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2012
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Ph.D., Mass Media & Communication Dissertation, "Seeing, believing, and cooking: Visual communication,
food-media
literacy, and self-efficacy" involved 94 human subjects and extensive quantitative
and qualitative data collection and analysis 2003
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England M.A., Critical Theory & Cultural Studies 2000
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO B.S., Journalism PUBLICATIONS Peterson, T. and Turner, K.L.
'Extravagance and folly' versus 'proper food': Domestic scientists, celebrity chefs, and the ongoing food reform
movement. Journal of Popular Culture. Peterson, T. (2012). Exploring baseline food-media
literacy of adult women. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 4 (1).
Peterson, T. (2009). The zapper and the zapped:
Microwave ovens and the people who use them. In P. Vannini (Ed.) Material Culture and Technology in Everyday Life.
Peter Lang Publishing. Peterson, T. (2008). Bringing up baby (carrots). Gastronomica 8 (4), 55 – 59.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Spring 2014 – Consultant, The News Literacy Project present Working to expand project into Houston with fundraising and outreach to schools, foundations and community leaders
Fall 2012 – Lecturer, Program in
Writing and Communication, Rice University Spring 2013 Courses: The Real Cost of a Coke
(FWIS 136), The Pictures in Our Heads (FWIS 166) - Met with students individually
throughout semester to establish and track semester-long goals for building written, oral, and visual communication
skills - Created and implemented writing
progress logs to enable students to identify and follow specific strategies to improve writing skills Summer 2012 – Instructor, University of
St. Thomas Summer 2014 Courses: Writing for the Media
(COMM 4393), Social Impact of Media (COMM 3381) - Assigned a semester-long writing
portfolio to encourage students to track progress and skills development Fall 2010 – Instructor, The Pennsylvania State
University Summer 2011 Course: Mass Media and Society
(COMM 100) Summer 2007 – Instructor, Temple University Summer 2009
Courses: Media
and Society (ADV 1101), Morality, Law and Advertising (ADV 4196) - Worked with junior and senior
advertising majors to improve written communication and prepare for entry into advertising
professions PRESENTATIONS Peterson, T. "Food-media literacy and the critical evaluative
capacities of adult women." National
Communication Association, Orlando, Sunday, November 18, 2012. Peterson, T. "Production experience(s) and
food-media literacy." National Association for Media Literacy Education conference, Philadelphia, July 24, 2011. Peterson, T. and Lizie, A. (2010). "All
sweetness and light: A rhetorical analysis of the online discourse around high fructose corn syrup." National Communication
Association, San Francisco, Nov. 13, 2010. Peterson,
T. "The potential of media literacy education for dietary health promotion." Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore, April 22,
2010. Peterson, T. "Competitive eating in the news: A
narrative analysis of media coverage." Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Food & Society,
State College, PA, May 31, 2009. Peterson, T. "The city, the country, poverty and
paths: An examination of the coverage of the Fresh Air Fund in The New York Times, 1877-2007." Pennsylvania Communication Association Convention, Lehigh Valley, PA, Oct. 19,
2008 Peterson, T. "You are what your avatar eats: Food as
accessory in Second Life (and first life)." Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National
Conference, San Francisco, March 20, 2008. Peterson, T. "Outmoded methods in the First World:
Challenges presented by top-down communication models for nutrition intervention campaigns in the
U.S." Graduate Research Forum, Temple University School of Communications and Theater,
Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 2008. Peterson, T. "The role of recipe usage in nutrition
literacy, eating and cooking habits of women." Graduate Research Forum, Temple University School of
Communications and Theater, Philadelphia, Feb. 23, 2007. SERVICE Spring
2013 Center for Written, Oral
and Visual Communication at Rice University -
Created and implemented social media presences to publicize Center's resources Summer
2012 – National Association for Media Literacy
Education present
Board
of Directors, Leadership Council,
Visibility
Chair, and Conference Publicity Chair -
Re-energized social media presences and increased organization's reach on Facebook and Twitter
Summer
2009 Temple University Dept. of Broadcasting, Telecommunications & Mass
Media Periodic Program Review
Committee -
Oversaw development of maps for department curriculum HONORS, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIPS School
of Communications and Third
place, Graduate Student Theater
at Temple University Research Forum, 2009 Center
for the Humanities at Graduate Associate, 2008 –
2009 Temple
University University of Nottingham Queen's Scholarship,
2002 – 2003 PROFESSIONAL & ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS National Association for Media Literacy
Education Association for the Study of Food and Society
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