Lynne M. Walters, Ph.D.
Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture
College of Education and Human Development
362 Harrington Tower
College Station, Texas 77843-4232
e-mail: lynne-walters@tamu.edu
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communication, with a concentration in history and public
policy, May, 1977
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Graduate study in communication, 1971-1973
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Master of Arts in Journalism, with a minor in political science, August, 1970
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Bachelor of Science in Radio and Television, with minors in history and English, June,
1967
ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD
Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, Texas A&M University
Associate professor, 2004-present
International Studies Degree Program, Texas A&M University, 2000-2004
Director
Journalism Department Study Abroad Program (Mexico City), Texas A&M University
Associate professor, Summers, 1997-2000
Semester at Sea, University of Pittsburgh
Professor, Spring, 1998; Summer, 2000; Fall, 2004; Fall, 2007
Senior Fulbright Fellow, Budapest, Hungary, 1994-1995
Assistant director for curriculum and program development, American
Journalism Center
Professor, Etovos Lorand University
Department of Journalism, Texas A&M University
Director, Graduate Studies, 1999-2000
Tenured associate professor, 1993-2004
Visiting assistant professor, 1989-1992
School of Communication, University of Houston
Assistant professor, 1981-1988
School of Communication, University of Alabama
Assistant professor, 1978-1981
Department of Journalism, Central Michigan University
Assistant professor, 1975-1978
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin,
Administrator of the English Proficiency Program, 1974-1975
Department of Journalism, Indiana University
Associate instructor, 1971-1973
OTHER POSITIONS HELD
Shirley Barr public relations, Houston, Texas
Communications consultant, 1996-1998
Sykes Communication, Houston, Texas
Communications consultant, 1992-1995
University of Houston System
Consultant, Planning and Communications, 1988-1989
Forsythe and Butler, Houston, Texas
Director of Public Relations; Account Executive, Health Care, 1987-1988
Institute for Immunological Disorders, Houston, Texas
Director of Public Information, 1985-1987
Bozell and Jacobs, Houston, Texas
Faculty Intern, Summer, 1985
Walters Ink, Houston, Texas
Communications Consultant, 1983-1985; 1988-present
Ultra magazine, Houston, Texas
Copy Editor, 1982
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
Timothy N. Walters and Lynne Masel Walters E-version of William Ahrens,
Contemporary Advertising (8th. Edition), 2002.
Douglas Starr, Timothy Walters and Lynne Masel Walters, Jelentes es Iras
Tomegtajekoztato Eszkozok, Amerikai Ujsagiro Kospont and Magyar Ujsagiro
Orszagos Szovetsege, 1995.
Douglas P. Starr, Lynne Masel Walters and Timothy N. Walters. The Techniques of
Reporting and Writing for the Mass Media, McGraw Hill 1995, 1998.
Lynne Masel Walters, Lee Wilkins and Timothy N. Walters, Bad Tidings:
Communication and Catastrophe, Erlbaum, 1989 (edited), 213 pages.
Carolyn Cline, Elizabeth Lance Toth, Judy VanSlyke Turk, Lynne Masel Walters, Nancy
Johnson and Hank Smith, The Velvet Ghetto: The Impact of the Increasing Percentage
of Women in Public Relations and Business Communication, IABC, 1986, 327 pages.
Book Chapters and Entries in Reference Works
Walters, T., & Walters, L. (2005). Waiting for Superwoman. In E. Kaynak &
W. Harcar, eds. International Management Development Research
Yearbook, 24:552-559.
Walters, T., Walters, L., & Quinn, S. (2004). From Majlis to Mobile: The
Transitional Women of the United Arab Emirates. ICA Annual, 2003: Dialogue
among Diversities.
Walters, L. (2003). Their Rights and Nothing Less: A History of The Revolution,"
Greenwood Press, high school reader in American history.
Walters, T., Walters, L. and Priest. S. (1999). Life on the Edge of the Precipice:
Information Subsidy and Rise of AIDS as a public issue, 1983-1989. In W. Elwood,
(Ed.) Power in the Blood, Lawrence A. Erlbaum.
Walters, T.,Walters, L and Priest, S. (1999). The Good, The Bad, The Innumerate:
Assessing the Effectiveness of AIDS Public Service Announcements. In W. Elwood,
(Ed.) Power in the Blood, in press, Erlbaum.
John A. Ledingham and Lynne Masel Walters, "The Sound and the Fury: The Media
and Hurricanes" in Bad Tidings: Communication and Catastrophe, Erlbaum, 1989, pp.
35-46.
Entries on Tennessee Claflin, Sheilah Graham, Elmer Davis and Louella Parsons for
the Biographical Dictionary of American Journalism, Greenwood Press, 1989, (pp. 10810, pp. 23-4; pp. 166-8; pp. 543-4).
Entries on Alice Stone Blackwell, Mary Ware Dennett, Inez Haynes Irwin, and Mrs.
Frank Leslie in Guide to American Woman Writers, Frederick Ungar, 1980 (three
volume hard cover) (pp. 164-5; pp. 190-2; pp. 370- 2; pp. 561-2); 1983 (two volume
paperback abridged edition).
Articles
* Walters, L., Green, M., Wang, L. & Walters, T. (2011). From Heads to Hearts: Digital
Stories as Reflection Artifacts of Teachers’ International Experience. Issues in Teacher
Education. Fall (pp. 37-52).
*Walters, L., Green, M. & Wang, L, (2011). Digital Stories as Reflection Artifacts:
Assessing the Impact of International Immersion on Teachers’ Level of Intercultural
Competence. Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher
Education.
*Ibrahim, I. & Walters, L.M. Teaching English Decoding Skills in Qatar, The
International Journal of Learning, Vol. 18, 2011.
* Sokolowski, A. & Walters, L. (2010). Using Physics Simulations to Enhance Learning in
Pre-calculus Courses. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia,
Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2010 (pp. 2936-2943). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Walters, T. Walters, L. & Barwind, J. (2010) Kān Yāmā Kān: Curriculum Development in
the GCC - Adopting (Adapting) Models of Higher Education, Viewpoints special edition
on Higher Education and the Middle East: Building Institutional Partnerships The Middle
East Institute Washington, DC., December.
Walters, T. Walters, L. & Barwind, J. (2010), Empowering Under-served and Vulnerable
Poluations: Bidoon and Beyond, Viewpoints special edition on Higher Education and the
Middle East: Empowering Under-served and Vulnerable Populations, The Middle East
Institute Washington, DC., October.
Walters, T. Walters, L. & Barwind, J. (2010), Tertiary Education in the Arabian Gulf: “A
Colossal Wreck, Remaining Boundless and Bare?”, Viewpoints special edition on Higher
Education and the Middle East: Serving the Knowledge-Based Economy, The Middle
East Institute Washington, DC., July.
*Sokolowski, A. & Walters, L.. Mathematical modeling in trigonometry enhanced by
physics simulations, accepted for publication INTED2010.
*Juarez, K. & Walters, L.M., More heads: Cooperative learning in a mathematics
classroom, published in American Exchange Quarterly Spring 2010.
*Walters, L., Garii, B. & Walters, T. (2009), Incorporating International Exchange and
Intercultural Learning into Pre-service Teacher Training, published on line via the
“Moving Beyond Mobility” website, published in a special issue of the Journal of
Intercultural Education, S1-2: October, S151 - S158.
*Kupka, B., Everett, A. Atkins, S., Mertesaker, M., Graf, A., Walters, L., Walters, T., Hill,
L. B., Dodd, C. & Bolton, J. (2009), The Intercultural Communication Motivation Scale –
An Instrument to Assess Motivational Training Needs of Candidates for International
Assignments, Journal of Human Resource Management 28:5, 717-744.
*Walters, T., Bhatti, T., Fakhreddinen, J. Gulvosen, B., Hassett, P.J., & Walters, L.
(2007). Islands in the Stream. Intercultural Communications Studies,16(2): 260-275.
*Kupka, B., Everett, A. M., Atkins, S. G., Dodd, C., Walters, L., Hill, L. B., Richter, B.,
Walters, T., Bolten, J., Graf, A., & Mertesacker, M. (2007). Pirates of the Caribbean or
skilled ambassadors: Intercultural skills assessment and development for employees on
international assignments through the Intercultural Communication Skills Scale.
Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary McGill Conference on International
Entrepreneurship.
*Walters, T., Kadragic, A., & Walters, L.M. (2006), Miracle or Mirage: Is Development
Sustainable in the United Arab Emirates, Middle East Journal of International Affairs,
September.
*Walters, T., Walters, L., Quinn, S. & Jendli, A. (2005). A New Roadmap to Life: Media,
Culture, and Modernity in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Middle East Media,
1(1):51-70.
*Walters, T. and Walters, L. (2005), Mediated Days and Nights: Internet and Television
Usage by Students at Zayed University, Kommunikacio Media Gazdasag
(Communication Media Journal) III, pp. 109-24.
*Walters, T., & Walters. (2005). The Transitional Woman: A Case Study of
Values in the Context of an Arabic/Islamic Society. Hawwa: Journal of the Middle
East and the Islamic World. Volume 3
*Walters, T., Quinn, S., & Walters, L. (2005). Media Life Among Gen Zeds.
International Journal of Cultural Studies, 8(1):65-86.
*Walters, T. and Walters, L. (2004).“Internet Life in the United Arab Emirates,”
International Journal of the Humanities.
Walters, L. (2003), “Report on the International Education Administrators Fulbright
Seminar,” The Funnel (German-American Fulbright Commission).
*Walters, T., Quinn, S. and Walters, L. (2003) “Gen Zeds: Arab Women Speaking with
‘Still Small Voices,’” Ecquid Novi 24(2): 181-194.
Lukaszewski, Yolanda and Walters, Lynne (January, 2002) Media Coverage of Central
European Environmental disasters. Zeszyty Prasoznawcze.
*Walters, T., Hiebert, R., & Walters, L. (1998, Spring). “Are Hungarian Journalism
Students Preparing to Meet their New Civic Responsibility in a Democracy?”
International Communication Bulletin, 33(1-2): 6-10.
*Walters, T., & Walters, L., Foxworth, M. and Priest, S. (Spring, 1997). "The Picture of
Heath: Health: Message Standardization and Recall of AIDS Public Service
Announcements." Public Relations Review.
*Walters, T., & Walters, L, and Priest, S. (1997). "Sex, Truth, & Videotape: The Culture
of Gender." Southwestern Mass Communications Journal, 13.
*Walters, T., Walters, L. and Gray, R. (1996). "Hobgoblins of Fear: Syntax, substance,
and imagery of the 1992 presidential press releases.” Southwestern Mass
Communication Journal, 12(1):10-21.
*Walters, L., & Walters, T. (December, 1966). "It Loses Something in the Translation:
Syntax and Survival of Key Words in Science/Nonscience Press Releases." Science
Communication, 18(2):165-180.
*Walters, T., & Walters, L. (1996). "You Can't Even Look it Up in Your Funk and
Wagnall's: Advertising and Public Relations Education in Hungary." Proceedings. Eight
Annual International Association of Business Disciplines.
*Walters, T., & Walters, L. and Gray, R. (Summer, 1996). “Agenda Building and the
1992 Presidential Campaign: Was it a Failure to Communicate or did the Audience set
the Agenda?” Public Relations Review.
*Walters, T., Walters, L. and Starr, D. (Winter, 1994). "After the Highwayman: Syntax
and Successful Placement of Press Releases." Public Relations Review.
*Walters, L., & Walters, T. (Fall, 1994). "The Four Seasons: Cyclical Success Rates in
the Placement of Press Releases." Southwestern Mass Communication Journal.
10(1):1-12.
*Walters, T., & Walters, L. (April, 1994). "Implications of the 'New Global Order' for
Public Relations and Advertising Practitioners." Proceedings of the International
Association of Business Disciplines.
*Priest, S. & Walters, L. (Spring, 1993)."Faces in the News: The Use of Sources in
Television Network Coverage of Hurricane Hugo and the Loma Prieta Earthquake,"
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media.
*Walters, L. & Walters, T. (1993). “Getting Good Ink: Total Quality Management and
Media Relations," Proceedings of the International Academy of Business Disciplines,
1993.
*Walters, T. & Walters, L. (Spring, 1992). "Environment of Confidence: Daily
Newspaper Use of Press Releases, "Public Relations Review, pp. 31-46
*Walters, L., Priest, S. & Templin, J. (Sring, 1991). "Voices in the News: Claims,
Disclaims and Counterclaims in News Coverage of Hurricane Hugo and the Loma
Prieta Earthquake," Newspaper Research Journal, Spring, pp. 32-38
*Walters, T. & Walters, L. (Summer, 1991). "The Conspiracy of Silence: Media
Coverage of Syphilis, 1906 -1941," American Journalism.
Walters, L. (November, 1987). "All I Know is What I Read in the Newspapers: How the
Media Cover AIDS," Bulletin of the Society for Risk Assessment.
Walters, L. (June, 1987). "AIDS and the Media," APME Bulletin, pp. 3-4.
Walters, L. (Summer, 1986). "Don't Let AIDS Spoil Your Media Relationship," Texas
Hospitals, pp. 22-4
Walters, L. (Fall, 1985). "Practicing What I Teach," Public Relations Journal.
*Walters, L. (Fall, 1985). "Working with the Press: Strategies for the '80s," Public
Relations Quarterly, pp. 24-7
*Cline, C. & Walters, L. (Fall, 1984). "The Backlash Effect: The Impact of an Illinois Bell
Video Case Study on Student Opinions of AT&T, Public Relations Review, pp. 39-46
*Ledingham, J. & Walters, L. (Winter, 1985)."Written on the Wind: the Mass Media and
Hurricane Alicia," Newspaper Research Journal, pp. 50-8
*Cline, C. and Walters, L. (1984). "Illinois Bell Reaches Out: Measuring the Effect of a
Videotape Case Study on Student Opinions of AT&T, IABC 84/ Rendezvous with
Tomorrow, pp. 99-113
*Walters, L. (Autumn, 1983). "For the Poor Mute Mothers? Margaret Sanger and The
Woman Rebel,” Journalism History, pp. 1-10.
*Walters, L. (Fall, 1983). "Playing the Game: Ethics Situations for Public Relations
Courses," Public Relations Research and Education, pp. 46-54.
Walters, L. & Cline C. (September, 1983)."At Least the Editors are Trying: Women and
Sexism in Corporate Publications," American Business Communications Association
Bulletin, pp. 26-30.
*Walters, L. (Spring, 1980). "To Hustle with the Rowdies: The Organization and
Functions of the American Woman Suffrage Press," Journal of American Culture, pp.
167-84.
*Walters. L. (Winter, 1977). "A Burning Cloud by Day: The History and Content of The
Woman's Journal," Journalism History, pp. 103-10.
*Walters, L. (Summer, 1976)"Their Rights and Nothing Less: A History of The
Revolution," Journalism Quarterly, pp. 242-51.
*McCombs M. & Walters, L. (Sppring, 1976). "Agenda Setting: A New Perspective on
Mass Communication," Mass Comm Review.
*refereed journals
Other Publications
Electronic papers
Walters, T. & Walters, L. Cyberspace and the United Arab Emirates: Searching for
Tunes in the Air, working paper, New Media and Information Technology in the Middle
East (nmit.Georgetown.edu)
Book reviews:
Public Relations Journal, 1998-present
Journalism Quarterly, 1980 - 90
Journalism History, 1984 - 1986
Michigan History, 1975 - 1979
Research Reports (as a member of the research team):
A Program in Political Communication at the Hungarian University of Political Science
(Freedom University): the Need, the Content and the Curriculum, 1997
An Annotated Bibliographical Directory of Hungarian Journalism
Programs," Amerikai Ujsagiro Kospont, 1995
Journalism Education in Hungary: A Triangulated Needs Assessment of
Journalism Educators, Students and Newspaper Editors," Amerikai Ujsagiro
Kospont, 1995
"Continuing Education for the Public Relations Practitioner," Public
Relations Society of America, 1985
"Willing But Not Ready: PR Practitioners and the New Communication Technology,"
Texas Public Relations Association, 1983
Editorial boards:
Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2011
Hungarian Journal of Communication, 2003-present
Understanding of Science and Technology, 2000-1
Public Relations Review, 1993 - present
Journal of Health Communication, 1987-1995
Journalism Quarterly 1988 - 1993
SELECTED PPRESENTATIONS
Walters, L., Green, M. & Wang, L. Digital Stories as Reflection Artifacts: Assessing the
Impact of International Immersion on Teachers’ Level of Intercultural Competence.
Presented to the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. Nashville,
TN, March 2011.
Walters, L. and Green, M. Presentations on Action Research and on Digital Storytelling
Tsinghua University
Peking University
National Academy of Educational Administration
Beijing, China, March 2011
Walters, L. & Green, M. On the Other Side of the World: The Impact of the Fulbright-Hays
Group Projects Abroad 2010 China Seminar, presented at the Crossing Border Conference,
Nanjing, China, March, 2011.
Walters, L., Green, M., & Thibaut, A. Half the World Away: Lessons from the FulbrightHays Group Projects Abroad 2010 China Seminar, presented at the social studies
workshop, Region IV, Houston, January 2011.
and the Pl
Walters, L., The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad China Seminar: The People
and the Places, presented at the workshop, China through the Eyes of Texas Teachers,
The Woodlands, Tx., December 2010
Walters, L., Green, M. & Thibaut, A., Houston to Hohhot: Lessons from the
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad 2010 China Seminar, presented to the
Texas Council for the Social Studies, Houston, October 2010.
Sokolowski, A. & Walters, L., Using Physics Simulations to Enhance Learning in PreCalculus Courses, presented at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia,
Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Toronto, July 2010 .
Juarez, K. & Walters, L.M., Two (or more) heads are better: Cooperative Learning in a
eight grade mathematics classroom, accepted for presentation at AERA, Denver, CO,
April, 2010.
Walters, L.M., Garii, B., Hammer, J. & Jimarez, T., The world within: The impact of an
international teaching experience on intercultural competence, presented at AACTE,
Atlanta, GA., February, 2010.
Sokolowski, A., & Walters, L., Mathematical modeling in trigonometry enhanced by
physics simulation, accepted for presentation at the International Technology, Education
and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain, March, 2010.
Wiese, P., Boettcher, C., Walters, L.M., Douglass, A., Smith, D. & Undergraduate Peer
Mentors, Using calibrated peer review (CPR) to enhance TLAC writing-intensive
courses, accepted for presentation at the Teaching with Technology Conference, Texas
A&M University, February, 2010.
Clark, M., Foster-Walker, F., Williams, T., Rice, A. & Walters, L.M. Toto, I don’t think
we’re in Kansas anymore: A look at alternative certification, accepted for presentation at
CSOTTE, San Antonio, October, 2009.
Walters, T. & Walters, L. “Toward a new cultural identity: I remember Ramadan,” paper
presented at the conference of the International Association for Intercultural
Communication Studies, Louisville, Ky., November, 2008.
Walters, L., Garii, B. & Watlters, T. “Tension and Teaching: Pre-service Teachers,
International Experiences and Changing Professional Identities,” paper presented at
“Moving beyond Mobility,” international educational conference, Berlin, Germany,
October, 2008.
Walters, L., Hammer, J., Jimarez, T. & Ezrailson, C., “Measure for measure: Interactive
Science for the English Language Learner, paper presented at the TESOL conference,
New York, April, 2008.
Walters, L. “Fatal to Bigotry: Intercultural Sensitivity and the International Teaching
Experience,” presented as part of on International Studies SIG symposium on Valuing
Diversity, Embracing Change, and International Awakenings: The Impact of International
Teaching Opportunities on Pre- and Early-Service Teachers, AERA, New York, April,
2008.
Murdock, S. & Walters, L. “Face-to-Face or Facebook? The Impact of an Online
Program on Study Group.” Paper presented at National Academic Advising Association
(NACADA) Baltimore, 2007.
Walters, L. & Hammer, J. “Educating monocultural teachers for a multicultural
classroom: Do college courses work?” presented at the conference of the National
Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) College Station, 2007.
Kupka, B., Everett, A. M., Atkins, S. G., Dodd, C., Walters, L., Hill, L. B., Richter, B.,
Walters, T.Bolten, J., Graf, A., & Mertesacker, M. Home, sweet home: Assessing
trainees’ intercultural self-awareness for international assignments with the Intercultural
Self-Awareness Scale. Paper presented at the 93rd annual convention of the National
Communication Association, Chicago, 2007.
Kupka, B., Everett, A. M., Atkins, S. G., Dodd, C., Walters, L., Hill, L. B., Richter, B.,
Walters, T., Bolten, J., Graf, A., & Mertesacker, M. Pirates of the Caribbean or skilled
ambassadors: Intercultural skills assessment and development for employees on
international assignments through the Intercultural Communication Skills Scale. Paper
presented at the 10th Anniversary McGill Conference on International Entrepreneurship,
Montreal, 2007.
Kupka, B., Everett, A. M., Atkins, S. G., Dodd, C., Walters, L., Hill, L. B., Richter, B.,
Walters, T., Bolten, J., Graf, A., & Mertesacker, M. Assessing expatriate training needs
with the Intercultural Communication Motivation Scale. Paper presented at the Academy
of Management, New York, 2007.
Kupka, B., Everett, A. M., Atkins, S. G., Dodd, C., Walters, L., Hill, L. B., Richter, B.,
Walters, T., Bolten, J., Graf, A., & Mertesacker, M. (2007). Far and away; Effective and
efficient preparation of employees for international assignments through the Intercultural
Knowledge Scale. Paper presented at the 2007 annual convention of the International
Association for Intercultural Communication Studies, Harbin, PR China, 2007.
Walters, L., Hammer, J., Ezrailson, C. & Jimarez, T. Teaching Measurement:
Interactive Science for ELLs, presented at the conference of TxTESOL
Galveston, 2007.
Murdock, S. & Walters, L. Face-to-Face or Facebook? The Impact of an Online Program
on Study Group. Poster presented at the ERE TLAC Poster Session. College Station,
2007.
Walters, L. & Hammer, J. “Yo soy la maestra: Training monocultural teachers for a
multicultural classroom." Paper presented at the conference of Cultures and Languages
Across the Curriculum: Building New Connections. Portland, Oregon. 2006.
Walters, L. “Voyage of discovery: Media use and intercultural sensitivity on Semester at
Sea,” International Association for International Communication Studies, 2006.
Chen, X. & Walters, L. “Culture and motivation in the classroom: Students motivation in
English learning in America, Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference,
2006.
Walters, T. & Walters, L. “Old Tools and new technologies enliven classrooms and
improve efficiency,” China-U.S. Educational Leadership Conference, 2006.
Lee, K. & Walters, L. “Attitude: Language learners and successful oral presentation,”
TxTESOL, 2005.
Walters, T. & Walters, L. “Robed Revolutionaries.” International Communications
Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto,
Canada. 2004
Walters, T. & Walters, L. “Transformations in the UAE.” International Conference
on New Directions in the Humanities, Prato, Italy. 2004
Walters, T. & Walters, L. “The Social Consequences of Media Life Among
Students in the UAE.” International Conference on Communication and Mass
Media,” Athens, Greece, 2004
Walters, T. & Walters, L. “Mediated Days and Nights: Internet and Television
Usage by Students in the United Arab Emirates,” Beirut Institute for Media Arts,
2004 (invited paper)
Walters, T. & Walters, L. “Mediated Days and Nights: Internet and Television
Usage by Students at Zayed University.” Communication in the Globalized World:
Research, Practices, and Trends. Budapest College of Communication. Sponsored
by the Embassy of the United States and the Hungarian-American Fulbright
Commission, 2004
“Media Life Among the Gen Zeds.” Arab-US Association for Communication Educators/
Beirut Institute for Media Arts International Conference. Zayed University. Dubai, United
Arab Emirates, 2003
“Gen Zeds: Arab Women Speaking with ‘Still Small Voices,’” International
Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication, Kansas City, August 2003 (faculty paper second prize winner)
“International Studies as an Academic Discipline, chair of roundtable discussion,
International Studies Association, Southern Region, Richmond, 2003
”Journalism Education in Hungary: The Transitional Years,” Conference in Honor of the
Tenth Anniversary of the Hungarian-American Fulbright Association, Budapest, 2002
(invited paper)
“The Transitional Woman,” AUSACE, Beirut, Lebanon, 2002
“Cyberspace and the United Arab Emirates: Searching for tunes in the air,” Association
for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Miami, 2002
“Political Communication in an Open Society.” The Profession of Journalism in a
Democratic Society: East-West Perspectives, Glasgow, Scotland, 1998 (invited paper)
“Training for the New Hungarian Media.” Media Ethics: Image of the World in Media.
Krakow, Poland: The Press Research Center: Jagiellonian University, 1997 (invited
paper)
"The Calm Before the Storm: Communication and Public Policy on the Texas Gulf
Coast." Emergency Planning Conference, Prague, 1997
"Hungarian Journalism Education at the Crossroads.” International Communication
Association, Montreal, Canada, 1997
"The Good, the Bad, and the Innumerate." American Society of Business and
Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, 1997
"Life on the Edge of the Precipice: Information Subsidy and the Framing of AIDS as a
Public Issue, 1983-1989." Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication, 1996, Anaheim, California
"From Step to Step: Analysis and Perspectives on Hungary's 1994 Proposed Electronic
Media Law." International Communication Association, Chicago, 1996
"You Can't Even Look it Up in Your Funk and Wagnall's: Advertising and Public
Relations Education in Hungary." Eighth Annual International Association of Business
Disciplines, 1996. Washington, D.C.
"Hobgoblins of Fear: Syntax, Substance and Imagery of the 1992 Presidential Press
Releases, “Southwestern Symposium, AEJMC, 1995
"Agenda Building and the 1992 Presidential Campaign: Was It a Failure to
Communicate Or Did the Audience Set the Agenda," Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Communication, 1995
"The Good, the Bad and the Media: The Effects of Mass Communication," Jagiellonian
University (Poland); Austrian Fulbright Commission, 1994 (invited papers)
"New Communication Technologies and Their Impact on News Gathering," International
Media Center, Belarus, 1994 (invited paper)
"It Loses Something in the Translation: Syntax and Survival of Key Words in
Science/NonScience Press Releases," Science Interest Group, Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1994
"Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die: Framing AIDS in the Early Years", International
Communications Association, 1994
"Menage a Trois: How Information Subsidy Affected the Coverage of AIDS, 19831989," International Communication Association, 1994
"Gender, Truth and Videotape: Responses to AIDS Public Service Announcements"
International Communications Association, 1994
"Implications of the New Global Order for Advertising and Public Relations
Practitioners," International Academy of Business Disciplines, 1994
"After the Highwayman: Syntax and the Successful Placement of Press Releases,"
Public Relations Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication," 1993
"Total Quality Management for Public Relations," International Academy of Business
Disciplines, 1993
"Attention Producing Elements of AIDS Publics Service Announcements," National
AIDS Information and Education Program, Centers for Disease Control, 1991 (invited
paper)
"Environment of Confidence: Daily Newspaper Use of Press Releases," Public
Relations Society of America 1991 (Top three paper prize)
"Cultural Influences on Attention Producing Elements of Televised Health Messages"
accepted by International Conference on Public Communication of Science and
Technology, 1991
"Voices in the News: Claims, Disclaims and Counter Claims in News Coverage of
Hurricane Hugo and the Loma Prieta Earthquake," Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Communication, 1990
"Two to Tango: Information Subsidy and the Coverage of AIDS," International
Communication Association, 1990
"Voices in the News: Newspaper Coverage of Hurricane Hugo and the Loma Prieta
Earthquake," Mass Communication and Society Division, AEJMC, 1990
"The Conspiracy of Silence: Media Coverage of Syphilis, 1906-1941," History Division,
AEJMC, 1989
"Creating the Baton: Orchestrating Media Coverage of an AIDS Hospital," International
Association of Business Communicators (IABC) chapters in Illinois, New York,
California, Indiana and Texas, 1987 (invited paper)
"Knocking on the Glass Ceiling," International Communication Association, 1986
"The Velvet Ghetto: The Impact of Feminization on the Field of Public Relations and
Business Communication, IABC national, regional and local chapters, 1985 - 1987; also
Public Relations Division, AEJMC, 1986
RECENT GRANTS AND HONORS
2009-2010 United States Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Group
Projects Abroad (China Seminar), $81,422
2008 Pilot Study Abroad Program Grant, Office of the Dean of Undergraduate
Programs, Texas A&M University (one-week study abroad program to Mexico
City for students in multicultural education course) $22,000
2007 MALRC Fellow
2007 PI, MALRC grant (interactive science for ELLs), $10,000
2006 Honors College Grant for Intercultural Development Inventory
2005 Center for Teaching Excellence Grant for Intercultural Development
Inventory
2004-5 Undergraduate International Studies Minor and Foreign Language
Initiative, Texas A&M University –Texarkana, funded by the U.S. Department
of Education (consultant)
2003 Texas A&M University Fish Camp namesake
2003 International Education Administrators Fulbright Seminar, AmericanGerman Fulbright Commission
2002 College of Liberal Arts international travel grant
1998 Texas Highways” Research Grant
1997 Texas A&M University Research Grant (public relations and public
policy)
1996 Texas A&M University Fulbright Host
1994-5 Senior Fulbright fellowship, Budapest, Hungary
1992-02 Natural Hazards Research and Information Center Quick Response
Grant
RECENT SERVICE
2010- present, head Culture and Curriculum Cognate
2010-present, member TLAC Leadership Committee
2010-present Member TLAC Graduate Advisory Committee
2007-present member, TAMU Diversity Committee
2004-2007 evaluator, undergraduate scholarships, National Security Education
Program, Council for International Educational Exchange
2002-present, member, board of directors, Fulbright Association, Brazos
Valley
2002-3 member, sub-committee for communication field of study, Texas State
Coordinating Board
2000-4 member, Bush School master’s degree in international affairs
advisory committee
2000-present, member, liberal arts development council
2000-present ex-officio member, Liberal Arts Executive Committee
1999-2000 member, Liberal Arts Council
1999-2003 member, College of liberal arts Diversity Committee
member, undergraduate subcommittee
1999-2000 member, Dean’s Tenure and Promotion Committee
1999-2000 member, College of Liberal Arts Graduate Instruction Committee