Education

Ph.D. 1996. Northwestern University, Department of Communication Studies.

M.A. 1989. Northwestern University, Department of Communication Studies.

B.A. 1986. The Johns Hopkins University, Writing Seminars.

Teaching Positions

Salem State College, Salem, MA. Associate Professor, 2007-present.

Salem State College, Salem, MA. Assistant Professor, 2002-2007.

Emerson College, Boston, MA. Assistant Professor, 1997-2002.

Simmons College, Boston, MA. Adjunct Lecturer, 2001.

Emerson College, Boston, MA. Visiting Assistant Professor, 1993-97.

North Central College, Naperville, IL. Instructor, 1991-93.

Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Instructor, 1992-93.

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Teaching Assistant, 1987-1992.

Research Positions

Tokai University, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Visiting Researcher, 1989-90.

Publications

Cho, H., P. Oehlkers, J. Mandelbaum, K. Edlund, and M. Zurek. (2004). The Healthy Talk Family Planning Campaign of Massachusetts: A communication-centered approach. Health Education, 104 (5), 314-325.

Oehlkers, P. W. (2000). Mediating news: The "international media echo" and symbolic international relations, in A. Malek & A.P. Kavoori (eds.), The global dynamics of news: Studies in international news coverage and news agendas. Stamford, CT: Ablex Publishing Corporation, p. 31-53.

Oehlkers, P. W. (1991). Journalism and narrative: Storytelling about U.S.-Japan relations, Journal of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Japan), 33: 47-61.

Recent Conference Presentations

Oehlkers, P.W. (2006). From selling to listening: The changing metaphors of public diplomacy, presented at the International Academy of Business Disciplines Annual Meeting, San Diego.

Oehlkers, P.W. (2006). Unhealthy clicks: Analyzing the contents of healthcare crisis rumors in online discussion board messages, presented at the International Academy of Business Disciplines Annual Meeting, San Diego.

Oehlkers, P.W. (2000, November). PokeDad: The consumption of the Pokemon phenomenon and the "thirdspace" of Japanese American identity, presented at the National Communication Association Annual Meeting, Seattle.

Oehlkers, P.W. (2000, June). Japan, Hollywood, and America's storytelling potency: An analysis of the takeover fantasy in contemporary American commercial fiction, presented at International Communication Association Annual Meeting, Acapulco.

Oehlkers, P. W. (2000, April). Nations communicating: The interpersonal metaphor in international relations, presented at Eastern Communication Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh.

Oehlkers, P.W. (2000, February). Utopian and dystopian visions in the field of international popular music, PRISM conference, Emerson College.

Oehlkers, P.W. (1999, May). A Japan that can say...: A Bakhtinian analysis of U.S.-Japan discourse, presented at the International Communication Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco.

Oehlkers, P.W. (1998, November). Bakhtin's communication: A personal account, presented at the National Communication Association Annual Meeting, New York.

Grants and Honors

Salem State College Grant for On Line Course Development. 2006.

Salem State College Grant for ITAS minor course development. 2004.

Northwestern University School of Speech "Irving J. and Laura L. Lee Scholarship" for "a talented student with an outstanding record." 1990.

Japan Studies Scholarship from Japan America Society of Chicago, for work studying the adjustment of Japanese sojourners to the United States. 1987-88.

Phi Beta Kappa, The Johns Hopkins University. 1986.

Professional Activity

Reviewed papers and served as respondent for the International Communication Association, Mass Communication Division.

Reviewed textbooks and textbook proposals for McGraw-Hill (Consumer Behavior); Wadsworth Publishing (Communication Between Cultures, 6th edition; Communication Theories in Action), Sage Publications (Global Marketing and Advertising; Advertising Strategy; Communication Theory as a Field ), Allyn & Bacon, and Roxbury Publishing.

Courses Taught

Advertising Case Studies, undergraduate

Advertising Media Planning, undergraduate

Advertising, Principles of, undergraduate

Communication Theory, graduate and undergraduate

Consumer Behavior, graduate

Consumption Theory, graduate

Copywriting for Electronic Media, undergraduate

Global Communications, undergraduate

Intercultural Communication, graduate and undergraduate

Interpersonal Communication, undergraduate

Introduction to Communications, undergraduate

Introduction to Graduate Studies in Communication, graduate

Mass Communication Theory, undergraduate

Persuasion Theory, undergraduate

Print Copywriting, undergraduate

Public Speaking, undergraduate

Research Methods in Communication, graduate and undergraduate

Salem State College Activities

Strategic Planning Committee (School of Arts and Sciences) 2002-present

--Chair of Committee 2006-present

Information Technology Liaison to the Provost. 2007- present.

Massachusetts Campus Compact faculty representative. 2007-present.

Earth Day Committee (All College) 2004-present

Curriculum Committee (Communications Department) 2002-present

Communications Lab Committee (Communications Department) 2002-present

Portfolio Day Coordinator (Communications Department) 2004-present