Danielle M. Stern, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Media Studies Christopher Newport University

Department of Communication 1 Avenue of the Arts Newport News, VA 23606

danielle.stern@cnu.edu Twitter: @daniellestern

EDUCATION
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, MASS COMMUNICATIONS (2007) Ohio University, Athens, OH Advisor: Norma Pecora, School of Media Arts and Studies, Scripps College of Communication Dissertation Title: Women and Reality TV in Everyday Life: Toward a Political Economy of Bodies CERTIFICATE IN WOMENS STUDIES (2007) Ohio University, Athens, OH MASTER OF SCIENCE, MASS COMMUNICATIONS (2003) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL Advisor: Patrick Murphy, Department of Mass Communications Thesis Title: But she cut her hair: Television, the Popular Press and the Struggle for New Womanhood in Felicity BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, SPEECH COMMUNICATION (2001) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL summa cum laude

TEACHING
(Number in parentheses after course titles indicates the number of sections taught.) ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (2013-Present) [ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (2008-2013)] Christopher Newport University, Department of Communication Communication Theory (8) Cultural Studies and the Body (2) Critical Theory & the Study of Popular Culture (7, including 1 online) Gender Communication (6, including 1 online) Introduction to Human Communication (5) Senior Seminar: (De)Constructing the Body in TV and New Media (1) [Supervised 17 theses] Senior Seminar: Digital Culture (2) [Supervised 32 theses] Senior Seminar: The Body and Ethnography (2) [Supervised 30 theses] Writing Seminar for Liberal Learning Core: The Networked Self (2)

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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (2007-2008) University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Department of Communication Cross-cultural Communication (1) Mass Communication and Society (3) Writing for the Mass Media (5, including 1 online) INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD (2003-2007) Ohio University, School of Telecommunications Age, Class, Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation in the Media (1) Media, Culture and Technology I (2) Media, Culture and Technology II (1) TEACHING ASSISTANT (2003-2007) Ohio University, School of Telecommunications Business of Media (1) Introduction to Mass Communication (1) INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD (2002-2003) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Department of Mass Communications Writing for the Media (2)

THESIS COMMITTEES
Igor Ristic, Northern Kentucky University (2012) Title: Blogademia: Making a Difference Through Digital Dissemination David Ta, Northern Kentucky University (2009) Title: (Un)Queering Television: Toward a Metaphoric Understanding of Premium Television Anne Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (2008) Title: Toward a Practical Model of Postmodern Public Relations

RESEARCH
BOOKS Stern, D. M., Manning, J., & Dunn, J. C. (Eds.). (2012). Lucky strikes and a three martini lunch: Thinking about televisions Mad Men. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars. BOOK CHAPTERS (REFEREED) Stern, D. M. (2012). Resisting queer bodies by illuminating the televisual closet onMad Men. In D. M. Stern, J. Manning, & J. C. Dunn (Eds.), Lucky strikes and a three martini lunch: Thinking about televisions Mad Men. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars. Dunn, J. C., Manning, J., & Stern, D. M. (2012). Introduction. In D. M. Stern, J. Manning, & J. C. Dunn (Eds.), Lucky strikes and a three martini lunch: Thinking about televisions Mad Men. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars.

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Stern, D. M., & Willits, M. D. D. (2011). Social media killed the LMS: Re-imagining the traditional learning management system in the age of blogs and online social networks. In C. Wankel (Ed.), Educating educators with social media. Bingley, UK: Emerald. Stern, D. M. (2010). Is sexting bad? In C. Noland, J. Manning, & J. McLennan (Eds.),Case studies in communication about sex. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (REFEREED) Stern, D. M. (In press). My So-Called Felicity and the City: Coming of age with and through feminist media studies. Sexuality & Culture. Stern, D. M. (2012). It takes a classless, heteronormative, utopian village: Gilmore Girls and the problem of postfeminism. The Communication Review, 15(3), 167-186. Stern, D. M. (2011). You had me at Foucault: Living pedagogically in the digital age. Text and Performance Quarterly, 21(3), 249-266. Stern, D. M. (2009). Consuming the fractured female: Lessons from MTVs The Real World. The Communication Review, 12(1), 50-77. Meyer, M. D. E., & Stern, D. M. (2007). The modern(?) Korean woman in prime time: Analyzing the representation of Sun on the television series Lost. Womens Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 36, 1-19. Stern, D. M. (2006, September). Feminism on record: New York Times coverage of prime time feminism, 1982-2002. Carolinas Communication Association Annual, 22, 39-47. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (INVITED) Stern, D. M. (2006, Spring). Real World commodities: MTV and the selling of sexuality on reality television. American Sexuality Magazine. Published online by the National Sexuality Resource Center. Retrieved from: http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/article/real_world_commodities Stern, D. M. (2005, Spring). MTV, reality television, and the commodication of female sexuality in The Real World. Media Report to Women, 33(2), 13-21. MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Intersectional feminist analysis of Miss Representation documentary and online campaign Intersectional theorizing on feminist activism in Twitter hashtags

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (COMPETITIVE PAPERS) Stern, D. M., & Henderson, C. (2012, October). (Mis)Representing gender politics: An intersectional feminist exploration of the miss representation movement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Tacoma, WA. Stern, D. M. (2011, April). You had me at Foucault: Living pedagogically in the digital age. Paper presented on Top Papers panel for Performance Studies Interest Group at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI. Stern, D. M. (2010, November). It takes a classless, heteronormative village: A feminist exploration of family on Gilmore Girls. Paper presented on Top Papers Panel for Feminist and Women Studies Division at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, CA. Stern, D. M. (2009, November). Living theory: Intersectional feminism in the home, at school and on the page. Position paper presented at a competitive pre-conference, Feminisms, Intersectionality and Communication Studies, at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Meyer, M. D. E., Stern, D. M., & Waldron, L M. (2008, November). Interrogating Mean Girls: Feminist implications of mediated representations of alternative aggression. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA. Meyer, M. D. E., Waldron, L M., & Stern, D. M. (2008, April). In girl world, all the ghting has to be sneaky: A critical exploration of alternative aggression in Mean Girls. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI. Stern, D. M. (2007, November). My So-Called Felicity and the City: A feminist travelogue. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Stern, D. M. (2007, November). Lifes a party when youre 20: Consuming bodies on MTVs The Real World. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Stern, D. M. (2007, October). Empowerment at what cost? An autoethnography of a feminist TV fan. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Omaha, NE. Meyer, M. D. E., & Stern, D. M. (2007, May). The modern(?) Korean woman in prime-time: Analyzing the representation of Sun on the television series Lost. Paper presented at the annual the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA. Stern, D. M. (2006, October). One of those girls: Reality television and the sorority girl double bind. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, St. Louis, MO.

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Stern, D. M. (2006, February). Feminism on record: New York Times coverage of prime time feminism, 1982-2001. Paper presented at the Mid-Winter Conference for the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Bowling Green, OH. Stern, D. M. (2005, November). Public interest politics: The struggles within and between the FCC and Congress in setting broadcasting ownership limits. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA. Stern, D. M. (2004, November). A case study of the commodication of young adult sexuality in MTVs The Real World. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Stern, D. M. (2004, May). MTV, reality television and the commodication of female sexuality in The Real World. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. Stern, D. M. (2003, November). Who controls the text? Fox, fans and the making of an American Idol. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Miami, FL. Awarded Top Paper in Student Section. Stern, D. M. (2002, November). But she cut her hair: Television, the popular press and the struggle for new womanhood in Felicity. Paper presented at the meeting of the Mid Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association, Pittsburgh, PA. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (COMPETITIVE PANEL PARTICIPATION) Stern, D. M. (2013, April). Bringing the digital-popular into the classroom: Keywords, clouds, and screens. Panelist for short course accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO. Stern, D. M. (2013, April). Celebrating the career of James W. Chesebro. Panelist for panel accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO. Stern, D. M. (2013, April). The magic of male: A critical analysis of Magic Mike. Panelist for panel accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO. Stern, D. M. (2013, April). The possible is now! Welcome to the popular culture interest group: A roundtable discusssion. Panelist for roundtable accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO. Stern, D. M. (2013, April). #We need a word: The discursive inuence of contemporary media and our ability to conduct discourse about it. Panelist for panel accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO.

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Stern, D. M. (2012, October). Speed mentoring: An interactive round table on opportunities and challenges in the complicated, yet rewarding mentor/ee relationship. Discussion leader and panelist for panel accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Tacoma, WA. Stern, D. M. (2012, October). Is television feminist? Debating feminism on TV today and Its future directions. Panelist for panel accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Tacoma, WA. Stern, D.M. (2012, March). Feminizing and Feministing the Hollywood blockbuster: Bridesmaids and the blogosphere. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH. Stern, D.M. (2012, March). Social media in the classroom: The bootcamp. Chair and panelist for a short course facilitated at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH. Stern, D.M. (2012, March). Apps@Work: Managing mobile connectivity and access in the classroom. Panelist at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH. Stern, D.M. (2012, March). Autoethnography and communication: Connection, applications and possibilities. Panelist at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH. Stern, D.M. (2012, March). Resisting queer bodies by illuminating the televisual closest on AMCs Mad Men. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH. Stern, D.M. (2012, March). From the mundane to the extraordinary: Twitter and identity politics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH. Stern, D. M. (2011, April). Alternative media: Amateur journalists bring media into the home. Chair and respondent for panel of competitive papers at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI. Stern, D. M. (2011, April). Theres no place like homeonline. Respondent for panel of competitive papers at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI. Stern, D. M. (2011, April). Home is where the #hashtag is. Chair and panelist at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI. Stern, D. M. (2011, April). Finding reality television a home within the communication classroom. Panelist at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI.

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Stern, D. M. (2010, November). Keeping bridges intact: Challenges, opportunities, and strategies for dual-career academic couples. Panelist at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, CA. Stern, D. M. (2010, April). All in a Twitter over Twitter: Keeping journalism relevant in an age of social media. Panel chair and planner at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cincinnati, OH. Stern, D. M. (2010, April). Gender, sexualities and the media. Chair and respondent for panel of competitive papers at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cincinnati, OH. Stern, D.M. (2010, April). Instructional resources for the 21st century: Pedagogical tools for assessing, engaging, learning and teaching. Panelist at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cincinnati, OH. Stern, D. M. (2010, April). Linking the ordinary with the extraordinary: Social media in popular culture. Faculty sponsor and chair for Top Panel presented at the Undergraduate Research Honors Conference at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cincinnati, OH. Stern, D. M. (2010, April). Riding the wave of critical theory and mediated commodities. Faculty sponsor and chair for Top Panel presented at the Undergraduate Research Honors Conference at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cincinnati, OH. Stern, D. M. (2009, November). Discourses of stability and change?: Exploring complexities of women faculty experiences in academe. Panelist at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Stern, D. M. (2009, November). The discourses of prejudice and queer advocacy: Stability, change, or mortality? Panelist at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Stern, D. M. (2009, October). What I learned from watching TV: Constructing gender and sexual identity/ies on AMCs Mad Men. Panel chair and presenter at the annual meeting of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Los Angeles, CA. Stern, D. M. (2009, April). Gateway to a successful dissertation: Tips, strategies and stories to help you make the most of your third year of the Ph. D. process. Panelist at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO. Stern, D. M. (2009, April). Forbidden fruits: An interactive dialogue on mediated class, politics, race, religion and sexuality. Panel planner and moderator at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO.

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Stern, D. M. (2008, November). Do I like a girl or do I like a boy? Performing bisexuality on A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA. Stern, D. M. (2007, November). The ethics of small-town feminism: Womens work in Gilmore Girls. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Stern, D. M. (2006, November). Real World rhetoric: Women and the language of reality television. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX. Stern, D. M. (2006, April). "They can't just make this stuff up": The production of female identity on The Real World. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Indianapolis, IN. Stern, D. M. (2005, May). Role model and the City?: Viewers respond to Sex and the City. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York, NY. Stern, D. M. (2004, November). Fans (Ford) focus on the product: American Idol and the future of television advertising. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (INVITED PANEL PARTICIPATION) Stern, D. M. (2013, April). Top paper panel in popular culture. Respondent for top papers accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO. Stern, D.M. (2012, March). Blogs, Twitter, or Storify? Choosing and implementing the appropriate social media for your classroom. Invited panelist for Pre-Conference, Connecting to Millennials with Engaged Teaching, at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH. Stern, D. M. (2010, November). The activist in the classroom: Building bridges between feminist pedagogy and queer pedagogy. Panelist at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, CA. Stern, D. M. (2009, April). Families connecting during deployment: The Zero To Three Military Project. Panelist at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO. Stern, D. M. (2009, April). Identity, struggle and feminism: Competitive papers in Womens Caucus. Panel respondent at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO. Stern, D. M. (2008, April). Exploring, explaining, and engaging gender: Love, discipline, squawking and Perez Hilton. Panel respondent at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI.

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INVITED LECTURES
Does it Get Better? Communicating Gender in a Digital Culture (2011). Lecture at University of South Carolina Upstate as part of the Communication Studies Lecture Series.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Top Paper Recognition, Central States Communication Association, Performance Studies Interest Group (2011): You had me at Foucault: Living pedagogically in the digital age. Top Paper Recognition, National Communication Association, Feminist and Women Studies Division (2010): It takes a classless, heteronormative utopian village: A feminist exploration of family on Gilmore Girls. Top Conference Paper Award*, Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender (2009): *Meyer, M. D. E., Stern, D. M., & Waldron, L M. (2008, November). Interrogating Mean Girls: Feminist implications of mediated representations of alternative aggression. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA. Top Paper Recognition, National Communication Association, Student Division (2003): Who controls the text? Fox, fans and the making of an American Idol. Teaching Assistant Award, International Communication Association (2006) John Rider Graduate Student Achievement Award in Mass Communications (2003) John and Eva Morgan Award for Excellence in Speech Communication (2001)

GRANTS
College of Communication Graduate Research Initiative Award (2006, Ohio University) $1500 College of Communication Dissertation Research Grant (2006, Ohio University) $250

NON-SCHOLARLY WORK EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO RESEARCH AGENDA

SHELTER AIDE (2004-2005) My Sisters Place Womens/Domestic Violence Shelter, Athens, OH ADVISOR/GRADUATE ASSISTANT (2001-2003) Campus Activities Board, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR/VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR (2000-2002) Catch A Falling Star, St. Louis, MO

SERVICE
EDITORIAL BOARDS Communication Studies (2012-Present; associate editorial board member) Journal of Social Media in Society (2012-Present; founding member of editorial board) Western Journal of Communication (2011-Present) Women & Language, Alternative Scholarship (2010-Present)

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AD HOC JOURNAL REVIEWER Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (2012) Communication Studies (2011) Western Journal of Communication (2010) CENTRAL STATES COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION Chair, Popular Culture Interest Group (2013-Present) Vice Chair (and co-founder), Popular Culture Interest Group (2012-2013) Chair, Media Studies Interest Group (2009-2010) Secretary, Media Studies Interest Group (2008-2009) Manuscript reviewer, Media Studies Interest Group (2006-Present) Manuscript reviewer, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Interest Group (2006-2012) NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION Legislative Assembly (2012-Present) Nominating Committee (2012-Present) Reviewer, Bonnie Ritter Book Award Committee (2013) Chair, GLBTQ Communication Studies Division (2011-2012) Vice-chair, GLBTQ Communication Studies Division (2010-2011) Liaison Committee Co-chair, Feminist and Women Studies Division (2008-2011) Manuscript reviewer, Feminist and Women Studies Division (2005-Present) Manuscript reviewer, Critical/Cultural Studies Division (2005-2012) Manuscript reviewer, GLBTQ Communication Studies Division (2009-Present) Manuscript reviewer, Student Section (2004-2005) Secretary, Student Section (2004-2005) ORGANIZATION FOR THE STUDY OF COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND GENDER Reviewer, Outstanding Book And Edited Volume Awards Committee (2013) INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION Manuscript reviewer, Feminist Scholarship Division (2004-2007) Manuscript reviewer, Mass Communication Division (2004-2007) GLOBAL FUSION Conference planner, Global Fusion 2005, Athens, OH (2004-2005) Guest editor, Graduate Student Edition of Global Media Journal (2006, Spring) Manuscript reviewer (2004-2006)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY Academic Technology Advisory Committee (2011-Present; Chair, 2012-2013) University Curriculum Committee (2012-Present) Writing Program Committee (2011-2013) Liberal Learning Council (2010-2012) Faculty Advisor, CNU chapter of Alpha Phi Fraternity International (2009-Present)

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Paideia Student Research Conference, Speech juror and moderator (2009, 2011-2013) Canvas LMS Task Force (2013, Chair) Faculty/Staff Campaign Captain (2010-2012) Dean Parks Colloquium Committee (2010-2011) Oral Assessment Rater (2011, 2012) 3/3 Teaching Load Preparedness Task Force (2011) Presenter, ATAC Learning Management System Workshop (2013) Presenter, Hybrid Course Design Workshop (2012) Facilitator, Social Media Pedagogy Workshop (2011) Presenter, Roundtable on Unrest in Northern Africa (2011) Electronic Dossier Committee (2010) Presenter, 9th Annual Faculty Conference on Teaching and Scholarship (2009) Presenter, New Faculty Orientation to Instructional Technology (2009) Presenter, Scholar Coffee Talk (2009)

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY Co-Advisor, Communication Club/NCASC (2011-Present) Public Relations Committee, Social Media Initiatives (2009-Present) Various Admissions Events (2009-Present) Faculty Search Committee, Digital Media ( 2013, Chair) Lambda Pi Eta Graduate School Preparation Workshop (2012) Faculty Search Committees, Social Media and Intercultural Communication Positions (2010) Annual Report Committee (2009-2010)

COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Advisory Board Member, Gay Cultural Studies Program, Old Dominion University (2011-Present) Board Member, Reel It Out, Hampton Roads Queer Film Festival (2012-Present) Editorial Board Member, AltDaily (2011-2012) Volunteer Appraiser, Destination ImagiNation Virginia (2010-Present) Ambassador, Dining Out For Live/Access AIDS Care (2012-Present) Interviewer, Community Words Hampton Roads LGBT Oral History Project (2012) Panelist, Miss Representation Post-Screening Discussion (2011) Juror, Out Film Festival, Covington, Kentucky (2011)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS Central States Communication Association (2006-Present) National Communication Association (2003-Present) Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender (2006, 2007, 2009, 2012) PREVIOUS MEMBERSHIPS International Communication Association (2004-2007)