GLENDA R. BALAS

Department of Communication and Journalism

The University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131

Phone: (505) 350-9040

email: gbalas@unm.edu

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY:

Doctor of Philosophy Degree

Field: Communication Studies; Media Studies Emphasis; Conferred: 1999

The University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa 52240

Master of Business Administration Degree

Field: Business Administration/Marketing Management; Conferred: 1989

Eastern New Mexico University

Portales, New Mexico 88130

Bachelor of Science Degree

Field: Mass Communications; Conferred: 1975

Eastern New Mexico University

Portales, New Mexico 88130

DISSERTATION:

"The Recovery of Institutional Vision for U.S. Public Media: Three Moments of Purpose and Failed Resolve"

Dissertation Directors: John Peters and Bruce Gronbeck

Dissertation Committee: Sam Becker, Ken Cmiel, Kathleen Farrell, Eric Rothenbuhler

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Academic:

August 2001-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Responsible for teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in visual communication, media criticism, rhetorical theory, communication theory, international media, and media production.

August 2002-present: Instructor, Freshman Learning Programs, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Responsible for developing and teaching first-year seminars in service learning and civic education.

August 2003-August 2005: Instructor, Experiential Learning Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Responsible for developing and teaching seminars for second-semester freshmen in service learning and civic education (course activities developed collaboratively with Albuquerque Public Schools).

August 2005-present: Director of Doctoral Program, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Responsible for doctoral admissions, recruitment, and developing “Introduction to Graduate Studies” course for incoming M.A. and Ph.D. students.

August 1997-July 2001: Instructor and Assistant Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences Department, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN. Responsible for teaching courses in visual communication, media theory, criticism, media and society, and television production; and for developing and overseeing a college access TV station that involved more than 200 students each semester.

September 1991-May 1997: Teaching Assistant, Communication Studies and Rhetoric Departments, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Taught courses in communication, media studies, and rhetoric. Also generated $20,000 for dissertation research and writing through grants.

Industry:

March 1988-August 1991: Director of Development, KENW-TV (PBS), Portales, NM. Responsible for designing and executing annual giving and member/donor programs, corporate underwriting, direct mail, special events, on-air pledge drives, grant writing, and promotional efforts for station serving eastern New Mexico and west Texas. Executed extensive multi-media public relations campaign for annual Auction, assisted with telemarketing, organized volunteers.

May 1987-March 1988: Director of Marketing, Mental Health Resources, Inc.,

Portales, NM. Responsible for all fundraising, special events, media relations, publications, and advertising for comprehensive community mental health organization.

July 1984-April 1987: Owner, PressWorks Design and Marketing, Portales, NM; a firm specializing in graphic design, writing, editing, printing, and marketing strategy and campaigns.

June 1981-June 1984: Director of Marketing, Roehl and Associates, Albuquerque, NM; a corporation developing hotels and apartment buildings in New Mexico. Responsible for public relations, special events, public presentations, and writing funding documents. Dealt extensively with state, county, and local government officials.

December 1979-June 1981: Director of Public Information and Promotion,

KCTS-TV (PBS), Seattle, WA. Responsible for all public information, advertising, and special events. Developed national multi-media campaign, press materials, and receptions in Washington, D.C., New York City, Seattle, and Vancouver, B.C. for national TV series. Developed and produced monthly program guide.

July 1976-November 1979: Director of Programming, KENW-TV (PBS), Portales, NM. Responsible for purchase and schedule of all programming. Produced outreach programs; hosted weekly community talk show. Produced all station publications, including monthly 32-page program magazine.

July 1974-June 1976: Director of Public Information, KENW-TV (PBS), Portales, NM. Responsible for all publicity; developed and edited monthly program magazine.

ACADEMIC HONORS:

Teaching Fellow, University College, 2005-2007, University of New Mexico

Finalist, Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism & Mass Communication Research Award, 2004 (for Recovering a Public Vision for Public Television)

Top Three Paper, Communication Needs of Students at Risk Commission, National Communication Association, November 2002

Participant (competitive selection), "Seminar on the Human and Physical Environment of Central Europe," Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, June 2001

Top Competitive Paper, Mass Communication Division, Central States Communication Association, April 2000

First Place Paper, Law and Policy Division, Broadcast Education Association, April 2000.

Top Three Paper, American Studies Division, National Communication Association,

November 1999

Top Competitive Paper, Mass Communication Division, Central States Communication Association, April 1999

Top Competitive Paper, Mass Communication Division, Central States Communication Association, April 1998

Top Three Paper, Women's Caucus, Central States Communication Association, April 1998

Samuel L. Becker Award for Best Student Paper, Mass Communication Division, Central States Communication Association, April 1997

Douglas Ehninger Teaching and Service Award, Communication Studies Department, University of Iowa, May 1996

Samuel L. Becker Award for Best Student Paper, Mass Communication Division, Central States Communication Association, April 1996

Finalist, Bostrom Young Scholar's Award, Southern States Speech Communication Association, April 1995

Top Three Paper, American Studies Division, Speech Communication Association, November 1994

Graduate Scholarship, National Federation of Press Women, 1990

SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENTS:

Research Awards:

Junior Faculty Research Sabbatical, Spring 2005, University of New Mexico

Research and Faculty Development Grant, National Association of Television Program Executives, 2003

Research Allocation Committee Faculty Research Award, University of New Mexico, 2003

International Recruitment and Research Award, University of New Mexico, 2003

Feminist Research Institute Research Award, University of New Mexico, 2002

Research Allocation Committee Faculty Research Award, University of New Mexico, 2002

Faculty Research Award, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, 2001

Faculty Research Fellowship (2001-2004), DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, October 2000 (declined)

Summer Research and Writing Award, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, June 2000

Faculty Development Research Award, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, May 2000

Moody Research Grant, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, Austin, TX, March 1997

American Association of University Women American Fellow Dissertation Award, 1996-97

Sidney J. Weinberg Research Fellowship, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute,

Hyde Park, NY, May 1996

Research Grant-in-Aid, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Independence, MO, January 1996

Everett Helm Research Fellowship, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, November 1995

Harshbarger Research and Travel Award, Communication Studies Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1992-1996

Scholarly Publications:

Books

Balas, Glenda. Recovering a Public Vision for Public Television. Boulder, CO: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003

Books in Progress

Balas, Glenda. Gifts of the Land: New Mexico’s Farm and Ranch Women (working title)

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

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. “Coming Home: Writing About Connections.” Academic Exchange Quarterly, 10.2 (Summer 2006), 288-292

Balas, Glenda. “Service Learning and Community Collaboration: Designing Cross-Generational Intervention Projects for Pre-Adolescent Girls.” Journal for Civic Commitment, 5 (Spring 2005), (http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/engagement/Journal/Issue5/Balas.jsp)

Balas, Glenda. “Stories to Live By and Get Through: The Healing Fiction of Autobiography.” Texas Speech Communication Journal, 29.2 (Winter 2005), 184-192

Balas, Glenda. “Technology and Aesthetics: New Perspectives on Visual Communication.” Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 47.2 (June 2003), 303-307

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

Balas, Glenda. "The Recovery of Institutional Vision for U.S. Public Media: Three Moments of Purpose and Failed Resolve.” Javnost-The Public, 3 (2000), 100-103

Balas, Glenda. "A New Vision for Public Broadcasting: The Summons to Rebuild." Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), ED 439-447, CS 510-256 (October 2000)

Articles Under Revision (Peer-Reviewed Journals)

Balas, Glenda. “Ivy Lee and the ‘Spin’ on Section 307(c): Rhetorical Strategies of Appropriation, Reversal, and Blame.” Under revision, Journal of Public Relations Research

Articles In Progress (Peer-Reviewed Journals)

Balas, Glenda. “Cultural Surveillance and Conventional Wisdom: The Subversive Potential of 1940s Radio Humor”

Balas, Glenda. “Digging Up Bones: Visual Evidence and the Myth of Billy the Kid”

Balas, Glenda. “Journaling, Transformation, and Westering Women: The Public Uses of Private Discourse”

Balas, Glenda. “Oral History, Videography, and the Urban School: Expanding the Freshman Experience”

Chapters in Books

Balas, Glenda. “Fund-raising for Public TV.” Media Management in the Age of Giants: Business Dynamics of Journalism. Ed. Dennis Herrick. Ames, IA: Iowa State UP, 2003, (http://homepage.mac.com/dennisherrick/pages/cases/Chapter8.html#balas)

Balas, Glenda. “Designing Radio: Public Media's Struggle for Resources and Institutional Identity, 1920-1935.” Communication Practices and Democratic Society. Ed. Lee Artz. NY: Harcourt Brace Publishing, 2000, 103-116

Creative Projects (Juried and Peer-Reviewed)

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)

Creative Projects (Juried and Peer-Reviewed)—Work in Progress

Balas, Glenda (Producer/Writer) and Jason Balas (Videographer/Editor). “From Lazarsfeld to Katz: The Story of Personal Influence” (video documentary). In press, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (accepted for publication-streaming in October 2006), www.sagepub.co.uk/journals

Creative Projects—Work in Progress

Balas, Glenda (Producer/Writer) and Jason Balas (Videographer/Editor). “The Influence of Personal Influence: A Fifty-Year Retrospective” (video documentary funded by the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, for DVD distribution to university libraries and communication departments for use by researchers and teachers)

Balas, Glenda (Producer/Writer) and Jason Balas (Videographer/Editor). “A Man of Iowa: The Legacy of Sam Becker” (video documentary funded by the Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa, for targeted broadcast on Iowa Public Television)

Encyclopedia Articles

Balas, Glenda. KOB.” Encyclopedia of Radio. Ed. Christopher Sterling. NY: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishing (2001), 837-838

Proceedings, Book Reviews, and Professional Publications

Balas, Glenda. “Disabling Rhetorics” (book review of Embodied Rhetorics: Disability in Language and Culture, Eds. James C. Wilson and Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson). In press, Journal of Health Communication

Balas, Glenda. “Marginalizing Media” (book review of Women and the Media: Diverse Perspectives, Eds. Theresa Carilli and Jane Campbell), Global Media Journal, 5.8 (Spring 2006), http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/gmj/gmj_bookreviews.htm)

Balas, Glenda. “Luna Park” (writer). Action 7 News, KOAT-TV, Albuquerque, NM (news story broadcast June 21, 2003, about community efforts to save a local park)

Balas, Glenda. “HighVisions/GreatDreams: Community, Agency, and Empowerment for Adolescent Females.” Women in Higher Education: Proceedings of 6^th Annual International Conference (January 1993), 4-10.

Scholarly Presentations:

Balas, Glenda. “Sleeping Elbow to Elbow: Designing the International Service Learning Course.” Paper accepted for presentation at National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, November 2006

Balas, Glenda (Producer/Writer) and Jason Balas (Videographer/Editor). “Sam Becker: The Early Years” (video documentary). Video accepted for screening at National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, November 2006

“Power Through Practice: Alice King’s Work With Youth and Families.” Paper accepted for presentation at National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, November 2006

Balas, Glenda. “Oral History, Videography, and the Urban School: Expanding the Freshman Experience.” Paper accepted for presentation at National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, November 2006

Balas, Glenda. “Global Literacy and the Undergraduate Experience: Service Learning on the Border.” Paper accepted for presentation at Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, Albuquerque, NM, November 2006

Balas, Glenda. “Gifts of the Land: Visual Ethnography and Rural Women in New Mexico.” Paper presented at VisComm 20 Conference, Midway, UT, June 2006

Balas, Glenda. “Sustaining Land and Culture: The Identities of Female Agriculturalists.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, Boston, MA, November 2005

Balas, Glenda. “Spotlight on Scholarship: Everett Rogers and the Diffusion of Innovations.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, Boston, MA, November 2005

Balas, Glenda. “The Role of Experiential Instruction in Teaching Tolerance.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, Boston, MA, November 2005

Balas, Glenda (Producer/Writer) and Jason Balas (Videographer/Editor). “Remembering Ev Rogers” (video documentary). Documentary screening at International Communication Association, New York, NY, May 2005

Balas, Glenda. “Gifts of the Land: New Mexico’s Farm and Ranch Women.” Paper presented at New Mexico Historical Association, Clayton, NM, April 2005

Balas. Glenda. “Cultural Sediment and Women’s Artifacts: Negotiating Third Spaces in the New West.” Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, February 2005

Balas, Glenda. “Digging Up Bones: Visual Evidence and the Myth of Billy the Kid.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2004

Balas, Glenda. “Moving Forward/Looking Back: Seminal Conversations About Public Broadcasting.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2004

Balas, Glenda. “Collaborative Learning, Community Living: Experiential Approaches to Service in Foreign Countries.” Paper presented at International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, May 2004

Balas, Glenda. “Building a Sense of Place for First Generation Students: Service Learning and the First Year Seminar.” Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Albuquerque, NM, February 2004

Balas, Glenda. “Girls and Group Communication: Consensus-Building and Leadership.” Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Albuquerque, NM, February 2004

Balas, Glenda. “Sex in Junior High: Face to Face Interviews and Focus Group Sessions.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, Miami, FL, November 2003

Balas, Glenda. “Communication As a Calling: Stories of Origin and Journey Within Our Discipline.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, Miami, FL, November 2003

Balas, Glenda. “Youth Intervention and Community Involvement.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, November 2003

Balas, Glenda. “Framing By Design: Newspaper Accounts of ‘Iraqi Freedom.’” Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, Omaha, NE, April 2003

Balas, Glenda. “Eavesdropping at Allerton House: Cues for Public Broadcasting Reform in the 21^st Century.” Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, Omaha, NE, April 2003

Balas, Glenda. “Depicting Farm Women’s Lives in Radio Programming.” Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT, February 2003

Balas, Glenda. “Intersections of Memory, Media, and Academic Product: Processing Death at an Early Age.” Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT, February 2003

Balas, Glenda.“Promoting Internal Locus of Control in Sixth Grade Girls: Linkages to Health, Relationships, and Professional Goals.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2002 (Top Three Paper, Communication Needs of Students at Risk Commission)

Balas, Glenda. “Ivy Lee and the CBS Campaign to Quash Section 307(c): Rhetorical Strategies of Appropriation and Reversal.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2002

Balas, Glenda. “Farm Women and Farm Magazines: Shifts in Representation from 1900-2001.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2002

Balas, Glenda. "Narratives of the Colonia: Constructing Meaning from Stories of the Day to Day." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI, April 2002

Balas, Glenda. "Psychology and Hegemony: Linkages of Emotion, Memory, and Affiliation." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI, April 2002

Balas, Glenda. "Visual Arguments and Rhetorical Tropes: Containing the Discourse of

9-11." Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Long Beach, CA, March 2002

Balas, Glenda. "Marginalized Matriarchs: Media Representations of Aging Women in Agriculture." Paper presented at National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA, November 2001

Balas, Glenda. "Public TV and the Public Sphere: Reinvigorating a Discursive Ideal." Paper presented at National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA, November 2001

Balas, Glenda. "Narratives of the Colonia: Media, Hegemony, and Maquiladora Culture." Paper presented at Global Fusion 2001, St. Louis, MO, October 2001

Balas, Glenda. "Univision and Channel 44: Commercialism and Community on the Texas-Mexico Border." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, Cincinnati, OH, April 2001

Balas, Glenda. "Politics, Memory, and the Popular Museum: Preserving Local Myth and Community Ties." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, Cincinnati, OH, April 2001

Balas, Glenda. "Re-Forming Public Broadcasting: The Reconstitution of Public Practices." Paper presented at Conference on Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest, Orono, ME, June 2000

Balas, Glenda. "Rethinking Public Broadcasting's Institutional Mission: A Five-Point Plan for Reform." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, Detroit, MI, April 2000 (Top Competitive Paper, Mass Communication Division)

Balas, Glenda. "Innovative Approaches to Media Production: Critical Service Learning." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, Detroit, MI, April 2000

Balas, Glenda. "Developing the Basic Course in Mass Communication Theory: Integrating Web Design and Production." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, Detroit, MI, April 2000

Balas, Glenda. "The Ford Foundation and Public TV: Crafting Public Policy and the 'Quality' Text." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, Detroit, MI, April 2000.

Balas, Glenda. "Philosophy and Practice: Revisiting the Critique of Public Media." Paper presented at Broadcast Educators Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 2000 (First Place Paper, Law and Policy Division)

Balas, Glenda. "Community and Performance: Getting the Whole Town Talking." Paper presented at Broadcast Educators Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 2000

Balas, Glenda. "A New Vision for Public Broadcasting: The Summons to Rebuild." Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Sacramento, CA, February 2000

Balas, Glenda. "Domestications of the Hearth: Containing the Reform Potential of Public Broadcasting." Paper presented at National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 1999 (Top Three Paper, American Studies Division)

Balas, Glenda. "'Quality' and the Expert Voice: Public Television's Partnership With the Ford Foundation." Paper presented at National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 1999 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "Domestic Values and National Security: Framing the Battle for Educational Frequencies in 1950-51." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO, April 1999 (Top Competitive Paper, Mass Communication Division)

Balas, Glenda. "Stewardship of Compromise: Public Television and the Radio Spectrum." Paper presented at National Communication Association, New York, New York, November 1998 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "CPB Policy and the Shrinking Public Spectrum." Paper presented at Popular Culture Association, Orlando, FL, April 1998

Balas, Glenda. "PTV's Glide Path to Zero: The Payload of a Mission in Trouble." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, Chicago, IL, April 1998 (Top Competitive Paper, Mass Communication Division)

Balas, Glenda. "Internality, Identity, and Community: A Study of Locus of Control in Sixth Grade Girls." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, Chicago, IL, April 1998 (Top Three Paper, Women's Caucus)

Balas, Glenda. "Behind the Mike: Small Insights in an Unlikely Text." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO, April 1997 (Samuel L. Becker Award for Best Student Paper, Mass Communication Division)

Balas, Glenda. "The Wagner-Hatfield Amendment and Section 307(c): The Spectrum Management Debates of 1934-35." Paper presented at Southern States Communication Association, Savannah, GA, April 1997 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "Eight Minutes of Commercial Radio: Traces of Public Media Critique." Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA, November 1996

Balas, Glenda. "A Scarce and Public Resource: Public Media's Struggle for a Spectrum Set-Aside." Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA, November 1996 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "Public Television's Masterpiece Theatre: The Pleasures of a Text that Remembers." Paper presented at International Communication Association, Chicago, IL, May 1996 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "Radio, Culture, and Democracy: Section 307(c) and the Fight for U.S. Airwaves." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, St. Paul, MN, April 1996 (Samuel L. Becker Award for Best Student Paper, Mass Communication Division)

Balas, Glenda. "Autobiography and Memory of Grandmothers: Public Television's Masterpiece Theatre." Paper presented at Central States Communication Association, St. Paul, MN, April 1996 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "Reception of an Elite Text in a Working Class Household: Complications of the Ideal Reader." Paper presented at Console-ing Passions: Television, Video and Feminist Conference, Madison, WI, April 1996 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "A Past Pulled Abruptly Into the Present: Remembering Libraries and Librarians." Paper presented at Southern States Communication Association, Memphis, TN, March 1996 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "Who Shot the Law in Doble Fondo: Contested Meanings and the Freeze Frame." Paper presented at Sound Research Seminar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, December 1995

Balas, Glenda. "The Border Corrido: Resistance, History, and Community." Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, November 1995 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "The Massacre at Wounded Knee: A Narrative of Conquest in a Frozen Space and Time." Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, November 1995 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. “Culture, History, and the Everyday: Intersections at the Border." Paper presented at Southern States Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, April 1995 (Finalist, Bostrom Young Scholar's Award)

Balas, Glenda. "The Sacred Dialogue of the Santo: Summoning a Community of Saints and Humans." Paper presented at Central States Speech Communication Association, Indianapolis, IN, April 1995 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "Public Uses of Private Discourse: Remembering the Past, Enabling the Self, Transforming Community." Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November 1994 (Top Paper, American Studies Division)

Balas, Glenda. "Northern New Mexico's Santo: Visual Prayers in the Everyday." Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November 1994 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "Constructions of 'Savage Other' on the American Frontier: News Frames Employed by the New York Times in Reporting the Massacre at Wounded Knee." Paper presented at Central States Speech Association, Oklahoma City, OK, April 1994

Balas, Glenda. "HighVisions/GreatDreams: The Uses of Self Disclosure and Ritual in Building Identity." Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, Miami, FL, November 1993

Balas, Glenda. "TV Westerns: Gendered Stories of the Fifties in Period Costume." Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, Miami, FL, November 1993 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "HighVisions/GreatDreams: Community, Agency, and Empowerment for Adolescent Females." Paper presented at Sixth Annual International Conference for Women in Higher Education, El Paso, TX, January 1993

Balas, Glenda. "Self, Society, and Community: Creating and Maintaining the City Upon a Hill." Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 1992

Balas, Glenda. "Suffrage Success on the Frontier: Changes in Material Conditions, Cultural Expectations." Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 1992 (Competitive paper)

Balas, Glenda. "The Relationship of Media Effects and Material Conditions: Impacts of Anti-Suffrage Cartoons on the Frontier." Paper presented at New Mexico Women's Studies Conference, Portales, NM, March 1992

Invited Presentations/Workshops

Balas, Glenda and Ginny McDermott. “Focus Group Training for English 101 Instructors at UNM.” Training Workshop, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, February 2005

Balas, Glenda. "Punishment and Pleasure: The Call for Female Perfection in American Advertising." Paper presented at AD PROS, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, November 1996

Balas, Glenda. "Radio, Democracy, and Diversity: Public Media's Shrinking Spectrum Space." Paper presented at Loyola University Radio Conference, Chicago, IL, November 1996

TEACHING:

Doctoral Advisement:

2006 (In progress)

Advisor: Holly Kawakami (2008)

Advisor for Minor: Michelle Touson (2008)

Committee Member: Ashley Grisso (2007), Bhavna Upadhyaya (2007)

2006 (Completed)

Committee Member: Heidi Carr

Masters Advisement:

2006 (In progress)

Advisor: John Atkins (2006), Mark Andrews (2006), Myra-Luna-Lucero (2007), Nicole Gillespie (2007)

Committee Member: Elaine Baumgartel (2007), Ben Mabe (2006)

2006 (Completed)

Committee Member: Loretta Sanchez

2005

Advisor: Krista Kozel

Committee Member: Sangeet Kumar, Yasine Mogharabban, Kim Crespin-

Richards

2003

Committee Member: Melanie Wood, Jo McRell

Senior Honors Advisement:

2006 (In progress)

Advisor: Ryanne Hodgkins (2007)

Committee Member: Julie Medina (2007)

2004

Advisor: Beth Hewitt

Committee Member: Heidi Brown

2003

Advisor: Yasmin Khan, Erin Blanton

Courses Taught:

University of New Mexico:

Introduction to Advertising

Introduction to Visual Communication

Introduction to Public Relations

Media Criticism

Broadcasting News II

Graduate Seminar: Visual Rhetorics

Graduate Seminar: Communication and Media

Graduate Seminar: International and Intercultural Perspectives on Media

Contemporary Rhetorical Theory (Graduate Level)

Foundations of Communication Theory (Graduate Level)

Current Developments in International Communication (Graduate Level)

Hands-On Democracy (First-Year Seminar)

Making a Difference (First-Year Seminar)

Videography and Oral History (First-Year Seminar)

DePauw University:

The Borderlands: Cultural Orientation to Service in El Paso/Juarez

Kenya in the 21st Century: Cultural Orientation to Service in Nairobi

Mass Communication and Modern Society

Mass Communication and Modern Society (Writing Competency)

Media Criticism

Media Fellows Seminar: Mass Communication Theory

Screenwriting Workshop: Soap Opera

Senior Seminar: Visual Rhetorics

TV Production and Televisual Literacy

University of Iowa:

Communication Methods

Discussion Leader: Mass Media and Society

Discussion Leader: American Broadcasting

Discussion Leader: Persuasion in Society

Intercultural Communication

Introduction to TV Production

Mass Communication Advertising

Rhetoric 10:1, 10:2, 10:3

Television Criticism

Television Production I

Women and Media

Eastern New Mexico University:

University Skills and Critical Thinking

Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations

Co-Curricular Teaching: CCM3-TV (DePauw University)

Developed organization and production structure for DePauw University's campus cable television station. In three years, established a student station involving 200 students producing a range of projects (studio, field video, animation, promotions, management).

Winter Term In Service: Border Awareness & Construction, Anapra, Mexico (DePauw University)

Designed and executed service trips to Juarez, Mexico in 1999 and 2000.

--In January 1999, accompanied 15 students to Anapra, where we built a house for a local family, painted a church, landscaped another, painted a clinic, and performed other construction tasks.

--The January 2000 trip focused on the needs of Mexican children. We lived with 40 children in an orphanage in downtown Juarez, helped build a nutrition center at Pavo Real, and constructed a playground in Anapra. Both trips also featured border awareness projects, including visits with border residents, attending immigration court, and touring a maquiladora and a women's hospital. We also visited Channel 44 in Juarez and viewed production of a daily TV show addressing the needs of the poor on the border.

Winter Term In Service: Public Health & Construction, Thika, Kenya (DePauw University)

Designed and executed service trip to Thika, Kenya in 2001. Accompanied 24 students there in January 2001 to build first floor of a school for orphaned children. Also sponsored medical clinic in rural Kenya and worked with Nairobi Ministry of Health in presenting AIDS education. Educational activities for students focused on African culture, environment, health, and media.

Special Teaching Projects at DePauw University:

Archival Research: National Memorial Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C. (Jan. 1999) --Developed project involving archival research at the Holocaust Museum. Provided training in historical methods; assisted in writing funding documents.

"101" (1997-99)

--Developed student-written, student-produced college soap opera about central issues of campus life (homophobia, interracial dating, overbearing parents, eating disorders, jealousy among friends). Organized week-long hands-on seminar with Los Angeles writer/producer David Moessinger for students involved in the show.

"NewsBreak" (1997-2000)

--Produced daily short news program that taught basics of newswriting and studio production. Acted as production lab for 30 students (five teams) each semester, who rotated through all tasks of the show.

Videography and Oral History: Indiana Homemakers (Spring 2000)

--Supervised students involved in independent studies project; involved collecting oral history interviews with early members of Putnam County Homemakers Club.

"Voices of the Border: Third World Women" (Spring 2000)

--Worked with a DePauw University Spanish major to transcribe and edit video interviews taped on location in Anapra, Mexico in Jan. 1999.

ACADEMIC SERVICE:

Disciplinary Service:

Publication and Editorial Boards:

· Publications Board, Broadcast Educators Association, 2006-2009

· Editorial Board, Communication Yearbook, 2006-2009

Manuscript/Paper Reviewer:

· Journal of Health Communication, 2006

· Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 2006

· Sage Publishing, 2005

· Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2002-2006

· Women’s Caucus, Western States Communication Association, 2003

· Media Studies Division, Western States Communication Association, 2003

· Mass Communication Division, Central States Communication Association, 1998-2003

Professional Associations:

Elected Positions:

· Candidate for NCA Doctoral Education Committee (election in 11/06)

· Research Chair and Program Planner, Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2006

· Chair, Publications Committee, Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2001-2003

· Chair and Program Planner, Mass Communication Division, Central States Communication Association, 2000-2001

· Vice Chair, Mass Communication Division, Central States Communication Association, 1998-1999

Committees:

• Member, Research Committee, Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2003-2006
• Registration Committee, Western States Communication Association 2004 Conference, 2003-2004

University/Departmental Service:

Administrative:

· Director, Doctoral Program, Communication and Journalism Department, 2004-2006

University:

· Member, Faculty Senate, University of New Mexico, 2004-2007

· Member, International Studies-Study Abroad Committee, 2004-2006

• Member, Provost’s Committee on Service Learning, University of New Mexico, 2003
• Member, Board of Directors, Feminist Research Institute, University of New Mexico, 2003-2005
• Member, Campus Planning Committee, University of New Mexico 2002-2006

General Departmental:

· Member, AECJMC Accreditation Committee, 2006

· Graduate Admissions Committee, Communication and Journalism Department, University of New Mexico, 2003-2006

· Chair, Search Committee, Public Relations position, University of New Mexico, 2005

· Member, Search Committee, C & J Broadcast Engineer Position, University of New Mexico, 2005

• Committee on Graduate Student Assessment, Communication and Journalism Department, University of New Mexico, 2001-2002 and 2003-2004

· Faculty Sponsor, Annual Graduate Student Trip to Acoma and Navajo Reservation, Communication and Journalism Department, University of New Mexico, 2002 and 2003

• Faculty Sponsor, Annual Graduate Student Trip to Northern New Mexico (Santa Fe, Chimayo, and Taos Pueblo), Communication and Journalism Department, University of New Mexico, 2002, 2004
• Undergraduate Committee, Mass Communication and Journalism, Communication and Journalism Department, University of New Mexico, 2002-2003
• Member, Search Committee, Journalism position, University of New Mexico, 2003
• Communication and Journalism Graduate Program Task Force, Communication and Journalism Department, University of New Mexico, 2001-2002
• Steering Committee, Communication and Culture Conference, University of New Mexico, 2001
• Chair, Search Committee, Advertising position, University of New Mexico, 2001-2002

Service at DePauw University

• Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, 2000-2001
• Editorial Board, DePauw University Research Journal, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, 1998-2001
• Governing Board, Media Fellows, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, 1997-2001
• Faculty Development Committee, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, 1998-1999
• International Education Committee, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, 1998-1999
• Faculty Advisor, Student Television, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, 1997-2001

Service at University of Iowa:

• Board of Directors, Student Broadcasters Inc., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1995-1997 (advisory board for University of Iowa student radio station KRUI/FM)
• Textbook Review Committee, Rhetoric Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1993
• Project Director, HighVisions/GreatDreams, 1992-1993, 2002, 2003. Project designed to empower sixth grade girls in realizing potential for making choices and developing identity. Responsible for project development, fundraising, and program execution.