Judith White, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2006  Office: Room 232, 505-277-1859	Assistant Professor Mass Communication

Research:

Primarily quantitative, but with a profound respect and appreciation for qualitative methods. Surveys, especially online. Content analyses. To date, focused on newspaper sourcing for science stories and membership in voluntary professional organizations. Plan to expand into medical communication, especially patient-practitioner communication, media coverage of medical issues, patient-education materials, and use of new media by marginalized groups.

Sample Publications:

• White, J.M. & Wingenbach, G. (2007). "Influence of Involvement, Institutional Affiliation, and Geographic Location on Membership Retention in Voluntary Professional Organizations, Part II: An Online Survey." (Research funded by $1,000 mini-grant from Achieving Communications Excellence). (Under review, Journal of Applied Communications)

  •  White, J.M. (2005, Fall). "Influence of Involvement, Institutional Affiliation, and Geographic Location on Membership Retention in Voluntary Professional Organizations." Journal of Applied Communications.   (Research funded by a $1,500 mini-grant from Achieving Communications Excellence).

  •  Wingenbach, G., White, J., Degenhart, S., Smith, J. and Pannkuk, T. (2006, in press). "Relationship of Student Teachers' Knowledge and Teaching Comfort Levels with Agricultural Science and Technology Objectives." Journal of Agricultural Education.

  •  White, J., Wingenbach, G.W., Degenhart, S., Smith, J., & Pannkuk, T. (2006). "Five-iteration Online Survey Method Replicates Response-Pattern Curves Seen by Other Researchers." [Abstract]. NACTA Journal, 50 (2).

  Degenhart, S.H., Pannkuk, T., White, J., Smith, J., & Wingenbach, G.W. (2006). "Relationship of Student Teachers' Knowledge and Teaching Comfort Levels with Agricultural Science and Technology Objectives." [Abstract]. Proceedings of the 33 rd Annual National Conference of the American Association for Agricultural Education , Charlotte, N.C.

Authors: Scholarly — Everett Rogers, Barbara Gastel, Andy Fields, David Dillman; Fiction — Ken Follett, Lee Child, Michael Connolly.

Teaching Style: Interactive, experiential, dramatic, fun.

Favorite Classes: Anything in PR, any kind of writing, diffusion of innovations.

Why UNM?: Academic reputation, research interests of fellow C&J faculty, location in beautiful north central New Mexico, diverse student body.

Spare Time: Reading, movies, hiking, working out at the gym, spending time with my fantastic spouse, playing bridge (badly).