tenure appointment
Associate Professor. MSU School of Journalism, 2010-present
Assistant Professor. MSU School of Journalism, 2004-2010
Director of Graduate Studies. MSU School of Journalism, spring 2014-present
Faculty Excellence Advocate. College of Communication Arts & Sciences, spring 2017-present
education
Ph.D. in Mass Media. MSU — 2000
Dissertation: Church and Press Interactions in the Philippines: The Case of the 1986, 1992 and 1998 Presidential Elections.
M.A. in Journalism. Indiana University, Bloomington — 1994
Project: A five-part series published in the “Indiana Daily Student” on Asian and Asian American businesses.
B.A. in English & Communication. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor — 1992
NOTE: Peer-reviewed or refereed items with a “*”. Significant outreach component with a “**” Both “***”
creative scholarship: 13 Documentary films, 2 radio series, 1 Video Series, 1 comic book
“FLINT MED” – DIRECTOR & PRODUCER, IN PRODUCTION (not in film count because it is in progress)**
This documentary film is about third and fourth-year medical students in the College of Human Medicine participating in its Leadership in Medicine for the Underserved Program in Flint. The film follows students as they engage with city residents devastated by the lead water crisis.
“Hubert: His story” – DIRECTOR, PRODUCER & photographer,** JANUARY 2017
Flint Resident Hubert Roberts, a former inmate who uses his story and history to teach students in his city about their cultural heritage, is the hero or antihero of this documentary. Michigan Radio:
“Growing up Flint-style” – consultant,** JANUARY 2017
This comic book features a high school student tasked with covering his family’s history. Interwoven in his personal history is the mention of significant events in the civil rights movement for Black Americans.
“Run jump paddle” – executive producer & reporter, may 2016*
One runner, one skydiver and one paddle boarder encounter the animals in themselves as they engage in sports to an extreme degree. In this documtentary, they battle the environment and one faces death as he runs.
“Wildly incorrect” – executive PRODUCER & reporter, MAY 2016*
This documentary dispels myths about hunting.
“reclaim” – executive PRODUCER, MAY 2016
SituatedinGrandRapids, Michigan, thisdocumentaryfilmintroducesustoscrapartistswhoaremakingsomethingbeautifuloutofrecycledmaterials.
MichiganAssociationBroadcastersCollege Student Award -2017, StudentEmmyAwards - 2017.
“faces of flint” – PRODUCER, reporter & Videographer, april 2016***
This five-part radio documentary and six-part video series focused on Flint residents dealing with lead poisoning in their drinking water. This collaboration between students and faculty in the School of Journalism and WKAR Radio and TV reporters and producers aired on “Current State with Mark Bashore” on WKAR Radio 90.5, an NPR station and videos aired on WKAR-TV, a PBS station.
April 2016: 5-part radio series that aired on WKAR.
April 11. Maria Braganini & April Van Buren. Rapper Mama Sol uses music to uplift community. WKAR Radio.
(9:18)
April 12. Carin Tunney & Mark Bashore. Family touts city’s pockets of promise. WKAR Radio. (9:26)
April 13. Kelley Waterfall & Katie Cook. Hispanic Center meets needs of undocumented immigrants. WKAR Radio. (7:40)
April 14. Eva Nienhouse & April Van Buren. A mother searches for hope in time of crisis. WKAR Radio. (7:59)
April 15. Cheyna Roth & April Van Buren. Entrepreneur sees beyond crisis to brighter future. WKAR Radio. (7:07)
April 2016: 6-part video series that aired on WKAR-TV. Created by J-School Students, Faculty and WKAR-TV Staff:
April 11. Hard to Swallow by Mama Sol. WKAR-TV. (2:30)
April 11.Prince of Peach Missionary. WKAR-TV. (2:30)
April 13. St. John Vianney. WKAR-TV.
April 13. Laura MacIntyre.
April 13. Hispanic Technology and Community center.
April 13. Hip Hop 4 Flint. WKAR-TV. (2:30)
“that strange summer” – DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, reporter & Videographer, Jan. 2016***
This hour-long documentary – an extension of “U.S. v. Narciso, Perez & the Press” – reconstructs the investigation and trial in the 1970s of Filipina Narciso and Leonora Perez, two Filipina nurses accused and convicted of poisoning patients at the VA Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI.After serving several months in a federal prison, the women were released because the case was dismissed on appeal, citing prosecutorial misconduct. The film also examines news coverage of this highly politicized court case. password: Narciso. Streaming rights purchased by the Ann Arbor District Library. DVDs purchased by these institutions: University of Michigan and College of William and Mary. The film was selected to debut at the Detroit Institute of Arts as part of the Detroit Free Press’ Freep Film Festival. WKAR-TV will broadcast the film in 2017.
“LIVING HISTORY” – DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, REPORTER & VIDEOGRAPHER, JAN. 2016***
This 45-minute documentary features a dozen members of the oldest old who share historical moments that
impacted them and tips on living long and independently.
“the living history project: stories told by michigan’s oldest old” – PRODUCER, reporter & Videographer, Oct. 2014-2016***
This multi-media project spanned consisted of exhibits and media.
ArtPrize Exhibits:
October 2014 “The Living History Project” – DeVos Center: Consists of a dress made of photos from Ronnie Fagin’s life and four videos about residents in Michigan who are 85 years old and older: Ronnie Fagin of Southfield, M. Scott Westerman II of Ann Arbor, Katherine Sadler of West Bloomfield and Edith Dean of Okemos. Winner: Top 25 in Public Vote in the time-based competition. ArtPrize 2014 included 1,536 entries representing 51 countries and 42 U.S. states and territories.
October 2015 “100 Years of Radios and Stories”: Kilwin’s Ice cream. Displayed a dozen radios and stories from the last century.
May 2015: 4-part radio series that aired on WKAR. Winner: BEA Best of Festival for Faculty Audio. Of 1538 entries from 220 schools, 18 were recognized with the Best of Festival award.
May 5. MSU’s Living History Project: Helen Glass, 98, of Lansing. WKAR Radio.
May 12. MSU’s Living History Project: Katherine Sattler, 90. WKAR Radio.
May 19. MSU’s Living History Project: Domingo Berlanga. WKAR Radio.
May 26, 2015. MSU’s Living History Project: Rudy Aittama. WKAR Radio.
“football Tailgating: where michiganders love to gather” – co-PRODUCER, dec. 2014
This documentary and website provides a social and economic history of tailgating in the state.
“imported from china” – Co-director, sept. 2013*
This half-hour documentary follows Chinese international students who are navigating college and life in the U.S. The film engages issues of acculturation, discrimination and roommate challenges that transcend international borders.
Watermarkedversion:
“U.S. v. Narciso, Perez & the press” – DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, Videographer, Oct. 2013 (not in formal count)***
This half-hour documentary is the original version of the hour-long “That Strange Summer” so it is not in the formal count. However, the film is notable because it received the national Radio Television Digital News Association Unity Award, the2013 regional Emmy® in the Documentary Cultural Category as well other state awards. Lola
“flint river farm” – co-director, Nov. 2012***
In this documentary, two women from the city’s largest farm battle city government to build a hoop house and get insurance.
“flint food fighters” – co-director, Nov. 2011**
A half-hour magazine-style program in which Zeldes interviews a half dozen urban farmers in Flint’s Farmers’ Market.
“The kings of flint” – co-director, feb. 2011***
Jacky and Dora King are karate masters and also master farmers. This half-hour film features their karate
students who provide a rap song about urban farming in Flint, which serves as the documentary’s soundtrack. For the Kings, growing food is a business and fulfills a mission to feed the poor of the city.
“The death of an imam” – director, co-producer and videographer, dec. 2010***
On October 28, 2009, FBI agents shot and killed Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah in a Dearborn warehouse. It was the first killing of a Muslim religious leader by the U.S. government. This 16-minute documentary examines the news reporting associated with the shooting. It explores the issues at the core of the incident: The allegations of a terrorism conspiracy, the use of FBI informants, and Muslims in the mainstream media.
“Arabs, Jews & the News” – producer, dec. 2009***
This half-hour film explores how the 2006 War in Lebanon caused rallies on the streets of Dearborn and West Bloomfield, magnifying hard feelings between the Arab and Jewish communities. password: crossfire
traditional scholarship: 22 publications + In Review
Fico, F., Boehmer, J., Zeldes, G.A., Diddi, A., Harrell, C., Chodnicki, A. and Droze, R. (In review). Television Network Bias in Coverage of the 2012 Presidential Campaign: How Network and Reporter Characteristics Predict Imbalanced Treatment of Candidates. ? (not in publication count).*
Ware, J. Zeldes, G. A. and Hoewe, J. (2015). News as a Cultural Mirror: Historically Black Newspapers Reflecting Public Views of Loving v. Virginia (1967). Journal of Social Issues 71(4): 693-711.*
Zeldes, G. A. & Hale, T. (2014). The Kings of Flint. Journal of Media Education. Editor-reviewed journal. 5(4): 5-9. ***
Zeldes, G. A. (2014). U.S. v. Narciso, Perez & the Press. Journal of Video Ethnography. Inaugural issue.***
Diddi, A., Fico, F., & Zeldes, G. A. (2014). Partisan Balance and Bias in TV Network Coverage of the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Presidential Elections. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media 58(2): 161-178.*
Bowe, B., Hoewe, J., & Zeldes, G.A. (2012). A Lack of Balance: An Examination of Local Newspaper Coverage of the 2006 War in Lebanon and the 2008-2009 War in Gaza,” Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. Vol. 32(4): 483-491.*
Zeldes, G. A., Fico, F. & Diddi, A. (2012). “Differences in the Way Broadcast, Cable and Public TV Reporters Used Women and Non-White Sources to Cover the 2008 Presidential Race,” Mass Communication & Society Vol. 15(6): 831-851.*
Bowe, B., Hoewe, J., & Zeldes, G. A. (2012) “An Andragogical Approach to Developing Dialogic Learning Through Wikis,” Middle East Media Educator. 2: 75-85.*
Bowe, B., Hoewe, J. & Zeldes, G. A. (2012). “Using a Wiki to Produce Journalistic Best Practices.” Communication Teacher. 26(1): 22-32.*
Hoewe, J. and Zeldes, G. A. (2012). “Overturning Anti-Miscegenation Laws: News Media Coverage of the Lovings’ Legal Case Against the State of Virginia.” Journal of Black Studies. 43(4): 427-443.*
Lipowski, J., Zeldes, G. A. & Albers, R. (2011). “Infusing a Documentary Education Ethos.” Electronic News. 5(2): 132-137.*
Zeldes, G. A. and Fico, F. (2010). “Broadcast and Cable News Network Differences in the Way Reporters Used Women and Minority Group Sources to Cover the 2004 Presidential Race.” Mass Communication & Society. 13(5): 512-527.*
Zeldes, G. A. (2009). Maverick, Escort, or Style Setter – TV News Framing of the Candidates’ Spouses During the 2004 and 2008 Presidential Elections. Electronic News. 3(4): 193-213.*
Zeldes, G. A., Fico, F., Carpenter, S. & Diddi, A. (2008). Partisan Balance and Bias in Network Coverage of the 2000 and 2004 Presidential Elections. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 52(4): 563-580.*
Fico, F., Zeldes, G. A., Carpenter, S. & Diddi A. (2008). “Broadcast and Cable Network News Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election: An Assessment of Partisan and Structural Imbalance.” Mass Communication and Society. 11(3): 319-339.*
Zeldes, G. A., Fico, F., and Lacy, S. (2008) “Context and Sources in Broadcast Television Coverage of the 2004 Democratic Primary.” Mass Communication and Society. 11(3): 340-346.*
Zeldes, G. A., Fico, F. & Diddi A. (2007). “Race and Gender: An Analysis of the Sources and Reporters in Local Television Coverage of the 2002 Michigan Gubernatorial Campaign.” Mass Communication and Society. 10(3): 345-363.*
Chang, K.K. & Zeldes, G. A. (2006). “Media War between Israelis and Palestinians: Uses of News Sources in Four Mainstream U.S. Newspapers.” Newspaper Research Journal, 27(4): 84-90.*
Zeldes, G. A. & Fico, F. (2005). “Race and Gender: An Analysis of the Sources and Reporters in the Networks’ Coverage of the Year 2000 Presidential Campaign.” Mass Communication and Society, 8(4): 373-385.*
Fico, F., Zeldes, G. A. & Diddi A. (2004). “Partisan and Structural Balance of Local Television Election Coverage of Incumbent and Open Gubernatorial Elections.” Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 81(4):897-910.*
Zeldes, G. A. (2004). “An Analytical Framework for Fighting CyberHate.” The Journal of Intergroup Relations, 31(3): 74-86.*
Zeldes, G. A. (2003). “Censoring Terrorism in Media-Discourses in the U.S. & Britain.” The Journal of Intergroup Relations, 30(2): 3-16.*
Chang, K. K. & Zeldes, G. A. (2002). “Public Ownership and Market Competition Effects on Newspaper Corporations’ Financial Performance: A Replication and Challenge.” Newspaper Research Journal, 23(4): 101-107.*
BOOK CHAPTERS and INVITED CONTRIBUTIONS
Hoewe, J., Zeldes, G. A. & Bowe, B. J. (2018, in press). “Who, from where? TV network news coverage of immigration and deportation narratives” in The Trump Presidency, Journalism and Democracy.Routledge.
Zeldes, G. A. (2015). “A Visit with the Kings of Flint: An Update on Jacky and Dora’s Tireless Social Engineering. Transmission. Volume 2, Issue 5.**
Quilliam, E.T., Alhabash, S., and Zeldes, G.A. (2014), “IMC Perspective: Are Social Media Social or Commercial?” in Advertising: An Integrated Marketing Communications Perspective 3rd edition (Australia), George Belch, Michael Belch, G. Kerr and I. Powell. Editors.
Chang, K.K, Salmon, C. T., Lee, BK, Choi, J. & Zeldes, G. A. (2010). The influence of contextual factors on media framing: A cross-national studyof news coverage of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). In G. Golan, W. Wanta & T. Johnson (Eds.), International media communication in a global age (pages of chapter). New York: Routledge. ISBN: 978-0-415-99899-4.
50 conference PRESENTATIONS — refereed
Zeldes, G. A. (2017). “Faces of Flint” Refereed Paper Research Session: Creative Research in Visual Communication. Association for the Education of Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference in Chicago, IL.***
Zeldes, G. A. (2017). “Hubert: His Story” Refereed Paper Research Session: Creative Research in Visual Communication. Association for the Education of Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference in Chicago, IL.*** “Faces of Flint” and this project tied for First Place.
Bowe, B.J., Hoewe, J. & Zeldes G.A. (2017). “Flint in the News: How Visual Framing Influenced Informal Education During an Environmental Crisis.” American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.*
Zeldes, G.A. and Schnuth, R. (2017). “Flint Med: Unpacking Layers of Learning as Film Students Follow Medical Students Helping Flint Residents.” American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.***
Zeldes, G. A. (2016). “Hubert: His Story.” Documentary Panel. Documentary division, Broadcast Education
Association (BEA) Convention in Las Vegas, NV.***
Zeldes, G. A., Keilman, L., & Freedman, E. (2015). “The Living History Project: Stories Told by Michigan’s Oldest Old.” Creative Works Showcase Award. Visual Communication division, Paper. Association for the Education of Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference in San Francisco, CA.***
Zeldes, G. A., Alhabash, S., & Quilliam, E. T. (2014). “Are Men from Mars and Women from Venus in Terms of Twitter and Facebook Use? And How about Whites and Non-Whites – Are They on Different Planets?” AEJMC, Montreal, Canada.*
Zeldes, G. A. (2014). “Imported from China” Creative Works Showcase Award. Visual Communication division, AEJMC, Montreal, Canada.***
Zeldes, G. A. (Oct. 25-27, 2013). “Imported from China.” Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs. Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI.***
Zeldes, G. A. (Oct. 25-27, 2013). “U.S. v. Narciso, Perez & the Press.” Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs.
Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI.***
Alhabash, S., Quilliam, E. T., Zeldes, G. A. (2013). Tell Me Who You Are, I Will Tell How You Use Facebook:
Exploring the Relationship Between Motivational Reactivity and Moral Foundations, and the U&G of Facebook. Communication Technology. AEJMC, Washington, D.C.*
Zeldes, G. A. (June 29, 2013). “Imported from China.” Screening. Visual Communication Conference, an AEJMC Division, Steamboat Springs, CO.*
Zeldes, G. A. (June 29, 2013). “TheAve.us-Students from the Streets of Lansing, Michigan.” Visual Communication Conference, an AEJMC Division, Steamboat Springs, CO.***
Zeldes, G. A. (June 28, 2013). “U.S. v. Narciso, Perez & the Press.” Visual Communication Conference, an AEJMC Division, Steamboat Springs, CO.***
Quilliam, L., Alhabash, S. & Zeldes, G. A. (May 31-June 2, 2013). Are Social Media Social or Commercial? Exploring the Motivations to Use Facebook and Twitter. American Academy of Advertising Global Conference at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Oahu.*
Zeldes, G. A. and Zeldes, S. S. (March 18-22, 2013). Assessing the Diffusion of Technologies: A Pre-step to
creating the Michael Communicator or MC. Poster accepted, but not presented due to pregnancy. Communicating Medical Error Conference in Ascona, Switzerland.**
Diddi, A., Fico, F., & Zeldes, G. A. (August 10, 2012). Partisan and Structural Bias: Broadcast, Cable, and Public Networks’ Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Election. Electronic News division. AEJMC, Chicago, IL.*
Diddi, A., Fico, F., & Zeldes, G. A. (August 2011). Partisan Balance and Bias in TV Network Coverage of the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Presidential Elections. Mass Communication and Society Division. AEJMC, St. Louis, MO.*
Bowe, B., Hoewe, J., & Zeldes, G. A. (April 12, 2011). “A Pedagogical Approach to Developing Journalistic Best
Practices Through Wikis,” Poster. BEA Research-in-Progress. Received “Overall Excellence” Award, Las Vegas, NV.*
Zeldes, G. A. (April 29, 2011) “Telling our story through online & video media methods.” National American Arab Journalists Association, Dearborn, MI.***
Zeldes, G. A., Fico, F. & Diddi, A. (April 2011). “Reporter and Source Race and Gender during the 2008 Presidential Campaign across Broadcast, Cable and Public News Networks,” BEA, Multicultural Studies Division. 2nd place Best Paper in the Open Category, Las Vegas, NV.*
Hoewe, J, Bowe, B. & Zeldes, G. A. (August 5, 2010). “A Pedagogical Response to the Coverage of Islam: A Wiki-Based Best Practices Document for Reporting on Muslims and Islam,” Small Programs
Interest Group. AEJMC, Denver, CO.*
Zeldes, G. A. (January 2010). Muslims, Jews and The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press: Coverage of the 2006 War in Lebanon and 2009 Israeli-Palestinian War.” Islam and the Media, The Center for Media, Religion and Culture, University of Colorado at Boulder.*
Zeldes, G. A. (April 24, 2009). Maverick, Escort, or Style Setter – TV News Framing of the Candidates’ Spouses During the 2004 and 2008 Presidential Elections. BEA in Las Vegas, NV. Received 2nd Best Paper Award in the Gender Division Open Paper Competition.*
Zeldes, G. A. and Fico, F. (April 23, 2009). “Race and Gender: An Analysis of the Sources and Reporters in TV Network and Cable Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Campaign.” Multicultural Studies division. BEA in Las Vegas, NV.*
Zeldes, G. A. and Albers, R. (November 1, 2008). “Arabs, Jews & the News.” Annual meeting of the Arab American History Conference, Dearborn, MI.*
Zeldes, G. A. and Foley, B. (August 2008). “Escorts, Attack Dogs or Style Setters - How Magazine Reporters Covered the 2004 Presidential Candidates' Wives.” Poster. Commission on the Status of Women, AEJMC,
Chicago, IL. *
Zeldes, G. A., Fico, F., and Lacy, S. (August 2007). “Context and Sources in Broadcast Television Coverage of the 2004 Democratic Primary.” AEJMC, Washington, D.C.*
Zeldes, G. A., Fico, F., Diddi A. & Carpenter, S. (August 2007). “Partisan Balance and Bias in Network Coverage of the 2000 and 2004 Presidential Elections.” AEJMC, Washington, D.C. Received 2nd place best faculty paper award from the Radio-TV division.*
Fico, F., Zeldes, G. A., Diddi A. & Carpenter, S. (November 2006). “Influence of Nightly News Coverage Imbalance on Candidate Support in Daily Tracking Polls.” Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research Conference, Chicago, IL.*