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Garrett Broad GarrettMBroad@gmail.com Education: University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication Current Doctoral Student Rutgers University Bachelors of Arts May 2008 Major: Political Science; Minor: English Leiden University International Student Fall Semester of 2006 Research Interests: Social Change, Food Systems, Communication for Environmental Sustainability, Media Criticism, Health Communication, Risk, Biopolitics, Consumer Culture, Vegetarianism & Veganism, Community-Based Research, Urban Communication, Public Policy. Conference Papers: Broad, GM & Gonzalez, C. (2011, May). Intergroup Relations in South Los Angeles Combining Communication Infrastructure and Contact Hypothesis Approaches. Paper presented at the Conference of the International Communication Association, Boston, Massachusetts. Broad, GM, et al. (2011, February). Visualization of Slow Developing Hazards: Influencing Perceptions and Behaviors to Facilitate Adaptation Planning. Paper Presented at the Conference of the Western States Communication Association, Monterey, California. Broad, GM (2010, November). Revolution on Primetime TV: Jamie Oliver Takes on the School Food System. Paper presented at the Conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, California. Broad, GM (2010, November). Ritual Communication and Use Value in the Case of the South Central Farm. Paper Presented at the Conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, California. Broad, GM (2010, November). Urban Agrarianism: Envisioning the Agrarian in the City and Suburb of the Future. Paper Presented in the Agrarian Studies MiniConference at the Conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, California. Los Angeles, CA

New Brunswick, NJ

Leiden, the Netherlands

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Broad, GM & Villanueva, G. (2010, November). Redirecting the Negative Communicative Urban Tradition of the South Figueroa Corridor: Visualizing Communication Asset Mapping and Neighborhood Storytelling. Paper presented at the Urban Communication Foundation Seminar at the Conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, California. Broad, GM (2009, November). Gardens as Sites for Neighborhood Communication: The Case of Hollywood Community Gardens. Paper presented at the Urban Communication Foundation Seminar at the Conference of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois. Broad, GM (2009, June). Vegan Soul Food: African-American Vegetarianism in the Media. Paper Presented at the Conference on Communication and Environment, Portland, Maine. Book Chapters Broad, GM (In Press). Revolution on Primetime TV - Jamie Oliver Takes on the US Food System. In Frye, J. & Bruner, M. (Eds). The Rhetoric of Food: Discourse, Materiality & Power. New York: Routledge. Broad, GM (2010). The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem. In PuskarPasewicz, M. (ed.)Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. Greenwood Publishing Group: Santa Barbara, CA. Broad, GM (2010). US Ethnic & Racial Groups and Vegetarianism. In PuskarPasewicz, M. (ed.)Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. Greenwood Publishing Group: Santa Barbara, CA. Additional Publications Review of Why Voice Matters by Nick Couldry. In Journal of Communication (in press). Current Projects: Broad, GM. Food Justice in the Multicultural City The Case of Neighborhood United. MetaConnects An online and offline platform for translating Communication Research into Community Action. MetaConnects.org. Research Experience Team Member Metamorphosis Project (http://www.metamorph.org/)

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January 2009 to present Supervisor: Sandra Ball-Rokeach Consultant & Program Evaluator RootDown LA (http://rootdownla.org/) January 2010 to May 2010 Collaborators: Megan Hansen & Katy Atkiss Research Intern Hollywood, Health & Society (learcenter.org/html/projects/?cm=hhs) January 2009 May 2009 Supervisor: Michelle Cantu Assistant Producer & Chief Researcher The Open Mind TV (theopenmind.tv) January 2007 May 2008 Supervisor: Richard D. Heffner Teaching Experience: COMM 395 Gender, Media and Communication TA/Section Instructor Spring 2011 Supervisor: Alison Trope Experiential Learning Center Marshall School of Business Instructor Spring 2011 Supervisor: Gita Govahi COMM 310 Media and Society TA/Grader Fall 2010 Supervisor: Robert Scheer COMM 206 Introduction to Communication and Culture TA/Section Instructor Spring 2010 -Supervisor: Alison Trope COMM 395 Gender, Media & Communication TA/Section Instructor Fall 2009 Supervisor: Sarah Banet-Weiser COMM 203 Introduction to Mass Communication Theory and Research TA/Grader Spring 2009 Supervisor: Stacy Smith Guest Lectures at the University of Southern California CORE 103 The Process of Change in Science: Andrew Lakoff April 18, 2011 Global Food Systems, Global Communication and Global Activism JOUR 476 Reporting Urban Affairs: William Celis

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February 3, 2011 The Communication Infrastructure Approach and Urban Reporting COMM 653 Research, Practice & Social Change: Sandra Ball-Rokeach/Barbara Osborn January 18, 2011 Topic: Community-Based Research in Communication JOUR 599 Special Topics in Journalism One Square Mile: Sandy Tolan September 9, 2010 Topic: Urban Communication JOUR 440 Environmental Journalism: Lawrence Pryor February 25, 2010 Topic: Food Systems and the Media Invited Presentations: Broad, GM, with Metamorphosis Project Team Members (Annually, August 2009-2011). (De)Constructing Fear Through Communication. University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. Broad, GM, Gonzalez, J., Iribarren, J. (2010, March). Hate Speech and Bad Stories: Real World Implications and a Real Call to Action. LA Media Reform Summit, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA. Broad, GM, Gonzalez, C, Villanueva, G. (2009, March). Academics as Advocates: Promoting Positive Storytelling through Community-Based Research. Local Media for Social Change: A Southern California Regional Summit, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA Research Skills: Interviewing and Qualitative Data Analysis Ethnographic Participant-Observation Focus Group Discussion Moderation & Analysis Quantitative Methods - Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPPS/PASW 16.0) Mapping Software - GIS, ArcGIS (version 9); Digital Video and Audio Editing - Final Cut Pro (version 6) Policy analysis Professional Service Reviewer, Environmental Communication Division, National Communication Association Reviewer, International Journal of Communication Reviewer, Journal of Communication

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Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association, Treasurer and Faculty Representative (2009-2010) Professional Affiliations National Communication Association International Communication Association International Association of Environmental Communication

Awards and Recognitions Top Student Paper International Communication Association, Intergroup Relations Division: Broad, GM & Gonzalez, C. (2011). Intergroup Relations in South Los Angeles Combining Communication Infrastructure and Contact Hypothesis Approaches. Pan American Advanced Studies Institute for Integration of Research on Climate Change and Hazards in the Americas Participant June 2010 Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Awarded 2008-2013 Eagleton Institute of Politics Undergraduate Scholar January 2007- May 2008 Pi Sigma Alpha (National Political Science Honors Society) Inducted May 2007 Editorial Positions: The Pie - The Online Journal of American Studies at Rutgers University Editor-in-Chief March 2007-May 2008 Community Involvement Fountain Community Gardens Founding Member and Treasurer January 2009 Present Peace in Our World Foundation Advisory Board Member & Festival Organizer May 2009 Present

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New Jersey Folk Festival Festival Manager and Other Positions September 2005 - May 2008 Voorhees Theater Company Education Director and Other Positions Summers 2003-2008

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