AngieChuang
AmericanUniversitySchoolofCommunication,JournalismDivision
chuang@american.edu202.885.2151@angiechuang
RESEARCHFOCUS:Raceandidentityconstructioninnewsmedia,AmericanOtherness,
literaryjournalismandlong-formnarrativeonemergingplatforms.
ACADEMICEXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
StanfordUniversity,Stanford,CA
1995 M.A.Englishliterature(coterminalwithB.A.)
1995 B.A.Englishliterature
WithHonorsandDistinction
PhiBetaKappa
StudiedabroadatOxfordUniversity,1994
ACADEMICAPPOINTMENTS
AmericanUniversitySchoolofCommunication,Washington,DC
2014-present AssociateProfessorofJournalism,tenured
2016
CurriculumDirector,AUx2First-YearCourseonRace,Diversityand
Inclusion
2008-2014
AssistantProfessorofJournalism,tenure-track
2007-2008
AssistantProfessorofJournalism,one-yearappointment
PROFESSIONALJOURNALISM
TheOregonian,Portland,OR
2000-2007
Staffwriter,raceandethnicityissuesbeat
▪EstablishednewbeatcoveringOregon’sethnic,immigrantandrefugee
communities.
▪TraveledtoAfghanistan(2004),Vietnam(2003and2006),post-Katrina
GulfCoast(2005)topursuestories.
▪Taughtandeditedhighschoolstudentjournalistsfortwotothreeweeksa
yearthroughTheOregonian/OregonStateUniversityNewspaperInstitute
forminorityhighschoolstudents(2003-2006).
TheHartfordCourant,Hartford,CT
1997-2000
Staffwriter,coveringeducationandmunicipalgovernment
LosAngelesTimes,LosAngeles,CA
1996-1997
MinorityEditorialTrainingProgram(METPRO)reporter
ContraCostaTimes,WalnutCreek,CA
1996 Featuresreporter
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RESEARCH
PEER-REVIEWEDJOURNALARTICLES
Chuang,A.&ChinRoemer,R.BeyondthePositive-NegativeParadigmofLatinoNews-Media
Representations:DREAMActexemplars,StereotypicalSelection,andAmericanOtherness.
Journalism:Theory,Practice&Criticism,16(8):1045-1061,November2015.[JournalCitation
ReportsImpactfactor:1.241,Ranking:Communication21of74]
Chuang,A.&ChinRoemer,R.ShiftingSignifiersofOtherness:The2002“DCSnipers”intheU.S.
Press.Culture,CommunicationandCritique,7(4):541-558,December2014.[Oneoffive
InternationalCommunicationAssociationjournalspublishedbyWiley-Blackwell,
Communication,CultureandCritiquewasestablished2008andthusdoesnothaveimpactfactorcalculationsyet.Acceptancerate:30.5%]
Chuang,A.&ChinRoemer,R.TheImmigrantMuslimAmericanattheBoundaryofInsiderand
Outsider:RepresentationsofFaisalShahzadas“Homegrown”Terrorist.Journalism&Mass
CommunicationQuarterly,90(1):89-107,January2013.[JournalCitationReportsImpact
Factor:0.566;Five-yearImpactFactor:1.028;AcceptanceRate10-15%]
Chuang,A.RepresentationsofForeignVersus(Asian)AmericanIdentityinaMass-shootingCase:
NewspaperCoverageofthe2009BinghamtonMassacre.Journalism&MassCommunication
Quarterly,89(4):244-260,June2012.[JournalCitationReportsImpactFactor:0.566;FiveyearImpactFactor:1.028;AcceptanceRate:10-15%]
PEER-REVIEWEDCONFERENCEPAPERSandPRESENTATIONS
Chuang,A.&ChinRoemer,R.BeyondthePositive-NegativeParadigmofLatinoNews-Media
Representations:DREAMActexemplars,StereotypicalSelection,andAmericanOtherness,
AssociationforEducationinJournalismandMassCommunicationAnnualConference,August
2013:Washington,DC.
Chuang,A.&ChinRoemer,R.TheDCSnipersandShiftingSignifiersofOtherness:Newspaper
CoverageofJohnAllenMuhammadandJohnLeeMalvo,AssociationforEducationin
JournalismandMassCommunicationAnnualConference,August2012:Chicago,IL.
Chuang,A.&ChinRoemer,R.ExpandingtheParametersofResearchontheNewsMedia&the
Other:FaisalShahzadand“Homegrown”Terrorism,AssociationforEducationinJournalism
andMassCommunicationAnnualConference,August2011:St.Louis,MO.
Chuang,A.TheStrangerinOurMidst:ForeignVersusAmericanIdentityinNewspaperCoverageof
theBinghamtonShooting.AssociationforEducationinJournalismandMassCommunication
AnnualConference,August2010:Denver,CO.
Chuang,A.D.C.Intersections:ASemester-longCommunityReportingImmersioninWashington’s
MostDiverseNeighborhoods,ExploringAlternativePedagogies:WhattheBestPatriotLeague
TeachersDo,SecondAnnualPatriotLeagueAcademicConference,BucknellUniversity,
October2009:Lewisburg,PA.
Chuang,A.EveryIntersectionHasaStory.AssociationforEducationinJournalismandMass
CommunicationAnnualConference,Finalist.CompetitionsponsoredbyCommunityCollege
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JournalismAssociationandAEJMC’sScholasticJournalismDivision,andGraduateEducation
andSmallProgramsinterestgroups.August2009:Boston,MA.
CONFERENCEPANELS
Moderator/Presiding
TeachinginanAgeofFacebook,Twitter,AppsandSmartphones:CanSocialandMobileMedia
BridgeGaps?AssociationforEducationinJournalismandMassCommunicationAnnual
Conference.Panelco-sponsoredbyAEJMC’sMinoritiesandCommunicationand
CommunicationTechnologyDivisionsAugust6,2014:Montreal,Quebec.
FromNewsroomtoClassroom:Diversity,Pedagogy,andtheTransitionfromWorkingJournalistto
JournalismTeacher.AssociationforEducationinJournalismandMassCommunication
AnnualConference.Panelco-sponsoredbyAEJMC’sMinoritiesandCommunicationDivision
andElectronicNewsDivision,August2013:Washington,DC.
Panelist
ThePowerofNarrative:UnderstandingSelf,ConnectingAcrossDifference.Keynotepanel,
AssociationofAmericanCollegesandUniversitiesConference:Diversity,Learningand
StudentSuccess(forthcoming),March2016:Philadelphia,PA.
FromtheNewsroomtotheAcademy,TransferringYourJournalistSkillsintoaResearchAgenda.
AssociationforEducationinJournalismandMassCommunicationAnnualConference.Panel
sponsoredbyAEJMC’sTaskForceonAcademicDiversity,August2013:Washington,DC.
FromProfessionaltoProfessor:WhatDoesitTaketoMaketheTransitionWork?Journalismand
MassCommunicationTaskForceonRecruitingforAcademicDiversityworkshopatthe
AssociationforEducationinJournalismandMassCommunicationAnnualConference,August
2012:Chicago,IL.
TheStateoftheDisciplineandtheResearchAgendaforthe21stCentury,roundtablepresentation
forthe40thanniversaryoftheMinoritiesandCommunicationDivision,Associationfor
EducationinJournalismandMassCommunicationAnnualConference,August,2011:St.
Louis,MO.
RESEARCHAWARDS
2012 MinoritiesandCommunicationDivisionTopFacultyPaperAwardwinner,Associationfor
EducationinJournalismandMassCommunicationAnnualConference,Chicago,IL.
2011 MinoritiesandCommunicationDivisionThirdPlaceFacultyPaperAwardwinner,St.Louis,
MO.
2010 MinoritiesandCommunicationDivisionThirdPlaceFacultyPaperAwardwinner,Denver,
CO.
INVITEDCONFERENCEPARTICIPATION
“MyParentsNamedMeGrace:AsianAmericanIdentityonStage,Page,andtheSilverScreen,”
Moderatorforpost-showpanelforLightsRiseonGrace,WoollyMammothTheatreCompany,
April12,2015:Washington,DC.
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“DiversityinSourcingandNewsCoverage,”(asmemberofthree-personteamfromNationalPublic
Radioprovidingatwo-daytrainingformemberstation),WAMUpublicradio,Washington,
D.C.,February23-24,2016(forthcoming).
“DiversityinSourcingandNewsCoverage,”(asmemberofthree-personteamfromNationalPublic
Radioprovidingatwo-daytrainingformemberstation),WFAEpublicradio,Charlotte,N.C.,
December16-17,2015.
“DiversityinSourcingandNewsCoverage,”(asmemberofthree-personteamfromNationalPublic
Radioprovidingatwo-daytrainingformemberstation),KCURpublicradio,KansasCity,Mo.
June18-19,2015.
“AStory,ALife:TheTwoPartsofMemoir”BaltimoreWriters'Conference,TowsonUniversity,
Towson,Md.November15,2014.
“WritingAboutPlace,"BaltimoreWriters'Conference,TowsonUniversity,TowsonUniversity.
Towson,Md.November15,2014.
“Sweet Things of Life: Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Literature of Place,” American Women
Writers National Museum, Washington, D.C. November 5, 2014.
“TheFourWordsforHome:TheImmigrantJourney,”INTOMasonbooktalk,FallfortheBook
FestivalatGeorgeMasonUniversity,Fairfax,Va.September15,2014.
“TheColorofPublishing:Whogetsbookdealsintoday’sliterarylandscape,andhowaresmall
presseschallengingthestatusquo?,”AContinuingTalkonRaceseries,Busboys&Poets,
Washington,D.C.May4,2014.
“TheCulturalPoliticsofaCity’sComeback,”invitedpanelistforWashington,DC,JewishCommunity
Center(DCJCC)eventatBusboysandPoetsforRaceinAmerica:WhereareWeNow?
Weekend.February17,2013.
“Journalism&FairUse,”invitedpanelistforWorld’sFairUseDay,organizedbyPublicKnowledge,
Washington,DC.May4,2012.
“MenWritingasWomen:GenderIssuesinAuthorship,”invitedpanelistfortheAmericanWomen
WritersNationalMuseum,NationalPressBuilding,Washington,DC.March5,2012.
“ExploringDiversity:Race,EthnicandCommunityReporting,”co-workshopleader,withKeith
Woods,VicePresidentforDiversityinNewsandOperations,NPR,SocietyofProfessional
Journalists/Radio,TelevisionandDigitalNewsAssociationExcellenceinJournalism
Conference,NewOrleans.September27,2011.
“TheInfluenceofEthnicMediaonPoliticsandParticipation,”invitedpanelistforLouisianaState
UniversityBreauxSymposium,NewOrleans,November1-2,2010.
“PassiveNoMore!Oregon’sNewAsianPacificAmericanIdentity,”invitedpanelist,AsianPacific
AmericanNetworkofOregon,Portland,OR.July5,2010.
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“WritingAboutRaceandCulture,”keynoteaddress,AsianPacificAmericanNetworkofOregon
YouthAdvocacyInstitute:Portland,OR.July3,2010.
“MediaEducatorsStrategySession,”invitedpanelist,NewAmericaMediaNationalEthnicMedia
Awards&Expo,Atlanta,GA.June4,2009.
“Race&theMedia,”invitedpanelistwithClarencePageofTheChicagoTribune,LeslieSanchezof
CNN,moderatorEdGordon,forTheLoop21andUNITYJournalistofColorInc.Panel/Press
Conferenceonreleaseofwhitepaper/surveyon“ObamaEffect”andjournalistsofcolor,
NationalPressClub,Washington,DC.February19,2009.
“AsianAmericans,RaceandtheMedia,”keynoteaddress,BroadcastingBoardofGovernors/Voice
ofAmericaAsianAmericanandPacificIslanderProgram,Washington,DC.May28,2009.
“SoYouWanttoTeach,”panelontransitioningfromjournalismtoacademia,OnlineNews
AssociationAnnualConference,Washington,DC.September12,2008.
“VoicesattheTable,“invitedpanelistwithAhmedRehaboftheCouncilonAmericanIslamic
Relations,JournalismCenteronChildren&Families,“CommunitiesinFlux:TheImpactof
EconomicTurmoilandShiftingDemographics,“Chicago.November18,2008.
“Imus,CelebrityBigBrotherandO.J.:CanConstructiveRacialDialogueComeFromMediaHype?,”
HamptonUniversityScrippsHowardSchoolofJournalismandCommunications34thAnnual
MediaSymposium,EntertainmentObsession:AnExaminationofMediaExcessandAudience
Empowerment,Hampton,VA;alsoconductedcreativewritingworkshopandone-on-one
critiqueswithAcademyofWritingExcellencestudents,April2007.
“MediaAccessWorkshop:HowtoGetYourNewsintheNews,”AsianAmericanJournalists
AssociationNationalConvention,Honolulu,HI,co-designedandtaughtahalf-day,interactive
coursetotrainHawaiinon-profitsonmediarelations;producedallwrittenmaterialsforthe
workshop,June2006.
“CreativityandJournalism:CanTheyMix?”NationalWritersWorkshop,Hartford,CT,designedand
taughtaninteractiveclassthatpromptedjournaliststowriteandsharepoetry,April2006.
“BeyondDiversity:Tellingtherealstoriesabouttoday’schangingracialandethniclandscape,”
NationalWritersWorkshop,Portland,OR,March2006.
“TheRaceandEthnicityBeat”:FallPressDay(forhighschooljournalists),OregonStateUniversity,
Corvallis,OR,October2005.
“TellingtheRefugeeExperienceThroughIndividualStories,”ColumbiaUniversitySchoolof
JournalismWorkshoponRace,EthnicityandJournalism,NewYork,NY,June2004.
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EXTERNALGRANTS
Awarded
2009-10
SurdnaFoundationGrant,forCommunityVoiceProject,$150,000
Co-principalinvestigatorwithDr.NinaShapiro-PerlandDeanLarryKirkmanfor
AmericanUniversitySchoolofCommunicationteamprojectexploringcommunitybasedstorytellinginundercoveredDC-areacommunities.
INTERNALGRANTS
2014-15
SchoolofCommunicationFacultyResearchandProjectGrant,$3,000
2015-16
MetropolitanPolicyCenterFacultyGrant,$10,000
Co-principalinvestigatorwithWashingtonCollegeofLawProf.BrendaSmith
2014-15
UniversityFacultyResearchAward,$3,500
2014-15
SchoolofCommunicationFacultyResearchandProjectGrant,$3,000
2013-14
SchoolofCommunicationFacultyResearchandProjectGrant,$3,000
2013-14
UniversityFacultyResearchAward,$5,200 2010-11
UniversityFacultyResearchAward,$5,775
2009-10
UniversityFacultyResearchAward,$4,584
2008-09
SchoolofCommunicationCenterforSocialMediaPublicMediaDemonstration
ProjectsGrant,supportedbytheFordFoundation,$3,000
CREATIVEWRITINGPUBLICATIONS
Book
TheFourWordsforHome,book(literaryjournalism/nonfiction).WillowBooks,theliteraryimprint
ofAquariusPress,Detroit(March2014).
Reviews
Miner,Valerie,“ParallelLives,”Women’sReviewofBooks,WellesleyCenterfor
Women(March/April2015).
BeerMolly,“TheFourWordsforHomebyAngieChuang,”TheRumpus(March10,
2014):http://therumpus.net/2014/08/the-four-words-for-home-by-angiechuang/
Benedict,Helen,“ReportingonAfghanistanintheShadowofthe‘I’,”LosAngeles
ReviewofBooks(February1,2014).
EssaysinLiteraryMagazines(PrintandOnline)andAnthologies
“WhyIRememberedWhatIRemembered,”essay,CreativeNonfiction,Issue49(Summer2013).
Reviews
Staff,“WomenWeReadThisYear:2013,”featuring"WhyIRememberedWhatI
Remembered,”Velamagazine,http://velamag.com/blog/women-we-read-thisyear-2013/(December19,2013).
“TheViewfromtheSittingRoom,”essaysolicitedforVelaMagazine:Travel-inspiredcreative
nonfiction,writtenbywomen(online)(July16,2013).
ReprintedinTheBestofVela,bookpublishedbyVelamagazine(February2015).
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Reviews
Perper,Emily,“ReadingList:OneinSevenBillion,”Longreads,
http://blog.longreads.com/post/reading-list-one-in-seven-billion/(July28,2013).
Wilkinson,Rachel,“Longform’sPicksoftheWeek,”ForeignPolicy,
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/07/19/longforms_picks_of_the_
week(July19,2013).
“TheWomen’sSittingRoom,”essay,BestWomen’sTravelWritingVol.9(2013).
“TheWomen’sSittingRoom,”essay,AdannaLiteraryJournal,“WomenandWar:ATributeto
AdrienneRich”(Winter2013).
“SixSyllables,”essay,BestTravelWritingVol.9,Travelers’Tales(2012).
“LearningtoPray,”essay,BestWomen’sTravelWritingVol.8,Travelers’Tales(2012).
“TheScarf,”essaysolicitedforWaccamaw:AJournalofContemporaryLiterature,CoastalCarolina
University,No.10(Fall2012).
“ThanksgivingwiththeShirzais,”essay,LittlePatuxentReview(Summer2012).
“SixSyllables:SearchingforHome,andthePost-9/11Metaphor,inKabul,”essaysolicitedforThe
AsianAmericanLiteraryReviewSpecialSeptember11TenthAnniversaryIssue(September
2011).
“ViceandVirtue,”essay,BestWomen’sTravelWriting2011,Travelers’Tales(2011).
“TheFirstandtheLast,”essay,BlueEarthReview,MinnesotaStateUniversity,Mankato;(Fall2011).
“KabulNights,”essay,CONSEQUENCEmagazine(April2011).
“OntheOtherSideoftheWall,”essay,TheLindenwoodReview,LindenwoodUniversity(St.Charles,
Miss.,MFAprogram(June2011)–nominatedforthePushcartPrize.
“APictureofaVillage,”essay,TalesFromNowhereanthology,LonelyPlanetPublications(2006).
Other
“Bullfrogs,”TweetedVerseoftheDayselectedtobereadbyauthoronNationalPublicRadio’sTell
MeMoreforNationalPoetryMonthfeature(April28,2011).
Poemsinmultiplejournalsandanthologies,including:CALYX,Mizna,NaugatuckRiverReview,The
GroveReview,Windfall,KnockingattheDoor(anthology),AcrosstheLongBridge(anthology),
SpiritintheWords(anthology).
CREATIVEWRITINGAWARDS
2015 IndependentPublishersBookAward,BronzeMedalwinnerinMulticulturalNonfiction
2014 TheWriter’sCenterEmergingWritersFellowship,Finalist
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2013 AquariusPress/WillowBooksLiteratureAwards,GrandPrizeWinnerinProse,forThe
FourWordsforHome.Prizeincludedcashawardandbookcontract.
2013 SolasHouseTravelWritingAwards:BronzeAwardWinnerforWomen’sTravelcategory
2012 SolasHouseTravelWritingAwards:GoldAwardWinnerforLoveStorycategory
2011 SantaFeWritersProjectLiteraryAwards,SecondPlaceforbookmanuscriptTheFour
WordsforHome
CREATIVEWRITINGFELLOWSHIPSandRESIDENCIES
July2015
JentelArtistResidency(Sheridan,WY),four-weekresidency
Sept.2014
RagdaleArtistsinResidence(LakeForest,IL),three-weekresidency
July2013
RagdaleArtistsinResidence(LakeForest,IL),three-weekresidency
June2013
VirginiaCenterfortheCreativeArts(Amherst,VA),three-weekresidency
July2012
RagdaleArtistsinResidence(LakeForest,IL),two-weekresidency
June2012
CorporationofYaddo(SaratogaSprings,NY),four-weekresidency
July2011
HedgebrookWritersinResidence(WhidbeyIsland,WA),four-weekresidency
April2011
VirginiaCenterfortheCreativeArts(Amherst,VA),five-weekresidency
March2011 CalderaArtistResidency(Sisters,OR),four-weekresidency
July2010
JentelArtistResidency(Sheridan,WY),four-weekresidency
July2009
VirginiaCenterfortheCreativeArts(Amherst,VA),three-weekresidency,Morris
andGwendolynCafritzFoundationFellowship
2007
OregonLiteraryArtsFriendsoftheLakeOswegoLibraryWilliamStafford
FellowshipinCreativeNonfiction,$2,000grant
April2007
Soapstoneresidency(Oregon)
June2006
Soapstoneresidency(Oregon)
PROFESSIONALPUBLICATIONS
“FiveMythsAbout‘TheAfghanPeople,’”guestblogforLittlePatuxentReviewwebsite:August7,
2015.
“Bookmarked:AngieChuang’sFiveFemaleJournalists,”guestcolumnforongoingseries,Vela
onlinemagazine:July10,2014.
“DoPeopleinAfghanistanwanttheU.S.toStayorGo?,”op-ed,TheSeattleTimes:April25,2014.
“FirstGay,LatinoInauguralPoet’s‘América’TellsEveryImmigrant’sStory,”op-ed,NewAmerica
Mediawebsite:January20,2013.
“TheTaoofFind-Replace,”articleinCreativeNonfictionmagazine:Issue47:Winter2013.
“ChalkboardLessons,”essayfor“FirstPerson”section,Washingtonianmagazine:July2011.
“RedefiningStories:Whatifajournalist,acreativewriter,andananthropologistwereaskedtotell
thesamestory–inthemediumoftheirchoice?”Americanmagazine:May2011.
“GlennProctor:Journalismassociationsneedtohelponlineoutletshirefordiversity,”
PoynterOnline,invitedcolumnistforThePoynterInstitute:April15,2011.
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“EthnicMediaFindingItHardtoOfferBroaderContextWhenCoveringPoliciesThatAffect
Minorities,”PoynterOnline,invitedcolumnistforThePoynterInstitute:March8,2011.
“WestboroBaptistChurchProtestRaisesQuestionsAboutCoveringHateSpeech,”PoynterOnline,
invitedcolumnistforThePoynterInstitute:January19,2011.
“TheFutureofEthnicMediaDependsontheGenerationthatSeesColorDifferently,”PoynterOnline,
invitedcolumnistforThePoynterInstitute:December14,2010.
“HowSocialMediaCanFacilitateDifficultConversationsAboutRace,”PoynterOnline,invited
columnistforThePoynterInstitute:December10,2010.
“StoriesAboutQuranBurningRevealShortcomingsofU.S.Media’sCoverageofIslam,”
PoynterOnline,invitedcolumnistforThePoynterInstitute:September13,2010.
“HowtoAddMeaning,ContexttoCensusDataaboutMinorities,”PoynterOnline,invitedcolumnist
forThePoynterInstitute:August2,2010.
“HowSocialMediaCanHelpJournalistsReachEthnicallyDiverseGroups,”PoynterOnline,invited
columnistforThePoynterInstitute:July8,2010.
“CNNProducer:AudiencesWantReligionNews,butJournalistsReluctanttoCoverIt,”
PoynterOnline,invitedcolumnistforThePoynterInstitute:June2,2010.
“‘Date-RapeColumn’PromptsTalkaboutStudentsPublishingControversialContentResponsibly,”
PoynterOnline,invitedcolumnistforThePoynterInstitute:April20,2010.
“DavidMills’CareerRenewsAttentiononHowRaceAffectstheWayWeTellStories,”
PoynterOnline,invitedcolumnistforThePoynterInstitute:April6,2010.
“AsHollywoodPreparesforOscars,aFinalWordonColorlessVanityFair,”PoynterOnline,invited
columnistforThePoynterInstitute:March1,2010.
“Haiti‘Orphans’andtheTransracialAdoptionDilemma,”essay,TheRootwebmagazine:February
9,2010.
“Woods:‘WeMisstheNormalPartofPeople’sLives’,“PoynterOnline,invitedcolumnistforThe
PoynterInstitute:January29,2010.
“Reporters’ViewsDifferonTreatmentofRaceinWoods,SalahiCoverage,”PoynterOnline,invited
columnistforThePoynterInstitute:December11,2009.
“WhenisFortHoodSuspect’sFaithRelevantinMediaCoverage?”PoynterOnline,invitedcolumnist
forThePoynterInstitute:November9,2009.
“OutburstatObamaPromptsDiscussionaboutCoveringCulturalDivides,”PoynterOnline,invited
columnistforThePoynterInstitute:October16,2009.
“Michael’sMilkofAmnesia:WhatwasMichaelJacksontryingtoforgetwhenheoverdosedon
propofol?,”essay,TheRootwebmagazine:Sept.3,2009.
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“GlobereporteronCoveringGates’Arrest:‘DobbsCaughtMeOff-Guard’,”PoynterOnline,invited
columnistforThePoynterInstitute:July29,2009.
“Hung?:Fromthenuttymassmurderertothestereotypicalstreetthug,howthemediaemasculate
Asianandblackmen,”essay,TheRootwebmagazine:July9,2009.
“NewDataShowEthnicMediaIsGrowing,ButChallengesRemain,”PoynterOnline,invited
columnistforThePoynterInstitute:June9,2009.
“ReportingontheIntersectionofRaceandGayMarriage,”PoynterOnline,invitedcolumnistforThe
PoynterInstitute:May19,2009.
“Reportingonthe‘SilentMiddle’inImmigrationCoverage,”PoynterOnline,invitedcolumnistfor
ThePoynterInstitute:March31,2009.
“UNITY,Loop21Survey:MainstreamMediaIneffectivelyCoveringRaceRelations”,invited
columnistforThePoynterInstitute:March31,2009.
"Lifeafterthetheocracy:InAfghanistan,everything,whethergoodorbad,comestoanend,"essay,
IntheFraywebmagazine:April8,2008.
“RacialRifts:Obama'scandidacyhighlightstensionsthatgodeeper,widerthanpollnumbers,”
Sundaycommentarypiece,TheOregonian,C1:July13,2008.
"The411on503(and202,212,415...):Areacodesassocialsignifiers,"TheOregonian,Sunday
Opinionsection,C1:April20,2008.
Interviewing:APracticalGuideforCitizenJournaliststeachingmoduleco-writtenwithLynnePerri.
J-Lab,KnightCitizenNewsNetwork:April2009.
“Aquestionofterror:Thesoninprison,thefatherinshock,”TheOregonian,Sept.9,2007:cover
story,SundayLifestyle-Artssection.(onKentFord,fatherofPatriceLumumbaFord,a
memberofthe“PortlandSeven”allegedterroristsleepercell.)
PriortoJuly2007:Morethan1,500articlesappearinginTheOregonian,TheHartfordCourant,Los
AngelesTimes,ContraCostaTimes,andvariousmagazinesandwireservices.
CONSULTINGandTRAININGWORK
NationalPublicRadio,Washington,DC
June-present
ConsultanttoNPR’sVicepresidentonDiversityinNewsandOperations.
OverseeinganNPR-basedresearchteamtodesignandconductcontentaudit
fornewsprogramsacrossthreefiscalyears,focusingonracialdiversityand
inclusivityofnewscoverage.Co-wrotecurriculumbasedonfindingsand
traveledtomemberstationstohelpconductworkshopsondiversesourcing
andcoverage.
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SciencemagazineandtheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience(AAAS)
October2015
Developingcurriculumongender,race,LGBTQissues,editorialprocess,and
socialmediaforall-staffretreatinresponsetopublicoutcry/controversy
overcontentthatdemonstratedgenderandtransgenderstereotyping
AsianPacificAmericanNetworkofOregon,Portland,OR
July2010
Trainingforemployees,advocates,andcommunitymembersoneffective
writing,socialmediaskills,andcommunicatingaboutraceissues.
CITATIONSinREPORTSandSTUDIES
“YoungMenofColorintheMedia:ImagesandImpacts,”publicationcited,JointCenterforPolitical
andEconomicStudiesReport,2011.
“ImmigrantMediaMaking:NewVoiceforCommunityHealth,”interviewedexpertsource,New
RoutestoCommunityHealthReport,2011.
“EthnicMedia:TheirInfluenceonPoliticsandParticipation,”panelist,2010BreauxSymposium
Report,LouisianaStateUniversityManshipSchoolofMassCommunication,2010.
“AnInformationCommunityCaseStudy:Washington,D.C.–MediaServingUnderrepresented
Communities,”interviewedexpertsource,NewAmericaFoundationReport,August5,2010.
MEDIAAPPEARANCESadCITATIONS
“JebBushrespondstoDonaldTrump’sxenophobiccommentsagainstMexicans”(trans.),on-air
expertsource,MundoFOX,July6,2015.
"Consumerchangewrittenonfacesofmulticulturaldolls,"quotedasexpertsourceinarticle,USA
TODAY,December20,2014.
“Identifyingraceinmasskillings,”guestforinterviewsegmentforcabletelevisionprogram,DC
Breakdown,July21,2014.
“Oneweekintomayoralrace,BusboysandPoetsownershunscampaignnorms,”quotedasexpert
sourceonracialdynamicsofD.C.mayor’srace,TheWashingtonPost,November10,2013.
“NewsmediacoverageoftheTrayvonMartinverdict,”interviewedbyJoeBartlettforSaturday
MorningShow,WOR710AM,NewYorkCity,July20,2013.
"TheMediaMythoftheDyad:PartnersinCrimeareRarelyWhatTheySeemonTV,"onnews-media
representationsofBostonMarathonbombers,quotedasexpertsource,TheNewRepublic,
April20,2013.
“IsthenameRedskinsracist?,”guestpanelistonWJLANewsTalk8withBruceDePuyt,February15,
2013.
“Aretheyillegalorundocumented?Immigration,asubjectabsentfrommainstreammedia”quoted
asexpertsource,LaOpinión,Spanish-languagenewspaper,June20,2012.
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“Students’StudyExploresaDividedD.C.,”citedasexpertsource,WashingtonAfronewspaper,
December22,2010.
“ACityDivided,”panelistonvideoroundtableonracialandsocioeconomicissuesraisedby
Washington,D.C.,2010mayoralrace,http://acitydivided.wordpress.com/roundtablediscussion
“MediacoverageofPastorTerryJonesandtheQuran-burningcontroversy,”interview,WUFTRadio
FM89,Gainesville,Fla.September16,2010.
“IsObamatheonlyblackofficialinD.C.?OnSundayshows,itseemsso,”interviewedasexpert
source,McClatchyNewspaperswireservice,September27,2009.
“JournalismEducationEmbracesEthnicMedia,”interviewedasexpertsource,Diverse:Issuesin
HigherEducationmagazine:August3,2010.
“Mainstreamjournalistsavoidreligionnews,bloggersays,”Poyntercolumncited,Religious
CommunicatorsCouncil,June2010.
“MillsWroteBelievableCharacters,WhiteandBlack,”Poyntercolumncited,RichardPrince’s
Journal-ismsblog,TheMaynardInstitutewebsite,April12,2010.
“TheConfab,”podcastforTheRootWebmagazine:commentatorontheroleofraceinpolitical
conservatives’backlashagainstPresidentObama,andonthearticle,“Michael’sMilkof
Amnesia:WhatwasMichaelJacksontryingtoforgetwhenheoverdosedonpropofol?”Sept.
11,2009.
“NABJ[NationalAssociationforBlackJournalists]:Economy’sCutFeltDeeplybyMinorities,”expert
sourceinstorybyAllisonJ.Waldman,TVWeek.August3,2009.
“MediaConstructionsofOther:VirginiaTech,BinghamtonandU.S.Media’sCoverageofChina/
Taiwan,”featuredguest/expertsourcefor“Issues&Opinions,”VoiceofAmericaTV
Mandarinlivenewsanalysisprogram.September16,2009.
“HowMediaReportedandShapedPublicOpinionofAfghanistan/theMuslimWorldafterSept.11,
2001,”featuredguest/expertsourcefor“Issues&Opinions,”VoiceofAmericaTVMandarin
livenewsanalysisprogram.June10,2009.
“TheLoop21&UNITY‘Race&theMedia’Survey,”citedaspanelistinpressconference,Reuters
WireService,February19,2009.
“StoriesfromtheEthnicMedia:ThefirstethnicmediaregionalawardsinWashington,D.C.”,New
AmericaNowRadio,expertsource.December12,2008.
“AngieChuang:ReportersasTruthSeekersandStory-Tellers,”profileinAsianFortune(Haymarket,
VA.-basedEnglish-languageethnic-medianewspaper),July2009.
“Newsinmanylanguages,”profile/featureabouttheRace,EthnicandCommunityReportingclass’
workwithNewAmericaMedia,nation’sfirstandlargestethnic-mediacollaborative,American
Today.April29,2008.
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JOURNALISMAWARDS
2005 PacificNorthwestNewspaperAssociationC.B.BlethenMemorialAwards
FirstPlace,DistinguishedDiversityReporting,circulationover50,000
2005 SocietyofProfessionalJournalistsNorthwestExcellenceinJournalismAwards
FirstPlace,ReportingonMinorities
2004 PacificNorthwestNewspaperAssociationC.B.BlethenMemorialAwards
FirstPlace,DistinguishedDiversityReporting,circulationover50,000
2004 ColumbiaUniversityLet’sDoItBetterWorkshoponJournalism,RaceandEthnicity
Winnerinbeat-reportingcategory
2004 TheOregonianFredA.StickelAwards
WinnerinReportingandWritingCategory
2004 SocietyofAmericanTravelWritersLowellThomasCompetition
HonorableMention,NewspaperArticleonForeignTravel
2000 NewEnglandAssociatedPressNewsExecutivesAssociation
HonorableMention,EnterpriseCategory
1998 TheHartfordCourantCharlesDudleyWarnerAwards
BestTownNewsStory
TEACHING
AMERICANUNIVERSITYSCHOOLOFCOMMUNICATION
CoursesTaught
Spring2016 COMM620-003WThePast,PresentandFutureofStorytelling
WeekendProfessionalM.A.PrograminInteractiveJournalism
COMM200WritingforCommunication
Undergraduate
Fall2015
COMM588Race,EthnicandCommunityReporting
Graduateandupper-divisionundergraduate
COMM200WritingforCommunication
Undergraduate
Spring2015 COMM535-004WThePast,PresentandFutureofStorytelling
WeekendProfessionalM.A.PrograminInteractiveJournalism
COMM200WritingforCommunication
Undergraduate
Spring2014 COMM710SeminarinPublicAffairs:ThePast,PresentandFutureofStorytelling
WeekendProfessionalM.A.PrograminInteractiveJournalism
Fall2013
COMM588Race,EthnicandCommunityReporting
Graduateandupper-divisionundergraduate
COMM724ReportingofPublicAffairs
Graduate
Spring2013 COMM588Race,EthnicandCommunityReporting
Graduateandupper-divisionundergraduate
COMM720SeminarinJournalism:ThePast,PresentandFutureofStorytelling
WeekendProfessionalM.A.PrograminInteractiveJournalism
Fall2012
COMM270
Undergraduatesecond-levelgeneraleducationcourse
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Spring2012
Fall2011
Fall2010
Spring2010
Fall2009
Spring2008
Fall2008
Spring2008
Fall2007
COMM724ReportingofPublicAffairs
Graduate
COMM270HowtheNewsMediaShapeHistory
Undergraduatesecond-levelgeneraleducationcourse
COMM588Race,EthnicandCommunityReporting
Graduateandupper-divisionundergraduate
COMM270HHowtheNewsMediaShapeHistory–Honors
Undergraduatesecond-levelgeneraleducationcourseforstudentsinthe
UniversityHonorsProgram
COMM724ReportingofPublicAffairs
Graduate
COMM535SpecialTopicsinNewsMedia:Race,EthnicandCommunityReporting
Graduateandupper-divisionundergraduate
COMM724ReportingofPublicAffairs
Graduate
COMM270HowtheNewsMediaShapeHistory
Undergraduatesecond-levelgeneraleducationcourse COMM596SpecialTopics,Non-Recurring:Race,EthnicandCommunityReporting,
NarrativeStorytellingTechniques
Graduateandupper-divisionundergraduate
COMM270HHowtheNewsMediaShapeHistory–Honors
Undergraduatesecond-levelgeneraleducationcourseforstudentsinthe
UniversityHonorsProgram
COMM535SpecialTopicsinNewsMedia:Race,EthnicandCommunityReporting
Graduateandupper-divisionundergraduate
COMM270HowtheNewsMediaShapeHistory
Undergraduatesecond-levelgeneraleducationcourse COMM535SpecialTopicsinNewsMedia:Race,EthnicandCommunityReporting
Graduateandupper-divisionundergraduate
COMM270HowtheNewsMediaShapeHistory
Undergraduatesecond-levelgeneraleducationcourse COMM724ReportingofPublicAffairs
Graduate
COMM270HowtheNewsMediaShapeHistory
Undergraduatesecond-levelgeneraleducationcourse COMM425AdvancedReporting
Upper-divisionundergraduatecourse
COMM535SpecialTopicsinNewsMedia:Race,EthnicandCommunityReporting
Graduateandupper-divisionundergraduate
COMM270HowtheNewsMediaShapeHistory
Undergraduatesecond-levelgeneraleducationcourse COMM425AdvancedReporting
Upper-divisionundergraduatecourse
COMM724ReportingofPublicAffairs
Graduate
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COURSESDEVELOPED
COMM588:Race,EthnicandCommunityReporting:Hybridmediastudiesandskillsclassfocused
oncoverageissuessurroundingrace,ethnicityandundercoveredcommunities.Taughtasa
SpecialTopicsCoursestartingSpring2008,andapprovedaspermanentpartofthe
curriculumSpring2011.
COMM720:SeminarinJournalism:thePast,PresentandFutureofStorytelling:Coursedeveloped
forweekendprofessionalM.A.programinInteractiveJournalismasaseminar(in-depth
courseonarotatingcontemporarytopic).Thestudyandpracticeoflong-formnarrative
journalismonevolvingplatforms,fromNewJournalismtosocialmediatosophisticated
multimediapresentationssuchasTheNewYorkTimes’s“SnowFall:AvalancheatTunnel
Creek.”TaughtthisseminarasPublicAffairsinSpring2014.
PEDAGOGICALTOOLSDEVELOPED
2016
GaspingforAir:LettersAboutRaceandSocialInjusticeinAmerica,studentselfpublishedbookofletterstothosewhodiedinraciallymotivatedviolence,from
MichaelBrowntoEricGarnertoVincentChintoNYPDofficersRafaelRamosand
WenjianLiu.
2015-Present AmericanLegionPostNo.5website,studentproducedandgrant-fundedwebsite
documentingthestorybehindthehistoricalpreservationofD.C.’sonlyAmerican
LegionPostwithAfricanAmericanmembers.ThewebsitetellsthestoryofAfrican
AmericanveteransfromtheSpanishAmericanWartoVietnam,emphasizingthe
importanceofveteran’sorganizationsasprecursorstocivilrightsorganizations.
2009-Present DCIntersections,websitefeaturingmultimediacommunityprofilesofdiverse
Washington,DC,Maryland,andVirginianeighborhoodsandethnicenclaveswritten
andproducedbystudentsinCOMM588:Race,EthnicandCommunityReporting.
http://www.dcintersections.americanobserver.net/
2012
SOCDiversityTeachingModules,websiteandBlackboardsitecontainingsupport
materialsanddemonstrationvideosforfacultymemberstoinsertdiversity-related
teachingunitsintoexistingjournalism,film,andpubliccommunicationcourses.Led
ateamoffourfacultymembersinapplyingforandimplementingcurriculum
developmentgranttodevelopandlaunchmodules.
http://www.american.edu/soc/resources/diversity-teaching-modules.cfm
2009
Interviewing:APracticalGuideforCitizenJournaliststeachingmodule,J-Lab,Knight
CitizenNewsNetwork:LaunchedApril2009.Co-writtenwithLynnePerri.
http://www.kcnn.org/interviewing//
INTERNALGRANT
2014-15
UniversityCurriculumDevelopmentGrant,$2,500
2011-12
UniversityCurriculumDevelopmentGrant,$5,000(leaderofafour-personteam)
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THESESandINDEPENDENTSTUDIESSUPERVISED
Dejean,A.,(Fall2012).IndependentStudy:MagazineManagementandInnovation.
Treitman,O.(2011-12).SecondaryAdvisorforSchoolofCommunication,Self-DesignedMajor.
Kern,R.(May2009).HonorsCapstoneThesis:UpshurStreetinthePetworthNeighborhoodofD.C.:
WhereNewCulturesMeetOldCommunities.
Schuetz,L.(May2009).HonorsCapstoneThesis:ImmigrantDomesticWorkers.
Fanizzi,J.(May2008).IndependentStudy:ComparisonofMediaCoverage:GulfofTonkinandIraq
War.
TEACHINGHONORSandAWARDS
2009 SelectedPresenter,ExploringAlternativePedagogies:WhattheBestPatriotLeague
TeachersDo,SecondAnnualPatriotLeagueAcademicConference.
2009 GIFTScholar,GreatIdeasforTeachers(refereed),AssociationforEducationinJournalism
andMassCommunication.
INVITEDGUEST-TEACHING(selectedexternal)
Winter2016 StanfordUniversity,FeministStudies153/253,WomenandtheCreative
Imagination,Prof.ValerieMiner,February18,2016.
Winter2015 StanfordUniversity,FeministStudies153/253,WomenandtheCreative
Imagination,Prof.ValerieMiner,February19,2015.
Spring2014 NorthernArizonaUniversity,LiteraryNonfictionandJournalism,Prof.Nicole
Walker,English270,IntroductiontoCreativeWriting:Nonfiction,March13,2014.
Fall2012
UniversityofMaryland,MediaCoverageofRacialIssues,Prof.AnneRosen.Oct.10,
2013.
Fall2011
StanfordUniversity,FeministStudies153/253,WomenandtheCreative
Imagination,Prof.ValerieMiner,November28,2011.
Fall2011
UniversityofMaryland,AsianAmericanStudies398B/English379B:Contemporary
AsianAmericanLiteratureofthe21stCentury,Prof.DavidKim,September12,
2011.
Fall2010
UniversityofPittsburgh,EnglishWriting1330:Nonfiction1,Prof.JonathanCallard,
November4,2010.
Fall2009
UniversityofPittsburgh,EnglishWriting1330:Nonfiction1,Prof.JonathanCallard,
October29,2009.
SERVICE
AMERICANUNIVERSITY
University-wide
Fall2015-Spring2016CommitteeMember,searchcommitteeforViceProvostforUndergraduate
Studies
Spring2012 Committeemember,FacultyRetreatCommittee
Fall2011
Committeemember,HonorsCurriculumTaskForce
SchoolofCommunication
Fall2007-Present
Organizer,SchoolofCommunicationPartnershipwithNewAmericaMedia,
thenation’soldestandlargestethnicmediacollaborative.IncludescoAngieChuang
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2015
2015
2013-14
2012-13
Fall2012
Spring2012
2011-12
Fall2010
2010-11
Fall2009
organizingannualmajorevents,includingWashington,D.C.-areaEthnic
MediaAwardsceremony.
Member,tenurereadingcommitteeforAssociateProf.AndrewLih
Member,searchcommitteeforAssociateDeanforAcademicAdministration
Co-chair,searchcommitteefortenure-trackfacultymemberindigital/
emergingmediaposition
Member,facultydevelopmentcommittee
Member,JournalismCurriculumReform“BigPicture”Subcommittee
Liaison,SchoolofCommunicationPartnershipwithWashingtonPost
Chair,facultyguidelinescommittee
Member,JournalismDivisionTenureandPromotionCriteriaSubcommittee
Chair,DiversityCommittee
Member,searchcommitteefortenure-trackfacultymemberinheath,
scienceandenvironmentaljournalismposition
Member,RankandTenureCommittee
Member,JournalismDivisionStrategicPlanSubcommittee
Member,SchoolofCommunicationStrategicPlanCommittee
Member,DiversityCommittee
Member,AcademicIntegrityCodeandStudentGrievanceCommittee
2009-10
Spring2009
Spring2009
2008-09
2007-08
InternalPresentations
Fall2012
Panelist,Teaching,ResearchandTechnologyWorkshops
Spring2011
Panelist,AnnFerrenTeachingConference
Spring2010
Panelist,SchoolofCommunicationFacultyDevelopmentSeminar
Spring2008
Panelist,SchoolofCommunicationFacultyDevelopmentSeminar
SchoolofCommunicationRecruitmentEvents
April2013
TaughtSimulatedClass,AdmittedStudentsDay
November2012
Panelist,MajorsFairrecruitmentevent
October2012
WorkshopCo-leader,FallFacultyRetreat
February2012
Panelist,FreshmanDay
April2010
TaughtSimulatedClass,AdmittedStudentsDay
April2009
Panelist,AdmittedStudentsDay
ACADEMIC
AssociationforEducationinJournalismandMassCommunication
TeachingChair
MinoritiesandCommunicationDivision,2012-13
Reviewer,academicjournals
May2013
Communication,CultureandCritique,InternationalCommunication
Association
Reviewer,conferencepapers
Spring2015
AEJMCMinoritiesandCommunicationDivision,FacultyPapers
Spring2014
AEJMCMinoritiesandCommunicationDivision,FacultyPapers
AEJMCMinoritiesandCommunicationDivision,StudentPapers
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Spring2013
AEJMCMinoritiesandCommunicationDivision,StudentPapers
Spring2008
AEJMC CommunityJournalismInterestGroup
Reviewer/Juror,grantsandpublicfunding
January2016
CorporationforPublicBroadcastingpublictelevisionproposal
April2014
Fulbright-NationalGeographicDigitalStorytellingFellowshipNational
ScreeningCommitteemember
PROFESSIONAL
AsianAmericanJournalistsAssociation
Member,since1992
UNITYJournalistsofColor
Assistwithprogramdevelopmentforconventions,attendedconventions,since1994
OnlineNewsAssociation
Conferencepanelistandvolunteer,since2008
VirginiaCenterfortheCreativeArts
EventorganizeratAssociationofWriters&WritingProgramsConference,February2011
Washington,DC,HumanitiesCouncilGrantProgram
FacultyAdvisorforChrisMagnuson,seventh-gradeteacheratPaulPublicCharterSchool
Judge,annualcompetitions
2015
AsianAmericanJournalistsAssociationNationalAwards
2014
OnlineNewsAssociationOnlineJournalismAwards
2013
AsianAmericanJournalistsAssociationNationalAwards
2010
BestofGannettJournalismAwards
2009
NewAmericaMediaNationalEthnicMediaWards
2009
CaseyMedals,JournalismCenteronChildren&Families
LANGUAGES
MandarinChinese(fluent),Spanish(proficient)
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