Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD, Mass Communication (2005) - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MA, Communication, Culture, & Technology (1999) - Georgetown University
BA, Communication Studies / BA, History (1997) - Virginia Tech
Teaching
UC Foundation Associate Professor (2011 - present) - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Department of Communication
UC Foundation Assistant Professor (2007 - 2011) - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Department of Communication
Assistant Professor (2005 - 2007) - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Department of Communication
Instructor (2003 - 2004) - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Journal Articles
Simmons, Charlene (2012), "Will You Be on Our Board of Directors, We Need Help: Media Corporation, Environmental Change, and Resource Dependency Theory," Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 89.1, 55-72.
Simmons, Charlene (2011), “Converging Competitors?: Board Interlocks in the Changing Media Landscape,” Journal of Media Economics 24.4, 201-213.
Simmons, Charlene (2010), “Weaving a Web within the Web: Corporate Consolidation of the Web, 1999-2008,” The Communication Review 13.2, 105-119.
Simmons, Charlene (2009), “Dear Radio Broadcaster: Fan Mail as a Form of Perceived Interactivity,” Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media 53.3, 444-459.
Simmons, Charlene (2007). “Protecting Children While Silencing Them: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and Children’s Free Speech Rights,” Communication Law and Policy 12.2, 119-142.Recent Paper Presentations
Simmons, Charlene (March 11, 2011), A Marriage of Friends or Foes?: Radio, Newspapers, and the Facsimile in the 1930s (Work in Progress). 2011 Joint Journalism Historians Conference: New York, NY.
Simmons, Charlene (October 13, 2010), Tweeting to Learn: Encouraging Learning Through Social Networks. International College Teaching & Learning Conference (ITILC). Clute Institute: Las Vegas, NV. (Best Paper in Session Award)
Simmons, Charlene (August 6, 2009), Weaving a Web within the Web: Corporate Consolidation of the Web, 1999-2008. AEJMC Convention. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: Boston, MA.
Simmons, Charlene (August 5, 2009), Converging Competitors?: Board Interlocks in the Changing Media Landscape. AEJMC Convention. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: Boston, MA.