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Academic director, National Sports Journalism Program
Assistant Professor
E-mail: plaucell@indiana.edu
Phone: (317) 278-5334
Fax: (317) 278-5321
Office hours: E-mail for an appointment
Education:
- University of North Carolina, Ph.D. ’04 (journalism and mass communications)
- George Washington University, MA (media and public affairs)
- University of Virginia, BA (rhetoric and communication studies
Experience:
- Current academic adviser and director of programming for the sports journalism program at IUPUI
- Assistant professor in sport communication, IU Bloomington
- Freelance sportswriter, sports reporter and project coordinator for the NFL Players Association’s Native Vision Life Skills camp
Recent publications
- Jesse Owens, the Press, and the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games (author)
- Strategic Sport Communication (co-author)
- “Arthur Ashe, Privacy and the Media: An analysis of newspaper journalists’ coverage of his AIDS announcement,” International Journal of Sport Communication, 2008.
- “Perfect 10 v. Visa, MasterCard, et al: A full frontal assault on copyright enforcement in digital media or a slippery slope diverted?” Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property, 2008.
- “The juxtaposition of sport communication: Defining the field of sport communication,” International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 2007.
Professional Affiliations
- American Journalism Historians Association
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Association for Women in Sports Media
- National Communication Association
- North American Society for Sociology of Sport
- North American Society for Sport History
Professional service:
- Coordinator presentation by ESPN’s Steve Lavin, an event co-sponsored by IU’s School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation and IU’s School of Journalism, 2008.
- Panelist for Exploring Your Options. Presented information on majors and answered students’ questions on courses, opportunities and careers, 2007.
Honors
- Second place Faculty Paper Award in Minorities and Communication Division, AEJMC National Conference, August 2008.
- Alan Bussel Award/Kappa Tau Alpha Award for top student paper in Minorities and Communication Division at AEJMC’s National Conference, August 2002.