Resume

• 2009

  University of Oklahoma

  University of Oklahoma - Gaylord College

  Columbia

  SC

  Associate Professor

  University of South Carolina

  Norman

  Oklahoma

  I teach storytelling using multiple media

  including video

  audio

  and photography.

  Instructor of Multimedia Journalism

  University of Oklahoma

  I was responsible for researching and write two reports on the South Dakota Department of Health's anti-smoking campaigns

  along with two other researchers.

  South Dakota Department of Health

  University of Oklahoma

  Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

  Norman

  OK

  In this position

  I was responsible for helping undergraduate students with software programs such as InDesign

  Final Cut Pro

  Avid

  Photoshop

  Illustrator

  Flash

  and others.

  Software expert

  2012; Doctor of Philosophy; Master of Science

  progress; journalism; journalism and communication studies

  Service included:\n\n2011 - Judge

  Oklahoma Student Media web-design \n2011 - Panelist

  OU academic misconduct committee\n2010 - Judge

  Chicago Journalists Association annual Sarah Brown Boyden contest\n2009 - Presenter

  Fall Media Monday Convention. Photoshop for\nphotojournalism

  Illustrator for Headlines

  and Adobe Flash\nfor the web\n2009-2011 - Web site creations for routes.ou.edu and afghan101.ou.edu\n2009 - Moderator

  Assocation for Education in Mass Communication Midwest Conference

  University of Oklahoma

• 2007

  AEJMC

  Society of Professional Journalists

  South Dakota State Univesity

  University of South Carolina

  Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

  Black Hills State University

  AEJMC

  University of Oklahoma - Gaylord College

  Norman

  OK

  Research Assistant for Dr. Peter Gade

  - Designed and taught course on Desire2Learn for Media Law class (MCom 430/530.) Class consists of 13 students.\n\n- Researcher for advertising effectiveness of a South Dakota Department of Health campaign\n\n- Full-time student

  South Dakota State Univesity

  University of South Carolina

  Columbia

  SC

  Assistant Professor

  Compilation of 'Press Notes' daily newsletter

  sent to a thousand media professionals each day

  and writer of news briefs for 'Quill' magazine.

  Society of Professional Journalists

  Advertising Editor

  Today Student Newspaper

  As the Advertising Director at the student-run newspaper at Black Hills State University

  I designed and placed all ads each week for publication.

  Black Hills State University

  Masters of Journalism

  • 4.0 GPA\n• Research Project: South Dakota Department of Health 2008 college anti-tobacco advertising campaign pre/post evaluation study and focus group\n • Research Project: A Q-study of aesthetic first impressions of type treatments in college textbooks

  New Media

  I was associted with the following: \n• Member - Atypi

  International Typography Association \n• Member - the Society of News Design \n• Ward Neff Intern - The Society of Professional Journalists

• 2002

  Bachelor of Science

  • 3.9 GPA\n• Completed internship at Aurora Creative Advertising Agency\n• Academic Achievement Scholarship

  2002-2003

  \n• BHSU Alumni Scholarship

  \n• ABWA Scholarship

  \n• First place

  BHSU Visionary Awards

  \n• Member

  U.S. Achievement Academy

  \n• Black Hills Art Association Scholarship

  2006\n• Recipient

  Integrity Award

  KBHU-FM

  \n• Dean’s List

  2002 -2008

  multimedia and communication arts

  At BHSU

  I held positions in the following campus clubs and organizations:\n• KBHU-TV television station as a writer\n• Advertising Club

  Bullseye

  as an art director and designer \n• Radio Station KBHU-FM as a web designer \n• The 'Today' Newspaper as an advertising designer\n• Campus Ventures as a volunteer\n• Office Assistant for professor of Journalism for four years

  Introduction to Research Methods

  Contemporary Theories in Social Psychology

  Exploratory Data Analysis

  Special Topics: Mass Media Law

  Advanced Theory

  Advanced Qualitative Methods

  Advanced Quantitative Methods

  Approaches to Teaching in Mass Communication

  Special Topics: Ethics in Mass Media

  Advanced Statistics

  Conceptual Issues in Mass Communication

  History of Psychology

  Communication and the Public Sphere

  Virtual Communities in Mass Communication

• 15

  Buehner Mortensen T. & Sommerfeldt

  E. (2013). Visual communication and the public sphere. \nAmerican Communication Journal

  n.p.\n

  Visual communication and the public sphere.

  Tara Buehner

  Tara

  Mortensen

  South Dakota Department of Health

  University of South Carolina

• Advertising

  Illustrator

  Storytelling

  InDesign

  Instructing

  Adobe Photoshop

  Video

  Multimedia

  Final Cut Pro

  News Writing

  Research

  Graphic Design

  Journalism

  Higher Education

  Writing

  Editing

  Social Networking

  Audio

  Photography

  Sound

  Who we are: A study of types of citizen journalists

  Mortensen

  T.

  Keshelashvili

  A. & Weir

  T. (2015). Who we are: A study of types of citizen journalists. \nDigital Journalism

  3(4)

  1-20.

  Who we are: A study of types of citizen journalists

  Mortensen

  T. (2014). Blurry & centered or clear & balanced? Citizen photojournalists and professional photojournalists’ understanding of each others’ visual values. \nJournalism Practice

  8(6)

  704-725.\n

  Blurry & centered or clear & balanced? Citizen photojournalists and professional photojournalists’ understanding of each others’ visual values

  Sisson

  D.

  & Mortensen

  T. (2017). The ethics of online information graphics of nonprofit organizations. \nThe Journal of Public Relations Education

  4(2). \n

  The ethics of online information graphics of nonprofit organizations

  Mortensen

  T. (2015). A Comparison of the visual framing of Michelle Obama as created by journalists and the White House. \nJournal of Women

  Politics and Policy

  36(1)

  43-67.\n

  A Comparison of the visual framing of Michelle Obama as created by journalists and the White House

  Does the photojournalist matter? A content analysis of photojournalism in the Times Herald-Record before and after layoffs of the photojournalism staff.

  Mortensen

  T.

  & Gade

  P. (2018). Fungible Photography: A content analysis of photojournalism in the Times Herald-Record before and after layoffs of the photojournalism staff. \nJournalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

  forthcoming.\n

  Fungible Photography: A content analysis of photojournalism in the Times Herald-Record before and after layoffs of the photojournalism staff

  The marijuana user in US news media: An examination of visual stereotypes of race

  culture

  criminality and normification.

  Mortensen

  T.

  Moscowitz

  L.

  Wan

  A. & Yang

  A. (2018). The marijuana user in US news media:\nAn examination of visual stereotypes of race

  culture

  criminality and normification. Visual Communication

  forthcoming.\n

  The marijuana user in US news media: An examination of visual stereotypes of race

  culture

  criminality and normification.

  Wan

  A.

  Mortensen

  T.

  Zhu

  Y.

  Jo-Yun Li

  Q. (2018). From Confrontations to Civil Liberties: Newspaper Photo Framing of Police Brutality and Riots in Los Angeles 1992 and Ferguson

  Mo. 2014. \nNewspaper Research Journal

  forthcoming.\n

  From Confrontations to Civil Liberties: Newspaper Photo Framing of Police Brutality and Riots in Los Angeles 1992 and Ferguson

  Mo. 2014

  Dear citizen photojournalists: Who are you? Studying the motivations and values of citizen photojournalists

  Mortensen

  T.

  Jones

  J.

  & Keshelashvili

  A. (2015). Dear citizen photojournalists: Who are you? Studying the motivations and values of citizen photojournalists. \nPhotographies

  8(2)

  211-230.\n

  Dear citizen photojournalists: Who are you? Studying the motivations and values of citizen photojournalists

  Mortensen

  T. (2014). Comparing the ethics of citizen and professional photojournalists. \nThe Journal of Mass Media Ethics

  29(1)

  19-37.\n

  Comparing the ethics of citizen and professional photojournalists

  Now that the smoke has cleared: Examining visual stereotypes of marijuana users before and after legalization in Colorado

  Mortensen

  T.

  Yang

  A.

  Wan

  A. (2018) Now that the smoke has cleared: Examining visual stereotypes of marijuana users before and after legalization in Colorado. \nVisual Studies

  forthcoming.\n

  Now that the smoke has cleared: Examining visual stereotypes of marijuana users before and after legalization in Colorado

  If everyone with a camera can do this

  then what? Professional photojournalists’ sense of professional threat in the face of citizen photography.

  Buehner Mortensen

  T.

  & Keshelashvili

  A. (2013). If everyone with a camera can do this

  then what? Professional photojournalists’ sense of professional threat in the face of citizen photography. \nVisual Communication Quarterly

  20(3)

  144-158.\n

  If everyone with a camera can do this

  then what? Professional photojournalists’ sense of professional threat in the face of citizen photography.

  Mortensen

  T.

  Moscowitz

  L.

  Wan

  A. & Yang

  A. (2018). The marijuana user in US news media:\nAn examination of visual stereotypes of race

  culture

  criminality and normification. Visual Communication

  forthcoming.\n

  The marijuana user in US news media: An examination of visual stereotypes of race

  culture

  criminality and normification

  A work-in-progress literature review: Incorporating social media in risk and crisis communication.

  Michael Palenchar

  A work-in-progress literature review: Incorporating social media in risk and crisis communication.

  Mortensen

  T. Wan

  A.

  & Yang

  A.(2018). Now that the smoke has cleared: Examining visual stereotypes of marijuana users before and after legalization in Colorado.

  Mortensen

  T.

  Hull

  K.

  & Boling

  K. (2017). Really social disaster: An examination of professional and ordinary peoples’ photo sharing during times of disaster. \nVisual Communication Quarterly

  24(4)

  219-229. \n

  Really social disaster: An examination of professional and ordinary peoples’ photo sharing during times of disaster.

  Buehner

  T. (2011). A Q-study of typographic preference among college students. \nOperant Subjectivity

  35(1) 1-36.\n

  Q-study of typographic preference among college students.