Glenda R. Balas, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1999  M.B.A., Eastern New Mexico University, 1989  Office: Room 236	Associate Professor Communication Journalism

Research:
The methods I generally use are critical, cultural, interpretive, and/or historical, although I have also conducted quantitative work and find this approach helpful in given instances.

Sample Publications:

• Balas, Glenda. "The Long Road to Decatur," video project.

• Balas, Glenda. "The Lessons of Anapra: International Service Learning and Character Education." Journal of College and Character, 7.7 (September 2006), www.collegevalues.org

• Balas, Glenda (Producer/Writer) and Jason Balas (Videographer/Editor). "Remembering Ev Rogers" (video documentary). The Innovation Journal 10.3 (2006), (http://www.innovation.cc/editorial-board/roger_dedication.htm)

• "Service Learning and Community Collaboration: Designing Cross-Generational Intervention Projects for Pre-Adolescent Girls," Journal for Civic Commitment, April 2005.

• "Stories to Live By and Get Through: The Healing Fiction of Autobiography," Texas Speech Communication Journal, January 2005.

• "Technology and Aesthetics: New Perspectives on Visual Communication," Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, June 2003.

• Recovering a Public Vision for Public Television, (2003), Roman & Littlefield Publishing, Boulder, Colo.

• "KOB," in Encyclopedia of Radio (2001), Christopher Sterling, ed., Fitzroy Dearborn Publishing.

• "Designing Radio: Public Media's Struggle for Resources and Institutional Identity, 1920-1935" (2000), Communication Practices and Democratic Society, Lee Artz, ed., Harcourt Brace Publishing.

• "Domestic Values and National Security: Framing the Battle for Educational Frequencies in 1950-51," Journal of Communication Inquiry (Vol 25, No. 4).

Authors: John Dewey, Jurgan Habermas, Hanno Hardt, John Peters, Wolfgang Iser, Robert Avery, Robert McChesney

Teaching Style: I would characterize my teaching style as largely active, interactive, experiential, and hands on. I am interested in students engaging the materials and ideas of class themselves and being able to articulate individual stances about the theories and practices we discuss.

Favorite Classes: Media Criticism, Visual Communication, Media Production, Media and Society, International Media.

Why UNM?: I am a fourth generation New Mexico native with deep roots and strong commitments to the people and places of this state. I appreciate the diversity of the state, the strength of the department, and C&J's emphasis on intercultural communication.

Spare Time: Well, I have this old house....