EDUCATION
Ph.D. – Mass Communications
Minor: Educational Psychology (Statistics and Learning Sciences)
University of Wisconsin – Madison, (expected) May 2014
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Research Interests: Environmental and International Communication, Participatory Media and Social Movements
Advisors: Drs. Patricia Loew and Hernando Rojas
Dissertation Committee: Drs. Erica Halverson (Curriculum and Instruction), Larry Meiller, Pamela Oliver (Sociology)

Digital Methods Summer School Certificate Training Program, June – July 2012
Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Humanities
University of Amsterdam

M.A. – Journalism & Mass Communication
University of Wisconsin – Madison, December 2009
Thesis: “Transnational Participatory Radio: A Case Study of the Latin American Association of Radio Education (ALER)”
Advisor: Dr. Jo Ellen Fair
Thesis Committee: Drs. Patricia Loew and Larry Meiller

B.A. – International Relations & the Environment – Managing the Global Commons
University of Wisconsin – Madison, May 2002

PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
Hopke, J. E. (2012). Water gives life: Framing an environmental justice movement in the mainstream and alternative Salvadoran press. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, 6(3), 365-382. DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2012.695742

Rojas, H. & Hopke, J. E. (2010). Socializados para la autocensura: Comunicación autoritaria y opinión pública [Socialized for self-censorship: Authoritarian communication and public opinion]. Revista Latinoamérica de Opinión Publica, 1, 145-156.

Under Review
Hopke, J. E., Gabay, I., Kim, S. C., & Rojas, H. (under review). Mobile phones and participation: An exploration of Twitter and Facebook.

Hopke, J. E. (under review). “In the world, from our world”: Shared values and meanings in transnational participatory radio practice.

Book Chapters
Kim, S. C. & Hopke, J. E. (2011). Efectos de la comunicación móvil utilizan en las redes sociales y participación política en Colombia [Effects of mobile communication technology use on social networking and political participation in Colombia”]. Comunicación y comunidad [Communication and Community]. Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia Press.

Book Reviews
Hopke, J. E. (2010). Review of Global TV: New Media and the Cold War, 1946-69, by James Schwoch, in New Media and Society, 12(7), 1220-1222.

Hopke, J. E. (2010). Review of Understanding Community Media, edited by Kevin Howley, in Global Media Journal.

Hopke, J. E. (2009). Review of Developing Alternative Media Traditions in Nepal, by Michael Wilmore, in Global Media Journal.

CONFERENCE PAPERS
Refereed
Hopke, J. E., Gabay, I., Kim, S. C., & Rojas, H. (2013, August). Mobile phones and participation: An exploration of mobile social media versus mobile social networking. Accepted for presentation at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington, D.C. (Communication Technology Division).

Hopke, J. E. (2013, June). Openings for citizen participation in debate over hydraulic fracturing: A cross-national analysis. Accepted for presentation at the 2013 Conference on Communication and the Environment, International Environmental Communication Association (IECA). Uppsala, Sweden.

Hopke, J. E. (2012, September). New media and the formation of alternative publics: A cross-case comparison of the #15M and #Occupy movements. Presented at the annual conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Researchers-Latin America (WAPOR-Latin America). Bogota, Colombia.

Kim, S. C., Hopke, J. E., & Rojas, H. (2012, May). The power of “talking on the phone”: Effects of mobile technology on social divides. Presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Phoenix, Arizona (Communication and Technology Division, second place top faculty award).

Hopke, J. E. (2012, May). The political ecology of mediating environmental activism beyond the nation-state. Presented at the annual congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). San Francisco, California (“Mining Conflicts and Cultural Politics in Central America” panel).

Hopke, J. E. (2011, May). “A life is worth more than gold”: Framing an environmental social movement in mainstream and alternative news sources.” Presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Boston, Massachusetts (Mass Communication Division).

Hopke, J. E. (2011, May). Participatory radio as collective action: A case study of the Latin American Association of Radio Education (ALER). Presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Boston, Massachusetts (Global Communication and Social Change Division).

Hopke, J. E., Highland, E., Rojas, H., & Gunther, A. C. (2010, May). Trusting institutions: Citizen journalism and the hostile media phenomena. Presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Denver, Colorado (Mass Communication and Society division).

Puig-I-Abril, E., Hopke, J. E., Gunther, A. C., Rojas, H. (2010, May). Facilitating expressive participation via trust in media. Evidence from an experiment on an environmental issue. Presented at the annual conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). Chicago, Illinois.

Hopke, J. E. (2010, April). “In the world, from our world”: Shared values and meanings in transnational participatory radio practice. Presented at the New Approaches to Research and Practice in Communication for Development and Social Change Conference. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.

Hopke, J. E. (2008, October). “Fat” for laughs: Exploring representations of gender, race, and ethnicity in reality/comedy hybrid television programming. Presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Popular Culture Association (MPCA). Cincinnati, Ohio.

Vallens, R. I., Hopke, J. E., Zukas, K. J., Carpenter, E. E. & Brooks, S. R. (2008, May). Youth and global warming: The effects of online communication on opinion, action, and urgency. Presented at the annual conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). New Orleans, Louisana.

ACADEMIC AWARDS
Louis and Elsa Thomsen Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, 2013-2014

Travel Grant, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2012
• To present research at the V Congress of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR)-Latin America in Bogota, Colombia.

Maurice E. and Grace Witter White Life Sciences Communication Scholarship, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, 2012

Digital Salon, University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Humanities Initiative, 2012
• Video essay entitled “From Here to There” screened during week-long exhibit.

Public Affairs/Talk Show Third-Place Student Award, Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, 2012
• For talk program entitled “Budget Repair Bill Protests.”

Future Faculty Partner, University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Academy, 2011-2012

Milton Wolf Essay Competition Winner, American Austrian Foundation and the Center for Global Communication Studies of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, 2011
• For essay entitled “Beyond Cultural Imperialism: Media Interventions in the Twenty-First Century.”

Nellie McCannon Life Sciences Communication Award, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, 2011

Nave Short Term Field Research Grant, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2010

Jean Fewster Life Sciences Communication Award, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, 2010

Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association Award, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, 2010

John Lyman Cooper Scholarship, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2009

Tinker-Nave Short Term Field Research Grant, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2008

MPCA/MACA Graduate Student Travel Grant, Midwest Popular Culture Association (MPCA), 2008

TEACHING POSITIONS
Life Sciences Communication 100: Introduction to Communication (Inquiry and Exposition)
Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Spring 2011
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Jacqueline Hitchon McSweeney
• Taught informative and persuasive writing, as well as methods for effective public speaking and academic research, to 20 students through an overview of the life sciences.

Life Sciences Communication 875: LSC in the Lab: Science and Communication Intersections
Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Fall 2010
Course Coordinator for Dr. Dominique Brossard
• Co-designed and coordinated interdisciplinary graduate seminar for communication and bench science students with the goal of exploring connections between processes of scientific knowledge creation, applied communication theory and public perceptions of science.

Life Sciences Communication 360: Information Radio
Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Fall 2010 and 2012
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Larry Meiller
• Assisted in planning, facilitating and evaluating student work in First-Year Interest Group (FIG), “Representing Self Through Media: A Personal Journey Through This American Life,” section of course.

Journalism 201: Introduction to Mass Communication
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2008 – 2009
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Jack Mitchell and Dr. Greg Downey
• Planned and facilitated two weekly discussion sessions covering topics in media systems, strategic communication and journalistic communication.
• Taught course writing component to 34 students each semester, as well assessed and provided feedback on student writing and public speaking.

RESEARCH POSITIONS
Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2011 – 2013
Digital Media Strategist
• Led departmental efforts to communicate cutting-edge science communication research to academic and broader publics. Increased Twitter followers by more than 500 percent.
• Created and implemented content strategy to promote brand identity in digital and print forms, as well as monitored online analytics.
• Mentored undergraduate student interns in writing digital content for web and social media.

Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2009 – 2010
Project Assistant for Dr. Hernando Rojas
• Coordinated design, data collection and analysis for three-wave panel quasi-experimental and experimental study on public perceptions of food production and safety

School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Summer 2009
Interviewer for Dr. Susan Robinson
• Conducted 20 in-depth qualitative interviews with Madison, Wisconsin residents for audience study component of “Capital Times Ethnography”

GUEST LECTURES
• “The Social Uses of Radio in Latin America,” Guest lecture in Larry Meiller’s “Life Sciences Communication 360: Information Radio” course, UW-Madison, 2011
• “The Social Uses of Radio in Latin America,” Guest lecture in Tom Still’s “Life Sciences Communication 340: Contemporary Communication Technologies and Their Social Effects” course, UW-Madison, 2010
• “Transnational Community Radio in Latin America,” Global LSC Brownbag, UW-Madison, 2009
• “Community Television in the United States,” Guest lecture in Dr. Jack Mitchell’s “Journalism 558: Public, Community and Alternative Media” course, UW-Madison, 2009
• “Community Radio in Latin America: Origins, Organizations and Outlook,” Lunchtime Lecture Series, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS), UW-Madison, 2009
• “La Radio Comunitaria en Estados Unidos” [“Community Radio in the United States”], Latin American Association of Radio Education (ALER), Quito, Ecuador, 2008

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Progressive Media Project, Madison, WI, 2005 – 2007
Development Director of op-ed project affiliated with The Progressive magazine

Wisconsin Public Radio, Madison, WI, 2005 Associate Broadcasting Specialist, Interim
Free Speech TV, Madison, WI, 2004 – 2005
Cable Campaign Organizer of effort to gain network carriage on local cable system

WORT 89.9 FM Community Radio, Madison, WI, 2001 – 2004 News and Public Affairs Director

ACADEMIC SERVICE
Undergraduate Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2013
Session Moderator

Association for Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2013 Reviewer for annual conference, Graduate Student Interest Group

Communication Crossroads Conference, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2013
Reviewer for annual conference

International Communication Association (ICA), 2011 – Present
Reviewer for annual conference, Environmental Communication and Global Communication and Social Change divisions

WSUM 91.7 FM Student Radio, Department of Life Sciences Communication, UW-Madison, Spring 2011
Talk Show Host

Communication Crossroads Conference, Journalism School, UW-Madison, 2010
Reviewer
Discussant, “International Issues in Communication” panel

WSUM Governance Board, Department of Life Sciences Communication, UW-Madison, 2010 – 2012
Graduate Student Member
Secretary, 2011-2012

Communication Crossroads Conference, Journalism School, UW-Madison, 2008 and 2009
Graduate Student Conference Planning Committee
• Co-planned and publicized “Communication Crossroads” conferences, sponsored by the School of Journalism & Mass Communication, highlighting interdisciplinary graduate student communication research

McBurney Disability Resource Center, UW-Madison, 2008
Outreach Speaker
• Panelist for “Student Preferences and Needs—Tips for Increasing Access to Your Course” workshop at university-wide Teaching & Learning Symposium

Madison Friends of International Students, UW-Madison, 2007 – 2009
English Conversation Partner

MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
International Communication Association (ICA)
International Environmental Communication Association (IECA)
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

INTERNATIONAL FIELDWORK
El Salvador, June – July 2010
Pre-dissertation research
• Conducted five weeks of funded fieldwork on the relationship between community radio and an anti-metallic mining social movement

Ecuador, June – August 2008
Master’s thesis research
• Conducted 10 weeks of funded fieldwork on community radio in Ecuador and a transnational Latin American association of community radio stations

Download a PDF version of my C.V. here.