BERYL HAWKINS
As a radio talk show host and narrator, Beryl Hawkins has performed extensively on radio and through her studio work, including WRC radio, Washington D.C.
She conducts training courses in vocal production, broadcast voice training at Temple University Japan and coaches executives for broadcast interviews. Her publications and international conference presentations focus on the international media coverage of Japanese news stories.
Narration/
Character roles
The Light and Color Granny” Audio Narration, Children’s Book, Title Art, Osaka
Hosted 40 talk shows for NBC radio, “For Women about Town”, Washington D.C.
Character role, Downtown TV variety show, Fuji television, “UFO” episode
Narrator, WRC television station promotional commercials, Washington D.C.
Audio narration, “The Japanese Businessman”, Nippon the Land and Its People video series, Nippon Steel Corporation
Moderated, “Student Talk” radio program, “Cellphones” episode, InterFM,Tokyo
Character role, “Zippy’s Rock and roll adventure” video, World Family
Character role, “Bad History”, independent feature film
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
“Leader-driven Crisis Management in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Preparations: Charting a New Direction”, The Asian Conference on Media, Communication and Film, Tokyo, October 9-11 2018.
“Framing” Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics in the News”, The 10th International Convention of Asian Scholars, Chiangmai, Thailand, July 20 – 23, 2017.
“News Framing Analysis: Tokyo 2020’s Olympic Bid, Economics and the Olympic Stadium Controversy”, Asian Studies Conference Japan, Tokyo, July 8– 9, 2017.
“Framing the Pre-Olympic News Coverage of Tokyo 2020: A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo’s Successful Bid and the Olympic Stadium Design”. The Inaugural IAFOR International Conference on Japan and Japan Studies, Kobe, June 2 – 5, 2016.
“Museums as Facilitators of Transnational Cross-cultural Understanding”, The Second Annual Conference on Global Higher Education at Lakeland College Japan, June 6, 2015, co-presented.
“Archivists to Activists: The Evolving Role of Museum Educators”, The Fifth Asian Conference on Cultural Studies, Kobe, May 28 – 31, 2015, co-presented.
“A Corpus Stylistics News Story Analysis of a Japan-China Faceoff: The Senkaku-Diaoyu Territorial Dispute”, The Fifth Annual Asian Conference on Media and Mass Communication, Osaka, November 13-16, 2014, featured speaker, co-presented. Video link below: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=l7YtTx5Udfs
“Mapping Narrative Trajectories in Documentary Films”, The Fourth Annual Asian Conference on Film and Documentary, Osaka, November 9-10, 2013, co-presented.
“Japan’s “Abenomics” Media Coverage: The Converging Relationship between Print and Social Media”, The Fourth Annual Asian Conference on Media and Mass Communication.Osaka, November 9-10, 2013, co-presented.
“Using the Television Talk Show Format to Develop an ESL Discussion Course”, Thailand TESOL Annual International Conference, “ELT in the Next Decade, Bangkok, January 30, 2010.
“Leader-driven Crisis Management in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Preparations: Charting a New Direction”, The Asian Conference on Media, Communication and Film, Tokyo, October 9-11 2018.
“Framing” Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics in the News”, The 10th International Convention of Asian Scholars, Chiangmai, Thailand, July 20 – 23, 2017.
“News Framing Analysis: Tokyo 2020’s Olympic Bid, Economics and the Olympic Stadium Controversy”, Asian Studies Conference Japan, Tokyo, July 8– 9, 2017.
“Framing the Pre-Olympic News Coverage of Tokyo 2020: A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo’s Successful Bid and the Olympic Stadium Design”. The Inaugural IAFOR International Conference on Japan and Japan Studies, Kobe, June 2 – 5, 2016.
“Museums as Facilitators of Transnational Cross-cultural Understanding”, The Second Annual Conference on Global Higher Education at Lakeland College Japan, June 6, 2015, co-presented.
“Archivists to Activists: The Evolving Role of Museum Educators”, The Fifth Asian Conference on Cultural Studies, Kobe, May 28 – 31, 2015, co-presented.
“A Corpus Stylistics News Story Analysis of a Japan-China Faceoff: The Senkaku-Diaoyu Territorial Dispute”, The Fifth Annual Asian Conference on Media and Mass Communication, Osaka, November 13-16, 2014, featured speaker, co-presented. Video link below: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=l7YtTx5Udfs
“Mapping Narrative Trajectories in Documentary Films”, The Fourth Annual Asian Conference on Film and Documentary, Osaka, November 9-10, 2013, co-presented.
“Japan’s “Abenomics” Media Coverage: The Converging Relationship between Print and Social Media”, The Fourth Annual Asian Conference on Media and Mass Communication.Osaka, November 9-10, 2013, co-presented.
“Using the Television Talk Show Format to Develop an ESL Discussion Course”, Thailand TESOL Annual International Conference, “ELT in the Next Decade, Bangkok, January 30, 2010.