Curriculum Vitae

Associate Professor
Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media
School of Communications and Theater
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122

Voice: (215) 204-7182
Fax: (215) 204-5402
E-Mail: lombard@temple.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Stanford University, Communication 1994
B.A. University of California, Riverside, cum laude, Liberal Studies 1985

RESEARCH

Research Interests

Psychological processing of media (including telepresence)
Persuasion and attitude change
Political communication
Health communication

Publications

Spagnolli, A., Lombard, M., & Gamberini, L. (in press). Guest editors' introduction. Virtual Reality, 13(3).

Lombard, M. (in press). The promise and peril of telepresence. In C. Bracken & P. Skalski (Editors), Immersed in Media II: Telepresence in Everyday Life. New York: Routledge.

Lombard, M., & Jones, M. T. (in press). Defining presence. In F. Biocca, W.A. Ijsselsteijn, J. Freeman, & M. Lombard (Editors), Immersed in Media I: Telepresence Theory, Measurement and
Technology. New York: Routledge.

Lombard, M., & Selverian, M. E. (2008). Telepresence after death. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments., 17(3), 310-325.

Lombard, M. (2008). Lessons learned as a department chair. The Department Chair, 19(1), 31.

Lombard, M., & Bracken, C. C.  (2008). Guest editors' introduction. Presence: Teleoperators & Virtual Environments, 17(3), i-ii.

D'Angelo, P., & Lombard, M. (2008). The power of the press: The effects of press frames in political campaign news on media perceptions. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 16(1), 1 - 32

Lombard, M., & Jones, M. T. (2007). Identifying the (tele)presence literature. PsychNology, 5(2), 197-206.

Timmins, L. R., & Lombard, M. (2005). When "real" seems mediated: Inverse presence. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 14(4), 492-500.

Lombard, M., Snyder-Duch, J., & Bracken, C. C. (2004). A call for standardization in content analysis reliability. Human Communication Research, 30, 434-437.

Bracken, C. C., & Lombard, M. (2004). Social presence and children: Praise, intrinsic motivation, and learning with computers. Journal of Communication, 54, 22-37.

Lombard, M., & Bracken, C. C. (2003). Guest editors' introduction. Presence: Teleoperators & Virtual Environments, 12(5).

Lombard, M., & Bracken, C. C. (2003). Guest editors' introduction. Presence: Teleoperators & Virtual Environments, 12(4), 333-334.

Lombard, M., Snyder-Duch, J., & Bracken, C. C. (2003). Practical resources for assessing and reporting intercoder reliability in content analysis research projects. Available: http://www.temple.edu/mmc/reliability.

Lombard, M., Snyder-Duch, J., & Bracken, C. C. (2002). Content analysis in communication: Assessment and reporting of intercoder reliability. Human Communication Research, 28, 587-604.

IJsselsteijn, W., Lombard, M., & Freeman, J. (2001). Toward a core bibliography of Presence. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 4(2), 317-321.

Lombard, M., & Snyder-Duch, J. (2001). Interactive advertising and presence: A framework. Journal of Interactive Advertising, 1(2).

Bracken, C. C., & Lombard, M. (2001). Uses and gratifications: A classic methodology revisited. New Jersey Journal of Communication, 9(1), 103-116.

Lombard, M., Reich, R. D., Grabe, M. E., Bracken, C. C., & Ditton, T. B. (2000). Presence and television: The role of screen size. Human Communication Research, 26(1), 75-98.

Lombard, M., Lent, J. A., Greenwood, L., & Tun? A. (1999). A framework for the study of comic art. International Journal of Comic Art, 1(1).

Grabe, M. E., Lombard, M., Reich, R. D., Bracken, C. C., & Ditton, T. B. (1999). The role of screen size in viewer experiences of media content. Visual Communication Quarterly, 6(2), 4-9.

Lombard, M., & Ditton, T. B. (1997). At the heart of it all: The concept of presence. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 3(2). Available: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol3/issue2/lombard.html

Lombard, M., Ditton, T. B., Grabe, M. E., & Reich, R. D. (1997). The role of screen size in viewer responses to television fare. Communication Reports, 10(1), 95-106.

Lombard, M. (1995). Direct responses to people on the screen: Television and personal space. Communication Research, 22(3), 288-324.

Nass, C., Lombard, M., Henriksen, L., & Steuer, J. (1995). Anthropocentrism and computers. Behaviour & Information Technology, 14(4), 229-238.

Cohen, J., Lombard, M., & Pierson, R. (1992). Developing a multi-cultural mass communication curriculum: Combating zero-sum perceptions with communication research and Writing Across the Curriculum. Journalism Educator, 47(2), 4-12.

Manuscripts

Lombard, M., & Jones, M. T. (2009). Presence and sexuality.

Lombard, M., Ditton, T. B., Bracken, C. C., Snyder-Duch, J., Linder, J. M., & Kaynak, S. (2004). A framework for evaluating mediated stimuli: Presence and the formal features of television.

Lombard, M., Bracken, C. C., Snyder-Duch, J., Ditton, T. B., Linder, J., & Kaynak, S. (2002). A content analysis of television form: The state of the medium at the end of the 20th Century.

Lombard, M., Snyder-Duch, J., Bracken, C. C., Kaynak, S., Linder, J. M., & Ditton, T. B. (2002). The cluttering of television.

Lombard, M., & Sen, N. (1997). Computers Are Social Actors: User responses to computers that exhibit distinct social styles.

Lombard, M., Kaynak, S., Linder, J., Madia, S., Pasqua, A., & Pompper, D. (1996). Toward a mass communication core literature.

Reeves, B., Lombard, M., & Melwani, G. (1996). Presence and perceived distance between viewer and picture: Effects on psychological responses. In Reeves, B., & Nass, C. I., The media equation: How people treat computers, television, and new media like real people and places. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications.

Conference Papers/Presentations

Lombard, M., Jones, M. T., & Jasak, J. (2009). Presence and the Meaning of Life: Exploring (Tele)presence simulation scenarios and their implications. To be presented at the Twelth International Workshop on Presence, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Lombard, M. (2008). Standardization in assessment and reporting of intercoder reliability in content analyses. Conference on Optimal Coding of Open-Ended Survey Data, University of Michigan, USA.

Black, M., Friel, B., Jasak, J., Lombard, M., & Russ, A. (2008, October). An evaluation of portrayals of telepresence and romantic relationships in film and television. Presented at the Eleventh International Workshop on Presence, Padua, Italy.

Lombard, M. (2008, October). Presence in popular media. Presented at the Eleventh International Workshop on Presence, Padua, Italy.

Lombard, M. (2008, September). Using telepresence to communicate science in giant screen cinema. Invited presentation at Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) Symposium "The Greater Potential of Giant Screen Experiences: Connecting Society with Science," Jersey City, New Jersey.

Lombard, M. (2008, May). (Tele)Presence: A quick introduction. Roundtable on (Tele)Presence and Communication at the 2008 conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Montreal.

Lombard, M. (2008, February). Presence and telepresence scholarship: Challenges ahead. Keynote presentation at When Media Environments Become Real (WMEBR) conference, University of Berne, Switzerland.

Lombard, M. (2007, November). Presence and usability. Presented at World Usability Day 2007, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

IJsselsteijn, W., & Lombard, M. (2007, October). 10 years of Presence conferences: Impressions, anecdotes and lessons learnt. Presented at the Tenth International Workshop on Presence, Barcelona, Spain.

Lombard, M. (2007, June). Telepresence phenomena and research: The big(ger) picture. Presented at Telepresence World 2007, San Diego, California, USA.

Lombard, M. (2006, October). Defining presence. Presented at Online, Offline & The Concept of Presence: When Games and VR Collide, A workshop hosted by USC's Centers for Creative Technologies, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Hwang, H. S., & Lombard, M. (2006, August). Understanding instant messaging: Gratifications and social presence. Presented at the Ninth International Workshop on Presence, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Klotz, J., & Lombard, M. (2006, August). Demonstration: Presence considerations in music production. Presented at the Ninth International Workshop on Presence, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Lombard, M., & Jones, M. T. (2006, August). Defining presence. Presented at the Ninth International Workshop on Presence, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Lombard, M., & Selverian, M. E. (2006, August). Presence after death. Presented at the Ninth International Workshop on Presence, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Lombard, M., & D'Angelo, P. (2006, June). The power of the press: The effects of press frames in political campaign news on media perceptions. Presented to the Political Communication division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany.

Lombard, M., & Jones, M. T. (2005, November). The big picture: (Tele)presence theory and research: What the literature tells us. Presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

Lombard, M., & Jones, M. T. (2004, October). Presence and sexuality. Presented at the Seventh International Workshop on Presence, Valencia, Spain.

Lombard, M. (2004, May). Introduction: Defining and theorizing about presence. Presented to the Information Systems division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Lombard, M. (2004, April). (Tele)presence: Mediated, nonmediated, and (inter)personal. Presented at the annual conference of the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, Ohio.

Radosh, J., & Lombard, M. (2004, April). Defining Sensationalism in Local Television News. Presented to the News division as a Second Place Debut paper at the annual conference of the Broadcasting Education Association, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Timmins, L. R., & Lombard, M. (2003, October). When real seems mediated: Anti-presence. Presented at the Sixth International Workshop on Presence, Aalborg, Denmark.

Lombard, M. (2003, May). (Tele)Presence: Where have we been and where are we now? Presented to the Information Systems division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Diego, California.

Morris, N., & Lombard, M. (2002, July). Reactions to September 11 in US daily comic strips. Presented to the Political Science section at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research. Barcelona, Spain.

Lombard, M., Selverian, M., Horvath, K., Park, S.  B., Hwang, H. S., & Kwon, J. (2002, July). New insights into presence and its future: Portrayals in popular fiction. Presented to the Information Systems division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Seoul, South Korea.

Lombard, M., Snyder-Duch, J., & Bracken, C. C. (2001, May). Content analyses in Communication: Assessment and reporting of intercoder reliability. Presented to the Information Systems division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C.

Lombard, M., & Ditton, T. B., Crane, D., Davis, B., Gil-Egui, G., Horvath, K., Rossman, J., & Park, S. (2000). Measuring presence: A literature-based approach to the development of a standardized paper-and-pencil instrument. Presented at the Third International Workshop on Presence, Delft, The Netherlands.

Wells, A., Lombard, M., & Kaiser, D. (2000, April). Gender and nationality on the American pop charts. Presented to the Music division at the annual conference of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association, New Orleans, LA.

Wells, A., Lombard, M., & Kaiser, D. (1999, October). Women on the pop charts: Has there been a revolution in the 90's? Presented to the Popular Culture Association in the South Annual Meeting, Roanoke, VA.

Ditton, T. B., & Lombard, M. (1999, May). Presence and social judgment change. Presented to the Information Systems division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Lombard, M., Snyder-Duch, J., & Bracken, C., Ditton, T. B., Kaynak, S., Linder-Radosh, J., & Pemrick, J. (1999, May). Structural features of US television: Primary results of a large-scale content analysis. Presented to the Mass Communication division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Snyder-Duch, J., Lombard, M., & Bracken, C. (1999, May). Learning from our experience: A guidebook for large-scale television content analysis projects. Presented to the Mass Communication division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Lombard, M., & Ditton, T. B. (1999, April). Across media: Toward a standardized conceptual and operational definition of presence. Invited talk presented at the 2nd International Workshop on Presence, Colchester, Essex, England.

Lombard, M. (1998, November). Research on the feeling of `Being There' in
virtual environments: The sensation of presence. Presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, New York, NY.

Ditton, T. B., Lombard, M., Bracken, C. C., Snyder, J., Pemrick, J., Linder, J. M., & Kaynak, S. (1998, July). The illusion of nonmediation and formal features of television. Presented to the Information Systems division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Jerusalem, Israel.

Lombard, M. (1997, July). Graduate student mentoring and junior professors: What students should know.  Presented to the Graduate Education Interest Group and the Commission on the Status of Women at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Chicago, IL.

Lombard, M., & Ditton, T. B. (1997, May). At the heart of it all: The concept of presence. Presented as Top Three paper to the Information Systems division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.

Lombard, M., Snyder, J., Bracken, C. C., Kaynak, S., Pemrick, J., Linder, J. M., & Ditton, T. B. (1997, May). The cluttering of television. Presented to the Mass Communication division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.

Lombard, M., & Sen, N. (1997, May). Computers Are Social Actors: User responses to computers that exhibit distinct social styles. Presented to the Information Systems division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.

Lombard, M. (1997, April). Combining theory and practice in broadcast education. Presented to the News division at the annual conference of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV.

Lombard, M., Grabe, M. E., Reich, R. D., Bracken, C. C., & Ditton, T. B. (1996, August). Screen size and viewer responses to television: A review of research. Presented to the Theory and Methodology division at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Anahiem, CA.

Lombard, M., Bracken, C. C., Linder, J., Snyder, J., Ditton, T. B., Kaynak, S., Pemrick, J., & Steward, G. (1996, May). The state of the medium: A content analysis of television form. Presented to the Information Systems division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Lombard, M., Kaynak, S., Linder, J., Madia, S., Pasqua, A., Pompper, D., & Vallei, A. (1996, May). Toward a mass communication core literature. Presented to the Mass Communication division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Bracken, C. C., & Lombard, M. (1995, May). Uses and gratifications in the communication classroom. Presented to the Instructional/Developmental division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Lombard, M., Reich, R. D., Grabe, M. E., Bracken, C. C., & Ditton, T. B. (1995, May). Big TVs, little TVs: The role of screen size in viewer responses to point-of-view movement. Presented to the Mass Communication division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Albuquerque, NM.

Lombard, M. (1994, November). Direct responses to people on the screen: Television and the illusion of nonmediation. Presented in the Mass Communication division at the annual conference of the Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Engleberg, M., & Lombard, M. (1994). How does 'Edutainment' work? An applied health communication research perspective. Presented at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.

Lombard, M., Ditton, T. B., Grabe, M. E., & Reich, R. D. (1994, July). Direct responses to television: The role of screen size. Presented as Top Paper to the Communication and Technology division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Sydney, Australia.

Forsher, J., & Lombard, M. (1993, July). Banned movies: In search of the censored scene. Presented at Fast Rewind III: The Archaeology of Moving Images in Rochester, NY.

Reeves, B., Lombard, M., & Melwani, G. (1992, May). Faces on the screen: Pictures or natural experience? Presented to the Mass Communication division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Miami, FL.

Steuer, J., Henriksen, L., & Lombard, M. (1992, May). The computer as social actor: 'Self'-evaluation and 'other'-evaluation. Presented to the Communication and Technology division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Miami, FL.

Lombard, M., Henriksen, L., & Steuer, J. (1991, May). Anthropomorphism of computers. Presented to the Communication and Technology division at the annual conference of International Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Research in Progress

Telepresence in popular culture.
With K. Horvath, S. Park, M. Selverian, & H. Slamova.

Measuring presence: The Temple Presence Inventory (TPI).
With T. B. Ditton.

Identification logos on television: An analysis of their characteristics and effects on viewers.
With L. Greenwood, C. Lord, & E. McGoldrick.

Portrayals of media in newspaper comics.
With L. Greenwood.

Social styles of computers: An extension of Computers Are Social Actors (CASA) research.
With N. Sen.

Structural features of television.
With Cheryl C. Bracken, Jennifer Snyder-Duch, Theresa Ditton, Selcan Kaynak, Jodi M. Linder, and Janine Pemrick

TEACHING

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Temple University

  • Introduction to Communication Theory (Undergraduate)
  • Mass Media and Society (Undergraduate)
  • Media in Everyday Life (Undergraduate)
  • BTMM Department Honors Colloquium (Undergraduate)
  • Media Research Seminar (Undergraduate)
  • Psychological Profile of British Media (Undergraduate)
  • Communication Research Methods (Graduate/Undergraduate)
  • Psychological Processing of Media (Graduate/Undergraduate)
  • Public Information Campaigns (Graduate/Undergraduate)
  • Mass Media & Children (Graduate/Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Quantitative Research Methods (Graduate)
  • Media Content & Behavior (Graduate)
  • Communication and Cognition (Graduate)
  • Psychological Processing of Media: Telepresence (Graduate)
  • Communication and Social Psychology (Graduate)
  • Ph.D. Colloquium: Introduction to Doctoral Study (Graduate)
  • Ph.D. Colloquium: Writing Workshop (Graduate)

Instructor, Stanford University

  • Innovative Courses: Media Stereotypes and the Gulf War (Undergraduate)
  • Introduction to Computing (Graduate)

Doctoral committees - chair

  • Cheryl Campanella Bracken (2000)
  • Daliza Crane
  • Paul D'Angelo (2002)
  • Theresa Bolmarcich Ditton (1997)
  • Maria Elizabeth Grabe (1995)
  • Linda Greenwood
  • Karl Horvath (2006)
  • Ha Sung Hwang (2005)
  • Matthew T. Jones (2008)
  • Christine M. Kelly (2000)
  • Suman Mishra (2009)
  • Jodi M. Linder-Radosh (2002)
  • Woong Ki Park (1999)
  • Robert Reich (1995)
  • Melissa Selverian (2005)
  • Lydia Reeves Timmins

Masters committees - chair

  • Juan Benjamin (2001)
  • Lisa Bryant 1998)
  • Yvette Burns (2004)
  • Marie Campbell (1998)
  • Sondra Cappuccio (2002)
  • Yong Kyung Cho (2009)
  • Bill Davis (2000)
  • Janet Davis (1998)
  • Janaki Deshpande (2003)
  • John DiCarlo (2006)
  • Yen-Fei Fang (1996)
  • Yi Hsuan Fang (1997)
  • Kalia Farrell (2002)
  • Suzanne Fox (2002)
  • Lenore Floyd (1999)
  • Rachna Gathani (2000)
  • Michael Harney (1997)
  • Angela Haynes (2000)
  • Ha Sung Hwang (2001)
  • Dehlia Jenkins (1998)
  • Gavin Kelly (2002)
  • Kenneth Lawrence (2002)
  • Arthur Leaphart (2000)
  • Chieh-chun Lee (1997)
  • Charles Leitzell (2001)
  • Carmen Lord (2002)
  • Chung-Pu Ma (2003)
  • Fred Maher (2001)
  • Nomvula Mantey (2003)
  • Eboni Martin (2002)
  • A.J. Moore (1998)
  • Matthew J. Neal (2001)
  • Youngrak Park (2003)
  • Lorraine A. Ryan (1995)
  • Mei Lin Shan (1997)
  • Yi-Ching Shen (1998)
  • Hong-Chi Shiau (1997)
  • Hana Slamova (2002)
  • Mark Snyder (200?)
  • Danielle Surowiak (2006)
  • Sanda Visan (1995)

Doctoral committees - member

  • David Allan (2003)
  • Ronald Bishop (1996)
  • Hyun-Ju Choi (1999)
  • Michelle de Montigny (1994)
  • Hsiang-wen Hsiao (1994)
  • Sudjai Karuchit (2004)
  • Taeyong Kim (1996) (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
  • Sherrie Madia (1998)
  • David Nunez (2007) (University of Capetown, South Africa)
  • Sung Bok Park (2005)
  • Mary Pileggi (1998)
  • Donnalyn Pompper (2000)
  • Mark Stine (2000)

Masters committees - member

  • Monica Bovo (2003)
  • Cheryl Campanella (1995)
  • Hyunju Choi (1996)
  • Minju Chung (2004)
  • Pharoah Cranston (1999)
  • Sean Creighton (1998)
  • Blair Davis-Doerre (1996)
  • Joseph DeFinins (1994)
  • Francesca DiRenzo (2000)
  • Ellen Duncan (1996)
  • Bonnie Friel (2009)
  • Fungma Fudong (2003)
  • Melissa Garrison (2002)
  • Robert Handley (2003)
  • Barbara Harmon (1998)
  • Jill Hersh (1994)
  • Hui-Ling Huang (1994)
  • Su-Eun Kwon (1993)
  • Chieh-chun Lee (1997)
  • Ikhwan Lee (1998)
  • Kadri Linask (1995)
  • Hung-Chun Liu (1994)
  • Elizabeth Naughton (2002)
  • Cansu Oguztuzun (2002)
  • Chris Papst (2005)
  • Janine Pemrick (1996)
  • Mary Rankin (1998)
  • Amy Richards (1997)
  • Desiree Robinson (2000)
  • Melissa Selverian (1999)
  • Nandini Sen (1997)
  • Nina Small (2001)
  • Brandon Smith (2002)
  • Michelle Smith (1995)
  • Jennifer Snyder (1995)
  • Joy Stroman (1997)
  • Silvia Valkova (2007)
  • Alex Vallei (1995)
  • Steve Voorhees (2003)
  • Bryan Walsh (2005)
  • Chien-Yu Wang (1994)

Teaching Consultant and Liaison, Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University, 1990 - 1992

Teaching Interests

Theories of Mass Communication
Media Processes and Effects
Public Opinion Processes/Political Communication
Communication Research Methods
Statistical Methods

ACTIVITIES & AWARDS

Administration

Director, Temple University Media Interface and Network Design (M.I.N.D.) Lab, 2003 - present.

Chair, Department Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media, 2005 - 2007.

Director of Research, School of Communications and Theater, 2005 - 2006.

Director, Mass Media & Communication doctoral program, 2001 - 2004, Fall 2007.

Director, Masters Program, Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications, & Mass Media, Temple University, 1998 - 1999.

Service to field

Co-founder, president and webmaster for International Society for Presence Research (ISPR), 2002 - present.

Co-founder and listowner, Presence-L, a listserv for announcements and discussion related to the concept of presence; approximately 350 international subscribers, 1999 - present.

Editorial Board, PsychNology, 2005 - present.

Editorial Board, Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 2003 - present.

Reviewer, Communication Theory, Human Communication Research, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Journal of Communication, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, Media Psychology.

Program Committee Co-Chair, PRESENCE 2009: Twelfth International Workshop on Presence, Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California, November 2009.

Guest co-editor, Virtual Reality, 13(3) (special 2009 issues based on PRESENCE 2008: Eleventh Annual International Workshop on Presence).

Program Committee member, PRESENCE 2008: Eleventh International Workshop on Presence, University of Padua, Italy, October 2008.

Guest co-editor, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 17(3) (special 2008 issues based on PRESENCE 2006: Ninth Annual International Workshop on Presence).

Program Committee member, PRESENCE 2007: Tenth International Workshop on Presence, The Foment de les Arts Decoratives (FAD), Barcelona, Spain, October 2007.

Editorial Board, Presence: Teleoperators & Virtual Environments, 2000 - 2006.

Program Committee member, PRESENCE 2006: Ninth International Workshop on Presence, Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA, August 2006.

Program Committee member, PRESENCE 2005: Eighth International Workshop on Presence, University College London, England, September 2005.

Program Committee member, PRESENCE 2004: Seventh International Workshop on Presence, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, October 2004.

Panel organizer/chair for (Tele)Presence: Theory and Measurement, a presence event co-sponsored by the Information Systems division of the International Communication Association (ICA), the International Society for Presence Research (ISPR), and the Media Interface & Network Design (M.I.N.D.) Labs at the annual ICA conference, May 27 - 31, 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Program Committee member, PRESENCE 2003: Sixth International Workshop on Presence, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, October 2003.

Panel organizer/chair for (Tele)Presence: An Introduction to the State of the Art, a presence event co-sponsored by the Information Systems division of the International Communication Association (ICA), the International Society for Presence Research (ISPR), and the Media Interface & Network Design (M.I.N.D.) Labs at the annual ICA conference, May 23 - 27, 2003 in San Diego, California, USA.

Guest co-editor, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 12(4) and 12(5) (two special 2003 issues based on PRESENCE 2001: The Fourth Annual International Workshop on Presence).

Program Committee member, PRESENCE 2002: Fifth International Workshop on Presence, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 2002.

Conference Chair and co-webmaster, PRESENCE 2001: The 4th Annual International Workshop on Presence. Temple University, May, 2001.

Member of working group for National Communication Association (funded by NSF) which "address[ed] what communication as a discipline has to offer the research community... by producing a document, and subsequently a professional brochure, for distribution to NSF's directorates and programs (as well as other agencies) to inform them about who we are as a scientific discipline"; a key long-term goal is creation of a Communication Program within NSF. Working session in Tucson at the University of Arizona's Center for the Management of Information in March 2001.

Secretary/Webmaster for Information Systems division of International Communication Association, 1998 - 2000.

Invited lecture: Presence: A Communication Perspective. University College London, Department of Computer Science. November 2000.

Invited lecture: Phifer Lecture Series: The Internet and Society. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. October 2000.

Panel organizer/chair and director of pre-conference electronic discussion for Presence and Communication: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here? Presented to the Information Systems Division at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico, June 2000.

Program Committee member, PRESENCE 2000: Third International Workshop on Presence, at Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 27-28 March, 2000.

Conference Internship Coordinator, Broadcast Education Association, 1998 - 1999.

Competitive paper reviewer, Information Systems division, for annual conference of the International Communication Association, 1997 (Montreal, Canada), 1999 (San Francisco, CA).

Reviewer, Communication Yearbook, 1999.

University service

Listowner, BTMM department masters program listserv, approximately 80 subscribers, Temple University, 2001 - present.

Co-creator, program committee member, SCT Competitive Graduate Student Research Forum, 1999 - present.

Co-creator and webmaster for MM&C doctoral program web site, 1997 - present.

Founder and moderator, BTMM undergraduate student listserv, approximately 800 subscribers, Temple University, 1997 - present.

Founder and listowner, MM&C doctoral program listserv, approximately 225 subscribers, Temple University, 1995 - present.

Member, School of Communications and Theater Personnel Committee, 2007 - 2009

Chair, BTMM Department Personnel Committee, 2009 - 2010.

Chair, BTMM Department Search Committee, 2008 - 2009.

Member, BTMM Department Search Committee, 2007.

Co-chair, BTMM Department Chair Search Committee, 2003-2004.

Founder and director, Honors Program, Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications, & Mass Media, Temple University, 1995 - 2003.

Co-presenter (with Jan Fernback), The Academic Job Search: All your Questions Answered., at SCT Theory and Research Seminar Series, Temple University, September 2003.

Creator and director, innovative course project: In Psychological Processing of Media (MMC 642), Spring 2003, oversaw course project with advice and consultation from Temple Press, in which the class wrote a complete book prospectus for The Media Experience: Understanding How We Respond To The Technologically Mediated World.

On-site faculty director, Temple/London Program, Fall 1999 and Fall 2000.

Co-creator and webmaster, BTMM Department Master's Program web site, 1998 - 2000.

Founder and maintainer of MMC Information Bank, a centrally located resource collection for graduate students that contains information concerning communication graduate programs, associations, journals, textbooks and other publications, audio/video/software, and guidebooks for publishing in journals, completing dissertations, etc., 1995 - 2000.

Director of a content analysis by graduate students in the Spring 1999 Mass Media and Children course of youth portrayals in Philadelphia's newspapers and television news broadcasts; participated as panelist in A Discussion of Youth in the Media (May 6, 1999) at the Franklin Institute (panel sponsored by The Philadelphia High School Academies, Inc. (PHSA), a business-supported career/education program).

Founder and faculty advisor, MMC Newsletter, Mass Media & Communication Program, Temple University, 1993 - 1995, 1997.

Founder, Psychophysiology Interest Group, Mass Media & Communication Program, Temple University, 1993.

Awards

Summer Research Fellowship, Temple University, 1995.

Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford University, Institute for Communication Research, 1988 - 1992.

Stanford Centennial Teaching Assistant Award, Stanford University, 1991.

National Dean's List, 1984 - 1985.

Dean's Honor List (all quarters), University of California, Riverside, 1982 - 1985.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Broadcast Education Association
International Communication Association
International Society for Presence Research
National Communication Association

REFERENCES

Frank Biocca, Ph.D.
Department of Telecommunication
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 355-5073
(517) 355-1292 (fax)
biocca@msu.edu
 http://www.mindlab.org

Thomas F. Gordon, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Communications
Health Studies Department
Vivacqua Hall, 3rd Floor
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
(215) 204-1366
(215) 204-1854 (fax)
tfgordon@temple.edu

Byron Reeves, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Communication Research
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2050
(415) 725-3033
 reeves@wisdom.stanford.edu

Clifford Nass, Ph.D.
Institute for Communication Research
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2050
(415) 725-5499
nass@wisdom.stanford.edu

Theresa B. Ditton, Ph.D.
OME Market Research
Vertex, Inc.
1041 Cassatt Road
Berwyn, PA 19312
http://vertexinc.com
(610) 647-0612
tbditton@comcast.net

Last updated: September 13, 2009

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