University of Arkansas at Monticello
School of Arts and Humanities, Communication Department
8/09-present
Associate Professor of Journalism

HONORS
Board member, Society of Professional Journalists' Arkansas Pro chapter, 2010-present; Alpha Chi induction co-sponsor for Douglas Boultinghouse, 2009; director, Arkansas College Media Association, 2009-present; Arkansas Press Association Education Committee, 2008-present; referenced in 2008 LSU master's thesis <http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-06112008-122621/unrestricted/Master_Document.pdf>.

PUBLICATIONS

• Shriners aka Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Author: Ronald William Sitton. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, 2011. <http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=6282>

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• What Do You Think Journalism Graduates Know?. Authors: Dr. Ronald Sitton, John Cary and Roger Hall. This paper analyzed a survey of Arkansas journalism professionals and educators to determine what graduating journalists should know when entering a "converging" profession. Presented at the Arkansas Press Association's Super-convention in Rogers, Ark, July 10, 2009. <http://www.uamont.edu/facultyweb/sitton/crz/mrea/APA_release.html>

School of Arts and Humanities, Journalism Department
8/04-7/09
Assistant Professor of Journalism

HONORS
Alpha Chi "Teacher of the Year" nominee, 2009; Marquis Who's Who of Emerging Leaders, 2007; Marquis Who's Who in American Education, 2006-2007; Marquis Who's Who in the World, 2005; Alpha Chi "Rookie of the Year" nominee, 2005

Muskingum College
English Department
8/02-8/03
Instructor of Journalism

Taught general reporting, editing and design, feature writing, public relations writing, writing and design practicums; advised journalism majors and the "Black & Magenta" newspaper, which went online during my stay; served on the Division of Arts and Humanities Ad-hoc Committee on Graphic Arts as a consultant; worked as Disc Jockey for WMCO's "Eclectic Radio" show featuring Muskingum professors; sang tenor in the Southeastern Ohio Choral Society; worked with editors of local newspaper, "The Daily Jeffersonian," on production issues.

University of Tennessee
School of Journalism
8/98-5/02
Graduate Teaching Associate

Taught Mass Media Research and Mass Media Writing; served on the Election Ethics Committee for Student Government Association; Graduate student paper reviewer for the Communication Theory & Methodology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication

PUBLICATIONS

• Framing by media and social movement organizations : cross-cultural prestige press coverage of the Kyoto Protocol. Author: Ronald William Sitton. Dissertation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004.
  
  
• The UPS Strike of 1997: A Case Study Using Web-Based Content Analysis. Authors: Glynn R. Wilson, Ron Sitton, Dr. Robert Gwynne, Kendra Jones, Gene Costain. University of Tennessee College of Communications Twenty-First Annual Communications Research Symposium proceedings, volume 19, May 1999.

• Voting Green: The Environment Factor and Media Use in the 1996 Presidential Election. Authors: Ronald Sitton and Dr. M. Mark Miller. This paper analyzed the 1996 National Election Studies panel data to determine which presidential candidate voters chose as the best candidate to protect the environment. It was presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR), Chicago, Nov. 17-19, 2000.
  
  
• The UPS Strike of 1997: A Case Study Using Web-Based Content Analysis. Authors: Glynn R. Wilson, Ron Sitton, Dr. Robert Gwynne, Kendra Jones, Gene Costain. This paper used a computerized content analysis of UPS strike coverage in major American newspapers from August 1 through September 1997. It was presented at the Twenty-First Annual University of Tennessee Communications Research Symposium.

• Graduate Teaching Associate
• Graduate Student Association (GSA) Communication College Representative (1997-1999)
• Who's Who In America — Millennium Edition
• Assisted Playboy/UT magazine workshop

• Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honor society vice president
• Alpha Epsilon Lambda graduate school honor society
• Public Relations Student Society of America vice president
• Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
• Society of Professional Journalists member
• Jennifer Hopkins-Jackson journalism scholarship recipient

• Minor in Criminal Justice
• UALR concert choir member — Carnegie Hall performance (1989)