Home Page for Garrett M. Broad

Dissertation: Food is the Vehicle: Food Movements, Social Justice, and the Communication Ecology Approach

Social Change, Food Systems, Communication for Environmental Sustainability, Media Criticism, Health Communication, Risk, Biopolitics, Consumer Culture, Political Economy, Vegetarianism & Veganism, Community-Based Research, Urban Communication, Public Policy.

Broad, GM (2012). Revolution on Primetime TV - Jamie Oliver Takes on the US Food System. In Frye, J. & Bruner, M. (Eds). The Rhetoric of Food: Discourse, Materiality & Power. New York: Routledge.

Broad, GM (2010). The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem. In Puskar-Pasewicz, M. (Ed.), Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. Greenwood Publishing Group: Santa Barbara, CA.

Broad, GM (2010). US Ethnic & Racial Groups and Vegetarianism. In Puskar-Pasewicz, M. (Ed.), Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. Greenwood Publishing Group: Santa Barbara, CA.

Broad, GM et al. (2012, November). MetaConnects: Research, Practice and Social Change. Paper to be Presented at the Conference of the National Communication Association, Orlando, Florida.

Broad, GM (2012, June). Critical Distance in Participatory Research for Food System Justice. Presentation at the Joint Conference of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Association for the Study of Food and Society, & Society for Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN), New York, New York.

Broad, GM. (2012, May). Food Justice and Embodied Health – An Ethnography of Neighborhood United. Paper Presented at the Conference of the International Communication Association, Phoenix, Arizona.

Villanueva, G. & Broad, GM. (2012, May). Communication Asset Mapping: An Ecological Application Toward Building Healthy Communities in South Los Angeles. Paper Presented at the Conference of the International Communication Association, Phoenix, Arizona.

Broad, GM. (2012, May). Vegans for Vick: The Animal Rights Case in Support of a Convicted Dogfighter. Paper Presented at the Environmental Communication Pre- conference, Conference of the International Communication Association, Phoenix, Arizona.

Broad, GM & Gonzalez, C. (2011, May). Intergroup Relations in South Los Angeles – Combining Communication Infrastructure and Contact Hypothesis Approaches. Paper presented at the Conference of the International Communication Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

Broad, GM, et al. (2011, February). Visualization of Slow Developing Hazards: Influencing Perceptions and Behaviors to Facilitate Adaptation Planning. Paper Presented at the Conference of the Western States Communication Association, Monterey, California.

Broad, GM (2010, November). Revolution on Primetime TV: Jamie Oliver Takes on the School Food System. Paper presented at the Conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, California.

Broad, GM (2010, November). Ritual Communication and Use Value in the Case of the South Central Farm. Paper Presented at the Conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, California.

Broad, GM (2010, November). Urban Agrarianism: Envisioning the Agrarian in the City and Suburb of the Future. Paper Presented in the Agrarian Studies Mini-Conference at the Conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, California.

Broad, GM & Villanueva, G. (2010, November). Redirecting the Negative Communicative Urban Tradition of the South Figueroa Corridor: Visualizing Communication Asset Mapping and Neighborhood Storytelling. Paper presented at the Urban Communication Foundation Seminar at the Conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, California.

Broad, GM (2009, November). Gardens as Sites for Neighborhood Communication: The Case of Hollywood Community Gardens. Paper presented at the Urban Communication Foundation Seminar at the Conference of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Broad, GM (2009, June). Vegan Soul Food: African-American Vegetarianism in the Media. Paper Presented at the Conference on Communication and Environment, Portland, Maine.

The Critical Media Project – Critical Media Literacy and the Politics of Identity: Resources For High School Educators. Website in Development.

Broad, GM (2011, April). Global Food Systems, Global Communication and Global Activism. University of Southern California, Undergraduate Core Course on the Process of Change in Science.

Broad, GM (2011, February). The Communication Infrastructure Approach and Urban Reporting. University of Southern California, School of Journalism Course on Reporting Urban Affairs.

Broad, GM, Gonzalez, C. (2010, March). Hate Speech and Bad Stories: Real World Implications and a Real Call to Action. LA Media Reform Summit, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA.

Broad, GM (2010, February). Food Systems and the Media. University of Southern California, School of Journalism Course on Environmental Journalism.

Broad, GM, with Metamorphosis Project Team Members (Annually, August 2009-2011). (De)Constructing Fear Through Communication. University of Southern California, School of Journalism Master's Degree Orientation.

Broad, GM, Gonzalez, C, Villanueva, G. (2009, March). Academics as Advocates: Promoting Positive Storytelling through Community-Based Research. Local Media for Social Change: A Southern California Regional Summit, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA.

Team Member – Metamorphosis Project (http://www.metamorph.org/)
January 2009 to present
Supervisor: Sandra Ball-Rokeach
Conducted multi-methodological research on the communication dynamics of local residents, organizations, and media within the geo-ethnic communities of Los Angeles. Also spearheaded creation of the MetaConnects platform, the community-based research and action arm of the Metamorphosis Project.

Consultant & Program Evaluator – RootDown LA (http://rootdownla.org/)
January 2010 to May 2010
Collaborators: Megan Hansen & Katy Atkiss
Conducted a participatory program evaluation for a high school food and nutrition education after-school program.

Research Intern – Hollywood, Health & Society (learcenter.org/html/projects/?cm=hhs)
January 2009 – May 2009
Supervisor: Michelle Cantu
Conducted research for and wrote sections of the Real to Reel newsletters.

Assistant Producer & Chief Researcher – The Open Mind TV (theopenmind.tv)
January 2007 – May 2008
Supervisor: Richard D. Heffner
Conducted advanced research on upcoming guests for the host of the longest running program in the history of public television.

University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

COMM 465 – Gender in Media Industries and Products
Co-Instructor/Teaching Assistant
Spring 2012 – Supervisor: Alison Trope

COMM 395 – Gender, Media and Communication
Teaching Assistant/Section Instructor
Spring 2011 – Supervisor: Alison Trope

COMM 310 – Media and Society
Teaching Assistant/Grader
Fall 2010 – Supervisor: Robert Scheer

COMM 206 – Introduction to Communication and Culture
Teaching Assistant/Section Instructor
Spring 2010 -Supervisor: Alison Trope

COMM 395 – Gender, Media & Communication
Teaching Assistant/Section Instructor
Fall 2009 – Supervisor: Sarah Banet-Weiser

COMM 203 – Introduction to Mass Communication Theory and Research
Teaching Assistant/Grader
Spring 2009 – Supervisor: Stacy Smith

Experiential Learning Center
Instructor/Facilitator
Topics Include: Intercultural Communication, Small Group Processes, Power Dynamics, Ethics in Decision-Making, Crisis Communication
Spring 2011 – Present – Supervisor: Gita Govahi

Annenberg Program on Online Communities – Grant Program
Awarded $8,300 – April 2011
MetaConnects: Investigating the Online and Offline Communication Ecologies of Community Practitioners

Top Student Paper – International Communication Association, Intergroup Relations Division:
Broad, GM & Gonzalez, C. (2011). Intergroup Relations in South Los Angeles – Combining Communication Infrastructure and Contact Hypothesis Approaches.

Public Science Project Critical Participatory Action Research Institute
CUNY Graduate Center – New York, NY
Selected Participant – June 2011

Pan American Advanced Studies Institute for Integration of Research on Climate Change and Hazards in the Americas
Selected Participant – June 2010

National Communication Association
International Communication Association
International Association of Environmental Communication
Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society
Pi Sigma Alpha (National Political Science Honors Society)

Ethnographic Participant-Observation
Focus Group Discussion Moderation & Analysis
Interviewing and Qualitative Data Analysis
Policy & Document analysis
Quantitative Methods

Digital Video and Audio Editing - Final Cut Pro (version 6)
Mapping Software - GIS, ArcGIS (version 9)
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPPS/PASW 16.0)
Web Development – Open-Source CMS Platforms, including Django and Drupal

Earth Day South LA – Los Angeles, CA
Festival Organization Committee Member – with Community Services Unlimited (CSUInc.org)
January 2011- Present

Fountain Community Gardens – Los Angeles, CA
Founding Member and Treasurer
January 2009 – October 2011

VBQ For Life – A Vegan BBQ and Health Fair Event – Inglewood, CA
Festival Organizer
Summer 2009

New Jersey Folk Festival – New Brunswick, NJ
Festival Manager and Other Positions
September 2005 - May 2008

Voorhees Theater Company – Voorhees, NJ
Education Director and Other Positions
Summers 2003-2008

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