Candi S. Carter Olson
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Communication
[email protected]
303-408-1445 (C)
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Communication
[email protected]
303-408-1445 (C)
Education
University of Pittsburgh: Expected graduation: May 2013.
Ph.D. in Communication; certificate in the study of women, gender and sexuality.
2012-2013 AAUW American Dissertation Completion Fellow.
Full candidacy achieved March 2011.
Carnegie Mellon University: Graduated May 2007. MA in Literary and Cultural Studies.
Boston University: Graduated May 2002. MS in Print/online Journalism.
Linfield College: Graduated Dec. 1999. BA in Communication and Music. Cum Laude.
Teaching Experience
University of Pittsburgh (Aug. 2011-Aug. 2012). Women’s Studies Teaching Fellow. Designing and teaching Introduction to Women’s Studies. Teaching Sex, Race and Popular Culture during summer session. Other duties include sitting on the departmental steering committee, the anniversary planning committee, and the graduate curriculum committee.
University of Pittsburgh (Aug. 2007-Aug. 2011). Teaching Fellow. Courses taught include Public Speaking and Media and Consumer Culture. Teaching Assistant for Mass Communication Process and Media and Consumer Culture.
Carnegie Mellon University (Aug. 2006-May 2007). Adjunct instructor. Courses taught include Interpretation and Argument.
Kunsmiller Middle School (Jan. 2006-March 2006). Gear Up college-preparation teacher. Designed and taught course in a college-preparation and CSAP-remediation program for at-risk students.
Abraham Lincoln High School (Oct. 2004-June 2005). College preparation writing tutor and part-time professor. Worked with the College Now program to help high school students strengthen their skills to college level. Taught remedial college writing.
Colorado Christian University (Jan. 2004-July 2006). Affiliate Professor. Courses taught include Research Writing, Rhetoric and Composition, and an online research writing course. Designed and taught Feature Writing.
The Community College of Denver (Nov. 2003-August 2006). Lead Tutor. Offered writing and editing advice to students in face-to-face and online sessions.
Denver Seminary (Sept. 2003-July 2006). Writing Tutor. Helped students refine writing skills. Developed seminars and handouts for students.
Boston University (Spring 2002). Writing Fellow. Provided writing tutorials to communication students and worked with professors on peer-editing workshops.
Boston University (Fall 2001). Teaching Assistant. Attended lecture and taught recitation section for Communication 101.
Courses Taught
· Sex, Race, and Popular Culture
· Introduction to Women’s Studies
· Public Speaking
· Media and Consumer Culture
· Interpretation and Argument
· Rhetoric and Composition
· Rhetoric and Composition (online course)
· Research Writing
· Feature Writing for Publications
· Pre-college writing, ENG 030/060/090
· Mass Communication Process (Teaching Assistant)
· Communication 101: Introduction to Mass Communication (Teaching Assistant)
Awards, Fellowships and Assistantships
2012-2013 American Association of University Women American Dissertation Fellowship.
2011-2012. University of Pittsburgh. Women’s Studies Teaching Fellowship.
Spring 2011. University of Pittsburgh. Nominated for the Elizabeth Baranger Award for Teaching Excellence.
Summer 2010. University of Pittsburgh. Women’s Studies Research Fellowship.
Summer 2008. University of Pittsburgh. Arts and Sciences Research Fellowship.
Spring 2006. Colorado Christian University. Apple Award. (Given by a graduating senior to an instructor who influenced him or her the most during his or her university career.)
Spring 2002. Boston University. Writing Fellow.
Fall 2001. Boston University. Teaching Fellow.
First Place Health/Medical Writing, Washington Newspaper Publisher’s Association Better Newspaper Contest 2002.
Second Place Spot News, Washington Newspaper Publisher’s Association Better Newspaper Contest 2001.
Third Place Spot News, Washington Newspaper Publisher’s Association Better Newspaper Contest 2000.
Pending Publications
Carter Olson, C. (November 2012). “The Morning Cheerleader and the News Quarterback: The Use of the Failure Frame in Coverage of Newswomen’s Work.” Media Report to Women.
Carter Olson, C. (Spring 2013). [Review of the book Those Girls: Single Women in Sixties and Seventies Popular Culture, by Katherine J. Lehman]. Film and History.
Articles Under Review
Carter Olson, C. “‘Try to Lift Someone Else as We Climb’: Newswomen and the Women’s Movement in the 1960s and 1970s.” Submitted to Women’s Studies in Communication.
National Conference Papers and Panels
Carter Olson, C. (November 2011). “Publish and Be Damned: Media Coverage of Women Journalists.” National Communication Association [conference]. New Orleans, LA.
Carter Olson, C. (November 2011). “‘Talking About My Girl’: Media Discussions of Women and the Double Binds They Create.” National Communication Association [conference]. New Orleans, LA. Panel Chair.
Carter Olson, C. (November 2009). “Friendly Fire: Lita Hornick, Women’s Anger and Editorial Power in 1960’s Little Magazines.” National Communication Association [conference]. Chicago.
Carter Olson, C. (November 2009). “Mimeo Madness: How the Mimeograph Created a Communication Revolution.” National Communication Association [conference]. Chicago.
Carter Olson, C. (June 20, 2008). “Good Mom, Bad Mom: Popular Culture and Hegemonic Ideals of Motherhood.” National Women’s Studies Association [conference]. Panel Moderator. Cincinnati, OH.
Carter Olson, C. (Nov. 16, 2007). .“Women on the Bus: Little Magazines and Women Beat Editors.” National Communication Association [conference]. Chicago. (Presented by proctor because of medical reasons.)
Carter Olson, C. and Timothy Olson. (March 25, 2006). “Verity and Fallacies: How Luke and Capote Used the Arts of Fiction to Create ‘Truer Truth.’” Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Regional Society of Biblical Literatures conference. Colorado Springs, CO.
Guest Lectures
October 2010. Senator John Heinz History Center. Presentation for the Women’s Press Club of Pittsburgh on the Club archives.
October 2010. University of Pittsburgh. Media Criticism. Lectured on Louis Althusser’s “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.”
October 2010. University of Pittsburgh. Mass Communication Process. Lectured on the foundations of communication theory.
December 2010. University of Pittsburgh. Media Criticism. Lectured on Henry Jenkins’ “Spoiling Survivor,” which is a chapter from Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide.
December 2010. University of Pittsburgh. Mass Communication Process. Prepared two lectures on Internet culture and the changing ethics of journalism on the Internet.
Internal University Presentations
October 19, 2012. University of Pittsburgh. Women’s Studies Department. Women’s Studies 40th Anniversary Celebration Conference. “Pedagogy for the New Women’s Studies Classroom.”
October 17, 2007. University of Pittsburgh. Department of Communication. Agora. “Women on the Bus: Little Magazines and Women Beat Editors.”
February 20, 2009. University of Pittsburgh. Department of Communication. Agora. “Friendly Fire: Lita Hornick, Women’s Anger and Editorial Power in 1960’s Little Magazines.”
Professional Experience
September 2003-December 2005. Freelance Contributor. Snitch Newsweekly. Wrote long-form feature articles on national and international crime topics.
March 2003-July 2003. Assistant Editor. The West Roxbury Transcript/Roslindale Transcript. Community Newspaper Company. Covered a wide range of topics, from local politics to in-depth stories on local people, events and issues. Also reported on Catholic Church pedophilia crisis.
June 2002-March 2003. Assistant Editor. The Cambridge Chronicle. Community Newspaper Company. Organized Cantabrigia, a local arts and features section with creative nonfiction-style articles. Also reported on higher education, business and development.
January 2002-June 2002. Stringer. The Patriot Ledger. Newspaper Media, LLC. Allston-Brighton Tab and Dover-Sherborn Press. Community Newspaper Company.
March 2000-August 2001. Reporter and Special Sections Coordinator. The Peninsula Gateway. Olympic Cascade Publishing/McClatchy Company. Covered several beats including city, education and transportation.
June 1999-Dec. 1999. Freelancer. Statesman Journal. Gannett. Wrote, took pictures for, designed, and edited advertorial special sections.
Community Service
AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women, Newsletter Editor, 2012-2013.
University of Pittsburgh Women’s Studies Department Steering Committee
University of Pittsburgh Women’s Studies Department Graduate Curriculum Committee
University of Pittsburgh Women’s Studies Department Fortieth Anniversary Planning Committee
University of Pittsburgh Human Rights Conference, volunteer
Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Events Committee
Colorado Christian University English Department book selection for ENG101
University of Pittsburgh: Expected graduation: May 2013.
Ph.D. in Communication; certificate in the study of women, gender and sexuality.
2012-2013 AAUW American Dissertation Completion Fellow.
Full candidacy achieved March 2011.
Carnegie Mellon University: Graduated May 2007. MA in Literary and Cultural Studies.
Boston University: Graduated May 2002. MS in Print/online Journalism.
Linfield College: Graduated Dec. 1999. BA in Communication and Music. Cum Laude.
Teaching Experience
University of Pittsburgh (Aug. 2011-Aug. 2012). Women’s Studies Teaching Fellow. Designing and teaching Introduction to Women’s Studies. Teaching Sex, Race and Popular Culture during summer session. Other duties include sitting on the departmental steering committee, the anniversary planning committee, and the graduate curriculum committee.
University of Pittsburgh (Aug. 2007-Aug. 2011). Teaching Fellow. Courses taught include Public Speaking and Media and Consumer Culture. Teaching Assistant for Mass Communication Process and Media and Consumer Culture.
Carnegie Mellon University (Aug. 2006-May 2007). Adjunct instructor. Courses taught include Interpretation and Argument.
Kunsmiller Middle School (Jan. 2006-March 2006). Gear Up college-preparation teacher. Designed and taught course in a college-preparation and CSAP-remediation program for at-risk students.
Abraham Lincoln High School (Oct. 2004-June 2005). College preparation writing tutor and part-time professor. Worked with the College Now program to help high school students strengthen their skills to college level. Taught remedial college writing.
Colorado Christian University (Jan. 2004-July 2006). Affiliate Professor. Courses taught include Research Writing, Rhetoric and Composition, and an online research writing course. Designed and taught Feature Writing.
The Community College of Denver (Nov. 2003-August 2006). Lead Tutor. Offered writing and editing advice to students in face-to-face and online sessions.
Denver Seminary (Sept. 2003-July 2006). Writing Tutor. Helped students refine writing skills. Developed seminars and handouts for students.
Boston University (Spring 2002). Writing Fellow. Provided writing tutorials to communication students and worked with professors on peer-editing workshops.
Boston University (Fall 2001). Teaching Assistant. Attended lecture and taught recitation section for Communication 101.
Courses Taught
· Sex, Race, and Popular Culture
· Introduction to Women’s Studies
· Public Speaking
· Media and Consumer Culture
· Interpretation and Argument
· Rhetoric and Composition
· Rhetoric and Composition (online course)
· Research Writing
· Feature Writing for Publications
· Pre-college writing, ENG 030/060/090
· Mass Communication Process (Teaching Assistant)
· Communication 101: Introduction to Mass Communication (Teaching Assistant)
Awards, Fellowships and Assistantships
2012-2013 American Association of University Women American Dissertation Fellowship.
2011-2012. University of Pittsburgh. Women’s Studies Teaching Fellowship.
Spring 2011. University of Pittsburgh. Nominated for the Elizabeth Baranger Award for Teaching Excellence.
Summer 2010. University of Pittsburgh. Women’s Studies Research Fellowship.
Summer 2008. University of Pittsburgh. Arts and Sciences Research Fellowship.
Spring 2006. Colorado Christian University. Apple Award. (Given by a graduating senior to an instructor who influenced him or her the most during his or her university career.)
Spring 2002. Boston University. Writing Fellow.
Fall 2001. Boston University. Teaching Fellow.
First Place Health/Medical Writing, Washington Newspaper Publisher’s Association Better Newspaper Contest 2002.
Second Place Spot News, Washington Newspaper Publisher’s Association Better Newspaper Contest 2001.
Third Place Spot News, Washington Newspaper Publisher’s Association Better Newspaper Contest 2000.
Pending Publications
Carter Olson, C. (November 2012). “The Morning Cheerleader and the News Quarterback: The Use of the Failure Frame in Coverage of Newswomen’s Work.” Media Report to Women.
Carter Olson, C. (Spring 2013). [Review of the book Those Girls: Single Women in Sixties and Seventies Popular Culture, by Katherine J. Lehman]. Film and History.
Articles Under Review
Carter Olson, C. “‘Try to Lift Someone Else as We Climb’: Newswomen and the Women’s Movement in the 1960s and 1970s.” Submitted to Women’s Studies in Communication.
National Conference Papers and Panels
Carter Olson, C. (November 2011). “Publish and Be Damned: Media Coverage of Women Journalists.” National Communication Association [conference]. New Orleans, LA.
Carter Olson, C. (November 2011). “‘Talking About My Girl’: Media Discussions of Women and the Double Binds They Create.” National Communication Association [conference]. New Orleans, LA. Panel Chair.
Carter Olson, C. (November 2009). “Friendly Fire: Lita Hornick, Women’s Anger and Editorial Power in 1960’s Little Magazines.” National Communication Association [conference]. Chicago.
Carter Olson, C. (November 2009). “Mimeo Madness: How the Mimeograph Created a Communication Revolution.” National Communication Association [conference]. Chicago.
Carter Olson, C. (June 20, 2008). “Good Mom, Bad Mom: Popular Culture and Hegemonic Ideals of Motherhood.” National Women’s Studies Association [conference]. Panel Moderator. Cincinnati, OH.
Carter Olson, C. (Nov. 16, 2007). .“Women on the Bus: Little Magazines and Women Beat Editors.” National Communication Association [conference]. Chicago. (Presented by proctor because of medical reasons.)
Carter Olson, C. and Timothy Olson. (March 25, 2006). “Verity and Fallacies: How Luke and Capote Used the Arts of Fiction to Create ‘Truer Truth.’” Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Regional Society of Biblical Literatures conference. Colorado Springs, CO.
Guest Lectures
October 2010. Senator John Heinz History Center. Presentation for the Women’s Press Club of Pittsburgh on the Club archives.
October 2010. University of Pittsburgh. Media Criticism. Lectured on Louis Althusser’s “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.”
October 2010. University of Pittsburgh. Mass Communication Process. Lectured on the foundations of communication theory.
December 2010. University of Pittsburgh. Media Criticism. Lectured on Henry Jenkins’ “Spoiling Survivor,” which is a chapter from Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide.
December 2010. University of Pittsburgh. Mass Communication Process. Prepared two lectures on Internet culture and the changing ethics of journalism on the Internet.
Internal University Presentations
October 19, 2012. University of Pittsburgh. Women’s Studies Department. Women’s Studies 40th Anniversary Celebration Conference. “Pedagogy for the New Women’s Studies Classroom.”
October 17, 2007. University of Pittsburgh. Department of Communication. Agora. “Women on the Bus: Little Magazines and Women Beat Editors.”
February 20, 2009. University of Pittsburgh. Department of Communication. Agora. “Friendly Fire: Lita Hornick, Women’s Anger and Editorial Power in 1960’s Little Magazines.”
Professional Experience
September 2003-December 2005. Freelance Contributor. Snitch Newsweekly. Wrote long-form feature articles on national and international crime topics.
March 2003-July 2003. Assistant Editor. The West Roxbury Transcript/Roslindale Transcript. Community Newspaper Company. Covered a wide range of topics, from local politics to in-depth stories on local people, events and issues. Also reported on Catholic Church pedophilia crisis.
June 2002-March 2003. Assistant Editor. The Cambridge Chronicle. Community Newspaper Company. Organized Cantabrigia, a local arts and features section with creative nonfiction-style articles. Also reported on higher education, business and development.
January 2002-June 2002. Stringer. The Patriot Ledger. Newspaper Media, LLC. Allston-Brighton Tab and Dover-Sherborn Press. Community Newspaper Company.
March 2000-August 2001. Reporter and Special Sections Coordinator. The Peninsula Gateway. Olympic Cascade Publishing/McClatchy Company. Covered several beats including city, education and transportation.
June 1999-Dec. 1999. Freelancer. Statesman Journal. Gannett. Wrote, took pictures for, designed, and edited advertorial special sections.
Community Service
AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women, Newsletter Editor, 2012-2013.
University of Pittsburgh Women’s Studies Department Steering Committee
University of Pittsburgh Women’s Studies Department Graduate Curriculum Committee
University of Pittsburgh Women’s Studies Department Fortieth Anniversary Planning Committee
University of Pittsburgh Human Rights Conference, volunteer
Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Events Committee
Colorado Christian University English Department book selection for ENG101