Research focuses on the role of images in shaping ideas and public opinion during the early years of the Cold War, ethical concerns about publishing violent images and the visual framing of the Iraq War on the Internet. Teaches classes on editing and in 2011 launched a science journalism curriculum for the School of Journalism.                                                            

Education

B.A., Smith College;
M.A., The George Washington University

Courses Taught at the UA

• • J 320A Editing
• • J406 Magazine Photography

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Publications and Research

• • Keith, S., Schwalbe, C. B., & Silcock, B. W. (2010, April). Comparing war images across media platforms: Methodological challenges for content analysis. Media, War & Conflict 3(1), 87–98.
• • Keith, S., & Schwalbe, C. B. (2010, January-March). Women and visual depictions of the U.S.-Iraq War in print and online media. Visual Communication Quarterly 17(1), 4–17.
• • Cuillier, D., & Schwalbe, C. B. (2010, Spring). GIFTed teaching: A content analysis of 253 Great Ideas for Teaching awards in journalism and mass communication education. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator 65(1), 22–39.
• • Keith, S., Schwalbe, C. B., & Silcock, B. W. (2009, March). Visualizing cross-media coverage: Picturing war across platforms during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Atlantic Journal of Communication 17(1), 1–18.
• • Schwalbe, C. B. (2009, Fall). Leveraging the digital media habits of the Millennials: Strategies for teaching journalism courses. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal 25(1), 53–68.

Past Academic Positions

• • Associate Professor, Arizona State University, 2008 - 2010
• • Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, 2002 - 2008

Past Professional Positions

• • Senior Articles Editor, National Geographic magazine, 1996 - 2002
• • Senior Producer, National Geographic Online, 1995 - 1996
• • Senior Articles Editor, National Geographic Traveler, 1989 - 1996
• • Senior Editor-Writer, Editor-Writer, Research-Writer and Researcher, National Geographic Book Service, 1974 - 1989

Professional Organizations

• • Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• • Broadcast Education Association
• • International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
• • Online News Association

Awards & Honors

• • Top faculty paper in Magazine Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2008
• • Faculty Achievement Award, Excellence in Classroom Performance, Arizona State University, 2008
• • Faculty Research Award, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, 2007
• • Faculty Research Award, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, 2007
• • Second place for faculty paper in visual communication (2005) and media ethics (2005), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Research Summary

Research focuses on the role of images in shaping ideas and public opinion during the early years of the Cold War, ethical concerns about publishing violent images and the visual framing of the Iraq War on the Internet.

Carol Schwalbe's Curriculum Vitae