Experience

• College of Charleston

  Adjunct Professor

  Classes taught:
  Comm 214, Media in the Digital Age discussion lab
  Comm 280/281, Intro to Communication Messages
  Comm 310, Message Design and Influence: Magazine Writing, Feature Writing
  GA for Comm 336 Study Abroad in Prague and Krakow

• University of South Carolina

  Doctoral Candidate and Adjunct Professor in PR

  J worked at University of South Carolina as a Doctoral Candidate and Adjunct Professor in PR

• Elon University

  Assistant Professor

  Teaching undergraduates and conducting research in strategic and political communication, international and intercultural media. Recent publications include:
  
  O’Boyle, J., & Li, J-Y. (2019). #MeToo is Different for College Students:
  Media Framing of Campus Sexual Assault, Its Causes and Proposed Solutions. Newspaper Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739532919856127.
  
  O’Boyle, J. (2019). Twitter diplomacy between India and the U.S.: Agenda-building analysis of tweets during Presidential state visits. Global Media and Communication, 15(1),
  
  Bhalla, N., O'Boyle, J. & Haun, D. (2018). Who Is Responsible for Delhi Air Pollution? Indian Newspapers’ Framing of Causes and Solutions. International Journal of Communication, 12.
  
  Frear, C., O'Boyle, J., Kim, S-H. (2018). Regional Media Framing of the Confederate Flag Debate in South Carolina. Newspaper Research Journal.
  
  Moscowitz, L., Billings, A., Ejaz, K., & O'Boyle, J. (2018). Outside the Sports Closet: News Discourses of Professional Gay Male Athletes in the Mainstream. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 42, https://doi.org/10.1177/0196859918808333.
  
  O’Boyle, J. (2018). The New York Times and The Times of London on India Independence leaders Gandhi and Ambedkar, 1920-1948. American Journalism, 35(2): 214-235.
  
  
  
  
  
  

• my own company

  Writer and Marketing Consultant

  Clients are book writers, literary agents and publishers such as Random House, HarperCollins, Penguin USA, Globe Pequot and Chelsea Green. Projects include creating digital content and e-books, book proposals, strategizing marketing campaigns, client presentations, academic marketing, rewriting/editing manuscripts, promotional copywriting, social media marketing and creating website content for multiple products/services/markets. Non-book clients include Roper St Francis Healthcare, Harry Barker Pet Products and the College of Charleston. Extensive speechwriting and effective presentations for corporate executives, on topics from industry assessment and innovative marketing to personnel motivation. Fluent in SPSS and data analysis.
  
  I have written or ghostwritten dozens of books, including: ALIVE AGAIN: Recovering from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction with Dr. Howard Samuels (Wiley, March 2013), HEALING ALL PEOPLE: The Roper St Francis Healthcare Alliance (History Press) “delightful” -- historian Walter Edgar; FODOR’S COMPASS AMERICAN GUIDE TO SOUTH CAROLINA, 4th edition (Fodor's); ABOUT FACE: A Plastic Surgeon's Nonsurgical 4-Step Program for Younger, Beautiful Skin, with Gregory Brown, M.D. (Ballantine) "refreshing" -- Publishers Weekly; PAINBUSTER: A Breakthrough 4-Step Program for Ending Chronic Pain with John Stamatos, M.D. (Holt) "outstanding" --Library Journal; CATNIP FOR THE SOUL, with Woody & Friends (Quill); FREE DRINKS FOR LADIES WITH NUTS: Delightfully Mangled English from Around the World (Plume), and many more. Magazine articles include Yachting, Attaché, McCalls, Maxim, Boston Globe, among others. Monthly columnist for Charleston magazine.

• Random House Inc

  Vice President, Marketing

  Helped scores of first-time authors turn into New York Times bestsellers. Increased sales for established literary stars. Annual book sales at the company's largest division, Ballantine, grew from $60 million to $400 million during my tenure.