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KAREN A. FOSS

Communication & Journalism

University of New Mexico

MSCO3 2240

Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

(505) 277-2641

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Education

Ph.D. Speech and Dramatic Art (Rhetoric and Public Address): University of Iowa, Iowa City, May 1976. Dissertation: "Ideological Manifestations in the Discourse of Contemporary Feminism."

M. A. Speech (Rhetoric and Public Address): University of Oregon, Eugene, June 1973.

B. A. Romance Languages (Spanish and French): University of Oregon, Eugene, March 1972.

Professional Experience

Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1996 - present.

Regents’ Professor, University of New Mexico, 2006-2009.

Interim Director, Women Studies, University of New Mexico, summer and fall, 2005.

Joint appointment, Professor of Communication & Journalism and Women Studies, University of New Mexico, 2004 - 2006.

Presidential Teaching Fellow, 2002-2004, University of New Mexico.

Chair, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1997 - 2000.

Director, Women Studies, University of New Mexico, 1995 – 1997.

Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1993 - 1996.

Professor, Department of Speech Communication, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1988 - 1993.

Associate Professor, Department of Speech Communication, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1983 - 1988.

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984 - 1985.

Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Communication, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1976 - 1983.

Program Leader, Women's Studies, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1989 - 1992; 1978 - 1980.

Instructor, Department of Speech, Kirkwood Community College, Iowa City, 1976.

Instructor, Saturday & Evening Class Program, University of Iowa, 1975.

Teaching Assistant, Rhetoric Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1973 - 1976.

Honors

Named Regents’ Professor by the College of Arts and Sciences, University of New Mexico, 2006-2009.

Selected “Gender Scholar of the Year” for 2005 by the Southern Communication Association.

Selected UNM faculty member to be honored on International Women’s Day, March 2005, by the Women’s Resource Center and Women Studies Program for contributions to the lives of women at the University of New Mexico.

Received the Francine Merritt Award, presented by the National Communication Association for mentoring women in the communication discipline, 2002.

Selected Presidential Teaching Fellow, the highest teaching award presented at the University of New Mexico, 2002 – 2004.

Feminist Rhetorical Theories, coauthored with Sonja K. Foss and Cindy L. Griffin, named “Book of the Year” by the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, 2000.

Named "Scholar of the Year," at Humboldt State University, 1991 – 1992.

Recipient of a $2,500 Meritorious Performance Award, Humboldt State University, 1989, 1984.

Publications

Books

Karen A. Foss and Ann Skinner-Jones, Color Up: Making Decisions You Can Thrive With; in progress.

Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss, The Eloquence of Women’s Lives; in progress.

Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen A. Foss. Theories of Human Communication, 8^th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2005; 9^th edition in progress.

Karen A. Foss, Sonja K. Foss, and Cindy L. Griffin. Readings in Feminist Rhetorical Theory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2004.

Sonja K. Foss and Karen A. Foss. Inviting Transformation: Presentational Speaking for a Changing World., 2^nd ed. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland, 2003 (1^st ed., 1994).

Karen A. Foss, Sonja K. Foss, and Robert Trapp. Readings in Contemporary Rhetoric. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland, 2002.

Sonja K. Foss, Karen A. Foss, and Robert Trapp. Contemporary Perspectives on Rhetoric, 3^rd ed. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland, 2002 (1st ed., 1985; 2^nd ed., 1991).

Karen A. Foss, Sonja K. Foss, and Cindy L. Griffin. Feminist Rhetorical Theories. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1999.

Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. Women Speak: The Eloquence of Women's Lives. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland, 1991.

Book Chapters

Karen A. Foss. “Rhetoric and Gender.” International Encyclopedia of Communication. Ed. Robert N. Gaines, forthcoming.

Karen A. Foss. “Harvey Milk and the Queer Rhetorical Situation: A Rhetoric of Contradiction.” Queering Public Address. Ed. Charles Morris. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2007.

Karen A. Foss, “Harvey Milk.” American Voices: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Orators. Ed. Bernard K. Duffy and Richard W. Leeman. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005, pp. 324-29.

Karen A. Foss, “Sonia Johnson.” American Voices: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Orators. Ed. Bernard K. Duffy and Richard W. Leeman. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005, pp. 211-16.

Karen A. Foss. “Everything Worth Mentioning.” Advances in the History of Rhetoric, 7. Ed. Robert N. Gaines. College Park, MD: American Society for the History of Rhetoric, 2004, pp. 211-16.

Karen A. Foss, “Harvey Bernard Milk,” Encyclopedia of American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History and Culture. Vol. 2. Ed. Marc Stein. Chicago: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2004, pp. 265-66.

Karen A. Foss. "Ernesto Grassi." Twentieth-Century Rhetorics and Rhetoricians: Critical Studies and Sources. Ed. Michael G. Moran and Michelle Ballif. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000, pp. 185-89.

Karen A. Foss. "Harvey Milk." Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies. Ed. Timothy F. Murphy. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000, pp. 397-99.

Karen A. Foss, Belle A. Edson, and Jennifer A. Linde. "What’s in a Name?: Negotiating Decisions About Marital Names." Case Studies in Interpersonal Communication: Processes and Problems. Ed. Dawn O. Braithwaite and Julia T. Wood. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1999, pp. 18-25.

Karen A. Foss and Cindy L. White. "`Being' and the Promise of Trinity: A Feminist Addition to Burke's Dramatism." Kenneth Burke and the Twenty-first Century. Ed. Bernard L. Brock. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998, pp. 99-111.

Karen A. Foss. "Ernesto Grassi." Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication From Ancient Times to the Information Age. Ed. Theresa Enos. New York: Garland, 1996, p. 298.

Karen A. Foss. "Jurgen Habermas." Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication From Ancient Times to the Information Age. Ed. Theresa Enos. New York: Garland, 1996, pp. 309-11.

Karen A. Foss. "Robin Evonne Morgan." Women Public Speakers in the United States, 1925-1993: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook. Ed. Karlyn Kohrs Campbell. Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press, 1994, pp. 306-318.

Karen A. Foss and Richard A. Rogers. "Particularities and Possibilities: A Research Agenda for Sexual Harassment." Conceptualizing Sexual Harassment as Discursive Practice. Ed. Shereen Bingham. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1994, pp. 159-172.

Karen A. Foss. "The Logic of Folly in the Political Campaigns of Harvey Milk." Queer Words Queer Images: Communication and the Construction of Homosexuality. Ed. R. Jeffrey Ringer. Albany: New York University Press, 1994, pp. 7-29.

W. Barnett Pearce and Karen A. Foss. "The Historical Context of Communication as a Science." Human Communication: Theory and Research. Ed. Gordon L. Dahnke and Glen W. Clatterbuck. Belmont: Wadsworth, 1990, pp. 1-19.

Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. "Incorporating the Feminist Perspective in Communication Scholarship: A Research Commentary." Doing Research on Women's Communication: Perspectives on Theory and Method. Ed. Carole Spitzack and Kathryn Carter. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1989, pp. 65-94.

Karen A. Foss. "Harvey Milk: `You Have to Give Them Hope.'" Western Speakers: Voices of the American Dream. Ed. Susan H. Koester. Manhattan, KS: Sunflower University Press, 1989.

Karen A. Foss. "Sojourner Truth." American Orators Before 1900: Critical Studies and Sources. Ed. Bernard Duffy and Halford Ryan. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1987, pp. 385-390.

Karen A. Foss. "Betty Friedan." Fifty American Political Orators: Critical Studies and Sources. Ed. Bernard Duffy and Halford Ryan. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986, pp. 153-158.

Karen A. Foss. "Overcoming Communication Anxiety." Improving Speaking and Listening Skills. Ed. Rebecca B. Rubin. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1983, pp. 25-35.

Articles

Charlotte Krolokke and Karen A. Foss. “Min far er stærkere end din far! Viking sæd til salg [“My Dad is Stronger Than Your Dad! Viking Sperm For Sale”] Webmagasinet Forum for køn og kultur [web magazine forum for gender and culture], submitted July 2006.

Karen A. Foss and Charlotte Krolokke. “You’d Better Build a Big Crib: Feminist Rhetorical Theory Comes of Age.” Rhetorika Scandinavica; revision submitted June 2006.

Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. “The Construction of Feminine Spectatorship in Garrison Keillor’s Radio Monologues.” To be reprinted in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeff Hunter. Rowlett, TX: Gale Group; forthcoming August 2006.

Karen A. Foss. “Kön retorik” [“Engendering Rhetorics”]. RetorikMagasinet, 59 (March 2006), 18-21.

Karen A. Foss and Kathy L. Domenici. “Haunting Argentina: Synecdoche in the Protests of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.” Quarterly Journal of Speech, 87 (August 2001), 237-58.

Sonja K. Foss, Cindy L. Griffin, and Karen A. Foss. "Feminist Reconstructionism: A Reply to Condit." Women's Studies in Communication, 20 (Fall 1997), 117-35.

Karen A. Foss and Alison Alexander. "Exploring the Margins of Television Viewing." Communication Reports, 9 (Winter 1996), 61-68.

Sonja K. Foss and Karen A. Foss. "The Construction of Feminine Spectatorship in Garrison Keillor's Radio Monologues." Quarterly Journal of Speech, 80 (November 1994), 410-26.

Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. "Personal Experience as Evidence in Feminist Scholarship." Special issue of the Western Journal of Communication, 58 (Winter 1994), 39-43.

Karen A. Foss. "Cultivating the Cracks: Using Existing Structures to Implement a Feminist Agenda." College and University Personnel Association Journal, 44 (Summer 1993), 61-63.

Karen A. Foss. "Revising the American Public Address Course." Women's Studies in Communication, 15 (Spring 1993), 66-78.

Karen A. Foss. "Out From Underground: The Discourse of Emerging Fugitives." Western Journal of Communication, 56 (Spring 1992), 125-42.

Marlene G. Fine, Fern L. Johnson, and Karen A. Foss. “Student Perceptions of Gender in Managerial Communication." Women's Studies in Communication, 14 (Spring 1991), 24-45.

Karen A. Foss. "Feminist Scholarship in Speech Communication: Contributions and Obstacles." Women's Studies in Communication, 12 (Spring 1989), 1-10.

Karen A. Foss and Belle A. Edson. "What's in a Name?: Accounts of Married Women's Name Choices." Western Journal of Speech Communication, 53 (Fall 1989), 356-73.

Karen A. Foss and Armeda C. Reitzel. "A Relational Model for Managing Second Language Anxiety." TESOL Quarterly, 22 (September 1988), 437-54.

Sonja K. Foss and Karen A. Foss. "What Distinguishes Feminist Scholarship in Communication Studies?" Women's Studies in Communication, 11 (Spring 1988), 9-11.

Karen A. Foss. "Harvey Milk: `You Have to Give Them Hope.'" Journal of the West, 27 (April 1988), 75-81.

W. Barnett Pearce and Karen A. Foss. "The Future of Interpersonal Communication." ACA Bulletin, 61 (August 1987), 93-105.

Karen A. Foss and Stephen W. Littlejohn. "The Day After: Rhetorical Vision in an Ironic Frame." Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 3 (Fall 1986), 317-36.

Karen A. Foss. "Research on Communication and Gender: Making the Link to Feminist Theory." Women's Studies in Communication, 7 (Fall 1984), 83-85.

Karen A. Foss. "John Lennon and the Advisory Function of Eulogies." Central States Speech Journal, 34 (Fall 1983), 187-94.

Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. "The Status of Research on Women and Communication." Communication Quarterly, 31 (Summer 1983), 195-204.

Karen A. Foss. "Singing the Rhythm Blues: An Argumentative Analysis of the Birth-Control Debate in the Catholic Church." Western Journal of Speech Communication, 47 (Winter 1983), 29-44.

Karen A. Foss. "Celluloid Rhetoric: The Use of Documentary Film to Teach Rhetorical Theory." Communication Education, 32 (January 1983), 51-61.

Karen A. Foss. "Communication Apprehension: Resources for the Instructor." Communication Education, 31 (July 1982), 195-204.

Michael J. Schneider and Karen A. Foss. "Thought, Sex, and Language: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in the American Women's Movement." Women's Studies in Communication, 1 (Spring 1977), 1-7.

Karen A. Foss. "The Story of Deborah Sampson: Historians' Dilemma." University of Michigan Papers in Women's Studies, 2 (1977), 32-38.

Reviews and Bibliographies

Deborah A. Fort and Karen A. Foss. Review of Feminism and Documentary. Ed. Diane Waldman and Janet Walker, Quarterly Journal of Speech, 86 (August 2000), 370-72.

Karen A. Foss. Review of Women Transforming Communications: Global Intersections. Ed. Donna Allen, Ramona R. Rush, and Susan J. Kaufman, Howard Journal of Communications, 8 (July-September, 1997), 291-95.

Karen A. Foss. Review of Shadowcatchers: A Directory of Women in California Photography Before 1901, by Peter Palmquist, Humboldt Historian, 38 (May-June 1990), 21-23.

Karen A. Foss. Review of Feminist Criticism and Social Change, ed. Judith Newton and Deborah Rosenfelt, and Making a Difference: Feminist Literary Criticism, ed. Gayle Greene and Coppelia Kahn, Quarterly Journal of Speech, 73 (August 1987), 374-76.

Karen A. Foss. "Feminist Rhetoric." Bibliography solicited by and prepared for ERIC and the Speech Communication Association, November 1984; revised 1989.

Convention Presentations

Karen A. Foss. “Creating a Learning Environment for Today’s Students Though the Intensive Intersession Course.” Part of a program, “Transforming Teaching with Lessons from My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student.” To be presented at the National Communication Association convention, San Antonio, November 2006.

Karen A. Foss and Charlotte Krolokke. “Gender and Agency in Mediated Discourse.” To be presented at the Cultural Studies Crossroads Conference, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, July 2006.

Karen A. Foss. Member of a roundtable on teaching Gender and Communication. Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Palm Springs, February 2006.

Karen A. Foss and Charlotte Krolokke. “You’d Better Build a Strong Crib.” Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Palm Springs, February 2006.

Karen A. Foss. “A Healthy Discussion of Invitational Rhetoric: Extending Its Scope.” Panel participant. Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Boston, November 2005.

Karen A. Foss. “Assumptions Behind the Construct of Strategy.” Presented as part of a program, “Exploring Constructed Scarcity from a Communication Perspective.” Western States Communication Association, San Francisco, February 2005.

Karen A. Foss. “Interrogating Feminisms.” Pre-conference on reassessing the intersections of feminism and communication. Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, San Francisco, February 2005.

Karen A. Foss. “Bitzer’s Rhetorical Situation and a Rhetoric of Queer Possibility..” Member of a roundtable discussion on “Queering Public Address.” Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 2004.

Karen A. Foss. “Making Your Advisor the Advisor you Want to Have.” Presented at the New Mexico Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professorate Conference, Las Cruces, October 2004.

Karen A. Foss. “Communication as a Calling: Stories of Origin and Journey Within our Discipline.” Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Miami Beach, November 2003.

Karen A. Foss. “Teaching Feminist Rhetorical Theories.” Member of a roundtable presented at the National Communication Association convention, Miami Beach, November 2003.

Karen A. Foss. “Bryant’s Rhetoric: Its Function and Its Scope 50 Years Later.” Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Miami Beach, November 2003.

Karen A. Foss. “From Idea to Article: Getting Published.” Workshop presented at the Conference of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, Mitchell, Kentucky, October 2003.

Karen A. Foss. “Widening the Feminist Lens.” Member of a roundtable presented at the Communication and Conference, Albuquerque, NM, April 2003.

Sonja K. Foss and Karen A. Foss. “Inviting Transformation: An Invitational Approach to Public Speaking.” Workshop presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Salt Lake City, February 2003.

Janet L. Cramer and Karen A. Foss. “Baudrillard and Celtic Spirituality: Possibilities for Earth-Centered Communication. “ Presented at the National Communication Association convention, New Orleans, November 2002.

Karen A. Foss. “Harvey Milk and the Queer Rhetorical Situation: A Rhetoric of Possibility.” Presented at the National Communication Association convention, New Orleans, November 2002.

Karen A. Foss. “Enacting Feminism Through the Creative Arts.” Presented at “Water in the Desert”: The 30^th Anniversary Celebration of Women’s Studies Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 2002.

Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. “What Should Adults Know About Rhetoric?” Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Long Beach, February 2002.

Karen A. Foss. “Responding to Feedback and Reviewers’ Comments.” Part of a roundtable discussion, “From Idea to Article: A Workshop to Facilitate Academic Success.” Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Long Beach, February 2002.

Karen A. Foss and Janet Cramer. “Returning the Magic to the Symbolic: Baudrillard and Our Destiny with the Natural World.” Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Atlanta, November 2000.

Karen A. Foss. “Rethinking Notions of Change.” Organizer and participant of a poster session, “Engaging the Process of Peace: Rhetorical Options, Interventions, and Insights.” Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Seattle, November 2000.

Karen A. Foss, Sonja K. Foss, and Cindy L. Griffin. “Feminist Approaches to Social Change.” Presented at the Hellenic Association for American Studies convention, Athens, Greece, May 2000.

Karen A. Foss. “Feminists Moments and Futures.” Roundtable participant on the “Future of Feminist Scholarship.” Western States Communication Association convention, Sacramento, February 2000.

Karen A. Foss and Kathy Domenici. “Haunted into Paradox: Metaphorical Symbols in the Protests of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.” Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1999.

Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. “Teaching Feminist Rhetorical Theory.” Workshop presented at the Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) conference, Minneapolis, October 1999.

Karen A. Foss, Sonja K. Foss, and Cindy L. Griffin. "Teaching the College Course in Feminist Rhetorical Theories." Short course presented at the National Communication Association convention, New York City, November, 1998.

Karen A. Foss and Kathy Domenici. "The Metaphor of the ‘Haunted’ in the Discourse of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo." Presented at the Latin American Studies Association convention, Chicago, September 1998.

Karen A. Foss. "Sneaking Up on Academe." Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Denver, February 1998.

Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. "Relatively Speaking: Collaborative Research in Communication." Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1977.

Karen A. Foss. "Cultivating the Borderlands: Gloria Anzaldua's Rhetorical Theory." Presented at From Boundaries to Borderlands: Intersections of Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) conference, Corvallis, August 1997.

Shane Phelan, Kathryn Sorrells, Sheena Malhotra, and Karen A. Foss. "Recreating the Tapestry: Questioning the Assumptions of Community." Presented at the Conference on Gender and Communication, Tempe, March 1996.

Karen A. Foss. "Pronatalism: A National Pastime." Presented at the New Mexico State Annual Women Studies Conference, Albuquerque, March 1997.

Karen A. Foss. "Creating Spaces, Crossroads, and Souls in the Nepantla: Gloria Anzaldua's Rhetorical Theory." Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Monterey, February 1997.

W. Barnett Pearce and Karen A. Foss. "The Future of Interpersonal Communication: Ten Years Later." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, San Diego, November 1996.

Sonja K. Foss and Karen A. Foss. "Transforming the Public Speaking Course: Incorporating Submerged Voices." Short course presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Pasadena, February 1996.

Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. "Transforming the Public Speaking Course." Poster session about incorporating multicultural dimensions into public speaking. Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, San Antonio, November 1995.

Karen A. Foss. "Audacious Acts and Rhetorical Rebellions." Poster session presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, San Antonio, November 1995.

Karen A. Foss. Served as a member of a "Table Talk" program about SCA's Affirmative Active policy. Speech Communication Association convention, San Antonio, November 1995.

Karen A. Foss. "From Scarcity to Abundance: Revising the Starting Point for Rhetorical Theory." Presented at the Conference on Gender and Communication, Albuquerque, April 1995.

Karen A. Foss, John C. Sherblom, and Elizabeth C. Sherblom. "Points of Stasis in the Development of Self-Identity and Social Representation for Lesbians and Gay Men." Top-Three paper in the Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division. Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Portland, Oregon, February 1995.

Karen A. Foss. "A Coming of Mage: Feminist Possibilities for Rhetoric in the Work of Ursula K. Le Guin." Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Portland, Oregon, February 1995.

Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. "Transforming the College Course in Public Speaking: Incorporating Submerged Voices." Short course presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, New Orleans, November 1994.

Karen A. Foss. "From Narrative to Critical Consciousness." Presented at the Conference on Research in Gender and Communication, Portland, Oregon, March 1994.

Karen A. Foss. "To Work as if the Earth Can be Saved." Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, San Jose, February 1994.

Karen A. Foss. “`Making a Living’: Thoughts on Feminist Theory and the Reproductive Metaphor." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Miami, November 1993.

Karen A. Foss and Cindy L. White. "Being: A Feminist Addition to Kenneth Burke's Unfinished Trilogy of Activity." Presented at the Kenneth Burke Society convention, Arlie, Virginia, May 1993.

Karen A. Foss. "Scholarship and Activism." Presented at the Conference on Research in Gender and Communication, Chicago, March 1993.

Karen A. Foss. "Envisioning and Enacting Communication in a Feminist World: Sonia Johnson's The Ship That Sailed into the Living Room." Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Albuquerque, February 1993.

Karen A. Foss. Panel member, "Creating a Feminist Reality in the Academy." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1992.

Karen A. Foss. "Observations on a Feminist Future: Are We There Yet?" Presented at the Conference on Research in Gender and Communication, Roanoke, March 1992.

Karen A. Foss. "Women's Gardens: The Flowering of Eloquence." Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Boise, February 1992.

Karen A. Foss and Richard A. Rogers. "Observations on the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill Hearings: Through the Lens of Gender." Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Boise, February 1992.

Karen A. Foss. Panel member, "What Do Editors and Editorial Boards Want?" Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Boise, February 1992.

Karen A. Foss, "A Revised Syllabus for American Public Address." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Atlanta, November 1991.

Alison Alexander, Karen A. Foss, and Jane Banks. "Everyone But Me: Lay Theories of Television." Presented at the International Communication Association convention, Chicago, May 1991.

Karen A. Foss, "Integrating Gender and Race in the Communication Classroom." Presented at the Conference on Research in Gender and Communication, San Antonio, March 1991.

Karen A. Foss. "Recording the Ordinary: Reflections on a Study of Women's Extraordinary Expressions." Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Phoenix, February 1991.

Karen A. Foss. Panel member, "SCA Open Forum on Diversity." Speech Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1990.

Karen A. Foss. "Giving Voice to Women of Color in the Communication Classroom." Presented at the Conference on Research in Gender and Communication, Atlanta, March 1990.

Karen A. Foss. "Rhetorical Theory Through a Feminist Lens." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, San Francisco, November 1989.

Karen A. Foss. Panel member, "The Women's Caucus Celebrates Eighteen Years: Where We've Been and Where We're Going." Speech Communication Association convention, San Francisco, November 1989.

Karen A. Foss and Stephen W. Littlejohn. "The Impact of Dual-Career Couples on Collegiality in the Department." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, San Francisco, November 1989.

Karen A. Foss and Karen A. Carlton. "Talking and Listening: The Voices of Gender." Presented at the Conference on Research in Gender and Communication, Eugene, March 1989.

Karen A. Foss. "Out From Underground: The Discourse of Emerging Fugitives." Presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, Spokane, February 1989.

Karen A. Foss. "Kenneth Burke and Ernesto Grassi." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, New Orleans, November 1988.

Karen A. Foss. Panel member, "Diversity as Scholarly Enrichment in SCA's Publication Program." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, New Orleans, November 1988.

Karen A. Foss. "Milk Has Something for Everybody: Harvey Milk's Community-Creating Campaigns." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Boston, November 1987.

Karen A. Foss and Alison Alexander. "Trashing the Tube: Explaining Television Addiction and Abstention." Presented at the International Communication Association convention, Montreal, May 1987.

Karen A. Foss and Armeda Reitzel. "Techniques for Reducing Communication Anxiety for the ESL Student." Presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, Salt Lake City, February 1987.

Sonja K. Foss and Karen A. Foss. "It's Been a Quiet Week in Lake Wobegon: An Analysis of the Appeal of A Prairie Home Companion. Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1986.

W. Barnett Pearce and Karen A. Foss. "The Future of Interpersonal Communication." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1986.

Karen A. Foss and Stephen W. Littlejohn. "Couples in Communication: Problems and Prospects." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1986.

Sonja K. Foss and Karen A. Foss. "The Legitimacy of the Feminist Perspective in Research." Presented at the 1986 Conference on Gender Roles in Communication, Pennsylvania State University, April 1986.

Marlene G. Fine, Fern L. Johnson, and Karen A. Foss. "Perceptions of Gender Across Context." Presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, Tucson, February 1986.

Karen A. Foss. "Italian Humanism and the Rhetoric of the Possible: Continuing the Sophistic Tradition." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Denver, November 1985.

Karen A. Foss. "The Contributions of the Powerless to our Understanding of Power." Presented at the Eastern Communication Association convention, Providence, May 1985.

Karen A. Foss and Stephen W. Littlejohn. "Fallout From The Day After: Rhetorical Vision in an Ironic Frame." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1984.

Karen A. Foss and Armeda C. Reitzel. "Communication Anxiety and the ESL Student." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1984.

Karen A. Foss. "Rhetoric as Philosophy: Ernesto Grassi's Contributions to Rhetorical Criticism." Presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, Seattle, February 1984.

Karen A. Foss. "Rhetoric as Philosophy: Ernesto Grassi's Contributions to a New Rhetoric." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Washington, D. C., November 1983.

Karen A. Foss. "Identification Strategies in Betty Friedan's Discourse." Presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, Albuquerque, February 1983.

Karen A. Foss. "Trashing the Tube: Jerry Mander's Arguments for the Elimination of Television." Presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, Albuquerque, February 1983.

Karen A. Foss. "Origins of Contemporary Feminism: Source of Trouble for the ERA?" Presented at the National Women's Studies Association convention, Arcata, June 1982.

Karen A. Foss. "The Day the Music Died: The Rhetoric of the Death of John Lennon." Presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, Denver, February 1982.

Karen A. Foss. "Singing the Rhythm Blues: Birth Control and the Catholic Church." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Anaheim, November 1981.

Karen A. Foss. "Celluloid Rhetoric: The Use of Documentary Film to Teach Rhetorical Theory." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, New York City, November 1980.

Karen A. Foss. "Feminist Discourse and Ideology." Presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, Portland, February 1980.

Karen A. Foss and Doug Losee. "Active/Passive Involvement Across the Lifespan: Implications for Communication." Presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, Phoenix, November 1977.

Emil Bohn and Karen A. Foss. "Teaching Listening in the Classroom: An Integrated Approach." Presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, Phoenix, November 1977.

Lectures and Critiques

“Feminist Rhetorical Theories: Inviting Transformation.” Presented at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2005.

“`You Have to Build a Big Crib’: Distinguishing Feminist Rhetorical Theory from Women Studies, Gender Studies, and Rhetoric.” Presented at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2005.

“The Nature and Contributions of Feminist Rhetorical Theory.” Presented at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, September 2005.

“Our Journey Through Feminism.” Presentation upon receipt of the “Gender Scholar of the Year Award.” Presented at the Southern Communication Association convention, Baton Rouge, LA, April 2005 (with Sonja K. Foss).

“Improvising Your Way to an Effective Communication Environment.” Presented to “Pathways to Success,” a mentoring program for staff at the University of New Mexico, January 2005.

“Madres de Plaza de Mayo and Intercultural Communication.” Presented at Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, September 2004.

“Inviting Transformation: Feminist Perspectives on Public Speaking.” Presented to a public speaking class at China Agricultural University, Beijing, April 2004.

Respondent, “Are We Still Stereotyping Gender?” Presented at the Communication and Culture Conference, Albuquerque, NM, April 2003.

“Feminist Approaches to Social Change.” Presented to the Communication Department, California State University, Northridge, March 2003.

“Beyond Persuasion.” Communication Day Keynote, presented at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, April 2002.

“Feminist Perspectives on Communication.” Presented at a Colloquium in Communication, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, April 2003.

“Haunting Argentina: Synecdoche in the Protests of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.” Presented at the Communication Studies Colloquium, Arizona State University—West, April 2001.

“Inviting Transformation: Feminist Perspectives on Communication.” Presented at the Communication Studies Student Paper Conference, Arizona State University—West, April 2001.

Respondent, “The Intimate Art of the Pregnant Bellymask: Performing Gender Through an Interpersonal Artifact.” Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1999.

Respondent, Competitive papers panel. Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1997.

"Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going?" Feminist Perspectives on Communication." Keynote speech presented at the Essential Curriculum Conference, Hope College, Holland, MI, August 1997.

"From the Margins to the Center: Expanding Concepts of Communication." Lecture presented to the Women's Studies Program, University of Rosario, Argentina, June 1997.

Respondent, "Rhetorical Analyses of Popular Film: Bogart, Basketball, and Shoeless Joe." Presented at the Western Social Science Association meeting, Albuquerque, April 1977.

"Gender, Women, and Feminism in the Discipline of Communication." Presented to faculty and students in Communication, Northern Arizona State University, April 1997.

"Inviting Transformation: Feminist Perspectives on Communication." Presented as part of the Centennial Lecture Series, Southern Utah University, Cedar Falls, February 1997.

Respondent, "The Eulogistic Resurrection, Representation, and Reconstitution of Rock Stars." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, San Diego, November 1996.

Respondent, "Hemmed In: Women and Political Discourse." Presented at the International Communication Association convention, Albuquerque, May 1995.

"Communication and the Sexes." Presented to the Friendly Philosophers, Albuquerque, August 1994.

"What Happens When Women Talk?" Presented to Mensa, Albuquerque, May 1994.

Respondent, "Advocacy and Oppression." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Miami, November 1993.

"What Happens When Women Talk." Presented to the McGann Lecture Series, Stanford University, Palo Alto, October 1993.

"The Eloquent Conversation: Public Speaking in a Multi-Cultural World." Presented at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, March 1993.

"The Eloquence of Women's Lives: A Feminist Perspective." Scholar of the Year address presented to the faculty, students, and staff of Humboldt State University, Arcata, September 1992.

Respondent, "On Becoming American: Women's Rhetorical Struggle to Realize Identity in the New World." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Atlanta, November 1991.

"Challenges to Contemporary Rhetorical Theory." Keynote and seminar leader, Essential Curriculum Conference, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, July 1991.

Respondent, "Feminist Reconceptualizing of Theory, Method, and Research." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1990.

"The Feminist Perspective and American Public Address." Keynote presented at the Colloquium on Communication Studies and the Liberal Arts," Hollins College, Roanoke, Virginia, October 1990.

Respondent, "Four Perspectives on Rhetoric and History." Presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, Sacramento, February 1990.

Respondent, "Gender and Communication: Reconsidering the Paradigm." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, New Orleans, November 1988.

"Women and Language." Presented at Franklin Peirce College, New Hampshire, November 1987.

"The Feminist Perspective in Communication Research." Presented at the University of Oregon, Eugene, March 1987.

"The Rhetorical Appeal of A Prairie Home Companion." Presented at the University of California, Davis, February 1987.

"The Feminist Perspective in Communication Scholarship." Presented at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, November 1986.

Respondent, "Women and Work: A Multi-Perspective Communication Analysis." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Denver, November 1985.

"Women and Language." Presented at the University of Colorado, Boulder, July 1985.

"Burkean Criticism." Presented at the University of Georgia, April 1985.

"Gender and Organizational Communication." Presented at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, March 1985.

"Trends in Rhetorical Criticism." Presented at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 1985.

"John Lennon and the Advisory Function of Eulogies." Presented at Emerson College, Boston, December 1985.

Respondent, "A Feminist Perspective on Power: Body, Church, Clinic, and Academy." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1984.

Respondent, "Non-Traditional Forms of Feminist Rhetoric." Presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Washington, D.C., November 1983.

Editorial and Review Experience

Associate Editor, Howard Journal of Communications, 1996 - present.

Associate Editor, Southern Communication Journal, 1995 - present.

Associate Editor, Western Journal of Speech Communication, 1987 - present

Associated Editor, Queering Public Address, 2002-2003.

Associate Editor, Communication Reports, 1990 – 1995.

Associate Editor, Women's Studies in Communication, 1988 - 1997; 2000 - present.

Associate Editor, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 1988 - 1991.

Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1986 – 1989, 1999-present.

Co-editor, Women's Studies in Communication, 1981 - 1988.

Member, International Advisory Board, Ablex Communication and Information Science Series, 1990 - 1991.

Associate Editor, Gayspeak II, 1989-1990.

Associate Editor, Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, special issue on women, 1983.

Guest reviewer: Howard Journal of Communications, 1989 - 1995; Communication Studies, 1991 - 1993; and The Journal of Communication and Religion, 1992 - 1994.

Reviewed various textbook manuscripts for Ablex; Greenwood; Harper Collins; Harper & Row; Holt, Rinehart and Winston; McGraw Hill; Prentice Hall; Random House; Wadsworth; Waveland; and Wm. C. Brown, 1977 - present.

Selected Professional Service

Program review for Rhetoric Department, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, February 2005.

Presented workshops—“Communication Skills for Advisors” and “Communication Skills for Advisees”—at University of New Mexico, September 2004.

One of three faculty coordinators for the NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar, University of New Mexico, July 2004.

Presented workshops—“Communication Skills for Advisors” and “Communication Skills for Advisees”—at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, October 2003.

Selection Committee, Estrella Awards for Excellence in Journalism, New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women, July 2002

Member, Nominating Committee, Western States Communication Association, 2000.

Member, Nominating Committee, Speech Communication Association, 1995.

Chair, Women's Caucus, Speech Communication Association, 1988; Vice-Chair, 1987.

Chair, Rhetoric and Public Address Interest Group, Western Speech Communication Association, 1986; Vice-Chair, 1985.

Chair, Nominating Committee, Public Address Division, Speech Communication Association, 1988.

Member, Nominating Committee, Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, Speech Communication Association, 1987.

Member, Nominating Committee, Western Speech Communication Association, 1984, 1987.

Delegate-at-Large, Western Speech Communication Association, 1984.

External Tenure and/or Promotion Reviews: Kim Golombisky, University of South Florida; Jane Sutton, Pennsylvania State University, York Campus; Rita Kirk Whillock, Southern Methodist University; Charlotte Krolokke, Humboldt State University; Cheree Carlson, Arizona State University; Richard Rogers, Northern Arizona University; Mary Garrett, Wayne State University; Jodi Cohen, Ithaca College; Patricia Sullivan, University of New York, New Palz; Laura Hahn, Humboldt State University; and Celeste Wells, Oregon State University.

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