Department of Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising
School of Communication and Theater
2020 North 13th Street
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
215 204 2077
fdarling@temple.edu

 

EDUCATION

May, 2000
Ph. D. Mass Communication
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

May 1994
M.A. Mass Communication
School of Communication
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. GPA 4.0

May 1992
B. A. Journalism
School of Communication
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
With high and special honors (Senior Fellows Program)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fall 2001
Multimedia storytelling
Department of Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Temple University

History of Journalism
Department of Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Temple University

Publication design
Department of Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Temple University

Summer 2001
Publishing to the Web
Department of Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Temple University

Global Communication and the Internet
Department of Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Temple University

Spring 2001
Publishing to the Web
Department of Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Temple University

Online magazine design
Department of Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Temple University

Topics in Journalism: Gender, Beauty and the Media
Department of Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Temple University

Fall 2000
Publishing to the Web
Department of Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Temple University

Publication Design
Department of Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Temple University

History of Journalism: Alternative voices
Department of Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Temple University

Spring 2000
Instructor,
Media, Gender, and Beauty: An intercultural perspective
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The University of Iowa

Spring 2000, Fall 1999
Teaching Assistant, Cultural and Historical Foundations of Mass Communication

School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The University of Iowa

Spring 1998
Instructor, Technology in the Classroom

College of Education
The University of Iowa

Fall 1996, Spring 1997, Fall 1997
Instructor, Audiovisual Equipment for Instruction
College of Education
The University of Iowa

Summer 1997
Assistant Instructor, Summer Journalism Workshop
School of Journalism and Mass Communication

The University of Iowa

Fall 1996, Spring 1997, Summer 1997
Instructor, Digital Graphics

College of Education
The University of Iowa

Fall 1997, Spring 1998
Instructor, Digital Photo

College of Education
The University of Iowa

Fall 1992, Spring 1993
Teaching assistant, Visual Design and Desktop Publishing

School of Communication
The University of Texas at Austin

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GENERAL PUBLICATIONS

Mixed messages: How the media went wrong on the breast implants story
Herizons, 10(3), Summer 1996.

Stepping into an Onsen
Japanophile, 20(3), Summer 1996.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Framing the breast implant controversy: A feminist critique
Journal of Communication Inquiry, 21(1),1997.

Beauty standards
in Eleonor B. Amico (ed), Reader's Guide to Women's Studies
Chicago and London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998.

White bodies and feminist dilemmas: On the complexity of positionality
Journal of Communication Inquiry, 22 (4), 1998.

Texts in context: Intertextuality, hybridity, and the negotiation of cultural identity in Japan
Journal of Communication Inquiry, 24 (2), 2000.

From airbrushing to liposuction: The technological reconstruction of the female body
in Baukje Miedema, Janet Stoppard and Vivienne Anderson (eds), Women's Bodies/Women's Lives
Toronto: Second story press, 2000.

Gender, beauty, and Western influence: Negotiated femininity in Japanese women's magazines
in Elizabeth L. Toth and Linda Aldoory (Eds), The Gender Challenge to Media: Diverse Voices from the Field
Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2001

Negotiation and position: On the need of developing thicker descriptions
in P. D. Murphy and M. Kraidy, (eds) Negotiating interpretations: ethnographic fieldwork and transnational media audience
Forthcoming, Fall 2001

Sites of Attractiveness: Japanese Women and Westernized Representations of Feminine Beauty
in L. Gher (ed) Waking the Titans of New Communications: The Emerging Battleground of Media and Technology in a New World Order
Hampton Press, Forthcoming, December 2001

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RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Global Fusion Conference
St. Louis, October 2001

Women and New Men: Negotiated Masculinity in the Japanese Media

International Conference on Media and Culture
Ljubjana, Slovenia, May 2001
Negotiation and Position

International Communication Association Conference
Washington, May 2001
Media, Class, and Western Influence in Japanese Women's Conceptions of Attractiveness

Popular Culture Association Conference
Philadelphia, April 2001
Smap, Sex, and Masculinity in the Japanese Media: Constructing the Ideal Female Fantasy

Global Fusion Conference
St. Louis, October 2000
Sites of Attractiveness: Japanese Women and Westernized Representations of Feminine Beauty

Midwestern Conference on Asian Affairs
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, September 1999
Texts in context: Intertextuality, hybridity, and the negotiation of cultural identity in Japan

International Communication Association Conference
San Francisco, May 1999
Texts in context: Intertextuality in the Japanese media

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference
Baltimore, August 1998, Commission on the Status of Women
Gender, beauty, and Western influence: Negotiated femininity in Japanese women's magazines

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference
Baltimore, August 1998, Qualitative Studies Division
On the possibility of communicating: Critical theory, feminism, and social position

Midwest Graduate Communications Conference
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, April 1998
On the possibility of communicating

Our Bodies/Our Lives, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW '97) Conference
Frederickton, NB, Canada, November 1997
From airbrushing to liposuction: Beauty, technology and the reshaping of the female body

Midwest Graduate Communications Conference
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 1997
Framing the breast implant controversy: A feminist critique of the New York Times' coverage

International Symposium
Imabari, Japan, Fall 1995
Comparing the plight of Japanese and American women

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AWARDS

August 1998
Best student paper, Commission on the Status of Women
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Gender, beauty, and Western influence: Negotiated femininity in Japanese women's magazines

Spring 1998
Outstanding Graduate Student Award for Research
The University of Iowa

Spring 1998
Center for Asian and Pacific Studies (CAPS) dissertation fellowship for research in East Asia
The University of Iowa

Stanley Fellowship for Graduate Student Research Abroad
The University of Iowa

T. Anne Cleary Dissertation Fellowship
The University of Iowa

1991-1992
Dr. Blanche Prejean Endowed Presidential Scholarship
The University of Texas at Austin

1990-1991 and 1989-1990
Dallas Morning News-WFAA Scholarship
The University of Texas at Austin

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August 1996 through August 1998
Computer Lab Assistant, College of Education, The University of Iowa

June 1994-June 1995
Graphic Design and Public relations Assistant, Austin Rape Crisis Center, Austin, TX

May 1992 through July 1995
Free-lance graphic designer and desktop publisher

Free-lance writer with a particular interest in the alternative press.

January through June 1994
Public Relations Assistant, Pro Data Computing, Austin, TX

August 1991through August 1993
General assignments reporter, The Daily Texan, Austin, TX

Spring 1990
News reporter, KTSB student radio station, Austin, TX

Fall 1990
Public relations intern, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin

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AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE

Member Funding Council
School of Communication and Theater
Temple University

Member New Media Interdisciplinary Concentration
School of Communication and Theater
Temple University

Member International Committee
School of Communication and Theater
Temple University

Chair, Logo competition
Visual Communication Division
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Reviewer, Entertainment Studies Division
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Reviewer, Journal of Communication Inquiry

1998 through present
Member Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communication

1997 through present
Member Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Member International Communication Association

Member Asian Studies Association

1997-1998
Member editorial board, Journal of Communication Inquiry
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The University of Iowa

Member Graduate Student Senate
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The University of Iowa

1996-1998
Member Graduate Women's Studies Association
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The University of Iowa

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