Updated September, ****

Robin E. Hoecker

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EDUCATION

Northwestern University

Ph. D. in Media, Technology and Society, expected graduation in 2014

Adviser: Jim Ettema

Research areas: visual communication and conflict; technology and collective memory.

Civic engagement partnership with the National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago.

University of Missouri Columbia

M.A. in Journalism, concentrations in multimedia and photojournalism, 2007

Thesis: The Role of Photography in Peru s Truth and Reconciliation Process

Missouri Photo Workshop Staff, 2005, 2006

Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College

B. Phil. in International Development, 2002

Minor in French; Honors in Communication and African/African-American Studies

Thesis: The Black and White Behind the Blue and White: The History of Black Student Protests

at Penn State (included photodocumenatary of events in 2000-2001)

Study abroad in France (summers of 1999, 2000) and Senegal (fall 2001).

WORK EXPERIENCE

Stars and Stripes (daily newspaper for U.S. military)

Web Producer/Photographer, September 2008 September 2010, Washington, D.C.

Produced photo galleries, videos and interactive graphics; Worked on a team to redesign

website and content management system.

Reporter/Photographer, May August 2006, Griesheim, Germany

Wrote and photographed news and feature stories covering the U.S. military in Europe.

Fulbright

Beginning Journalism Grant, Sept. 2007 Aug. 2008, Osnabr ck and Frankfurt, Germany

Multimedia project at the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper; Produced 16-part video series on

cultural diversity in the local music scene; Freelance graphic design and photography work.

Center for the Study of Conflict, Law and the Media

Research Assistant (part-time), January 2006 May 2007, Columbia, Missouri

Built and maintained website; Assisted with research papers and conferences.

Columbia Missourian (daily newspaper), Columbia, Missouri

Multimedia Producer, January May 2007

Staff Photographer, August December 2006

Reporter, August December 2005

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Friedrich Ebert Foundation

Program Assistant, October 2004 June 2005, Washington, D.C.

Edited English language publications for German research foundation.

Unitarian Universalist Association Office for Advocacy

Legislative Assistant, July 2002 July 2003, Washington, D.C.

Wrote position papers; Lobbied Congress; Organized advocacy workshops.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, 2011-2014

Fully-funded for four years of graduate study at Northwestern University.

Fulbright Beginning Journalism Grant, 2007-2008

Year-long professional project in Frankfurt, Germany; Attended Fulbright-sponsored workshops

on European media and governance.

Duffy Journalism Grants (University of Missouri), 2005 and 2007

Covered travel costs for projects in Israel/Palestine and Peru.

Congress-Bundestag Young Professional Exchange (U.S. Dept. of State), 2003-2004

Yearlong exchange program included intensive German classes, courses in public policy at the

Fachhochschule K ln, and an internship in immigration policy at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

David L. Boren Grant (National Security Education Program), 2001

Funded semester abroad in Dakar, Senegal organized by the University of Minnesota;

Took classes in Wolof language and international development theory; Lived with Senegalese

family; Internship at French non-profit Environnement et D veloppement Action Tiers Monde.

Schreyer Ambassador Awards (Penn State University), 1999 and 2000

Covered travel, room and board for summer internships at CALFA laser lab in B thune, France

and ABEJ, a homeless shelter in Lille, France.

Schreyer Honors College Tuition Award (Penn State University), 1998-2002

Covered half of in-state tuition for four years of undergraduate education.

Westinghouse Family Scholarship

$1,000 towards college tuition for family members of Westinghouse employees.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Hoecker, R. and Hargittai, E. (2012). Snap Judgments: How Students Search the Web for their

Rights to Photograph in Public. To be published in Communication Review. 15(4), December.

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

A Tale of Two Icons: Photographic Representations of Reconciliation In Peru and

Guatemala

By Robin Hoecker

Presented at the 2012 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

(AEJMC) conference in Chicago.

Top student paper in the visual communication division.

Telling Other People's Stories: The Iconic Image of Reconciliation in Peru

By Robin Hoecker

Presented at the 2012 International Communication Association (ICA) convention in Phoenix.

Top student paper in the visual communication division.

Media as Monster in Marvel s The Nam

By Ian Blechschmidt and Robin Hoecker

Presented at the 2012 Conference on Comics at the University of Florida- Gainesville.

Musik am Main: Immigration, Culture and the Frankfurt Music Scene

Guest lecture (in German) about my Fulbright project, sponsored by the Dept. of Musicology at

the Goethe-Universit t, Frankfurt, Germany, June 23, 2008.

Making Yuyanapaq: Reconstructing Peru s Armed Internal Conflict Through

Photographs

By Robin Hoecker

Presented at the 2007 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

(AEJMC) conference in Chicago, visual communication division.

Painful Pictures: Photojournalism and Reconciliation in Peru

By Robin Hoecker

Presented at the 2007 AEJMC conference in Chicago, international division.

Advocacy Oriented Behavior and Health Care Access: A Conceptual Model of Web-based

Health Communication for Children with Juvenile Arthritis

By Michael J. Grinfeld, J.D., Brian K. Hensel, Ph.D. and Robin Hoecker

Presented at the 2006 AEJMC conference, health communication division.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART EXHIBITS

Journey to Iraq

Photographs and journals from 2002-2003

Display locations included the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) at George

Mason University, Emory University and Penn State University, among others.

Everyday Life in the Greater Middle East

A collaborative project of the student group Orientation at the Univesity of Bonn, Germany.

The exhibit featured a dozen students photographs from Morocco to Uzbekistan.

Displayed at Lakota Caf in Columbia, Missouri from October - November 2006

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Several locations in Bonn, Germany in 2004-2005.

The Black and White Behind the Blue and White: Black Student Protests at Penn State

On rotating exhibition at Penn State University, 2002 present.

Through the Eyes of Paul Robeson

A photo-mosaic of Paul Robeson (4 ft x 5 ft) made up of 600 small scraps of photographs of

black student protests at Penn State in 2000-2001.

On permanent display at the Africana Research Center, Penn State University.

SKILLS

Languages: German (fluent), French (proficient), Spanish (intermediate)

Software:

Web: HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Flash (Actionscript 2.0, some 3.0).

Audio/Video: Adobe Premiere, Soundbooth; Audacity, SoundSlides.

Photo/Design: Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Lightroom

REFERENCES

James Ettema, Ph.D.

Professor of Media, Technology and Society, Northwestern University

2-165 Frances Searle Building

2240 Campus Drive

Evanston, IL 60208-2952

847-***-****

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Robert Hariman, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University

2-117 Francis Searle Building

2240 Campus Drive

Evanston, IL 60208-3545

847-***-****

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Ellen M. Knutson, Ph.D.

Graduate Engagement Opportunities Program Director

Center for Civic Engagement, Northwestern University

1813 Hinman Ave.

Evanston, IL 60208

847-***-****

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