Present | Professor & Communication Studies Program Head, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Communication Studies and Storytelling | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2016 - 2017 | Innovating the Oral Communication Classroom |
Instructional Development Committee, East Tennessee State University | |
$4,015 | |
2014 - 2015 | Using Peer Modeling to Reduce Students’ Inadvertent Plagiarism |
Research Development Committee, East Tennessee State University | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Chris Gearhart | |
$1,470 | |
2013 - 2014 | Strategies to Reduce Students’ Inadvertent Plagiarism |
Instructional Development Committee, East Tennessee State University | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Carrie M. Oilveira | |
$5,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
Present | Immediate Past-Chair, Kenneth Burke Society of the Southern States Communication Association | Present | Member, National Communication Association | Present | Member, Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender | Present | Editorial Board Member, Southern Communication Journal | Present | Member, Southern States Communication Association |
Honors and Awards
- May 2000 - Master’s Student Research Award, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University
- November 2000 - Top Paper, Kenneth Burke Society, National Communication Association
- April 2001 - Top Student Paper, Popular Communication Division, Southern States Communication Association
- April 2003 - Top Paper/Top Student Paper. Gender Studies Division, Southern States Communication Association
- November 2003 - Top Paper Panelist [no top paper awarded]. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Communication Studies Division. National Communication Association
- April 2005 - Top Paper Panelist. Rhetoric and Public Address, Southern States Communication Association
- May 2005 - Ann Veronica Simon Award for Outstanding Feminist Dissertation. Louisiana State University
- 2012-2016 - Chair’s Award. Department of Communication & Performance, East Tennessee State University
- 2017 - Top Paper Panelist. Popular Communication, Southern States Communication Association
Courses
- Argumentation and Debate (Undergraduate Course)
- Rhetoric & Public Address (Undergraduate Course)
- Popular Communication (Undergraduate Course)
- Rhetorical Criticism (Undergraduate Course)
- Gender and Communication (Undergraduate Course)
- Persuasion (Undergraduate Course)
- Gender and Sexuality in Media (Graduate Course)
- Gender and Communication (Graduate Course)
- Popular Communication (Graduate Course)
- Rhetoric & Public Address (Graduate Course)
2004 | PhD, Speech Communication, Louisiana State University | |
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2000 | MA, Communication, Arizona State University | |
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1997 | BA, Communication, Biola University | |
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Contact Information
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Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: Campus Center Building Room 215
Phone: 423-439-7579
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