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).
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