Robert W McChesney
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Tenure and Promotion Letters (listed by institution in alphabetical order)

Albright College, American University, American University, American University, University of California-San Diego, Columbia University, Florida State University, George Mason University, University of Georgia, University of Hartford, University of Houston, Howard University, Hunter College (City University of New York), Indiana University, University of Iowa, Ithaca College, Loyola University (Chicago), University of Maine, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, Miami University (Ohio), University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), University of Michigan (Dearborn), University of Missouri, New York University, New York University, New York University, New York University, New York University, North Carolina State University, Northwestern University, University of Oklahoma, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Harrisburg, Queens College (City University of New York), Queens College (City University of New York), Simon Fraser University, Vassar College, University of Texas (Austin), University of Texas (Austin), Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia, University of Washington, West Virginia University, West Virginia University, West Virginia University, University of Western Ontario


Departmental Service

ICR, University of Illinois:

2004- ICR Director of Graduate Studies
2004-2005. Member, Committee to Reform the Graduate Curriculum.
2000-2002. ICR Graduate Admissions Committee.
2000-2002. ICR Graduate Program Committee.

School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988-1998:

1996-1997. Member, Merit Exercise Review Committee.
1993-1998. Chair, Scholarship Committee.
1995. Member, Political Journalism Internship Committee.
1993-1998. Member, Graduate Committee.
1992-1993. Member, Lecturer Sponsorship Advisory Committee.
1992-1993. Member, Teaching Assistants Committee.
1988-1993. Member, Scholarship Committee.
1989-1991. Member, Curriculum Committee.
1989-1990. Member, Search Committee.
1989-1991. Member, Ad Hoc Advisory Committee.


University Service

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:

2006. Co-Chair, Department of Speech Communication-ICR Merger Committee
2005-7. Member, College of Communications Executive Committee. (elected position)
2004-. Founder & Executive Director, Illinois Initiative for Media Policy Research.
2003. Member, Dean's Committee on the Future of the College of Communication.
2002. Co-founder, Illinois Initiative on Global Information and Communication Policy
2002-3. Member, Campus-wide Search Committee for Dean of College of Communication
2002. Member, All Campus Advisory Committee in Global Studies and Developing Relevant Grant Proposals in this Area.

University of Wisconsin-Madison:

1997-1998. Faculty Advisor, "Students for WORT."
1995-1998. UW-Madison Academic Network, The Institute for Wisconsin's Future.
1994-1995. Faculty Advisor, Student Organization "Free Press."
1993-1995. Member, University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate. (two-year term)
1992-1995. Member, Interdisciplinary Faculty Steering Committee, A. Eugene Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change. (three year term)
1991-1993. Member, UW-Madison College of Letters and Sciences Faculty Senate. (two-year term)
1991-1993. Alternate, University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate.
1990-1992. Member, University of Wisconsin Daily Cardinal Board of Control.
1990-1991. Individual Majors Committee, College of Letters and Sciences.
1990. Consultant and Associate, A. Eugene Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change.
1989-1990. Coordinator, Political Economy Sequence, A. Eugene Havens Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor Program.


Graduate Student Supervising

Ph.D.s: [Dissertation title in brackets]

2008. Victor Pickard [Media Democracy Deferred: The Postwar Settlement for U.S. Communications, 1945-1949.]

1997. Michael P. McCauley [From the Margins to the Mainstream: The History of National Public Radio, 1970-1983.]

1995. Kyun Kim [The American Struggle for Korean Minds: U.S. Cultural Policy and Occupied Korea.]

1995. Mikyung Jung [The Impact of Democratization on the Structure and Control of the Mass Media in South Korea.]

1994. Amy Kiste Nyberg [Seal of Approval: The Origins and History of the Comics Code.]

1993. Gyu Chan Jeon [The Korean-Black Conflicts: A Critical Communication Approach.]

M.A.s: [Thesis title in brackets]

2009. Max Rodriguez [no thesis]

2008. Kamilla Kovacs [Challenges in U.S. Media Literacy Education]

1998. Kay Arisawa [Japan's NHK: David or Goliath?]

1992. Lisa Brockmeier [Drug War Politics and the Press: Narco-Guerrillas, Narco-Terrorists and the Communist Cocaine Connection.]

Current Ph.D. Candidates: Ben Scott, Brian Dolber


Ph.D. Committee Memberships

Completed Ph.D.s:

Ruoyin Bai, UIUC, Communication, 2007.

Alex Zhou, UIUC, Communication, 2007.

C. Michael Elavsky, UIUC, Communication, 2005.

Rajiv Shah, UIUC, Communication, 2004.

Dal Yong Jin, UIUC, Communication, 2004.

Zhihong Gao, UIUC, Communication, 2002.

Doobo Shim, UW-Madison, Journalism and Mass Communication, 2000.

Jonathan Pollack, UW-Madison, History, 1999.

Calvin Brutus, UW-Madison, Political Science, 1996.

Aniko Bodroghkozy, UW-Madison, Communication Arts, 1994.

Yong-Jin Won, UW-Madison, Communication Arts, 1992.

Richard Maxwell, UW-Madison, Communication Arts, 1990.

Charles Fairchild, American Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1996.

Current Committee Memberships: Andrew O'Baoill, Sascha Meinrath, Molly Niesen, Dong Han, Kevin Healey, Rich Potter, Yu Hong


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