ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. A.B. 1961. Greek Classics major.

Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. B.D. 1964. Reformation History and Culture major.

Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. Th.M. 1965.

Thesis: "The Church at Antioch in Its Cultural Setting."

University of Southern California, Los Angeles. M.A. 1966. Historico-Comparative Linguistics. Thesis: "Abstractions in Generative-Transformational Grammar as Illustrated by Dikaios."

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ph.D. 1974. Communications.

Thesis: "Jacques Ellul's La Technique in a Communications Context." Phi Kappa Phi. Kappa Tau Alpha.

Princeton University, Visiting Scholar in Ethics, Spring Semester, 1979.

University of Chicago, Institute Fellow in Social Ethics, University of Chicago Divinity School, 1986-87.

Oxford University, Pew Program Fellow, Spring Semester, 1995.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

(Fall 2001-present): Research Professor of Communications; Professor of Journalism; Professor of Media Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

(1987-2001): Director, Institute of Communications Research, and Chair, Ph.D. program; Research Professor of Communications; Professor of Journalism; Professor of Media Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Head, Media Studies program, 1987-91; Acting Dean, College of Communications, Spring Semester 1991.

(1986-87): Associate Director for Graduate Studies, Institute of Communications.

Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

(1983-84): Research Fellow, Philosophy of Technology Project, Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship.

(1980-1987): Research Associate Professor of Communications; Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

(1974-80): Research Assistant Professor of Communications; Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

PUBLICATIONS

Books: William L. Rivers, Wilbur Schramm, Clifford G. Christians. Responsibility in Mass Communications. Third edition. New York: Harper & Row, 1980.

Clifford G. Christians and Jay M. Van Hook, eds. Jacques Ellul: Interpretive Essays. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981. C. Christians, "Ellul on Solution: An Alternative but No Prophecy," ch. 10, pp. 147-173.

Clifford Christians, Kim Rotzoll and Mark Fackler. Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning. New York: Longman, Inc., 1983; 2nd ed., 1987; 3rd ed., 1991; 4th ed., 1995, 5th ed., 1998; 6th ed., 2000; 7th ed., forthcoming.

Clifford Christians, John Ferré, and Mark Fackler. Good News: A Social Ethics of the Press. Oxford University Press, 1993.

Clifford Christians and Michael Traber, eds. Communication Ethics and Universal Values. Sage Publications, 1997. C. Christians, “The Ethics of Being in a Communications Context,” ch. 1, pp. 3-23. 2nd ed., forthcoming.

Sharon Bracci and Clifford Christians, eds. Moral Engagement in Public Life: Theorists for Contemporary Ethics. New York: Peter Lang, 2002. C. Christians, “The Social Ethics of Agnes Heller,” ch. 3, pp. 53-72.

Clifford Christians, Theodore Glasser, Denis McQuail, Kaarle Nordenstreng and Robert White. Normative Theories of the Media. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, forthcoming.

Clifford Christians and John Nerone. An Intellectual History of Communication Ethics. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.

Monographs

Clifford G. Christians, "Jacques Ellul and Democracy's Vital Information Premise." Journalism Monographs. August 1976. 42 pp.

Clifford Christians and Catherine Covert. Teaching Ethics in Journalism Education. New York: Hastings Center Monographs, 1980.

Clifford Christians and Gudmund Gjelsten, eds., Media Ethics and the Church. Kristiansand, Norway: International Mass Media Institute, 1981.

Book Chapters

Clifford G. Christians and James W. Carey, "The Logic and Aims of Qualitative Research." Guido Stempel and Bruce Westley, eds., Research Methods in Mass Communication. 2nd ed. New York: Prentice-Hall [1981], 1989. Ch. 18, pp. 354-374.

Robert S. Fortner and Clifford G. Christians, "Separating Wheat from Chaff in Qualitative Studies." Guido Stempel and Bruce Westley, eds., Research Methods in Mass Communication. New York: Prentice-Hall [1981], 1989. Ch. 19, pp. 375-387. 3rd ed. In Guido Stempel et al., eds., Mass Communication Research and Theory. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2003, pp. 350-361.

Clifford G. Christians and P. Mark Fackler, "Liberty Within the Bounds of Virtue With Special Reference to John Milton." Anne Vander Meiden, ed., Ethics and Mass Communication. Utrecht, Netherlands: State University of Utrecht Press, 1980. Ch. 2, pp. 16-41.

Clifford Christians, "Reporting and the Oppressed." Deni T. Elliot, ed., Responsible Journalism. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1986. Ch. 7, pp. 109-130.

Clifford Christians, "Prophetic Witness to a Technicistic Society" (ch. 11) and "Technology and Mutual Responsibility" (ch. 12). S. Monsma, ed., Responsible Technology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1986, pp. 200-244.

Clifford Christians, "Communications Technology: An Assessment of the Literature." Frederick Ferre and Carl Mitcham, eds., Research in Philosophy and Technology, vol. 9. Greenwich, CN: JAI Press, 1989, pp. 233-249.

Clifford Christians, "Dialogic Communication Theory and Cultural Studies." Norman Denzin, ed., Studies in Symbolic Interaction, vol. 9. Greenwich, CN: JAI Press, 1988, pp. 3-31.

Clifford Christians, "Ethical Theory in a Global Setting." Thomas Cooper, ed., Communication Ethics and Global Change. New York: Longman, 1988. Ch. 1, pp. 3-19.

Clifford Christians, "Self Regulation: A Critical Role for Codes of Ethics," Everette E. Dennis and Donald Gillmor, eds., Media Freedom and Accountability. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989, pp. 35-53.

Clifford Christians, "A Theory of Normative Technology." Edward F. Byrne and Joseph Pitt, eds., Technological Transformation: Contextual and Conceptual Implications. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989, pp. 123-139.

Clifford Christians, "Gibt es eine Verantwortung des Publikums?" Wolfgang Wunden, ed., Medien Zwischen Markt und Moral. Stuttgart: J.F. Steinkopf Verlag, 1989, pp. 255-267.

Clifford Christians, "Redemptive Media as the Evangelical's Cultural Task." Quentin J. Schultze, American Evangelicals and the Mass Media. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academie Books, 1990, ch. 15, pp. 331-356.

Clifford Christians, "Information Ethics in a Complicated Age." F. Wilfrid Lancaster, ed., Ethics and the Librarian. Allerton Park Institute Proceedings, Number 31, University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1991, pp. 3-18.

Clifford Christians, "Paulo Freire's Emancipatory Strategy," Joseph C. Pitt and Elena Lugo, eds., The Technology of Discovery and the Discovery of Technology. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference. Blacksburg, VA: The Society for Philosophy and Technology, 1991, pp. 271-290.

Clifford Christians, "Propaganda and the Technological System," Theodore Glasser and Charles Salmon, eds., Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent. New York: Guilford Publications, 1995, ch. 7, pp. 156-174.

Clifford Christians, "Communication Ethics as the Basis of Genuine Democracy." Philip Lee, ed., The Democratization of Communication. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1995, ch. 4, pp. 75-91. Reprinted in Freedom and Responsibility Yearbook 1998/99. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Vienna (1999), pp. 19-36.

Clifford Christians, "Cultures of Silence and Technological Development." James Jaksa and Michael Pritchard, eds., Responsible Communication: Ethical Issues in Business, Industry, and the Professions. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1996, ch. 14, pp. 267-283.

Clifford Christians, "Social Responsibility: Ethics and New Technologies." Richard L. Johannesen, ed., Ethics in Human Communication, 4th ed. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1996, pp. 321-335.

Clifford Christians, "Common Ground and Future Hopes." Paul Lester, ed., Images That Injure: Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1996, pp. 237-243, 261-262. 2nd ed., 2002.

Clifford G. Christians, “The Common Good and Universal Values.” Jay Black, ed., Mixed News: The Public/Civic/Communitarian Journalism Debate. Mohwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1997, ch. 2, pp. 18-33.

Clifford Christians, “Chronology: Contemporary Ethical Issues.” Elliot D. Cohen and Deni Elliott, eds., Journalism Ethics: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997, ch. 2, pp. 16-29.

Clifford Christians, "Social Ethics and Mass Media Practice." Ronald Arnett and Josina Makau, eds., Communication Ethics in an Age of Diversity. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997, ch. 9, pp. 187-205.

Clifford Christians, “Technology and Triadic Theories of Mediation.” Stewart M. Hoover and Knut Lundby, eds., Rethinking Media, Religion, and Culture. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997, ch. 4, pp. 65-82.

Clifford Christians, “Critical Issues in Communication Ethics.” Judith S. Trent, ed., Communication: Views from the Helm for the Twenty-First Century. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1998, pp. 270-275.

Clifford Christians, “The Common Good as First Principle.” Theodore L. Glasser, ed., The Idea of Public Journalism. New York: Guilford Publications Inc., 1999, ch. 4, pp. 67-84.

Clifford Christians, “Responsibilité Sociale: Éthique de l'entreprise et codes de déontologie.” Claude-Jean Bertrand, ed., L'arsenal de la democratie: Médias, déontologie et M.A.R.S. Paris: Economica, 1999, ch. 3, pp. 44-53.

Clifford Christians, “Ethics and Politics in Qualitative Research.” Norman Denzin and Yvonna Lincoln, eds., The Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2000, ch. 5, pp. 133-155.

Clifford Christians, “An Intellectual History of Media Ethics.” Bart Pattyn, ed., Media Ethics: Opening Social Dialogue. Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Publishing, 2000, pp. 15-46.

Clifford Christians, “The Challenge of Writing the Critical/Cultural Essay.” Alison Alexander and James Potter, eds., How to Publish Your Communication Research: An Insider's Guide. Thousand Oaks , CA: Sage, 2001, ch. 8, pp. 113-130.

Clifford Christians, “Éticay regulación internacional de las communicaciones.” José Vidal Beneyto, ed., La Ventana Global. Madrid: Taurus Pensamiento, 2002, pp. 269-280.

Clifford Christians, “The Status of Moral Claims in American Cultural Studies.” Catherine Warren and Mary Vavrus, eds., American Cultural Studies. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002, ch.9, pp. 165-181.

Clifford Christians, “Cross-Cultural Ethics and Truth.” Jolyon Mitchell, ed., Mediating Media: Studies in Media, Religion and Culture. Edinburgh : T. & T. Clark, 2003, pp. 293-303.

Clifford Christians and Sarina Chen, “Technological Environments and the Evolution of Social Research Methods.” Mark Johns, Jon Hall, Sarina Chen, eds., Online Social Research. New York: Peter Lang, 2003, pp. 13-22.

Clifford Christians, “Ellul as Theologian in Counterpoint.” Casey M. K. Lum, ed., Media Ecology: Perspectives on Technology, Culture and Communication. Cresskill , NJ : Hampton Press, forthcoming.

Clifford Christians, “The Changing News Paradigm: From Objectivity to Interpretative Sufficiency.” Sharon Iorio, ed., Taking It to the Streets: Using Qualitative Methods in Journalism. Mohwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, in press.

Clifford Christians, “Ethical and Normative Perspective.” John Downing et al., eds., The Handbook of Media Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, in press, ch. 5.

Articles

Clifford G. Christians, "Home Video Systems: A Revolution?" Journal of Broadcasting. 17:2 (Spring 1973), pp. 223-234. Reprinted in Michael Emery and Ted Smythe, Readings in Mass Communication. Second Edition. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co., 1974, pp. 197-204.

Clifford Christians, "Marshall McLuhan and Communication," The Reformed Journal. 23:7 (July-August, 1973), pp. 10-12.

Clifford Christians, "Minerva's Owl and the Handcrafted Life," For the Time Being. 3:3 (Spring 1975), pp. 1-4. Reprinted in Commonlife, Winter 1976.

Clifford Christians, "The 1976 Campaign and TV Advertising." Illinois Business Review. 33:5 (May 1976), pp. 6-8.

Clifford G. Christians, "Jacques Ellul's Concern With the Amorality of Contemporary Communications." Communications: International Journal of Mass Communication Research. 3:1 (January 1977), pp. 62-80.

Clifford G. Christians, "A Cultural View of Mass Communications: Some Explorations." Christian Scholar's Review. 7:1 (April 1977), pp. 3-22.

Clifford G. Christians, "Fifty Years of Scholarship in Media Ethics." Journal of Communication. 27:4 (Autumn 1977), pp. 19-29.

Clifford G. Christians, "Variety of Approaches Used in Teaching Media Ethics." Journalism Educator. 33:1 (April 1978), pp. 3-8, 24.

Clifford G. Christians, Quentin Schultze, Norman Sims, "Community, Epistemology, and Mass Media Ethics." Journalism History. 5:2 (Summer 1978), pp. 38-41, 65-67.

Venicio A. DeLima and Clifford G. Christians, "Paulo Freire: The Political Dimension of Dialogic Communication," Communication. 4:1 (1979), pp. 133-155. Translated into Portuguese, "Paulo Freire: A Dimensao Politica da Communicacao Dialogal," Sineste, 6:16, May-August 1979, pp. 111-130.

Clifford G. Christians, "Problem Solving in a Mass Media Course." Communication Education. 28:2 (May 1979), pp. 139-143.

Clifford G. Christians, "Integrating the Practical and Theoretical in Professional Education." Scholar and Educator. Fall 1979, pp. 1-7.

Clifford G. Christians, "Beyond Quandaries: A Plea for Normative Ethics," Mass Communications Review. 6:3 (Fall 1979), pp. 28-31; "Roundtable Discussion - Ethics: State of the Art," pp. 32-45.

Clifford G. Christians and Michael Real, "Jacques Ellul's Contribution to Critical Media Theory." Journal of Communication. 29:1 (Winter 1979), pp. 83-93.

Clifford Christians, "Teaching Media Ethics." WACC Journal. 26:4 (November 1979), pp. 19-22.

Clifford Christians, "On Penultimates and Golden Means in Media Ethics." Louis W. Hodges, ed., Social Responsibility: Journalism, Law, Medicine-VI. Washington and Lee University Monograph, 1980, pp. 5-15.

Clifford G. Christians, "Redemptive Popular Art: Television and the Cultural Mandate." The Reformed Journal. 30:8 (August 1980), pp. 14-19.

Kim B. Rotzoll and Clifford G. Christians, "Advertising Agency Practitioners' Perceptions of Ethical Decisions." Journalism Quarterly. 57:3 (Autumn 1980), pp. 425-431.

P. Mark Fackler and Clifford G. Christians, "John Milton's Place in Journalism History: Champion or Turncoat?" Journalism Quarterly. 57-4 (Winter 1980), pp. 563-570.

Lawrence Grossberg and Clifford G. Christians, "Hermeneutics and the Study of Communication." Foundations for Communication Studies, ed. John Soloski. University of Iowa Monograph Series, 1981, pp. 57-81.

Clifford Christians, "Journalism Ethics in a Double Bind," Ecquid Novi, 2:2 (1981), pp. 61-68.

Clifford G. Christians, "Jacques Ellul: Modern Prophet," Fresh Fruit, 9:3 (May/June 1981), pp. 7-10.

Clifford G. Christians and Robert Fortner, "The Media Gospel: An Essay Review." Journal of Communication. 31:2 (Spring 1981), pp. 190-199.

Dean M. Krugman and Clifford G. Christians, "Cable Television: Promise Versus Performance." Gazette: International Journal of the Science of the Press. 27:3, July 1981, pp. 193-209.

Clifford G. Christians, "The Sensate in Sorokin and in Primetime Television." Etcetera: A Review of General Semantics. 38:2 (Summer 1981), pp. 189-201.

Eleanor Blum and Clifford Christians, "Ethical Problems in Book Publishing." The Library Quarterly. 51:2 (April 1982), pp. 155-169.

Clifford G. Christians, "The Implications of Ellul's Bureaucratization for Regulatory Commissions." International Journal of Contemporary Sociology. 19:3-4 (July-October 1982).

Clifford Christians, "Max Lerner: 20 December 1902-Present," Dictionary of Literary Bibliography, vol. 29. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1984, pp. 167-174.

Clifford Christians, "Advertising and Program Content: A Commentary," Business and Professional Ethics Journal, 3:3-4, Spring/Summer 1984, pp. 77-80.

Clifford Christians, "Media Ethics Courses Since 1977," Journalism Educator, 40:2 (Summer 1985), pp. 17-19, 51.

Clifford G. Christians and Kim B. Rotzoll, "Ethical Issues in the Film Industry." Current Research in Film , vol. 2, Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1985, ch. 12, pp. 225-237.

Clifford Christians, "The News Profession and the Powerless," Calvin Theological Journal, 20:2 (November 1985), pp. 229-254.

Clifford Christians, "Enforcing Media Codes," Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Fall/Winter 1985-86, pp. 14-21.

Clifford G. Christians, "Television: Medium Rare?" The Banner, 27 May 1985, pp. 12-14.

Clifford G. Christians, "Mass Communications Compromise the Truth," Media Development, 33:3 (1986), pp. 8-11.

Clifford Christians and Leon Hammond, "Social Justice and a Community Information Utility," Communication, 9:2, 1986, pp. 127-149.

Clifford G. Christians, "Communication Ethics: From Collective Responsibility to Collective Action," Media Development, 34:3 (1987), pp. 21-22.

Clifford G. Christians, "Is Ellul Prophetic?" Media Development, 35:2 (1988), pp. 6-8.

Clifford Christians, "Can the Public Be Held Accountable?" Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 3:1 (Spring/Summer 1988), pp. 50-58.

Clifford Christians, "Preface," Thomas W. Cooper, Television and Ethics. Boston: G. K. Hall and Co., 1988, pp. xvii-xxi.

Clifford Christians, "Commentary: Normativity as Catalyst." Brenda Dervin, et al., eds., Rethinking Communication: Paradigm Issues, Vol. I. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1989, pp. 148-153.

Clifford Christians, "Ethics, Media," International Encyclopedia of Communications Vol. II. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989, pp. 106-110.

Clifford Christians, "Foreword: The Marketplace of Ideas," Journalism Monographs, no. 118 (December 1989).

Clifford Christians, "Television: Medium Rare," Pro Rege, 18:3 (March 1990), pp. 2-12.

Clifford G. Christians, Television Technology and Moral Literacy. Western Michigan University, Papers Presented to the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, 4:2, November 1990.

Clifford Christians, "Communication Ethics," Communication Research Trends, 11:4 (1991), pp. 1-34.

Clifford Christians, "Communication Theory in Ellul's Sociology," Ellul Studies Forum, Issue 9 (July 1992), pp. 9-12.

Edmund B. Lambeth, Clifford Christians, and Kyle Cole, "Role of the Media Ethics Course in the Education of Journalists," Journalism Educator, 49:3, Autumn 1994, pp. 20-26.

Clifford Christians, “The Naturalistic Fallacy in Contemporary Interactionist-Interpretive Research,” Studies in Symbolic Interaction, vol. 19, 1995, pp. 125-130.

Clifford Christians, "Review Essay: Current Trends in Media Ethics," European Journal of Communication, 10:4, 1995, pp. 545-558.

Clifford Christians, "The Problem of Universals in Communication Ethics,” Javnost: The Public, 2:2, 1995, pp. 59-69.

Clifford Christians and Edmund Lambeth, “The Status of Ethics Instruction in Communication Departments,” 45:3, July 1996, Communication Education, pp. 236-243.

Clifford Christians, “The Sacredness of Life.” Media Development, 45:2 (1998), pp. 3-7.

Clifford Christians, “The Politics of Recognition.” National Media Ethics and Law Conference Book. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Silha Center, 1998, pp. 139-159.

Clifford Christians, “Media Ethics and the Technological Society.” Journal of Mass Media Ethics; Special Issue: New Media Technologies. Clifford Christians and Tom Cooper, eds. 13:2 (1998), pp. 67-70.

Clifford Christians, “Communication Ethics.” Freedom and Responsibility Yearbook, Vienna 1999, pp. 19-36.

Clifford Christians, “Ethics, Economics and Innovation: The Future of Accountability.” Media Development, 46:2 (1999), pp. 12-15.

Clifford Christians, “Social Dialogue and Media Ethics,” Ethical Perspectives, 7:2-3, September (2000), pp. 182-193.

Clifford Christians, “Justice and the Global Media,” Studies in Christian Ethics, 13:1 (2000), pp. 76-92.

Lee Wilkins and Clifford Christians, “Philosophy Meets the Social Sciences: The Nature of Humanity in the Public Arena,” Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 16:2-3 (2001), pp. 99-120.

Clifford Christians, “Ellul versus Gramsci.” The Ellul Forum, Issue 27, July 2001, pp. 3-7.

Clifford Christians, “Norman Denzin's Feminist Communitarian Ethics,” Studies in Symbolic Interaction, vol. 25, 2002, pp. 167-177.

Clifford Christians, “The Social Ethics of Agnes Heller,” Qualitative Inquiry, 8:4, August 2002, pp. 411-428.

Clifford Christians, “Religious Perspectives on Communication Technology,” Journal of Media and Religion, 1:1, 2002, pp. 37-48.

Clifford Christians, “Liberalism and Communitarianism in Mass Communication and the International Education of Children,” (pp. 7-17) and “Growing up in a Media-saturated Society Seen from the Perspective of School and Family” (pp. 19-27). In Mass Media Communication and International Education in School and Family, eds., A. Simonnes and G. Gjelsten. Arbeidsrapport NR 127. Hogskulen i Volda: Moreforsking Volda, 2002.

Clifford Christians, “Christian Scholarship and Worldview Pluralism,” Journal of Communication and Religion, forthcoming.

Clifford Christians, "Theorie de Jacques Ellul sur la bureaucratie et les commissions de controle." Revue Francaise de Communication, in press.

Clifford Christians and Kaarle Nordenstreng, “Social Responsibility Worldwide,” Journal of Mass Media Ethics, forthcoming.

Clifford Christians, "Normative Pluralism in Communication Ethics." Esprit, forthcoming.

JOURNAL EDITORSHIPS

Issue Editor, Communication, 4:1 (January 1979). "Communications and Spirituality."

Lary Belman and Clifford Christians, special issue editors, Qualitative Sociology. "American Communication Theory: The Qualitative Tradition," 5:3 (September 1982).

Mass Communications Bibliographical Editor, Journalism Quarterly, 1977-1981.

Editorial Board, Journalism Monographs, 1978-81, 1989-92, 2002-present.

Contributing and Consulting Editor, Journal of Communication, 1979-1991.

Editorial Board, Media Development, 1983-present.

Editorial Board, Communication, 1984-1988.

Editorial Advisory Board, The Ellul Studies Forum, 1989-1993. Associate Editor, 1993-1999. Editor, 1999-present.

Review and Criticism Editor, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1983-1986.

Advising Editor, Media Ethics, 1989-present.

Editorial Board, Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 1985-present.

Editorial Board, Communication Quarterly, Special Issue on Communication Ethics, 38:3, Summer 1990.

Issue Editor, Communication, 9:2 (1986), "Ethics and New Media Technologies."

Issue Editor, Communication, 12:3 (1991), "Ethics and Critical Theory."

Editor, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1992-1995; Editorial Board, 1995-2001.

Issue Editor, The Ellul Studies Forum, Issue 9 (July 1992), "Ellul on Communications Technology."

Editorial Board, Journal of Media and Religion, 2000-present.

Editorial Board, Mass Communication and Society, 1997-2002.

Editorial Board, The Journal of Ethics, Law, and Society, 1998-present.

Issue Co-Editor (with Thomas Cooper), Journal of Mass Media Ethics 13:2 (1998), “New Media Technologies.”

Issue Editor, Qualitative Inquiry, 8:4 (August 2002). Ethical Theorists and Qualitative Research. “Introduction,” pp. 407-410; “The Social Ethics of Agnes Heller,” pp. 411-428.

Issue Editor, Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Virtual Reality and Communication Ethics. (18:3-4, 2003).

Editorial Board, Journal of Media and Religion, 2002-present.

Editorial Board, Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies, 2000-present.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

NDEA Fellowship, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1970-73.

Phi Kappa Phi Honorary.

Outstanding Young Men of America, 1971.

Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honorary.

University of Illinois-Urbana Undergraduate Instructional Award, Summer 1977.

University of Illinois-Urbana Amoco Award for "Undergraduate Instructional Award" Report, February 1978.

Media Ethics Designate, Hastings Center Project on the Teaching of Ethics in Higher Education, 1977-1980.

University of Illinois-Urbana Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, May 1978.

University of Illinois-Urbana Undergraduate Instructional Award, Summer 1981.

University of Illinois-Urbana Amoco Award for "Undergraduate Instructional Award" Report, February 1982.

College of Communications, “Excellence in Education and Professional Teaching,” April 2002.

Fellow, Calvin Center for Scholarship and Research, Philosophy of Technology Project, 1983-84.

Listed in Who's Who in America, 1996-present.

Listed in Outstanding Writers of the 20th Century, 2000.

Listed in Outstanding Scholars of the 21st Century (Communication Ethics), 2000-present.

Delegate-North America, Cavalletti Consultations on Philosophy and Communications, Gregorian University-Rome, 1985 and 1987.

National Teaching Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Journalism Ethics, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, May 1987.

Four Chaplains Legion of Honor Membership, Philadelphia, July 1988.

Research Awards, McGannon Communication Research Center, Fordham University, 1987, 1988-89.

Delegate-North America (AEJMC), Consultation at United Nations Centre for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, April 1989.

Religious Communication Scholar Award, National Communication Association, November 2002.

Faculty Research Fellow, Program for the Study of Cultural Values and Ethics, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1990-91.

Book of the Year Award [Good News: Social Ethics and the Press], Religious Speech Communication Association, November 1993.

PEW Evangelical Scholars Program, Fellowship, 1994-95.

Senior Mentor, Pew Younger Scholars Program, 2000-03.

Research Grant, Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, “The Ethics of Privacy on the Information Highway,” 1996-1997.

Visiting Scholar, Notre Dame, PEW Graduate Summer Seminar Program, June 1998.

Spotlight on Scholarship: Mass Media Ethics. Commission on Communication Ethics, National Communications Association, New York, November 1998.

Ethics Scholar Award, Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society, Duquesne University, April 1999.

Religious Communication Scholar Award, National Communication Association, Miami, November 2002.

“Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award” established by the University of Iowa's Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research, 2002.