ERIK CLABAUGH
Email: erikclabaugh@gmail.com
Website: www.erikclabaugh.com
Phone: (404)-661-1808
Education:
Ph.D. Communication – 2021 – Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
4.01 GPA in coursework
Dissertation: The Paratext in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility: Examining Paratextuality in Modern Mass Media
Dissertation Committee: Greg Smith (Chair), Ethan Tussey, Shawn Powers, Kathryn Wilson
Dissertation successfully defended: 1/19/21
Degree to be conferred: May 2021
M.A. Communication – 2012 – Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Thesis: First Impressions, Second Appraisals: Going Beyond the “Paratextual Contract” in the American Televisual Opening Title Sequence
Thesis Committee: Greg Smith (chair), Ted Friedman, Kathy Fuller-Seeley, Alisa Perren
B.A. Philosophy – 1995 – Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia
Academic Honors and Awards:
Georgia State University Graduate Assistantship 2011-2016 ($15,000 annual)
Georgia State University Journalism History Society- Award for Excellence in Graduate Research- April 2011
Tuition Exchange Scholarship (Competitive Grant) – Oglethorpe University: 1993-1995
Publications:
“A Voice Between Realms: Examining the Call to Defund National Public Radio.” NewFoundations (January 9, 2011).
http://www.newfoundations.com/ErikClabaugh/PBAECLABAUGH.htm
“The Evolution of a Massacre: Newspaper Depictions of the Sioux Indians as Related to the Wounded Knee Massacre, 1876-1891.” Atlanta Review of Journalism History, vol. 12, Spring 2015
Conference Presentations:
“The Evolution of a Massacre: Newspaper Depictions of the Sioux Indians as Related to the Wounded Knee Massacre, 1876-1891.” American Journalism Historians Association Conference 2011, Kansas City, MO, October 6-8, 2011.
Professional Background:
Part-Time Instructor of Communication 2021
Gordon State College – Barnesville, Georgia
Limited Term Assistant Professor of Communication 2018 – 2020
Gordon State College – Barnesville, Georgia
Part-Time Instructor of Communication 2018
Gordon State College – Barnesville, Georgia
Part-Time Instructor of Communication 2017 – 2018
Perimeter College at Georgia State University – Decatur, Georgia
Graduate Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant 2012-2016
Georgia State University – Atlanta, Georgia
Graduate Research Assistant and Large Lecture Assistant 2011-2012
Georgia State University – Atlanta, Georgia
President & Managing Partner 2006-2009
FEG Holdings – Atlanta, Georgia
Acting President & Corporate Secretary 2004 – 2006
Focus Entertainment and Subsidiaries – Atlanta, Georgia
Director of New Business Development 1998 – 2004
Focus Entertainment & Subsidiaries – Atlanta, Georgia
Academic Service:
Gordon State College – Creative Industry Arts Baccalaureate Degree Program Development Committee – 2019 – 2020
Gordon State College – Hightower Collaborative Learning Center and Library Committee – 2019 – 2020
Gordon State College – Faculty Learning Committee on Transparency in Learning and Teaching – 2019 – 2020
Gordon State College – English Program Review/Development Committee 2019 – 2020
Georgia State University – Student Library Advisory Council – 2017 – 2018
Georgia State University – Library Technology Fee Review Committee – 2017 – 2018
In Media Res – Theme Coordinator – 2014
Journalism History Society – Fund Drive Volunteer – 2012
Teaching Experience:
• FLME 2700: History of Motion Pictures (Classes of 120+)
• FLME 2700 (Honors): History of Motion Pictures
• FLME 1010: Film Aesthetics and Analysis
• FLME/JOUR 4810: Media and Popular Culture
• COMM 3950: Organizational Communication (Online & F2F)
• COMM 2100: Introduction to Mass Communication (Online & F2F)
• COMM 1500: Interpersonal Communication (Online & F2F)
• COMM 1110: Introduction to Public Speaking (Online & F2F)
Professional Associations:
• Society for Cinema and Media Studies
• Journalism History Society
• Communication Graduate Student Association