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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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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