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Faculty candidates interview with JCOM department By
Kevin King
Two new faculty candidates recently gave lectures to journalism and communication students in Professor Nancy Williams' Media Smarts classes. Kathy Bradshaw, a doctoral student from Michigan State University and broadcast journalist from Colorado, was the first of the two candidates. Kathy seemed comfortable in addressing the large group of students and began her lecture by asking the students to finish a statement. The statement was, "I am or am not a feminist but . . ." and each student was to complete the statement accordingly. She continued by giving a time line for gender issues and the reorganization of scientific thinking, including Charles Darwin's theory of human evolution. Bradshaw used the comparison of then and now to bring humor into her presentation. "Women's sexuality was a source of degeneration," said Bradshaw. "A brood of sexual women could only lead to a race of effeminate men." In 1915 the movie A Fool There Was, starring Theda Bara, created a female vampire character. A vamp was a woman who sucked the life out of wealthy men. The cultural assumptions of 1915 added to by the theory of evolution had society believing that they were all truth. In the view of the time, she said, "All women are vamps by nature and are sucking the evolution of the race out of men with their sexuality." The second candidate to speak was Cathy Bullock from the University of Washington. She teaches and is completing her doctoral program. She was also the editor of the Southeast Peanut Farmer Magazine. She was very confident in her presentation print media framing of domestic violence. She had discussions with the students about the myths of domestic violence. The myths that the public identifies domestic violence with are: 1. Police frame . . . just the facts no speculation. 2. These people are different, culturally, socially, economically, criminally and many more. 3. Victim is to blame, perpetrator excused. 4. Abusers are identifiable. "Most victims of domestic violence are women," said Bullock. "Domestic violence doesn't discriminate, it crosses all class and racial boundaries." Throughout her presentation she used examples and experiences that made the message more poignet to the students. She concluded, "Media serve as sense makers to the world." Bradshaw is applying for the broadcast position formerly held by Dale Cressman, who moved to BYU, and Bullock is appplying for the media generalist position held by James Derry, who is retiring.
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