Short CV—Edward C. Pease (2011)

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Logan, Utah 84322-4605 • 435/797-3293; 3973 FAX • ted.pease@usu.edu

EDUCATION
• Ph.D., Mass Communication, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University. June 1991.
Dissertation: “Still the Invisible People: Job Satisfaction of Minority Journalists at U.S. Daily Newspapers.” Major Professor: Ralph Izard.
• MA, Mass Communication, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Minnesota. 1981.
• BA, English/journalism, University of New Hampshire. 1978.

EMPLOYMENT
• Professor, Department of Journalism and Communication, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. 1994-present; Department Head, 1994-2005, 2009-present.
• Book Review Editor, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2008-present.
• Associate Vice President/Media Relations and Marketing, Utah State University. 1998-1999.
• Associate Director for Publications, and Editor, Media Studies Journal, The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, Columbia University, New York City. 1992-1994.
• Associate Professor/Chair, Journalism, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vermont. 1991-1992.
• Director, Midwest Newspaper Workshop for Minorities, Ohio University, 1987-1991.
• Associate Editor, Newspaper Research Journal, Ohio University, 1988-1992.
• Assistant Professor/Journalism, University of Dayton, Ohio. 1983-1987.
• Journalist, The Arkansas Gazette; The Associated Press; Home Energy Digest; The Holyoke (Mass.) Transcript Telegram; The Gloucester (Mass.) Daily Times, 1976-1983.

RESEARCH/TEACHING
Research: Primary teaching and research areas in media performance re. race and gender; social responsibility and media & society; Teaching: Primary teaching responsibilities—journalistic skills; media criticism, media & society, media & politics.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
• Books: The News in Black and White (1997); Publishing Books (1997); Children and the Media (1996); Radio—The Forgotten Medium (1995); How to Teach Diversity Handbook (1992).
• Chapters: “Free Expression in Hollywood: First Amendment and Censorship,” More Than a Movie: Ethics in Entertainment (2000); “Why Should We Care? The Philosophical and Economic Arguments for Media Diversity,” Pluralizing Journalism Education: A Multicultural Handbook (1993); “Race, Gender and Job Satisfaction in Newspaper Newsrooms,” Readings in Media Management (1992); “E.W. Scripps’ Thoughts on Journalism in His Final Years,” A Celebration of the Legacies of E.W. Scripps: His Life, Works and Heritage (1993).
• Refereed Articles: “The Mormons versus the ‘Armies of Satan’: Competing Frames of Morality in the Brokeback Mountain Controversy in Utah Newspapers” Western Journal of Communication (2009); “Framing Brokeback Mountain: How the Popular Press Corralled the ‘Gay Cowboy Movie,’” Critical Studies in Media Communication (2008); “‘Don’t Want No Short People ’Round Here’: Confronting Heterosexism’s Intolerance Through Comic and Disruptive Narratives in Ally McBeal.” Western Journal of Communication (2002); “Defining Communication’s Role and Identity in the 1990s,” Insights: Journal of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (1994); “The Newsroom Barometer: Job Satisfaction and the Impact of Racial Diversity on U.S. Daily Newspapers,” Ohio Journalism Monographs (1991) (And 10 others since 1986.)

Other Publications: More than 60 other juried research papers, book reviews, reports, white papers and articles; 100+ newspaper columns; nine dedicated blogs.
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