JULIET LUSHBOUGH DEE
4611 Sylvanus Drive
Wilmington, Delaware 19803
3028318041 (office)
3027622652 (home)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 1981 Temple University, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Major: RadioTelevisionFilm
Minors: Journalism, Theater and Speech
Dissertation: "Television Writers; Their Images and Roles: A Descriptive Study of
Sixty Television Writers"
M.A. 1975 Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois
Major: Radio and Television
Minor: Theater
A.B. 1974 Princeton University, Princeton, New
Jerseywith honors
Majors: English and American Civilization
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Director, Legal Studies Program, University of Delaware (September 1996 to August 1998)
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Delaware, 1992 to present
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Delaware, 1984-1992
Visiting Assistant Professor, Program in Communication Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 19821984
Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Media, Rutgers University, 19801982
BOOKS
T. Barton Carter, Juliet L. Dee, Martin J. Gaynes and Harvey L. Zuckman, Mass Communication Law in a Nutshell. (Fourth Edition). St. Paul, Minnesota: West, 1994. [Wrote 5 of 12 chapters for this edition].
Harvey Zuckman, Martin Gaynes, T. Barton Carter and Juliet L. Dee, Mass Communications Law in a Nutshell (Third edition). St. Paul, Minnesota: West, 1988. [Wrote 3 of 12 chapters for this edition].
REFEREED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Elizabeth Perse, Douglas McLeod, Nancy Signorielli and Juliet Dee, "News Coverage of Abortion between Roe and Webster: Public Opinion and Real-World Events." Communication Research Reports 14:1:97-105 (Winter 1997).
"Andrea Dworkin, Hustler and First Amendment Protection for Opinion: Is Something Rotten in the House of Libel?" Free Speech Yearbook 34:41-48 (1996).
"When Classified Ads Lead to Murder: Hitmen, Soldier of Fortune, and the Question of Commercial Speech." Communications and the Law 18:1:29-56 (March 1996).
"Identifying a Victim when the Criminal is at Large: Is It Negligent or Newsworthy?" Communications and the Law 18:2:1-22 (June 1996).
Priscilla Murphy and Juliet Dee, "Reconciling the Preferences of Environmental Activists and Corporate Policymakers." Journal of Public Relations Research 8:1:1-33 (1996).
"Little Red Riding Hood, Justice Rehnquist and the NEA." Free Speech Yearbook 33:29-48 (1995).
"Twins Separated at Birth: The Strange Cases
of Michael Levin and Leonard Jeffries." The Howard Journal of Communications
5:4:279-294 (Summer 1995).
"Subliminal Lyrics in Heavy Metal Music: More Litigation, Anyone?" Communications
and the Law 16:3:3-24 (September 1994).
"`To Avoid Charges of Indecency, Please Hang Up Now:' An Analysis of
Legislation and Litigation Involving Dial-a-Porn." Communications and the
Law 16:1:3-28 (March 1994).
"Heavy Metal, Rap and the First Amendment." Free Speech Yearbook
31:100-123 (1993).
"`Disgorging Benefits' and Plugging Dikes: An Analysis of the Legal Arguments
Advanced by the United States and United Kingdom to Stop Former Intelligence Agents from
Publishing What They Know." Communication 13:4:303-326 (1993).
"Joe Sedelmaier and the Creative Process: Here's the Beef." Journal
of Popular Culture 26:4:173-185 (Spring 1993).
"Heavy Metal, Hit Men, Dial-a-Porn and the First Amendment." In George
Rodman (Editor), Mass Media Issues: 6-16. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt
Publishing Company, 1993.
Priscilla Murphy and Juliet Dee. "Du Pont and Greenpeace: The Dynamics of
Conflict between Corporations and Activist Groups." Journal of Public
Relations Research 4:1:3-20 (1992).
"From `Pure Speech' to Dial-a-Porn: Negligence, the First Amendment and the
Hierarchy of Protected Speech." Communications and the Law 13:4:27-73
(December 1991).
Valerie Hans and Juliet Dee. "Media Coverage of Law: Its Impact on Juries
and the Public." American Behavioral Scientist, 35:2:136-149
(November/December 1991).
"Constraints on Persuasion in the Chicago Seven Trial." In Robert Hariman
(Editor), Popular Trials: Rhetoric, Mass Media and the Law:86-113.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1990.
"Legal Confrontations Between Press, Ex-CIA Agents and the Government." Journalism
Quarterly 66:2:418-426 (Summer 1989).
"Media Accountability for RealLife Violence: A Case of Negligence or Free
Speech?" Journal of Communication 37:2:106138 (Spring
1987).
James Inciardi and Juliet Dee. "From the Keystone Cops to Miami Vice:
Images of Policing in American Popular Culture." Journal of Popular Culture
21:2:84102 (Fall 1987).
Yayoi Anzai, Juliet Dee and Federico Subervi. "Mutual Images: Americans
and Japanese in TV Commercials." Human Communication Studies XIII:133
(Spring 1986).
Refereed articles published before coming to the University
of Delaware
"That's the Game: TV Writers Tell What It's Like." Public
Communication Review 1:4:22-32 (Summer 1982).
"Unbutton One More Button: TV Writers Themselves Speak of TV Sex and
Violence." Public Communication Review 1:3:817 (Spring 1982).
Robert W. Harkins and Juliet Lushbough. "1974 National Nutrition Policy
Conference: An End to Apathy?" Journal of School Health
44:10:539542 (December 1974).
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
"Legal Briefs." (Newsletter of the University of Delaware Legal
Studies Program, September 1998).
"Cokie Roberts." In Nancy Signorielli (Editor), Women in Communication,
pp. 321-327. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996.
"Jean Kilbourne." In Nancy Signorielli (Editor), Women in Communication,
pp. 236-242. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996.
"Power, Politics and Ethics: John Frohnmayer and the NEA." ACLU
Delaware, 4 (Fall 1994).
Priscilla Murphy and Juliet Dee. "Greenpeace and Du Pont: Dialogue in
Deepwater." NAPEC Quarterly (National Association of Professional
Environmental Communicators) 2:3:4-5 (September 1991).
BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS
Presidential Defiance of "Unconstitutional" Laws: Reviving the Royal
Prerogative by Christopher N. May. Free Speech Yearbook 36 (1999, in
press).
The Press on Trial: Crimes and Trials and Media Events. Lloyd Chiasson,
editor. Free Speech Yearbook 35 (1998, in press).
Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline by Robert
H. Bork. Free Speech Yearbook 35 (1998, in press).
The Electronic Republic: Reshaping Democracy in the Information Age by
Lawrence Grossman; and Politics on the Nets: Wiring the Political Process by
Wayne Rash. Focus on Law Studies XIII:1:14-15 (Fall 1997).
The Costs of Privacy: Surveillance and Reputation in America by Steven L.
Nock. Free Speech Yearbook 32:226-228 (1994).
Privacy as a Constitutional Right: Sex, Drugs and the Right to Life by Darien
A. McWhirter and Jon D. Bible. Free Speech Yearbook 31:230-232 (1993).
The Mass Media and the Law by John J. Watkins. Free Speech Yearbook
30:250-251 (1992).
Do Not Enter: The Visa War Against Ideas produced by Robert Richter and
Catherine Warnow. Choice (July-August 1988).
"No Map." Review of Common Culture and the Great Tradition: The
Case for Renewal by Marshall W. Fishwick. Journal of Communication
33:2:195196 (Spring 1983).
Media and the Russian Public by Ellen Propper Mickiewicz and Media Power
Politics by David L. Paletz and Robert M. Entman. Journal of
Broadcasting 26:2:616618 (Spring 1982).
CONFERENCE PAPERS
"Freedom(s) of Expression." National Communication Association, New
York, New York, November 21, 1998.
"Is Uncle Sam Crying `Uncle?' The Communication Decency Act and the Retreat
from Regulation." Southern States Communication Association, San Antonio,
Texas, April 3, 1998.
"Jokes and Jolts: A Qualitative Analysis of Advertisers' `Defenses' of Images
of Violence Against Women in Print Ads." Eastern Sociological Society
Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 21, 1998.
"How-To" Manuals for Hitmen: Paladin Press, Triple Murders and the First
Amendment." National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois,
November 19, 1997.
Juliet Dee and Johnna Moyer, "Denver Area Telecommunications Consortium v. FCC:
Indecency on Leased Access Cable Channels." National Communication
Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois, November 21, 1997.
"Communicating from the Courtroom: An Analysis of Storytelling and Ideological
Constraints on Media Accounts of the Chicago Seven Trial." National
Communication Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois, November 20, 1997.
"Dancing in the Penumbra: The Impact of Griswold v. Connecticut on
Constitutional Protection for Privacy." Western States Communication
Association, Monterey, California, February 18, 1997.
"But Was the Speech `Disruptive?' Waters v. Churchill, Disruptive
Speech, and `Institutional' Versus `Individual' Academic Freedom." Speech
Communication Association Convention, San Diego, California, November 23, 1996.
"Climbing Out of the Quagmire: The Genius of Justice Brandeis' `More Speech'
Doctrine in Whitney v. California. Speech Communication Association
Convention, San Diego, California, November 25, 1996.
"Empowering Parents or Empowering Bureaucrats: V-Chips, Violence Ratings and
the First Amendment." International Communication Association Convention,
Chicago, Illinois, May 26, 1996.
"But It Was Just My Opinion: First Amendment Protection for Opinion in Libel
Suits." Speech Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, Texas,
November 19, 1995.
"When Classified Ads Lead to Murder: Hitmen, Soldier of Fortune, and the
Question of Commercial Speech." Speech Communication Association Convention,
San Antonio, Texas, November 20, 1995.
Priscilla Murphy and Juliet Dee, "Reconciling the Preferences of Environmental
Activists and Corporate Policy-Makers." Top Three Paper, Public Relations
Interest Group, International Communication Association Conference, Albaquerque, New
Mexico, May 28, 1995.
"Can Rape Victims Achieve What Jerry Falwell Could Not? Private Facts Versus
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress: Battle of the Torts." Eastern
Communication Association Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 30, 1995.
"Twins Separated at Birth: The Strange Cases of Michael Levin and Leonard
Jeffries." Speech Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana,
November 21, 1994.
"Little Red Riding Hood, Justice Rehnquist and the NEA." Speech
Communication Association Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, November 18, 1993.
"`To Avoid Charges of Indecency, Please Hang Up Now:' An Analysis of
Legislation and Litigation Involving Dial-a-Porn." Speech Communication
Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 29, 1992.
"`Please Don't Say That Out Loud!" An Analysis of Two Universities'
Attempts to Discourage Controversial Speech in Light of `Institutional' Versus
`Individual' Academic Freedom." Best Faculty Paper Award, Commission on Freedom
of Expression, Speech Communication Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 31,
1992.
"Heavy Metal, Rap and the First Amendment." Top Three Paper, Commission on
Freedom of Expression, Speech Communication Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia,
November 2, 1991.
Priscilla Murphy and Juliet Dee. "Du Pont and Greenpeace: The Dynamics of
Conflict between Corporations and Activist Groups." Top Three Paper, Public
Relations Interest Group, International Communication Association Conference, Chicago,
Illinois, May 26, 1991.
"Developing a Feminist Perspective on Images of Violence against Women in
Advertising." Speech Communication Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois,
November 1, 1990.
Juliet Dee, Doug McLeod, Elizabeth M. Perse, Nancy Signorielli and Meg Crohan.
"News Coverage of Abortion, Public Opinion and Statistics: Are They
Related?" American Association for Public Opinion Research Conference,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1990.
"From `Pure Speech' to Dial-a-Porn: Negligence, the First Amendment and the
Hierarchy of Protected Speech." Speech Communication Association Conference,
San Francisco, California, November 18, 1989.
"Greenpeace and DuPont: Dialogue in Deepwater." Speech
Communication Association Conference Seminar on Environmental Advocacy, San Francisco,
California, November 18, 1989.
"Prior Restraint, Prepublication Review and Sabre-Rattling: Legal
Confrontations Between the Press, Ex-CIA Agents and the Government Over the Past Two
Decades." International Communication Association Conference, San Francisco,
California, May 29, 1989.
"`Disgorging Benefits' and Plugging Dikes: An Analysis of the Legal Arguments
Advanced by the United States and United Kingdom to Stop Former Intelligence Agents from
Publishing What They Know." Speech Communication Association Conference, New
Orleans, Louisiana, November 3, 1988.
"Dial-a-Porn, Heavy Metal and Hitmen: Can Media Be Legally
Accountable for Alleged Effects?" International Television Studies Conference,
London, England, July 22, 1988.
"Media Accountability for Media Effects: Negligence or First
Amendment Law?" Speech Communication Association Conference, Boston,
Massachusetts, November 6, 1987.
"They Were `Framed': An Analysis of Narrative Theory and Selective Perception
in Media Reports of the Chicago Seven Trial." International Communication
Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 25, 1987.
James Inciardi and Juliet Dee. "From the Keystone Cops to Miami Vice:
Images of Policing in American Popular Culture." Eastern Communication
Association Convention, Syracuse, New York, May 20, 1987.
Yayoi Anzai, Juliet Dee and Federico Subervi. "Mutual Images: Americans
and Japanese in TV Commercials." Eastern Communication Association Convention,
Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 3, 1986.
"Media Accountability for Media Effects: The Conflict between
Negligence and First Amendment Law." Television 198586: Issues for the
Industry and the Audience Conference, Hempstead, Long Island, November 19, 1985.
"Selective Perception in a NonVacuum: Thoughts on the Chicago Seven
Trial." Speech Communication Association Conference, Denver, Colorado, November
7, 1985.
Juliet Dee and Regina Wood. "The Effects of Age and Sex Differences on
Perceptions of Newscaster Credibility." Eastern Communication Association
Convention, Providence, Rhode Island, May 4, 1985.
"Myths and Mirrors: A Qualitative Analysis of Images of Violence
against Women in Mainstream Advertising." Southern Speech Communication
Association Convention, WinstonSalem, North Carolina, April l3, 1985.
Judy Jones and Juliet Dee. "Cultural Images in Advertising: What You See
Is Who You Are." Sixth Annual Convention of the National Women's Studies
Association, New Brunswick, New Jersey, June 28, 1984.
"Television as an Artistic Medium: What the Writers Say." Eastern
Communication Association Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 9, 1984.
"Television Writers and the Viewers." Eastern Communication Association
Convention, Ocean City, Maryland, April 28, 1983.
"And Now a Word from Women and Minorities in Television (But Just a Few,
Please)." Communication, Language and Gender Conference, Athens, Ohio, October
16, 1982.
"The Hollywood TV Writer." Eastern Communication Association
Convention, Hartford, Connecticut, May 7, 1982.
GRANTS
1986 Delaware Humanities Forum award of $3850 to run a oneday seminar entitled
"Television; A Social Phenomenon: A Seminar on the Effects of Television
Programming on American Social Habits and Morals from 1948 to the Present," held
November 15, 1986, Clayton Hall.
1986 Office of ComputerBased Instruction grant of $22,463 to fund videodisc based tape
editing simulator entitled "Basics of Editing Videotape," designed to enhance
teaching of television production courses by University of Delaware Communication
Department
SERVICE
University Committees
1998-1999 Member, Executive Committee, Legal Studies Program
1997-1998 Chair, Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events (CAPE)
1996-1997 Member, Board of Senior Thesis Readers
1996-1998 Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Freedom
1995-1997 Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events (CAPE)
1994-1995 Chair, Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events (CAPE)
1995-1996 Member, Panel of Judges for Oxford Debate Auditions
1992-1995 Member, Faculty Senate Admissions and Standing Committee
1989 to 1996 Member, Legal Studies Program
1986 to present Member, University of Delaware Commission on Sexuality
College Committees
1994 Member, Search Committee for Performance Events Supervisor, Mitchell Hall
1985-86 Member, Search Committee for Chair of Department of Communication
Other Service to University
1995 Produced and directed 20-minute video drama It's Academic written by Scott
Mason, designed to inform University of Delaware students about where to go for academic
assistance (currently being used in SkilMod courses on campus)
Communication Department Committees
1997 Served on Communication Department Workload and Equipment Sub-Committee in
preparation for 1998 Department Review
1995 Served on Mass Communication Curriculum Committee
1994 Served on FAAR Evaluation Committee
1993 Served on FAAR Evaluation Committee
1992 Served on Search Committee for Public Relations Instructor
1989 Headed Search Committee for Television Production Instructor
1986/1989 Served on Search Committees for Professors Signorielli, Burggraf,
McLeod, Pavitt, Perse and Samter
1989/1991 Served on Two-Year Peer Review Committees for Professors Murphy,
McLeod and Perse
1987 to present Served on Curriculum Committee for Mass Communication Concentration
Service to Discipline
1999 Member, Franklyn S. Haiman Award Committee, National Communication Association
1998 to present Secretary, Freedom of Expression Commission, National Communication
Association
1994 to present Editorial board, Free Speech Yearbook
1997 Panelist, Freedom of Expression Commission, Issues in Teaching Courses in Freedom
of Expression: A Roundtable Discussion, Chicago, Illinois, November 20, 1997
1997 Moderator, Panel on Electronic Communications Technology: What Impact on
Democracy, Civic Discourse and American Culture? (Speakers included Lawrence
Grossman, former President of the Public Broadcasting Service and NBC News), American Bar
Association, Charleston, South Carolina, March 7, 1997
1996 Assistant Program Planner, Commission on Communication and Law, Speech Communication
Association Convention, San Diego, California, November 23-26, 1996
1996 Panelist, Freedom of Expression Commission Roundtable Discussion on the 1996
Telecommunications Act, Speech Communication Association Convention, San Diego,
California, November 25, 1996
1995-1998 Reviewer for papers submitted to Communication Law and Policy
Interest Group, International Communication Association
1994-96 Reviewer for papers submitted to Commission on Communication and Law, Speech
Communication Association
1994-96 Reviewer for papers submitted to Mass Communication Division, Speech Communication
Association
1993-96 Secretary, Commission on Communication and Law, Speech Communication Association
1992 Chair, Panel on Contemporary Issues in Freedom of Expression, Speech Communication
Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois, October 30, 1992.
1990 Reviewer, Journal of Communication
1986 Reviewer of papers submitted to Eastern Communication Association's Mass
Communication Division
Conferences
Program Planner, First Amendment Congress (one-day conference on the First Amendment),
Wilmington College, October 25, 1991
Organized one-day conference at Clayton Hall entitled "Television, A Social
Phenomenon: The Effects of Television Programming on American Social Habits and
Morals from 1948 to the Present," November 15, 1986
Community Service
1991 to present Honorary member, Golden Key National Honor Society
1992 Chair, Subcommittee on Academic Freedom, First Amendment Committee of Delaware
Interviews granted to media on First Amendment and other issues
June 26, 1998 News Journal: "Conspiracy Theory"
November 16, 1997 Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana): "Still
Funny at 50" (about TV sitcoms)
March 28, 1997 The Review: "Communication Decency Act"
March 19, 1997 Delaware State News: "Arguments on Internet Bill"
November 5, 1996 WVUD-FM: Election night commentator
November 17, 1995 The Review: "Bringing back the Beatles"
October 13, 1995 The Review: "No courtroom camera"
September 8, 1995 The Review: "TV murder coverage up"
July 13, 1995 WHYY-TV: V-chips and the First Amendment
November 23, 1994 WHYY-TV: Power Rangers and copycat violence
October 25, 1994 The Review: "Broadcast laws challenged"
May 8, 1994 WVUD-FM: Rock music censorship
April 27, 1994 WHYY-TV: Richard Nixon and the media
April 13, 1994 WAFL-FM: Freedom of Information Act
November 23, 1993 WHYY-TV: Ethics in Broadcast Advertising
July 13, 1992 WHYY-TV: Media coverage of Democratic and Republican
conventions
January 25, 1991 WHYY-TV: Media coverage of Persian Gulf War
April 17, 1991 WILM-AM: Reporting names of rape victims
October 4, 1991 WHYY-TV: Free speech in public schools
October 13, 1991 WXDR: Rock music censorship
October 30, 1991 WHYY-TV: First Amendment and TV violence
GUEST LECTURES
1999 "Hit Men, Chemistry Textbooks and the First Amendment." Sigma Xi
Scientific Research Society, DuPont Experimental Station, January 19, 1999.
1998 "Heavy Metal, Hit Men and the First Amendment." 179 Graham Hall, October
28, 1998.
1998 "What's Wrong--You Can't Take a Joke? A Qualitative Analysis of
Advertisers' `Defenses' of Images of Violence against Women in Print Ads."
Women's Studies Research on Women Fall 1998 Lecture Series, Perkins Student Center,
September 16, 1998.
1998 "From Pure Speech to Beavis and Butthead: Negligence, First Amendment Law
and Protected Speech." The Governor's School for Excellence, Clayton Hall, July
15, 1998.
1997 Panelist, "Freedom of the Press versus Our Privacy, Paparazzi, Pre-trial
Publicity and Constitutional Rights." Purnell Hall, October 15, 1997.
1997 "From Pure Speech to Beavis and Butthead: Negligence, First Amendment Law
and Protected Speech." The Governor's School for Excellence, Clayton Hall, July
24, 1997.
1996 Discussion Leader, Festival of Irish Film, Museum of Natural History, March 29, 1996.
1995 "Subliminal Messages in Advertising." Lane Hall, November 27, 1995.
1995 "Subliminal Messages in Advertising." Squire Lounge, April 20, 1995.
1994 "Subliminal Messages in Advertising." Gilbert-F Hall, October 10,
1994. Voted "Program of the Month."
1994 "Images of Violence against Women in Advertising" (for Professor Tom
McFalls' course entitled "Deviance"), April 4, 1994.
1994 "Women in the Media." Brown Hall Lounge, April 5, 1994.
1993 "Subliminal Messages in Advertising." Russell Hall, April 27, 1993.
1992 "Effects of Alcohol Advertising," DuPont Safety Meeting, Louviers Plant,
July 21, 1992.
1991 "Slasher Films and Copycat Violence" (talk given as part of Sexual Assault
Awareness Week, October 29, 1991).
1991 Panelist, "Effects of New Technologies." First Amendment Congress of
Delaware, October 25, 1991.
1989-96 Guest speaker, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, DuPont Experimental Station,
DuPont Chambers Works and ICI International.
1987-95 Images of Women in Advertising (guest lecture given at Pencader Commons, Rodney
Commons, Harrington and Sussex; also given to Du Pont Women's Resource Groups at the
Experimental Station and Barley Mill Station).
1986-89 Media Portrayals of Sexuality (talk given each semester for IFS 401:
Foundations of Human Sexuality).
1985-86 Media Consultant, Women's Task Force on Substance Abuse
POETRY
"To South Dakota." South Dakota History 6:4:523 (Fall 1976).
1986-96 Reviewer of manuscripts for publishers such as Prentice-Hall, Houghton Mifflin
Company and HarperCollins