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NICOLE KRAFT
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 614.407.6612
Twitter:@nicole_kraft
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/nicolekraft
EDUCATION
Doctor of Education, 2018, Educational Leadership, Lamar University
Master of Arts, 2003, Communication, The Ohio State University
Bachelor of Science, 1991, Political Science, Temple University
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Associate Professor, Clinical Communication, School of Communication, The Ohio State University, 2019-present
Director, Sports & Society Initiative, College of Arts & Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2019-present
Assistant Professor, Clinical Communication, School of Communication, The Ohio State University, 2012-2019
Assistant Director, Sports & Society Initiative, College of Arts & Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2017-2019
Global One Health Initiative Professor, University of Gondar, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 2015-2018
Journalism Lecturer, School of Communication, The Ohio State University, 2010-2012 Adjunct Professor (magazine writing), School of Communication, Ohio State University, September 2004-2010
Adjunct Professor (news writing), Capital University, Department of English Department, 2004
COURSES TAUGHT
Enterprise Reporting
Carmen Common Sense
Feature Writing
GenEd Bookends Course
LanternIndependentStudy
Lantern Practicum
Media Law & Ethics
News Design
Sports Journalism
Sports Media Relations
Student Tech for Academic Success
Writing & Editing for Media
Writing for Strategic Communication
TECHNICAL TEACHING SKILLS
Newsandfeaturewriting
Editing
Social media
Video recording/editing
Audio recording/editing
Final Cut
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Rush
WordPress
InDesign
PhotoShop
iPads in Education
Flipped classroom
Digital narrative
Active learning
Project-based learning
ACADEMIC ORGANIZATION SERVICE AND COMMITTEES:
• Teaching Chair, Sports Communication Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2023-present
• Member, Sports Communication Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2021-present
• Division Head, Media Ethics Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2021-2022
• Member, Media Ethics Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2017-present
• Member, Scholastic Journalism Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2016-present
• Member, Journalism Educators of America (2019-present)
• Member, National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (2016-present)
• Vice Head/Programming Chair, Media Ethics Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2020-2021
• Research Chair, Media Ethics Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2019-2020
• Media Ethics Professional Freedom & Responsibility Chair, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2017-2019
• Teaching Standards Chair, Scholastic Journalism Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2016-2019
• Reviewer, Communication Teacher (2017-present)
• Judge, Drake Institute College Sports Writer of the Year, 2023
• Judge, Ohio Newspaper Association Hooper Awards (2015-present)
SELECTED SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND COMMITTEES
• Member, Executive Committee, Academy of Teaching, 2023-present
• Chair, Finance and Facilities Committee, Ohio State Athletic Council, 2023-present
• Member, Ohio State Athletics Council, 2022-present
• Member, Academic Progress and Eligibility Committee, Ohio State Athletics Council, 2022-present
• Member, Finance and Facilities Committee, Ohio State Athletics Council, 2022-2023
• Member, Arts and Sciences Distance Education Advisory Committees (Accessibility and Technology), 2022-present
• Advisor: Sports and Society Student Club, 2019-present
• Advisor: Scarlet & Grey Radio, 2017-present
• Advisor, Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honorary (2014-present)
• Member, Campus Change and Community College Transfer Working Group, 2019- present
• Member, Global One Health Conference organizing committee, 2019-present
• Member, Global One Health Initiative Faculty Advisory Committee, 2016-present
• Member, School of Communication Undergraduate Journalism Committee, 2015-present
• Member, School of Communication Alumni Committee, 2022-present
• Member, One Health Task Force (Ethiopian Partnership), 2013-present
• Chair, Senate Council on Distance Education, Libraries and Information Technology, 2018-2022
• Member, Senate Council On Distance Education, Libraries, And Information Technology, Ohio State University Faculty Senate, 2016-2022
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
• 2023, Great Ideas for Teaching honoree, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• 2023, Career Services Award winner, University Career Services Committee
• 2023, Career Services Faculty Champion, ASC Career Success
• 2022, Certificate of Recognition, Outstanding Student Engagement, Pearson Excellence in Higher Education Awards
• 2022, Ohio State Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching
• 2022, Inspirational Teacher of the Year, Journalism Educators Association
• 2022, Runner-Up, Teacher of the Year, Scripps-Howard
• 2020, Outstanding Woman in Journalism and Mass Communication Education Award, Commission on the Status of Women, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• 2020, Great Ideas for Teaching honoree, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• 2020, Teaching News Terrifically winner, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Newspaper and Online News Division
• 2019, Teaching News Terrifically winner, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Newspaper and Online News Division
• 2018, Teaching Excellence Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Media Ethics Division
• 2017, Professor of the Year, Tech Advocate
• 2016, David J. Adams Educator of the Year, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Scholastic Journalism Division
• 2016, Great Idea for Teaching honoree, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• 2015, Top Paper, Mobile Me & You Conference, University of Nebraska, University of Nebraska Lincoln
• 2015, Great Idea for Teaching, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• 2015 class, Apple Distinguished Editor, Apple, Inc.
• 2014, iTunes U Best of Year: Writing and Editing for News, Apple
• 2014, Scholastic Journalism Division Innovation in Teaching Award, Scholastic Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• 2014, Teaching News Terrifically winner, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Newspaper and Online News Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• 2014, Steal My Idea winner, Innovate technology Conference
• 2013, Outstanding faculty or staff member, The Residence on 10th, 2013
• 2012, Outstanding Commitment to Student Education, Panhellenic Association of Ohio State
GRANTS AND AWARDS
• 2020 Drake Institute Research and Implementation Grant Recipient, $2,500
• 2019 Affordable Learning Exchange Grant, $1,000
• 2018 Kappa Tau Alpha Adviser Research Grant, $500
• 2017 U.S. State Department Ethiopia Partnership Award, primary investigator, $15,000
• 2017 Academic Programs Section’s Innovation in Teaching Award, co-investigator,
$3,000
• 2016 One Health CDC Capacity Building, Co-Investigator, $5 million
• 2015, “Office of Distance Education and eLearning’s Affordable Learning Exploration Grant” Office of Distance Education and eLearning. $7,500. Principal Investigator.
• 2015, “Sports and Society Initiative Research Grant” Arts & Sciences Sports and Society Initiative, $10,100. Principal Investigator.
• 2015, “Educating Patients on Managing Pet Ownership Risk in Immunocompromised States” Ohio State Center for Clinical and Translational Science, $9,996, Consultant.
• 2014 “USG Sustainability Grant” Ohio State Student Government
• 2013 Digital First iPad Course Enhancement Grant
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
• Member, Associated Press Sports Editors
• Member, Association of Women in Sports Media
• Member, Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting
• Member, Professional Hockey Writers Association
• Member, United States Harness Writers Association
• Member, Ohio Chapter, United States Harness Writers Association
• Member, Associated Press Sports Editors
SPEAKING
2023
• Presenter: The Lilly Education Conference (Miami, Ohio) “What’s in Your Course? The Benefits of Non-Content Courses,
• Presenter/moderator, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Washington, D.C.): NIL and Sports Journalism
• Presenter: Experiential Learning Through Sports, Buckeye PreCollege Program (21 high school students)
• Presenter. Education Writers of America, “How to work with PIOs and Public Records (91 attendees)
• Presenter, Ohio State Athletics Staff Retreat, “How to Present” (36 attendees)
• Presenter, “What’s in a Word: How language matters in the classroom,” Ohio State Academy of Teaching Conference (175 attendees)
• Panelist, Ohio State Block O program, “Women in Sports” (88 attendees)
• Speaker, Columbus City Schools’ Columbus Journalists in Training program (multiple sessions-44 attendees)
• Moderator, Martin Luther King Jr., event with NFL legend Malcolm Jenkins and Dave Zirin of The Nation regarding equality and the NFL (110 attendees)
• Presenter, “The Secret of Successful Elevator Pitches,” The Cohort Internship Program-Ohio State Athletics (9 attendees)
• Speaker, “So You want a Career in Sports,” Arts and Sciences Sports Career Readiness Fair (75 attendees)
• Panelist, “Interviewing Techniques,” Columbus Dispatch/SPJ Journalism Careers programming in January and March, introducing underserved Columbus students to journalism skills and careers (41 attendees)
2022
• Moderator, “A Step Too Far,” Ohio Bar Association Media Law Conference
• Organizer/moderator, “Creative Con,” Sports and Society Initiative
• Keynoter, “Inspirational Teacher” Journalism Educators of America Conference,
• Presenter/Trainer, “How to Present Ideas,” Eugene Smith Leadership Institute/Bucks Go Pro
• Trainer, “Let’s Talk: How to interview effectively,” Ohio State men’s soccer team
• Presenter, Teachapalooza, Show and Share on “Active Shooter on Campus Coverage”
• Presenter, “Let’s talk journalism ethics.,” Scholastic Journalism Teach In, Association of Educators in Mass Communication conference
• Presenter, “Reimagining AEJMC’s Future: Media Ethics Division Proposal,” Association of Educators in Mass Communication conference
• Speaker, “Let’s Talk: Learning to master media environments,” Buckeye Accelerator Entrepreneurship Conference
• Moderator: Global One Health Initiative 10-year Anniversary Panel
• Moderator: Columbus Metropolitan Club, “Dispatch Leaders on the Future of Journalism”
• Presenter, “Student Tech for Academic Success,” Apple Sports Online Conference
• Speaker, “Sports Writing,” Journalism Educators of America Conference
• Presenter, “What the pandemic revealed: How educational practices have undermined teaching and learning” Academy of Teaching Conference
• Presenter, “AEJMC Great Ideas for Teaching,” Association of Educators in Mass Communication conference
2021
• Speaker, “Student Athletes and Mobile Technology,” Apple Inc. online webinar
• Moderator, “Life Over Logo” event addressing student-athletes and social media abuse.
• Moderator, Ohio State Sports Data Analytics Conference, “Sports Media and Data Analytics” panel
• Moderator, Ohio State Alumni Association Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C. chapter) interview with ESPN’s John Keim and Chase Young of the Washington Football Club.
• Moderator, Ohio State Bar Association Media Law Conference, “Student Journalism, Protests and Police”
• Panelist, “New Normal for Journalism Ethics,” AEJMC, Online
• Panelist, “The Fourth Estate: Understanding journalism’s role as a check and balance on government,” College of Arts and Sciences
• Trainer, “Let’s Talk: How to interview effectively,” Ohio State women’s volleyball team
• Trainer, “Let’s Talk: How to interview effectively,” Ohio State women’s basketball team
• Moderator, State of the College Address, Arts and Sciences’ Dean Gretchen Ritter Feature Instructor, “Arts and Sciences Teaching Forum: Multimodal Delivery Courses.” 2021
• Speaker, “Improve Your Teaching with Carmen Common Sense,” Innovate
• Moderator, Education for Citizenship Event: “ Ohio State experts explore the challenge of a post-truth world,” 2021
• Speaker, “Just What Are We Allowed to Say in America?” Buckeye Smart Alumni Association presentation
2020
• Panelist, “Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century: Innovative Teaching Ideas for the Journalism Classroom”, AEJMC, Online
• Panelist, “10 Tech Tools in 10 Minutes”, AEJMC, Online
• Panelist, “The Sports Media Class as a Site for Social Awareness”, AEJMC, Online
• “Speaker, “Influencing through Communication,” Young Alumni Academy, Ohio State Alumni Association
• Speaker, “Digital Flagship in the Classroom,” Ohio State Alumni Advisory Board
• Moderator, College of Arts and Sciences three-part journalism webinar series
• Panelist, Education USA India webinar, “Create and Communicate: Programs in Film, Media, Journalism and more,” 2020
• Speaker, “Just What Are We Allowed to Say in America?” Buckeye Smart Alumni Association presentation
• Organizer/Speaker, “Sports and Social Media Career Development Seminar,” 2020
• Speaker, “The Freshmen 15: 15 things first-year students want faculty to know,” First Year Experience Conference
• Keynote welcome, Ohio State Data Privacy Day
2019
• Panelist, “10 Tech Tools in 10 Minutes”, AEJMC panel, Toronto, Canada
• Panelist, “Teaching the Art of the Interview: News Interviewing, the Fundamentals,” AEJMC panel, Toronto, Canada
• Panelist, Mitigating Unconscious Bias in the Classroom, AEJMC panel, Toronto, Canada
• Panelist, Ten Years of Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century: Innovative Approaches for the Modern Journalism Classroom, AEJMC panel, Toronto, Canada
• Speaker, “The First Amendment,” Ohio State Young Alumni Academy
• Speaker, “Influencing through Communication,” Young Alumni Academy, Ohio State Alumni Association
• Moderator/Speaker, “Disinformation in the Digital Age,” John Glenn College of Public Affairs leadership forum (with Jeff Trimble)
• Moderator/Speaker, “Disinformation in the Digital Age,” Dialogue Speaker Series (with Jeff Trimble)
• Facilitator, Ohio State LifeSports presentation of “The Mask You Live In,” 2019
• Communicating with Student Athletes, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
• Speaker, Ten Years of Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century: Innovative Approaches for the Modern Journalism Classroom, AEJMC, Toronto, Canada
• Speaker, Teaching the Art of the Interview: News Interviewing, the Fundamentals, AEJMC, Toronto, Canada
• Speaker, Mitigating Unconscious Bias in the Classroom, , AEJMC, Toronto, Canada
• Speaker, “Simulated Learning,” Innovate Ohio State, Columbus, Ohio
• Speaker, “Finding and Focusing Features,” Ohio Association of County Boards Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio
• Speaker, “Student Athletes and Mobile Technology,” Purdue University
2018
• Speaker, “Student Athletes and Mobile Technology,” Boston College
• Speaker, “Using Technology to Advance Career Opportunities,” Educause, Denver, Colorado
• Panelist, “Ten Tech Tools in 10 Minutes,” AEJMC, Washington, D.C.
• Panelist, “Tools for Teaching Media Ethics,” AEJMC, Washington, D.C.
• Keynote, Apple World-Wide Sales Conference, Cupertino, California
• Speaker, “Navigating with students of the Digital Flagship University,’ Ohio State First Year Conference
• Keynote Speech, Apple Higher Education, Redwood City, California
RESEARCH AREAS
• Student-athletes and academic mobile technology
• Academic use of mobile device
• iPads in Education
• Digital and e-learning teaching techniques
• Podcasting in education
• Digital native myth
ACADEMIC PUBLISHING
PEER-EDITED PAPERS:
Kraft, N, Seely, N. “Making Mojos: How iPads are enhancing Mobile Journalism
Education.” JMC Educator. September 2015
Kraft, N. (2022). Toward Publication: Using Work: Integrated Learning for Student Journalism
to be Seen by Outside Audience. Teaching Journalism & Mass Communication, 12(2), pp. 86-88. http://www.aejmc.us/spig/journal
Books:
Kraft, N. and Culver, K.B. (editors) (2024) Teaching Media Ethics: Integrating Ethics Across the Mass Communication Curriculum. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield
Kraft, N. (2019). Always Get the Name of the Dog: A guide to media interviewing. New York,
NY: Routledge.
Kraft, N. (2019). Writing Fabulous Features. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University
Pressbooks, https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/writingfabulousfeatures/
Lantern Staff (Kraft, N., & Vorheis, M., Eds.). (2015). Against all odds: How the Ohio State
Buckeyes won their 8th national championship. Wisconsin: KCI Sports Publishing.
Kraft, N. (2008). 100 Years in Harness. Columbus, OH. United States Trotting Association.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
Kraft, N. (2021). “Case 6-C: Where’s the line? Covering racial protest on a college
campus”. In P. D. Patterson, L. Wilkins, L. & C. Painter (Eds.). Media Ethics issues and cases (10th edition). Rowman & Littlefield.
Beers, M. and Kraft, N. (2018). “Integrating Academic Skills and Digital Literacy”. The use of Technology in Teaching and Learning, In R. J. Harnish, K.
R. Bridges, D. N. Sattler, M. L. Signorella, & M. Munson (Eds.). The Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning. Retrieved from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology web site: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA:
Kraft, N. (2023, Nov. 1). Pat McAfee Continues To Reshape The Sports Media Landscape. Forbes.com. Retrieved Nov. 28, 2023, https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolekraft/2023/11/01/pat-mcafee-continues-to-reshape–the-sports-media-landscape/
Kraft, N. (2023, September 7). Recruit Photo Shoots Challenge College Football Staffs. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolekraft/2023/09/07/recruit-shoots-challenge-college-football-staffs/?sh=72efa8795ca9
Kraft, N. (2023, August 23). Fresno State making history with Spanish language football broadcast. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolekraft/2023/08/22/fresno-state-making-history-with-spanish-language-football-broadcast/?sh=6d40876e103d
Kraft, N. (2023, August 22). Why the public strongly supports paying college athletes. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolekraft/2023/08/21/why-the-public-strongly-supports-paying-college-athletes/?sh=2027166f1b08
Kraft, N. (2023, April 20). Defamation was at the heart of the lawsuit settled by Fox News with
Dominion — proving libel in a court would have been no small feat. The Conversation. Retrieved April 26, 2023, from https://theconversation.com/defamation-was-at-the-heart-of-the-lawsuit-settled-by-fox-news-with-dominion-proving-libel-in-a-court-would-have-been-no-small-feat-203741
Kraft, N. (2023, January 14). Sports broadcasters have a duty to report injuries responsibly – in the case of NFL’s Damar Hamlin, they passed the test. The Conversation. Retrieved April 26, 2023, from https://theconversation.com/sports-broadcasters-have-a-duty-to-reportinjuries-responsibly-in-the-case-of-nfls-damar-hamlin-they-passed-the-test-197192
Kraft, N. (2021, June 11). Sports writers could ditch the ‘clown questions’ and do better when it comes to press conferences. The Conversation. Retrieved April 26, 2023, from https://theconversation.com/sports-writers-could-ditch-the-clown-questions-and-do-better-when-it-comes-to-press-conferences-162228
Kraft, N. (2020, January 31). The Kobe legacy: Should the NBA let high school players skip college? The Conversation. Retrieved April 26, 2023, from https://theconversation.com/the-kobe-legacy-should-the-nba-let-high-school-players-skip-college-130787
• AEJMC Media Ethics Division, ethics column, quarterly newsletter (2017-present)
• Associated Press: Coverage of Columbus Blue Jackets and Ohio State Men’s Basketball for national distribution (2016-present)
• Columbus Dispatch: Coverage of horse racing (2014-present)
CONSULTING
Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus, Ohio
• Advised Blue Jackets head coach Mike Babcock on communications skills and communicating with players.
Ohio State Athletics, Columbus, Ohio
• Annually train staff on presentation and speaking skills
Eugene Smith Leadership Institute, Bucks Go Pro, Columbus, Ohio
• Annually train Ohio State student-athletes on presentation and speaking skills
Ohio State Athletics Teams, Columbus, Ohio
• Annually train teams on interviewing skills, including how to answer questions, appear on camera and connect with media, including:
o Women’s Volleyball
o Men’s Soccer
o Men’s Gymnastics
CONTRIBUTOR
(614) AAA Home & Away
Associated Press Australian Racing Times
Camden (N.J.) Courier-Post Canadian Sportsman
Columbus CEO Columbus (OH) Dispatch
Columbus Monthly Dog &Kennel
Equus Magazine Forbes.com
The Harness Edge Harness Horse Magazine
Hemisphere’s Magazine Hoop Magazine Inside Napa Valley
Los Angeles Times Natural Living Today
Ohio State Alumni Association Oncolink
Pet Life Philadelphia Inquirer
San Francisco Chronicle Washington Post
CAREER EXPERIENCE
Sportswriter
Associated Press, Columbus, Ohio
2015-present
Director of Communications
United States Trotting Association, Columbus Ohio
2006-2010
Executive Editor, Hoof Beats Magazine
United States Trotting Association, Columbus, Ohio
2004-2010
Associate Editor, Hoof Beats Magazine
United States Trotting Association, Columbus, Ohio
1995-2004
Design Editor/Special Projects Reporter Napa Valley Register, Napa California
1993-1995
Public Relations Specialist
Domain Chandon Winery, St. Helena, California
1993-1995
Press Secretary
Congressman Jon D. Fox (R, PA-13)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
1992-1994
Investigative/Political Reporter
Montgomery Newspapers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1987-1992