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James E. Mueller

Title: Interim Dean

Department: Mayborn School of Journalism

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1998
    Major: Journalism
  • MA, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1992
    Major: Journalism
  • BJ, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1982
    Major: Journalism

Current Scheduled Teaching

JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

INFO 6950.720Doctoral DissertationSpring 2024
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisSpring 8W2 2024
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisSpring 2024
JOUR 5910.709Advanced Problems in JournalismFall 2023
INFO 6950.043Doctoral DissertationFall 2023
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2023
JOUR 5040.001Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2023 SPOT
JOUR 5900.709Advanced Problems in JournalismSpring 8W2 2023
JOUR 5910.709Advanced Problems in JournalismSpring 8W2 2023
INFO 6950.720Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisSpring 2023
INFO 6950.043Doctoral DissertationFall 2022
JOUR 5040.001Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5040.601Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2022 SPOT
INFO 6950.720Doctoral DissertationSpring 2022
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisSpring 2022
JOUR 5040.201Media Studies and TheoriesSpring 2022 SPOT
JOUR 5040.601Media Studies and TheoriesSpring 2022 SPOT
JOUR 5910.709Advanced Problems in JournalismFall 2021
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2021
JOUR 5040.601Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5040.801Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2021 SPOT
INFO 6660.708Readings in Information ScienceFall 2021
JOUR 5040.201Media Studies and TheoriesSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5040.601Media Studies and TheoriesSpring 2021 SPOT
JOUR 5910.709Advanced Problems in JournalismFall 8W2 2020
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2020
JOUR 5040.201Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2020 SPOT
JOUR 5040.601Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2020 SPOT
JOUR 5900.709Advanced Problems in JournalismSummer 5W2 2020
JOUR 5900.709Advanced Problems in JournalismSpring 2020
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisSpring 2020
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2019
JOUR 5040.601Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2019 SPOT
JOUR 5040.801Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2019 SPOT
JOUR 5900.709Advanced Problems in JournalismSpring 8W2 2019
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisSpring 2019
JOUR 5040.801Media Studies and TheoriesSpring 2019 SPOT
JOUR 5040.601Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2018 SPOT
JOUR 5040.801Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2018 SPOT
JOUR 1210.801Mass Communication and Society.Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4910.709Special ProblemsSpring 2018
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2017
JOUR 5040.801Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2017 SPOT
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisSpring 2017
JOUR 4900.701Special ProblemsSpring 2017
JOUR 5040.002Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2016 SPOT
JOUR 4900.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2016
JOUR 4820.002History of American MediaSpring 2015 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Spring 2015 Syllabus
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisSpring 2015
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Fall 2014 Syllabus
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2014
JOUR 5040.002Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2014
JOUR 4820.002History of American MediaSpring 2014 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Spring 2014 Syllabus
JOUR 5900.709Advanced Problems in JournalismFall 2013
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Fall 2013 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.817Mass Communication and Society.Fall 2013 Syllabus
JOUR 5040.002Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2013
JOUR 4820.002History of American MediaSpring 2013 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Spring 2013 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Fall 2012 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.810Mass Communication and Society.Fall 2012 Syllabus
JOUR 5040.002Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2012
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Summer 5W1 2012
JOUR 5040.001Media Studies and TheoriesSummer 5W2 2012
JOUR 4820.002History of American MediaSpring 2012 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Spring 2012 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Fall 2011 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.803Mass Communication and Society.Fall 2011 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Spring 2011 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Fall 2010 Syllabus
JOUR 5040.002Media Studies and TheoriesFall 2010
JOUR 5900.709Advanced Problems in JournalismSpring 2010
JOUR 4820.002History of American MediaSpring 2010 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Spring 2010 Syllabus
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Fall 2009 Syllabus
JOUR 5950.701Master's ThesisFall 2009
JOUR 5050.001Readings in Mass CommunicationFall 2009
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2009
JOUR 4820.002History of American MediaSpring 2009
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Spring 2009
JOUR 4800.709Professional InternshipSpring 2009
JOUR 4900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2009
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Fall 2008
JOUR 4800.709Professional InternshipFall 2008
JOUR 5050.001Readings in Mass CommunicationFall 2008
JOUR 4800.709Professional InternshipSummer 10W 2008
JOUR 4820.002History of American MediaSpring 2008
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Spring 2008
JOUR 4800.709Professional InternshipSpring 2008
JOUR 4900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2008
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Fall 2007
JOUR 4510.001Newspaper Management, Problems and EthicsFall 2007
JOUR 4800.709Professional InternshipFall 2007
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Spring 2007
JOUR 1210.001Mass Communication and Society.Fall 2006
JOUR 4321.001Opinion WritingFall 2006
JOUR 4800.709Professional InternshipFall 2006
JOUR 4900.709Special ProblemsFall 2006
JOUR 4910.709Special ProblemsFall 2006
JOUR 4800.706Professional InternshipSummer 10W 2006
JOUR 4820.001History of American MediaSpring 2006
JOUR 4510.001Newspaper Management, Problems and EthicsSpring 2006
JOUR 4800.702Professional InternshipSpring 2006
JOUR 5900.709Advanced Problems in JournalismFall 2005
JOUR 2310.001Newspaper Reporting and WritingFall 2005
JOUR 2310.002Newspaper Reporting and WritingFall 2005
JOUR 2310.301Newspaper Reporting and WritingFall 2005
JOUR 2310.304Newspaper Reporting and WritingFall 2005
JOUR 4321.001Opinion WritingFall 2005
JOUR 5950.709Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2005
JOUR 4800.710Professional InternshipSummer 10W 2005
JOUR 4820.001History of American MediaSpring 2005
JOUR 4510.001Newspaper Management, Problems and EthicsSpring 2005
JOUR 4800.702Professional InternshipSpring 2005
JOUR 2310.001Newspaper Reporting and WritingFall 2004
JOUR 2310.002Newspaper Reporting and WritingFall 2004
JOUR 2310.301Newspaper Reporting and WritingFall 2004
JOUR 2310.304Newspaper Reporting and WritingFall 2004
JOUR 4321.001Opinion WritingFall 2004
JOUR 4800.702Professional InternshipFall 2004
JOUR 5800.709Professional InternshipFall 2004
JOUR 4900.709Special ProblemsFall 2004

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Mueller, James E.. (1999). The Evolving Image of American Newspaper Publishers Since World War II: From Passionate Public Champion to Market-Driven Corporate Executive.
  • Koji Fuse and James E. Mueller. (1998). "The Politics of World War II History: The Dehistoricizing Obliteration of Non-Japanese Asians in Japanese and American Newspapers". The Image of Class in Literature, Media, and Society: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery [SISSI]. 168–77. Pueblo, CO, Colorado State University–Pueblo.
  • Fuse, Koji, and James E. Mueller. (1998). The Politics of World War II History: The Dehistoricizing Obliteration of Non-Japanese Asians in Japanese and American Newspapers.
  • Book

  • Mueller, J.E. (2020). Ambitious Honor: George Armstrong Custer’s Life of Service and Lust for Fame.. Norman, Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press.
  • Mueller, J.E. (2013). Shooting Arrows and Slinging Mud: Custer, the Press and the Little Bighorn. Norman, Oklahoma, oupress.com
  • James E. Mueller. (2008).
  • Mueller, James E.. (2008). Tag Teaming the Press: How Bill and Hillary Clinton Work Together to Handle the Press.
  • Mueller, James E.. (2006). Towel Snapping the Press: How George W. Bush Learned to Play with Journalists.
  • Book Chapter

  • Mueller, J.E. (2017). The Forgotten Issue: The Little Bighorn and the Election of 1876. After the War: The Press in a Changing America.
  • Mueller, J.E. (2014). "Custar" in the News: George Armstrong Custer in the Gettysburg Campaign. A Press Divided: Newspaper Coverage of the Civil War.
  • James E. Mueller. (2013).
  • Koji Fuse and James E. Mueller. (2009). "Created Heroes, Humanized Soldiers, and Superior Western Values: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima". War and the Media: Essays on News Reporting, Propaganda and Popular Culture. 41–56. Jefferson, NC, McFarland.
  • Fuse, Koji, and James E. Mueller. (2009). "Created Heroes, Humanized Soldiers, and Superior Western Values: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima." In War, Media and Communication, edited by Paul M. Haridakis, Barbara S. Hugenberg, and Stanley T. Wearden.
  • Mueller, James. E.. (2009). "Little Bighorn Coverage in the Kansas Press," in Seeking a Voice: Images of Race and Gender in the 19th Century Press. Revised version of previously published article..
  • Mueller, James. E.. (2008). "Little Bighorn Coverage in the Illinois Press," in Custer and His Times, Vol. 5.
  • Nitz, Michael; Cypher, Alyson; Reichert, Tom, and James E. Mueller. (2003). "Candidates as Comedy: Political Presidential Humor on Late-Night Television Shows." In Lynda Lee Kaid, John C. Tedesco, Dianne Bystrom, and Mitchell S. McKinney (Eds.), The Millennium Election: Communication in the 2000 Campaign.
  • Mueller, James E.. (2002). "Little Bighorn Coverage in Kansas Newspapers: Last Stand for a Partisan Press." In John P. Hart, editor, Custer and His Times, Vol. 4 (pp. 251-274).
  • Mueller, James E.. (2002). "Norman Vincent Peale and Guideposts Magazine," in Wm. David Sloan and James D. Starrt (Eds.) The Media and America.
  • Mueller, James E.. (1997). "Delivery System Disaster: Circulation Problems of the St. Louis Sun." In Charles Warner (Ed.), Media Management Review (pp. 115-125).
  • Book Review

  • Mueller, J.E. (2022). Journalism and the Russo-Japanese War: The End of the Golden Age of Combat Journalism. 5 (2) 50-52. Augusta, Georgia, Augusta University.
  • Mueller, J.E. (2022). "Inventing Custer: The Making of an American Legend". Great Plains Quarterly. Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska.
  • Mueller, j.E. (2016). Success and Failure in Using the Bully Pulpit: Lincoln, Roosevelt and Taft and the Importance of Press Relations. Presidential Studies Quarterly.
  • James E. Mueller. (2015). El Paso's Muckraker: The Life of Owen Payne White.
  • James E. Mueller. (2014). Custer.
  • James E. Mueller. (2014). The Fights on the Little Horn: Unveiling the Mysteries of Custer's Last Stand.
  • Mueller, James E.. (2010). "First Ladies and the Fourth Estate: Press Framing of Presidential Wives.".
  • Mueller, J.E. (2006). A review/essay on "The Elements of Newswriting," "Storycrafting: A Process Approach to Writing News," and "Newswriting on Deadline.".
  • Mueller, J.E. (2000). The Globalization of News.
  • Mueller, J.E. (1999). Joint Operating Agreements.
  • Conference Proceeding

  • Mueller, J.E. (2016). Who Was Custer? Teacher, Writer, Performer, Political Activist ... and Soldier. Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Annual 2016.
  • Mueller, J.E. (2014). Swinging Around the Circle with Custer: George Armstrong Custer's Role in the 1866 Election. Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association Symposium Annual 2014. Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association Symposium Association.
  • Instructor's Manual

  • Mueller, J.E., Martin, C.R., Fabos, B., Campbell, R. (2016). Instructor's Resource Manual, Media Essentials: A Brief Introduction..
  • Mueller, J.E., Martin, C.R., Fabos, B., Campbell, R. (2016). Test Bank, Media Essentials: A Brief Introduction.
  • Journal Article

  • Mueller, J.E. (2016). Stanley Before Livingstone: Henry Morton Stanley's Coverage of Hancock's War Against the Plains Tribes in 1867. American Journalism.
  • Mueller, James E.. (2010). "Taking a Humorous Stand: 19th Century Newspaper Jokes About Custer and the Little Bighorn..
  • Mueller, James E.. (2009). "A Dozen Best: Top Books on Presidents and the News Media.".
  • Mueller, James E., and Tom Reichert. (2009). "More Engaged But Still Uninformed? 2004 Presidential Election Coverage in Consumer Magazines Popular with Young Adults.".
  • Mueller, James E.. (2008). Clintons Put the Squeeze on Press.
  • Mueller, James E.. (2007). Journalistic Objectivity: Time to Abandon It?.
  • Mueller, James E.. (2006). Victims, Villains and Heroes: Comparing Newspaper Coverage of World War II and the Iraq War.
  • Mueller, James E.. (2005). Kentucky Press Coverage of the Little Bighorn: Detached Partisanship.
  • Mueller, James E.. (2004). Teaching Tricks for Media Management Case Studies.
  • Mueller, James E.. (2003). Building Community by Building a High School Newspaper: A Case Study of One Daily's Cooperative Project.
  • Reichert, Tom; Mueller, James E.; Nitz, Michael, and Alyson Cypher. (2003). Disengaged and Uninformed: 2000 Presidential Election Coverage in Consumer Magazines Popular with Young Adults.
  • Mueller, James E.. (2003). Not His Father's Sun: A Brief Biography of St. Louis Sun Founder Ralph M. Ingersoll II.
  • Mueller, James E.. (2003). The Last Stand is Not the Last Word: Effective Leadership Principles of George Armstrong Custer.
  • Mueller, James E.. (2001). Your Teaching is a Blessing.
  • Mueller, James E.. (1999). Community Building Concepts Applied to Online Newspapers: A Case Study of a Four-State Region.
  • Sylvie, George, and James E. Mueller. (1995). The Shreveport Solution: Preserving Editorial Diversity When a JOA Fails.
  • Textbook

  • Mueller, James E.. (2010). Instructor's Manual for Media Essentials..

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Fuse, K. (Principal), Mueller, J.E. (Other), Kayanja, I.M. (Other), Williams, K. (Other), "Colgrove Research Grant," sponsored by Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas, $2200 Funded. (2022).
  • Fuse, K. (Principal), Kayanja, I.M. (Co-Principal), Mueller, J.E. (Co-Principal), Williams, K.M. (Co-Principal), "Barbara B. Colegrove Research Fund for Diversity, Equity and Mass Communication Projects," sponsored by Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas, $2200 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
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    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
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    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
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    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
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