MELITA MARIE GARZA Schieffer School of Journalism 312-375-3163 Texas Christian University melita.garza@tcu.edu Fort Worth Texas, 76129 EDUCATION The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ph.D. Journalism and Mass Communication 2012 Roy H. Park Fellow, awarded full tuition, fees and stipend through the Triad Foundation. Dissertation: They Came to Toil: News Frames of Wanted and Unwanted Mexicans in the Great Depression. University of Chicago Booth School of Business 2007 Master of Business Administration Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Chicago 2003 to 2004 Enrolled in MBA program before transferring to University of Chicago London campus Harvard College 1983 A.B. Concentration in Government and Certificate, Latin American Studies Senior Honors Thesis: Saints and Guerrillas: The Christian-Marxist Experiment in Nicaragua. Thesis awarded magna cum laude distinction. Grant recipient for 1982 summer field research in Nicaragua by Harvard Committee on Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS). ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor Fall 2012-present Texas Christian University Schieffer School of Journalism Spring 2013: Teaching Business Journalism (JOUR 40453); Race, Gender, and the Mass Media (JOUR 20001); Fall 2012: Taught master s Proseminar in Journalism (JOUR 50123); Race, Gender, and the Mass Media (JOUR 20001). Roy H. Park Fellow Aug. 2009-Aug. 2012 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Instructor of Record Fall 2010: Economics Reporting (JOMC 451)
2 MEDIA/JOURNALISM Bloomberg LP, New York 2007 to 2009 Writer Developed and wrote market-moving news and feature articles for the leading business multimedia service, providing economic and financial information to industry, commerce and the news media globally. McKinsey & Co., London, United Kingdom 2004 to 2006 Associate Editor, The McKinsey Quarterly Business publication produced by the world s top consulting firm with a global readership of 1.5 million corporate executives, government officials and academics. Chicago Tribune, Chicago 1989 to 2004 Reporter-Writer Developed and wrote ground-breaking news and feature articles about companies and individuals in the Chicago area, some of which led to major investigations by federal and state authorities. The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee 1986 to 1989 Metro Reporter Worked as a general assignment reporter and also covered the federal court beat. National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) 1986 Washington, DC Newsletter Editor and Press Coordinator Developed and edited articles for the quarterly NALEO National Report while handling press relations. Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles 1984 to 1985 Reporter Trainee Member of the inaugural class, Los Angeles Times Minority Editorial Training Program (METPRO). AWARDS, HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS Donald W. Reynolds Business Journalism Fellow November 2012 Competitively selected for an all expense-paid weeklong fellowship at the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona. The training took place during winter break, Jan. 2-5, 2013. Joseph L. Morrison Award April 2012 $1,000 award for excellence in journalism history and for overall academic record from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
3 Summer Research Fellowship Summer 2011 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $4,000 grant from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School for dissertation research. Joseph L. Morrison Award April 2011 $1,000 award for excellence in journalism history and for overall academic record from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Future Faculty Fellowship Program August 2010 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Faculty Excellence Competitively selected from university-wide pool for five-day pedagogical training program, $450 honorarium. The Headline Club, Society of Professional Journalists 2002 Peter Lisagor Award for the labor story "Jobs in Manufacturing No Longer Build Futures" Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) 2001 Best in the Business Award for Spot Enterprise Reporting for "Problems at Tire Plant Alleged" Pulitzer Prize nominee 2000 Pulitzer Prize nominee for an investigative series on Ford/Firestone tire failures. YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago 1996 Black Hispanic Achievers of Industry award. Nominated by the Chicago Tribune Co. Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago 1996 Cardinal s Communications Award for Professional Excellence for June 1995 article Gift of Faith, a Father s Day remembrance that appeared in the Chicago Tribune s Tempo section. Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Protection, Chicago 1995 Give Liberty a Hand award for responsible and insightful coverage of immigrant and refugee issues. National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Washington, DC 1994 "President s Award" for outstanding efforts to promote diversity in the nation's newsrooms. Presstime December 1993 Profiled as one of the "20 under 40" top journalists in U.S. newspapers in the magazine published by the Newspaper Association of America.
4 PUBLICATIONS BOOK CHAPTERS Melita Marie Garza, (1997), Hola, America! Newsstand 2000, In Dennis, E. and Pease, E., (Eds.) The Media in Black and White. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, pp. 129-136. Melita Marie Garza, (1997), The 1890 Census, In Swanson, S. (Ed.) Chicago Days: 150 Defining Moments in the Life of a Great City, Wheaton, Illinois: Cantigny First Division Foundation, pp. 58-61. PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES Melita M. Garza, Pine Straw in an Evil Wind: A study of James Boyd, The Pilot of Southern Pines, N.C., 1941-1944. American Journalism, 29, no. 1 (Winter 2012): 85-113. MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Melita M. Garza, Sword & Cross in San Antonio: Reviving the Spanish Conquest in Depression Era News Coverage, revise and resubmit (Jan. 2013), Journalism History. INVITED ACADEMIC ARTICLES Melita Marie Garza, (1994), Hola, America! Newsstand 2000, Media Studies Journal: Race America s Rawest Nerve. (Summer), 8(3), 152-162. REFEREED PRESENTATIONS CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Sword & Cross in San Antonio: Reviving the Spanish Conquest in Depression-era News Coverage. Paper accepted for presentation at the 31 st Annual American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina, October 11-13, 2012. San Antonio Stories: News Frames of Wanted and Unwanted Mexicans in the Great Depression, Received honorable mention for Robert Lance Award for outstanding student paper presented at the 30 th Annual American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, October 6-8, 2011. They Came to Toil: U.S. News Coverage of Mexicans on the Eve of the Great Depression. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, August 10-13, 2011.
5 They Came to Toil: U.S. News Coverage of Mexicans on the Eve of the Great Depression. Paper presented at the 36 th Annual Southeast Colloquium, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., March 17-19, 2011. Awarded second place student paper, History Division. Pine Straw in an Evil Wind: The Novelist-Editor, the Country Weekly and the World at War: A study of James Boyd, The Pilot of Southern Pines, N.C., 1941-1944. Paper presented at the 30 th Annual AJHA Convention, Tucson, Arizona, October 7-9, 2010. Hot News: A Tort on the Brink. Paper presented at the 35 th annual AEJMC Southeast Colloquium, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 11-13, 2010. Awarded third place student paper, Law and Policy Division. SERVICE Schieffer School of Journalism, TCU Diversity Committee Researched best practices at other schools; contributed to the ongoing discussion of how the Schieffer School should define diversity and implement diversity goals across the school, including the curriculum. Schieffer School of Journalism, TCU Graduate Committee Researched best practices for master s degree programs and helped implement proposed changes to the Schieffer School s evolving master s degree program. Graduate Student Liaison, AEJMC Magazine Division June 2011-June 2012 Working to help promote graduate student paper submissions to the magazine division Board Member, LATIJAM Sept. 2010-June 2012 Latino Journalism and Media at Carolina, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill LATIJAM promotes fair and competent local reporting about Latino life in North Carolina. Discussion Group Leader for Undergraduate Summer Reading Program August 2010 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Facilitated a discussion of "Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption," by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton with incoming first-year UNC students. The Best of Gannett Judge 1992 Arlington, VA Served as a judge for the Gannett newspaper group's annual national journalism competition. INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Engaging the Next Generation: How and Why to Teach New Journalists, panel held at the Journalism & Women s Symposium (JAWS) Fall Camp, September 23-25, 2011 in Asheville, N.C.
6 MEMBERSHIPS Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) Journalism & Women Symposium (JAWS) National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) Society of Children s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA)