FRANK TAVARES
Communication
PUBLICATIONS:
"How I got
Review of "Discovering Orson Welles, by Jonathan Rosenbaum," Choice Magazine (2007, fall).
Review of "Radio Modernism: Literature, Ethics, and the BBC, 1922-1938, by Todd Avery," Choice Magazine (2007, May).
"The Man Who Built Boxes," short story in The GW Review (2007, spring).
"Doin' the Laundry,"
short story in The Writers Post
Journal
"Girl in a Box," short story in Louisiana Literature (2006, fall/winter).
"Swept Along," short story in anthology In the Eye New Mexico: Thunder Rain Publishing (2006).
Review of "Broadcasts
from the Blitz: how Edward R. Murrow helped lead
Review of "Radio,
Morality, and Culture:
Review of "Media Reception Studies, by Janet Staiger," Choice Magazine (2006, February).
"My First Ex-wife's third Wedding," short story in Louisiana Literature (2005, spring/summer).
Review of "Mass Communication
and American Social Thought: Key Texts, 1919-1968, ed. by John
"The Character," short story in The Connecticut Review (2004, fall).
Review of "War and the Media: Reporting Conflict 24/7, ed. by Daya Kishan Thussu and Des Freedman," Choice Magazine (2004, January)
Review of "Mass-Mediated Terrorism: The Central Role of the Media in Terrorism and Counterterrorism by Bridget Nachos," Choice Magazine (2003, April).
"The Summer the Sky Turned Black," essay in The Connecticut Review (Nominated for a Pushcart Prize), (2003, spring).
"Forum on the Future of Satellite Radio: Afterword," Journal of Radio Studies, Volume 9 (2002, spring).
Excerpts from The
Elton Project, a screenplay written with Richard A. Blum, published in the
fourth edition of Blum's Television and
Screen Writing: From Concept to
Contract,
Beltway Bandits, a
treatment for a television series written with Richard A. Blum, published in
the fourth edition of Blum's Television
and Screen Writing: From Concept to
Contract,
With David Giovannoni,
"Public Radio's Minority Audiences," Audience 98: Public Service, Public Support,
With David Giovannoni,
"Public Radio's Minority Audiences: You Get Who You Play For," Audience 98: Public Service,
Public Support,
"Public Radio's Minority Audience: A Glass Half Full
and Rising," Audience 98: Public
Service, Public Support,
"Public Radio's Minority Audience: A Glass Half Full and Rising," Current: The Public Telecommunications Newspaper (1999, March 22) p. 16.
With David Giovannoni, "Two Minority Strategies for Public Radio," Current: The Public Telecommunications Newspaper (1999, March 22) p. 15.
Many Faces, Many
Voices: A Report to the 101st Congress, 2nd Session, on Public Broadcasting's
Services to Minorities and Other Groups,
To Know Ourselves: A
Report to the 101st Congress on Public Broadcasting and the Needs of Minorities
and Other Groups,
"Myth and the Minority Audience: Black and Hispanic Use
of Public and Commercial Radio," CPB
Research Notes,
ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
"Responding to a System Failure: A
Case Study With A Sound Bite," New Avenues in Crisis Management Annual
Conference,
"Communication and Crisis: Myth, Madness, and Message," Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, Region X Conference on Communicating for Effective Child Welfare Programming (1998, June 16).
"Producing Specialized Audience Programming,"
Public Radio Annual Conference,
"Reaching the Specialized Audience," Public Radio
Annual Conference,
"Non-commercial Radio in
"The Department of Specialized Audience Programs,"
Public Radio Annual Conference,
"Indian Radio: Programming for Your Audience,"
National Indian Media Conference, (Native American Public Broadcasting
Consortium),
"Indian Radio: The 'Live'
Program," National Indian Media Conference, (Native American Public
Broadcasting Consortium),
"Indian Radio Ownership - Where It's
At, Where It's Going!" National Indian Media
Conference, (Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium),
"Reaching the Special Audience," Public
Radio Annual
Conference,
"Minority Programming: What is It?"
Southern Education Communication Association, National Annual
Conference,
"The Ins and Outs of Bilingual Format Radio: National
Programming," Audio Independents, Inc., Dialogue '81 Radio
Conference,
"National and Local Programming and
Production Opportunities in Public Radio," National Indian Media
Conference, (Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium / American Indian
Film Institute),
"Specialized Audience Programming:
Spanish and Bilingual Production," Public Radio Annual
Conference,
"Native American Programming and National Public
Radio," Public Radio Annual Conference,
With Frank Chorba: "Triumph
of the Will: An Investigation of Visual Literacy and Propaganda," 12th
Annual Conference on Visual Literacy, (International Visual Literacy
Association, Inc.)
"Popular Culture, Public Broadcasting, and Special
Interest Audiences," Popular Culture Association 10th Annual
Meeting,
"National Public Radio's Specialized Audience
Programming," Public Radio Annual Conference,
"Network Children's Programming: What's Ahead," National Association of Educational Broadcasters, National Convention (1979, November 15).
"Radio Culture: A New Area of Academic Interest,"
Western Educational Society for Telecommunications, WEST '77
Conference,
"Radio Acting: Orson Welles and 'The Lives of Harry
Lime,'" Western Educational Society for Telecommunications, WEST '77
Conference,
PANELS AND WORKSHOPS:
Panelist: "The Components of Thinking: Teaching, Learning, Doing," SCSU, University Forum XXXIV (2005, January 19).
Co-coordinator, co host: "U.S. Presidential Campaigns: Past, Present & Future," SCSU, University-wide Forum (2004, April 16).
Co-coordinator, host: "The Air We Breathe:
Co-coordinator, host: "Media Methods & Madness: A Forum on the Influence, Ethics and Efficacy of Media at the Beginning of the 21st Century," SCSU, University-wide Forum (2003, April 11).
Moderator breakout session: "Student Meaning Making in the Classroom: A Foundation for Rethinking Teaching and Learning in Higher Education," SCSU, University Forum XIX (1997, August 27).
Moderator: "Computer Facilities at Southern: A Progress Report," Computers for Lunch discussion group, SCSU School of Communication, Information and Library Science (1997, April 18).
Moderator: "Computer Facilities at Southern: What's Coming," Computers for Lunch discussion group, SCSU School of Communication, Information and Library Science (1997, March 7).
Moderator, presenter: "Keeping Students Interested," Computers for Lunch discussion group, SCSU School of Communication, Information and Library Science (1996, November 11).
Moderator breakout session: "Technology in Higher Education: An Update," SCSU University Forum XVII: Creating and Enhancing University Community (1996, August 28).
Co-moderator: "New Faculty: Who We Are," SCSU New Faculty Orientation (1996, August 27).
Co-moderator, presenter: "When Every Student Has a Home Page," Computers for Lunch discussion group, SCSU School of Communication, Information and Library Science (1996, April 26).
Panelist: "The Job Interview,"
Panelist: "An Evening with the
Professionals,"
Co-organizer: "The Public Television Station Advisory
Group," Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
Co-Organizer: "The Public Radio Station Advisory
Group," Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
Panelist: "Assessing the Needs of Diverse
Audiences," colloquy sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
Panelist: "Marketing: Making Your Program Look as Good as it Sounds," Hispanic Arts and Culture in Radio Conference, Denver, CO (1987, August).
Panelist: "Buying and Selling Programs: Sending and Receiving," Hispanic Arts and Culture in Radio Conference, Denver, CO (1987, August).
Panelist: "Programming for Social Change,"
National Association of Broadcasters Radio Conference,
Panelist: "Submitting Programs to NFCB, NPR,
and
Moderator and panelist: "Hitting the Target: Aiming for Special Audiences," Public Radio Annual Conference, Denver, CO (1985, May 21).
Panelist: "Submitting Programs to NFCB, NPR,
and
Panelist: "Submitting Programs to NFCB, NPR,
and
Panelist: "Breaking Through the Barriers: Gaining the
Confidence of Program Participants," Public Radio Annual
Conference,
Moderator and panelist: "Targeting Program Decisions:
Broadcasting and Specialized Audiences," Public Radio Annual
Conference,
Panelist: "Special Interest and Special Programming: Women and Ethnic," National Association of Educational Broadcasters, National Convention (1978, October 31).
GUEST
LECTURES:
"The Voice of NPR,"
"Crisis What Crisis: The New Environment for Crisis
Communication,"
"Crisis Communication from a Marketing Perspective," (with Greg Bernard) SCSU MBA Marketing Management Course (2005, May 7).
"Application of Communication Research," (with Richard Lucas and Bonnie Farley-Lucas) SCSU Communication Research Course (2001, September 17).
"Crisis Management and Communication," SCSU four-day module in MBA Program, (spring 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001).
"United Manufacturing: A Management Simulation Overview," SCSU Instructional Technology Special Topics Course (1998, September 21).
"Public Radio in the
"NPR News Programming: An
Overview,"
"An Introduction to Electronic Mail: Working with SCSU's VAX Computer," SCSU Small Group Communication Course (1996, October 14).
"Controlling Episodic Plot Structure in the Television
Sitcom,"
"Writing with a Partner," The Writer's
Center,
"Contemporary Broadcast Communication and its Effects
in Society,"
"Contemporary Radio Broadcasting:
What We Take for Granted,"
"The Nation's Public Radio System,"
"Public Broadcasting in the
"Knowing Your Fictional Characters Too
Well,"
"Creating Advertising Concepts that
Work," The
"Screenwriting with a Partner,"
"Developing Fictional Characters in the
Screenplay,"
"New Technologies in Broadcast Distribution," Howard University, Washington, DC, mass communication course (1981, fall).
EXHIBITS/SHOWS/PERFORMANCES
OF CREATIVE WORKS:
Congregation Mishkan
From
Generation to Generation, (director, co-producer with Jos
Ullian) 30-minute video "oral history" of
the Congregation Mishkan
MEDIA APPEARANCES AND
INTERVIEWS:
On-air guest: WCAI-FM (interviewed by Dan Tritle) WCAI-FM, Cape and Islands Radio,
On-air guest: Studio
619, (interviewed by Heidi Caravan)WFPL-FM,
Interviewed by Wendy L. Thompson for "Career Experience
Brings Theory to Life in College Classrooms,"
On-air guest: The Unger Report: The Funder Guy (Interviewed by Brian Unger on National Public Radio magazine program Day to Day) National Public Radio (2003, June 8).
On-air guest: Media Matters (interviewed by Sheri Parks) WJHU-FM Baltimore, MD (2001, November 4).
Interviewed by Brendan Walsh for article "Dueling Chefs add Sizzle to Cooking TV," online article for office.com (2001, February 2).
Interviewed by Michel Keith for Talking Radio: An Oral History of American Radio in the Television Age, M.E. Sharpe Publishing (2000).
Featured guest: Wait, Wait…Don't Tell Me, National Public Radio weekly news quiz program (1999, January 16).
On-air guest: Talk of the Nation: What's My Line, (featured as part of segment with Robert Seigel) National Public Radio (1992, September 9).
PERFORMANCES:
Announcer: National Public Radio national underwriting credits, (1982 to present).
Announcer, welcoming speech, demonstrator of academic garb: SCSU Graduate Commencement exercises (1999 through present).
Featured performer: WCAI-FM,
Reader: Yizkor: Music of Memory and Mourning, premiere live performance of David Chevan work (2007, April 16).
Announcer, welcoming speech: Inauguration of David G. Carter, Sr., Chancellor, CSU (2006, October 20).
Announcer, introduction: National Public Radio's SCSU campus performance and recording of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me (2006, September 14).
Featured performer:
Narrator: Just Look at Us Now, SCSU promotional video (2006, spring).
Featured performer: NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" Fundraising Features, produced by National Public Radio, 2005, fall).
Narrator: Introduction
to "Black Rose: The Madam C.J. Walker Story," DVD overview of
proposed documentary, Sea-TV Productions,
Featured performer: The Unger Report: Oscars with the Funder Guy, Brian Unger feature on National Public Radio's Day to Day (2004, February 23).
Host, moderator: "An Evening with NPR's Robert Siegel," a live presentation sponsored by WSHU-FM on the campus of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT with the host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered (2003, May 16).
Interviewer, moderator, host: "An Evening with NPR's Scott Simon," a live interview sponsored by WSHU-FM at the Schubert Theatre in New Haven with the host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition (2002, October 22).
Featured performer: Cancel My Subscription: The Worst of NPR, CD with parodies featured on National Public Radio program Morning Edition, Millennium Audio (2001).
Featured performer: NPR's "Rewind" Fundraiser, a behind-the-scenes parody of "The Voice of National Public Radio" (2001, August).
Narrator: SCSU Update, as part of President Michael J. Adanti's presentation to the SCSU Board of Trustees (2000, spring).
Narrator: The Hartford Circus Fire, video documentary, Connecticut Public Television (2000).
Announcer: series of radio spots for SCSU media campaign (1999, spring).
Introduction, welcoming speech: General Colin Powell on-campus appearance for students, as part of SCSU Distinguished Lecture Series events (1999, May 6).
Featured performer: WUOM-FM,
Featured performer (with Frank Deford):
The NPR Franks, WSHU-FM,
Uncredited voiceover: background commercial announcer in Talk Radio, Cineplex Odeon Films & Ten Four Productions, distributed by Universal Pictures (release date: 1988, December 21).
AWARDS FOR
WRITING, PRODUCTIONS,
AND PROJECTS SUPERVISED:
Finalist, Glimmer Train Spring 2007 Short Story Award for New Writers, for "Flyover" (2007, spring).
Major Armstrong Award--Second Place for Vietnam: Radio First Termer, a two-part, half-hour National Public Radio series by Interlock Media Associates: Alexis Muellner, producer; Jonathan Schwartz, executive producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer for National Public Radio) 1988.
Unity Award in Media (Lincoln University of Missouri) for "The Pope Don't Know About This: Black Catholics," (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Iemanja Rollins, producer; Donna Limerick, series producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1987.
National Association of Black Journalists,
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Contributions in Promoting Adult Literacy presented to National Public Radio for its special Project Literacy U.S. (PLUS) programming, (Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1987.
National Commission on Working Women Broadcast Award for
"The Sandwich Generation: Women in Midlife Caregiving
Positions," (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Johanna Cooper and Donna
Ohio State Award--Achievement of Merit for Children at Risk (7-part special National Public Radio series or half hour programs and 52 five minute features examining the long term impact of child abuse and neglect) Wendy Blair, producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1986.
Ohio State Award for "Faces, Mirrors, Masks: Juan Rulfo, A Kind of Silence," (One part of a 13-part, half-hour National Public Radio series Faces, Mirrors, Masks on Latin American Writers: Jay Allison and Tina Egloff, producers; Frieda Werden, series producer; JoEllyn Racliffe, executive producer; Frank Tavares, project director) 1986.
Cindy Award--Gold (Association of Visual Communicators) for
"Bloods: Black Servicemen in
Cindy Award--Silver (Association of Visual Communicators) for Children at Risk, (7-part special National Public Radio series of half-hour programs and 52 five minute features examining the long term impact of child abuse and neglect) Wendy Blair, producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1986.
Women at Work Broadcast Awards--
Mental Health Media Award--Gold (The National Mental Health Association) for "Elderly Suicide: Who Would Miss Me?" (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Audrey Coleman, producer; Donna Limerick, series producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1986.
Alfred I. Dupont--Columbia University Award for "American Sanctuaries: The New Underground Railroad," (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Andrew Tolan, producer; Donna Limerick, series producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1986.
The President's Commission on Employment of the Handicapped and the American Association of Disability Communicators--First Place Media Award for CONNECTION, weekly National Public Radio series on disability issues, (Sora Newman, series producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1986.
Premio Internacional
de Espana Radiofusion--
Cindy Award--Bronze (Association of Visual Communicators)
for "Treaties, Right or Wrong," (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Dick Brooks and Sandy
Lyons, producers; Donna
Ohio State Award for "Hawkins Point: The End of the
Line," (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Moira Rankin and Debra George,
producers; Donna
American Women in Radio and Television--First Place Commendation Award for "Pregnancy in the Eighties" (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Danielle Karson, producer; Donna Limerick, series producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1984.
Cindy Award--Silver (Association of Visual Communicators) for Milestones: The History of Jazz on Film (4-part special National Public Radio series of half-hour programs: Dan Gediman, producer; Deborah Lamberton, series producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1984.
Cindy Award--Finalist/Honorable Mention (Association of Visual Communicators) for "Home Visits: Medical Care for the Homebound Elderly," (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Steve Curwood, producer; Donna Limerick, series producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1984.
National Association of Black Journalists Award for "Poorest of the Poor," (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Gwendolyn Glenn, producer; Donna Limerick, series producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1984.
National Association of Black Journalists Award for "Cab Calloway: Still Swingin'" (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Donna Limerick, producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1984.
National Association of Black Journalists Award for "Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Prolonged Dream," (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Phyllis Crocket, producer; Donna Limerick, series producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1984.
Women at Work Broadcast Awards--
National Associate of Black Journalists Award--
International Radio Festival of
American Women in Radio and Television--Certificate of
Commendation for "Women in the Clergy," (part of the National Public
Radio Horizons series: Debra George
and Donna
Odyssey Institute Media Awards--First Prize for "Sexual Abuse: The Dark Side of Childhood," (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Donna Limerick, producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1981.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Radio Program Award for "No More Fields to Plow" (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Chris Moser, producer; Donna Limerick, series producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1981.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Radio Program Award for "Invisible Victims: Japanese-American Survivors of the Atom Bomb" (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Barbara Noguchi and Stan Kadani, producers; Donna Limerick, series producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1981.
Unity Awards in Media--
Cindy Award--Gold (Association of Visual Communicators) for "The American Religious Freedom Act" (part of the National Public Radio Horizons series: Peggy Berryhill, producer; Donna Limerick, series producer; Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1980.
American Women in Radio and Television Awards for "Re-Entry Women: The Return to Campus," (part of the National Public Radio Crossroads series: Lisa Schlein, producer, Frank Tavares, executive producer) 1980
GRANTS
RECEIVED:
With Sandra DiFancesco, David Petroski. "AUR Oral Communication Assessment: Closing the loop between sections of courses," grant for development of assessment tools for use with faculty teaching communication classes meeting the All University Requirement, from the Assessment of Learning for Educational Improvement Grant Program, CSU (2006, summer).
"Fundamentals of Audio Production,
"Crisis Communication: Contemporary Case Studies," sabbatical leave award to research and write a series of case studies in crisis communication as supplemental readings to the text used in the course (1999, fall).
"Development of Film Trailer Index," grant to develop an accessible data base for an archive of 350-500 film promotional video tapes, from the Curriculum Related Activities Committee, SCSU (1999, summer).
"Curriculum Development, Digital Audio Production," grant to develop a series of exercises for use in media production and audio production courses, from the Curriculum Related Activities Committee, SCSU (1998, summer).
"Case Study Materials for 'Strategies in Corporate Communication:' Phase II," grant for continued development of Macintosh platform database and associated printed materials used in Communication 430, from the Curriculum Related Activities Committee, SCSU (1995, summer).
With Judith B. Buzzell, Ross Gingrich, Vara Neverow, and Virginia Quiroga. "Diversity Training Workshop for Freshman Orientation Faculty," grant for professional development in conducting diversity workshops with incoming freshmen, from the Faculty Development Advisory Committee, SCSU (1995, summer).
"Case Study Materials for 'Strategies in Corporate Communication,'" grant for development of computer based materials used in COM 430, Strategies in Corporate Communication, from the Curriculum Related Activities Committee, SCSU (1993, summer).
"Project Literacy U.S. (PLUS): Phase II," grant for second year production and national distribution of radio programming about literacy, in cooperation with the Public Broadcasting Service and ABC/Capitol Cities, from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Office of Education (1987).
"Module Service Special Programming," grant for production of semi-weekly package of radio news features about issues of concern to women, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, and elderly persons, from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Radio Fund (1986).
"Project Literacy U.S. (PLUS): Special Programming," grant for production and national distribution of radio programming about literacy, in cooperation with the Public Broadcasting Service and ABC/Capitol Cities, from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Office of Education (1986).
"Villa Lobos, Centenary," grant for production of English and Spanish language radio documentaries celebrating the 100 anniversary of the composer's birth, from the National Endowment for the Humanities (1986).
"Children at Risk," grant for production of 7
half-hour radio programs and 52 feature pieces on child abuse and neglect from
the
"A Content Analysis of Three National Network Daily
News Programs," (With Frank Chorba) research
grant from the
"Contemporary Radio Dramatic
Production at the B.B.C.," research grant from The Communication
Foundation, The University of Texas at
"Contemporary Radio Dramatic
Production at the B.B.C.," travel grant for research in
RESEARCH INTERESTS IN
GENERAL:
Public and Commercial Broadcasting; Media Studies; Orson Welles; Radio Drama; Curriculum Simulation; Crisis Communication; Organizational Communication.
WORKS IN
PROGRESS/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Surviving Evidence, novel.
Commuter Shoes, novel.
Killing the
Clearing the Weeds, novel in progress
DISSERTATION TITLE:
A Critical Analysis of
Selected Dramatic Elements in the Radio Series 'The Lives of Harry Lime,' with
Orson Welles
INSTITUTION GRANTING
PH.D.:
The