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Adina Schneeweis

Adina Schneeweis is a second year PhD student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She received a M.A. in mass communication at SJMC in 2004, and a B.A. in journalism from Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania, her hometown, in 2002. Her interests lie within the field of international communication, as well as visual communication and racial representations.

In her 4 years at SJMC, Adina received several scholarships and fellowships from the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota and the SJMC, as well as a Kriss Research Fund grant to assist her with the work for her Master’s Thesis (2004) and a scholarship from the American-Romanian Youth Association (2005-2006).

Adina currently lives in South Minneapolis with her husband Bob, who works in violence prevention, is a member of the Bahá’í Faith, and is looking forward to a career in teaching and research in mass communication. She likes knitting, exercising and biking around the lakes.

Current Research Interests:

Adina’s research interests include international communication, with particular focus on television images of racial difference, and the construction and representation of self and others in the global media environment. She wrote her Master Thesis on American television images of African Americans broadcast in Romania.

Journal Publications and Conference Presentations:

Journal Publications:

Schneeweis, A.(2005). Textual and visual representations of U.S. hegemony in a U.S. film broadcast on Romanian public television. Journal of Visual Literacy, 25(1), 77-96.

Albert, R., Schneeweis, A., & Knobbe, I. (2005). Enhancing, hiding or relinquishing ethnic identification in response to threat: implications for intercultural relations. Forthcoming in Intercultural Communication Studies.

Dell’Orto, G., Dong, D., Moore, J., & Schneeweis, A. (2004). The impact of democratic and non-democratic framing on perception of foreign countries. Equid Novi, 25 (2), 294-312 .

Conference Presentations:

  • Schneeweis, A. (2005). Imagining contemporaries: The emergence of a global identity. Presented at the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference. August: San Antonio, TX.

Schneeweis, A. (2005). Exporting racial images and U.S. media exposure: Perceptions of African Americans in Romania. Presented at the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference. August: San Antonio, TX.

  • Chang, T.K., Himelboim, I., Schneeweis, A., Elmasry, M., Anghelcev, G. Dong, D., Kim, S., Murty, M., Sar, S., & Yimbo, W. (2005). Open global networks, closed international flows: World system and political economy of links in cyberspace. Presented at the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference. August: San Antonio, TX.

Schneeweis, A. (2005). The portrayal of African Americans in Sex and the City – Issues of presence and interaction. Presented at the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Midwinter Conference. February: Kennesaw, GA.

Schneeweis, A. (2004). Textual and visual representations of U.S. hegemony in a U.S. film broadcast on Romanian public television. Presented at the International Communication Association Conference. May: New Orleans, LA.

Dell’Orto, G., Dong, D., Moore, J., & Schneeweis, A. (2003). Democratic and non-democratic framing of international news: An analysis of effects of international perceptions. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference. August: Kansas City, MO.

  • Markham Paper Competition, First Place.

  • Kappa Tau Alpha, National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communication, Research Award for Best Student Paper.

  • The Ecquid Novi Award, Best Paper in International Communication Research.

 

TA, RA, or Other UM Appointments:

Teaching Experience:

Information for Mass Communication (JOUR 3004) – Summer 2005

Teaching Assistant Experience:

Mass-Media and Popular Culture (JOUR 3745) – Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Fall 2002

Information for Mass Communication (JOUR 3004) – Fall 2004, Summer 2004

Visual Communication (JOUR 3006) – Spring 2004

Mass-Media Ethics (JOUR 3771) – Spring 2003

Introduction to Mass Communication (JOUR 1001) – May Intersession 2003

Research Assistant Experience:

  • Assisting Prof. Colette Gaiter with research and data preparation for the study Design for Liberation. The study focuses on visual imagery in African American newspapers, 1965-1975 – Summer 2003

  • Assisting Prof. Linda Jean Kenix with data collection for a visual communication study of internet websites of non-profit organizations – Summer 2003

Other SJMC Appointments:

Research Division Assistant: Help students with research projects and basic statistics and measurement problems. Carry out occasional quantitative and qualitative research – Fall 2003-Spring 2004

Laboratory Assistant: Digital Media Studio, University of Minnesota, School of Journalism and Mass Communication – Fall 2003-Spring 2004

Other U of M Appointments:

  • TA Liaison: Participated in the development of the “Just-in-time” e-mail mentoring program for the Center for Teaching and Learning Services – September 2002-May 2003

 

Professional Experience:

Her professional experience includes working for the Romanian Public Television in her hometown and making over 50 documentaries in the span of over two years. She also worked briefly for a local newspaper in Cluj, Romania, writing feature stories.