Romayne Smith Fullerton, PhD RANK: Associate Professor (received promotion July 1, 2007) DATE TENURED: July 1, 2007 EDUCATION: Degree University Department Year Ph.D. University of Western Ontario English 1996 M.A. University of Western Ontario English 1989 B.J. Carleton University Journalism 1987 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Date Rank and Position Department Institution 2000 -present Assistant Professor Information & Media Studies University of Western Ontario 1997 -2000 Lecturer Information & Media Studies University of Western Ontario ACADEMIC HONOURS: Fellow, Media Ethics Colloquium, Co-sponsored by the Journal of Mass Media Ethics and the University of Hawai’i. October, 2007 Best Faculty Paper, Media Ethics Division, Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication August, 2005 Named one of Western’s top teachers, MacLean’s Guide to Canadian Universities, 2002, 2003 & 2004 USC Teaching Honour Roll 1999 Competitively awarded Teaching Fellowship, Ernie Pyle School of Journalism, Indiana University (Gannett- sponsored) 1997 SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Judge, Metroland Newspaper Awards, 2008 & 2009 Judge, Ontario Newspaper Awards 2005 & 2006 Frequent appearances on CBC Radio One, Newsworld, The National and local media about issues relating to journalism ethics and representations of women (2002-present) Consulted by David Mullan, Ethics Commissioner, City of Toronto, for issues about journalism ethics (spring 2005) Research Chair, Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (2003) Member of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Ethics Division (2002–present) Member of Canadian Association of Journalists Educators Caucus (Spring 2002-present). Freelance journalist (1991-present). Articles published in Horse Sport Magazine, The London Free Press, The Alumni Gazette, The St. Marys Journal-Argus, The Sarnia Observer and others. SIGNIFICANT UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES: 2007: Member, Equity Committee, UWOFA 2006-2007: Member, FIMS Appointments Committee 2006- Secretary, Journalism Programming Committee 2006- Affiliate Member and Member of Governing Committee for the Department of Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, UWO. 2001- 2005: Member, Programming Committee, Graduate Program in Journalism, FIMS 2001-2005: Member, Appeals Committee, FIMS 2001-2004: Member, Western Women’s Caucus. Also, Member at Large and Chair of essay award adjudication for two years. 2001-2002: Chair, Journalism Programming Committee, FIMS PhD: Examiner for Laurie Harnick’s (English, UWO) dissertation, “Modes of Translation: Adapting and Transfiguring Victor Hugo’s Notre Dame de Paris; 1482 on Film.” May 2005. Examiner for Paulette Rothbauer’s (Library and Information Science, FIMS, UWO) dissertation, “Finding and Creating Possibility: Reading in the Lives of Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Young Women.” June 2004. Examiner for Miriam MacCormack’s (English, UWO) dissertation, “Resident Aliens: Angela Carter’s Feminist Postmodern Picaresque.” May 2003. M.A.: Second Reader for Rebecca Elias’ (Masters in Media Studies candidate, FIMS, UWO) thesis, “Mythic Heroism and National Fantasy in a Post 9/11 Era: The Reemerging Proliferation of the Superhero Ideal in Popular Culture.” Defended November 2006. Second Reader for Rhea Harris’ (Masters in Media Studies candidate, FIMS, UWO) thesis, “America in the Endzone: Football, Nationalism and the New England Patriots.” Defended April 2006. Second Reader for Ryan Carr’s (Masters in Media Studies candidate, FIMS, UWO) thesis, “Insubstantial Life: Theoretical Conversations on Media and their Role in Determining (?) Culture.” Defended August 2005. Examiner for Rebecca Elias’ Masters (Media Studies, FIMS, UWO) thesis, “Mythic Heroism and National Fantasy In a Post 9/11 Era: The Reemerging Proliferation of the Superhero Ideal in Popular Culture.” November 2006. Examiner for Rhea Harris’ Masters (Media Studies, FIMS, UWO) thesis, “America in the Endzone: Football, Nationalism and the New England Patriots.” April, 2006. Examiner for Ryan Carr’s Masters (Media Studies, FIMS, UWO) thesis, “Insubstantial Life: Theoretical Conversations on Media and their Role in Determining (?) Culture.” August, 2005. Examiner for Cathy Solursh’s Masters (Media Studies, FIMS, UWO) thesis, “Claiming our Groove: Female Club DJs and an Exploration of Gender and Technology.” September, 2004. Examiner for Andrea Zeffiro’s Masters (Media Studies, FIMS, UWO) thesis, “Ready-to-Where?: The Cultural Practices of the Runway Space.” September, 2004. M.A. in Journalism (non-thesis degree): Independent studies: Leanne Claire, MAJ, Women in the Media, winter 2002.   Lynn Bell, MAJ, Corporatization of Print Media in Canada, winter 2003. Other Masters: Co-Advisor (with Dr. Stephen Ward) for Masters in Journalism candidate (University of British Columbia) Mitchell Gray’s journalism ethics thesis, “Guidelines for Conflict and War Reporting.” Begun spring 2002 and defended spring 2003. GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT (from 1999 to present): 2007 - 2004 (summer) JOU 700: Introduction to Print Journalism 2003 (fall) JOU 701: Print Journalism 2003 (fall) JOU 704: Ethics in Journalism 2002 2002 (fall) JOU 701: Print Journalism 2002 - 2001 (winter) JOU 704: Ethics in Journalism 2000 (fall) JOU 708: Media Literacy 2000 (winter) JOU 704: Ethics in Journalism 1999 (fall) JOU 708: Media Literacy UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT (from 1999 to present): 2007 (winter) MIT 025: Media and Society (200 students) MIT 325: Women in the Media MIT 435: Dismantling Mainstream News 2006 (winter) MIT 025: Media and Society (mega section with 400 students) MIT 325: Women in the Media 2005 (winter) MIT 025: Media and Society (2 sections) MIT 325: Women in the Media (cross-listed with Women’s Studies) 2004 (winter) MIT 025: Media and Society: The Altered Eye/I 2003 (winter) MIT 400: Media Ethics 2002 (winter) MIT 024: Introduction to Canadian News Media 2001 (fall) MIT 254: Media Nation MIT 325: Media Representations of Women 2001 (winter) MIT 025: Mass Media and Society: An Introduction 2000 (fall) MIT 254: Media Nation MIT 340: Media Representations of Women 2000 (winter) MIT 024: Introduction to Canadian News Media 1999 (fall) MIT 254: Media Nation PUBLICATIONS: Summary:   Papers in refereed journals: 7 accepted, 1 under consideration Papers in progress: 3 Papers in refereed conference proceedings: 2 Abstracts and/or papers read: 3  Presentations at professional meetings/workshops/panels: 2 Book Reviews: 3 Journalism articles and professional writing: 14 Details: (Authorship in order of original publication) Papers accepted in refereed journals:   Smith Fullerton, R. “Not ‘Of Woman Born’: Fairy Tale Mothers for Postmodern Literary Children.” Femspec, an interdisciplinary feminist journal, Volume 7, Issue 1. Available online at www.femspec.org.   Smith Fullerton, R. & Doyle, M. Family vs. Corporate Ownership: The London Free Press During and After the Blackburns. The Canadian Journal of Media Studies. Volume 2, Issue 1, April 2007. Online at http://cjms.fims.uwo.ca/issues/02-01/index.html.   Smith Fullerton, R. “Representing the Reprehensible: Fairy Tales, News Stories and the Monstrous Karla Homolka.” Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal/Revue d’etudes sur les femmes. Volume 31, Issue 1, 2006. 88-96.   Smith Fullerton, R. & Jones Patterson, M. “Murder in Our Midst: Expanding Coverage to Include Care and Responsibility.” The Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Volume 21, No. 4, 2006.   Smith Fullerton, R. “Not Playing Fair: Coverage of Women and Minorities in the Sports Pages.” SIMILE (Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education), Volume 6, Issue 2, May 2006. Available online at www.utpjournals.com.   Smith Fullerton, R. “Covering Kids: Are Journalists Guilty of Exploiting Children?” Journalism Studies, Volume 5, No. 4, November 2004. 511-525.   Smith Fullerton, R. “Making Them Look and Listen: Poststructuralist Strategies for Teaching about Sex and Gender on the Net. SIMILE (Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education), Volume Volume 4, Issue 4, November 2004. Available online at www.utpjournals.com.   Smith Fullerton, R. and Jones Patterson, M. “’Killing’ the true story of First Nations: The Ethics of Constructing a Culture Apart.” The Journal of Mass Media Ethics. Volume 23, Issue 3, 2008. 210- 208. Papers in progress:   Smith Fullerton, R. “Belinda Stronach: She Runs Like a Girl.” First in series of articles, titled “Running Like a Girl,” exploring the social construction of five Canadian women politicians in Canadian print media. To be submitted to Canadian Communications Association conference, May 2009.   Smith Fullerton, R. & Jones Patterson, M. “Mommy in the Middle: Representations of Mothers in U.S. and Canadian Magazines.” To be submitted to AEJMC Annual Conference, April 2009.   Smith Fullerton, R & Hoffman, R. “Multi-platform Journalism: Sinker or Saviour of the Daily Newspaper?” To be submitted to CCA and Digital Labour Conference, October 2009. Papers accepted in refereed conference proceedings:   Smith Fullerton, R & Jones Patterson, M. “Probing the Silence of One Dead Indian.” Workshop co- sponsored by the University of Hawai’i and the Journal of Mass Media Ethics. Hawai’i, October 2007.   Smith Fullerton, R. & Jones Patterson, M. “Murder in Our Midst: Expanding Coverage to Include Care and Responsibility.” (This is an earlier version of the paper subsequently accepted by the Journal of Mass Media Ethics). Media Ethics Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Presented at annual conference in San Antonio, August 2005.   Smith Fullerton, R. “Covering Kids: Are Journalists Guilty of Exploiting Children?” (This is an earlier version of the paper subsequently accepted by Journalism Studies). Media Ethics Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Presented at annual conference in Washington, D.C., August 2003.   Papers in Non-peer reviewed journals   Review of Ethics Teaching Workshop, AEJMC Ethics Newsletter, Fall 2001.   Abstracts and/or papers read: “Royal Commission on the Status of Women: Did we win or Lose in the Media?” Annual Conference of the Canadian Communication Association, University of Western Ontario, June 2005. “The Monstrous Karla Homolka: How the News uses Fairy Tales.” February 2004. Researching Women Conference, University of Western Ontario. February 2004. “Belinda Stronach as Canadian News Infotainment.” Discussion paper presented at AEJMC Ethics Teaching Workshop, Annual AEJMC Convention, Toronto 2004. Presentations at professional meetings/ workshops/panels: “Teaching Gender and Media Literacy.” Keynote speaker for annual conference for public school teachers, Avon-Maitland District School Board, Seaforth, 2005.  Media Ethics Division and Council of Affiliates Teaching Panel Session: Ethics and the Journalism Educator: What Students Need to Know in the Age of the Bottom Line. Panellist. Annual AEJMC Convention, Toronto 2004. Book Reviews: Lang, Marjory. Women Who Made the News: Female Journalists in Canada, 1880-1945 in Journalism History 26:2 (Summer 2000). Steven R. Knowlton. Moral Reasoning for Journalists: Cases and Commentary in American Journalism, Volume 12, No. 2, Fall 1999. Robert C. Kochersberger, ed. More than a Muckraker: Ida Tarbell’s Lifetime in Journalism in American Journalism, Volume 14, No. 3, Spring 1998. Journalism articles and professional writing: (1999 to present) SSmith Fullerton, R. Ongoing articles about local league hockey in The St. Marys Journal Argus and The Independent. 2007-present. Smith Fullerton, R. “Stoneleigh Farm Riding School competes at CNE.” The St. Marys Journal Argus. September 24, 2005: 10. Smith Fullerton, R. “Watching the Pros vs. Playing the Game: How Sports Coverage Affects Community Level Athletes.” Paper commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. March 2003. Available online at www.cces.ca. Smith Fullerton, R. “Born in the saddle: Vimy Henderson has track record of winning.” Profile in national equine magazine, Horse Sport. February 2003. 107. Smith Fullerton, R. “Winner at Royal Fair carries on P.E.I. family tradition.” Charlottetown Guardian. November 22: A10. Smith Fullerton, R. “Lifelong rider a champ at Royal Winter Fair.” The London Free Press. November 20, 2002: E3. Smith Fullerton, R. “Colleges unfairly fit for providing careers.” The London Free Press. September 4, 2002. A8. Smith Fullerton, R. “Applied degrees can broaden graduates’ career choices.” The London Free Press, September 3, 2002. A6. Smith Fullerton, R. “Degrees, Diplomas have their own places.” The London Free Press. August 23, 2002: A9. Smith Fullerton, R. Various editorials (unsigned) produced for Larry Cornies, editor, The London Free Press, during August 2002. See Op/Ed pages for that month. Smith Fullerton, R. “Privacy infringed by printing letter.” The London Free Press, April 23, 2002: A8. Smith Fullerton, R. “Why I took a sentimental journey.” The London Free Press, October 4, 2000: A13. Smith Fullerton, R. “Profile of an equine hospital—Saving horses through surgery.” Cover story in national magazine Horse Sport. December 1999. 20-22. Smith Fullerton, R. “Made to Measure: New innovations in saddlery.” Cover story in national magazine Horse Sport. November 1999. 22-26. Smith Fullerton, R. The Horse Doctors.” Flat front in The London Free Press, July 12, 1999: C1-3. Case Studies Written for Everyday Ethics: Decision-Making in Canadian News Rooms: “Why Michael Enright Broke the CBC Rules about Bias: This Morning and the Gun Control Debate.” June-August, 2001. “Covering the North: The Avoidance of Hard News and the Effects of Community Life on Reporting.” June-August, 2002. “The Toronto Star and Campaign Journalism: ‘Hard Times,’ ‘Hitting Home,’ and ‘Dirty Dining.” June-August, 2002. “Do Newspapers Tell Lies? Kevin Cox, The Globe and Mail, and Alleged Abuse at the Shelburne Youth Center.” June-August, 2003.