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Research Areas
- Media and Children
- Culture in the Classroom
- Literacy and Writing
Academic Background
Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia, 1978
M.Ed. from the University of Missouri-Columbia, 1972
Published Works
BOOKS (REFEREED)
Fox, Roy F. The Debate Book. Seoul, South Korea: Curriculum House. 2009.
Fox, Roy F. MediaSpeak: Three American Voices. Westport, CT.: Greenwood Publishing Group. 2001, 225 pp.
Fox, Roy F. Harvesting Minds: How TV Commercials Control Kids. Paperback ed. Westport, CT: Praeger Press, 2000, 210 pp.
Fox, Roy F., ed. Updrafts: Case Studies in Teacher Renewal. Foreword by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Urbana, IL: National Council Teachers of English, 2000.
Fox, Roy F., ed. Images in Language, Media, & Mind. Urbana, IL: National Council Teachers of English, 1994.
Fox, Roy F. Technical Communication: Problems and Solutions. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. 1994, 61 pp.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS (REFEREED)
Fox, Roy F. Foreword to Fame to Infamy: Race, Sport, and the Fall from Grace. Essays Tha Reveal the Public Slide into Disrepute of Once-Cherished Male Sport Icons. J. Rosen and D. Ogden (eds.). University of Mississippi Press. 2011.
Fox, Roy F. “How Do Kids Read Commercials?” In Ad Nauseam: A Survivor’s Guide to Consumer Culture. C. McClaren and J. Torchinsky (eds.). New York: Macmillan. 2009.
Fox, Roy F. “Salespeak.” In Common Culture: Reading and Writing about American Popular Culture. M. Petracca and M. Sorapure (eds.). All eds.
Fox, Roy F. “Researching Media Literacy: Pitfalls & Possibilities.” In Transforming Teaching and Curriculum: Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE). P. Brown and G. Schwarz (eds.). 2006.
Fox, Roy. “How We Help Hapless Students Hate School.” Why Kids Hate School. Steven Jones, et al. (eds.). (under review).
Fox, Roy F. “Researching Media Literacy: Pitfalls & Possibilities.” In Transforming Teaching and Curriculum: Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE). P. Brown and G. Schwarz (eds.). Vol. 104:2. 2005.
Fox, Roy. "Salespeak." Common Culture: Reading and Writing about American Popular Culture. 4th ed. Eds. Michael Petracca and Madeleine Sorapure. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc., 2004. 56-78. (Reprinted from MediaSpeak: Three American Voices).
Fox, Roy F. “Images across Cultures: Exploring Advertising in the Diverse Classroom.” In Teaching Vision: Language and Image in the Composition Classroom. eds. K. Fleckenstein, L. Calendrillo, and D. Worley. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers, 2001.
ARTICLES (REFEREED)
Fox, Roy F. “Exploring a Discipline’s Public Face: A Primer on Researching Media Representations in the Social Sciences.” The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Vol. 4, Number 3, 2009, http://www.SocialSciences-Journal.com.
Fox, Roy F. “The House that Words Built: How Language Shapes Baseball Legends.” Journal of Interpersonal, Intercultural, and Mass Communication. 2009.
Lannin, Amy and Roy F. Fox. Belly Up to the Pond: Teaching Creative Nonfiction Online. The Writing Instructor. Fall, 2007.
Li, Hong; Fox, Roy F.; D. Almarza. “Strangers in a Stranger Land: Language, Learning, Culture.” International Journal for Progressive Education. Vol. 3, No. 2. Spring, 2007.
Fox, Roy F. “Hucksters Hook Captive Youngsters.” Mizzou. Summer, 2002. Vol. 90, No. 4, 22-28.
Fox, Roy F. “Like Monkeys in a Tree: Writing, Media, Thinking. The Writing Instructor. 2002. http:www.thewritinginstructor.org.
Fox, Roy F. “What Would You Say to an Alien?’ The American Culture Portfolio. The Writing Instructor. 2002. http://thewritinginstructor.org.
Fox, Roy F. “The Door’s Open.” Preface to Turning Points in Teaching: Narrative Reflection on Professional Practice. Linda Tamura, et al. (eds.). Special Issue of Willamette Journal of the Liberal Arts. Supplemental Series 8, 2001, v-vii. (Invited)
Fox, Roy F. “Warning: Advertising May Be Hazardous to Your Health.” USA TODAY: THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN SCENE. Nov., 2001, 62-66.
Research Grants
Communication Arts and Boys’ Literacy Development. With Amy Lannin. 4 Columbia Public Schools, MPER. $4,000. 2006.
Literacy Academies. With directors of Missouri Writing Projects Network. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 2005.
Teaching Literacy to At-Risk Students. Missouri Division of Youth Services. State of Missouri. $17,000. 2005-2006.
Missouri Writing Project, 2006-2007. The National Writing Project. Total budget: $149,461.
Celebrating Rural Poetry, 2006-2007. Rural School and Community Trust and The Rural Sites Network of The National Writing Project. Total budget: $4,530.
Missouri Writing Project, 2005-2006. National Writing Project (federal funds). Funded for $48,000; total project $86,000.
Missouri Writing Project, 2004-2005.. National Writing Project (federal funds). Funded for $25,000; total project @ $57,000. Role: P.I.
Missouri Writing Project, 2003-2004. National Writing Project (federal funds). Funded for $25,000; total project @ $57,000. Role: P.I.
“The Effects of Teaching Creative Nonfiction via the Internet on the Writing Skills and Attitudes of Teachers and Students.” 2002. National Writing Project’s Rural Sites Network (federal funds). Funded for $3,500. Role: P.I.
Missouri Writing Project, 2002-2003. National Writing Project (federal funds). Funded for $25,000; total project @ $57,000. Role: P.I.
Missouri Writing Project, 2001-2002. National Writing Project (federal funds). Funded for $25,000; total project @ $57,000. Role: P.I.
Missouri Writing Project, 2000-2001.National Writing Project (federal funds). Funded for $25,000; total project @ $66,000. Role: P.I.
Awards and Honors
Global Award. United Nations Association of Mid-Missouri. 2008.
"Pillar of Excellence in Teaching Award." College of Education. University of Missouri-Columbia. April, 2006.
MU College of Education Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Achievement. University of Missouri Alumni Association, April, 2006.
William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. University of Missouri, May, 1998.
The 1997 George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Discourse, Second Place, from The National Council Teachers of English for Harvesting Minds.
Maxine Christopher Shutz Award and Lecture for Distinguished Teaching. University of Missouri, 1996.