communication
Name:

Nadine I. Kozak

Nadine Kozak  
Education:
PhD Candidate (ABD) in Communication and Science Studies, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
Dissertation Title: “On the Last Mile: The Effects of Telecommunications Regulation and Deregulation in the Rural Western United States and Canada.”
Advanced to Candidacy: March 18, 2005
Advisors: Robert B. Horwitz, Professor, and Chandra Mukerji, Professor
Committee Members: Hugh Mehan, Michael Schudson, Robert Westman

MA in Communication, 2000, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Thesis: “‘Among the Necessities’: A Social History of Communication Technology on the Canadian Prairies, 1900 to 1950.” URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertation/preview/MQ57666
Advisor: Dwayne Winseck, Associate Professor
Committee Members: Ross Eaman and A. B. McKillop

BA in History, First Class Honors, 1998, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Honors Thesis: “The Campaign to Save the Children: ‘Expert’ Infant Care Advice and Prairie Mothers, 1919-1939.
Advisor: Sarah A. Carter, Professor
Teaching Experience:
Lecturer, Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego (2005-2006)
Summer 2006 COGN 150: Senior Seminar: American News Media and Political Controversy.
Summer 2005 COSF 100: Introduction to Communication as a Social Force.

Teaching Assistant
, Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego (2002-2006)
Spring 2006 COMT 116/HDP 135: Practicum in Child Development, Celia González.
Winter 2006 COSF 171A/SOCC165A: American News Media, Michael Schudson.
Fall 2005 COGN 20: Introduction to Communication, David Serlin.
Winter 2005 COSF 175: Cultural Industries, Gina Neff.
Spring 2004 COCU 135: Public Relations and Society, Wendy Chung.
Winter 2004 COCU 100: Introduction to Communication and Culture, Valerie Hartouni.
Fall 2003 COSF 100: Introduction to Communication as a Social Force, Dan Hallin.
Spring 2003 COHI 100: Introduction to Communication and the Individual, Olga Vasquez.
Winter 2003 COCU 100: Introduction to Communication and Culture, Ellen Seiter.
Fall 2002 COSF 100: Introduction to Communication as a Social Force, Dan Hallin.

Teaching Assistant, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University (1998-2000)
Winter 2000 Mass Communication 27.111: Introduction to Mass Communication, Sheryl Hamilton.
Fall 1999 Mass Communication 27.111: Introduction to Mass Communication, Daniel Downes.
Winter 1999 Mass Communication 27.111: Introduction to Mass Communication, Dwayne Winseck.
Fall 1998 Mass Communication 27.111: Introduction to Mass Communication, Paul Attallah.
Research Experience:

Research Assistant, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary (2004, 2000-2001)
Wrote, researched, and edited for the Faculty of Nursing’s 35th Anniversary Project, a history of the Faculty. Principal Investigator: Dr. Geertje Boschma.

Intern, Exhibits Department, The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California (2002)
Participated in and observed the daily operations of the Exhibits Department; interviewed staff and management about their philosophies of learning and careers; and quantitatively evaluated exhibit components and analyzed the data collected.

Research Assistant, Department of History, University of Calgary (2000-2001)
Researched women’s history topics in archives and secondary sources; helped organize “Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West Through Women’s History” conference, including writing grant proposals, assisting with the call for paper proposals, and recording meeting minutes. Principal Investigator: Dr. Sarah A. Carter.

Research Assistant, Survey Center, Carleton University (1999)
Researched Canadian public opinion polls to find information for a study exploring citizens’ thoughts about the reliability of the news media.

Publications:
“Advice Ideals and Rural Prairie Realities: National and Prairie Scientific Motherhood Advice, 1920-29.” In Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West Through Women’s History, edited by Sarah A. Carter, Patricia Roome, Lesley Erickson, and Char Smith, 179-204. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2005.

Boschma, Geertje and Nadine Kozak. “Continuity and Change, 1990-2004.” In Faculty of Nursing on the Move: Nursing at the University of Calgary, 1969-2004 by Geertje Boschma, 157-230. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2005.
Presentations:
“Bruno Latour’s ‘Felix Culpa’: Science Studies, Context, and the Politics of Knowledge.” Paper to be presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting, Pasadena, California, October 2005.

“‘Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?’: Amateur Community and Private Commercial Radio in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, 1922-1934.” Presented at the Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, June 2005.

“Language and Image: Scientific Documents at the University of California’s College of Agriculture.” Presented at the Science Studies Program Colloquium Series, UCSD, March 2004.

“Advice Ideals and Rural Prairie Realities: National and Prairie Motherhood Advice, 1920-1929.” Presented at “Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West through Women’s History” Conference, University of Calgary, June 2002.

“The ‘Consumption Junction’: Rural Communities and Communication Technology, 1900 to 1950.” Presented at the Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, May 2000.

“‘Among the Necessities’: A Social History of Communication Technology on the Canadian Prairies, 1900 to 1950.” Presented at the Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, June 1999.

“Friendly or Fragmented?: A Historiography of Social Relations in Mid-Nineteenth Century Red River.” Presented at the First Alberta Undergraduate History Colloquium, University of Alberta, May 1997.
Professional Service:

Graduate Enrichment Series Coordinator, Department of Communication, UCSD (2003-2004).

Graduate Student Representative to the Graduate Affairs and Admissions Committee, Department of Communication, UCSD (2002-2003).

Organizing Committee Member, “Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West through Women’s History,” Department of History, University of Calgary (2001).

New Student Orientation Leader, University of Calgary (1996, 1997).

Professional Association Memberships:
• Canadian Communication Association (CCA)
• Society for the Social Study of Science (4S)

Selected Fellowships and Awards:
Department of Communication Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, San Diego, Spring 2007.

Science Studies Program Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, San Diego, Winter 2007.

Science Studies Program Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, San Diego. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Science and Society Program Research and Training Grant: “Proof, Policy, and Persuasion,” Award # SES–0349956, Spring 2006.

Summer Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of California, San Diego, 2005.

Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, Center for Teaching Development (CTD), University of California, San Diego, 2004-2005.

Science Studies Program Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, San Diego. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Science and Society Program Research and Training Grant: “Proof, Policy, and Persuasion,” Award # SES–0349956, Spring 2005.

Social Science and Humanities Research Council Fellowship for Doctoral Studies, Government of Canada, 2001-2005.
   
   

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