KAREN A. FOSS
Communication & Journalism
University of New Mexico
MSCO3 2240
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 379-0459
E-mail:
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.
RegentsÕ 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 Ð 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
Award the Robert J.
Kibler Memorial Award by the National Communication Association for service to
the discipline, 2010.
Received a Faculty
Mentoring Award from the Office of Graduate Studies, University of New Mexico,
2010.
ÒOur Journey to
Repowered Feminism: Expanding the Feminist Tool Box,Ó with Sonja K. Foss, named
best article of the year in the journal, WomenÕs Studies in Communication, by the Organization for Research on Women and
Communication, 2009.
Named RegentsÕ
Professor by the College of Arts and Sciences, University of New Mexico,
2006-2009.
Selected ÒGender
Scholar of the YearÓ for 2005 by the Southern Communication Association.
Selected UNM faculty
member to be honored on International WomenÕs Day, March 2005, by the WomenÕs
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 Ð 2004.
Feminist Rhetorical Theories, coauthored with Sonja K. Foss and Cindy L. Griffin, named ÒBook of the YearÓ by the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, 2000.
Named "Scholar of the Year," at Humboldt State University, 1991 Ð 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.
Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen A. Foss. Theories of Human Communication, 9th ed. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland, 2010.
Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen A. Foss, eds. Encyclopedia of Communication Theory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2009.
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., 2nd ed. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland, 2003 (1st 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, 3rd ed. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland, 2002 (1st ed., 1985; 2nd 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. ÒMuted Groups.Ó Encyclopedia of Identity. Ed. Ronald L. Jackson. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, forthcoming 2010.
Karen A. Foss, Belle A. Edson, and Jennifer A. Linde. ÒWhatÕs in a Name? Negotiating Marital Name Choices.Ó Casing Interpersonal Communication: Case Studies in Personal and Social Relationships. Ed. Dawn O. Braithwaite and Julia T. Wood. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2010, pp. 3-8.
Charlotte Krol¿kke, Karen A. Foss, and Jennifer Sandoval. ÒThe Commodification of Motherhood: Surrogacy as a Matter of Choice.Ó Contemplating Maternity in the Era of Choice: Exploration into Discourses of Reproduction. Ed. Lynn Hallstein OÕBrien and Sara Hayden. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010, pp. 95-114.
Karen A. Foss. ÒRhetorical Theory.Ó Encyclopedia of Communication Theory, vol. 2. Ed. Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen A. Foss. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2009, pp. 853-857.
Shawn Spano, Karen A. Foss, and Kris Kirschbaum. ÒCreating Opportunities for Social Construction: The Albuquerque NCA Summer Institute.Ó Socially Constructing Communication. Ed. Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz and Gloria Galanes. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2009, pp. 13-32.
Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. ÒAccomplishing the Mission: Creating a Partnership with Your Advisor.Ó Getting the Most from your Graduate Education in Communication: A StudentÕs Handbook. Ed. Sherwyn Morreale and Pat Arneson. Washington, D. C.: National Communication Association, 2008, pp. 59-70.
Karen A. Foss. ÒRhetoric and Gender.Ó International Encyclopedia of Communication. Ed. Wolfgang Donsbach. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2008, pp. 4253-4257.
Karen A. Foss. ÒHarvey Milk and the Queer Rhetorical Situation: A Rhetoric of Contradiction.Ó Queering Public Address: Sexualities in American Historical Discourse. Ed. Charles Morris. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2007, pp. 72-94.
Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. ÒThe Construction of Feminine Spectatorship in Garrison KeillorÕs Radio Monologues.Ó Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeff Hunter. Rowlett, TX: Gale Group, 2006.
Karen A. Foss, ÒHarvey Milk.Ó 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, ÒSonia Johnson.Ó 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. ÒEverything Worth Mentioning.Ó 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, ÒHarvey Bernard Milk,Ó Encyclopedia of American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History and Culture. Vol. 2. Ed. Marc Stein. Chicago: Charles ScribnerÕs 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. "WhatÕs 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
Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik, Elizabeth
Dickinson, and Karen A. Foss. ÒPainting, Priming, and Peeling:
Constructing and Deconstructing the Woman-Bullying-Woman Identity at
Work." Revise and resubmit sent to Gender, Work & Organization, January 2010.
Sonja K. Foss and Karen A. Foss. ÒConstricted and Constructed Potentiality: An Inquiry into Paradigms of Change.Ó To be published in Western States Communication Journal, 75(2), 2010.
Janet M.
Cramer and Karen A. Foss. ÒBaudrillard and Our Destiny with the Natural
World: Fatal Strategies for
Environmental Communication.Ó Environmental
Communication: A Journal of Nature
and Culture, 3 (November 2009),
1-19.
Sonja K. Foss and Karen A. Foss. ÒOur Journey to Repowered Feminism: Expanding the Feminist Toolbox.Ó WomenÕs Studies in Communication, 32 (Spring 2009), 36-62.
Karen A. Foss. ÒA Feminist Hullaballoo: Reuniting the Wild Sisters.Ó Women and Language, 30, no. 2 (Fall 2007), 38.
Charlotte
Krolokke and Karen A. Foss. ÒMin far er st¾rkere end din far! Viking s¾d til
salg [ÒMy Dad is Stronger Than Your Dad! Viking Sperm For SaleÓ] Webmagasinet
Forum for k¿n og kultur [web magazine forum for gender and culture],
submitted July 2006.
Karen A. Foss and Charlotte Krolokke. ÒYouÕd Better Build a Big Crib: Feminist Rhetorical Theory Comes of Age.Ó Rhetorika Scandinavica; revision submitted June 2006.
Karen A. Foss. ÒKšn retorikÓ [ÒEngendering RhetoricsÓ]. RetorikMagasinet, 59 (March 2006), 18-21.
Karen A. Foss and Kathy L. Domenici. ÒHaunting Argentina: Synecdoche in the Protests of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.Ó 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. ÒStudent 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
Charlotte Krol¿kke, Karen A. Foss, Saumya Pant, and Jennifer Sandoval, ÒGoddesses, Monsters, Heroes, and Villains: Surrogacy in India.Ó Presented to the Society for the Social Study of Science, Tokyo, August 2010.
Elizabeth Dickinson, Yea-Wen Chen, Courtney Fletcher, and Karen A. Foss. ÒHumor Me: Creating and Consuming Discursive Spaces for Change.Ó Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 2009.
Sonja K. Foss and Karen A. Foss. ÒExpanding the Options for Change: A Tale of Two Paradigms.Ó Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 2009.
ÒThe Contributions of New Reference Works
in Communication.Ó Participated, as co-editor of the Encyclopedia of
Communication Theory, in a roundtable about new reference
works in communication. Presented
at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 2009.
Charlotte Krol¿kke, Karen A. Foss, and Jennifer Sandoval. ÒThe Commodification of Motherhood: Choice and Surrogacy.Ó Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 2009.
Pam Lutgen-Sandvik, Elizabeth Dickinson, and Karen A. Foss. ÒCat Fights, Bitches, and Alpha-Females? Exploring and Critiquing the Women-Bullying-Women Pattern in Bullying Survey Research.Ó Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Phoenix, February 2009.
Karen A. Foss. ÒWhat Makes It Feminist?Ó Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Mesa, AZ, February 2009.
Karen A. Foss. ÒRemembering Harvey Milk.Ó Presented at the National Communication Association convention, San Diego, November 2008.
Karen A. Foss. ÒAccomplishing the Mission: Creating a Partnership With Your Advisor.Ó Presented at the National Communication convention, San Diego, November 2008.
Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. ÒInterrogating Rhetorics of Change.Ó Presented at the Promise of Reason Conference, Eugene, OR, May 2008.
Karen A. Foss. ÒThe History of the Organization for Research on Women and Communication (ORWAC).Ó Presented at the Western States Communication Association, Boulder, February 2008.
Karen A. Foss. ÒCreating a Shared Vision Between Advisor and Advisee.Ó Presented at the Western States Communication Association, Boulder, February 2008.
Karen A. Foss. ÒRobin MorganÕs Feminist Rebirth.Ó Presented at the Western States Communication Association, Seattle, February 2007.
Karen A. Foss. Presented a workshop, ÒColor Up: Decisions to Thrive On,Ó for the AdministratorÕs Professional Conference, sponsored by Continuing Education, University of New Mexico, April 25, 2007.
Karen A. Foss. Presented a short course, ÒReinvigorating the Public Speaking Course.Ó National Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 2007.
Karen A. Foss. Presented a position paper on the challenges of teaching gender and communication at a pre-conference on Gender and Communication, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 2007.
Karen A. Foss. ÒCreating a Learning Environment for TodayÕs Students Though the Intensive Intersession Course.Ó Part of a program, ÒTransforming Teaching with Lessons from My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student.Ó To be presented at the National Communication Association convention, San Antonio, November 2006.
Karen A. Foss and Charlotte Krolokke. ÒGender and Agency in Mediated Discourse.Ó 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. ÒYouÕd Better Build a Strong
Crib.Ó Presented at the Western
States Communication Association convention, Palm Springs, February 2006.
Karen A. Foss.
ÒA Healthy Discussion of Invitational Rhetoric: Extending Its Scope.Ó Panel participant. Presented at the National Communication
Association convention, Boston, November 2005.
Karen A. Foss. ÒAssumptions Behind the Construct of Strategy.Ó Presented as part of a program,
ÒExploring Constructed Scarcity from a Communication Perspective.Ó Western States Communication
Association, San Francisco, February 2005.
Karen A. Foss.
ÒInterrogating Feminisms.Ó
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.
ÒBitzerÕs Rhetorical Situation and a Rhetoric of Queer
Possibility..Ó Member of a
roundtable discussion on ÒQueering Public Address.Ó Presented at the National Communication Association
convention, Chicago, November 2004.
Karen A. Foss.
ÒMaking Your Advisor the Advisor you Want to Have.Ó Presented at the New Mexico Alliance
for Graduate Education and the Professorate Conference, Las Cruces, October
2004.
Karen A. Foss.
ÒCommunication as a Calling:
Stories of Origin and Journey Within our Discipline.Ó Presented at the National Communication
Association convention, Miami Beach, November 2003.
Karen A. Foss.
ÒTeaching Feminist Rhetorical Theories.Ó Member of a roundtable presented at the National
Communication Association convention, Miami Beach, November 2003.
Karen A. Foss.
ÒBryantÕs Rhetoric: Its
Function and Its Scope 50 Years Later.Ó
Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Miami
Beach, November 2003.
Karen A. Foss.
ÒFrom Idea to Article:
Getting Published.Ó
Workshop presented at the Conference of the Organization for the Study
of Communication, Language, and Gender, Mitchell, Kentucky, October 2003.
Karen A. Foss.
ÒWidening the Feminist Lens.Ó
Member of a roundtable presented at the Communication and Conference,
Albuquerque, NM, April 2003.
Sonja K. Foss and Karen A. Foss.
ÒInviting Transformation:
An Invitational Approach to Public Speaking.Ó Workshop presented at the Western States Communication
Association convention, Salt Lake City, February 2003.
Janet L. Cramer and Karen A. Foss. ÒBaudrillard and Celtic Spirituality: Possibilities for Earth Centered
Communication. Ò Presented at the
National Communication Association convention, New Orleans, November 2002.
Karen A. Foss. ÒHarvey Milk and the Queer Rhetorical Situation: A Rhetoric of Possibility.Ó Presented at the National Communication Association convention, New Orleans, November 2002.Karen A. Foss. ÒEnacting Feminism Through the Creative Arts.Ó Presented at ÒWater in the DesertÓ: The 30th Anniversary Celebration of WomenÕs Studies Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 2002.
Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. ÒWhat Should Adults Know About Rhetoric?Ó Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Long Beach, February 2002.
Karen A. Foss. ÒResponding to Feedback and ReviewersÕ Comments.Ó Part of a roundtable discussion, ÒFrom Idea to Article: A Workshop to Facilitate Academic Success.Ó Presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Long Beach, February 2002.
Karen
A. Foss and Janet Cramer.
ÒReturning the Magic to the Symbolic: Baudrillard and Our Destiny with the Natural World.Ó Presented at the National Communication
Association convention, Atlanta, November 2000.
Karen A. Foss. ÒRethinking Notions of Change.Ó Organizer and participant of a poster session, ÒEngaging the Process of Peace: Rhetorical Options, Interventions, and Insights.Ó Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Seattle, November 2000.
Karen A. Foss, Sonja K. Foss, and Cindy L. Griffin. ÒFeminist Approaches to Social Change.Ó Presented at the Hellenic Association for American Studies convention, Athens, Greece, May 2000.
Karen A. Foss. ÒFeminists Moments and Futures.Ó Roundtable participant on the ÒFuture of Feminist Scholarship.Ó Western States Communication Association convention, Sacramento, February 2000.
Karen A. Foss and Kathy Domenici. ÒHaunted into Paradox: Metaphorical Symbols in the Protests of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.Ó Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago, November 1999.
Karen A. Foss and Sonja K. Foss. ÒTeaching Feminist Rhetorical Theory.Ó 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 ÔHauntedÕ 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. Ò`Making a LivingÕ: 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
ÒConstricted and Constructed Potentiality: Two Paradigms of Change.Ó Presented at the Undergraduate Honors Conference, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, April 2010.
ÒWomen Bullying Women: A Metaphoric Explanation.Ó Presented to the Women Studies faculty, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, April 2010.
ÒFeminist Perspectives on Change.Ó Presented at an International WomenÕs Day Celebration, Odense, Denmark, March 2007.
ÒFeminist
Rhetorical Theories: Inviting
Transformation.Ó Presented at the
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2005.
Ò`You
Have to Build a Big CribÕ:
Distinguishing Feminist Rhetorical Theory from Women Studies, Gender
Studies, and Rhetoric.Ó Presented
at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2005.
ÒThe
Nature and Contributions of Feminist Rhetorical Theory.Ó Presented at the University of Southern
Denmark, Odense, Denmark, September 2005.
ÒOur
Journey Through Feminism.Ó
Presentation upon receipt of the ÒGender Scholar of the Year
Award.Ó Presented at the Southern
Communication Association convention, Baton Rouge, April 2005 (with Sonja K.
Foss).
ÒImprovising
Your Way to an Effective Communication Environment.Ó Presented to ÒPathways to Success,Ó a mentoring
program for staff at the University of New Mexico, January 2005.
ÒMadres
de Plaza de Mayo and Intercultural Communication.Ó Presented at Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA,
September 2004.
ÒInviting
Transformation: Feminist
Perspectives on Public Speaking.Ó
Presented to a public speaking class at China Agricultural University,
Beijing, April 2004.
Respondent,
ÒAre We Still Stereotyping Gender?Ó
Presented at the Communication and Culture Conference, Albuquerque,
April 2003.
ÒFeminist Approaches to Social Change.Ó Presented to the Communication Department, California State University, Northridge, March 2003.
ÒBeyond Persuasion.Ó Communication Day Keynote, presented at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, April 2002.
ÒFeminist Perspectives on Communication.Ó Presented at a Colloquium in Communication, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, April 2003.
ÒHaunting Argentina: Synecdoche in the Protests of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.Ó Presented at the Communication Studies Colloquium, Arizona State UniversityÑWest, April 2001.
ÒInviting Transformation: Feminist Perspectives on Communication.Ó Presented at the Communication Studies Student Paper Conference, Arizona State UniversityÑWest, April 2001.
Respondent, ÒThe Intimate Art of the Pregnant Bellymask: Performing Gender Through an Interpersonal Artifact.Ó 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, Southern Communication Journal, 1995 - present.
Associate Editor, Western Journal of Speech Communication, 1987 Ð present
Associated Editor, Queering Public Address, 2002-2003.
Associate Editor, Communication Reports, 1990 Ð 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 Ð 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 - present; Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 2010; Communication Studies, 1991 - 1993; The Journal of Communication and Religion, 1992 Ð 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
workshopsÑÒCommunication Skills for AdvisorsÓ and ÒCommunication Skills for
AdviseesÓÑat University of New Mexico, September 2004.
One of three faculty
coordinators for the NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar, University of New Mexico,
July 2004.
Presented workshopsÑÒCommunication Skills for
AdvisorsÓ and ÒCommunication Skills for AdviseesÓÑat 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.
Selected University Service
University of New Mexico
Executive Committee,
Women Studies, 2002 Ð 2003; 2004-2006.
Selection committee, Freshman Learning Community seminars, 2002 - present.
Founding member, Feminist Research Institute, 1995 Ð present.
Member, Faculty Senate, 1995 - 1997.
Member, Arts and Sciences Senior Promotion Review Committee, 2005-2006.
Member, Arts and Sciences Junior Promotion Review Committee, 1994 Ð 1995; 2004 - 2005.
Chair, Planning Committee to restructure Women Studies, University of New Mexico, 1994 - 1995.
Chair, Operations Committee, Women Studies, University of New Mexico, 1994 - 1995.
Humboldt State University
Chair, Committee to design a new graduate program, Speech Communication, 1990 - 1992.
Member, University Faculty Personnel Committee, 1989 - 1991.
Instigator and chair, Women's Enrichment Fund, an endowment designed to promote women's collective educational goals on campus, 1991.
Member, Status of Women Subcommittee of Affirmative Action, 1989 - 1992.
Member, Personnel Committee, Speech Communication Department, 1988 - 1993.
Director, Honors at Humboldt, 1988 - 1990.
Chair, Steering Committee, Adult Re-Entry Center at Humboldt (ARCH), 1987 - 1989.
Chair, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, College of Creative Arts and Humanities, 1985 - 1986.
Member, Search Committee, Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1983 - 1984.
Member, Academic Senate, 1982 - 1983.
Secretary of the General Faculty, 1981 - 1982.
Member, Interdisciplinary Studies and Special Programs Curriculum Committee, 1978 - 1980.
Coordinator, quarterly Speech Festival, Department of Speech Communication, 1978 - 1980.
Thesis/Dissertation
Committees
University of New Mexico
Committee chair of the following Ph.D. dissertations in progress, Communication and Journalism: Ashley Grisso, Kris Kirschbaum, Matthew Petrunia, Elizabeth Root, Judith Stauber
Committee member of the following Ph.D. dissertations in progress, Communication and Journalism: Chris Brown
Committee chair of the following MA theses in progress, Communication and Journalism: Kate Enright
Heidi Carr Murphy, ÒPurpose-Driven Media Literacy: An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Applying Media Literacy in Daily Life.Ò PhD, Communication, May 2006 (committee member).
Perry L. Cohen, ÒDecoding Marion Jones: A Critical Cultural Analysis of Advertisements.Ó MS, Physical Education, April 2006 (committee member).
Sara Dolan, ÒOrganizational Culture of Female Support-Staff Professionals: A Feminist Analysis of Workplace Communication.Ó MA, Communication, April 2006 (committee chair).
Kris Kirschbaum, ÒUsing Invitational Rhetoric as a Basis for Training in Communication Skills for Medical Students.Ó MA, Communication, December 2005 (committee chair).
David Weiss, ÒLosing My (Civil) ReligionÓ: George W. Bush, John Kerry, And The Ascendance of Personal Politico-Religious Rhetoric, Ph.D., Communication, July 2005 (committee chair).
Monica Yancey, ÒThe L-Word: Using Queer Theory to Unravel the Romantic Narratives in a Lesbian Soap Opera.Ó MA, Communication, July 2005 (committee member).
Sara Mathis. ÒAn Analysis of Instructional Communication and Alternative Pedagogy in Teacher Education: The Road Less Traveled.Ó MA, Communication, August 2004 (committee member).
Yoshitaka Miike. ÒThe Asiacentric Idea: Theoretical Legacies and Visions of Eastern Communication Studies.Ó Ph.D., Communication, August 2004 (committee chair).
Phola Mabizela. ÒMythmaking and Continental Imperatives in the African Renaissance Movement: A Rhetorical Treatise on the African Union.Ó MA, Communication, May 2004 (committee member).
Mary Ulrich. ÒDialogues, Talk Radio, and Conscientization: The Possibilities of Mediated Dialogue.Ó MA, Communication, May 2003 (committee chair).
Carson Metzger. ÒMy GrandmotherÕs Garage: Collecting Narratives, Collecting Objects.Ó MA, American Studies, May 2004 (committee member).
Steven Moore. ÒThe Humanizing Discourse of Desmond Tutu.Ó MA, Communication, December 2001 (committee chair).
Melva J. Kearney, ÒIntroducing a Rhetorical Theory of Face: The Manifestation and Application of Gender Socialization within Families.Ó Ph.D., Communication, August 2001 (committee chair).
Trudy Burtis. ÒPoliteness Responses to In-group Statements of Prejudice: Challenging Messages and Maintaining Relationship Quality.Ó Ph.D., Communication, November 2001 (committee member).
Britta Limary ÒThe Mother-In-Law/Daughter-in-Las Dyad: Narratives of Relational Development Among In-Laws.Ó Ph.D., Communication, July 2001 (committee member).
Shawn McKee. ÒConstructions of the Environment: A Rhetorical Analysis of 24 Short Stories from the Ends of the 19th and 20th Centuries.Ó MA, Communication, August 2001 (committee chair).
Marjan Vena, ÒRaising Children in a New Land,Ó MA, Communication, May 2001 (committee member).
Marissa Nordstrom, ÒRelational Sensibilities: A Narrative-Centered Approach to Difference,Ó MA, Communication, April 2001 (committee chair).
Catherine J. Ondek, ÒFrom a Rhetoric of Conflict to a Rhetoric of Peace? Nobel Peace LaureatesÕ Acceptance Speeches as a Genre,Ó MA, Communication, April 2001 (committee chair).
Andrea M. Penner, Ò ÔThe Original in OurselvesÕ: Native American Women Writers and the Construction of Indian WomenÕs Identity,Ó Ph.D., English, March 2001 (committee member).
Julie Finn Bales, ÒMedia Representations in the Matthew Shephard Case,Ó MA, Communication, August 2000 (committee chair).
Jeffrey Smotherman, ÒToward an Ethical Christian Rhetoric,Ó PhD, English, June 2000 (committee member).
William Waters, "The Structure of Language as Rhetoric," PhD, English, March 2000 (committee member).
Sharon Angert, ÒA Narrative Analysis of Discourse from the Holocaust,Ó MA, Communication and Journalism, December 1999 (committee member).
Kathryn Sorrells, "Creativity as Communication among New Mexican Women," PhD, Communication and Journalism, August 1999 (committee member).
Kathryn Estrada-Gilbert, "The Construction of the First Lady," MA, Communication and Journalism, August 1999 (committee chair).
Donna George, "Rhetorical Visions in the Television Movie, `Buffalo Soldiers: A View of the Creation/Subversion of Mutedness for Black Soldiers in the 1870s," MA, Communication and Journalism, May 1999 (committee chair).
Michelle Ellis, "Lilith Fair Lyrics: Female Musicians' Responses to Violence Against Women," MA, Communication and Journalism, May 1999 (committee member).
Britta Limary, "Intimate Intercultural Dyads: Processes of Adjustment and Acculturation," MA, Communication and Journalism, May 1998 (committee member).
Nicole Thigpen, "The Female Sojourner Experience as a Communication Event", MA, Communication and Journalism, May 1998 (committee member).
Nancy Bartlit, "A Narrative Analysis of Nuclear War at the Los Alamos Museum," MA, Communication and Journalism, May 1998 (committee member).
Patrick Houlihan, "Rhetorical Instruments: Bakhtinian Dialogism Applied to Composition Pedagogy," PhD, English, August 1998 (committee member).
Meridith Alvarez, "A Fantasy-Theme Analysis of Latina Magazines, MA, Communication, August 1998 (committee chair).
William Foreman, "Finding a Way That Can be Spoken: The Use of Metaphor in the Rhetoric of Politics," PhD, English, June 1998 (committee member).
Kristen Speakman, "The Intercultural Aspects of Research: A Model to Facilitate Interaction Among Researchers and Communities," MA, Communication, May 1998 (committee chair).
Cheryl R. Brubaker, "Attitudes of Health Care Providers toward Menopause," MA, Nursing, May 1998 (committee member).
James Nesbit, "The Optical Sounds of Narrative: A Feminist Analysis of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts' Club Band," MA, Communication, May 1997 (committee member).
Max Ward, "Gender, Performance, and Art," senior honors thesis, Art, May 1997.
Jennifer Adams, "The War Metaphor in `The War on Drugs,'" MA, Communication , May 1996 (committee chair).
Ann Johnson, "A Rhetorical Analysis of the Arguments Surrounding Women and Welfare," MA, Communication, May 1996 (committee chair).
Alison Richman, "The Immigrant Experience in Albuquerque: A Cuban Perspective," MA, Communication, May 1996 (committee chair).
Eura Jung, "A Fantasy-Theme Analysis of Korean Television Advertising," MA, Communication, May 1996 (committee chair).
Mark Gilboard, "Cultural Subversion in the Communication Practices of El Vez," MA, Communication, May 1996 (committee member).
Gary Betts, "Universal IdeaGrams: A Proposal for an Intercultural Written Communication System," MA, Communication, May 1996 (committee chair).
Megan O'Neill, "Claiming Coleridge: Poet as Rhetor," PhD, English, October 1996 (committee member).
Jennifer Chavez, "A Rhetorical Criticism of The Bridges of Madison County: Narrative Rationality and the Evolution of Consciousness" MA, Communication, May 1995 (committee chair).
Brian Hagen, "A Rhetorical Analysis of the Letters of the Committees of Correspondence," MA, Communication, May 1995 (committee chair).
Sean C. Ford, "A Pentadic Analysis of the Controversy Surrounding Lesbians and Gays in the Military," MA, Communication, May 1995 (committee chair).
Wardene Crowley, "A Generic and Metaphoric Analysis of the Extant Letters of Saint John of the Cross," MA, Communication, May 1994 (committee member).
Humboldt State University
Dan Shissler, "Teaching Building Skills to Homeowners and Homemakers," MA, Industrial Technology, December 1991 (committee chair).
Laura A. Hamby, "Dual-Career Marriage in a University Setting: Northcoast California," MA, Education, May 1990 (committee chair).
Nancy L. Reist, "Talk to Me: Guidelines for Intercultural Interviewing," MA, Speech Communication, June 1983 (committee chair).
Alan C. Johnson, "The Psychiatric Halfway House: Past, Present and Future," MA, Social Sciences, June 1982 (committee member).
Lesley Meriwether, "Communication for Nurses: A Course," MA, Speech Communication, June 1981 (committee chair).
Janie S. Mori,
"A Situational Analysis and Comparison of Richard Nixon's `Checkers' and
`Watergate Tapes and Materials' Speeches," MA, Speech Communication,
December 1980 (committee chair).
Gail S. Schroers,
"A Study of Linguistic Non-Immediacy in the Institutionalized World of the
Juvenile Delinquent," MA, Speech Communication, June 1977 (committee
chair).
John S. Turner,
Jr., "An Investigation of Field-Generated Constructs for Intercollegiate
Debater Credibility," MA, Speech Communication,
June 1977 (committee member).
Courses Taught
Rhetorical Criticism
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Classical Rhetorical Theory
Famous Speeches
American Public Address
Public Speaking
Rhetoric of Dissent
Communication Theory
History and Philosophy of Communication
Introduction to Graduate Study
Intercultural Communication Workshop
Communication in Organizations
Business and Professional Speaking
Interviewing
Critical Listening and Thinking
Gender and Communication
Introduction to Women Studies
Culminating Seminar in Women Studies
Women in Contemporary Society
The Articulate Woman