Edward Timke

Professional Credentials

• Ph.D Candidate, Communication Studies, University of Michigan

• MA, International and Intercultural Communication, University of Denver

• BA, International Relations and French, Michigan State University

Personal Statement

I am an educator and international media historian specializing in print media and advertising. Media history is the focus of my doctoral program. I have particular skills in French language and culture, media history research, visual and textual analysis, qualitative and quantitative methodology, and teaching and workshops.

Areas of Specialization

Research

Historical cultural/critical media studies

Media and globalization
Print media, especially magazines
International advertising
Gender and the media
Social and national comparison

Teaching

International communication; globalization
Media, culture, society
Media history

Gender, nationalism, and the media

Mass communication theory

Contact Information

For more information, please visit Edward's website: http://www.umich.edu/~etimke

Heather Mayer

Professional Credentials

• Ph.D. Candidate, History, Simon Fraser University

• M.A., History, University of California, Riverside

• BA, History, Portland State University

Personal Statement

• I am an educator and an academic historian with an interest in making historical research interesting and accessible.

Areas of Specialization:

• Pacific Northwest history; Portland History; 20th Century US History; Gender History; Labor History; History of Radicalism

Professional Associations

• American Historical Association

• Pacific Northwest Labor History Association

• Labor and Working-Class History Association

Dissertation (in progress)

• “Beyond the Rebel Girl: Women and the Industrial Workers of the World in Oregon and Washington, 1905-1924.”

Contact Information:

• hmayer99@gmail.com

• 971-678-5150

• http://www.heathermayer.com