J-MC Faculty Community Service
Connecting with our alums, students and the community at large.

Glenda Balas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

• Associate Chair, C&J Department, 2008-present.
• Chair, Undergraduate Mass Communication Committee, 2007-present
• Undergraduate mass communication adviser, 2007-present
• Member, New Mexico Press Women, 2005-present
• Member, Provost's Committee on Service Learning, University of New Mexico, 2003
• Developed and executed community service learning projects for Freshman Learning Community class "Making a Difference," 2002-2006; included environmental reclamation, meals and clothing for homeless people and abused families, and   projects for Habitat for Humanity, Manzano del Sol Retirement Community, and UNM Children's Campus
• Developed and executed community service learning projects for Experiential Learning Community class "Oral History and Videography," 2003-2005; included tutoring and video production training for fifth graders at Lowell Elementary School and a "Stay in School" video and assembly presentation for eighth graders at Washington Middle School
• Member, Publications Board, Broadcast Educators Association, 2006-2009
• Member, Editorial Board, Communication Yearbook , 2006-2009
• Manuscript Reviewer, Sage Publications, Journal of Health Communication , Journal of Broadcast and Electronic Media , and Communication Yearbook , 2003-2007
• Member, Faculty Senate, University of New Mexico, 2004-2006
• Director, Doctoral Program, C and J Department, University of New Mexico, 2005-2007
• Faculty Sponsor, Annual C & J Graduate Student Trip to Northern New Mexico, Acoma Pueblo and Navajo Reservation, 2002, 2003, 2004
• Member or Chair, Search Committees, C & J Department (Broadcast Engineer, Advertising/PR Lecturer, Advertising Assistant Professor, Print Journalism Assistant Professor), 2002-2005
• Member, Board of Directors, Feminist Research Institute, University of New Mexico, 2003-2006
• Member, Campus Planning Committee, University of New Mexico 2002-2007
• Member. International Studies-Study Abroad Committee, 2004-2007
• Program Planner for Competitive Papers, Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2006
• Chair, Publications Committee, Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2001-2003
• Member, Research Committee, Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2003-2005 (Chair in 2005)

Karolyn Cannata-Winge, M.A.
Lecturer II

• Chair, C & J Department Community Relations Committee, 2005-present
• Internship Coordinator, C & J Department, 2005-present
• Member, C & J Department Undergraduate Journalism Committee, 2005-present
• Member, C & J Department Graduate Awards Committee, 2005-present
• Co-adviser, C & J Department AdFed Student Chapter, 2005-present
• Co-adviser, Missouri University Student Chapter of the Society for News Design, 1999-2003
• Adviser, University of Texas at El Paso AdFed Student Chapter, September 1992-May 1994
• Member, Missourian Technology Committee (research for new equipment and pagination system for the Missourian Design/Copy/Sports desks), 1999-2003
• Chair, University of Texas at El Paso Student Advising, Internships and Scholarships Committee, 1992-1994
• Member, Society for News Design and Visual Journalism, 1996-present
• Member, American Advertising Federation, 1992-1993 and 2005-present
• Member, Board of Directors, and Co-Chair, ADDY Awards, New Mexico Advertising Federation, 2005-present
• Site coordinator, New Mexico Advertising Federation's District 12 ADDY Awards, Spring 2005
• Speaker, Workshop, Mid-America Press Institute's Design Workshop, April 2003
• Judge (editorial/design), Texas Press Association Newspaper Contest, April 2002
• Speaker, Mid-America Press Institute's Design Workshop, April 2002
• Facilitator/management trainer, Zenger-Miller workshops, 1997-Present

Janet Cramer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

• Chair, Women Studies Program, 2007-present
• Associate Chair, C & J Department, 2005-2006
• Director, Doctoral Program, C & J Department, 2002-2005
• Faculty sponsor, Association for Women in Communications, C & J Department, 1999-present
• Faculty sponsor, C & J Department AdFed Student Chapter, 2001-2002
• Member, Board of Directors, Feminist Research Institute, University of New Mexico, 2000-2003
• Chair, Intellectual History and Oral History Committees, History Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
• Manuscript reviewer, Journalism and Mass Communication Monographs, Mass Communication and Society, Journal of Communication Inquiry, American Journalism, Sage Publications and Routledge Publishers, 2002-present
• Media consultant, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), Northern New Mexico Citizens' Advisory Board, and Domenici Littlejohn, Inc., 2002-present
• Member, communication mediation team, Arizona Fish and Game, Mountain Lion Workshop, Flagstaff, AZ, August 2004
• Member, communication mediation team, Arizona Fish and Game, Mountain Lion Workshop, Tucson, AZ, May 2004
• Member, Association for Women in Communications, Professional Chapter, Albuquerque, NM, 2002-present.
• Member, Western Area Franciscan Life Team, Franciscan Sisters of Rochester. MN, 1999-2002

Miguel Gandert, M.A.
Professor

• Associate Chair, C & J Department, 2006-present
• Research Associate, Southwest Hispanic Research Institute
• Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, University of New Mexico
• Member, Steering Committee, University College Chicano Studies Committee
• Member, Advisory Board, Center for the Southwest
• Member, Board of Directors, Capitol City Art Foundation (responsible for the acquisition of art for the State Capitol as well as other state buildings)
• Member, Art Advisory Board, McCune Foundation
• Developed and taught community workshops on photography and community ethnography for the New Mexico Office of Cultural Affairs
• Panelist, Very Special Arts Career Workshops
• Juried photography exhibitions and contests for the New Mexico Presswoman and Working Classrooms, portfolio reviews for the Independent Schools Association Southwest and for the Santa Fe Center for the Visual Arts
• Donated numerous photographic prints for fundraising; worked with Heart Gallery, which makes and exhibits portraiture of older orphan children to facilitate their adoptions

Dirk Gibson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

• Member, New Mexico Cancer Council, 2006-present
• Communication Consultant, American Cancer Society, 2005-present
• Member, Communication Workgroup, The New Mexico Cancer Plan, 2005-present
• Facilitator, New Mexico Cancer Council, 2005-present
• Communication Consultant, Cancer Services of New Mexico, 2006- present.
• Judge, Public Relations Society of America, El Cumbre Awards, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
• Co-chair, Marketing Board, Albuquerque Retarded Citizens Association, 2000-2002
• Marching Neighborhood Mom for the March of Dimes, March of Dimes. 2001-present
• Speaker, Sisters in Crime, Albuquerque, NM author's association, May 2006
• Speaker, Washington, D.C. chapter of the UNM Alumni Association, March, 2006
• Manuscript Reviewer, Management Communication Quarterly, Public Relations Review, Southwestern Journal of Mass Communication, Journal of Communication Law Policy, International Academy of Business Disciplines and McGraw-Hill Higher Education Group 2002-2006.
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Southwestern Journal of Mass Communication, 2004-present
• Contributing Editor, Public Relations Quarterly, 2004-present.
• Guest Editor, "American Hispanic Public Relations," Public Relations Quarterly, Spring 2002

Dennis Herrick, M.A.
Lecturer II

• Editor, C & J Department newsletter, 2003-present
• Web Supervisor, C & J Department, 2001-present
• Chair, Undergraduate Journalism Committee, C & J Department, 2004-2007
• Adviser, Undergraduate Journalism Program, C & J Department, 2004-2007
• Adviser, UNM chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, 2002-present
• Chair, Freedom of Information Committee, Society of Professional Journalists, New Mexico chapter, 2004-present
• Founding member, AEJMC Community Newspaper Interest Group, 2004
• Member, Planning Committee, Associated Press Managing Editors Association seminar, NewsTrain, for New Mexico's working journalists, June 2007
• Member, Board of Directors, Friends of Rio Rancho Open Space (nonprofit organization formed to remove alien plants from the Rio Grande River bosque inside the Rio Rancho city limits and to restore the bosque), 2001-present
• Editor of a bimonthly national newspaper for Vietnam War veterans, 1999-present
• Member, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2000-present
• At-large member, Executive Board, AEJMC Media Management and Economics Division, 2003-2005
• Founding member, Friends of the Albuquerque Tribune, an organization to preserve the Tribune's voice, possibly as an online publication, 2007
• Member, Board of Directors, nonprofit corporation that operates Albuquerque's public access television, Channel 27, 2002-2005
• Member, Technology Committee, New Mexico Press Association, 2003-2004
• Speaker, SouthWest Writers, Albuquerque Press Women, New Mexico Press Association state convention, New Mexico High School Journalism Workshop, Editorial Board of Native America Calling/Native American News, Albuquerque chapter of Public Relations Society of America
• Manuscript reviewer, Thomson/Wadsworth Publishers and Bedford/St. Martin's Press, 2005-2006
• Judge, competitive conference papers, AEJMC, 2002-2005

Ilia Rodríguez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

• Member, Advisory Board, Southwest Creations (non-profit organization promoting women economic empowerment in Albuquerque), 2006-present
• Faculty representative, KUNM Radio Board, University of New Mexico, 2005-present
• Member, Women Studies Executive Committee, University of New Mexico, 2003-present
• Volunteer, Albuquerque High School's workshops for Hispanic bilingual students, 2005
• Faculty mentor, UNM Peer Mentoring for Graduates of Color, 2004-present
• Departmental representative, Hispano Student Day, University of New Mexico, 2005
• Departmental representative, Stars Scholars Program (for recruitment of high school students), University of New Mexico, 200-2006
• Volunteer translator, PEARL, Battered Women's Resource Center, Milaca, MN, 2002-2003
• Member, Caribbean Studies Group, Latin American & Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico, 2004-2006
• Member, Southwest and Hispanic Research Institute, University of New Mexico, 2003-present
• Volunteer reader (in Spanish), Celebración Quijotesca, event commemorating 400th anniversary of Don Quijote, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of New Mexico, 2005
• Co-coordinator (with International Studies), guest lecture by Washington Pos t Managing Editor Steve Coll for journalism undergraduate students, University of New Mexico, 2004
• Faculty participant, Presidential Debate Watch sponsored by the National Communication Association and the Presidential Debate Commission and organized locally by Prof. Jan Schuetz, University of New Mexico, 2004
• Presented information about C & J Department for student recruitment purposes at the regional meeting of the Latin American Federation of Schools of Social Communication (FELAFACS), University of Miami, 2004
• Co-coordinator, Ecuadorian Film and Lecture Series, Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico, 2003
• Secretary, Minorities and Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2004-present
• Manuscript reviewer, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly and Critical Studies in Media Communication , 2001-present
• Faculty representative, Advisory Editorial Board, Workday Minnesota , online publication sponsored by the Labor Education Service and the Minnesota AFL-CIO, University of Minnesota, 2003
• Developed and taught two mock classes as part of College Day, event designed to recruit students of color from area high schools, St. Cloud State University, 2002

Richard Schaefer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

• Undergraduate journalism adviser, 2007-present
• Chair, Undergraduate Journalism Committee, 2007-present
• Director, MA Program, C & J Department, 2005-2007
• Member, Advisory Board, CIRT (computer facilities organization ), University of New Mexico, 2005-present
• Member, ARTSLab Steering Committee, University of New Mexico, 2004-2006 (ARTSLab is a cross-disciplinary effort to upgrade and coordinate digital media training at UNM and throughout New Mexico)
• Member, Search Committee for Broadcast Engineer, C & J Department, 2005
• Member, Graduate Student Review Committee, C & J Department
• Member, Merit Committee, C & j Department
• Member, Development Committee, C & J Department
• Member, Administrator Hiring Committee, C & J Department
• Member, Institutional Review Board (IRB), University of New Mexico', 2002-2005
• Chair, KUNM-FM Radio Board, 2001-2002
• Co-chair, Journalism Accreditation Committee, C & J Department, 2002
• Review and Criticism Editor, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Medi
• Member, Committee on E-Journal Publications, Broadcast Education Association
• Manuscript reviewer, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Southwest Mass Communication Journal , Management Communication Quarterly
• Treasurer, River Ranch Neighborhood, Albuquerque, NM

Olaf Werder, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

• Faculty Advisor, UNM Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, 2002-present
• Board Member and Faculty Representative, University of New Mexico, Lutheran House
• Member, Institutional Review Board (IRB), University of New Mexico, 2005-2009
• Advertising Consultant, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, ASSENT Asthma Research project, development of TV campaign, 2003
• Member, AAF-District 12 Planning Committee, American Advertising Federation National Student Advertising Competition, 2004
• Advisor, Communication/Media Committee, Indian Pueblo Culture Center, 2003-present
• Member, Media, Marketing, and Technology Committee, New Mexico Forum for Youth in Community, 2003-present
• Member, Editorial Board, Environmental Communication Yearbook , 2005-present
• Member, International Education Committee, American Academy of Advertising, 2002-present
• Manuscript reviewer, Allyn & Bacon Publishing and Natural Resources Journal , 2003-present
• Chair, Undergraduate Mass Communication Committee, 2006-2007
• Undergraduate mass communication adviser, 2006-2007