Curriculum Vitae

JOSHUA A. BRAUN
275 MOUNT CARMEL AVE. SB-MCM • QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY • HAMDEN, CT 06518
PHONE (607) 379-1226 • E-MAIL JOSHUA.A.BRAUN@GMAIL.COM

Education

2006—2011 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Doctorate: Communication, emphasis in technology and media, awarded August 2011
Master of Science: Communication, emphasis in technology and media, awarded January 2009

2004—2005 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Master of Bioethics

1999—2003 UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
Bachelor of Science: Sciences in the Media (Individual Concentration)

Appointed to the Provost’s Honors Council
Commencement with Distinction, Academic Excellence and with Honors
Office of Residential Life Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement

Fellowships and Awards

2011
Anson E. Rowe Award, given by the Cornell Communication Department in recognition of research productivity, teaching excellence and service to the community

2010
Inaugural Kenneth J. Bissett Memorial Teaching Assistant Fellow, Cornell Communication Department/College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

2009—2010
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Cornell University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

2008
Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student Award, International Communication Association

2007
Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow, National Academy of Sciences

Invited Talks

Braun, J. A. (November 24, 2009). Giving the People What They Want: Reflections on WikiCandidate, a Crowdsourced Campaign for the Presidency. Work presented at the Roundtable on Technology and Democracy at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York.

Conference Presentations

Braun, J. A. (November 14, 2010). Interoperable Discourses and the Work of Coherence. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA.

Braun, J. A. and Gillespie, T. (April 24, 2010). Hosting the Public Discourse: News Organizations, Digital Intermediaries, and the Politics of Making Newsmedia Social. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, TX.

Braun, J. A. (April 23, 2010). Models of Restraint: The Adoption of Blogging Software by the U.S. Broadcast News Networks. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, TX.

Braun, J. A. (May 22, 2009). Rehashing the Gate: News Values, Non-News Spaces, and the Future of Gatekeeping. Paper presented at the Annual International Communication Association Conference in Chicago.

Braun, J. A. (April 26, 2009). Gatekeeping in New Media Contexts. Paper presented at the annual Media in Transition Conference in Boston.

Gillespie, T., Cosley, D., Black, L., Welser, H., Epstein, D., & Braun, J.A. (May 26, 2008). Wikis For Politics. Panel presented at the Annual International Communication Association Conference in Montreal.

Gillespie, T., Epstein, D., & Braun, J.A. (April 17, 2008). WikiCandidate: Technology, Participation, and Political Discourse. Panel presented at Politics: Web 2.0: An International Conference, hosted by the New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Braun, J. A. (November 16, 2007). Trust Me, I’m a Doctor: Media Claims of Deficiencies in Skill and Knowledge on the Part of Physicians. Paper presented at presented at the National Communication Association Annual Conference in Chicago.

Academic Publications

Braun, J.A. & Niederdeppe, J. (forthcoming). Disruption and Identity Maintenance in Risk Information Seeking and Processing. Communication Theory.

Braun, J.A. & Gillespie, T. (2011). Hosting the public discourse, hosting the public: When online news and social media converge. Journalism Practice (iFirst Edition).

Braun, J. A. (2010). News Values [encyclopedia entry]. In R. K. Nielsen, B. Peters, & C. W. Anderson (Eds.), International Collaborative Dictionary of Communication. New York: Social Science Research Council.

Braun, J. A. (2008). Book Review: Mark Deuze, Media Work. New Media and Society, 10(6), 957-959. Access a freely available copy of the text on Mark Deuze’s website.

Braun, J. A. (2007). The Imperatives of Narrative: Health Interest Groups and Morality in Network News. American Journal of Bioethics, 7(8), 6-14. Access the free version at bioethics.net (omits footnotes and references).

Braun, J. A. (2007). A Response to Commentators on “The Imperatives of Narrative: Health Interest Groups and Morality in Network News.” American Journal of Bioethics, 7(8), W1-W2.

Braun, J. A. (2007). Front end evaluation of Global Warming Facts and Our Future. Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences: internal publication.

Braun, J. A. (Producer/Director/Writer). (2004). In vitro fertilization: The children show [Motion Picture]. Derry, NH: Chip Taylor Communications

Other Academic Service

Reviewer for Communication Theory

Selected Non-Academic Publications

Braun, J.A. (2005). Crime and penitence. In Radio Lab [Radio Broadcast]. New York: WNYC.

Braun, J.A. (2005). We’re from the government, we’re here to help: Can the U.S. government fix its top nuclear weapons lab? Seed Magazine, 1, 39.

Braun, J. A. (2005). The new federalism: Is the United States government unburdening itself of the big science issues and handing those responsibilities to individual states? Seed Magazine, 2, 38-39.

Braun, J. A. (2006). 20,000 leagues under the sea: NOAA has begun construction on Okeanos, a deep-sea research vessel that promises to change oceanography forever. Seed Magazine, 4, 24-25.

Braun, J.A. (2006, August 30). Triangulating Tehran: Russia, the West, and Iran’s nuclear future. Seed Online. Retrieved December 20th, 2006, from http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/08/triangulating_tehran.php

Braun, J.A. (2005). Cribsheet #2: Climate change. Seed Magazine, 2, pullout section.

Braun, J.A. (2006). Cribsheet #5: Nuclear power. Seed Magazine, 5, pullout section.

Braun, J.A. (2006). Cribsheet #6: Hurricanes. Seed Magazine, 6, pullout section.

Other Work Experience

2008
Blogger for Scientific American’s ”60 Second Science.“

2005—2006
Writer and Editorial Assistant for Seed Magazine, a popular science magazine.

2005
Freelance Producer for Radio Lab on WNYC New York Public Radio and NPR.

2005
Production Intern for ABC News Nightline

2003
Production Associate for Morningstar Entertainment, a company which produces programming for the Discovery Health Channel.

2002—2003
Producer/Director/Writer for a feature-length documentary on in vitro fertilization, distributed by Chip Taylor Communications.

2001—2003
Science Editor and Staff Writer for the Daily Nexus, UC Santa Barbara’s campus paper

Awards: Best Investigative Reporting from the California Intercollegiate Press Association in 2003