1 Ronald Bishop, Ph.D. 569 Hemingway Drive Hockessin, DE 19707 Home: (302) 239-6367 Office: (215) 895-1823 rcbsam@comcast.net EDUCATION Ph.D. 1997 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA School of Communications and Theater Dissertation: Promoting the Thinness Ideal: Perceptions of Diet Product Advertising M.A. 1986 Fordham University, New York, NY College of Arts and Sciences Concentration: Communication Theory, Persuasion B.A. 1983 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA School of Communications and Theater Major: Radio-Television Film Graduated Magna Cum Laude EMPLOYMENT 1995present Drexel University Professor Department of Culture and Communication Promoted to full professor, 2008 Awarded tenure, 2003. Assistant Professor, 1997-2003. Instructor, one-year contract, 1995-96, 1996-97. Adjunct faculty, 1995. September 1988September 1995 Temple University School of Communications and Theater Adjunct Faculty September 1988September 1993 Rowan University School of Communications Adjunct Faculty 2 Courses Taught Advanced Business Writing Broadcast Advertising English Composition I Fundamentals of Journalism Grant Writing Magazine Article Writing Mass Media and Society Principles of Communication Computer-Assisted Journalism Investigative Reporting Public Relations Public Service Campaigns Remedial Composition Technical Writing Leadership Development University Seminar Writing for Business Journalism, the Courts, and the Law Global Journalism The Search for Truth in Media Fifteen Minutes: The Cultural History of Fame Mythmakers, Storytellers, Wannabes, and Groupies: A Social History of Sports Journalism It’s a Wonder We’re Free to Speak at All: Free Speech and Censorship Communication in the Self-Help Movement Courses Developed or Revised Undergraduate The Search for Truth in Media Communication in the Self-Help Movement It’s a Wonder We’re Free to Speak at All: Free Speech and Censorship Journalism Online Advanced (Investigative) Journalism Fifteen Minutes: The Cultural History of Fame Sports and the Mass Media Mythmakers, Storytellers, Wannabes, and Groupies: A Social History of Sports Journalism Journalists, the Courts, and the Law From the Muckrakers to Matt Drudge: The Social History of Investigative Reporting Computer Assisted Journalism Global Journalism Public Service Campaigns Principles of Communication 3 Graduate Qualitative Research Methods Grant Writing Investigative Journalism Journalists, the Courts, and the Law Public Relations Strategies and Writing PUBLICATIONS BOOKS 2013 Open for Business: How Community Newspapers Covered the Japanese-American Internment. Denver, CO: University Press of Colorado. Prospectus accepted, January 2013. 2011 MORE: The Vanishing of Scale in an Over-The-Top World, Waco, TX: Baylor University Press. 2009 When Play Was Play: Why Pick-Up Games Matter. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. 2007 Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance: The News Media and Michael Newdow’s Constitutional Challenge. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. JOURNAL ARTICLES 2013 “The Professional Protester: Emergence of a New News Media Protest Coverage Paradigm in Time Magazine’s 2011 Person of the Year Issue.” Accepted for publication by Journal of New Media and Magazine Research, February 2013. “No Fight Left in the Dog: A Textual analysis of the “Domesticated Journalist” in Ford’s “Drive One” Ad Campaign. Accepted for publication by Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture Journal, April 2013. 2012 “The Least Anxious Person in a Boat: Journalists Perform a Status Degradation Ceremony as They Mourn Walter Cronkite,” Electronic Journal of Communication, 21, 3-4. Available: http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v21n34toc.htm. 4 2011 “The Transcendent Metrosexual: Affirmations of Hegemonic Masculinity in News Media Coverage of the Birth of Tom Brady’s Baby.” Journal of Sports Media. Available: http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu. 2009 “Shaking the Trees: The Psychology of Collecting in News Coverage of the College Admissions Process,” International Journal of Progressive Education, 5 (1), 6-23. “It Hurts the Team Even More: Differences in Coverage by Sports Journalists of White and African-American Athletes Who Engage in Contract Holdouts,” Journal of Sports Media, 4 (1), 55-84. “Little More Than Minutes: How Two Wyoming Community Newspapers Covered Construction of the Heart Mountain Internment Camp,” American Journalism., 26 (3), 732. 2008 “Where Can Elmo Learn More?: Sesame Street’s Elmo as Collector of Information.” American Communication Journal, 10 (1). Available: www.acjournal.org. “From a Distance: Marginalization of the Poor in Television Ads for Goodwill Industries,” Journal of Poverty, 12 (4), 411-431. “In the Grand Scheme of Things: An Exploration of the Meaning of Genealogical Research,” Journal of Popular Culture, 41 (3), 393-412. 2007 “That is Good to Think About These Days: The Hearst Newspapers Campaign Promoting the Addition of `Under God’ to the Pledge of Allegiance,” American Journalism, 24 (2), 61-86, 2007. 2006 “It Turns Out the Armoire is Your Mother: Narratives of Addiction in Two Cable Television Organization Programs,” Addiction Research and Theory, 14 (2) 139-157. 5 2005 “The Wayward Child: An Ideological Analysis of Sports Contract Holdout Coverage,” Journalism Studies, 6 (4), 445-460. “The Essential Force of the Clan: Developing a Collecting-Inspired Ideology Through Textual Analysis,” Journal of Popular Culture, 38 (6) 990-1010. “A Philosophy of Exhibitionism: Exploring Media Coverage of Al Roker and Carnie Wilson’s Gastric Bypass Surgeries.” Journal of Communication Inquiry, 29 (2), 119-140. 2004 “The Accidental Journalist: Boundary-Work Rhetoric in News Coverage of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Interview With President Clinton.” Journalism Studies 5 (1), 31-44. 2003 “It’s Not Always About the Money: Exploring News Coverage of the Act of Collecting.” Communication Review, 6 (2), 117-136. “The Presbyopic Six: Exploring the Marginalization of Protest and of Journalism in a Television/Online Advertising Campaign. Popular Communication, 1 (3), 143-162. "The World's Nicest Grown-Up: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of News Media Coverage of Fred Rogers," Journal of Communication, 53 (1), 16-31. "Missing in Action: Feature Coverage of Women's Sports in Sports Illustrated." Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 27 (2), 184-194. 2002 "Brought to You in The Public Interest: An Exploration of How Public Service Announcements are Placed on the Air," Journal of Radio Studies, 9 (2), 227-246. "A Nod From Destiny: How African-American and White Sportswriters Covered the Entry of Kenny Washington into the National Football League," American Journalism, 19 (1), 81-106. "In the Public Interest?: The State of Locally Produced Television Programming Since Deregulation (w/E. Hakanen)," Journal of Communication Inquiry , 26 (3), 261-276. 6 2001 "The Pursuit of Perfection: A Narrative Analysis of How Women's Magazines Cover Eating Disorders," Howard Journal of Communication, 12 (4), 221-240. "If You Build It, We Won't Leave: Turner's Social Drama in News Coverage of New Stadium Controversies," Journalism Studies, 2 (3), 2001, 373-392. "Old Dogs, New Tricks: An Ideological Analysis of Thematic Shifts in Television Advertising for Diet Products, 1990-2000, Journal of Communication Inquiry, 25 (4), 334-352. "News Media, Heal Thyselves: Sourcing Patterns in News Stories About News Media Performance." Journal of Communication Inquiry, 25 (1), 22-37. "Stealing the Signs: A Semiotic Analysis of the Changing Nature of Professional Sports Team Logos.” Social Semiotics, 11 (1), 2000, 23-41. "Dreams in the Line: A Day at the Antiques Roadshow." Journal of Popular Culture, 35 (3), 195-209. 2000 "To Protect and to Serve: The `Guard Dog' Function of Journalism in News Coverage of the Japanese-American Internment." Journalism and Communication Monographs Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer), 65-103. "Good Afternoon, Good Evening, and Good Night: The Truman Show as Media Criticism." Journal of Communication Inquiry, 24 (1), 6-18. "More than Meets the Eye: An Exploration of Research on the Connection Between Mass Media and Body Image." Communication Yearbook 23, 271-303. 1999 "From Behind the Walls: A Discourse Analysis of Boundary Work in News Coverage of Princess Diana's Death.” Journal of Communication Inquiry, 23 (1), 90-117. "What Price History?: Converging Narratives in Television Collectibles Programs." Journal of Popular Culture, 33 (3), 1-28. 7 BOOK CHAPTERS 2006 “The Whole World is Watching, But So What?: A Frame Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Antiwar Protest,” in Leading to the 2003 Iraq War, co-edited by A. Nikolaev and E. Hakanen, New York: MacMillan-Palgrave. "Dreams in the Line: A Day at the Antiques Roadshow" reprinted in G. Muller (Ed.) Many Americas: Reading and Writing Across the Cultural Divides. New York: Houghton Mifflin. 2003 “Strength in Numbers? How Journalists Cover Protest” in In The Shadow of War, volume 4 of Defeating Terrorism/Developing Dreams series. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House. “A Matter of Trust: Where do Journalists Go From Here?” in Beyond 9/11 and the Iraq War, volume 5 of Defeating Terrorism/Developing Dreams series. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House. 1997 "Cable Television: Unfulfilled Promise?" Book chapter in Mass Media and Society, E. Hakanen and A. Wells, eds. New York: Ablex. BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS 2013 McLeod, K. (2011). We Are The Champions: The Politics of Sports and Popular Music. Popular Music and Society. Accepted for publication, March 2013. 2010 Ono, K. & Pham, V. (2008). Asian-Americans and the Media. Journalism Studies, 11 (6), 908. 2008 Yule, P. (2006). The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover (documentary). Film and History. 8 Halpern, J. (2007). Fame Junkies: The Hidden Truths Behind America’s Favorite Addiction. Journal of Popular Culture, 41 (1), 163-164. Tang. P. (2007). Masters of the Sabar: Wolof Griot Percussionists of Senegal. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Popular Music and Society. Accepted for publication, May 2008. 2006 Woodward, B. (2005). The Secret Man. American Journalism, 23 (4), 132-134. 2005 Gelb, L. (2003). City Room. American Journalism, 22 (4), 101-103. 2003 Alexander, A. F. (2002). Race Man: The Rise and Fall of the “Fighting Editor,” John Mitchell Jr. Journalism History, 29 (3), 148. Scott, K. (2001). The Moose That Roared: The Story of Jay Ward, Bill Scott, a Flying Squirrel, and a Talking Moose. Journal of Popular Culture, 37 (2), 354-355. Corey, M. (2000). The World Through a Monocle, Journal of Popular Culture, 37 (1), 128-130. Wasko, J. (2001). Understanding Disney, Journal of Communication, 53 (1), 183-184. Seabrook, J. (2000). NoBrow: The Culture of Marketing and The Marketing of Culture and McChesney, R. (1999). Rich Media, Poor Democracy, Journal of Communication Inquiry, 27 (2), 211-215. 2002 Martindale, D. (1999). Pufunstuf and Other Stuff: The Weird and Wonderful World of Sid and Marty Krofft. Los Angeles: Renaissance Books. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 29 (4), 190. 2001 Chaplin, G. (2001). Presstime in Paradise, Journal of Communication, 51 (2), 448-449. Reddick, R. (2000). The Online Journalist, American Communication Journal. Online. Available: http://www.americancomm.org, 4 (2). 9 Fernandes, D. & Robinson, D. (1999). A Guide to Television's Mayberry R.F.D., Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 29 (1), 93-94. 2000 Rosen, J. (2000). What are Journalists For? Journal of Communication, 50 (2). 183-185. 1999 Massey, K. (1999). Readings in Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture. Mayfield Publishing Co. American Communication Journal, 2 (3). Online. Available: http://www.americancomm.org. Potter, W. J. (1998). Media Literacy. London: Sage. Southern Journal of Communication, 65 (1). Hugenberg, L. & Moyer, B. S. (1997). Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication Course. Dubuque, IA: Kendal Hunt. Southern Journal of Communication. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2013 “The Least Anxious Person in a Boat: Journalists Perform a Status Degradation Ceremony as They Mourn Walter Cronkite.” Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference, New York. Hakanen, E.A., Novak, A.N., Fidyk, J. & Bishop, R., “Life’s Been Good to Me So Far: Exploring Changes in the Story of Fame in Popular Songs.” Popular Culture Association, Washington, DC. Bishop, R. & Zaveri, A. “Meeting ‘The Highest of Adult Standards:’ Exploring the Meaning to Society of Child Prodigies.” Popular Culture Association, Washington, DC. Hakanen, E.A., Novak, A.N., & Bishop, R. “Get to Know Your Local Occupiers: A Framing Analysis of the Coverage of the Occupy Movement. International Communication Association, London. 2012 Falcone, A. & Bishop, R. “The Proverbial Newspaperman’s Rainbow: Exploring the Casa 10 Grande Dispatch’s Coverage of the Gila River Internment Camp.” Joint Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the American Journalism Historians Association, New York. Soeur, M. & Bishop, R. “My Back Pages: Exploring the Meaning Men Derive From Reading Women’s Magazines.” Popular Culture Association, Boston. 2011 Bokunewicz, J. & Bishop, R. “Logos Fired in Anger: Using Content and Semiotic Analysis to Explore Design Changes in Professional Sports Team Logos,” Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Popular Culture Association, Philadelphia. Daggett, R. & Bishop, R. “In Performance of Its Duty: How the Lamar Daily News Covered the Coming of the Amache Internment Camp,” Joint Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the American Journalism Historians Association, New York. 2010 “Postcards From the Protest Zone: A Textual Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of China’s Efforts to Stifle Dissent Before the Beijing Olympics.” Fourth Summit on Commnication and Sport, Kent State University and Youngstown State University, Cleveland, OH. “Just Another Kind of Playing Hurt: Philadelphia Sportswriters Cover a Pro Athlete’s Battle With Depression.” Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore. “My Drug of Choice: How the News Media Characterize an Expanding Range of Activities as Addictions,” Popular Culture Association, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, November, Alexandria, VA. 2009 Hakanen, E., Damiter, A., & Bishop, R. “Only White Athletes Need Apply: Changes in the Construction of Heroism in American Newspapers.” Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia. 2008 “Go Out and Play, But Mean It: Using Frame Analysis to Explore Coverage of the Rediscovery of Unstructured Play.” Kidding Around: The Child in Film and Media, University of the District of Columbia, September 2008. “The Transcendent Metrosexual: Affirmations of Hegemonic Masculinity in News Coverage of the Birth of Tom Brady’s Baby.” Popular Culture Association, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, October 2008, Niagara Falls, Ontario. 11 “From a Distance: Marginalization of the Poor in Television Ads for Goodwill Industries,” International Communication Association, Montreal. Panel discussion based on Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance: The News Media and Michael Newdow’s Constitutional Challenge, June 3, 2008, First Amendment Center, Washington, DC. Audio recording of panel available at www.firstamendmentcenter.org. Panel discussion based on Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance: The News Media and Michael Newdow’s Constitutional Challenge held as part of Drexel University’s “Magnificent Minds” lecture series, May 2008. 2007 “Little More Than Minutes: How Two Wyoming Community Newspapers Covered the Construction of the Heart Mountain Internment Camp,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC. “An Irresponsible Display: Differences in Coverage by Sports Journalists of White and African-American Athletes Who Engage in Contract Holdouts,” Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Popular Culture Association, Philadelphia. “Shaking the Trees: The Psychology of Collecting in Newspaper Coverage of the College Admission Process,” Popular Culture Association, Boston. “That is Good to Think About These Days: The Hearst Newspapers Campaign Promoting the Addition of `Under God’ to the Pledge of Allegiance,” Joint Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the American Journalism Historians Association, New York. “That Was Our Cue: How African-American Journalists Contributed to Ending the Ban on African-American Players in the National Football League,” Joint Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the American Journalism Historians Association, New York. 2006 “Pick Your Battles: How Journalists Covered Michael Newdow’s Suit Challenging the Pledge of Allegiance.” Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia. “Where Can Elmo Learn More?: Sesame Street’s Elmo as Collector of Information.” Popular Culture Association, Atlanta. 2005 “A Place of Our Own: The Cultural Significance of Pick-Up Games.” Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Popular Culture Association, New Brunswick, NJ. 12 “The Whole World is Watching, But So What?: A Frame Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Antiwar Protest.” Media Ecology Association, New York. “Turns Out That Armoire is Your Mother: The Addiction Narrative in Television Organization Shows.” Popular Culture Association, San Diego. 2004 “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You: How the Hosts of Find! and Collector Inspector Cut the Ribbon on Do-It-Yourself Museums.” Popular Culture Association, San Antonio. “A Philosophy of Exhibitionism: Exploring Media Coverage of Gastric Bypass Surgery.” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, New Brunswick, NJ. “Just Another New Business: How Community Newspapers Covered the Construction and Opening of Japanese-American Internment Camps.” American Journalism Historians Association/Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (joint meeting), New York. “In the Grand Scheme of Things: Exploring the Meaning of Genealogical Research.” MidAtlantic Chapter of the Popular Culture Association, Wilmington, DE. 2003 “The Accidental Journalist: Boundary Work by Journalists After Leonardo DiCaprio’s Interview With Former President Clinton.” Eastern Communication Association, Washington, DC. “Brought to You as A Public Service: Exploring How Public Service Announcements Find Their Way on to the Air.” Popular Culture Association, New Orleans. “The Essential Force of the Clan: Using Textual Analysis to Develop a Collecting-Inspired Ideology of Genealogy.” Popular Culture Association, New Orleans. 2002 "The Presbyopic Six: Exploring Marginalization of Protest and of Journalism in an Online/Television Advertising Campaign." Eastern Communication Association, New York. "A Tour of Your Stuff: Adolescent Identity Formation Through Acquisition of Things." Popular Culture Association, Toronto. 2001 13 "The Wayward Child: An Ideological Analysis of How Sportswriters Cover Sports Contract Holdouts." Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington. "It's Not Always About the Money: Using Narrative Analysis to Explore News Media Coverage of Collecting." Popular Culture Association, Philadelphia. 2000 "A Nod from Destiny: How White and African-American Journalists Covered Kenny Washington's Entry into the National Football League. American Journalism Historians Association, Pittsburgh. "If You Build It, We Won't Leave: Turner's Social Drama in Newspaper Coverage of Stadium Construction Controversies." International Communication Association, Acapulco. "Dreams in the Line: A Day at the Antiques Roadshow." Popular Culture Association, New Orleans. 1999 "News Media, Heal Thyselves: Sourcing Patterns in News Articles on News Media Performance." Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, New Orleans. * Paper received Faculty Research Award from the AEJMC Newspaper Division's Standing Committee on Research. "The Pursuit of Perfection: A Narrative Analysis of How Women's Magazines Cover Eating Disorders." Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, New Orleans. E. Hakanen & R. Bishop, “In the Public Interest?: The State of Local Broadcasting in the Aftermath of Deregulation,” International Communication Association, San Francisco. "Stealing the Signs: A Semiotic Analysis of the Changing Nature of Professional Sports Logos." Popular Culture Association, San Diego. 1998 "From Behind the Walls: A Discourse Analysis of Boundary Work in News Coverage of Princess Diana's Death." International Communication Association, Jerusalem. "What Price History?: Converging Narratives in Television Collectibles Shows," Popular Culture Association, Orlando. 14 1997 "Old Dogs, New (and Old) Tricks: Narrative Elements in Commercials for Diet and Weight Loss Products from 1990 to the Present," International Communication Association, Montreal. "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Narrative Style Changes in Commercials for Diet Products," Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore. SERVICE AS REVIEWER Conferences International Communication Association, Mass Communication Division, 2002 International Communication Association, Popular Culture Division, 2001, 2009 International Communication Association, Public Relations Division, 2003 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, History Division, 2001-present Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Cultural and Critical Studies Division, 2001-present Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Newspaper Division, 2005-present Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Sports Interest Group, 2011-present Temple University, Mass Media and Communication Graduate Research Forum, 1999, 2002-2010. American Journalism Historians Association-AEJMC Joint Conference, 2004-present. Journals Addiction Research and Theory, 2007-present American Journalism, 2003-present Celebrity Studies, 2011-present Communication and Sport, 2013 Electronic Journal of Communication, 2013 Film and History, 2006 International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2003 International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2007 International Journal of Sport Communication, 2007, 2009, 2011 Journal of Communication, 2001 Journal of Communication Inquiry, 2003-present Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 2009, 2010, 2012 Journalism Studies, 2002-present Journal of Communication Inquiry, 2003-present Journal of Sports Media, 2006- present Mass Communication & Society, 2010-present 15 Mosaic (Canadian literary criticism journal), 2009 Popular Communication, 2003-present Sex Roles, 2007-present Social Semiotics, 2013 DEPARTMENT AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE Judge, Drexel Publishing Group Essay Contest, 2013. Serve on departmental Ph.D. dissertation committees for Alison Novak and Imaani El-Burki. Essay, “Let Them Play,” published in ASK, the College of Arts and Sciences annual magazine, January 2013. Essay, “The Organist Needs a Cheeseburger,” published in 33rd St., annual anthology of student and faculty writing compiled and published by Drexel Publishing Group. Delivered lecture, “The Professional Protester,” as part of International Area Studies lecture series, 2012. Delivered lecture on importance of unstructured play as part of Drexel Scholar’s Day, February 2010, February 2011. Moderated panel, “Hazing and the Effects of Ritualistic Abuse,” for College of Arts and Sciences at request of COAS Dean, October 2009. Selected as faculty advisor for Drexel Freethought Society, fall 2009. Served until January 2013. Co-taught course, “The Election,” for Drexel’s Great Works program, fall 2008. Director, undergraduate Communication program, April 2008-September 2010. Co-chair, Communications committee, Drexel Green, university-wide sustainability initiative, March-September 2009. Judge, annual “Week of Writing” organized by Drexel’s Department of English and Philosophy, 2007-present. Judge, College of Arts and Sciences Research Day, 2008. 16 Member of dissertation committee for Kristen Johnson, Ph.D. candidate in College of Information Sciences and Technology, 2006-2008. Essay, “The Evergreen Hedge in My Front Yard,” published in 33rd St., annual anthology of student and faculty writing compiled and published by Drexel Publishing Group. Essay, “Morales, Meet Barry Bonds,” published in ASK, online journal of the College of Arts and Sciences, February 2008. Essay, “Those Who Can’t Hero Worship, Teach” published in ASK, online journal of the College of Arts and Sciences, fall 2006. Moderated panel discussion about Leading to the 2003 Iraq War, book co-edited by Drexel colleagues Ernie Hakanen and Alexander Nikolaev, April 2006. Volunteered as poll worker in Delaware, 2004 general election, 2008 Delaware primary, 2008 Presidential election. Mentor for Teaching Portfolio workshop hosted by Provost’s Office, 2001, 20032009. Member of dissertation committee for Hallee Adelman, Ph.D., School of Education, 2002-2004. Served as interim Faculty Athletic Representative, May 2005-July 2006. Named faculty advisor to The Triangle, Drexel’s student newspaper, September 2003. Paper received national award from Association of Collegiate Publishers, 2004. Finalist for same award, 2005. Essay on plagiarism, “The Good Fight” published in ASK, online journal of Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences, fall 2005. Received “Make A Difference Award” for mentoring and teaching Drexel’s student-athletes from Department of Athletics, 2004. Participated in design of Department of English and Philosophy’s Certificate in Writing program, 2004. Received "Honor Dragon" award for service and support of student organizations at Drexel, 2001. 17 Published essay, “The Admiral,” in Drexel Online Journal, Fall 2001. Created and hosted panel discussion, "All in the Game: Exploring the Growing Amount of Violence in Sports," March 2001. Created and hosted panel discussion, "A Fair Representation: How the News Media Cover Labor Unions," February 2000. Honorary Inductee, Phi Eta Sigma (Drexel's chapter of the National Honor Society), May 1999. Created and hosted panel discussion, "Spinning Out of Control: Crisis Management, Ethics, and the Media, February 1999. Served on Middle States Task Force on Catalogs, Publications, and Promotional Materials, January 1999. Served as Co-chair, 2000. Taught course on the social history of investigative reporting for freshmen in Honors Program, 1999, 2000, 2001. Hosted symposium, "If You Build It, Will They Come?" on sports stadium financing issues, October 1998. Served on University Task Force on Writing Across the Curriculum, 1998-2005. Developed new curriculum track in Global Journalism, May 1998. Taught in university's Leadership Program for freshman honors scholarship recipients, September 1997-April 1998. Faculty Advisor, Drexel chapter, Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA). Chapter won 1995 Frederick Teahan Award for university service and 1996 Teahan Award for community service, September 1995-present. Taught college "bridge" course to members of the Philadelphia Phillies and Reading Phillies in conjunction with Provost's Office and Center for Study of Sport and Society, June-September 1996, June-August 1999. Managed student senior projects, 1996-1998. Served as judge for Freshman Writing Contest, 1998, 1999, 2004. 18 Serve as primary advisor on student senior projects, September 1998-present. Manage graduate communication portfolios; serve as internal on graduate portfolios, September 1997-present. Served as interim communication program Director, March-May 1997. Interview potential communication majors at University events, September 1995-present. Develop and edit student recruitment materials. COMMITTEE SERVICE Appointed to university-wide Committee on Learning Assessment in anticipation of Middle States accreditation, November 2009. Chaired promotion committee for department colleague, 2008-09. Served on tenure committee for colleague in College of Media Arts and Design, 2008-09. Selected by Provost’s Office to serve on Task Force on Development of SelfDirected Major, September 2008. Chaired subcommittee charged with writing proposal submitted to Provost. Serve on promotion committees for two department colleagues, June 2008-June 2009. Serve on Graduate Student Life committee, March 2008-present. Chaired tenure committee for departmental colleague, 2006-07. Served on NCAA Self-Study subcommittee on academics. Edited committee’s submission to NCAA, and as FAR, met with NCAA representatives during site visit, March 2006. Served three-year term on Tenure Appeals University Advisory Committee, 20052008. Served on Department of Culture and Communication graduate committee, 2006-2008. 19 Chaired Department of Culture and Communication hiring committee, Fall 2001, Fall 2003, Spring 2004. Served on hiring committee, Fall 2007. Selected by COAS Dean to chair ad hoc committee convened to design joint BAJD program for COAS and the Drexel College of Law, winter 2005. Selected to serve on NCAA Academic Integrity Self-Study Committee, 2004. Invited to serve on hiring committee for Evening College’s Department of Sports Management, 2005. Served on third-year review committee for departmental colleagues, September 2003, March 2006, March 2011. Served on Faculty Athletic Advisory Committee (FAAC), September 2001-March 2009. Chaired Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Support as untenured faculty member, 2000-2002. Committee instrumental in renovation and reopening of Drexel Museum and Portrait Gallery and in ensuring access of faculty to Apple computers. Served on Faculty Senate Steering Committee, September 2000-September 2002. Served on Senate Committee on Student Life, 2000-2005. Served on Department of Culture and Communication curriculum committee, December 2001-June 2002. Served on Department of Humanities and Communications curriculum committee, May 1999-June 2001. Chaired Department of Humanities and Communications hiring committee, September 1998, September 2000. Served on Department of Humanities and Communications graduate committee, September 1997-June 2001. 20 CONSULTING WORK 4th and Hollywood, 2013; Proofread and edit former student’s sports and entertainment blog. MBNA Corporation and Bank of America, 2001-present; edit user documentation and internal documents. Sons of Italy, Philadelphia Chapter, February 2003. Consulted on redesign of organization’s newspaper. Union County (NJ) Arts Center, 2000. Consulted on public relations strategies. SCT Corporation, April 1997-December 2000; edited user documentation. Wrote solicited reviews for the following texts: Teddy Bear Hunting: How a Child's Toy Became an Adult Treasure (2002). Smithsonian Institution Press. April 2002. Public Communication Styleguide (2001). Wadsworth. June 2001. The Information Age Reader (2000). Wadsworth. January 2001. Wahlstrom, B. & Lay, M. (1998). Technical Communication (2nd Ed.). Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill. November 1998. Houp, K., Pearsall, T. and Tebeaux, E. (1995). Reporting Technical Information. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. October 1995. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE December 1992May 1995 Public Relations Manager PRISM/SportsChannel Philadelphia, Bala Cynwyd, PA Generated media coverage for premium and basic cable channels serving more than two million subscribers. July 1991December 1992 Managing Editor Northeast Breeze Newspapers, Rockledge, PA Edited two editions of weekly newspaper with circulation of more than 30,000. Revamped newspaper's layout. 21 Managed staff of 20 full- and part-time correspondents. Covered community events in northeast Philadelphia and Montgomery County. August 1986July 1991 Editor Andrews Publications, Wayne, PA Edited and wrote majority of articles for four special interest litigation journals for attorneys. Created and launched publications on two corporate bankruptcies. November 1985August 1986 Editor County Leader Newspapers, Union, NJ Edited flagship newspaper with circulation of more than 30,000. Covered government, education, business, and sports. Wrote regular sports column. September 1985November 1985 Reporter Ridgewood Newspapers, Paramus, NJ Covered government, education, business, and sports in five Bergen County municipalities. Wrote sports and feature stories, as well as regular columns about community events. September 1983November 1984 Correspondent News-Record, Worrall Publications, Maplewood, NJ Covered high school sports for hometown newspaper. PUBLIC AND MEDIA APPEARANCES • Quoted by Michael Brick in The Daily in his recent story about our fascination with the lottery. • Quoted by Gloria Goodale in her July 20 story about empowered female characters in recent movies. • Quoted in Wall Street Journal columnist Melinda Beck's June 26 blog post on "Bieber Fever." • Appeared May 16 on FOX 40 in Sacramento, CA to talk about MORE and about media portrayals of zealous mothers. • Quoted April 9 by Gloria Goodale of The Christian Science Monitor in her story about the death of legendary journalist Mike Wallace. • Check out my thoughts about news media coverage of Walter Cronkite's death in this Drexel faculty minute. • Commented March 30 on lottery fever for a story by KYW News Radio's Tim Jimenez. • Quoted in a March 29 AP article by Samantha Bomkamp about instant celebrity. 22 • My book, MORE: The Vanishing of Scale in an Over-The-Top Nation. is mentioned in an excellent Philly Post column by my Drexel colleague, Kathleen Volk Miller. • Gary Soulsman of our local paper, the Wilmington News Journal, wrote a wonderful piece about MORE. • I'm quoted by CNN's Todd Leopold in a March 5, 2012 piece exploring the demise of accuracy in our post it now world. • I'm Interviewed by Phawker.com's Jonathan Vilania about MORE. • A blast from the holiday past: my observations about holiday shopping published by the kind folks at Grid, Philadelphia's sustainability publication. Appeared on C-SPAN's After Words to talk about MORE with Georgetown University's Deborah Tannen, August 2011. Quoted in article by Kimberly Winston about Establishment Clause lawsuits filed by Michael Newdow, The Christian Century, December 21, 2010. Quoted in article by Aubrey Whelan about the popularity of blogging, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 7, 2010. Guest on radio show, Radio West, to discuss research on why folks take up genealogy, KUER-FM, April 30, 2010. Guest lecture on “When Play Was Play: Why Pick-Up Games Matter,” to Temple University Faculty Wives Club, December 2009. Quoted in Sports Illustrated article by Alexander Wolff on the role of AfricanAmerican sportswriters in the integration of professional football, October 2009. Feature article on book, When Play Was Play, appeared in Hockessin Community News, June 2009. Appeared on Sirius/XM Radio show “The Edge of Sports,” hosted by Dave Zirin, to discuss book, When Play Was Play, June 2009. Gave guest lecture as part of Classroom Experience Workshop for 2008-09 Pathways to College conference organized by the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University, April 2009. Feature article on book, Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance, appeared in Hockessin Community News, 2008. Appeared on WHYY-TV’s Delaware Tonight news program to discuss book, Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance, April 2008. 23 Appeared on FOX 29 News (WTXF-TV, Philadelphia) to discuss coverage of Presidential debate held at Drexel University, October 30, 2008. Quoted in Easton Express-Times article about Presidential debate at Drexel University, November 1, 2008. Article written by former student, Amy Stetts. Appeared on CN8’s Arthur Fennell Reports, July 2007, to discuss blurring boundaries between news and commentary in cable news programs. Appeared on CNN Showbiz Tonight, February 2006, to discuss research on news media coverage of gastric bypass surgery (see Publications). Made two appearances in spring 2006 as expert on CN8, a local cable channel – the first to discuss the controversy over James Frey’s book A Million Little Pieces; the second to explore the impact of the sale of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Cited as source in column on media and body image by Jane Eisner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2005. Cited as source in news articles about differences in body image between women and men in the Fort Wayne News Sentinel, the Wichita Eagle, and the ETaiwan News.com website, March 2005. Cited as source in article on fame (see Courses Developed or Revised), Edmonton Journal, April 2004. Guest on “Chester County Sports Edge,” WCOJ-AM, April 2004; discussed inequities in coverage of women’s sports. Panelist for “Ink That Inspires,” discussion that focused on media coverage of women’s sports. Sponsored by Project ACE and the Women’s Sports Foundation, March 2004. Quoted in article in Washington Post honoring Fred Rogers (see Publications), December 2003. Appeared on “The Beat,” a local radio show, to discuss growing number of homosexual characters on television, WPHI-FM, December 2003. In-studio interview about propaganda during war in Iraq, CN8-TV, March 2003. Interviewed for news story about tactics used in PETA website, CN8-TV, March 2003. 24 Interviewed for article on popularity of genealogy, Wilmington News Journal (senior citizens special section), February 2003. Panelist for seminar on public relations ethics hosted by Philadelphia Black Public Relations Society, June 2002. Interviewed about media coverage of war in Afghanistan on The Cognitive Dissident, public affairs show on WKDU-FM, Drexel's radio station, March 2002. Cited as expert on collecting and collectibles in news article, "Articles of War," appearing on Baltimore Sun's website, www.sunspot.net, January 2002. Cited as expert in article on media and body image in Tech Talk, student newspaper of Louisiana Tech University, March 16, 2000. Invited to give remarks at Drexel’s Scholar-Athlete Day, 2000. Appeared in three television interviews (WCAU-TV (2), WTXF-TV) on the state of the Philadelphia stadium project, Spring-Summer 1999. Guest lecture, “Practical Applications of Communications Theory,” South Jersey Dietetic Association, October 1996. Guest lecture, “Communications Institutions: From the Marketplace of Ideas to Letting the Marketplace Decide,” Communications Academy, Philadelphia School District, August 1996. AFFILIATIONS Advisory Council, Special Olympics Philadelphia (1993-2001) American Civil Liberties Union American Journalism Historians Association (1999-2005) Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Board of Governors, Philadelphia High School Communications Academy (1999-2004) Eastern Communication Association International Communication Association Investigative Reporters and Editors (2003-2005) Media Ecology Association Philadelphia Public Relations Association (1996-2002) Popular Culture Association Public Relations Society of America (1996-2002) 25 Society for Commercial Archeology (1999-2003) Student Press Law Center PERSONAL Skilled in 35-mm and digital photography. Speak and write Spanish. Published freelance magazine writer. Accomplished drummer; learning to play guitar. 26 Ronald Bishop, Ph.D. References Dr. Raymond Brebach, Associate Professor (formerly my department head) Department of English and Philosophy Drexel University brebach@drexel.edu 215-895-2446 Dr. Ernest A. Hakanen, Graduate Director Department of Culture and Communication Drexel University Eah22@drexel.edu 215-895-1354 Dr. Frank Linnehan, Associate Dean Lebow College of Business Drexel University linnehf@drexel.edu 215-895-2122 Dr. Michael Soroka, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology University of San Diego Msoroka2003@yahoo.com 619-260-4698