| Home Address: 5110 Tacoma Avenue Fort Wayne, IN 46807-3030 219-456-5054 | Business Address: Department of Communication Indiana U-Purdue U Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 219-486-5789 tankel@ipfw.edu |
| Ph.D. | University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Communication Arts, 1984 |
| M.A. | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures, 1976 |
| B.A. | Bard College Department of History, 1973 |
| 1995-present | Associate Professor (tenured August 1998) Director of Graduate Studies (1998-present) Director of Internships (1997-present) Undergraduate Lead Advisor (1996-present) Department of Communication Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN |
| 1989-1995 | Associate Professor with tenure Department of Television-Radio Roy H. Park School of Communications Ithaca College Ithaca, NY |
| 1985-1989 | Assistant Professor Department of Television-Radio School of Communications Ithaca College Ithaca, NY |
| Summer 1987- Summer 1993 |
Visiting Associate Professor Department of Communication Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
| 1981-1985 | Assistant Professor Interim Chairperson (1984-85) Faculty Advisor, WMEB-FM Department of Journalism and Broadcasting University of Maine, Orono, ME |
| October-November 1999 | Expert Witness Steinhart & Falconer, LLP San Francisco, CA |
| January-August 1998 | Co-host, Live 3 to 5 WGL-AM, Fort Wayne, IN |
| March-June 1997 | Expert Witness Steinhart & Falconer, LLP San Francisco, CA In re: Milutinovich, et al. Henry Broadcasting Co, et al. |
| 1996 1992-3 | Host, Windows WGL-AM-FM, Fort Wayne, IN Call-in talk radio program |
| Publications |
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| Banks, J. & Tankel, J. D. (1998). Setting the margins: Television talk shows and the genrefication of sexuality. In L. Vande Berg, L. Wenner, & B. Gronbeck (Eds.). Critical approaches to television (pp. 110-123). Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Company. |
| Tankel, J.D. (1998). Rush Limbaugh, Bruce Morrow, Rick Sklar, WABC-AM (entries), In D. Godfrey & F. Leigh, Historical Dictionary of American Radio (pp. 239-240, 264, 364, 407), Westport, CT: Greenwood Press |
| Tankel, J. D. (1998). Broadcast indecency and the suppression of free speech: In the case of Howard Stern. Free Speech Yearbook 35, 136-143. Annandale, VA: National Communication Association |
| Tankel, J. D. (1998). Reconceptualizing call-in talk radio as listening. Journal of Radio Studies 5 (1) 36-48. |
| Tankel, J. D & Murphy, B. K . (1998). Collecting comic books: A study of the fan and curatorial consumption. In Cheryl Harris & Alison Alexander (Eds.). Theorizing fandom (pp. 55-68). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. |
| Tankel, J. D. & Williams, W. (1998). The economics of contemporary radio. In A. Alexander, J. Owers, & R. Carveth, (Eds.). Media economics: theory and practice (pp. 185-195). Second Edition. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates |
| Tankel, J.D. and Banks, J. (1996). Lifetime Television and women: Narrowcasting as Electronic Space. In Susan Drucker and Gary Gumpert (Eds.). Voices in the street: Gender and the construction of space (pp. 255-269. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press |
| Tankel, J. D., and Williams, W., Jr. (1993). Resource interdependence: Radio economics and the shift from AM to FM. In A. Alexander, J. Owers, and R. Carveth (Eds.). Media economics: Theory and practice (pp. 157-178). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. |
| Tankel, J. D. (1992). Audio production. In A. Richardson, (Ed.). Corporate and organizational video (pp. 141-154). New York: McGraw Hill. |
| Tankel, J. D. (1990). Program production for export and the domestic market: Authorship in The Avengers. In R. Thompson and G. Burns (Eds.). Making television: Authorship and the production process (pp. 81-91). New York: Praeger. |
| Tankel, J. D. (1990). The practice of recording music: Remixing as recording. Journal of Communication 40(3):34-46. |
| Banks, J. and Tankel, J. D. (1990). Science as fiction: Technology in prime time television. Critical Studies in Mass Communication 7:24-36. |
| Tankel, J. D. and Banks, B. J. (1990). The boys of prime time: An analysis of þnewþ male roles in television. In S. Thomas and W. Evans (Eds.). Communication and culture: Language, performance, technology, and media (pp. 285-290). Norwood, NJ: Ablex. |
| Tankel, J. D. (1978). The impact of The Jazz Singer on the conversion to sound. Journal of the University Film Association. XXX (Winter) 1:21-26. |
| Reviews |
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| J.D. Tankel (1999). Review of The Avengers by Toby Miller, Journal of Communication, 49 (Summer) 3, 302-5. |
| Tankel, J.D. ( Review of Big Dream, Little Screen (PBS documentary on Philo Farnsworth). Journalism History 23 2, p93 . |
| Tankel, J.D. (1997). On recorded sound (review essay). Journal of Communication, 47 (Spring) 2, pp. 134-39. |
| Tankel, J. D. (1991). Review of Contemporary radio programming strategies by D. T. MacFarland. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 35, 1, 125-126. |
| Tankel, J. D. (1989). Review of Inventing American broadcasting, 1899-1922 by S. Douglas and When old technologies were new: Thinking about communications in the late nineteenth century by Carolyn Marvin. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media 33, 2, 217-219. |
| Tankel, J. D. (1989). Review of Tarnished gold: The record industry revisited by R. S. Denisoff with W. Shurck. Journal of Communications 38, 4, 154-156. |
| Tankel, J. D. (1987). Review of Electronic Media Management by W. McCavitt and P. Pringle; Broadcast and Cable Management by N. Marcus; Radio in Search of Excellence by NAB. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 31, 1, 110-112. |
| Conference Papers |
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| Tankel, J.D. The politics of the popular: Corpus Christi comes to Fort Wayne. Presented to the 51st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association at Washington, DC, USA, 27 May 2001. |
| Tankel, J.D. and Scher, M. "Friends of the court:" Group presentations in a communication law course. Presented to the Annual Conference of the National Communication Association at Seattle, WA, USA, 11 November 2000 |
| Tankel, J.D., Aristotle in a Wheelchair: Narrative strategies in Oz. Presented to the 50th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association at Acapulco, Mexico, 4 June 2000 |
| Tankel, J.D., Reconceptualizing libel in the context of call-in talk radio. Presented to the 30th Annnual Conference of the Popular Culture Association at New Orleans, LA, USA, 21 April 2000 |
| Tankel, J. D., Reclaiming the popular: Pedagogy and popular communication. Presented to the 48th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association at Jerusalem, Israel, 24 June 1998. |
| Tankel, J.D. WOWO; Twilight of a radio god? Presented to the 47th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 23 May 1997 |
| Tankel, J.D. Talk radio: The listener: Talk radio and the forgotten. Presented to the Annual Meeting of Speech Communication Association at San Antonio, TX, 21 November 1995. |
| Tankel, J.D. Hosts, callers, and listeners: The development of syndicated call-in talk radio. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association at Philadelphia, PA, 13 April 1995. |
| Tankel, J. D. Private Morality and Public Policy: In the Case of Howard Stern. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association at New Orleans, LA, 21 November 1994. |
| Banks, J. and Tankel, J. D. Lifetime Television and women: Narrowcasting as electronic space. Presented to the 43rd Conference of the International Communication Association at Washington, DC, 30 May 1993. |
| Murphy, B.K. and Tankel, J. D. The comic book as þmicro-narrative: Superman and The Crisis at Hand. Presented to Narrative Horizons: The First Kentucky Conference on Narrative at Lexington, KY on 3 October 1992. |
| Banks, J. & Tankel, J. D. A tube of one's own: Lifetime as electronic space for women. Presented to the XVIIIth Conference of the International Association for Mass Communication Research at Sao Paulo, Brazil, 19 August 1992. |
| Murphy, K., Tankel, J. D. & Smead, J. Collecting comic books: A study of the fan and curatorial consumption. Presented to the 42nd Conference of the International Communication Association at Miami, FL, 24 May 1992. |
| Banks, J. & Tankel, J. D. Constructions of sexuality on television talk shows. Presented to the 42nd Conference of the International Communication Association at Miami, FL, 23 May 1992. |
| Tankel, J. D. The diffusion of house music: Technology and cultural authenticity in popular music. Presented to the 41st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association at Chicago, IL, 24 May 1991. |
| Tankel, J. D. Talk radio, technology and the making of national communities. Presented to the Annual Conference of the Eastern Communication Association at Pittsburgh, PA, 25 April 1991 |
| Tankel, J. D. The producer's mix: Record mixing across cultures. Presented to the Seventh International Conference on Culture and Communication at Philadelphia, PA, 6 October 1989. |
| Banks, J. & Tankel, J. D. Science as fiction: Technology in prime time television. Presented to Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association at San Francisco, CA, 27 May 1989. |
| Tankel, J. D. Critical approaches in a professional context: The radio-television curriculum in transition. Presented to the Society for Cinema Studies Conference at Iowa City, IA, 15 April 1989. |
| Williams, W., Jr. & Tankel, J. D. The dependency model and the syndication rule. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association at New Orleans, LA, 6 November 1988. |
| Tankel, J. D. Ratings sweeps: The ethics of television economics. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association at New Orleans, LA, 6 November 1988. |
| Tankel, J. D. & Williams, W., Jr. From AM to FM: A resource dependence analysis of FM radio, 1965-1978. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association at Boston, MA, 6 November 1987. |
| Tankel, J. D. & Williams, W., Jr. The convergence of popular culture and radio: A resource dependence analysis of underground FM radio (1967-1972). Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association, Montreal, Canada, 26 March 1987. |
| Tankel, J. D. & Banks, B. J. The boys of prime time: An analysis of the new male role in prime time television. Presented to the Sixth International Conference on Culture and Communication, Philadelphia, PA, 8 October 1986. |
| Tankel, J. D. I Spy on CBN: Program context and the making of meaning. Presented to the Society for Cinema Studies Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 5 April 1986. |
| Tankel, J. D. Production for export and the domestic audience. Presented to Broadcast Education Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 12 April 1985. |
| Tankel, J. D. British television films of the 1960s: The interaction of media systems and popular culture. Presented to 1985 Iowa Symposium and Conference on Television Criticism, University of Iowa, 26 April 1985. |
| Conference Panels |
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| Organizer, chair. "We're not in Kansas anymore;" HBO's Oz and the changing landscape for dramatic television series. Presented to the 50th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association at Acapulco, Mexico, 4 June 2000 |
| Organizer. Public Interest, Public Airwaves, and Popular Communication: The Fate of the clear channel radio giants. Presented to the 47th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 22 May 1997. |
| Organizer. Negotiation and Constraint in Broadcast Production. Presented to the Annual Conference of the Speech Communication Association at New Orleans, LA, 21 November 1994. |
| Organizer, chair. The plasticity of media artifacts: record mixing, colorization and promotion. Seventh Annual Conference and Communication at Philadelphia, PA, 6 October 1989. |
| Organizer, chair . Perspectives on media economics. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association at New Orleans, LA, 6 November 1988. |
| Editorial Work |
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| Member, Editorial Board, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1990-1992. Reviewer for Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1988-present. Reviewer for Journal of Communication, 1988, 1990. Reviewer for Emery & Smythe, Readings in Mass Communication, 6th edition, Dubuque, IA: William C. Brown & Co. Reviewer for Busby & Parker, The Art and Science of Radio, Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Co. |
| Professional Conferences | N.A.T.P.E Fellow 1998: Attended 1998 National Association of Television Program Executives Convention (January, 1998) as an Academic Fellow I.R.T.S. Faculty/Industry Seminar, 1999,1995, 1986, 1984, 1982 B.E.A. Autumn Seminar, 1982 |
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| Recent Professional Services |
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| Program Planner, Popular Communication Division, International Communication Association, Seoul, KOREA, 2002 Vice-chair (chair 2002-3), Popular Communication Division, International Communication Association, 2000-2003 Consultant, Department of Communication Curriculum Revision Committee, Cornell University, October-December, 1991. Conference organizer, Popular Communication Interest Group, International Communication Association, 1991. Member, Conference Organizing Committee, University Film and Video Association, 1989-90. Referee, Competitive papers for Mass Communication Division, Eastern Communication Association, 1989, 1991. Referee, Competitive papers for Popular Communication Division, International Communication Association, 1989-present. Referee, Competitive papers for Mass Communication Division, Speech Communication Association, 1994. |
| Community Service |
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| President, Fort Wayne Dance Collective (Non-profit arts organization with a $300,000 annual budget), 1999-present |
| Presenter, Monthly workshops on Media Literacy for cable tv acccess producers, Access Fort Wayne (Allen County Public Library), 1996-2000. |
| Teaching and Research Areas |
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| Social Context of Mass Communication (emphasis on history) Undergraduate Courses: Introduction to Mass Communication, Survey of Telecommunication, History of Broadcasting, History of Film, The Literature of Mass Communication (Honors Tutorial), History of U.S. Mass Media, Issues in Telecommunications Management, Government and Media. The Law of Mass Communication, Theories of Mass Communication Graduate Courses: Public Policy in Telecommunications, Communication in Politics, Historical/Critical Research Methods in Communication, Special Topics: Technology, Culture and Communication, Special Topics: Old Media/New Media, Reporting Communication Research, Telecommunication Systems Management |
| Media Aesthetics Courses: Electronic Media Criticism, British Media Criticism, Media Aesthetics and Analysis, Introduction to Electronic Media |
| Audio Production and Theory Courses: Radio Production and Programming, Audio Production, Advanced Audio Production, Audio Workshop, The Recording Music Industry |
| Writing Courses: Media Writing, Writing for News and Public Affairs, Scriptwriting |
| Basic Course Course: Fundamentals of Speech Communication |
| References |
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| Dr. David Switzer Chair, Department of Communication Indiana U-Purdue U Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 219-481-6825 switzer@ipfw.edu |
| Dr. Patricia R. Zimmermann Professor Department of Cinema and Photography Roy H. Park School of Communications Ithaca College 953 Danby Road Ithaca, NY 14850-7251 607-274-3431 patty@ithaca.edu |
| Dr. Alison Alexander Chair, Department of Telecommunications Henry Grady School of Mass Communication & Journalism University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 706-542-3785 alison@uga.cc.uga.edu |