CURRICULUM VITAE Ronald Valentin Bettig 2012

College of Communications Home Address: State University 611 Mulberry Lane 129 Carnegie Building PO Box 755 University Park, PA 16802 Lemont, PA 16851 (814) 865-3067 E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana-Champaign, Doctorate in Communications, Institute of Communications Research, October 1989

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA at San Diego Bachelor of Arts, Double Major in Communications and Political Science, Minor in Sociology, June 1983

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor of Communications, July 1997 to present, College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Visiting Lecturer, Summer 2004, Hessen International Summer University at the University of Marburg, Germany

Assistant Professor of Communications, July 1990 to June 1997, College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Instructor of Communications, Fall 1988 to June 1990, School of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Visiting Lecturer, Spring 1988, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

Teaching Assistant, Fall 1986 and Fall 1987, College of Communications, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

Research Assistant, Fall 1983 to May 1987, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

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PUBLICATIONS

Books

Ronald V. Bettig and Jeanne Lynn Hall, Big Media, Big Money:Cultural Texts and Political Economics 2nd ed., Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, (2012)

Ronald V. Bettig and Jeanne Lynn Hall, Big Media, Big Money: Cultural Texts and Political Economics, Lanham, MD: Roman & Littlefield, (2003)

Ronald V. Bettig, Copyrighting Culture: The Political Economy of Intellectual Property, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, (1996)

Refereed Journal Articles

Ronald V. Bettig and Aaron Heresco, “The History of the Union for Democratic Communications Through the Democratic Communiqué,” (under review Democratic Communiqué)

Ronald V. Bettig, “Private Equity, Private Media,” Democratic Communiqué 23:1 (2009), pp. 22-44

Ronald V. Bettig, "The Enclosure of Cyberspace," Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 14:2 (1997), pp. 138-157

Ronald V. Bettig, "Critical Perspectives on the History and Philosophy of Copyright," Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 9:2 (June 1992), pp. 131-155

Ronald V. Bettig, "Managing the Crisis: The Global Promotion of U.S. Information and Culture Industries," Directions, 5:1-2, (1991), pp. 8-12

Ronald V. Bettig, "Extending the Law of Intellectual Property: Hollywood's International Anti- Videocassette Piracy Campaign," Journal of Communication Inquiry, 14:2, (1990), pp. 55-70

Thomas Guback and Ronald Bettig, "Translating the `Manifesto' into English: Nineteenth Century Communication, Twentieth Century Confusion," Journal of Communications Inquiry, 11:2, (1987)

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Book Chapters

Ronald V. Bettig, “Hollywood and Intellectual Property,” The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry, Janet Wasko and Paul McDonald (eds.), Malden, MA: Blackwell (2008), pp. 195- 205

Ronald V. Bettig and Jeanne Lynn Hall, “The Myth of the Liberal Media Continued: Fairness and Balance in Outfoxed,” The New Political Documentary, Thomas Benson and Brian Snee (eds.), Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press (2008), pp. 173-201

Ronald V. Bettig, “Concentration in the Copyright Industries,” Intellectual Property and Information Wealth,” Peter Yu (ed.), Westport, CT: Praeger (2007), pp. 363-384

Ronald V. Bettig, "Copyright and the Commodification of Culture," Intellectual Property and Copyright, Hyerabad: ICFAI University Press, (2004)

Ronald V. Bettig, "The Frankfurt School and the Political Economy of Communications," Rethinking the Frankfurt School: Alternative Legacies of Cultural Critique, Jeffrey Nealon and Karen Irr (eds.), New York: SUNY Press (2002), pp. 81-94

Ronald V. Bettig, "Who Owns Prime Time?: Institutional and Industrial Conflict Over Program and Broadcast Rights," Framing Friction: Perspectives on Media and Social Conflict, M. Mander (ed.), Urbana, Il.: University of Illinois Press, (1998), pp. 125-160

Encyclopedia Entries

Ronald V. Bettig, “Culture Industry,” The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory, (Michael Ryan and Keith Booker eds.), Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, (2009)

Ronald V. Bettig, "The Culture Industry," The Encyclopedia of Communication and Information, (Jorge Schement, et. al, eds.), New York: Macmillan, (2002)

Ronald V. Bettig "Political Economy," in The Encyclopedia of Communication and Information, (Jorge Schment, et. al, eds.), New York: Macmillan, (2002)

Ronald V. Bettig, “Copyright," in History of the Mass Media in the , M. Blanchard (ed.), New York: Garland, (1998)

Translations

Ronald V. Bettig, Copyrighting Culture: The Political Economy of Intellectual Property, (Guolin 4

Shen, trans. Mandarin) Boulder, CO: Westview Press (1996), Shanghai: Tsing Hua University Press, (2009) Ronald V. Bettig, “A Meta-Theoretical Overview Of Intellectual Property,” (trans. Mandarin), Conference Proceedings, Advanced Forum on Global Education in Digital-Publishing and Publishing Industries, June 2009, pp. 25-32

Solicited Articles and Monographs

Ronald V. Bettig, “Copyright and the Commodification of Culture," Media Development, (January 2003), pp 25-37

Ronald V. Bettig, "Freedom of the Press and Revolution: Contemporary Socialist Thought and Praxis," In Circulation: Working Papers, School of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University, (January 1990)

Published Conference Proceedings

Ronald V. Bettig, “A Meta-theoretical Overview of the Political Economy of Intellectual Property,” Advanced Forum on Global Education in Digital-Publishing and Publishing Industries, Fudan University, Shanghai, (2009), pp. 16-32

Reprints

Ronald V. Bettig, "The Frankfurt School and the Political Economy of Communications," Originally Chapter Two in Rethinking the Frankfurt School: Alternative Legacies of Cultural Critique, New York: SUNY Press, 2002; Reprinted in The Political Economy of Communication: A Reader, Cao Jin and Zhao Yuenshi (eds.) Shanghai: Fudan University Press, (2007), pp.169-179

Ronald V. Bettig, “Copyright and the Commodification of Culture,” originally published in Media and Development, (June 2003), pp. 169-179; Reprinted in The Political Economy of Communication: A Reader, Cao Jin and Zhao Yuenshi (eds.) Shanghai: Fudan University Press, (2007), pp. 25-37

Ronald V. Bettig, “Copyright and the Commodification of Culture," Media Development, January, 2003 pp. 25-37, in “Intellectual Property and Copyright,” Hyerbad: ICFAI University Press, 3:1, 2004, pp. 61-72

Book Reviews

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Ronald V. Bettig, “Censorship Inc.: The Corporate Threat to Freedom of Speech by Lawrence Soley,” Journal of Communication, 55:1, (2005), pp. 197-199

Public Journalism

Ronald V. Bettig and Jeanne Hall, "Beat the Press," (monthly media criticism column), Voices of Central Pennsylvania, State College, PA, 1998-2000

“Back to School: Hi-Tech Vo-Tech.” (September 2000) “Here Come the Govs.” (July-August 2000) “Media Whitewash in D.C.” (June 2000) “A Chain Reaction.” (May 2000) “Not Yet the Post-Cold War Era.” (April 2000) “Another One Bites the Dust.” (March 2000) “Media Prattle on Seattle.” (February 2000) “The State of the Union.” (December 1999/January 2000) “I Want My MP3.” (November 1999) “Media Merger Mania.” (October 1999) “Teach the Children Well.” (September 1999) “More Money at the Movies.” (July-August 1999) “Money at the Movies.” (June 1999) “Copyright as Censorship.” (May 1999) “Listen to the Music.” (April 1999) “Perish the Publisher.” (March 1999) “Mainstreaming Diversity.” (February 1999) “Are We Being Served?” (December 1998/January 1999) “The Hole in the News.” (November 1998) “Back to School with ‘The Right Stuff.’” (October 1998)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Ronald V. Bettig, “Me and Che: An Auto-ethnographic Encounter with a Revolutionary Icon,” Union for Democratic Communications, Buffalo State University/Niagara University, May 27- 29, 2009

Ronald V. Bettig, “Private Equity, Private Media,” Union for Democratic Communications, Vancouver, Canada, October 24-27, 2007

Ronald V. Bettig and Jeanne Lynn Hall, “The Myth of the Liberal Media Continued: `Fairness 6

and Balance’ in Outfoxed,” Union for Democratic Communications, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, November 3-5, 2005

Ronald V. Bettig, “Napster’s Back: The Incorporation of Digital Music,” Union for Democratic Communications, St. Louis, MO, April 13-15, 2004

Ronald V. Bettig, "The Political Economy of Intellectual Property," International Communication Association, San Diego, CA, May 23-27, 2003

Ronald V. Bettig and Jeanne Lynn Hall, "Big Movies, Big Money," Union for Democratic Communications, State College, PA, October 11-14, 2002

Ronald V. Bettig, "Hollywood.Com: Filmed Entertainment by the Byte," Society for Cinema Studies," Boulder, CO, May 22-24, 2002

Ronald V. Bettig, "The Political Economy of Intellectual Property," American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August 18-20, 2001

Ronald V. Bettig, "Guarding the Magic Kingdom: On Disney and Intellectual Property," Rethinking Disney: Private Control and Public Dimensions, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, November 9-12, 2000

Ronald V. Bettig, "Propaganda: The Institutional Context of News Production," Forest Resources Issues Conference, School of Forest Resources, College of Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA March 23-24, 1999

Ronald V. Bettig, "The Frankfurt School and the Political Economy of Culture," Rethinking the Frankfurt School: Alternative Legacies of Cultural Critique, The Pennsylvania State University, 6-7 November 1998

Ronald V. Bettig, “Copyright and the Reproduction of Economic and Ideological Power," Union for Democratic Communications, June 11-14, San Francisco, CA, 1998

Ronald V. Bettig, "The Economic Restructuring of the Filmed-Entertainment Industry: It's All in the Logic," Society for Cinema Studies, Dallas, TX, March 6-9, 1996

Ronald V. Bettig, "Teaching Political Economy of Mass Communications," Qualitative Studies Teaching Session: "Teaching Critical Thinking in the Age of Conformity," Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC, August 9-12, 1995

Ronald V. Bettig, "The Managerial Revolution and Social Responsibility: Apologia for Media Concentration Under Monopoly Capitalism," Union For Democratic Communications, 7

Austin, Texas, March 31-April 2, 1995

Ronald V. Bettig, "International Property Rights and International Trade Negotiations," International Studies Association, Washington, DC, March 29-April 1, 1994

Ronald V. Bettig, “Building Hegemonic Blocs: Elite Press Coverage of the North American Free Trade Agreement," Union for Democratic Communications, Havana, Cuba, December 2- 6, 1993

Ronald V. Bettig, "Who Owns Prime Time? The Political Economy of Television Program and Broadcast Rights," Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication, Kansas City, MO, August 11-14, 1993

Ronald V. Bettig, "Capitalism, the Printing Press, and the Origins of Literary Property," International Association of Mass Communications Research, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August, 1992

Ronald V. Bettig, "Recolonizing Communications and Culture: Free Trade and GATT Reform," Union for Democratic Communications. Peterborough, Canada, May 1992

Ronald V. Bettig, "Managing the Crisis: The Global Promotion of U.S. Information and Culture Industries," Union for Democratic Communications, October 1990

Ronald V. Bettig, "Capitalism, the State and Intellectual Property: The Case of the Compulsory License for Cable," International Association for Mass Communication Research, Bled, Yugoslavia, August 1990

Ronald V. Bettig, "Freedom of the Press and Revolution: Contemporary Socialist Thought," American Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, November 1989

Ronald V. Bettig, “The Rise (and Repeal?) of the Compulsory License for Cable," Conference on Communication and Culture, Philadelphia, PA, October 1989

Ronald V. Bettig, "Critical Perspectives on the History and Philosophy of Copyright," Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC, August, 1989

Ronald V. Bettig, "Socialist Thought on Freedom of the Press and Revolution: Comparative Perspectives," International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, May 1989

Ronald V. Bettig, "Conflict over Copyrights: U.S. Efforts to Secure Copyrights for Cable Retransmission in Canada," Union For Democratic Communications, Ottawa, Canada, March 8

1988

Ronald V. Bettig, "War on Pirates: U.S. Motion Picture Industry and Government Efforts to Eradicate Videocassette Piracy," Union For Democratic Communications, Los Angeles, CA, February 1987

Thomas Guback and Ronald Bettig, "Translating the `Manifesto' into English; Nineteenth Century Communication, Twentieth Century Confusion," Fourteenth Midwestern Journalism History Conference, U. of Illinois, April 1987

LECTURES & COLLOQUIA

Ronald V. Bettig, College of Communications, Graduate Colloquium, “Oppressed Pedagogy? Or Pedagogy of the Oppressed?” 1 March 2012

Ronald V. Bettig, Plenary Speaker, “A Meta-Theoretical Overview of the Political Economy of Intellectual Property,” Advanced Forum on Global Education in Digital Publishing and Publishing Industries, Fudan University, Shanghai, , 7 June 2009

Ronald V. Bettig, “The Reformation of Journalism: Neo-liberal, Reformist and Democratic Socialist Approaches,” Zheijiang University of Media and Communications, Hangzhou, China, 9 June 2009

Ronald V. Bettig, “Digital Technology, Knowledge Production and Copyrighting Culture,” National Institute of Advanced Social Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 10 June 2009

Ronald V. Bettig, “The Political Economy of the Film/Video and Music Industries: Current Structure and Practices,” National Chaio Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 19 May 2008

Ronald V. Bettig, “Toward Media Democracy: Three Approaches,” National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 20 May 2008

Ronald V. Bettig, “Undergraduate Studies in Media and Communications in the United States,” Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan, 20 May 2008

Ronald V. Bettig, “Graduate Studies in Media and Communications in the United States,” Fu Hsing Kang College, Taipei, Taiwan, 21 May 2008

Ronald V. Bettig, “The Political Economy of Contemporary Hollywood,” National Sun Yat-sen University, 27 May 2009 9

Ronald V. Bettig, “Napster’s Back: The Incorporation of Digital Music?,” Harvard Law School’s Entertainment Media and the Law Interactive Lecture Series, Boston, MA, October 2004

Ronald V. Bettig, "Copyright in the Private Sector: An Engine of Free Expression of a Tool of Private Censorship," Symposium, Intellectual Property Law Program, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, April 15, 2002

Ronald V. Bettig, "From Vaudeville to Vivendi: The First Hundred Years of the U.S. Film Industry," Leipzig University, Germany, April 20, 2001

Ronald V. Bettig, "MTV, a Gender Battleground," Residence Life, Building Community Program, Penn State University, March 22, 1994

Ronald V. Bettig, "Prime Time for Post-Fordism: The Case of the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules," Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Communications Research, Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, November 10, 1983

Ronald V. Bettig, "Prime Time for Post-Fordism: The Deregulation of Television Program Production and Syndication," Communications Faculty Colloquium, School of Communications, Penn State University, October 8, 1993

PANELS & SYMPOSIA

Moderator, “Issues in Political Economy” Union for Democratic Communications, Buffalo State University/Niagara University, May 27-29, 2009

Moderator, “Media and War,” Union for Democratic Communications, Buffalo State University/Niagara University, May 27-29, 2009

Invited participant: National Conference on Media Reform, St. Louis, Missouri, May 2005

Invited Participant, “Knowledge Held Hostage: Scholarly Versus Corporate Rights in the Digital Age,” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, June 2004

Panel Chair, “Political Economy and Media Ownership,” Union for Democratic Communications, St. Louis, MO, April 13-15, 2004

Discussant with Eileen Meehan, “New Scholarship Roundtable: American Media and Propaganda,” St. Louis, MO, April 13-15, 2004

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Invited Participant, “Democracy Dialog,” College of Communications, Pennsylvania State University, November 2004

Panelist, Roundtable on Current Research in Political Economy, International Association for Mass Communication Research, Political Economy Division, Bled, Yugoslavia, August 1990

Discussant, Top Paper Session, Qualitative Studies Division, Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication, Boston, MA, 1991

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Organizational

Coordinator, Steering Committee, Union for Democratic Communications, (August 2009 to May 2011)

Steering Committee Member, Union for Democratic Communications, December (1993-present)

Local Conference Organizing Committee Member, “Global Justice and Equal Rights,” Union for Democratic Communications, State College, PA, Oct 14-16, 2010

Co-Director, “Democratic Communications and Global Justice,” Local Conference Organizing Committee, Union for Democratic Communications, State College, Pennsylvania, October 2002

Book and Journal Reviewer

Mass Communication Division, International Communication Association, Qualitative Studies Division Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication Critical Studies in Mass Communication Democratic Communiqué Journalism History Information Society American Sociological Quarterly Chinese Journal of Communications Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies Journal of Communication Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD

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Editorial Board, Democratic Communique

Promotion and Tenure Dossier Review, New York University, Department of Communication and Culture, (2005)

ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Current and Former

American Studies Association Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication International Association for Mass Communication Research International Communications Association Society for Cinema and Media Studies Union For Democratic Communications

ACADEMIC HONORS

Bruce E. Gronbeck Political Communication Award, State University of New York, Potsdam, (2008)

Finalist for Nafzinger-White Dissertation Award (1990), Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication

University Fellowship in Communications, University of Illinois, 1985-1986, 1986-1987

TEACHING

Doctoral Graduate Committees

School and College of Communications

Name Committee Role

Kyung Han You Ph.D. Chair (ABD) John Dickison Ph.D. Chair (candidate/withdrawn) T.C. Corrigan Ph.D. Member (ABD) 12

Juraj Kitler Ph.D. Chair (2009) Mary Teritilli Ph.D. Chair (ABD) Doug Tewksbury Ph.D. Chair (thr/ comps.) Chongdae Park Ph.D. Chair (2008) Djung Yune Choi Ph.D. Co-chair) (Candidate deceased 2005) Sang Hae Kim Ph.D. Chair (2005) Jennifer Proffitt Ph.D. Chair (2005) Chen-Ling Hung Ph.D. Chair (2004) Patrick Trimble Ph.D. Chair (2004) Chris Russill Ph.D. Member (2003) Min-Dau Bian Ph.D. Chair (2000) Chi-Jen Hsieh Ph.D. Chair (2002) Ocek Eke Ph.D. Member (2000) John Manigaulte Ph.D. Chair (1999) Ping-Hung Chen Ph.D. Chair (1998) Guang-Shiash Hu Ph.D. Chair (1998) Ping Shaw Ph.D. Chair (1997) Teck-Hua Ngu Ph.D. Member (1996) Knut Svendson Ph.D. Chair (1995) Kwangmi Ko Kim Ph.D. Chair (1994) Mike Dillon Ph.D. Member (1993)

Outside Member Doctoral Committees

Brian Snee (Liberal Arts) Ph.D. (2000) Todd Frobish (Liberal Arts) Ph.D. (2002) Brian Kierens (Liberal Arts) Ph.D. (2000) Brian Ott (Liberal Arts) Ph.D. (1997) Uriel Grunfeld (Curriculum and Development) Ph.D. (1997)

Masters Committees

Jeremy Smith Chair (2012) Rafael Diaz Torres Chair (2011) Aaron Heresco Chair (2009) Ashley Sims Member (2009) Letrez Myer Chair (2006) Letrell Crittendon Chair (2006) Mathew James Member (2006) Tao Sun Member (1996) Sumana Kasturi Member (1998) 13

Christine Quail Chair (1998) Katie Razzano Chair (1997) Christian Vermehren Member (1995) John Delevan Member (1994) John Dickison Member (1993)

Integrated Undergraduate Studies

Jesse Clark IUG Member (2007)

Scholar Thesis Advisor and Reader

Rachael Guldin Thesis Advisor (2009) Amanda Blunt Thesis Advisor (2009) Julian Cantrel Thesis Advisor (2008) Amy Ruttenberg Thesis Reader (2005) Christina Rancourt Thesis Advisor (2004) Jeffrey Streitel Thesis Advisor (2002) Jennifer Bartolini Honors Advisor (2000-2) Jill Carper Honors Advisor (1997-9) Kara Heermans Honors Advisor (1997-9) Melissa Gelfman Thesis Advisor (2000) Jennie Scheer Thesis Co-Advisor (1999) Matthew Frazier Thesis Advisor (1998) Shelly Gehret Thesis Advisor (1995) Melanie Antonio Thesis Advisor (1994) Colleen Stiles Thesis Advisor (1994) Jacquelin Caridad Thesis Advisor (1993) Michael Shapiro Thesis Advisor (1993)

TEACHING HONORS AND AWARDS

Faculty Marshal, Film/Video Media Studies, College of Communications (Student Marshal, Rachel Guldin), Spring 2009

Faculty Marshal, School of Communications, Fall 1993; Spring 1994; Fall 1994; Spring 1995; Spring 1996

Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Communications Alumni Society, April 26, 1996

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ADMINISTRATIVE

University Level

University Faculty Senator, College of Communications, Penn State University, (June 1996- December 2000; August 2003-May 2005)

Faculty Senate, Senate Committee on Intra-University Relations, (2003-2005)

Faculty Senate, Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs, (June 1996-December 2000)

University Graduate Council, Subcommittee on New and Revised Programs and Courses, (August 2004-2006)

College of Communications Liaison, Advisory Committee to Secondary Education English (Communication Option), 1993-2005

University Judicial Hearing Board, (1997-2009)

International Council, Penn State University, (1990-91)

University Faculty Senate, Subcommittee on International and Intercultural Competence, (1999-2000)

College Level

Curricular Affairs, Media Studies Representative, (2004-2005)

Cultural, Political Communications Advisory Committee, College Graduate Faculty, (2004- 2005)

Sabbatical Leave Committee, (2002-2004)

Programs Level Promotion and Tenure Committee, (1997-1998; 1999-2000)

Chair, Curriculum and Liaison Committee, (June 1996-December 2000)

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Graduate Curriculum Committee, (1999-2000)

Chair, Programs Level Promotion and Tenure Committee, (1998-1999)

Chair, Curriculum and Liaison Committee, (June 1996-present)

Facilities Task Force, (1993-1997)

Director, Scholars Program, (Jan 1993-May 1994)

Facilities Committee, (1992-1994)

International Committee, (1988-1994)

Resources and Library Committee, (1988-1992)

Graduate Admissions Committee, (1993-1994)

School of Communications International Officer, (1990-1991)

Department Level

Media Studies Advisor, College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University, (August 1992-present)

Film/Video & Media Studies Faculty Search Committee, Chair (2005-2006)

Chair, Senior Level Film/Video & Media Studies Faculty Search Committee, (2003-2004)

Media Studies Task Force, (2004-2005, 2010-2011)

Media Studies Search Committee, (1995-1996)

SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC

Ronald V. Bettig, “Last Elm Tree on Mulberry Street,” , 28 July 2008, B1

Community Columnist, Voices of Central Pennsylvania, (1998-2000)

Board of Advisors, WKPS-FM, (University Park, PA) (April 1996-May 1998) 16

Press interviews with local, regional and national media: New York Times, Pacifica Radio, Wired, Clear Channel radio (Harrisburg, PA), WPSU-TV, McClatchy papers (Pittsburgh, PA), Centre Daily Times (State College, PA), (Pennsylvania State University student paper), and other media outlets