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Schuchardt |
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Assistant
Professor
Media
Ecology, Web Communication
On faculty since Fall 2007
M203
(630) 752-5943
read.m.schuchardt@wheaton.edu
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| Education |
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Ph.D.,
New York University (New York, NY), Media
Ecology
M.A., New York University (New York,
NY), Media Ecology
B.A., Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA), English
Literature
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| Personal
Interests |
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Media
literacy, international travel, soccer, reading, writing,
aeronautics, film, cooking, kayaking, scale model building.
Language proficiency in French, some German, some Italian.
Father of six children.
| Courses
Taught |
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Public
Speaking (COMM 101)
Media, Culture and Religion (COMM 341)
Media Writing (COMM 343)
Iconomy: Media Change and Corporate Branding (COMM 444)
| Membership
in Professional Societies |
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Media
Ecology Association (MEA, founding member)
National Communication Association (NCA)
New York State Communication Association (NYSCA)
| Recent
Publications and Presentations |
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Journals
Airspace: The Quarterly Journal for Public Radio Producers, "A
Brief Media Ecology of Radio's History and Future: A McLuhan
Perspective", Fall 2004.
Explorations in Media Ecology (EME), "How To Quit
Smoking Using Only Your Cell Phone", Volume 2, No 3,
Fall 2003.
Counterblast: The E-Journal of Culture and Communication, "Understanding Road Rage", Vol 1, No. 1, November 2001.
Magazines
Utne Reader, Human Life Review, DoubleThink, Life@Work, Zadok Perspectives, Regeneration
Quarterly, Christianity Today, Newspapers, Chicago Tribune, Washington Times,
Washington
Island Observer, All About Kids, Human Events
Books
Author of The Disappearance of Women: Technology, Pornography, and the Obsolescence
of Gender, Spence Publishing, Dallas, TX, (forthcoming, Fall 2008).
Author/Editor of Fight Club and Philosophy, BenBella Books, Fall 2007.
Author of Sinners In the Hands of an Angry Gore (And Other Parables
Coming to a Cinematic Cathedral Near You) Spence Publishing, Dallas, TX, (Fall
2007).
Contributor to Taking The Red Pill: Science, Religion, and Philosophy in
The
Matrix (Lead essay), BenBella Books, Dallas, TX, 2003.
Contributor to Mirror On America: Short Essays and Images from Popular Culture(Contributor),
St. Martinís Press, New York, 1999, 2002 and 2005.
Radio
WBAI - Philadelphia, Live one-hour interview on the meaning of The Matrix,
May 15, 2003.
WNYC - NPR, New York, The Juggling Act, Commentator on work and family, 1999
and 2000.
WERU - Bangor, ME, Live one-hour interview regarding media, culture, and
children's exposure to nature.
Web/New Media
Adam's
Navel, Beliefnet.com, BreakPoint.org, Counterblast:
The E-Journal of Culture and Communication, KillingTheBuddha.com, Metaphilm,
New Pantagruel, ShootTheMessenger.com, WebReview.com
Presentations
June
6-10, 2007. Four invited presentations at the 8th Annual
Media Ecology Association Conference, at
the Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico: 1. "Visualizing
Symbol Drain", 2. "The Chickens and the Frogs", 3. "Sinners
In the Hands of An Angry Gore", 4. "Natural Media and Human
Ecologies".
April 20-22, 2007. Creator and host, Family Enrichment Weekend,
with four delivered lectures on Media, Family, and Social
Issues at Newforest Institute.
July 15-18, 2006. Key speaker, Boxborough Conference on Homeschooling,
Boxborough, MA. Delivered three invited lectures on media and
children.
March 30, 2006. "Corporate Religion: Medieval and Contemporary
Iconography That Moves the Masses". Spring 2006 Lecture
Series, Franklin College Sorengo, Switzerland.
January 13, 2006. "A Flash In The Pan: How A Scottish Presbyterian
Minister Accidentally Invented the Modern World". Invited lecture,
LíAbri, Huemoz, Switzerland.
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