JAMIE Marie Litty

EDUCATION

CURRENT POSITION

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

TEACHING COURSEWORK

UNC - Pembroke

Ashland University

The Ohio State University

Community21

Other Teaching Interests

MEDIA EXPERIENCE

• Independent Videomaker

  , 1998 -present

• Promotions Assistant

  , WSNY-FM, Columbus, OH, 1994

• Videographer & Consultant

  , Caminos del Pueblo, Colombia Media Project, 1993

• Admin. Assistant & Radio Station Operator

  , WCBE-FM, Columbus, OH, 1992 - 1994

• Freelance Radio Producer

  , WBAI-FM, New York, NY, 1991

• Reporter & Anchor

  , WMUB-FM, Oxford, OH, 1990

• Reporter & Videographer

  , Channel 8, East Brunswick, NJ, 1989

• Producer, Anchor, & Production Assistant

  , WNYU-FM/AM, New York, NY, 1988

• Associate Editor, Copy Editor, & Writer

  , The Courier, New York University, 1987 - 1988

PUBLICATIONS / CONFERENCE PAPERS

Litty, J.M. (Writer/Editor) (2008). Telling stories, preserving traditions [Video]. Laurinburg,NC: Storytelling Arts Center of the Southeast.

Litty, J.M. (2007, May). The use of culturally specific rhetoric in a health video for Lumbee women. Paper presented at annual conference, International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Litty, J.M. (2007, February). Audience reception of targeted message themes in a health video for Lumbee women. Paper presented at annual conference, National Association of Native American Studies, Baton Rouge, LA. (Will be published in conference monograph, available on CD-ROM).

Litty, J.M. (2006, September). Toward cultural competence in health campaigns for North Carolina's Native Americans. Paper presented at annual conference, Carolinas Communication Association, Charleston, SC.

Litty, J.M. (Producer/Director) (2006). Keeping the circle healthy: American Indian Rural Health Outreach Project [Video]. Salemburg, NC: MBA Services.

Litty, J.M. (2006, April). Effectiveness of targeted message themes in a health video for Lumbee women. Presentation at annual Southeast Indian Studies Conference, Pembroke, NC.

Litty, J.M. (2006, February). Coding health communication campaigns for cultural competence in Native American populations: North Carolina. Paper presented at annual conference, National Association of Native American Studies, Baton Rouge, LA. Available on CD-ROM A perfect blend: American legacy in color (pp. 870-891)

Litty, J.M. (Producer/Director) (2003). Reflections on survival: Raising awareness of breast and cervical cancer [Video]. Pembroke, NC: Native American Interfaith Ministries. (Also exhibited at Cancer Conference 2003, Atlanta, GA.)

Litty, J.M. (2003, May). Intersubjectivity in public radio feature production: Blurring the border between I and They. Paper presented at annual conference, International Communication Association, San Diego, CA.

Litty, J.M. (2003, May). Making sense of media production: Put your method where your methodology is. Presentation at pre-conference workshop, International Communication Association, San Diego, CA.

Litty, J.M. (2001, May). Imagining their audiences: An "audiencing" repertoire of public radio feature producers. Paper presented at annual conference, International Communication Association, Washington, D.C.

Litty, J.M. (1999, May). Making sense of and with our students: A critical methodology for the communication classroom. Presentation at pre-conference workshop, International Communication Association, San Francisco.

Litty, J.M. (1998, May). Relevance and vacant structures in video production pedagogy. Paper presented at regional conference, Alliance for Community Media, Columbus, OH.

Huesca, R., & Newmeyer, J.M. (1996, August). Rethinking media reforms to improve treatment of women and minorities. Paper presented at annual conference, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Anaheim, CA.

Newmeyer, J.M. (1995, October). Media literacy and the achievement of education: What role for public access centers? Paper presented at regional conference, Alliance for Community Media, Dayton, OH.

Newmeyer, J.M., & Huesca, R. (1995, April). Media strategies for coping with difference: Moving beyond calls to hire women and minorities. Paper presented at annual conference, Union for Democratic Communications, San Antonio, TX.

Newmeyer, J.M., Heitink, A., & van der Sluis, J. (1992). What do ONP and computer-mediated communication have to do with development? In S. Bakshi & S. Acker (Eds.), Through the EC's eyes [course anthology] pp. 85 - 93. The Ohio State University & University of Amsterdam.

Newmeyer, J.M. (Producer) (1991). Into the 21st Century: Setting the feminist agenda [Audiotape]. New York: WBAI/Pacifica Radio.

Newmeyer, J.M. (Producer) (1990). Beauty shall consume them: Women and the cosmetics culture in the U.S. [Video].

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2008 Evaluating Faculty Performance for Department Chairs (September, Pembroke)

2008 Richard Leder's Screenwriting Workshop (May 30 & June 1, Wilmington, NC)

2006 Faculty Development Grant, UNCP, to fund focus group research, resulting in two conference papers ($900)

2006 Team Building Workshop for Deans & Chairs (January 26 & 27, Pembroke)

2005 Leadership Development Workshop for Department Chairs, UNC Leadership Institute (May 25 & 26, Chapel Hill)

2004 Faculty Seminar, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (November 8-13, Burbank, CA)

2004 Employment Law Issues for Department Chairs (September 29, Pembroke)

2004 Demographic Analysis Workshop, Smart Girl Technologies (February 10, Raleigh, NC)

2003 Leadership Development "Retreat" for Department Chairs, (October 27 & 28, Pembroke)

PROFESSIONAL / COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS

• Member,

  Marketing Advisory Committee, Storytelling Arts Center of the Southeast, 2009- present

• Videographer,

  Elder Teachers Project, Spring & Fall 2008, on a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council

• Paper Reviewer,

  Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2008 - Present

• Video Judge,

  2008 Festival of Media Arts (students), Broadcast Education Association

• Paper Reviewer,

  International Communication Association, May 2008 conference (Health Comm, Mass Comm, Ethnicity & Race, and Journalism Studies divisions)

• Video Producer/Editor,

  2006 UNCP Medieval Feast (6 mins.) for Department of Music.

• Paper Reviewer,

  Civic & Citizen Journalism Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, August 2007 conference

• Panelist:

  "The conundrum of free speech protection for citizen journalists compared to traditional journalists." Southern States Communication Association, March 2007 conference.

• Presentation:

  "Bloggers, citizen journalists, and the law." Digital Content Consortium, March 2007 conference.

• Audio Judge,

  2007 Festival of Media Arts (students), Broadcast Education Association

• Video Judge,

  2007 Festival of Media Arts (faculty), Broadcast Education Association

• Paper Reviewer,

  Ethnicity & Race in Communication Interest Group, International Communication Association, May 2007 conference.

• Presentation:

  "Effectiveness of targeted message themes in a health video for Lumbee women." Southeast Indian Studies Conference, April 2006.

• Chair,

  Cable Access Channel Advisory Committee of Laurinburg/Scotland County, 2003 - 2006 (member, 2002 - 2008)

• Bereavement Committee,

  Laurinburg Presbyterian Church, 2006 - 2007

• Member,

  community advisory board, Many Voices, One Message: Stop Tobacco Addiction, an initiative of the NC Commission of Indian Affairs, the UNC Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, and the WVU Prevention Research Center. 2005 - 2006

• Presentation:

  "'Culture is Prevention': Health communication campaigns of Native Americans in the Carolinas." Southeast Indian Studies Conference, April 2005

• Presentation:

  "Making sense of media production: Put your method where your methodology is." Pre-conference workshop, International Communication Association, May 2003

• Paper Reviewer &

  Panel Moderator, Mass Communication Division, International Communication Association, May 2003 conference.

• Mission & Stewardship Committee,

  Laurinburg Presbyterian Church, 2003

• Paper Reviewer,

  Mass Communication Division, International Communication Association, June 2000 conference

• Deacon,

  First Presbyterian Church, Ashland, OH, 2000-2001

• Advisory Committee,

  YouthReach initiative, Ashland Community Arts Center, 1999-00

• Consultant,

  Ohio Retired Teachers Association, recruitment video, 1999

• Instructor,

  adult Christian education, First Presbyterian Church, Ashland, Winter 1999

• Presentation:

  "Making sense of and with our students: A critical methodology for the communication classroom." Pre-conference workshop, International Communication Association, May 1999

• Invited panelist,

  Ashland University Critical Concerns Committee: "Violence in Society" (public forum), 2/4/98

• Invited panelist,

  Department of Communication, The Ohio State University: "Media literacy: Why teach video?" (departmental colloquium), May 1997

• Invited speaker,

  Mass Communication Area, Miami University: "Doctoral studies: Are they for you?" (graduate student colloquium), March 1997

• Vice President,

  Council of Graduate Students, Ohio State University, 7/95 - 6/96 Coordinated, planned, and budgeted $3,000 university-wide orientation for graduate students. Coordinated and supervised delegate elections and grad student appointment to administrative and academic committees at OSU. Coordinated, planned, and budgeted $15,000 Graduate Research Forum, including call for papers, judges recruitment and supervision of judging, catering, desktop publishing, and awards. Represented grad student interests in advisory committees and in interaction with President Gee, deans, and administration of university.

• Delegate, Council of Graduate Students, Ohio State University, 8/93 - 6/95

  • Committee on Academic Misconduct
  • Graduate Research Forum Committee
  • Neighborhood Institute

  • Graduate Student Recruitment Committee
  • Graduate Orientation Committee

Professional Memberships

• Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
• Carolinas Communication Association