Fall 1991.

To add unit on alternative media to race, class, gender and media course: $600.

Dissertation Research Fellowship, Annenberg School, U of PA, 1985-86.

To conduct dissertation field research on women artists and social identity: 12-month stipend + $200.

Iowa Center for Communication Study, School of Journalism, U of IA, 1980.

To conduct honor's thesis research on the uses of photographs in research: $100.

Alice Paul Award, Women's Faculty Club, U of PA, 1984.

Graduate Teaching Assistantships, Annenberg School, U of PA, 1981-1985.

Tuition Scholarships, Annenberg School, U of PA, 1980-86.

Small Murray Scholarship Grant, School of Journalism, U of IA, 1980.

Ruth Baty and Maurice Barnett Jones Scholarship, School of Journalism, U of IA, 1979 and 1980.

Leon Barnes Community Journalism Honor Award, School of Journalism, U of IA, 1979.

"Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807)" and "Berenice Abbott (1891-1991)," in Women in World History, Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications, 1998.

"Media Realities: The Social Context of Visual Competence," Journal of Visual Literacy, Vol. 17, No. 2: Autumn 1997, pp. 69-88.

"Missing Persons: Working Class Women and the Movies, 1940-1990," in Feminism, Multiculturalism and the Media: Global Diversities, Angharad Valdivia, Ed., Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1995. (Co-author: Jasmine Paul.)

"'Woman Artist': Between Myth and Stereotype," in On the Margins of Art Worlds, Larry Gross, Ed., Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995.

Also presented at the Conference on Social Theory, Politics & the Arts, Philadelphia, October 1992.

"'Feminist Facts': Interview Strategies and Political Subjects in Ethnography," Communication Theory , Vol. 2, No. 3, August 1992.

"'Artist Woman': Self Identity in the Challenge of Art-World Boundaries," in Muse/10: An Exhibition Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Muse Gallery, Philadelphia: Muse Gallery, 1988.

"Alternative vs. Stepping Stone: The Role of Cooperatives in the Women's Art Movement," The WARM Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1987.

Also presented at the Women's Art Registry of Minnesota National Conference, Minneapolis, October 1986; and at the 7th International Conference on Culture and Communication, Philadelphia, October 1989.

"Being There: Ethnographic Methodology in the Study of Electronic Communities," currently under review. (Co-author: Jon Mark Giese)

"Woman Artist": Communicating Social Identity ; book proposal, currently under review by several publishers.

Workshop organizer/participant:

"Decentering Power/Negotiating Territories," Coalition for Multicultural Feminist Studies in Communication workshop, University Park, PA, April 1993.

"Women's Voices, Women's Art," MUSE Foundation for the Visual Arts, Philadelphia, PA, April 1988.

"Women in the Arts: Being & Becoming," Philadelphia Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art, Philadelphia, PA, November 1986.

Session organizer/moderator:

“Representation and Rhetoric: Studying the Role of the Image,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Visual Communication Division, Baltimore, August 1998.

"Conflicted Identities," Conference on Social Theory, Politics & the Arts, Philadelphia, October 1992.

"Strategies of Evidence in Communications Ethnography," International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, May 1989.

"Current Research on Women in the Arts," Women in the Arts: Being & Becoming," Philadelphia, PA, November 1986.

Session respondent:

"Boundary Crossing in the Postmodern: Pedagogy, Meaning and Action," Sessions I & II, International Communication Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C., May 1993.

“Being There: Using Ethnographic Methodology in the Study of Electronic Communities,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Qualitative Studies Division, Baltimore, August 1998. (Co-author: Dr. J. Mark Giese)

"Womanist Art: The Politics of Gloves and Goddesses," Tenth Annual Visual Communication Conference, Alta, Utah, June 1996.

"Media Realities: Children's Interpretations of News and Advertising Images," International Communication Association Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 1994.

"Blind Geniuses and Mad Women: The Construction of Gendered Artists in Documentary Films," Society for Cinema Studies Annual Conference, Syracuse, NY, Spring 1994.

"'Woman Artist': A Contradiction in Terms?" Conference on Social Theory, Politics & the Arts, Philadelphia, October 1992.

"Learning and Teaching Conventions of Picturing as Interpretive Cue," Seventy-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, November 1991.

"'Feminist Facts': Strategies for Reconstructing the Relationship between Researcher and Researched in Communications Ethnography," International Communication Association Annual Conference, Chicago, May 1991.

"Sexual Minorities in the Undergraduate Curriculum," International Communication Association Annual Conference, Chicago, May 1991.

"Interview Strategies as Evidence in Constructing the Identity 'Woman Artist,'" International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, May 1989.

"'Woman Artist': Social-Self Identity in the Challenge of Art-World Boundaries," International Communication Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, May 1988.

Also presented at the Social Theory, Politics and The Arts conference, State University of New York, Albany, October 1987.

"The Conventions of Picturing as Interpretive Cue," 5th International Conference on Culture and Communication, Temple University, Philadelphia, March 1983.

"The Graduate/Professional Student: Assessing Needs and Services," National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Regional Conference, Downingtown, PA, June 1985. (Co-author: Dr. Charlotte Jacobsen)

"Women and Hunting: Negotiating Gendered Territories," School of Communications Faculty Colloquium, PSU, September 1993.

"Women and Hunting: A Work in Progress," Coalition for Multicultural Feminist Studies in Communications workshop, "Decentering Power/Negotiating Territories," University Park, PA, April 1993.

"Woman Artist: Communicating Social Identity," Art Education Colloquium, PSU, October 1992.

“Marketing Internship Programs,” Opportunities Industrialization Center of Ouachita, Inc., Region IV Conference, Monroe, LA, December 1998.

Subject: Media handling of the Clinton-Lewinsky question

Guest panelist (one of two) for news analysis program, “Viewpoint”; aired by KTVE-TV, Monroe, LA, February 15, 1998.

Subject: Discussion of "Dreamworlds II" video.

Panel member (one of two) for open screening and forum, sponsored by Women in Cable and Telecommunications; PSU College of Communications, April 1996.

Subjects: Media portrayal of women; portrayal of women in advertising.

Guest for two editions of issue-oriented program, "Taking Note"; aired by WPSX-TV, State College, PA, several times in 1994.

Subject: Journalism and political candidates' private lives.

On-camera interview, “Focus on Centre County”; aired by C-SPAN, State College, PA, April 1993.

"Gender in Advertising," West Halls Program, PSU, March 1993.

"Gender and Profession," Penn State Marketing Association, Penn State University, Spring 1991.

Subject: Gender stereotypes and Playboy magazine.

On-camera interview, Focus on Centre County; aired by C-SPAN, State College, PA, April 1991.

Radio talk-show guest, 91 Newstalk; broadcast live by WPSU-FM, State College, PA, April 1991.

"The Price of Solidarity?" Muse Gallery 10th Anniversary Conference, "Women's Voices, Women's Art," Philadelphia, April 1988.

Editor and electronic design & layout, Liberalis, newsletter of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, Fall 1997-Present.

Publication design projects for Tabernacle United Church, Philadelphia, 1982-86; United Ministries in Higher Education, Iowa City, IA, 1980; Omicron Delta Kappa, Iowa City, IA, 1978.

Video productions for Departments of Student Life and Residential Living, University of Pennsylvania, 1985; and Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA, 1976.

"Fragile Giant," slide lecture on marine life and reef ecology; widely presented to various civic and avocational groups, Iowa City, IA; 1978-80.

Multimedia training and public relations productions for Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA, 1976-78.

Freelance contributions to the Underwater Photographer, The Iowa City Press Citizen, Arts Magazine, Vital Signs, Forefront, U.C.C. Reporter.

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Visual Communications Division

Qualitative Studies Division

Public Relations Society of America

International Communication Association

Visual Communication Interest Group

Philosophy of Communication Division

Feminist Scholarship Interest Group

Governance Committee, 1991-92

Manuscript Reviewer, 1991-93

Founding Member, Coalition for Multicultural Feminist Studies in Communication, 1992-1994

Judge, Public Speaking Competition, Future Business Leaders of America, Monroe, LA, 1998.

Academic Advisory Board for Annual Editions: Mass Media, The Dushkin Publishing Group Inc., 1993.

Manuscript and proposal reviewer:

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Visual Communication Division, 1998

Southeast Colloquium, AEJMC History Division, 1997

Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1997

Broadcast Education Association, Gender Issues Division, 1996

Journalism Quarterly, 1995

Journalism Educator, 1994

Wadsworth Publishing, 1993

Communication Theory, 1992

Mayfield Publishing, 1990-91, 1996

Commissioned research:

University of Pennsylvania Office of Student Life, 1984-85: Survey of graduate and professional student needs and services.

Pennsylvania Humanities Council, 1995: Evaluation of call-in radio program on literature by and for women.

Faculty Marshall for Broadcast/Cable, School of Communications, PSU, 1991

Phi Beta Kappa

University of Iowa Hancher-Finkbine Medallion

Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society

Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society in Journalism

Pi Sigma Alpha National Honor Society in Political Science

2nd Place, Sport Diver Magazine/Underwater Photography Instructors Association Annual Underwater Photography Competition, Black & White Saltwater Division, July 1978.

Refocus National Fall Competition, Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa, Iowa City, October 1977.

Honorable Mention, NAUI International Photo Competition, Seattle, WA, March 1977.

Group exhibition: "Hidden Talent," The Bowl Room Gallery, Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania, April 1985.

Solo exhibitions:

Liberalis, Editor and Committee Chair, 1997-98

Faculty Senator, 1994-95, 1995-96

Curriculum Committee, Chair, 1994-95, 1995-96

Associate Dean Search Committee, 1993-94

Media Studies Search Committee, 1993-94

Task Force for Associate Dean Structure, 1993

Liaison to Liberal Arts Faculty, 1992-93

Graduate Studies Committee, 1991-93

Academic Diversity Committee, Co-Chair, 1991-93

Mass Communications Search Committee, 1991-92

Curriculum Committee, 1990-91

Faculty Senate Curricular Affairs Committee, 1994-95, 1995-96

"Other Cultures" Subcommittee, Faculty Senate Curricular Affiars Committee, 1995-96

Health Sciences and Physical Education Consultative Committee, General Education Committee of the Faculty Senate, 1991-92

Chair, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, 1982-84

President's Committee on Consultation, 1982-84

Academic Planning and Budget Committee, 1982-84