Garrett Broad 

GarrettMBroad @ gmail.com

Education:

University of Southern California 
Los Angeles, CA
Annenberg School for Communication
Doctoral Student - August 2008 - Present

 
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ. Bachelors of Arts – May 2008
Major: Political Science; Minor: English

Leiden University 
Leiden, the Netherlands
International Student
Fall Semester of 2006

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

Conference Papers:

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.


Book Chapters


Broad, GM (In Press). 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. 

Additional Publications

Review of Why Voice Matters by Nick Couldry. In Journal of Communication (in press).


Current Projects:


Food Justice in the Multicultural City - The Case of Neighborhood United.

MetaConnects – An online and offline platform for translating Communication Research into Community Action. MetaConnects.org.

Research Experience


Team Member – Metamorphosis Project (http://www.metamorph.org/)
January 2009 to present
Supervisor: Sandra Ball-Rokeach

Consultant & Program Evaluator – RootDown LA (http://rootdownla.org/)
January 2010 to present
Collaborators: Megan Hansen & Katy Atkiss

Research Intern – Hollywood, Health & Society (learcenter.org/html/projects/?cm=hhs)
January 2009 – May 2009
Supervisor: Michelle Cantu

Assistant Producer & Chief Researcher – The Open Mind TV (theopenmind.tv)
January 2007 – May 2008
Supervisor: Richard D. Heffner

Teaching Experience:

Marshall School of Business - USC 
Experiential Learning Center
Lecturer/Trainer 

Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism - USC 
Gender, Media & Communication

TA/Section Instructor
Spring 2011 – Supervisor: Alison Trope

Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism - USC 
Media and Society
TA/Grader
Fall 2010 – Supervisor: Robert Scheer

Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism - USC 
Introduction to Communication and Culture
TA/Section Instructor
Spring 2010 -Supervisor: Alison Trope

Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism - USC 
Gender, Media & Communication
TA/Section Instructor
Fall 2009 – Supervisor: Sarah Banet-Weiser

Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism - USC 
Introduction to Mass Communication Theory and Research
TA/Grader
Spring 2009 – Supervisor: Stacy Smith

Guest Lectures at the University of Southern California:

COMM 324 - Intercultural Communication
September 28, 2011 - Intercultural Communication and Urban Agriculture

CORE 103 – The Process of Change in Science: Andrew Lakoff
April 18, 2011 – Global Food Systems, Global Communication and Global Activism


JOUR 476 – Reporting Urban Affairs: William Celis
February 3, 2011 – The Communication Infrastructure Approach and Urban Reporting

COMM 653 – Research, Practice & Social Change: Sandra Ball-Rokeach/Barbara Osborn
January 18, 2011 – Topic: Community-Based Research in Communication

JOUR 599 – Special Topics in Journalism – One Square Mile: Sandy Tolan
September 9, 2010 – Topic: Urban Communication

JOUR 440 – Environmental Journalism: Lawrence Pryor
February 25, 2010 – Topic: Food Systems and the Media

Invited Presentations

Broad, GM, with Metamorphosis Project Team Members (Annually, August 2009-2011, August). (De)Constructing Fear Through Communication. University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.

Broad, GM, Gonzalez, J., Iribarren, J. (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, 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


Research Skills:

Ethnographic Participant-Observation
Interviewing and Qualitative Data Analysis
Focus Group Discussion Moderation & Analysis
Quantitative Methods
     -Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPPS/PASW 16.0)
Mapping Software - GIS, ArcGIS (version 9)
Digital Video and Audio Editing - Final Cut Pro (version 6)
Policy analysis


Professional Service

Reviewer, Journal of Communication
Reviewer, International Journal of Communication
Reviewer, Environmental Communication Division, National Communication Association

Reviewer, Applied Communication Division, National Communication Association


Professional Affiliations

National Communication Association
International Communication Association
International Association of Environmental Communication


Awards and Recognitions

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.

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

Annenberg Graduate Fellowship
Awarded 2008-2013

Eagleton Institute of Politics
Undergraduate Scholar
January 2007- May 2008

Pi Sigma Alpha (National Political Science Honors Society)
Inducted May 2007

Community Involvement

Los Angeles Community Garden Council
Gathering of Community Gardens Festival Organizer
Committee Member (2009)
Co-Chair (2011)

Community Services Unlimited
Earth Day Festival Organizer
January 2011 - Present

Fountain Community Gardens
Founding Member and Treasurer
January 2009 –  October 2011

Peace in Our World Foundation
Advisory Board Member & Festival Organizer
May 2009 – Present

New Jersey Folk Festival
Festival Manager and Other Positions
September 2005 - May 2008 

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

Editorial Positions:

The Pie - The Online Journal of American Studies at Rutgers University
Editor-in-Chief
March 2007-May 2008


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The University of Southern California does not screen or control the content on this website and thus does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of such content. All content on this website is provided by and is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated, and such content does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the University administration or the Board of Trustees