Laura Lengel, Ph.D. - Bowling Green State University

Laura Lengel, Ph.D.School of Communication Studies 205 West HallBowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403Office phone: 419-372-7653 Fax: 419-372-0202E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae, May 2006

EducationPh.D. Mass Communication, College of Communication, Ohio University, August 1995Focus on International and Intercultural Communication, and Qualitative Research Methods.Doctoral Dissertation: “Empowering Stages: Contemporary Women Performers, Music and the

Mass Media in Tunisia.” Funded by competitive grants from the J. William FulbrightFoundation, the American Institute for Maghreb Studies and the John Houk Foundation.

Additional Qualification: Ohio U. Women’s Studies Ph.D. level Graduate Certificate, June 1993Awarded 1995 Ohio University Outstanding Graduate Student (chosen from over 3,000 graduate

students).M.S., Miami University, May 1989. Mass Communication, focus in International Communication.B.A., Miami University, May 1986. Major, Music; Minor, Arts Management. Graduated with honors.Other training and academic programs:Fulbright Research Scholar, for doctoral dissertation research, Tunisia, 1993-1994University of Tunis I, Institut Bourguiba des Langues Vivantes, program in Tunisian Arabic, 1993-94University of Oxford, Humanities Computing Unit, Oxford, England, 1997

Participated in the Computer-Assisted Film and Drama Studies and Using InternetTools to Build a Virtual Classroom faculty seminars.

Academic PostAssociate Professor, School of Communication StudiesBowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, August 2002 – Present.Research and teaching courses at the Ph.D., MA, and undergrad levels in Communication and Culture,specifically in International and Intercultural Communication, Humanistic Research Methods,Communication Technology, and Internationalizing Higher Education (for career teaching, see p. 18).Undergraduate courses taughtIPC/INST 210 Interpersonal Communication in International Contexts (Online Su 05, Su 06); values course for BGeXperience (Fall 2006) IPC 395 Understanding Cultures and Nations through New Media (Su 2003)IPC 395 Internationalizing Education through Media and Technology (Su 2003)IPC 422 Technology in World Communication (Fall 2002 - Fall 2004; Spring 2006)IPC 408 Intercultural Communication (Fall 2002)IPC 409 International Communication (Spring 2003 – Fall 2005)

Graduate courses taughtCOMS 586 Grant Writing for Service-Learning and Engagement Initiatives (Su 06)COMS 586 Internationalizing Education through New Media (Su 2003)COMS 640 Humanistic Research Methods (S 2004, S 2005, F 2005)COMS 729 International Media, Communication and Cultures (Spring 2003, Su 2004)COMS 729 Gender and Communication (Summer 2006)COMS 698 Comps./Readings (2002 – present)COMS 799 Dissertation (2002 – present

Other relevant course development:Fulbright International Summer Institute (August 2003). Co-developed (with Dr. Noemi Marin)“Computer Mediated Communication in International and Intercultural Contexts” course for the Instituteand the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission. Course taught by colleague Dr. Marin.PublicationsBooksLengel, L. (ed.) (2005). Intercultural Communication and Creative Practice: Music, Dance, and Women’s

Cultural Identity. Westport, CT: Praeger.Lengel, L., & Warren, J.T. (eds.) (2005). Casting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural

Contexts. New York: Peter Lang Press.

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PublicationsBooks continuedThurlow, C., Lengel. L., & Tomic, A. (2004). Computer Mediated Communication: Social Interaction on

the Internet. London: Sage.Lengel, L. (ed.) (2000). Culture and Technology in the New Europe: Civic Discourse in Transformation

in Post-Communist Nations. Stamford, CT: Ablex. Nominated for a National Communication Association Distinguished Scholarship Award by

the Division of International and Intercultural Communication Division.

Publications ContinuedRefereed Journal Articles and Book ChaptersNgunjiri, F. W., & Lengel, L. (accepted for publication). Organizational and Intercultural

Communication Practices of Kenyan Women Leaders: Leaders as Tempered Radicals. InInternational and Intercultural Communication Annual Volume XIX.

Marin, N., & Lengel, L. (in presss). Emerging Media Transformations in the New Europe: Past andFuture Challenges. In Isaac Bankson and Patrick Murphy (eds.), Globalization and MediaTransformations in Emerging Democracies.

Lengel, L. (2004). Performing In/Outside Islam: Music and Gendered Cultural Politics in theMiddle East and North Africa, Text and Performance Quarterly, 24:3/4, 212-232. Lead article.

Preston, C., & Lengel, L. (2004). Building communities of practice in the ‘New’ Europe. In N.Davis & A. Brown (eds.), Digital technologies, communities and education, ICT andEducation: World Yearbook 2004 (pp. 289-298). London: Kogan Page.

Cassara, C., & Lengel, L. (2004). Al-Jazeera and Public Diplomacy. In R. Berenger (ed.). GlobalMedia Goes to War (pp. 227-233). Spokane: Marquette.

Newsom, V., & Lengel, L. (2003). The Power of the Weblogged Word: Contained Empowermentin the Middle East North Africa Region. Feminist Media Studies, 3:3, 360-363.

Lengel, L. (2002). The Internet and the Information Economy. In Our Fragile World: Challenges andOpportunities for Sustainable Development, Volume 1 (pp. 1517-1528). Paris: EOLSS andUNESCO.

Lengel, L. (2000). Resisting the Historical Position Locations of Tunisian Women Musicians.Gender & History 12:2 (July 2000): 336-365.

Lengel, L., & Murphy, P. (2000). Cultural Identity and Cyberimperialism: Computer MediatedExplorations of Ethnicity, Nation and Citizenship. In Bosah Ebo (Ed.), Cyberimperialism?Global Relations in the New Electronic Frontier (pp. 187-204). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Scott, C., Lengel, L., & Peacock, S. (2000). The Advent of the Digital Archive Cupboard:Student-Centred Collaboration and Resource Development. In M. Deegan, J. Anderson & H.Short (Eds.), Digital Content, Digital Methods (pp. 143-155). London and Oxford:Communication and the Humanities Advanced Technology Information Institute and theUniversity of Oxford Office for Humanities.

Lengel, L., & Hathaway, J. (2000). From the Past to the Future of Intercultural Awareness: TracingHistorical Roots of Field Research in Intercultural Education. In D. Lynch & A. Pilbeam(Eds.), Heritage and Progress: From the Past to the Future in Intercultural Understanding (pp.303-313). Bath, UK: LTS Training and Consulting in association with SIETAR (InternationalSociety for Intercultural Education, Training and Research) Europa.

Lengel, L., Scott, C., & Peacock, S. (1999). Building Bridges for the Future: Multicultural ProfessionalDevelopment in an Open Learning Environment. International Federation for Information andDocumentation (FID) Review 1:2/3: 68-73.

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Publications ContinuedRefereed Journal Articles and Book ChaptersLengel, L. (1998). Researching the ‘Other’: Methodological Considerations of Feminist Ethnography.

Journal of Communication Inquiry 22:3 (July 1998): 229-250. Lead article. Nominated for aNational Communication Association Distinguished Scholarship Award by the Division ofInternational and Intercultural Communication Division.

Lengel, L. (1998). Access to the Internet in East Central and South-Eastern Europe: NewTechnologies and New Women’s Voices. Convergence: Journal of Research into New Technologies4:2 (Summer 1998), 38-55. Lead article.

Lengel, L. (1996). Diversity in Practice: Intercultural Communication Training in MulticulturalEnvironments (pp. 135-146). In D. Evans (Ed.), Communicative Ability and CulturalAwareness. Lille, France: EDHEC.

Lengel, L., & Peacock, S. (1998). The International Links Project: Pedagogical Collaboration through theInternet. In The International University: Local and Global Roles conference proceedings, London,England: RAIUL.

Scott, C., Peacock, S., & Lengel, L. (1998). The Advent of the Digital Archive Cupboard: Student-Centred Collaboration and Resource Development. Extended abstract published in C. Bagwell(Ed.), Digital Content, Digital Methods (pp. 53-54). Glasgow, UK: University of Glasgow.

Lengel, L., & Tomic, A. (1997). Intercultural Communication Theory into Practice: Competenceor Transformation? In D. Killick & M. Parry (Eds.), Developing Cross-Cultural Capability II(pp. 73-83). Leeds, England: Centre for Language Study,

Tomic, A., & Lengel, L. (1997). Cross-Cultural Capability: A curriculum for the newmillennium? A study of an undergraduate degree in Communications taught in amulticultural context. In D. Killick & M. Parry (Eds.), Developing Cross-Cultural Capability(pp. 48-59). Leeds, England: Centre for Language Study

Lengel, L. (1995). Intercultural and International Communication in North Africa. In Educationin Africa: Relevance and Democratic Reform (pp. 61-71). Athens: Ohio University and TheOhio State University.

Lengel, L., Cassara, C., Azouz, F., & el Bour, H. (in press). Online Media Education andTraining in the Arab World and Abroad: Connecting Journalism and CommunicationStudents in International Contexts. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Communication Forum onMedia Education & Training in the Arab World. Riyadh: Saudi Association for Media &Communication.

Marin, N., & Lengel, L. (forthcoming). Internationalizing Faculty Development: Technology andEducation for Civil Society. In C. Medalis (Ed.), Internationalizing Higher Education inSoutheastern Europe. Thessaloniki, Greece: Center for Democracy and Reconciliation inSoutheast Europe.

Refereed Online PublicationsBryam, M., Lengel, L., & Talkington, B. (2004). Setting the context, highlighting the importance:

Reflections on interculturality and pedagogy. [Online].http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/resources/paper.aspx?resourceid=2048

Refereed paper in the online proceedings of the International Association for Languages andIntercultural Communication (IALIC)/Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and AreaStudies 2003 Pedagogical Forum, “Intercultural Lessons: locating the intercultural in aneducational context.”

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Talkington, B., & Lengel, L (2004). A Snapshot of Intercultural Communication Courses: AnInternational Analysis [Online].http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/resources/paper.aspx?resourceid=2047. Refereed paper in theonline proceedings of the International Association for Languages and InterculturalCommunication (IALIC)/Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies 2003Pedagogical Forum, “Intercultural Lessons: locating the intercultural in an educationalcontext”, Lancaster University.

Refereed Online Publications continuedMarin, N. & Lengel, L. (2002). Impact of Media and Education on Identity, Nation and Conflict

Resolution in the New Europe. Global Media Journal 1:1, Fall 2002 [Online].http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/gmj/SubmittedDocuments/archivedpapers/Fall2002/MarinLengel.htm

Invited Publications and Publications (includes chapters in own books)

Lengel, L., & Warren, J.T. (2005). Casting Gender: Women and Performance in InterculturalContexts. In L. Lengel & J.T. Warren (Eds.), Casting Gender: Women and Performance inIntercultural Contexts (pp. 1-17). New York: Peter Lang.

Warren, J.T., & Lengel, L. (2005). Casting into the Future. In L. Lengel & J.T. Warren (Eds.), CastingGender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Contexts (pp. 183-187). New York: PeterLang.

Lengel, L. (2005). Intercultural Communication and Creative Practice: Resistance, Convergence,and Transformation. In L. Lengel (Ed.), Intercultural Communication and Creative Practice:Music, Dance, and Women’s Cultural Identity (pp. 3-25). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Lengel, L. (2005). Articulating Ethnicity, Gender, Nation and Cultural Identity throughCreative Practice. In L. Lengel (Ed.), Intercultural Communication and Creative Practice:Music, Dance, and Women’s Cultural Identity (pp. 261-283). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Lengel, L. (2002). Women Expatriates in the International Workforce, Expatriate Adviser(Summer 2002): 23-34.

Telnarová, Z., Burianová, E., & Lengel, L. (2000). Kultura/Technologie Mladych: Youth Culture andTechnology in the Czech Republic. In L. Lengel (Ed.), Culture and Technology in the NewEurope: Civic Discourse in Transformation in Post-Communist Nations (pp. 253-272).Stamford, CT: Ablex.

Lengel, L. (2000). Gender and Technology in the New Europe. In L. Lengel (Ed.), Culture andTechnology in the New Europe: Civic Discourse in Transformation in Post-Communist Nations(pp. 165-178). Stamford, CT: Ablex.

Mannova, B., Preston, C., & Lengel, L. (2000). Collaboration through Technology Now and in theFuture: Linking the New Europe with the World (pp. 339-356). In L. Lengel (Ed.), Culture andTechnology in the New Europe. Stamford, CT: Ablex.

Lengel, L. (1994). “You’re the only one I can tell”: Involvement as a Feminist Ethnographer inTunisia, The Awakening 12:1, 8-9.

Lengel, L. (1994). Reinventing Feminism in the Contemporary “Battleground”: An Interview withNaomi Wolf on Women and Power, The Awakening 12:1, 1-2.

Lengel, L. (1994). El ‘Azifet Celebrates National Women’s Day with Music, The English Digest.Tunis: Sotepa Graphic, No. 7, July-August 1994, 12-15.

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Lengel, L. (1993). An Investigation of Women’s Ethnicity, Class and Consumption. Abstractpublished in Gender Research in Progress (pp. 21-22). Athens: Ohio University Women’sStudies Program.

Lengel, L. (1993). Gender Construction in Graduate School: Cultural, Academic, and SocialInfluences on Graduate Students. Abstract published in Gender Research in Progress (pp. 17),Athens: Ohio University Women’s Studies Program.

Articles Under Review for PublicationBryam, M., Lengel, L., & Talkington, B. (under review for publication). Setting the context,

highlighting the importance: Reflections on interculturality and pedagogy. Paper submitted tothe proceedings of the International Association for Languages and InterculturalCommunication (IALIC)/Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area StudiesPedagogical Forum, “Intercultural Lessons: locating the intercultural in an educationalcontext”, Lancaster University, 16 December 2003.

Talkington, B., & Lengel, L (under review for publication). A Snapshot of Intercultural CommunicationCourses: An International Analysis. Paper submitted to the proceedings of the InternationalAssociation for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC)/Subject Centre forLanguages, Linguistics and Area Studies Pedagogical Forum, “Intercultural Lessons: locatingthe intercultural in an educational context”, Lancaster University, 16 December 2003.

Lengel, L. (under review for publication). Silicon Valley Meets the Middle Kingdom: US Investmentand Involvement In Developing China’s Technology Industries. Special issue on“Communication and Technology: USA and China” for Electronic Journal of Communication.

Journal Editing and Reviewing ExperienceLanguage and Intercultural Communication, Reviews and Criticism Editor, 2000 - present.Wide Angle journal, Assistant Editor, Ohio University School of Film, Athens, Ohio, Fall 1992.Reviewer for the following journals: Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, Asian Journal of

Communication, Language and Intercultural Communication, and Communication Theory.

Grants

Applications for Federal grants over $100,000:

U.S. Department of State, Bureau for Education and Cultural Affairs, 2006 Open CompetitionSeeking Professional Exchanges Programs in Africa, East Asia, Eurasia, Europe, the Near East,North Africa, South Asia and the Western Hemisphere. Thematic area 2) Developing ProfessionalStandards in Media. “Aiding Future Practitioners to Develop Professional Standards in Tunisianand Palestinian Media”. Extension of IPSI-BGSU Partnership to include student and facultyexchanges for workshops bringing together U.S., Tunisian, and Palestinian journalism studentsand faculty, (C.Cassara, PI/US Partnership Director; L. Lengel, U.S. Partnership Coordinator).Applied for $250,000 from the U.S. Department of State, with a cost-share contributions fromBGSU, the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, and private sector and civil society partners of $305,368, tototal $555,368 (application pending).

Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development/USAID GrantCompetition for 2004 U.S. – Middle East University Partnerships Program, Media andJournalism Discipline. Capacity Building for a Democratic Press: A Sustainable Partnership toDevelop Media and Journalism Curricula in Tunisia (C. Cassara and L. Lengel, Co-Directors; K.Foell, Co-I; M. Longmore, Co-I; Bruce Edwards, Co-I) (funded, September 2004; Grant periodextends until August 30, 2006). Awarded $100,000 from the U.S. Department of State Middle

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East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) program, with a cost-share contributions from BGSU, the U.S.Embassy in Tunis, and private sector and civil society partners of $230,000, to total $330,000.Grants

Applications for Federal grants over $100,000 continued:

Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development/USAID GrantCompetition for 2005 U.S. – Middle East University Partnerships Program, TeacherEducation Discipline. “Cross-Generational Capacity Building for Democratic Education:Sustainable Teacher Training and Peer Mentoring in Tunisia through the International Peerand Expert Mentors Program (MEPI-IPEM)”. Extension of IPSI-BGSU Partnership in thearea of Teacher Education (C. Cassara, PI/US Partnership Director; U.S. PartnershipCoordinators: L. Lengel, B. Edwards, K. Foell, P. Kubow, D. Madigan. Applied for$250,000 from the U.S. Department of State/USAID, with a cost-share contributions fromBGSU, the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, and private sector and civil society partners of $336,372,to total $613,372 (unfunded).

Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development/USAID GrantCompetition for 2005 Leadership Initiative for Public Health in East Africa: Tanzania andUganda. Program Title: “Capacity Building for Public Health Leadership in East Africa: ASustainable Partnership Initiative for Tanzania and Uganda. H. Kassa (BGSU) PI/US PartnershipDirector; M. Bisesi (Medical University of Ohio), & M. Longmore (BGSU), US Partnership Co-Directors. Program Coordinators: C. Cassara (BGSU), C. Czerniak (UT), B. Edwards, L. Lengel, J.Price (UT), F. Wambura Ngunjiri (BGSU). Applied for $2,000,000 (unfunded). This proposal wasdeveloped under the guidance of the Office of Research Collaboration of BGSU, UT and MUO.

Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development/USAID GrantCompetition for 2005 U.S. – Middle East University Partnerships Program, Gender StudiesDiscipline. “The Voice of Palestinian Women in Democracy-Building: A New Masters Program inMedia, Specializing in Gender, Public Health, and Free and Independent Media.” Partnershipbetween BGSU and Al-Quds University, West Bank. (L. Lengel, PI/US Partnership Director; U.S.Partnership Coordinators: C. Cassara, B. Edwards, K. Foell, P. Kubow, J. Warren. Applied for$250,000 from the U.S. Department of State, with a cost-share contributions from BGSU, the U.S.Embassy in Tunis, and private sector and civil society partners of $347,000, to total $597,000(unfunded).

Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development/USAID GrantCompetition for 2003 U.S. – Middle East University Partnerships Program, Media andJournalism Discipline. Media, Democracy and the Information Society: EnhancingCommunication Practice and Civil Society in the Maghreb (Laura Lengel, PI; CatherineCassara, Co-I; Bruce Edwards, Co-I; Patricia Kubow, Co-I), $258,000 (unfunded).

Federal and Internationally-Competitive Grants Under $100,000:

Council for International Education Exchange of Scholars, 2005-2006 Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program (Cassara, C., PI, C., Lengel, L., Co-I, Foell, K., Co-I, Edwards, B., Co-I). Thisprogram has brought Dr. Fatma Azouz to BGSU for the 2005-2006 academic year. Programinvolves mentoring Dr. Azouz, co-teaching IPC 409 International Communication withher, and welcoming her to the teaching and research communities at BGSU.

International Research and Exchanges Board 2006 Policy-Connect CollaborativeResearch Grants Program. “Have-Nots In The Global Academy: Information,

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Development And The Digital Divide In The Academic Workplace” (C. Cassara, PI; withL.Lengel and N. Marin), $30,000 (unfunded).

Federal and Internationally-Competitive Grants Under $100,000 continued:

Saudi Association for Media & Communication (SAMC) travel award to present refereedpaper at the Third Annual Communication Forum on Media Education & Training in the ArabWorld, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 3 – 6, 2005 ($8,000).

(Was primary investigator and filed reports for all following federal and international grants):Fulbright Research Grant for field research for doctoral dissertation

on women, music and the mass media in Tunisia, 1993-94, $18,700.Fulbright Research Grant extended for additional field research experience

in Tunisia, summer 1994, $3,400.American Institute for Maghreb Studies Research Grant

to study Moroccan communication and culture, 1994-95, $2,000.American Institute for Maghreb Studies Fellow Award, 1993-94, $2,000.

(funded through Fulbright Grant).Institute for International Education Grant to conduct research on internationalizing higher

education in Southeastern Europe, 2002. Includes competitive travel grant to presentresearch at the IIE symposium in Haldiki, Greece, $10,470 (with Dr. Noemi Marin).

Council for International Education Exchange of Scholars, Understanding Contemporary Islamgrant (K. Foell, PI, L. Lengel, Co-I, C. Cassara, Co-I, S. Elwazani, Co-I) (unfunded).

Council for International Education Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Visiting Specialist Program:Direct Access to the Muslim World (Laura Lengel, PI; Catherine Cassara, Co-I; Kristie Foell,Co-I; Bruce Edwards, Co-I; Salim Elwazani, Co-I). Awarded to bring Dr. Hamadi Redissi,Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tunis March – April 2004.

Council for International Exchange of Scholars Grantto be a Resource Consultant for the Fulbright Orientation, 1995, $725.

Institute for International Education Grantto participate in Fulbright Enrichment Seminar, Washington, DC, 1995, $725.

Council for American Overseas Research Centers,finalist for North African multi-country research grant, 1994-95.

Regional and Internal GrantsFaculty Development Committee, BGSU, Instructional Improvement Grant, 2004-2005.

Awarded grant to bring an online teaching and assessment consultant to BGSU to enhancethe Frontera (Frontiers of New Technology Education, Research and Action) program, $600.

New Faculty Learning Community Grants, Center for Teaching and Learning Technology,BGSU, for research support, 2003-2004, two grants x $500 ($1,000).

Faculty Development Committee, Speed Grant, to participate in the National CommunicationAssociation Short Course, ‘Teaching the College Course in Computer MediatedCommunication’, November 2002, $350.

New Faculty Learning Community Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning Technology,BGSU, for research support, 2002, $500.

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Faculty Research Committee Research Incentive Grant Program FY 2003, BGSU. Women in Scienceand Engineering and their Use of Technology to Enhance Equity, Professional Development, andWell-Being (Laura Lengel, PI) (unfunded).

Regional and Internal Grants continued

Center for Family and Demographic Research, Application for the Faculty DevelopmentAward, BGSU, 2002. ‘The Impact of Information Technology on Family Well Being andWomen’s Work/Family Balance’ (Paige Edley, PI; Laura Lengel, Co-I; Michelle Heine, Co-I)(unfunded).

Richmond American International University in London, Faculty Curriculum Development Grant,to present paper at The People’s Friendship University, Moscow, Russia, April 2002, $500.

Richmond American International University in London, Faculty Curriculum Development Grantsto present research at conferences, 1995-present. Grants averaging $2,000 annually.

Richmond American International University in London, Faculty Curriculum Development Grantsto develop International Field Study Programs in Morocco (1997; 2001) and China (2000).

John Houk Memorial Grant, for field research in Tunisiaon women, music and the mass media, 1993-94, $150.

Grant Referee ActivityReviewer, Fulbright Scholarship. Internal BGSU Reviewer for the Institute of International

Education and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, BGSU, October 2006.Grant Peer Reviewer, 2005 Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in

Development/USAID Grant Competition for Basic Education Policy Development program.$430,000, June, 2005.

Grant Reviewer, Office of Research Collaboration of the Medical University of Ohio,University of Toledo, and Bowling Green State University. Reviewed 10 grant proposalsfrom multi-university collaborative teams from BGSU, UT, and/or MUO for the “NorthwestOhio Signature Research Areas”, December 2005.

Grant Referee, 2003 International Collaborative Research Grants Competition, Social ScienceResearch Council. Program on Middle East and North Africa, May 2003.

Grant Referee, 2002-2003 Selection Committee for Fulbright Scholars to Great Britain.Reviewed and ranked 43 Fulbright proposals and participated in finalist selection meeting atthe Fulbright Commission, London, March 2002.

National Communication Association, Doctoral Honors Seminar, Referee, for competitiveapplication to participate in the seminar and travel grant, May 2003.

Honoraria, Small Grants, and ScholarshipsAssociation Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development. Honorarium for

participating on the grant peer reviewer, 2005 USAID Grant Competition for BasicEducation Policy Development program, June, 2005, $400.

BGSU Faculty Development Committee Speed Grant, 2002, for participating in a short course onTeaching the College Course in Computer Mediated Communication, NCA, $250.

Honorarium from American Institute of Foreign Study, London, for presenting lecture on massmedia and society in Britain, 1996.

Honorarium from Institut Massmedia, for presenting lectures on media, culture and technology, 1993.

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John Houk Memorial Grant, group grant to research women and minority graduate student experience,1992-93.

Honorarium from Tri-County Community Action, for production of promotional video for thissocial service agency’s programs, 1992.

Fellowship from the Graduate School and Research, Miami University, to participate inInternational Advertising Campaigns Practicum, London, 1988.

Miami University-Alumni Scholarships, 1983-84 and 1985-86.Fairview Orchestra Scholarship, 1982.Delta Omicron Honorary Scholarships, 1983-84 and 1985-86.

AwardsTop Paper Award, Western States Communication Association, Performance Studies Division,

2005.Authors and Artists Award, BGSU University Libraries, for Lengel and Warren book, Casting

Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Contexts, 2005.“Outstanding Young Scholar in Intercultural and International Communication”, Rochester

Institute of Technology Intercultural Conferences, 1997-2001. Awarded July 21, 2001.Visiting Scholar in Intercultural Communication, University of North Texas, grant finalist.Ohio University Outstanding Graduate Student

University-wide award; chosen from over 3,000 graduate students across the university bythe Ohio University Graduate Student Senate, 1995.

Ohio University School of Telecommunications Outstanding Graduate Student, 1995Graduate Associate Outstanding Teaching Award, finalist for the 1994-95 award.Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Student Honor Society, 1995 - present

Conference ActivityConference Highlights:Have presented (or have been accepted to present) more than 75 conference papers and panel

presentations, the majority of which were accepted for presentation at major national andinternational communication academic organizations including the International CommunicationAssociation (ICA), National Communication Association, and Association for Education inJournalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).

Presented or have been accepted to present 20 papers at international conferences in Europe andNorth Africa, including a conference at the University of Oxford (2001).

Presented two plenary lectures and participated in two plenary roundtables at the Rochester Instituteof Technology Intercultural Conferences (1999, 2001).

Invited respondent and chair and twice elected paper reviewer for the NCA International andIntercultural Communication Division (1998, 1999).

Invited respondent for the keynote lecture at the Communication, Technology and Cultural ValuesConference at the Rochester Institute of Technology (1997).

Conference PresentationsLengel, L. (2004, February). Performing In/Outside Islam: Music and Gendered Cultural Politics in

the Middle East and North Africa. Refereed competitive paper presented for the PerformanceStudies Division of the Western States Communication Association, February 20, 2005.Received Top Paper Award for the division.

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Lengel, L., & Newsom, N. (2005, May). The UN WSIS Gender Caucus in Tunis: Women in ConflictOver Technology Policy. Part of a refereed panel accepted for presentation at the, New York,May 28, 2005.

Lengel, L. (2005, October). Women in leadership roles in public health communication in Africa,Panelist in refereed panel on women and leadership in international contexts presented at theOrganization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender (OSCLG), Reno, NV,October 14, 2005.

Chair of panel on Women and Leadership in International Contexts, Organization for the Study ofCommunication, Language and Gender (OSCLG), Reno, NV, October 14, 2005.

Cassara, C., Lengel, L., Azouz, F., & El Bour, H. (2005, November). The IPSI-BGSU Middle EastPartnership Initiative: Connecting Journalism and Communication Students in the Arab Worldand the US. Refereed poster presented at the BGSU Research Conference, November 3 and 4,2005.

Cassara, C., & Lengel, L. (2005, November). Have-Nots in the Global Academy: The InformationSociety and the Digital Divide in the Academic Workplace. Refereed Paper presented at theInternational Research Foundation for Development (IRFD) World Forum on InformationSociety: Digital Divide, Global Development and the Information Society,” November 14-16,2005, Tunis, Tunisia.

Lengel, L., Ben Hamza, M., Cassara, C., & El Bour, H. (2005, November). University partnershipsin the U.S. and the MENA: Successful online initiatives. Presentation at the UN WorldSummit on the Information Society (UN WSIS), Tunis, November 15, 2005. Also, participateddin the UN WSIS as a civil Society Representative representing International ResearchFoundation for Development, Nov. 16-18, 2005.

Lengel, L., Cassara, C., Azouz, F., & El Bour, H. (2005, December). Online Media Education andTraining in the Arab World and Abroad: Connecting Journalism and Communication Studentsin International Contexts. Refereed paper presented by Lengel at the Third AnnualCommunication Forum on Media Education & Training in the Arab World, Saudi Associationfor Media & Communication (SAMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 3 – 6, 2005.

Lengel, L. (2005/2006). Technology Policy and the UN World Summit on the Information Society:Concerns for Post-Soviet States. Paper as part of a refereed panel accepted for presentationat the Union for Democratic Communication, Boca Raton, Florida, May 18-21, 2006 (Note:the conference was scheduled for November 3-6, 2005 but because of hurricane damage it hasbeen postponed to May 2006).

Lengel, L., & Newsom, N. (2005, May). The UN WSIS Gender Caucus in Tunis: Women in ConflictOver Technology Policy. Paper as part of a refereed panel accepted for presentation at theInternational Communication Association, New York, May 28, 2005.

Cassara, C., & Lengel, L. (2005, November). Have-Nots in the Global Academy: The InformationSociety and the Digital Divide in the Academic Workplace. Accepted for presentation at theWorld Forum on Information Society: Digital Divide, Global Development and theInformation Society, November 14-16, 2005, Tunis, Tunisia.

Lengel, L. (2004, November). Women, Music and Performance in Tunisia. Refereed competitivepaper presented for the International and Intercultural Communication Division forpresentation at the National Communication Association, Chicago, November 13, 2004.

Chair for “Intercultural Communication and Creative Practice: Music, Dance, and Women’sCultural Identity.” Refereed panel presented for the International and InterculturalCommunication Division at the National Communication Association, Chicago, November 11,2004.

Panelist for “Intercultural Communication and Creative Practice: Music, Dance, and Women’sCultural Identity.” Refereed panel presented for the International and Intercultural


Communication Division at the National Communication Association, Chicago, November 11,2004.

Panelist for “Accessing the Association: Reflecting on NCA's Diversity Policies and MovingForward on Including Persons with Disabilities.” Refereed panel presented for the DisabilityIssues Caucus at the National Communication Association, Chicago, November 13, 2004.

Panelist for “Casting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Contexts.” Refereed panelaccepted by the International and Intercultural Communication Division for presentation atthe National Communication Association, Chicago, November 12, 2004.

Panelist for “Generating and Mentoring Academic Identities.” Refereed panel accepted by theWomen’s Caucus for presentation at the National Communication Association, Chicago,November 11, 2004.

Panelist for “International Teaching Experience as a Challenge to Taken-for-Granted Theory:Moving Forward to More Universal Theories by Looking Back at Amer-ocentricAssumptions.” Refereed panel accepted by the International and Intercultural CommunicationDivision for presentation at the National Communication Association, Chicago, November12, 2004.

Panelist for “Technology, Literacies, and Communication in Global Perspectives: BridgingHistories, Old and New.” Refereed panel accepted by the Human Communication andTechnology Division for presentation at the National Communication Association, Chicago,November 11, 2004.

Instructor, Short Course: Teaching the College Course in CMC: Online Social Interaction inInternational Contexts. National Communication Association, Chicago, November, 13, 2004.

Lengel, L. (2004, April). The UN World Summit on the Information Society: Implications for PhaseII of the Summit in Tunisia. Refereed paper presented at the Union for DemocraticCommunications conference, St. Louis, April 23, 2004.

Respondent for the panel Race and/or Gender in the Media. Central States CommunicationAssociation, Cleveland, April 1, 2004.

Lengel, L., & Talkington, B. (2004, April). Researching Intercultural Communication CourseDevelopment in the US, Britain, and Europe. Central States Communication Association,Cleveland, April 3, 2004.

Panelist for “Sucessfully Generating Grant Monies that Serve Lesser-Resourced Communities”,refereed panel presented at the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, April 1,2004.

Lengel, L., & Talkington, B. (2003, December). A Snapshot of Intercultural Communication Courses:An International Analysis. Refereed paper presented at the plenary session of the InternationalAssociation for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC)/Subject CentrePedagogical Forum on “Intercultural Lessons: Locating the intercultural in an educationalcontext”, Lancaster University, 16 December 2003.

Lengel, L. (2003, November). Cultural Identity and International Faculty Appointments. Presentedat the National Communication Association, International and Intercultural CommunicationDivision and the Undergraduate College and University Section, National CommunicationAssociation. Miami, November, 23, 2003.

Chair of the panel “Extending Our Reach to International University Teaching Experiences”,jointly sponsored by the Intercultural Communication Division and the UndergraduateCollege and University Section, National Communication Association. Miami, November, 23,2003.


Lengel, L. (2003, November). Globalization, Information Control and Social Power: A regionalupdate from Eastern Europe. Presented at the National Communication Association. Miami,November, 23, 2003.

Panelist for “Redefining Academic Feminism: Creating Online Feminist Theorist Dialogue”,refereed panel presented at the National Communication Association, Miami, November,2003.

Instructor: Short Course 28: Computer Mediated Communication in International and InterculturalContexts, National Communication Association, Miami, November, 2003.

Panelist for “Suppressing identities for success: Navigating through the job search, tenure, andpublication”, refereed panel presented at the National Communication Association, Miami,November, 2003.

Talkington, B., & Lengel, L. (2003, November). Researching Intercultural Communication Curriculain the US, UK, and Western Europe: A Comparative Approach. Poster presented at the 2nd

annual BGSU Research Conference, November 6-7, 2003.Newsom, V., & Lengel, L. (2003, November). Crossing the Digital Divide for Women in the Middle

East. Poster presented at the 2nd annual BGSU Research Conference, November 6-7, 2003.Panliest on “Languages and Intercultural Communication: Current Issues” presented at the

International Communication Association, San Diego, May 24, 2003.Newsom, V., & Lengel, L. (2003, October). Repression and Crossing the Digital Divide: Contained

Empowerment through weblogs in the Middle East North Africa region. Refereed paperpresented at the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender(OSCLG) conference, Cincinnati, (Ft. Mitchell, KY), October 11, 2003.

Newsom, V., & Lengel, L. (2003, October). Constructing Empowerment through DemocraticDiscourse: Cultures and Identities of Women’s Communities Online. Refereed paperpresented at the Interactive Media Forum, Oxford, Ohio, October 27-28, 2003.

Panelist for ’MAP’ping Feminist Borderlands in the Academy Through Global and LocalWomentoring in the Academy: Feminist Insights from Intercultural, International, Media, andOrganizational Communication Scholars for Creating Gender Equity in Communication andMedia Studies, refereed panel presented at the International Communication Association, SanDiego, May 26, 2003.

Tomic, A., & Lengel, L. (2002, December). Moving Between Worlds: The Transcultured Self in theSphere of Creative Practice. Refereed paper presented at the International Association forLanguages and Intercultural Communication conference, Linz, Austria, December 6-8, 2002.

Panliest for “Conquering the Frontiers of Technology Across the Globe.” Invited by the NCA FirstVice President Task Force on the Digital Divide to present on this panel. NationalCommunication Association. New Orleans, November 21, 2002.

Lengel, L. (2002, November). Intercultural Communication and Creative Practice: ExaminingWomen's Culture and Communication Through the Performing Arts”. Refereed paperpresented in the International and Intercultural Communication Division, NationalCommunication Association. New Orleans, November 21, 2002.

Lengel, L. (2002, November). Literacy and the Net in International Contexts. Presented as part ofa refereed panel sponsored by the Human Communication and Technology Division, NationalCommunication Association. New Orleans, November 24, 2002.

Chair of the refereed panel Literacy and the Net in International Contexts. Human Communicationand Technology Division, National Communication Association. New Orleans, November 24,2002.


Lengel, L., & Marin, N. (2002, November). Internationalizing Higher Education through anIntercultural Communication and Technology Initiative. Poster presented at the BGSU 1st AnnualResearch Conference, November, 6-7, 2002.

Lengel, L. (2002, September). Women in the Global Digital Community: Leading Change in NorthAfrica and the Near East through Information Technology. Refereed paper presented at theWomen in the Global Community: A Fulbright Conference Bridging Academia and PublicPolicy. September 20, 2002, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Lengel, L., & Marin, N. (2002, October). Internationalizing Faculty Development in SoutheasternEurope: Technology and Education for Civil Society. Refereed paper presented at the Instituteof International Education's IIENetwork Research Symposium on "Challenges inInternationalizing Higher Education in Southeastern Europe: Policy and Practice." Center forDemocracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe, and the U.S. Educational Foundation inGreece, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 12, 2002.

Tomic, A., & Lengel, L. (2001, March). Dislocating and Relocating Cultural Identities in Resistance toGlobalisation through Communication Technology. Refereed paper presented at the University ofOxford Conference on Language, Media, Technology and International Communication, Oxford,England. March 30, 2001.

Invited Plenary Lecture, The Role of Women as Leaders in Overcoming the Digital Divide.Presented at “The Intercultural World and the Digital Connection” Conference, RochesterInstitute of Technology, Rochester, New York, July 20, 2001.

Plenary Roundtable Presenter, Roundtable for recipients of scholarship awards. Presented at“The Intercultural World and the Digital Connection” Conference Rochester Institute ofTechnology, Rochester, New York, July 21, 2001.

Lengel, L. (2001, November). Information and Communication Technology and EducationalInitiatives in Central and Eastern Europe. Presented by N. Marin (in L. Lengel’s absence) aspart of a refereed panel sponsored by the Human Communication and Technology Division,National Communication Association, Atlanta, November 3, 2001.

Lengel, L. (2001, November). Women, Technology and Performance: The Future of Civil Societyand Gender Equality. Presented by N. Marin (in L. Lengel’s absence) as part of a refereedpanel sponsored by the Communication & the Future Commission, National CommunicationAssociation, Atlanta, November 1, 2001.

Panliest for “Re-Energizing Our Roots: The Application of Intercultural Theory and Research inReal World Settings.” Refereed panel presented in the International and InterculturalCommunication Division, National Communication Association, Atlanta, November 1, 2001.

Invited Plenary Lecture, “Human Rights in the New Europe: Communication Technology forHuman Rights in War-Torn South-Eastern Europe”, at the “Human Rights andResponsibilities: Strategies among Nations and Peoples” Conference Rochester Institute ofTechnology, Rochester, New York, July, 10 1999.

Invited Plenary Roundtable Presenter, “A Fulbright Scholars’ Roundtable on CommunicatingHuman Rights and Responsibilities Internationally” at the “Human Rights andResponsibilities: Strategies among Nations and Peoples” Conference Rochester Institute ofTechnology, Rochester, New York, July 9, 1999.

Elected respondent for “Competitive Papers: Cultural Adaptation” panel in the International andIntercultural Communication Division, National Communication Association, Seattle,November 11, 2000.

Lengel, L. (2000, November). Collaboration through Technology in the ‘New’ (Central and Eastern)Europe: The MirandaNet Online Community. Refereed paper presented in the HumanCommunication and Technology Division, National Communication Association, Seattle,November 12, 2000.


Lengel, L. (2000, November). Culture, Identity and New Media in East-Central and South-EasternEurope: The Future of a Region in Transformation. Paper presented as part of a refereedpanel sponsored by the Communication & the Future Commission, National CommunicationAssociation, Seattle, November 11, 2000.

Lengel, L. (2000, November). Intercultural Communication, Language and Identity in North Africaand the Middle East.” Paper presented as part of a refereed panel sponsored by theInternational and Intercultural Communication Division, National CommunicationAssociation, Seattle, November 12, 2000.

Lengel, L. (2000, November). Which Engaged Discipline? Resistance to the ‘Establishment’ ofIntercultural Communication. Paper presented as part of a refereed panel sponsored by theInternational and Intercultural Communication Division, National CommunicationAssociation, Seattle, November 10, 2000.

Chair of the panel Cultural Identity in the Third Millennium: The Future of Civic Discourse inGlobal Contexts sponsored by the Communication & the Future Commission, NationalCommunication Association, Seattle, November 11, 2000.

Lengel, L., Telnarova, Z., & E. Burianova (1999, November). Kultura/Technologie Mladych: YouthCulture and Technology in the Czech Republic. Refereed paper presented in the Internationaland Intercultural Communication Division, National Communication Association Convention,Chicago, November 5, 1999.

Lengel, L., Scott, C., & Peacock, S. (1999, November). On-Line Collaboration Among CulturallyDiverse Students: An Analysis of an International and Multicultural CMC Project in London.Refereed paper presented in the International and Intercultural Communication Division,National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, November 6, 1999.

Lengel, L. (1999, November). International Communication and Gender On-Line: Perspectives fromAsia, the Middle East, and Eastern and Western Europe. Presented as part of a refereed panelsponsored by the Human Communication and Technology Division, National CommunicationAssociation Convention, Chicago, November 4, 1999.

Lengel, L. (1999, November). Culture and Technology in the New Europe: Communication inTransformation in Post-Socialist Nations. Presented as part of a refereed panel jointlysponsored by the International and Intercultural Communication Division and Commission onCommunication in the Future, National Communication Association Convention, Chicago,November 5, 1999.

Lengel, L. (1999, November). After the Fall: Media, Communication Technology and DemocraticDiscourse, 1989-1999. Refereed paper presented at the NCA Pre-Convention Seminar, “The Fallof Communism and its Impact on Democratic Discourse: Ten Years After”, Chicago, November3, 1999.

Lengel, L. (1999, March). Cross-Cultural Education Without Walls: The Frontera Virtual LearningCommunity. Refereed paper presented at CAL’99 (Computers and Learning), Institute ofEducation, University of London, March 30, 1999.

Tomic, A., & Lengel, L. (1998, December). Negotiating the ‘Third Space’: Intercultural CommunicationPedagogy in Transformational Contexts. Refereed paper presented at the Third AnnualDeveloping Cross-Cultural Capability Conference, Centre for Language Study, LeedsMetropolitan University, Leeds, UK, December 13, 1998.

Lengel, L. (1998, November). Dismantling the Post-Colonial ‘Other’: Historical Positions andContemporary Challenges of North African Women Musicians. Refereed paper presented in theCompetitively Selected Research IV: Feminist and Women’s Studies Division, NationalCommunication Association Convention, New York, November 24, 1998.

Lengel, L. (1998, November). Communicating ‘Like an Old Fashioned Grandmother’: Gender and theTechnology Gap in Central and Eastern Europe. Refereed paper presented in the International


and Intercultural Communication Division, National Communication Association Convention,New York, 22 November 1998.

Lengel, L. (1998, November). The Impact of Student-Centred On-Line Collaboration on FutureTeaching and Learning. Presented as part of a refereed panel sponsored by the Commission onCommunication in the Future, National Communication Association Convention, New York,November 23, 1998.

Peacock, S., Lengel, L., & Scott, C. (1998, October). Communication Technologies and InterculturalCommunication Education. Refereed poster presented at the IT in the Humanities Conference,Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, October 10, 1998.

Lengel, L. (1998, July). Socio-cultural and Political Discourse through Technology in Post-CommunistNations. Refereed paper presented at the National Communication Association/InternationalCommunication Association international conference on “Communication: Organizing for theFuture.” Rome, Italy, July 17, 1998.

Preston, C., & Lengel, L. (1998, June). Technological, Civic and Market Impact on Pedagogical Strategies:An Anglo-Czech Alliance in Learning and Peer Mentoring for Teacher Educators. Refereed paperpresented at the “Education in Late Modernity: Beyond Narrowing Agendas”, Institute ofEducation, University of London, UK, June 10-12, 1998.

Hathaway, J., & Lengel, L. (1998, April). From the Past to the Future of Intercultural Awareness: TracingHistorical Roots of Field Research in Intercultural Education. Refereed paper presented at the 8th

Society for Intercultural Education and Training and Research (SIETAR) Europa Congress, Bath, UK,April, 1998.

Lengel, L., & Peacock, S. (1998, April). The International Links Project: Pedagogical Collaborationthrough the Internet. Refereed paper presented at “The International University: Local and GlobalRoles” conference, London, England, April 5, 1998.

Tomic, A., & Lengel, L. (1997, December). Intercultural Communication Theory into Practice:Competence or Transformation? Refereed paper presented at the Second Annual DevelopingCross-Cultural Capability Conference, Centre for Language Study, Leeds MetropolitanUniversity, Leeds, UK, December 16, 1997.

Respondent to the panel: Competitively Selected Research V: Communication on the Margins.International and Intercultural Communication Division, National Communication AssociationConvention, Chicago, Illinois, November 22, 1997.

Lengel, L. (1997, November). Cultural “Know It All’s”: Resistance to Intercultural CommunicationEducation in International Environments. Refereed paper presented in the International andIntercultural Communication Division, National Communication Association Convention,Chicago, Illinois, November 22, 1997.

Lengel, L. (1997, November). Developing a World-Wide Community through New Technologiesand New Intercultural Communication Pedagogy. Refereed paper presented at the NationalCommunication Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois, November 20, 1997.

Lengel, L. (1997, November). Identity, Representation and Disempowerment: Arab Women and theMedia. Refereed paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention,Chicago, Illinois, November 21, 1997.

Hathaway, J., & Lengel, L. (1997, October). Directing Field Research in Multicultural Contexts.Refereed paper presented at the International Congress on Multicultural Education, University ofJyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland, October 18, 1997.

Invited Respondent to the keynote speech, “Communication, Culture, and Technology inContemporary Europe”. Keynote speaker, Dr Tapio Varis, University of Tampere, Finland.Communication, Technology and Cultural Values Conference. Rochester Institute of Technology,July 10, 1997.


Lengel, L. (1997, July). “Is the Information Superhighway Passing Us By?”: Reactions to the Internet inthe Third World. Refereed paper presented at the Communication, Technology and Cultural ValuesConference, Rochester, New York, Rochester Institute of Technology, July 12, 1997.

Lengel, L. (1997, May). Global Community and New Technologies: Building Community throughComputer-Mediated Communication in Developing Nations. Paper (presented by J. Metz inLengel’s absence) as part of a refereed panel presented at the International CommunicationAssociation Conference, Montreal, May 1997.

Lengel, L. (1997, February). Culture, Identity and International Communication. Refereed paperpresented at the 7th Society for Intercultural Education and Training and Research (SIETAR)Europa Congress, Poitiers, France, February 27, 1997.

Tomic, A., & Lengel, L. (1996, December). Cross-Cultural Capability: A curriculum for the newmillennium? A study of an undergraduate degree in Communications taught in a multiculturalcontext. Refereed paper presented at the Developing Cross-Cultural Capability Conference,Centre for Language Study, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, December 16, 1996.

Lengel, L. (1996, November). Researching the ‘Other’: Cultural Studies and Critical Ethnography inInternational Contexts. Refereed paper presented at the Speech Communication AssociationConvention (now NCA), San Diego, California, November 24, 1996.

Lengel, L. (1996, November). On the Margins of the Information Superhighway: Multiculturalismand the Internet. Refereed paper presented in the World Net Group of the SpeechCommunication Association Convention, San Diego, November 23, 1996.

Lengel, L. (1996, March). Diversity in Practice: Intercultural Communication Training inMulticultural Environments. Refereed paper presented at the 8th European Network forCommunication Development in Business and Education (ENCoDe) Conference, Nice, France,March 1, 1996.

Lengel, L. (1996, June). Crossing Theoretical, Pedagogical, Psychological Boundaries. Paper as part of arefereed panel accepted for presentation at the National Women’s Studies AssociationConference, Saratoga Springs, New York, June 15, 1996.

Lengel, L. (1995, November). Empowering Stages: Arab-Islamic Women Performers, Sexuality, andMusic in North Africa. Competitive, refereed paper presented at the Speech CommunicationAssociation Conference, Feminist and Women’s Studies Division, San Antonio, Texas,November 19, 1995.

Lengel, L. (1995, May). Reality Revealed: Contemporary Arab Women Discuss Sexuality, FamilyHonor and Musical Performance. Refereed paper presented at the InternationalCommunication Association Conference, Albuquerque, May 26, 1995.

Lengel, L. (1995, May). Women and Media in the ‘Third World’: Resistance in MulticulturalContexts. Refereed paper presented at the “Multicultural Women’s Conference: EmpoweringOurselves to Empower Others”, Sigma Gamma Rho African-American Organization, Athens,Ohio, May 6, 1995.

Lengel, L. (1995, April). ‘Not My Daughter!”: Performance, Gender and Sexuality in Tunisia. Paperin a refereed panel presented at the American Culture Association and Popular CultureAssociation Conference, Philadelphia, April 13, 1995.

Lengel, L. (1995, February). Tunisian perceptions of western media influence and the objectificationof women. Refereed paper presented at the Ohio U. and The Ohio State U. 10th Symposiumon Education in Africa: Relevance and Democratic Reform, Athens, Ohio, February 17, 1995.


Lengel, L. (1994, May). Une etude sur un aspect cultural du Maghreb: La femme, la musique, et lesmedias de Tunisie. Part of a refereed panel presented at the “Practiques cutlurelles au Maghreb:techniques de communication et image de soi” conference, L’Institut de Recherche sur le MaghrebContemporain, Tunis, Tunisia, May 14, 1994.

Sandell, K., Mattley, C., Evarts, D., Lengel, L., & Ziyati, A. (1993, November). The Media and VoterDecision-Making in Campaign ’92. Refereed paper presented (by Dr. Sandell) at the SpeechCommunication Association Conference, Miami, November 1993.

Sandell, K., Mattley, C., Evarts, D., & Lengel, L. (1993, August). Using the Media to Make Sense ofthe 1992 Presidential Election. Refereed paper presented (by Dr. Sandell) at the Associationfor Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, Kansas City, August 1993.

Lengel, L. (1993, May). The International Cultural Study of Popular Music: The Punta RockPhenomenon of Belize as Cultural Resistance or Incorporation. Paper presented as part of arefereed panel at a Theme Session of the International Communication Association Conference,Washington, DC, May 31, 1993.

Lengel, L. (1993, April). Gender Construction in Graduate School: Cultural, Academic, and SocialInfluences on Graduate Students. Paper presented as part of a refereed panel at a President’sPanel of the Central States Communication Association Conference, Louisville, April 11, 1993.

Lengel, L. (1993, February). Building Confidence and Alleviating Isolation for Women GraduateStudents. Presented at the Seventh Annual Midwest Feminist Graduate Student Conference,Bowling Green State University, February 14, 1993.

Lengel, L. (1992, October). An Investigation of Women’s Ethnicity, Class and Consumption”Midwest American Culture Association/Popular Culture Association Conference,Indianapolis, October 10, 1992.

Lengel, L. (1992, October). Investigating the Gender Differentiation of Graduate Student Experience.Presented at the Midwest American Culture Assoc./Popular Culture Assoc. Conference,Indianapolis, October 9, 1992.

Lengel, L. (1992, April). Representations of Women and Madness in Film: The Objectification of theHysterical. Refereed paper presented at the Ohio U. College of Communication 6th AnnualResearch Conference, April 3, 1992.

Unger, L., Cox, J.L., Utter, W., & Lengel, L. (1992, April). International Advertising CampaignsCourse: Taking Experiential Learning Abroad. Refereed paper presented (by Dr. Unger) therefereed paper at the 1988 EMU Conference on Language and Communication for WorldBusiness and the Professions.

Membership in professional organizationsNational and International Organizations – US-based:American Institute for Maghreb StudiesInternational Communication AssociationInstitute for International EducationInternational Research Foundation for DevelopmentNational Communication AssociationOrganization for the Study of Communication, Language and GenderUnion for Democratic Communication

National and International Organizations – Europe-based:British Fulbright Scholars Association

Elected position: Member of Executive Committee, 2000-2002European Network for Communication Development in Business and Education


International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC)Elected position: Secretary and Public Relations Officer, 1999-2001

Society for Intercultural Education and Training and Research - SIETAR Europa


Professional organization activities(includes elected posts in national and international organizations)

National Communication Association• International and Intercultural Communication Division:• Elected Secretary 2003 – 2005• Nominated for 2001 Vice Chair Elect• Nominated for 2004 Legislative Assembly• Invited panel respondent• Invited panel chair• Twice elected paper reviewer• Elected member of committee to develop the International and Intercultural Division WWW site• Twice nominated for Outstanding Scholarship Awards for the Division

Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender• Elected to Executive Committee (2004-2006)

British Fulbright Scholars Association• Communication Officer, Quarterly Publication Editor and Layout, (2000-2002)• Executive Committee member (2000-2002)

International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC)• Reviewer for competitive papers (2002-2003)• Elected position: Secretary and Public Relations Officer, 1999-2001.• Organizing Committee member, affiliation launch at International Communication

Association (2002-present)• Reviews and Criticism Editor, Language and Intercultural Communication (refereed journal of

the International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication) (2000-present)

• Co-organized launch of IALIC as a partner organization with the InternationalCommunication Association. Co-organized special launch panel with keynote Dr. ClareKramsch, University of California – Berkeley, ICA, 2003 and reception following.

Union for Democratic Communication• Representative to the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (UN

WSIS), Phase I, December 2003, Geneva, Switzerland• Representative to the UN WSIS first preparatory conference in Hammamet, Tunisia, June

2004• Representative to the UN WSIS, Phase II, Tunis, Tunisia, November 2005

Invited Visiting LecturesHave presented lectures on international and intercultural communication, new media andcommunication technology, pedagogy, and media, gender and cultural studies at the following:Asia

Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, 2000Central and Eastern Europe, Russia

The People’s Friendship University, Moscow, 2002St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1997Education for Democracy, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1993

North Africa and the Middle EastEastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, 1995Centre d’Etudes Maghrebines a Tunis, Tunis, 1994United States Information Service, Tunis, 1993, 1994


L’Institut Massmedia, Tunis, 1993 Association Tunisienne de la Communication, Tunis, 1993 Tunisian Ministry of Education, Tunis, Nabeul and Sfax, Tunisia, 1994United Kingdom

National Health Service, 1999-2001University of North London (1998, 1999)University of Canterbury (forthcoming)American Institute of Foreign Study, London, 1996Richmond American International University in London: School of Arts and Sciences, 1998, HonorsSeminar on Globalization and Internationalism, 1996, 1997; Women’s Studies Program, 1995

United StatesIowa State University, 2003, 2004Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Washington, DC, 1995Institute for International Education, Washington, DC, 1995Ohio University: Women’s Studies Program, Athens, Ohio, 1994, 1995; Center for ContemporaryHistory, Athens, Ohio, 1995; College of Communication, Athens, Ohio, 1994, 1995Rotary International, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Previous Direction of Doctoral ResearchServed on doctoral dissertation committee at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Dissertation

focused on international and intercultural communication studies and collaborativepedagogical strategies through communication technology.

Committee and service assignmentsProfessional development activities (e.g., workshops, etc.):

United States Agency for International Development, 2-week intensive workshop in Zagreb &Opatija, Croatia (May 2004), developed training program in computer mediatedcommunication in international contexts to be taught by the faculty team in Croatia.**Program received a United States Presidential Citation for Service

Participant, “Journey to Democracy,” Bowling Green State University, February 2004

Participant, Winning Grant Proposals, offered by the Office of Research Collaboration (BGSU,UT and the Medical College of Ohio), April 20, 2005.

Participant, Building Winning Teams for Grant Proposals, offered by the Office of ResearchCollaboration at BGSU, UT and the Medical College of Ohio to Deans, Chairs, and theResearch Advisory Board of the Office of Research Collaboration, April 21, 2005.

Research Fellow, MirandaNet, an organization advocating advanced technologies as a catalystfor change in teaching and learning. There are now Fellows across the world and chapters inAustralia, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Ireland and South Africa, Southeast England, andNorthern England.

Committee or service assignments at the national and international level(please see professional organization membership on page for more details)

Secretary, International and Intercultural Communication Division, National CommunicationAssociation (elected position, November 2003 - present)


United Nations Summit DelegateRepresentative to the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society for the Unionfor Democratic Communications

Executive Committee Member, Organization for the Study of Communication, Language andGender (elected position to this international organization, 2004-2006)

Executive Committee Member (British Fulbright Scholars Association (elected position to thisnational organization, 2000-2002)Communication Officer, Quarterly Publication Editor and Layout, (2000-2002)

Committee or service assignments at the regional levelMember of the Research Advisory Board of the Office of Research Collaboration, aconsortium of research offices at BGSU, University of Toledo, and the Medical College ofOhio.

Multi-university (BGSU, UT and MUO) service:

• Office of Research Collaboration Advisory Board, Spring 2005 – present. AdvisoryBoard member. Like the Task Force above, this multi-university committee involved asubstantial commitment of time attending and all-day retreat on September 12, 2005 andtwo additional Advisory Board meetings in Perrysburg; some institutional research for asubcommittee; and reviewing grant applications from UT, BGSU, and MUO for seedmoney provided by the Office of Research Collaboration.

University-wide service:

The BGSU President’s Task Force on the Scholarship of Engagement, Task Force member. Fall2004 – Spring 2005. Dr. Ribeau chose 16 members for the Task Force from over 100nominations across campus. This university-wide committee involved a substantialcommitment of time, researching and co-authoring a 40-page report on the acknowledgement,assessment, and evaluation of Scholarship of Engagement at BGSU. Lead and implemented allfinal editing, layout and proofing of the final Task Force Report, under the supervision of Dr.Deanne Snavely, Task Force Chair.

Facilitator of a CTLT Faculty Learning Community: “Grant Writing for ProfessionalDevelopment ", Fall 2005 – Spring 2006. Focuses on community outreach, the scholarship ofengagement, work/life balance, and creative practice. Lead 12-member faculty communitywhich includes faculty members from across the University, scheduled guest lecture series, ledsessions on work/life balance, grant writing, and research program development in the area ofScholarship of Engagement.

Facilitator of a CTLT Faculty Learning Community: “Beyond the Tower: Extending Past theTraditional Concept of the Academy", Fall 2004 – Spring 2005. Focuses on communityoutreach, the scholarship of engagement, work/life balance, and creative practice. Lead 12-member Community which includes faculty members from across the University, scheduledguest lecture series, led sessions on work/life balance, grant writing, and research programdevelopment in the area of Scholarship of Engagement.

Commencement Marshall, Bowling Green State University Graduate School, May 2003; Augustand December 2005.

Member, Organizational Committee of the 3rd Annual BGSU Research Conference, BowlingGreen State University (Spring – November 2004).


School and Department service

Member, Department of Interpersonal Communication Search Committee, Bowling GreenState University (August 2005 – present)Member, School of Communication Studies Graduate Program Committee, Bowling GreenState University (August 2004 – present)Elected member, School of Communication Studies Promotion and Tenure Committee,Bowling Green State University (2002 – present). Elected At-large member.Elected member, School of Communication Studies Merit Committee, Bowling Green StateUniversity (2005 – present).Invited member, School of Communication Studies Web Committee, Bowling Green StateUniversity (2003 – present).Elected member, School of Communication Studies Currier Projects Committee (2004-2005).Mentored several graduate students in their conference paper, publication, grant writing andbook reviewing efforts, resulting in numerous accepted works.Chair, Web/External Communications Committee, School of Communication Studies,Bowling Green State University (2003 – 2004).

Member, School of Communication Studies Director Search Committee, Bowling GreenState University (April 2004 – August 2004)

Member, Emerging Media Studies Group, BGSU School of Communication Studies, 2004

Department of Interpersonal Communication Advising Ad-hoc Committee, Bowling GreenState University (January 2004 – April 2004)

Elected Member, School of Communication Studies Currier Speakers Committee (2003-2004)

Distinguished Dissertations Award Committee, Graduate College, Bowling Green StateUniversity (October 2002)School of Communication Studies representative, Promotion and Tenure Committee,School of Communication Studies, Bowling Green State University (2002-present)Local Co-Coordinator, Communication and Culture Seminar, National CommunicationAssociation Doctoral Honors Seminar, School of Communication Studies, Bowling Green StateUniversity (2002-present)Member, Organizing Committee, Bowling Green State University Annual ResearchConference (2004-present)Currier Lecture Series Committee, School of Communication Studies, Bowling Green StateUniversity (2002-2003)Graduate Program Committee, Core Curriculum Revision Sub-Committee, School ofCommunication Studies, Bowling Green State University (2002-2003)Redesign of Convention Compendium, School of Communication Studies, Bowling GreenState University (with SCS graduate student Adrian Mitchell, 2002-2004)Developed proposal for the Institute for International Media, Communication andCulture, School of Communication Studies, Bowling Green State University (2002-present)


Committee to investigate funding opportunities for researching Digital Divide, School ofCommunication Studies, Bowling Green State University (2002-2003)Volunteered to be involved with the development of Mediated Culture(s): Journal of DialogicCommunication, School of Communication Studies, Bowling Green State University (2002 –2003)

Other relevant activitiesRecruitment for the Graduate Program at the International Association for Languages and

Intercultural Communication conference, December 2002, Linz, Austria.Recruitment for the Graduate Program at the 2002 Women in the Global Community: A Fulbright

Conference Bridging Academia and Public Policy, Bosphorus University, September, 2002,Istanbul, Turkey.

Recruitment for the Graduate Program at the Institute of International Education's IIENetworkResearch Symposium on "Challenges in Internationalizing Higher Education in SoutheasternEurope: Policy and Practice." Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe,and the U.S. Educational Foundation in Greece, October, 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Recruitment for the Graduate Program at the 2002 National Communication Associationconvention, November 2002, New Orleans, LA.

Recruitment for the Assistant Professor search at the 2002 National Communication Associationconvention, November 2002, New Orleans, LA.

Alumni relations: redesign of Convention Compendium to be sent to School of CommunicationStudies alumni, Bowling Green State University (with SCS graduate student Adrian Mitchell,2002-present).

Conducted workshops on media and democracy at the Institute of Press and InformationSciences, University of Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia as part of the BGSU-IPSI MEPI program (seegrants section above).

Promoted department, school and university to various international organizations including theU.S. Embassy in Tunis, the Tunisian Embassy in Washington, DC, and civil society and mediaorganizations in NW Ohio, SE Michigan and Tunisia as part of the BGSU-IPSI MEPI program(see grants section above).

Recruitment for the Graduate Program at the 2005 International Research and DevelopmentForum, Tunis, Tunisia, November 2005.

Recruitment for the Graduate Program at the Global Fusion conference, Athens, OH, Septemberand October 2005.

Recruitment for the Graduate Program at the Organization for the Society of Communication,Language and Gender conference, Reno, NV, October 2005.

Recruitment for the Graduate Program at the United Nations World Summit for the InformationSociety, Tunisia, November 2005.

Professional development activities (e.g., workshops, etc.):Participated in the CTLT workshop on developing curricula and syllabi, a three-day series of

workshop meetings, Spring 2005.Participated in the grant writing workshop given by David Bauer, organized by the BGSU, UT and

MUO Office of Research Collaboration, Spring 2005.Participated in the developing winning grant teams workshop given by David Bauer, organized by

the BGSU, UT and MUO Office of Research Collaboration, Spring 2005.


Participated in the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender (OSCLG)writing workshop, October 14, 2005.

Career Teaching, Special International and Intercultural Projects/ActivitiesRichmond American International University in London, EnglandAssociate Professor, Department of Communication, 1999-2002Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, 1995-1999Developed and taught courses in Communication Technology, International and Intercultural

Communication, International Film, and Research Methods. Substantial university service andstudent advising activities.

Richmond American International University in London, England, 1996 – 2000.Co-Director, International Field Study ProgramOne of two Directors who planned and taught intensive field research program in Morocco (1997)

and China (2000). Developed and taught Area Studies for Field Research course in the Springterm to prepare students for international and intercultural field research.

Ohio University, School of Telecommunications, Teaching Associate, 1991-1993, 1994-1995.Taught audience research, television and audio production, and educational media. Advisedpostgraduate and undergraduate research, particularly in international and multiculturaleducation, international and intercultural communication, and field research methodologies.

Le Ministere de l’Education de la Tunisie and The American Center, Tunis, Tunisia, 1993-94Advised Tunisia Ministry of Education officials and Tunisian teachers in developing the nationalEnglish teaching program of Tunisia. Presented lectures to and led discussions with teachers,students and administrators. Lectured at the national Tunisian Summer Institute annual trainingprogram.

Ohio University Continuing Education, Instructor, Ethnomusicology, June-July 1992Taught three sections of “Music from Around the World” to 70 primary school honor students.Concentrated on the music and culture of North Africa, Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

International Interdisciplinary Advertising Practicum, Miami University, 1987-1989Assisted in the curriculum development of new graduate/undergraduate internationaladvertising and public relations campaign course conducted in London, Summer 1988.Conducted research in London on the practicum for a co-authored paper presented by MiamiUniversity faculty at the 1988 Conference on Language and Communication for WorldBusiness and the Professions.

Office of Minority Affairs and Affirmative Action, Interactive Video Co-Producer, MiamiUniversity, 1989. Part of a group of graduate students who produced pilot of an interactivevideo concerning university campus racism. Project has since been reproduced, is distributedto universities nation-wide, and has received significant grants and awards.

Ethnographic Videographer, Tunisia, 1993-1994. Shot Hi-8 video of live performances andinterviews for Tunisia women musicians for doctoral thesis research.

Professional development activities prior to BGSU postGuest Lecturer on intercultural communication and East-West organizational interaction and

cooperation, The People’s Friendship University, Moscow, Russia (with Alice Tomic), 2002.Co-Founder and Co-Director, Frontera (Frontiers of New Technology Education, Research and

Action), one of the first large scale, on-going, multi-university computer mediated program onthe impact of CMC on intercultural and international communication.

Guest Lecturer on communication and culture, cultural identity, and negotiation of the UKworkplace for US interns, International Internship Program, Richmond American InternationalUniversity in London.

Professional Communication ExperienceRichmond American International University in London, Internet and Intranet Sites Designer, 1998.

Designed and developed and 80-page Internet site <http://www.richmond.ac.uk> anddesigned University Campus Wide Information System Intranet site.


VP Technology, London, UK, 1999 – 2002.Conducted research for Internet and Data Warehousing Consultancy. Developed high tech startup project. Details found at < http:www.vpt.co.uk > .

Ohio University Telecommunications Center, Distance Learning Program, Graduate Associate,1991-1992. Assisted in co-ordinating all teaching, teleconferences and meetings using OhioUniversities interactive television network. Trained faculty to teach on the system, directed videoproduction and operated system during distance learning courses.

WMUB-FM, Miami University, Manager of Development, 1989-1991Directed all public relations and fund-raising efforts for this National Public Radio affiliate.

WMUB-FM, Miami University, Graduate Assistant, 1987-1989Assisted in the planning and implementation of all station marketing and public relations efforts.

Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Development Assistant and Marketing Supervisor, Cleveland,1986-1987. Assisted in a $1.2 million fund-raising program and public relations programme.Directed a corporate contributions program and subscription sales campaign.

Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio. 1987. Directed all promotion and public relations forthis alternative theatre company. Researched and initiated first group sales program. Plannedopening night and other special events.

University Service and Committee Work Prior to BGSU AppointmentPlanning Committee Member, CAL’99 (Computers and Learning) Conference, Institute of

Education, University of London, London, England (to occur March 28-31 1999).University-wide Graduate and Undergraduate Research Conference. Initiator and director, of

this refereed bi-annual conference, at Richmond American International U. (RAIUL) 1998-2002.Academic Council, RAIUL, 1996-1998. Elected to this highest governing body of the university.School of Arts & Sciences Research Funding Committee. Chosen by Dean. 2001-present.British Validation Internal Examiner Team, RAIUL, 1996-2002. Member of team overseeing the BA

(Hons) Creative Arts and Communications Program. Participated in the development and defenceof the application for British validation by the Open University.

Chair, Campus-Wide Information Service (University Intranet) Steering Committee, RAIUL,1998-present. Chosen by the Department of Information Technology to guide this committeewhich directs the development of the University's Intranet site for on-line teaching andinformation dissemination.

Faculty Evaluation and Welfare Committee, RAIUL, 1998-2000. Developed and designed newcourse evaluation form to be used across the University. Research promotion and tenure criteria.Elected position.

Program Development Committee, RAIUL, 1996-2002. Chosen by the Dean, School of Arts andScience, to serve on the Program Development Committee to critique curriculum development ofSchool of Arts & Sciences departments, Spring 1998-2002.

Honors Program Ad-Hoc Committee, RAIUL, 1996-2002. Chosen by Head of the HonorsProgram for program curriculum development.

Committee on Faculty Workload, RAIUL, 1998. Chosen by Chair of Faculty, to examine facultyteaching and research loads.

Faculty Secretary, RAIUL, 1995-1997. Elected position.Other RAIUL Service Activities: Active advisor, developer and promoter of guest lectures,

promote Communications Program at international conferences, serve on hiring committees,reshoot/edit/voice over in university promotional videos, shoot and edit International FieldStudy Project promotional video, designed University Internet and Intranet sites.

Ohio University Service Activities:International conference organising committee member, “Feminist Theory and Gender

Perspectives in World Politics” held at Ohio University, 1994-1995.School of Telecommunications Representative, Ohio U. Graduate Student Senate, 1992-1993.Production Committee, Graduate Student Rep., Ohio U. School of Telecommunications, 1992-93.Women’s Studies Program Curriculum Committee, Ohio U., Graduate Program Representative,

1992-1993.