Fall, 2003—Present: Oregon State University

Associate Professor, New Media Communications and Sociology

Courses taught: Introduction to New Media Communications, New Media and Society, Media Theory, Diffusion of Innovations, Media Ethics, Media Effects, History of Telecommunication.

Service: New Media Communications Curriculum Development Committee, 2003-2006; Faculty Advisor to the Chess Club (2003-2005); College of Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee (2005-present, Chair, 2007-2008); College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Senior Committee (Chair, 2005-2006, member, present); Member, Board of Advisors, University Center for Teaching and Learning (2005-present).

Fall, 2000—Summer, 2003: University of Southern California

Lecturer and Research Associate, Annenberg School for Communication

Courses taught: Uses of Communication Research, Practicum in Communication Research, Research Methods, Evaluating Communication Needs, Learning from Case Studies in Communication

Service: Faculty Master, Annenberg House (a residential honors college), 2000-2003; Comprehensive Examination Committee, 2001, 2002; Grade Appeal Committee, 2002

Research Associate: Communication Technology and Community Program; Neighborhood Participation Project

Fall, 1995—Summer, 2000: Baylor University

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies

Primary course responsibilities: Mass Media and Society, Diffusion of Innovations, History of Broadcasting, graduate seminars in research methods, technology and society, and media effects

Service: University Bookstore Committee, 1999-2000; Departmental Search Committees (2), Telecommunication curriculum development, and a survey of departmental alumni (2000).

Fall, 1994—Spring, 1995: University of Southern California

Visiting Assistant Professor, Annenberg School for Communication

Primary course responsibilities: graduate courses in Diffusion of Innovations, Social Roles of Communication Media, Social Dynamics of Communication Technology, Communication and International Development

Service on Comprehensive Examination Committee

Fall, 1992—Summer, 1994: University of Denver

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism

Primary course responsibilities: Introduction to Mass Communication, Mass Media and Society, graduate seminar in Effects and Consequences of Mass Media

Service on Departmental Graduate Program Committee and Curriculum Development Committee

Fall, 1990—Spring, 1992: Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

Lecturer, Department of Communication

Primary course responsibilities: Public Speaking, Communication Campaigns

Other Experience:

August, 1995—Present: Institute for Global Ethics, Camden, Maine

Research Consultant

Design and analysis of surveys related to values and ethics

July—September, 1989: Quick-Tally Systems, Los Angeles, CA

NBC Television broadcast The R.A.C.E. (Sept. 5-6, 1989)

Data collection

October, 1983—August, 1986: The Travelers Insurance Company, Brea, CA

Assistant Supervisor, Group Health Claims

Membership in Professional Organizations:

International Communication Association

American Sociological Association

Teaching and Research Interests:

Media Communication: Communication infrastructures, media effects, politics, critical studies of media systems, interpersonal networks.

Sociology: Social effects of media structures, cultural studies, network theory.

Social Psychology: Belief systems and human value systems.

Honors and Awards:

Beverly B. and James K. Baker Research Fellow, 1998. Awarded by The Institute for Global Ethics for scholarly research in areas of primary interest to the Institute.

Top 2 paper, AEJMC: Loges, W. E. and Jung, Joo-Young. Exploring the Digital Divide: Internet Connectedness and Age. Presented to the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August, 2001, Washington, D.C.

Top paper, ICA Plenary Interactive Paper Session: Carpusor, A. and Loges, W.E. (2006, June). Testing rental discrimination in Los Angeles: Stereotypes and perceptions of ethnicity in names. Presented to the 56^th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany.

Funded Research:

Newspaper-Community Relations: Evolution or Revolution? $33,000 from the Annenberg Center for Communication, May, 1995.

Understanding Values in Political Campaigns. $2000 from Baylor University, November, 1996.

Communications Technology and Urban Governance Reform. $435,478 from National Science Foundation, July 2001-present. Research Associate. NSF org, IIS 0112899 (Juliet Musso et al., PIs)

Community Radio in Los Angeles: A Case Study. $10,000 from the University of Southern California’s Office for Undergraduate Research, October, 2002.

Racism, values, and normativity. $4750 grant from Oregon State University, November 2005.

Publications

Author:

Weare, C., Loges, W.E., & Oztas, N. (2007). Email effects on the structure of local associations: A social network analysis. Social Science Quarterly, 88, 222-243.

Carpusor, A. and Loges, W.E. (2006). Rental discrimination and ethnicity in names. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36(4), 934-952.

Musso, J.A., Weare, C., Oztas N., & Loges, W.E., (2006). Neighborhood governance reform and networks of community power in Los Angeles. American Review of Public Administration, 36, 79-97.

Bruschke, J. & Loges, W.E. (2006, January). Free press vs. fair trials: Examining publicity’s role in trial outcomes. The Hennepin Lawyer, pp. 20-21.

Weare, C., Loges, W.E., & Oztas, N. (2005). Does the Internet Enhance the Capacity of Community Associations? In P. van den Besselaar, G. De Michelis, J. Preece, & C. Simone (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2^nd Annual Conference on Communities and Technology (pp. 1-18). Dordrecht: The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Press.

Hardyk, B., Loges, W.E., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2005). Radio as a successful local storyteller in Los Angeles: A case study of KKBT and KPCC. Journal of Radio Studies, 12, 156-181.

Bruschke, Jon & Loges, W.E. (2004). Free Press vs. Fair Trials: Examining Publicity’s Role in Trial Outcomes. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Barge, J.K. and Loges, W.E. (2003). Parent, student, and teacher perceptions of parental involvement. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 31(2), 140-163.

Loges, W.E. and Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2001). Mass Media and Crime. In J. Dressler et al. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, Second Edition. NY: Macmillan Reference, pp. 988-995.

Loges, W.E. and Jung, Joo-Young (2001). Exploring the Digital Divide: Internet connectedness and age. Communication Research, 28(4), 536-562.

Ball-Rokeach, S.J. & Loges, W.E. (2000). Ally or Adversary? Using Media Systems for Public Health. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 15(4), 188-195.

Loges, W.E., and Kidder, R.M. (2000). Reaching Out: Broadening College-Student Constituencies for Environmental Protection. Camden, ME: The Institute for Global Ethics.

Loges, W.E., Kidder, R.M., and Novak, C.R. (1999). Leadership and Values: The People of Illinois and Their Community Colleges. Camden, ME: The Institute for Global Ethics.

Bruschke, Jon and W.E. Loges, (1999). Relationship between pretrial publicity and trial outcomes. Journal of Communication, 49(4), 104-120.

Loges, W.E. and Kidder, R.M. (1997). Global Values, Moral Boundaries: A Pilot Survey. Camden, ME: The Institute for Global Ethics.

Ball-Rokeach, S.J. and W.E. Loges. (1996). Making Choices: Media Roles in the Construction of Value-Choices, in C. Seligman, J.M. Olson, & M.P. Zanna (Eds.), Values: The Ontario Symposium, Vol. 8. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Assoc., Inc.

Ball-Rokeach, S.J. and W.E. Loges (1994). Choosing equality: The correspondence between attitudes about race and the value of equality. Journal of Social Issues, 50(4), 9-18.

Mayton, D.M., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Loges, W.E. (1994). Human values and social issues: An introduction. Journal of Social Issues, 50(4), 9-18.

Loges, W.E. (1994). Canaries in the coal mine: Perceptions of threat and media system dependency relations. Communication Research, 21(1), 5-23.

Loges, W.E. & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (1993). Dependency relations and newspaper readership. Journalism Quarterly, 70(3), 602-614.

Ball-Rokeach, S.J. and W.E. Loges (1992). Value Theory and Research, in E.F. Borgatta & M.L. Borgatta (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sociology. NY: MacMillan.

Author, In Press:

Clough, S. & Loges, W.E. Racist beliefs as objectively false value judgments: A philosophical and social-psychological analysis. Manuscript accepted for publication in the Journal of Social Philosophy.

Author, Forthcoming:

Publications (Editor):

Baird, R., Loges, W.E., and Rosenbaum, S. (Eds.) (1999). The Media and Morality. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Press.

Member, Editorial Board, Communication Research, 1995-1999

Mayton, D.M., Loges, W.E., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., and Grube, J., (eds.) (1994). Human Values and Social Issues: Current Understanding and Implications for the Future. Special issue of the Journal of Social Issues 50(4).

Presentations at Professional Conferences:

Carpusor, A. and Loges, W.E. (2006, June). Testing rental discrimination in Los Angeles: Stereotypes and perceptions of ethnicity in names. Presented to the 56^th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany.

Loges, W.E., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Qiu, J.L. (2005, May). Broken Bonds at Work, Broken Bonds at Home. Presented to the 55^th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, New York, NY.

Weare, C., Loges, W.E., & Oztas, N. (2005, February). The Internet’s Effect on the Centrality and Density of Social Networks. Presented to the XXV International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Redondo Beach, CA.

Hardyk, B., Loges, W.E., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004, May). Radio as a Successful Local Storyteller in Los Angeles: A Case Study of KKBT and KPCC. Presented to the 54^th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Loges, W.E., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Qiu, J.L. (2003, February). Broken Bonds at Work, Broken Bonds at Home. Presented at the 7^th Annual conference of the Alliance of Work/Life Professionals, Orlando, Florida.

Loges, W.E. and Ahuja, P. Teaching their children well: Dependency relations preferred by parents. Presented to the 52^nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Seoul, South Korea, July, 2002.

Kim, Y-C., Jung, J-Y., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., and Loges, W.E.. Ethnicity, place, and communication technology: Geo-ethnic effect on multi-dimensional Internet connectedness in urban communities. Paper presented to the 52^nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Seoul, South Korea, July, 2002.

Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Kim, Y-C., Loges, W.E., and Young, J-Y. (2001, November). Measuring ecological relationships between the Internet and individuals: Revisiting the Internet Connectedness Index. Presented to the IAMCR and ICA Symposium on the Digital Divide, Austin, TX.

Loges, W. E. and Jung, Joo-Young. Exploring the digital divide: Internet connectedness and age. Paper presented to the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August, 2001, Washington, D.C.

Loges, W.E. and Jung, Joo-Young. Exploring the digital divide: Internet connectedness and age. Presented to the 51^st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C., May, 2001.

Bruschke, Jon and Loges, W.E. The effect of pretrial newspaper coverage on Federal murder and robbery cases. Presented at the Western States Communication Association annual conference, Coeur d’Alene, ID, February, 2001.

Loges, W.E. and Jones, G.J., Values and parasocial phenomena. Presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference in Acapulco, Mexico, May, 2000.

Maxwell, S. and W.E. Loges. Sex Offenders and the Media. Workshop at the 5^th National Conference on Children and Violence, Houston, TX, November 12, 1998.

Bruschke, J. and W.E. Loges. The effects of pretrial publicity on trial outcomes. Presented at the National Communication Association Annual Conference, New York City, November, 1998.

Power, J.G., S.J. Ball-Rokeach, and W.E. Loges. Caretakers of the culture. Presented at the 46th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1996.

Loges, W.E. and Ball-Rokeach, S.J. Making sense of values in political rhetoric. Presented at the 45th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Albuquerque, NM, May, 1995.

Ball-Rokeach, S.J. and W.E. Loges. The measurement of belief: Phenomenological correspondence between concept and measure in values and attitudes. Presented to the Social Psychology Section of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Cincinnati, OH, August, 1991.

Loges, W.E. The effect of dependency relations on newspaper readership: Theoretical considerations and empirical test. Presented to the Cultural Roundtable of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., August, 1990.

Loges, W.E. The contribution of Warren Weaver: An assessment of his theoretical framework. Presented to the 38th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. New Orleans, LA, June, 1988.

Dissertation:

Loges, W.E. (1992). Canaries in the Coal Mine: Perceptions of Threat and Media System Dependency Relations. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California.

Public Appearances:

Which Way L.A.? Roundtable discussion of the Unabomber’s blackmail of major newspapers, KCRW-FM, Santa Monica, CA, July 11, 1995.

“How I Won the Culture War: Resisting Alienation in American Mass Communication,” presented to Breakfast at Baylor, a speakers series sponsored by Baylor University and the Waco Chamber of Commerce, September 28, 1999.

“Pretrial Publicity and Judicial Outcomes,” presented to the Judge Abner V. McCall Inn of Court Meeting of the Waco chapter of the American Inns of Court, December 16, 1999.

“Selling Your Children,” presented to the Waco Founder Lions Club, February 2, 2000.

On the Media. Discussion of the impact of media coverage on criminal trials. National Public Radio, July 1, 2005.

Quoted in newspapers, including The New York Times, USA Today, the Denver Post, the Waco Tribune-Herald, the Edmonton Sun and the Corvallis Gazette-Times.

Radio appearances on Wisconsin Public Radio (1993); local stations in Montreal (1999), Philadelphia (1999), Denver (1992), Eugene, Oregon (2004 and 2006), Medford, Oregon (2004), and Northridge, California (2006). Local television news appearances in Waco, Texas in 1996, 1997, and 1998.

“Culture as Commodity,” presented to the Phi Theta Kappa Rocky Mountain-Cascade Region’s Regional Honor Institute, November 19, 2005, Turner, Oregon.

“Politics, Media, and Political Communication,” panel member with David Broder, Bill Lunch, Mark Moore, and Rob Sahr. Valley Library, Oregon State University, April 19, 2006. (http://www.gazettetimes.com/gt-to-go/podcasts/podcast.php?id=133)

“Using Internet Connections to Coordinate Grass-Roots Organizations,” presented to Your Voice Your Conference, Oregon State University, January 18, 2007.