Owen V



Owen V. Johnson

2602 E 2nd St. Apt F

Bloomington, Indiana 47401

(812) 332-1811

e-mail: owenvjohnson@

Twitter: @PyleFootsteps

Present Position: Associate Professor Emeritus, School of Journalism; Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Department of History; and Affiliate Faculty Member Emeritus, School of Global & International Studies, Indiana University, specializing in journalism history (including Ernie Pyle), international communications, and Russian and East European area mass media

Books

Ernie Pyle in Alaska, scheduled for publication by University of Alaska Press, Spring 2020, 350 pg

At Home with Ernie Pyle (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2016), 424 pg

Eastern European Journalism Before, During & After Communism (with Jerome Aumente, Peter Gross, Ray Hiebert and R. Dean Mills), (Cresskill, New Jersey: Hampton Press, 1999). I was primary author on chapter 1 (pp. 5-40), “The Roots of Journalism in Central and Eastern Europe”

Slovakia 1918-1938: Education and the Making of a Nation (New York: Columbia University Press/East European Monographs, 1985), xviii, 516 pg

Scholarly Articles

"Discovering Ernie Pyle: It's Not Always Easy," Historiography in Mass Communication 5:2 (2019), pp. 17-20

“Wrestling with Fame: Ernie Pyle & the Pulitzer Prize,” Traces of Indiana & Midwestern History 28:2 (Spring 2016), pp. 46-53 [with Holly Hays]

“Ernie Pyle,” in Linda C. Gugin & James E. St. Clair, eds., Indiana’s 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 2015), pp. 279-81

“Cheers for Old IU,” IU Alumni Magazine, Fall 2015, pp. 34-37 [about Pyle as manager of football team, fall 1922]

“‘Shot to Earth Like a Blazing Comet’: The Mysterious Chesterton Plane Crash of 1933,” Traces of Indiana & Midwestern History 27:2 (Spring 2015), pp. 4-17

“Entertaining the People, Serving the Elites: Slovak Mass Media Since 1989,” in Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World: Eastern Europe’s Tortured Path to Change, edited by Peter Gross and Karol Jakubowicz (Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2013), pp. 149-65

“‘It’s In the Air’: Ernie Pyle’s IU Letters,” Indiana Magazine of History 107:3 (September 2011), pp. 197-234

“Not Telling the Truth: Censorship in Communist Slovakia in the 1950s,” in Miloslav Rechcígl, ed., Czech & Slovak Culture in International & Global Context (České Budějovice, Czech Republic: Halama, 2008), pp. 102-08

”Begetting & Remembering: Creating a Slovak Collective Memory in the Post-Communist World,” in Michal Kopeček, ed., Past in the Making: Recent History Revisions & Historical Revisionism in Central Europe After 1989 (Budapest & New York: Central European University Press, 2008), pp. 125-39

“Shadows in the Searchlight: An Introduction to American Media Coverage of Czechoslovakia,” in Gregory C. Ference, ed., The Portrayal of Czechoslovakia in the American Print Media (Boulder, Colo.: East European Monographs, 2006), pp. 1-19

“Media Legislation & Media Policy in Slovakia: EU Accession & the Second Wave of Reform,” Medijska istraživanja: Znanstveno-stručni časopis za novinarstvo i medije/ Media Research: Croatian Journal for Journalism & the Media 11:2 (2005) (with Andrej Školkay), pp. 67-79

“Transition Problems of Mass Media in Post-Communist Countries,” in Janusz Adamowski & Marek Jablonowski, eds., The Role of Local and Regional Media in the Democratization of the Eastern and Central European Societies/Rol’ mestnykh i regional’nykh sredstv massovoi informatsii v demokratizatsii obshchestv Vostochnoi i TSentral’noi Evropy (Warsaw: Oficyna Wydawnicza ASPRA-JR, 2001), pp. 31-36

“Failing Democracy: Journalists, the Mass Media, and the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia,” in Michael Kraus and Allison K. Stanger, ed., Irreconcilable Differences?: Explaining Czechoslovakia’s Dissolution (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000), pp.163-82

“Losing Faith: The Slovak-Hungarian Constitutional Struggle, 1906-1914,” in Zvi Gitelman, Lubomyr Hajda, John-Paul Himka, & Roman Solchanyk, eds., Cultures and Nations of Central & Eastern Europe: Essays in Honor of Roman Szporluk (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard U. Press, 2000), pp. 293-312; also published as Harvard Ukrainian Studies 22 (1998), pp. 293-312

"The Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe," in Patrick O’Neil, ed., Communicating Democracy (Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 1998), pp. 103-24

"Professional Roles of Russian and U.S. Journalists: A Comparative Study," Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 73:3 (Autumn 1996), pp. 534-48 (with Wei Wu and David H. Weaver)

"Mass Media and the Velvet Revolution," in Jeremy Popkin, ed., Media and Revolution: Comparative Perspectives (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1995), pp. 220-31

"Faculty and Student Assessment of a Journalism Library," Journalism Educator 49:3 (Autumn 1994), pp. 33-42 (with Michel Dupagne and Frances Wilhoit)

"Whose Voice? Freedom of Speech and the Media in Central Europe,” in Al Hester, ed., Creating a Free Press in Eastern Europe (Athens, Georgia: U. of Georgia, 1993), pp. 1-51

"The Press of Change: Mass Communications in Late Communist and Post-Communist Societies," in Sabrina P. Ramet, ed., Adaptation and Transformation in Communist and Post-Communist Systems (Boulder: Westview Press, 1992), pp. 209-39; reprinted in Sabrina P. Ramet, ed., Adaptation and Transformation in Communist and Post-Communist Systems (New York: Routledge, 2019), pp. 209-40

"Masová komunikácia v bývalých komunistických a postkomunistických štátoch," Otázky žurnalistiky 35:2 (1992), pp. 65-70

"Where is their Homeland? News About the Czechs and their Lands in the U.S. Media, 1848- 1914," in Grossbritannien, die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und die böhmischen Länder 1848-1938 (Great Britain, the USA, and the Bohemian Lands), ed. Eva Schmidt-Hartmann and Stanley B. Winters (Munich: Collegium Carolinum, 1991), pp. 59-74

"From Black Politics to Black Community: Harry C. Smith and the Cleveland Gazette in the Late Nineteenth Century," Journalism Quarterly 67:4 (Winter 1990), pp. 1090-1102 (with Summer E. Stevens)

"The Press of Change: Mass Communications in Late Communist and Post Communist Societies," National Council for Soviet and East European Research Report, 1990, 51 pg.

"Recent Historical Research and Writing on Modern History of the Bohemian Lands, Slovakia, and Czechoslovakia: A Colloquium," Bohemia 30:2 (1989), pp. 354-69 (with seven others)

"Newspapers and Nation-building: The Slovak Press in Pre-1918 Slovakia," in Hans Lemberg et al, eds., Bildungsgeschichte, Bevölkerungsgeschichte, Gesellschaftsgeschichte in den Böhmischen Ländern und Europa (Vienna: Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, 1988), pp. 160-78

"Unbridled Freedom: Czech Press and Politics, 1918-1938," Journalism History 13:3-4 (Autumn-Winter 1986), pp. 96-103

"The Sharpening of The Blade: A Black Newspaper and Black Consciousness," Journalism Quarterly 63:2 (Summer 1986), pp. 298-304 (with Teresa C. Klassen)

"The Slovak Encyclopedia: A History and an Evaluation," East Central Europe 12:2 (1985), pp. 164-76

"The Modernization of Slovakia: The Role of Vocational High Schools, 1918-1938," Slovakia 31 (1984), pp. 59-86

"Slovak History Reconsidered: A Sociocultural Perspective," Kosmas 2:2 (Winter 1983), pp. 19-39

"Czechoslovak Socialist Republic," in George E. Delury, ed., World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties (New York: Facts on File, 1983), pp. 235-44

"Urbanization and the Formation of a Slovak Intelligentsia," Studies in East European Social History 2 (1981), pp. 27-61

"Music Schools: A Chapter in the Cultural History of Inter-war Slovakia," Slovakia 29 (1980-81), pp. 45-52

"Uncharted Areas for Research on the History of Slovakia and the Slovaks," East Central Europe 7:1(1980), pp. 49-88 (with four others)

"The Post-1945 Study of the History of Slovak Education," Slavic and European Education Review 2:1 (1978), pp. 39-47

"Anton Štefánek and the Development of Secondary Education in Slovakia," Bohemia: Jahrbuch des Collegium Carolinum 18 (1977), pp. 267-89

"The Development of the Slovak Intelligentsia, 1918-1938," in Russian and Slavic History, ed. Don Karl Rowney (Columbus, O.: Slavica Publishers, Inc., 1977), pp. 181-207. Reprinted in Slovakia 28 (1978-79), pp. 25-48.

Other Published Articles

"Pyle's Books Translated for World's Readers," Ernie Pyle World War II Museum Newsletter," Fall 2018, p. 3

"Celebrating ASEES: Reflections on the 3rd Convention," NewsNet 57:4 (August 2018), p. 12

"Like Letters from Home: Ernie Pyle's Wartime Columns Connect Soldiers, Families, Friends," Ernie Pyle World War II Museum Newsletter, Fall 2017, p. 3

“IDS: 150 Years & Counting in Bloomington,” (Bloomington, Ind.) Herald-Times, 22 February 2017, p. A7

“Keep Them Smoking: the Ernie Pyle Cigarette Fund,” Traces of Indiana & Midwestern History 28:2 (Spring 2016), pp. 54-55

“No Tea with Jackie,” Washington State Magazine 15:1 (Winter 2015), p. 6

“Hoosiers Get Firsthand Look at New Cuba,” (Bloomington) Hoosier-Times, 15 November 2015, p. A4

“Ernie Pyle,” in Linda C. Gugin & James E. St. Clair, eds., Indiana’s 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 2015), pp. 279-81

“Ernie Pyle Told the Necessary Stories,” (Bloomington) Herald-Times, 19 April 2015, p. E8

“Ernie Pyle, IU and the World,” (Bloomington) Herald-Times, 17 October 2014, p. A7

“English-Language Bibliography of Albanian & Bulgarian Mass Media Research,” Global Media Journal—Slovak Edition 2:1 (2014), pp. 137-43

“Ernie Pyle’s Faith,” Catholic San Francisco 15:17 (31 May 2013), p. 13

“The Czechoslovak History Conference na začátku [at the beginning],” The Czech & Slovak History Newsletter 36:1 (Spring 2013), pp. 9-20

“The Slovak Edition of the Global Media Journal & the History of Slovak Mass Media Research,” Global Media Journal—Slovak edition 1:1 (2013), pp. 110-15

“In the Footsteps of Ernie Pyle,” Clio Among the Media 46:3 (Spring 2012), pp. 6, 9

“The Roots of IU Journalism,” & “Ernie Pyle: IU Legend, Faithful Hoosier,” in Valerie C. Aquila, ed., 100 Years of Journalism at Indiana University (Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University School of Journalism, 2011), pp. 8-13 & 48

“Images Immortalise Jewish Past in Slovakia,” Slovak Spectator, 12 September 2011, p. 10 []

“Spending Money for Student Athletes: Not a Good Idea,” (Bloomington, Ind.) Herald-Times, 6 July 2011, p. A4 []

“It’s Hard to Wear Headphones Over a Tiara: IU Journalism Professor Observes Morning Edition,” Directions in Sound, July 2011, p. 12

“English-Language Academics Writing About Slovakia, Part III,” Slovak Spectator, 23 May 2011 []

“Notes on Developments in Slovakia,” Czech & Slovak History Newsletter 34:1 (Spring 2011), pp. 10-11

“English-Speaking Academics on Slovakia II,” The Slovak Spectator, 27 September 2010 []

“English-Speaking Academics Study Slovakia,” The Slovak Spectator, 9 August 2010 []

“Khto zaplatit za virobnictvo novin,” Zhurnalist Ukrainy 6/2010, pp. 28-31

“Historický ústav Slovenskej akadémie vied,” The Czech & Slovak History Newsletter 33:1 (Spring 2010), pp. 12-15

“A Diplomat’s Memories,” The Slovak Spectator, 12 April 2010 []

"'Most of the Information was Wrong': American Scholar Checks His Slovak Secret Police Files," The Slovak Spectator 16:8 (1 March 2010), pp. 3, 10 []; reprinted in The Czech & Slovak History Newsletter 33:1 (Spring 2010), pp. 15-18

“US National Czech and Slovak Museum Wrecked,” Slovak Spectator, 14 July 2008, p. 10 []

“Indianapolis Star” & “Eugene C. Pulliam,” in Stephen L. Vaughn, ed., Encyclopedia of American Journalism (New York: Routledge, 2008), pp. 221-22 & 430-31

“Remembering Eugene McCarthy,” (Bloomington) Hoosier-Times, 18 December 2005, p. A11

“Ernie Pyle Remembered for Capturing ‘Quiet Heroism’ of American Troops,” (Bloomington) Herald-Times, 18 April 2005, p. A8 (published in slightly different form online as “Ernie Pyle – 60 Years After His Death” -- and as “Ernie Pyle: 60 Years After His Death” -- )

“Through the Eyes of Ernie Pyle,” Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2004, p. E4

“Report from Bratislava,” Czech & Slovak History Newsletter 27:1 (Spring 2004), pp. 1-7

“Raymond Muse,” OAH [Organization of American Historians] Newsletter 32:1 (February 2004), p. 17 (with three others)

“Raymond Muse,” Perspectives: Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association 42:1 (January 2004), p. 47 (with three others)

“Raymond Muse (88, Retired WSU Professor),” Moscow-Pullman Daily News, 1-2 November 2003, p. 2A (obituary)

"Research Trip to Poland Leads to New Interest & a Lifetime Career," Indiana Alumni Magazine 65:2 (November/December 2002), p. 69

“Bruno Schultz’s Frescoes,” New York Review of Books 48:19 (29 November 2001), pp. 59- 60) (with 23 others)

"These Stones: The History of First Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, Indiana," Dedication Bulletin, First Presbyterian Church, September 9, 1990; rev. ed., September 7, 2001

“Stopping Crackdown on Russian Media,” Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.), 18 March 2001

“A Look at East Europe’s Post-Communist Media,” Russia Journal, 11 March 2001

“Swimming Wrap-Up,” Sports Report 9:2 (Winter 2001), p. 16

“The Media in Russia: New Roles, New Rules,” IREX Policy Paper, 6 December 2000

“Press,” in Richard Frucht, ed., Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism (New York: Garland Publishing Company, 2000), pp. 639-640

“Remembering Pyle’s IU Ties,” Newswire 27:1 (Spring-Summer 2000), p. 4

“For the Press to Be Free,” New York Times, 17 January 2000, p. A20 (letter)

“Developments in East/Central Europe,” Global Connection 5:4 (Summer 1998), pp. 10-11

"Victor Mamatey at 80," in Czechoslovak History Newsletter 20:1 (Spring 1997), pp. 13-16

"East Central and Southeastern Europe, Russia, and the Newly Independent States," in John C. Merrill, ed., Global Journalism: Survey of International Communication, 3rd ed (New York: Longman, 1995), pp. 153-87

"Cuba: An English-Language Mass Communication Reading List," International Communication Bulletin 29:1-2 (Spring 1994), pp. 6-7

"To Russia, with Ambition" (letter), New York Times, 9 January 1994, Sect. 3, p. 42

"The Nations of the Past Today," in Chicago’s Oldest College--Chicago’s Newest University: Selected Essays in Celebration of Saint Xavier University’s Transition from College to University (Chicago: Saint Xavier University, 1993), pp. 26-34

"Half Slave - Half Free: The Crisis of the Russian and East European Press," AAASS Newsletter 33:2 (March 1993), pp. 1, 4

"Státní moc by mela mít zájem, aby se tisk nedostal do závislosti na vláde," Rudé právo, October 14, 1992, pp. 1, 9

"Čs. žurnalistika ve světle amerických zkušeností," Rozhlasová práce 14:3 (1990), pp. 129-32

"Rozhlas v USA: Problémy a perspektivy," Rozhlasová práce 14:1-2 (1990), pp. 20-28

"Czech Presidential Press Secretary Apologizes," Editor and Publisher 123:38 (22 September 1990), p. 26

"Walls, Wells, and the World of Eastern Europe," Indiana Alumni Magazine 52:6 (July/August 1990), p. 64

"Czechoslovakia Won't Be Rebuilt on Symbols," Christian Science Monitor, May 22, 1990, p. 19

"Put Cold-War Radio Relics Out to Pasture," Christian Science Monitor, July 27, 1989, p. 19

"Soviets Grapple with Nuclear Energy," Indianapolis News, May 3, 1989

"Bibliography of Russian and East European Journalism," International Communication Bulletin 24:1-2 (Spring 1989), pp. 13-27

"Discussion," in Timothy Wiles, ed., Poland Between the Wars: 1918-1939 (Bloomington: Indiana University Polish Studies Center, 1989), pp. 184-85

"Clio Among the Ethnic Media," Ethnic Forum 8:2 (1988), pp. 40-51

"China: A Mass Communication Reading List," International Communication Bulletin 23:1-2 (Spring 1988), pp. 8-10, 31

Media entries in Dictionary of Scandinavian History, Byron J. Nordstrom, ed., (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1986), pp. 8-9, 30-1, 140, 407-11, and 440-1

"Roundtable: Writing Historical Research Papers," Clio Among the Media 18:2 (January 1986), pp. 3-5 [editor & participant]

"Historical Perspectives on Media Concentration," Clio Among the Media 18:1 (October 1985), pp. 10-11

"Coaches Came and Went, but Dick had the Answers," Daily News (Pullman, Wa.), February 28, 1985

"The Výrocná zpráva in Interwar Slovakia: A Bibliographical Note," Czech Marks: Newsletter of the Czechoslovak History Conference 7:1 (1984), pp. 17-19

"Reporting Students Analyze Selected Newspapers to Raise Their Professional Potential," Journalism Educator 38:2 (Summer 1983), pp. 51-52

Clio Among the Media (Newsletter of the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication), Vol. 16 (1983-4) [100 pages], Editor

"Proposal for Multi-Volume History," Clio Among the Media 14:4 (Summer 1982), pp. 12- 13

Czech Marks: Newsletter of the Czechoslovak History Conference, Vols. 5-7 (1982-4) [103 pages], Editor

"Broadcast News Writing" by Vernon A. Stone adapted for use at Indiana University (1982, revised 1985)

"The Ethnic Press in the U.S.: Some Bibliographic and Research Notes," Clio Among the Media 13:2 (Winter 1981), pp. 3-7

"The East European Press and Three-Mile Island," abstracted and reproduced by ERIC, Clearinghouse on Reading & Communication Skills (ED 191-206)

"Martin Rázus-A Brief Biography," The Czechoslovak Specialist 41:1 (January 1979), p. 3

"Anton Štefánek a rozvoj stredného školstva na Slovensku," Naše snahy 14:5 (September-October 1978), pp. 30-32

"On Newsless Societies," (letter), The Quill: Magazine for Journalists 63:2 (February 1975), pp. 4-5

Reviews

American Historical Review

Monika Baár, Historians & Nationalism: East-Central Europe in the Nineteenth Century 120:1 (February 2015), pp. 351-52

Andrea Orzoff, Battle for the Castle: The Myth of Czechoslovakia in Europe 1914-1948, American Historical Review 117:4 (October 2012), pp. 1320-21

Thomas C. Wolfe, Governing Soviet Journalism: The Press and the Socialist Person After Stalin, 112:1 (February 2007), pp. 311-12

Claire E. Nolte, The Sokol in the Czech Lands to 1914: Training for the Nation 109:1 (February 2004), p. 278

H. Gordon Skilling, Samizdat and an Independent Society in Central and Eastern Europe, 96:4 (December 1991), p. 1240

Bernard Michel, La memoire de Prague, 93:4 (October 1988), pp. 1082-83

Barbara K. Reinfeld, Karel Havlicek (1821-1856): A National Liberation Leader of the Czech Renascence, 87:5 (December 1982), pp. 1427-28

Vladimir V. Kusin, From Dubcek to Charter 77, 84:4 (October 1979), p. 1096

Joseph A. Mikus, Slovakia and the Slovaks 83:3 (June 1978), p. 768

Paul L. Horecky, ed., East Central Europe and Southeast Europe: A Handbook of Library and Archival Resources in North America, 82:4 (October 1977), p. 1013

East European Politics & Societies

“Solidarity For a While: The Fading Away of a Liberation Movement,” [review essay of Marjorie Castle, Triggering Communism’s Collapse: Perceptions & Power in Poland’s Transition; David Ost, The Defeat of Solidarity: Anger & Politics in Postcommunist Europe; & Shana Penn, Solidarity’s Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland], 19:4 (Fall 2005), pp. 717-29

Media Studies Journal

“Power from the People: News Media in and about East Central Europe,” [review essay of Timothy Garton Ash, ed., Freedom for Publishing--Publishing for Freedom: The Central & East European Publishing Project; Liani Giorgi, The Post-Socialist Media: What Power the West? The Changing Media Landscape in Poland, Hungary, & the Czech Republic; Peter Gross, Mass Media in Revolution & National Development: The Romanian Laboratory; Václav Havel, The Art of the Impossible: Politics as Morality in Practice; Adam Michnik, Letters from Freedom: Post-Cold War Realities & Perspectives; Ruth Petrie, ed., The Fall of Communism & the Rise of Nationalism: The Index Reader; Tina Rosenberg, The Haunted Land: Facing Europe’s Ghosts After Communism; and Colin Sparks with Anna Reading, Communism, Capitalism & the Mass Media] 13:3 (Fall 1999), pp. 190-201 [republished in Robert Giles, Robert W. Snyder & Lisa DeLisle, eds., Reporting the Post-Communist Revolution (New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2001), pp. 217-29]

Journalism History

John B. Romeiser, ed., Combat Reporter: Don Whitehead’s World War II Diary & Memoirs, 33:1 (Spring 2007), p. 68

Fred L. Casmir, Communication in Eastern Europe: The Role of History, Culture, and Media in Contemporary Conflicts, 22:2 (Summer 1996), p. 80

Robert A. Karlowich, We Fall and Rise: Russian-Language Newspapers in New York City, 1889-1914, 20:1 (Spring 1994), p. 35

Louise McReynolds, The News Under Russia's Old Regime, 19:4 (Winter 1994), p. 136

James H. Krukones, To the People: The Russian Government and the Newspaper Sel'skii vestnik ("Village Herald") 1881-1917, 15:4 (Winter 1988), p. 147

Jack R. Censer and Jeremy D. Popkin, eds., Press and Politics in Pre-Revolutionary France, 15:2-3 (Summer/Autumn 1988), pp. 94-95

Richard D. Altick, Deadly Encounters: Two Victorian Sensations, 14:1 (Spring 1987), p. 43

Charles A. Ruud, Fighting Words: Imperial Censorship and the Russian Press, 1804-1906, 12:1 (Spring 1985), pp. 34-35

Alfred E. Cornebise, The Stars & Stripes: Doughboy Journalism in World War I, 10:3-4 (Autumn/Winter 1983), pp. 62-63

Benjamin M. Compaine, ed., Who Owns the Media?: Concentration of Ownership in the Mass Communications Industry, 9:1 (Spring 1982), pp. 36-38

Dan Schiller, Objectivity and the News: The Public and the Rise of Commercial Journalism, 9:1 (Spring 1982), pp. 29-30

Guido H. Stempel III and Bruce H. Westley, eds., Research Methods in Mass Communication, 8:3-4 (Autumn-Winter 1981), pp. 184-85

Mort Rosenblum, Coups and Earthquakes: Reporting the World for America, 7:1 (Spring 1980), pp. 28-29

Journalism (and Mass Communication) Quarterly

Artur Domosławski, Ryszard Kapuściński: A Life, forthcoming

Douglas Brinkley, Cronkite; and Timothy M. Gay, Assignment to Hell, forthcoming

Eric Freedman & Richard Shafer, eds., After the Czars & Commissars: Journalism in Authoritarian Post-Soviet Central Asia, forthcoming

Yosef Gorni, The Jewish Press & the Holocaust 1939-1945: Palestine, Britain, the United States & the Soviet Union, forthcoming

Daniel C. Hallin & Paolo Mancini, eds., Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World, forthocming

Mark A. Huddle, ed., Roi Ottley’s World War II: The Lost Diary of an African American Journalist, 89:1 (Spring 2012), pp. 162-64

“Comparative Essay: TV in Russia”: Birgit Beumers, Stephen Hutchings & Natalia Rulyova, eds., The Post-Soviet Russian Media: Conflicting Signals; Stephen Hutchings & Natalia Rulyova, Television & Culture in Putin’s Russia: Remote Control; and Ellen Mickiewicz, Television, Power & the Public in Russia, 88:4 (Winter 2011), pp. 846-50

Joseph Sterne, Combat Correspondents: The Baltimore Sun in World War II, 87:3-4 (Fall-Winter 2010)

Steve Weinberg, A Journalism of Humanity: A Candid History of the World’s First Journalism School, 86:4 (Winter 2009), pp. 946-47

Karol Jakubowicz, Rude Awakening: Social & Media Change in Central & Eastern Europe, 85:3 (Autumn 2008), pp. 709-12

Kaarle Nordenstreng, Elena Vartanova & Yassen Zassoursky, eds., Russian Media Challenge, 79:3 (Autumn 2002), pp. 788-89

Michael Tracey, A Variety of Lives: A Biography of Sir Hugh Greene; and Geoffrey Cox, See It Happen: The Making of ITN (review essay), 61:4 (Winter 1984), pp. 911-13

Paul Lendvai, The Bureaucracy of Truth: How Communist Governments Manage the News; Ellen Propper Mickiewicz, Media and the Russian Public; and Jane Leftwich Curry & A. Ross Johnson, The Media and Intra-Elite Communication in Poland, (review essay). 58:4 (Winter 1981), pp. 648-49

Journal of Communication

Thomas F. Remington, The Truth of Authority: Ideology and Communication in the Soviet Union, 40:1 (Winter 1990), pp. 175-77

European Journal of Communication

Everette E. Dennis, George Gerbner, and Yassen N. Zassoursky, eds., Beyond the Cold War: Soviet and American Media Images; and Marsha Siefert, ed., Mass Culture and Perestroika in the Soviet Union, 9:4 (December 1994), pp. 487-89

American Journalism

Richard R. John & Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb, Making News: The Political Economy of Journalism in Britain and America from the Glorious Revolution to the Internet, 33:3 (September 2016), pp. 354-55

Donald E. Davis & Eugene P. Trani, The Reporter Who Knew Too Much: Harrison Salisbury & the New York Times 30:4 (December 2013), pp. 571-73

Kemal Kurspahic, As Long as Sarajevo Exists, 16:3 (Summer 1999), pp. 109-11

Slavic Review

Kristian Feigelson, L’URSS et sa télévision, and Reino Paasilinna, Glasnost and Soviet Television: A Study of the Soviet Mass Media and Its Role in Society from 1985-1991, 55:3 (Fall 1996), pp. 701-02

Gwyn Prins, ed., Spring in Winter, 53:3 (Fall 1994), pp. 936-37

Whitman Bassow, The Moscow Correspondents: Reporting on Russia from the Revolution to Glasnost, 50:4 (Winter 1991), pp. 1023-24

Stanislav Perkner and Leopold Slovák, Teorie a praxe rozhlasové zurnalistiky, 49:1 (Spring 1990), p. 140

Jozef Klimko, Tretia ríša a ľudácky režim na Slovensku, 48:3 (Fall 1989), p. 524

Wilson P. Dizard and S. Blake Swensrud, Gorbachev's Information Revolution: Controlling Glasnost in a New Electronic Era, 48:2 (Summer 1989), pp. 315-16

Stanley J. Kirschbaum, ed., Slovak Politics; and Yeshayahu Jelinek, The Lust for Power: Nationalism, Slovakia, and the Communists 1918-1948, 43:3 (Fall 1984), pp. 503-04

Stanislav Matoušek, Vznik a vývoj společného státu Čechů a Slováků, 42:2 (Summer 1983), pp. 314-15

Zdenek Suda, Zealots and Rebels: A History of the Ruling Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, 42:1 (Spring 1983), pp. 142-43

Yeshayahu Jelinek, The Parish Republic: Hlinka's Slovak People's Party 1939-1945, 39:4 (December 1980), pp. 706-07

Europe-Asia Studies

Jonathan Bolton, Worlds of Dissent: Charter 77, the Plastic People of the Universe, & Czech Culture Under Communism, forthcoming

Russian Review

Ivan Zassoursky, Media & Power in Post-Soviet Russia, 63:4 (October 2004), pp. 727-28

Elena Androunas, Soviet Media in Transition: Structural and Economic Alternatives, 56:2 (April 1997), pp. 317-18

East Central Europe

Ondrej Pavlík et al, Pedagogická encyklopédia Slovenska, 16 (1989), pp. 199-200

Branislav Štefánek, Anton Štefánek 1877-1977: Ľud a národ očami sociológa, 10 (1983), pp. 266-67

Oldrich Richter et al, Banskobystrické gymnázium, 10 (1983), pp. 258-59

Úkoly československé historiografie, 5:1(1978), pp. 145-46

Tomáš Winkler, Matica slovenská v rokoch 1919-1945: Z problémov a dokumentov ústredia MS, and Tomáš Winkler, Matica slovenská v rokoch 1945-1954: Z problémov a dokumentov ústredia MS, 3:2 (1976), pp. 252-53

International Communication Bulletin

Ellen Mickiewicz, Split Signals: Television and Politics in the Soviet Union, 24:3-4 (Fall 1989), p. 23

Journal of Slavic Military Studies

Nancy M. Wingfield, Flag Wars & Stone Saints: How the Bohemian Lands Became Czech, 23:3 (July-September 2010), pp. 534-36

The Prague Spring 1968: A National Security Archive Documents Reader, 17:3 (July-September 2004), pp. 589-91

John Murray, The Russian Press from Brezhnev to Yeltsin: Behind the Paper Curtain, 9:3 (September 1996), pp. 674-76

Canadian-American Slavic Studies

Joseph Gibbs, Gorbachev’s Glasnost, and Stephen Lovell, The Russian Reading Revolution: Print Culture in the Soviet & Post-Soviet Eras, 39:2/3 (Summer-Fall 2005), pp. 333-35

Al Hester & L. Earle Reybold, eds., Revolutions for Freedom: The Mass Media in Eastern and Central Europe, 29:1-2 (Spring-Summer 1995), pp. 208-10

Dorothea H. El-Mallakh, The Slovak Autonomy Movement 1935-1939: A Study in Unrelenting Nationalism, 15 (1981), pp. 630-32

Nationalities Papers

Brian McNair, Glasnost, Perestroika, and the Soviet Media, 25:2 (June 1997), pp. 350-51

Slovakia

František Vnuk. Životopis Konštantína Čulena, 32 (1985-86), pp. 100-02

Paul R. Magocsi. The Shaping of a National Identity: Subcarpathian Rus'; and Paul R. Magocsi, The Rusyn-Ukrainians of Czechoslovakia: An Historical Survey 31 (1984), pp. 130-32

Joseph Kirschbaum, Slovak Language and Literature, 26 (1976), pp. 126-29

Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas

Hans Lemberg, Jan Křen, & Dušan Kováč, eds., Im geteilten Europa: Tschchen, Slowaken und Deutsche und ihre Staaten 1948-1989, 48:2 (2000), p. 291

Tibor Hajdú, The Hungarian Soviet Republic; Ivan T. Berend & György Ránki, Underdevelopment and Economic Growth: Studies in Hungarian Social and Economic History; and Ivan T. Berend & György Ránki, The European Periphery and Industrialization 1780-1914, 32:4 (1984), pp. 607-11

Journal of American Ethnic History

Christiane Harzig & Dirk Hoerder, eds., The Press of Labor Migrants in Europe and North America, 1880s to 1930s, 6:2 (Spring 1987), pp. 70-71

Business Horizons

Michael Rubin and Mary Huber, The Knowledge Industry in the US 1960-1980, 30:5 (September-October 1987), pp. 85-86

Russian History/Histoire Russe

Scott Shane, Dismantling Utopia: How Information Ended the Soviet Union, 22:4 (Winter 1995), pp. 497-98

Kosmas

Bradley F. Abrams, The Struggle for the Soul of the Nation: Czech Culture & the Rise of Communism 19:1 (Fall 2005), pp. 91-93

Ivana Koutská & František Svátek, comps., Politické elity v Československu 1918-1948: Sborník 13:1 (Fall 1998), pp. 238-40

Indiana Magazine of History

“Ernie Pyle’s War: A Documentary on Ernie Pyle, World War II Correspondent” [DVD], 103:1 (March 2007), pp. 106-07

H-Net

Greg Simons, Mass Media & Modern Warfare: Reporting the Russian War on Terrorism, forthcoming

Laurel Leff, Buried by The Times: The Holocaust & America’s Most Important Newspaper, July 2010 []

Mark Bernstein & Alex Lubertozzi, World War II on the Air: Edward R. Murrow & the Broadcasts That Riveted a Nation, August 2006 []

James Boylan, Pulitzer’s School: Columbia University’s School of Journalism, 1903-2003 (New York: Columbia U. Press, 2003) [] (April 2004)

Tara Copp & Robert L. Rogers, The Daily Texan: The First Hundred Years (Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1999) JHistory (18 November 2003) []

Stanislav J. Kirschbaum, A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Slovakia, Habsburg Reviews 1997/2 (8 January 1997) []

Marián Hronský, Boj o Slovensko a Trianon 1918-1920 and Ismo Nurmi, Slovakia--A Playground for Nationalism and National Identity, 1918-1920: Manifestations of the National Identity of Slovaks, forthcoming in Habsburg Reviews.

Holocaust & Genocide Studies

Eduard Nižňanský, Židovská komunita na Slovensku medzi československou parlamentnou demokraciou a slovenským štátom v stredoeurópskom kontexte, 19:2 (Fall 2005), pp. 314-17

Slovo

Hugh Agnew, The Czechs & the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, 6:2 (Winter 2005/06), p. 30

Slovak Spectator

Josette Baer, Revolution, Modus Vivendi or Sovereignty: The Political Thought of the Slovak National Movement from 1861 to 1914, forthcoming

Juraj Hocman, Slovakia from the Downfall of Communism to Its Accession into the European Union, 1989-2004: The Re-Emergence of Political Parties & Democratic Institutions, forthcoming

Last Folio: Textures of Jewish Life in Slovakia, 17:31 (12 September 2011), p. 10

Washington State Magazine

Tom Benjey, Keep A-goin’: The Life of Lone Star Dietz, 6:3 (Summer 2007), pp. 52, 54

James McKean, Home Stand: Growing Up in Sports, 4:3 (Summer 2005), pp. 17-19

Christian Century

Dominic Sandbrook, Eugene McCarthy: The Rise & Fall of Postwar American Liberalism, 123:4 (21 February 2006), pp. 50-51, 53

European History Quarterly

Mikuláš Teich, Dušan Kováč, & Martin D. Brown, eds, Slovakia in History, forthcoming

Canadian Slavonic Papers

Arja Rosenholm, Kaarle Nordenstreng & Elena Trubina, eds., Russian Mass Media & Changing Values, forthcoming

Papers and Talks (Academic)

“Changing Memories of Ernie Pyle,” Indiana Association of Historians, Bloomington, Feb. 20-21, 2016

“To Lead or to Follow: Russian Journalists, 1989-1996,” Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, San Antonio, Nov. 20-23, 2014

"The Center of What? Mass Media in 20th Century Košice," Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Boston, Nov. 21-24, 2013

“The Roles and Functions of Russian Journalists, 1703-1905,” American Journalism Historians Association, New Orleans, September 26-28, 2013 (with Diana Sokolova)

"Different Paths to the Same Destination: Thoughts on Journalism Professionalism in the United States and Central and Eastern Europe." International Conference on Media in Central and Eastern Europe, Kaunas, Lithuania, April 26-27, 2013

“Whom Do We Serve? A Comparative Historical Analysis of Journalistic Professionalism in Russia and East Central Europe,” seminar at the Center for Baltic and East European Studies at Södertörn University in Stockholm, April 17, 2013

“Journalism & the Pursuit of Truth in East Central Europe since 1989,” at conference, “The Right to Know: Privacy vs. Transparency in the U.S. and the EU,” University of Florida, April 5, 2013

“The Roots of the Paradigm: The Cold War & the Western Study of Mass Media in Central and Eastern Europe,” National Communication Association, Orlando, November 15, 2012

“Changing Concepts of Journalistic Professionalism: Implications East & West,” [plenary session], Polish Communication Association, Gdańsk, September 14, 2012

“The Impact of Media Economics on the Role of Mass Media in U.S. Politics and Society,” at the conference, "Reset: Russian-American relations in the Age of Obama," Russian State University of the Humanities, Moscow, April 11, 2012

Making Sense of What’s Happening: Slovak Mass Media, 1969-1989,” Association for Slavic East European & Eurasian Studies convention, Washington, November 19, 2011

“Enhancing Professionalism?: Western Media Assistance to Slovakia,” Association for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies convention, Los Angeles, November 20, 2010

“Defining the People, Challenging the State: Slovak Mass Media, 1989-2009,” keynote address “Transformation of Media in Slovakia & the Countries of Central & Eastern Europe After 1989,” Bratislava, Slovakia, Nov. 26, 2009

“Journalists in Slovakia 1948-68: A Force for Change,” Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Nov. 24, 2009

“Media Assistance & Journalism Change in East Central Europe,” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies convention, New Orleans, November 16, 2007

“It’s in the Papers: Journalistic Evidence for the Life of Ernie Pyle,” Indiana Association of Historians, Bloomington, February 24, 2007

“Redefining the Nation: Slovak Mass Media, 1938-1945,” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Washington, D.C., November 16-19, 2006

“Begetting & Remembering: Creating a Slovak Collective Memory in the Post-Communist World,” Historical Revision Workshop ŮSD AV ČR, Prague, October 19-20, 2006

“Radio & the Making of a Nation: Slovak Radio in World War II and the Cold War (1938-1968),” Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, San Francisco, August 2-5, 2006 [Top Faculty Paper, International Communications Division]

“Darling Jerry, Darling Mabel, Darling Moran: Ernie Pyle and the Women Behind Him,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, August 2-5, 2006

“National Censorship in a Multi-National State: Communist Slovakia Before the ‘Prague’ Spring,” World Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, June 25-July 1, 2006

“Creating a Slovak Collective Memory in the Communist & Post-Communist Press,” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Salt Lake City, November 4, 2005

“Serving the State, Serving the Nation: Slovak Radio in World War II and the Cold War (1938-1968),” at the conference, “Central & East European Media under Dictatorial Rule in the 1940s and 1950s,” Center for the Study of Soviet History, University of Tartu, Estonia, April 22-25, 2005

“Journalists in Slovakia 1948-1970: A Force for Change,” at the conference, “Czechoslovakia Behind the Iron Curtain, 1948-1970,” held at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 11-12, 2005

“Slovakia in the European Union: The Role of the Media,” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, December 7, 2004

“Media & Nation in 20th Century Slovakia,” History Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, June 25, 2004

“New Identities, New Discourse: Slovaks & Their Press, 1918-1938,” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies convention, Pittsburgh, November 21-24, 2002

“Testing the Limits: The Changing Role of Journalists in East Central Europe,“ at conference, “Journalism After the USSR: Ten Years Later,” European Consortium for Communications Research and Moscow State University, February 1, 2001

“Transition Problems of Mass Media in Post-Communist Countries,” at conference, “The Role of Local and Regional Media in the Democratization of Eastern and Central European Societies,” Warsaw University, December 14-16, 2000

“Changing Habits or Changing Sides: Russian Journalists at a Crossroads,” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boca Raton, Florida, September 25, 1998

“Russia & the Northern Tier: Is There a Media Model?”, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Seattle, November 20, 1997

“Challenges in East European Journalism Education,” Conference on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University, Moscow, October 23-25, 1997

"Where They Are Coming From: The Journalists of Post-Communist Russia," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Washington, D.C., November 1996

"Failing Democracy: Journalists, the Mass Media and the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia," Conference on the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 1989-92, Prague, June 27-29, 1996

"We Are What We Read: Newspapers & Nation-building in Slovakia, 1918-38," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Washington, D.C., October 1995

"Professional Roles of Russian and U.S. Journalists: A Comparative Study," Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, D.C., August 1995 (with Wei Wu and David H. Weaver)

"Knowing Journalism: An Evaluation of U.S. Programs to Aid Mass Media in East Central Europe," New College, USF Conference on Central and Eastern Europe, Sarasota, Florida, March 1995

"Differences That Matter: Journalists in Russia and the United States," International Association for Mass Communication Research, Seoul, Korea, July 1994

"Blue Screen and Ether: Russian Broadcasting Since the Fall of Communism," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Honolulu, November 1993

"Defining Interests: Slovak Broadcasting and Its Czechoslovak Inheritance," Colloquium on "The Restructuring of Television in East and Central Europe," Centre for Communication and Information Studies, University of Westminster, London, England, October 1993

"'Whose Voice'? Freedom of Speech and the Media in East Central Europe," Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Kansas City, August 1993

"The Roots of Success: Mass Media in Albania and the Fall of Communism," Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Kansas City, August 1993

"Mass Communication, History and National Identity in Eastern Europe," International Communication Association, Washington, D.C., May 1993

"Czechs and Balances: The Mass Media and the Velvet Revolution," Conference on "Media and Revolution," funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, University of Kentucky, October 1992

"The Development of Mass Media in Czechoslovakia Since 1989," Conference on "Journalism and the Teaching of Journalism in a Democratic Society," Comenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, October 1992

“The Party’s Over: The Excess Freedom of Russian Journalists,” International Communication Association, Miami, May 24, 1992

"Czechoslovakia: The Roots of the Third Sector," Third International Conference of Research on Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Indianapolis, March 1992

“Glasnost and the Transformation of Television News,” American Association for the Teaching of Slavic and East European Languages, San Francisco, December 30, 1991

"Czech and Slovak Mass Media: The Voices of Freedom are Not Free," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Miami, November 1991

"The Press of Change: Mass Communications in Late Communist and Post-Communist Societies," Mass Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Boston, August 8, 1991

"The Communication of Change: Mass Media and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Czechoslovakia," American Historical Association, New York City, December 29, 1990

"East European Journalism Culture: The Historical Challenge," IV World Congress of Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, England, July 1990

"Here and There: The Slovak American Press and the Search for Identity," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Chicago, November 1989

"Variations on a Theme: Harry C. Smith and the Cleveland Gazette in Late Nineteenth Century America," Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, D.C., August 1989 (with Summer E. Stevens)

"The Impact of Soviet Reform on Eastern Europe--Cross Regional Perspectives: Mass Communication," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Honolulu, November 1988

"New Technology and Glasnost." American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Honolulu, November 1988

"Where is Bohemia?: A Review of the U.S. Press, 1848-1914," Collegium Carolinum Conference, Bad Wiessee, West Germany, November 1988

"The Historical Perspective in the American Study of Soviet Mass Communications," International Association for Mass Communication Research, Barcelona, Spain, July 1988

"War and the Imperatives of National Identity: The Slovak Press, 1939-45," International Association for Mass Communication Research, Barcelona, Spain, July 1988

"Hearts, Not Minds: The 'Amerika' of 1950," Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Portland, Oregon, July 1988

"Glasnost and the Mass Media in Eastern Europe," East European Program, The Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., March 11, 1988

"Slovakia and the Slovaks," Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, Virginia, March 11, 1988; repeated in revised form, February 14,1989; repeated in newly revised form, October 30, 1991; revised as "Slovakia on the Eve of Independence," November 17, 1992

"The Czechoslovak Media," Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, Virginia, March 10, 1988; repeated in revised form, February 13, 1989; revised as "The New Czechoslovak Media," October 31, 1991; revised and extended as "The Mass Media in Czechoslovakia and Hungary," November 17, 1992

"Glasnost: Issues and Agendas for the Soviet and East European Media," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston, November 1987

"Comparative Media Systems and their Treatment of Socialist Perestroika: Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union," Hudson Institute, Indianapolis, October 21, 1987

"The 'Lower Press': Factory Newspapers in Czechoslovakia," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, New Orleans, November 1986

"The Press and the Development of a Slovak National Identity, 1918-1938," International Association for Mass Communication Research, New Delhi, India, August 1986

"Developing a Slovak National Identity: The Role of the Press Before 1918," International Association for Mass Communication Research, New Delhi, August 1986

"From Loyal Opposition to State's Defender?: Czech Journalism, 1918-1938," American Historical Association, New York City, December 28-30, 1985

"The Making of a State Press: Czech and Slovak Newspapers, 1918-38," III World Congress of Soviet and East European Studies, Washington, D.C., October 1985

"The Sharpening of The Blade, 1892-1897: A Black Newspaper and Black Consciousness," Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Memphis, August 1985 (with Teresa C. Klassen)

"The Slovak Press in the Twentieth Century," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, New York, November 1984

"The East European Press: A Guide for Historical Research," International Association for Mass Communication Research, Prague, Czechoslovakia, August 1984

"Mass Media Analysis as a Research Tool," Roundtable organizer & participant, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Kansas City, October 1983

"Cause or Effect?: Slovak National Life and the Hungarian Constitutional Crisis (1900-1914)," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Washington, D.C., October 1982

"Implications for the Emergence of the Penny Press in France, 1815-1848," International Communication Association, Boston, May 1982

"The Media and Nuclear Policy in Czechoslovakia," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Asilomar, California, September 1981

"Slovaks Among the Rulers: Slovak Participation in Czechoslovak Government and Politics in the Twentieth Century," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Asilomar, California, September 1981

"From the Editorial Office to the Foreign Office: The French Press During the 1848 Revolution," West European Studies Seminar, Indiana University, February 1981

"Education and National Revolutions in Slovakia, 1918-1948," Second World Congress of Slavic and East European Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany, September- October 1980

"The East European Press and Three-Mile Island," Association for Education in Journalism, Boston, August 1980 (earlier version given at Center for Russian and East European Studies Roundtable, University of Illinois, March 1980)

"Starting an East European Survey Course: Some Issues and Answers," Midwest Slavic Conference, Cincinnati, May 1980

"Czechs. Slovaks, and Czechoslovaks: Three Generations of National Questions -- The Slovak Question," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Columbus, Ohio, October 1978

"Filling in the Gaps: An Evaluation of the State of Slovakia Before 1918," Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America, Cleveland, October 1978

"The Role of the Government in the Development of the Slovak Intelligentsia, 1918-1938," Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America, New York City, November 1974

Public Talks and Presentations

“The Impact of Media Economics on the Role of Mass Media in U.S. Politics and Society,” at the conference, "Reset: Russian-American relations in the Age of Obama," Russian State University of the Humanities, Moscow, Apr. 11

“Ernie Pyle: World War II Hoosier Correspondent,” Mini-University, Indiana University, June 21, 2010; also gave this talk at Wesley Palms Retirement Community, San Diego, Nov. 18, 2010

“Media & the Nation in 20th Century Slovakia,” Slovak-American Society of Washington, D.C., Slovak Embassy, April 25, 2009

“Ernie Pyle’s Friends,” Ernie Pyle Society, Bloomington, November 11, 2008

“A Nose for the News: 19th Century Bloomington Editors & Their Newspapers,” Monroe County History Center, September 18, 2008

“Ernie Pyle’s Life,” Meadowood Retirement Community, Bloomington, June 2, 2008

“The Ernie Pyle Course,” Bloomington Press Club, May 19, 2008

“Ernie Pyle: A Bloomington Treasure,” Bloomington Women’s Club, April 22, 2008

“The Life & Times of Ernie Pyle,” Bloomington YMCA, September 29, 2007

“Ernie Pyle: The Man & the Myth,” Bloomington Rotary Club, May 29, 2007

“The Faith Journey of Ernie Pyle,” First Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, April 29, 2007

“Ernie Pyle: His Life & Times,” Bloomington North Rotary Club, Mar. 22, 2007

“From the Frontlines: Indiana’s Ernie Pyle,” Monroe County Public Library Auditorium, Bloomington, Ind., 26 October 2006

“The Winding Road to Freedom of Speech in the United States,” address to Media Conference 2006, “How Free is Freedom of Speech?” organized by Estonian Television and Estonian Radio, Tallinn, Estonia, 5 October 2006

“Azerbaijan,” Bloomington Central Lions Club, April 2003

“Ernie Pyle,” Bloomington Central Lions Club, July 2, 2002

“Media in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary,” Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, Va., May 24, 2001; updated presentation given on May 1, 2002

“The Social Role of Journalists and the Media in Post-Soviet Russia,” talk given at policy forum, “The Media in Russia: New Roles, New Rules,” Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US Department of State, December 6, 2000 (summary of this panel available at .)

“Independent Media & the Democratization of Central and Eastern Europe,” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, St. Louis, November 21, 1999 (roundtable participant)

“Freedom of the Press in the United States,” at conference Legislative Foundations of Mass Media and Freedom of Speech in Kyrgyzstan,” Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, September 21, 1999

“Whose Media, Whose Message? Communications in Post-Communist Poland,” IU School of Journalism Research Seminar, March 27, 1998

“The Crisis in Russian and East European Area Studies,” workshop on “Area Librarianship in Higher Education: Defining the Future, Indianapolis, July 18-19, 1997

"Strategic and Security Concerns in Central and Eastern Europe, Indiana University International Forum, Washington, D.C., October 18, 1995

"An Update on Central and Eastern Europe," presentation to Bloomington North Rotary Club, October 5, 1995

"Ethnicity, Pluralism and the Mass Media in Slovakia," presented at a conference on "Ethnicity, Multi-Culturalism and Socio-Political Pluralism," organized by the International Political Science Association Research Committee on Socio-Political Pluralism," Colby College, Waterville, Maine, September 1995

“Journalists of East Central Europe: Past and Present,” University of Washington, February 6, 1995 (sponsored by the History Department, the Jackson School of International Studies, and the Russian/East European/Central Asian Programs)

“Differences That Matter: Russian and U.S Journalists in the Post-Communist World,” Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, Oregon, February 2 (sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

"Slovakia in Historical Perspective," Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, Va., November 21, 1994

"The Mass Media in East Central Europe," Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, Va., November 21, 1994

"Broadcasting: The 1994 Perspective on Access to Information [in Russia]," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Philadelphia (roundtable participant), November 18, 1994

"The New Czech and Slovak Republics Eleven Months After Independence," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Honolulu (roundtable), November 19, 1993

“Slovakia on the Eve of Independence,” Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1992

“The Mass Media in Czechoslovakia and Hungary,” Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1992

"East European Media in Transition," Summer Workshop on Slavic and East European Languages, Indiana University, July 13, 1992

"The Nations of the Past Today," St. Xavier U. (Chicago) Conference "The Changing Face of Eastern Europe," April 30,1992

“TV or Not TV: The Role of Television in the Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union,” IU Journalism Research Seminar, March 27, 1992

“The New Czechoslovak Media,” Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1991

“August in January: Mass Media and Crisis in the USSR 1991,” at conference, “Mass Media and Conflict: Influences and Effects,” Indiana U., September 28, 1991

"Czechoslovakia: After the Velvet Revolution," Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C., August 20, 1991

"Establishing Priorities: The First Amendment in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union," International Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Boston, August 10, 1991

“Mass Media in the Czech & Slovak Federated Republic,” Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C., December 14, 1990

“The Press of Change: The Mass Media and Revolution in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe,” Russian and East European Studies, U. of Cincinnati, October 8, 1990

"The New Prague Spring: Continuities and Changes," Russian and East European Institute, Indiana University, April 4, 1990

"Revolutions in Eastern Europe," Bloomington, Indiana, Rotary Club, April 3, 1990

"Changes in Eastern Europe: A Christian Perspective," First Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, Indiana, March 4, 1990

“The Flea, the Dog and the Tail: Mass Media and Change in Late Communist and Post-Communist Societies,” Department of Communication, University of California-San Diego, February 23, 1990

"U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe: End of an Era?" Indiana Council on World Affairs Great Decisions 1990, Indianapolis, February 6, 1990

"Revolution and Change in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: Mass Media," Indiana University Russian and East European Institute Roundtable, September 20, 1989

"Mass Media in Today's Poland: Who's in Charge? Who's Listening?", Indiana University Polish Studies Center, September 6, 1989

"The Press of Change: The Mass Media in the USSR and Eastern Europe," Indiana University Mini-University '89, June 21, 1989

“The Czechoslovak Media,” Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C., February 13, 1989

"Glasnost' and the Media Elite in Czechoslovakia and Poland," U.S. State Department, September 21, 1988

“The Role & Function of the Media in Czechoslovakia,” Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C., March 11, 1988

“Slovakia & the Slovaks,” Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C., March 10, 1988, February 14, 1989, December 13, 1990, and October 30, 1991

"The Press of Change: Glasnost and Mass Media Systems in the USSR, Poland and Czechoslovakia," IU School of Journalism Brown Bag Seminar, October 30, 1987

"Will Glasnost Open Soviet Society?" Seminar, Indiana Civil Liberties Union 3rd Annual Conference, September 19, 1987

"Gorbachev and Glasnost: A Synthesis," IU REEl Faculty Outreach Seminar, Indianapolis, April 25, 1987

"Gorbachev and Glasnost: An Overview," IU REEl Media Event, Indianapolis, April 24, 1987 "International News," Indiana University News Bureau "Forum" Program 168, April 1986 (19 stations in Indiana and Kentucky)

"The Journalist in Central Europe: Continuities and Contrasts," West European Studies Colloquium, November 12, 1985

"The Warsaw Beat: The Western Correspondent in Poland," Polish Studies Center, Indiana University, October 9, 1985

"Chain Ownership of the News Media: Historical Perspectives," Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Memphis, August 4, 1985

"The Role and Functions of the Ethnic Press," American Studies Center, Warsaw University, May 16, 1985

"International News Flow: American Perspectives," Institute of Journalism, Warsaw University, May 15, 1985

Commentator, History Symposium, "Nationalism and the State," Hungarian Cultural Association. Indiana U., November 15, 1984

Chair, "Nationalist Movements and Modernization in Austria-Hungary: A Comparative Study," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, New York City, November 1984

Chair & Commentator, "Matica slovenská: 120 Years of Survival," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Kansas City, October 1983

"The Mass Media in Contemporary Czechoslovak Society," Indiana University, April 7, 1983

"Reactions to the Soviet Succession in Eastern Europe," Indiana University Russian and East European Institute Conference on "The Soviet Union and the Andropov Regime," April 2, 1983 (this program was taped and broadcast on Bloomington Cable Channel 3)

Attended Gannett Foundation Conference, "War, Peace & the News Media," New York University, March 18-19, 1983 (my remarks are found in published transcription of the conference, pp. 130-32)

"Communication in Spite of Censorship: The Soviet-East European System," Convocation, Hanover (Ind.) College, March 23, 1982

"Journalists in Conflict: The Role of the Press in the Present Polish Crisis," Rotary Club, Martinsville, Indiana, November 17, 1981

"News and the Truth -- Soviet Style," Crane Retired Officers' Association, Crane, Indiana, October 17, 1981

"The Mass Media and Events in Poland," N. Bloomington, Indiana, Rotary Club, October 8, 1981

"The Soviet Press," sponsored by the International Affairs Club and the Department of History and Political Science, Butler University, February 26, 1981

Moderator, Indiana University Russian and East European Institute Conference on "New Perspectives on Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union,"; also gave a brief analysis of the current situation in Czechoslovakia, November 22, 1980

"Poland in Crisis: Implications for Eastern Europe," talk at Indiana University sponsored by Russian and East European Institute and by the Polish Studies Center, September 10, 1980

Speaker, Southern Illinois School Press Association: (1) 25th Annual Fall Editor-Adviser Workshop, September 1979; Topic- "News in the High School Paper and How to Write It." (2) 30th Annual Spring Conference, April 1980; Topic-"Newswriting." Both held at Carbondale, Illinois

Participant, Conference on the World Economy and Soviet-East European Relations, University of Michigan, November 1978

"Czechoslovakia After 60 Years: Is There a Flaw?" University of Michigan, October 1978

Panel Moderator, Symposium on Human Rights in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, University of Michigan, February 1978

Background, University of Michigan Broadcasting Service, Contributing Editor, 1975-77. Conducted about 40 thirty-minute interviews, many with persons of national prominence

“Research in 'Normalized' Czechoslovakia-A Paradise?" University of Michigan, October 1974

Membership and Service in Professional Organizations

American Historical Association

Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies

-Member, Education Committee, 1988-90

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

-Head, History Division, 1985-86

-Head-Elect and Chair of Research Committee, History Division, 1984-85

-Member, Cathy Covert Essay Committee, 1984-86

-Co-Chair, 11th Annual Midwest Journalism History Conference, Bloomington, March 30-31, 1984

-Newsletter Editor/Secretary, History Division, 1983-84

-Chairman, Research Committee, International Division, 1983-84

-Chairman, Professional Freedom & Responsibility Committee, History Division,

1981-82

-Chairman, Teaching Standards Committee, History Division, 1980-81

-Member, Research Committee, History Division, 1979-80

Czechoslovak Studies Association (until 2006 the Czechoslovak History Conference)

-Newsletter Editor, 1980-84 (5 issues)

-Member, Executive Committee, 1988-92 (2 terms)

-Chair, Pech Prize Committee, 1990-91

European Communication Research & Education Association

Organization of American Historians

Slovak Studies Association

-President, 1988-90

-Member, Executive Committee, 1980-82

Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi

-National convention delegate, 1967

Fellowships and Professional Awards

Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017

Stanley B. Winters award for distinguished contributions to the field of Czechoslovak studies from Czechoslovak Studies Association, 2015

Fulbright Distinguished Chair in East European and Eurasian Studies, U. of Warsaw, 2009-10 (5 months)

International Research and Exchanges Board, for research in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, 2003-04 (7 months)

School of Journalism Summer Research Fellowships, 2002-03

International Research and Exchanges Board, Short-Term Travel Grant to Moscow, for discussion of joint research on Russian and American journalists, 1991

Charter 77 Foundation, Travel Grant, for participation in conference of East and Central European journalists, Modra-Harmonia, Czechoslovakia, 1990

National Council of Soviet and East European Research, "Mass Media Systems in the USSR, Poland and Czechoslovakia: The Press of Change," 1988-90

Elected President of the Slovak Studies Association, 1988-90. (This is an organization of more than 125 scholars specializing the study of Slovakia, Slovaks and things Slovak)

Recipient of Stanley Pech Award given by the Czechoslovak History Conference for the best article on Czechoslovak history, published in 1987-88

Mellon Summer Research Fellowships, 1987, 1996

Elected Head of the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1985-86. (This is a group of nearly 300 of the leading journalism history scholars in the U.S. and Canada.)

Summer Research Fellowship, IU Russian and East European Institute, 1984, 1987, 1996

Overseas Conference Fund Grant, IU, 1984

Mellon Summer Research Fellowship, 1984

Publication Subsidy, IU President's Council on the Social Sciences, 1984

American Council of Learned Societies/Social Science Research Council Joint Committee on Eastern Europe, Conference Grant, "Role and Functions of the Media in Eastern Europe: Perspectives Over Time," international conference held at Bloomington, Ind., November 9-11, 1983 (additional conference support received from School of Journalism, Office of International Programs and Russian and East European Institute. Indiana University; and International Research & Exchanges Board).

Course Planning Grant, "Socialist and Marxist Press Systems," Russian and East European Institute, Indiana University, Summer 1983

International Research and Exchanges Board, for research in Czechoslovakia, June-December 1982

Research Leave Supplement, Indiana University, August-December 1982

Indiana University Research & Graduate Development, "A Comparative Examination of East European News Flows," 1982-4

International Research and Exchanges Board, Travel Grant, to Budapest, Hungary, October 1982, to secure participants for ACLS conference

Grants from Office of International Programs, Russian and East European Institute, and School of Journalism Riley Fund, for participation in Second World Conference of Slavic and East European Studies, West Germany, 1980

American Philosophical Society Postdoctoral Grant, 1979

James & Helen Hovorka Foundation Grant, 1978

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Grant, 1973-1974, for research in Great Britain and Czechoslovakia

International Research and Exchanges Board Scholar Without Stipend, 1973-1974, for research in Czechoslovakia

University of Michigan Graduate School Rackham Prize (funded by Ford Foundation), 1971-72

Center for Russian and East European Studies Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1970-71

History Department Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1970-71

Danforth Teaching Fellowship, Fall 1970

Ernest O. Holland Study Abroad Scholarship, Washington State University, 1967, for study in London

Sigma Delta Chi Excellence in Journalism Award, State of Washington, 1966

Graduate Work Supervised

Lynn Lubamersky, “Women in Family Politics: the Radziwill Family of Zdzieciol and the Social History of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1733-1763,” Ph.D. Dissertation, History, 1998

Janis K. Cakars, “Media, Revolution, & the Fall of Communism: Latvia, 1986-1991,” Ph.D. Dissertation, 2008

Marina L. Ashanin, 'The Politics of Journalism in Post-Tito Yugoslavia," M.A. Thesis, Journalism, 1985

Philip Gaunt, "Changing Journalistic Roles in France and Britain," M.A. Thesis, Journalism, 1988

Ekaterina V. Ognianova, “The Transitional Media System of Post-Communist Bulgaria,” M.A. Thesis, 1996

Irina Petrosian, “Politicians & Privacy: The Russian Experience,” M.A. Thesis, Journalism, 1998

Lindita Camaj, “New World Order & ‘The Voices’: International Radio Broadcasters & Transatlantic Relationships,” M.A. Thesis, Journalism, 2005

Michael P. Savitt, “The Experiences of United States College Newspaper Editors-in-Chief from 1960 to 2005,” M.A. Thesis, Journalism, 2009

Elizabeth Pugh, “Framing Friction: Views about the Media’s Role in the Collapse of Yugoslavia,” M.A. Essay, REEI, 2003

Jeffrey Brown, Persistent Legacies, Precarious Gains: Problems of the Post-Soviet Press in Central Asia," M.A. Essay, REEI, 1995

Peggy Simpson, “Polish Women in the Transition 1990-1996: Political and Economic Changes,” M.A. Essay, REEI, 1996

Mark Temple, “The Politicization of History: Marshal Antonescu and Romania," M.A. Essay, REEI, 1995

Joanna Wandycz, "Radio Free Europe: A Key Player in the Downfall of Communism," M.A. Essay, REEl, 1995

Vladimir Kozlov, “Issues in the Relations Between the West & the Former USSR,” M.A. Reporting Project, Journalism, 1999

Wayne E. Norton, "Three Articles on the Impact of Proposition 48," M.A. Reporting Project, Journalism, 1987

Claire L. Wade, "Poland Today," M.A. Reporting Project, Journalism, 1985

Other

Director, Russian and East European Institute, Indiana University, 1991-95

Field Adviser (Journalism), American Council of Teachers of Russian, 1993-95

Co-Chair, Journalism Library Review Committee, Indiana University, 1993-94

Director, Graduate Studies, School of Journalism, Indiana University, 1990-91

Acting Director, Polish Studies Center, Indiana University, 1989-90, 2004-05

Received the Stanley B. Winters award for distinguished lifetime service to Czech, Slovak and Czechoslovak Studies. Presented by Czechoslovak Studies Association, 2015

Who's Who in America, 1995-2011

Who’s Who in American Education 2004-2005 (6th ed); 2006-2007 (7th ed)

Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America (1st ed., 1987; 4th ed., 1993)

Who’s Who in the Midwest (20th ed., 1986; 22nd ed., 1989; 23rd ed., 1992; 28th ed., 2002; 31st ed., 2005)

International Authors and Writers Who's Who (10th ed., 1986; 11th ed., 1989; 12th ed., 1991; 13th ed., 1993; 14th ed, 1995; 15th ed., 1997; 16th ed, 1998)

Directory of American Scholars (8th ed., 1983; 11th ed., 2002)

Visiting Professor, Warsaw University, May-June 1985, April 1989

State Department Scholar-Diplomat Seminar, participant, June 1983

Elected Member, Faculty Council, Indiana University-Bloomington, 1991-93, 2006-08

Affiliate Faculty Member, Center for International Media Law and Policy Studies, IU, 2012-present

Member, Review Committee on Dean of College of Arts & Sciences, IU, 1996

Member, Review Committee on Dean of School of Journalism, IU, 1997

Member, Advisory Committee, Polish Studies Center, 1986-87

Member, Review Committee, Polish Studies Center, 1983-84

Member, Scholarship Selection Committee, Indiana University High School Journalism Institute, 1983-86

Member departmental committees (journalism)—policy (2012-14); graduate (1984-91, 2004-13; chair, 1990-91), curriculum (1981-85), personnel (1989-2014), research (1996-99, 2000-06 and 2009-14), search (1980-81, 1986-87), multimedia technology (1995-96), scholarship (1987-88, 1999-2000, 2001-02), library (1981-84, 1989-95, 1999-2000; chair 1983-84, 1989-95 and 1999-2000), space (1985) and teaching standards (1985-86)

Member departmental committees (history)--East European field committee (1992-2014; acting chair, 2000), admissions (2000)

Member, Indiana University Honors Faculty, 1987-88

Member, Indiana University Athletics Committee, 2008-14; chaired Finance Subcommittee, 2010-14

Member, Indiana University President's Council on International Programs, 1989-90, 1991-95, 2004-05

Member, Indiana University Vice-President's International Advisory Group, 1994-95

Member, Indiana University Committee on Russian and East European Exchanges, 1989-90, 1991-95; chair, 1991-95

Member, Indiana University Fulbright Screening Committee, 1989

Member, Executive Committee, Russian and East European Institute, Indiana University, 1981- 85, 1986-87, 1989-90, 1991-95, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2012-13 (Chair, 1991-95); Member, Financial Aid Committee, REEI, 1982-87, 1999-2000; Member, Admissions Committee, 1998-99, 2006-07, 2011-12; Member, Planning Committee, Conference on Popular Culture -- East and West, 1985-86; Member, Soviet TV Committee, 1988

Member, CIEE Budapest, Warsaw and Prague Program Committee, Indiana University, 1990-92; Chair, 1991-92

Selection Committee, Dan Armstrong awards (research papers competition for students in Russian & East European Studies, Indiana University), 1981, 1983, 2005, 2016

Occasional interviewer (host), “Profiles,” hour-long program, WFIU, Bloomington (an NPR station), 2007-14

Judge, Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi Indiana East Chapter, radio news (1987)

Judge, Indiana State Women's Press Club, for sections and/or supplements regularly edited (1982)

Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International, 2017

Announcer, various national, regional, university, high school and club swimming and track meets, 1992-2014

Corresponding Editor, Journalism History, 1985-2000, 2016-

Member, Editorial Board, Journalism Monographs, 1986-88

Member, Editorial Board, Otázky žurnalistiky, 2007-present

Member, International Editorial Board, Medijska istraživanja: Znanstveno-stručni časopis za novinarstvo i medije/ Media Research: Croatian Journal for Journalism & the Media, 2002-

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Global Media Journal-Slovak edition, 2012-present

Consultant on Soviet and East European Books, Slavic Review, 1985-91

Member, Editorial Board, Kosmas, 1996-present

Manuscript reviewer, Journal of Communication, Slavic Review, Journalism Quarterly, Journalism Monographs, Journal of American History, Russian Review, Journalism History, Journalism Educator, Austrian History Yearbook, Problems of Post-Communism, East European Politics & Society, Political Communication, Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies, Journal of American History, American Journalism, Journal of Baltic Studies

Book manuscript reviewer, Indiana University Press, Princeton University Press, Duke University Press, University of Illinois Press, U. of Missouri Press, Macmillan, Sage Publications, U. of Pittsburgh Press, Slavica, Greenwood, Harcourt Brace, Allyn & Bacon, Westview

Developed content for Ernie Pyle war columns website []

Member, Humanities Advisory Team, for proposed PBS documentary, “Ernie Pyle’s War”

Manuscript consultant, National Geographic

Fellowship application reviewer, The Wilson Center

Evaluator, Summer Seminars and Institutes, National Endowment for the Humanities

Member, Editorial Board, Slovakia, 1978-89

Administrative Assistant, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Michigan, 1978-79

Studia Academica Slovaca, Comenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, July-August 1973

Modern Sweden Seminar, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, August 1967

Languages: Czech, Slovak, French, Swedish, Russian, Polish

Education

University of Michigan Ph.D.-History,1978

Certificate, Russian & East European

Studies, 1978

M.A.-History, 1970

Washington State University B.A. (with distinction)-History,

1968, with minors in English

French

Other Teaching Experience

Fulbright Distinguished Chair of East European Studies, U. of Warsaw, Winter Semester 2009-10-taught history of the communist press in the Russian and East European area and a survey of the contemporary mass media in the same area

Assistant Professor, School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1979-80-taught reporting, journalism history survey, graduate readings in journalism history, and graduate seminar in historical research in the mass media. Other assignments: chairman, graduate committee; member, departmental search committee; and departmental representative to international committee of College of Communications and Fine Arts

Lecturer-Introductory East European Survey, University of Michigan: lectures on 19th & 20th Century East European history, 1978 and 1979

Teaching Fellow-Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Michigan: teaching senior proseminar for majors on topic of national and cultural development in 20th century Eastern Europe; assistant in minicourse on succession crises; undergraduate adviser, 1975

Danforth Teaching Fellow-Department of History, University of Michigan: discussion leader on European Civilization Since 17th Century, 1970

Grader-Department of History, University of Michigan: East European History since 1815, 1970

Journalism Experience

WFIU, Bloomington, Ind., 2007-14-Occasional host on Profiles, an hour-long interview program, interviewing guests in the area of journalism, Eastern Europe, sports and other subjects (approximately 8-10 programs per year)

WUOM/WVGR, Ann Arbor/Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1969-77 (part-time)-from May 1975-May 1977, I was producer, editor and reporter on hour-long evening newscast including a half hour of news, and a half hour of features; contributed frequently to half-hour weekly discussion program, Background, distributed to some 50 broadcast organizations-guests included 1976 presidential candidates Udall, Wallace, Harris, McCarthy; Karl Deutsch, Seymour Martin Lipset, Leszek Kołakowski, Marquis Childs, Nancy Dickerson, Morton Mintz, the U.S. Ambassador to Poland (Schaufele), the Communist Mayor of Florence, Italy, the Roman Catholic Primate of Belgium, etc.; occasional contributions aired on NPR's All Things Considered; other duties included coordinating work of a dozen journalism and speech department interns in the news department each semester; directing and producing campaign and election coverage; hosting a weekly program of sports news and jazz, and announcing classical music programs as required.

KWSU Radio/TV, Pullman, Washington (part-time), 1965-1968 & 1974-broad range of experience: farm editor and producer of daily farm program, sports editor and producer of daily sports program. plus extensive play-by-play work; producer of weekly 15-minute television news; anchorman for one and a half days of live television coverage of mock political convention; music announcer; researcher, interviewer and writer for 30-minute television documentary on nitrogen fixation (nationally distributed-1974).

Pullman Herald, Pullman, Washington-Sports Editor (including weekly column) and general news reporter, 1961-1967

Travel

1953-Canada

1957-Mexico

1964-Canada

1966-throughout Western Europe

1967-Canada, England (4 months), Ireland, France, Holland, Sweden

1968/69-England. Czechoslovakia

1969-Luxembourg, Czechoslovakia (2 months)

1972-England, Czechoslovakia

1973/74-England (2 months), France, Czechoslovakia (10 1/2 months), Hungary

1977-Sweden, Czechoslovakia

1978-Mexico

1979-Sweden, West Germany, Czechoslovakia

1980-West Germany, Austria

1982/83-Czechoslovakia (7 months), Austria, Hungary

1984-West Germany, Czechoslovakia

1985-Poland

1986-India, Nepal

1988-Belgium, France, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Germany

1989-Czechoslovakia, Poland, USSR, Finland, Sweden

1990-Czechoslovakia (3 times), Switzerland, Poland, England

1991-USSR

1992-Czechoslovakia, Germany

1993-England

1994-South Korea

1996-Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia

1997-Russia

1999-China, Kyrgyzstan

2000-Iceland, Canada, Poland

2001-Russia, France

2002-Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia

2003-Azerbaijan

2003/04-Slovakia (8 months), Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Germany, Croatia

2005-Sweden, Latvia, Estonia, Canada

2006-Czech Republic (twice), Slovakia, Estonia

2007-South Korea, Japan, Ukraine

2008-England, France

2009-England (twice, 2nd time for 2 months), Belgium, France, Montenegro, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden

2009/10-Poland (5 months)

2010-England, France

2011-England, France

2012-England, France, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic

2013-England, France, Sweden, Lithuania

2014-Czech Republic, China

2015-Russia, Cuba

2016-Denmark, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Russia, Sweden, China

2017-Israel/West Bank, Romania, England

2018-Vietnam, Czech Republic (2), Slovakia (2), Greenland, Iceland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia

2019-Peru

United States-all 50 states

Personal

Born February 22, 1946, Madison, Wisconsin; two daughters, Eva Johnson and Hana Elliott; one grandson.

5 May 2020

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