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Glenda
R. Balas, Ph.D. |
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Ph.D., University of
Iowa, 1999
M.B.A., Eastern New Mexico University, 1989
Office: Room 129E/206, 505-277-1905
gbalas@unm.edu
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Associate Professor
C&J Chair
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.
Selected Research Funding:
- “Project Vital: A Study of Water in North America,”
international exchange and research program about effects of climate
change on water supply in Canada, Mexico, and United States; Fund
for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department
of Education, $50,000 (2009-2014)
- “Public Media, Public Culture(s), and the Canadian Paradigm:
Public Service Broadcasting and Globalization,” Fulbright
Scholar Program, U.S. Department of State, $25,000 (2009)
- “Facing Down the Odds: Women Pioneers in Communication”
(video documentary), Feminist Research Institute, University of
New Mexico, $800.00; and National Communication Association Special
Projects, $5,000 (2008-2009)
- “Rural Student Recruitment and Retention,” University
of New Mexico Enrollment Management and Chase Oil Corporation, $20,000
(2009)
- “Advancing Public Goals Through Private Competencies: The
Role of Oral History in Teaching the Liberal Arts Tradition,”
New Mexico Center for Teaching Excellence, $1,961 (2007-2008)
Sample Publications and Creative Works:
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Balas, Glenda. “The Legacies of Sam Becker”
(video documentary), 2010
Part I
Part II
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Balas, Glenda and Anthony Schroeder. “Advancing
Public Goals Through Private Competencies: The Role of Oral History
in Teaching the Liberal Arts Tradition.” Action Research
in the Classroom. Ed. Elwyn C. Hulett, 2009, 95-100
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Balas, Glenda. Video
project. "The Long Road to Decatur: A History of Personal
Influence."
Introduction
and Part I
Part
II
Part
III
- Balas, Glenda. “From Underserved to Broadly Served: The
Class Interests of Public Broadcasting.” Critical Studies
in Media Communication, 24.4 (October 2007), 365-369
- Balas, Glenda (Producer/Writer) and Jason Balas
(Videographer/Editor). Video
Documentary. "Remembering Ev Rogers" (video documentary).
The Innovation Journal, 10.3 (2006).
Part I
Part
II
- Balas, Glenda. "Service Learning and Community
Collaboration: Designing Cross-Generational Intervention Projects
for Pre-Adolescent Girls," Journal for Civic Commitment,
Spring 2005.
- Balas, Glenda. "Stories to Live By and Get Through:
The Healing Fiction of Autobiography," Texas Speech Communication
Journal, January 2005.
- Balas, Glenda. "Domestic Values and National
Security: Framing the Battle for Educational Frequencies in 1950-51,"
Journal of Communication Inquiry, 25,4 (October 2001),
414-437.
Selected Media Screenings:
- “Remembering Ev Rogers,” Everett M. Rogers Symposium,
Ohio University, March 2011
- “The Legacies of Sam Becker,” National Communication
Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 2010
- “The Long Road to Decatur: A History of Personal Influence,”
Speakers Series, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology,
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, March 2009
- “The Long Road to Decatur: A History of Personal Influence,”
2008 Jay G. Blumler Annual Lecture, Institute of Communication Studies,
University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., December 2008
- “The Long Road to Decatur: A History of Personal Influence,”
International Communication Association Conference, Montreal, Canada,
May 2008
- “The Long Road to Decatur: A History of Personal Influence,”
Leah Vande Berg Lecture on Media, University of Iowa, April 2007
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.
Authors:
John Dewey,
Jurgan Habermas, Hanno Hardt, John Peters, Wolfgang Iser, Robert Avery,
Robert McChesney
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.
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