Evan L. Kropp, Ph.D. Curriculum vitae January 2015 Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication Athens, GA 30602 EDUCATION, Athens, GA Ph.D., Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, 2014 Interdisciplinary Certificate in University Teaching, 2014 University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT M.A., School of Communication, 2011 B.A., School of Communication, 1997 PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS, Athens, GA. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication (2011- Present). Visiting Assistant Professor (2014-Present); Graduate Instructor (2011-2014). Research Assistant, George Foster Peabody Awards (2011-2014). Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH. College of Continuing Education (2013-Present). Adjunct Faculty. PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles Social Television s Influence on Authorial Control and the Serial Narrative (under review - SERIES International Journal of TV Serial Narratives) Social TV and the Writers Room: A Case Study of Bones (under review Journal of Screenwriting) Evan L. Kropp Page 1
Talking Television Online: An Explication of Social Television (in preparation) Online Articles (non-refereed) Kropp, E., Holston, N., McNutt, M. (April, 2014). Everyone s a Critic!?. Culture in Conversation. Kropp, E., Creech Brian, and Lashley, Mark. (August, 2013) The Value of a Process: Building Culture in Communication. Culture in Conversation. Kropp, E. (April, 2013). Blurred Boundaries: Approaches to Defining Documentaries and Reality Television. MediaCommons: In Media Res. Encyclopedia Chapters Kropp, Evan L. (2013). Martha Stewart. In Sickels, Robert (Ed.) 100 Entertainers Who Changed America: An Encyclopedia of Pop Culture Luminaries. ABC-CLIO, California. Kropp, Evan L. (2013). Richard Pryor. In Sickels, Robert (Ed.) 100 Entertainers Who Changed America: An Encyclopedia of Pop Culture Luminaries. ABC-CLIO, California. Kropp, Evan L. (2013). Amos n Andy Show, The. In Cortés, C.E. & Golson, J.G. (Ed.) Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia. SAGE Reference, Thousand Oaks, CA. Kropp, Evan L. (2013). I Spy. In Cortés, C.E. & Golson, J.G. (Ed.) Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia. SAGE Reference, Thousand Oaks, CA. CONFERENCE ACTIVITY New media, new marketing: TV marketing strategies in the 21 st Century. Broadcast Education Association. Las Vegas, NV. April 11-16, 2015. Panel Organizer and Moderator. Shifting power dynamics: Viewer influence on television content and production practices. National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL. November 20-23, 2014. Examining social television as a social practice: User agency and the creation and transmission of knowledge. Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV. April, 7-10, 2013. Implementing group testing in the college classroom: A team based collaborative approach to learning. USG Teaching and Learning Conference: Best Practices for Promoting Engaged Student Learning, Athens, GA. April 12, 2013. Co-authored with Cayce Myers. Defining cultural theories through modified positivist assessment criteria: Stuart Hall s Encoding/Decoding examined. Eastern Communication Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. April 24-28, 2013 Evan L. Kropp Page 2
Have you ever greased a Bobcat? Sofia Vergara and representations of the sexy Latina. Eastern Communication Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. April 24-28, 2013. Educating teens on social issues: One role of reality television. FLOW Conference, Austin, TX. November 1-3, 2012. A historiography of gender representations on 1970 s prime-time television: The correlation between social realities and television content. Popular Culture Association South / American Culture Association South Annual Conference, Nashville, TN. September 27-29, 2012. The Middle, Modern Family and Cougar Town: Freshman prime-time comedies and ideologies of gender. National Communication Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. November 17-20, 2012. Move that bus!: Revealing consumerism and materialism in real estate programs. Eastern Communication Association Conference, Arlington, VA. April 13-17, 2011. Power in the professional kitchen: Gender & hegemony on Top Chef season 6. Eastern Communication Association Conference. Arlington, VA. April 13-17, 2011. Representations of gender on food television programs: A flourishing genre reinforcing time worn depictions. National Communication Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. November 14-17, 2010. The representation of gender on cooking television shows. Eastern Communication Association Conference. Baltimore, MD. April 22-25, 2010. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Media Programming and Management (Fall 2013, Fall 2014) Writing for Digital Media (6 sections between Fall 2012 and Spring 2015) Screenwriting (Fall 2014, Spring 2015 two sections) Southern New Hampshire University, College of Continuing Education, Online More than Words: Communication by Design. Graduate level (Winter 2014) Communication, Media & Society. Graduate level (Summer 2013, Fall 2013) The Vantage Point: Knowledge and New Media, Graduate level (Spring 2014, Winter 2014) Communication Capstone, Graduate level (Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015) Evan L. Kropp Page 3
AWARDS AND HONORS Teaching Academy, Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (2014). Teaching performance ranks in the top ten percent of all TAs and Graduate Instructors serving the University., Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Department of Telecommunications Top Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (2014). PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Participant, University System of Georgia Faculty Development Series. Assessing Student Learning in the Classroom. (December, 2014). Participant, Time Warner College Professors Thought Leadership Program. Time Warner Media Lab, New York, NY. (July, 2014). Graduate School Teaching Portfolio Program. Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Georgia. (Fall 2013). Participant, Online Faculty Training Course: Blackboard 9.1 Academic Suite. Southern New Hampshire University, College of Online and Continuing Education (COCE) 4 weeks. (March/April 2013). Workshop Participant,. Introduction to Effective Service-Learning Course Design - 3 hours. (September, 2012). SERVICE Community Special Events Marketing and Social Media Manager (Volunteer) for the Athens Jewish Film Festival (2014-2015) Profession Student Documentary Film Competition Judge, BEA Festival of Media Arts (2014) Student Script Competition Judge, BEA Festival of Media Arts (2012, 2014) Paper Reviewer, Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association (2010, 2011, 2012) Evan L. Kropp Page 4
University Invited Panel Moderator, The Professional Entertainment and Sports Association at Terry College, 4 th Annual PESA Summit. (2014). Team Leader. Re-designed TELE3310 Media Programming and Management course (2013) President, Grady College Critical Media Studies Interest Group (AKA: The Culture Club) (2013-2014) Member, Grady College Critical Media Studies Interest Group (AKA: The Culture Club) (2012-2013, 2011-2012) Organizing Committee Member. Generation(s) of Television Studies Symposium. The University of Georgia. April, 2013 Co-President, Grady Graduate Caucus (2012 2013) NON-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Owner, Kropp Internet Consulting, LLC (2002 2011) E-Business Marketing Manager, Brady Corporation (2001 2005) Marketing Manager, Prime Resources Corporation (2000 2001) Business Manager, David S. Lapine, Inc. (1997 2000) Production Assistant, Academy Boyz feature film (1997) Production Assistant, The Gayle King Show daytime talk show (1997) Intern, The Roots of Roe documentary film (1996) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS National Communication Association, NCA (2010 Present) Broadcast Education Association, BEA (2012 Present) Society for Cinema and Media Studies, SCMS (2012 Present) Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC (2011 2014) Eastern Communication Association, ECA (2010 2014) Popular Culture Association South / American Culture Association South, PCAS/ACAS (2012 2013) Evan L. Kropp Page 5
REFERENCES Horace Newcomb Director Emeritus, Peabody Awards Athens, GA 30602-3018 (706) 714-4864 hmcnewcomb@gmail.com C. Ann Hollifield Thomas C. Dowden Professor of Media Research Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication Athens, GA 30602 (706) 542-4966 annholli@uga.edu Carolina Acosta-Alzuru Associate Professor Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication Athens, GA 30602 (706) 542-5680 cacosta@uga.edu Jack Banks Associate Professor School of Communication University of Hartford 200 Bloomfield Avenue West Hartford, CT 06117 (860) 768-5277 jbanks@hartford.edu Evan L. Kropp Page 6