VITA
Spring 2009
RAGAN C. FOX
EDUCATION Ph.D. Communication, 2006, Arizona State University. 4.0/4.0. Advisor: Linda Park-Fuller. Dissertation: The Rhetorical Construction of Identity: Gay Lives Performed Online. M.A. Communication Studies, 2001, University of Texas, Austin. Advisor: Joni Jones. B.S. Speech Communication, 1999, University of Texas, Austin.
RESEARCH INTERESTS • First and foremost, I consider myself a performance ethnographer, meaning my work investigates intersections between culture, ethnography, and performance. • My communication scholarship examines issues of identity construction and maintenance within organizational, performative, and digital contexts. • I employ rhetorical methods, as well as qualitative research methods and performance. My chosen method of inquiry depends on the type of research questions posed. • I believe writing and other creative ventures function as a unique form of inquiry. I am particularly intrigued by autoethnographic projects that reference personal experiences to help explicate complex social phenomena. TEACHING EXPERIENCE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Department of Communication Studies, California State University, Long Beach, CA, August 2006 to present. GRADUATE ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTOR, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, August 2002 to August 2006. FORENSICS COACH, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, August 2002 to May 2003. GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT/INDIVIDUAL EVENTS COACH, College of Speech Communication, University of Texas, Austin, TX, August 1999-May 2000. PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLES (PEER REFEREED) Fox, Ragan C. “Charting the Yeast Radio Virus: Exploring the Potential of Critical Virology.” Western Journal of Communication 4 (2010): in press. Fox, Ragan C. “Gay Grows Up: An Interpretive Study of Aging Metaphors and Queer Identity.” Journal of Homosexuality 52 (2007): 33-61.
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Fox, Ragan C. “Negative: Using Performative Interventions to Explore HIV-Negativity.” Theatre Topics 16 (2006): 47-64. Fox, Ragan C. “Raging Against Rage: Telling Tales of Taboo, Molestation, and Anger.” Text and Performance Quarterly 26 (2006): 98-107. Fox, Ragan C. “Re-membering Daddy: Autoethnographic Reflections of my Father and Alzheimer’s Disease.” Text and Performance Quarterly 30 (2010): in press. Fox, Ragan C. “Skinny Bones #126-774-835-29: Thin Gay Bodies Signifying a Modern Plague.” Text and Performance Quarterly 27 (2007): 3-19. Lead Article. Best Article of the Year (NCA’s Ethnography Division). Fox, Ragan C. “Sober Drag Queens, Digital Forests, and Bloated ‘Lesbians’ (Oh, My!): Performing Gay Identities Online.” Qualitative Inquiry 14 (2008): 1245-1263. Fox, Ragan C. “Tales of a Fighting Bobcat: An ‘Auto-archaeology’ of Gay Identity Formation and Maintenance.” Text and Performance Quarterly. (In press.) BOOK CHAPTER Fox, Ragan C. “‘Narratizing Risk: HIV Performativity and the Communication of Desire.” Communicating about HIV/AIDS: Taboo Topics and Difficult Conversations. Eds. Margaret D’Silva, Joy Hart, and Kandi Walker. Hampton Press. (In press.) BOOKS (CREATIVE) Fox, Ragan C. Exile in Gayville. Maple Shade, NJ, Lethe Press, 2009. Fox, Ragan C. Heterophobia. Maple Shade, NJ: Lethe Press, 2005. ESSAYS AND POEMS (CREATIVE) Fox, Ragan C. “Attack of the Ribbon Magnets.” High Desert Voices: The 2005 National Poetry Slam Anthology. Whitmore Lake, MI: The Wordsmith Press, 2006. 91-92. Fox, Ragan C. “Faggot: For Gay Boys who Have Considered Rainbows When Suicide Wasn’t Enough.” Freedom to Speak. Whitmore Lake, MI: The Wordsmith Press, 2003. 45-47. Fox, Ragan C. “Headstone.” A Bigger Boat: The Unlikely Success of the Albuquerque Poetry Slam Scene. Eds. Susan McAlister, Don McIver, Mikaela Renz, and Daniel S. Solis. University of New Mexico Press, 2008, 204-206. Fox, Ragan C. “If I Were a Woman.” In Our Own Words, Volume 3. Raleigh, NC: MWE Press, 2000. 51-52. DVD PERFORMANCES Fox, Ragan. “Attack of the Ribbon Magnets.” Poetry Slam, Inc. Presents World’s Greatest Poetry Slam: National Poetry Slam 2005. Dir. Tazuo Yamaguchi. Poetry Slam, Inc., 2006.
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Fox, Ragan. “Faggot.” Poetry Slam, Inc. Presents World’s Greatest Poetry Slam: National Poetry Slam 2005. Dir. Tazuo Yamaguchi. Poetry Slam, Inc., 2006. Fox, Ragan. “Headstone.” Poetry Slam, Inc. Presents World’s Greatest Poetry Slam: National Poetry Slam 2005. Dir. Tazuo Yamaguchi. Poetry Slam, Inc., 2006. Fox, Ragan. “Ragan Fox: West Hollywood, CA.” Famecast Season 2 Finals: Spoken Word. Famecast, 2008. Fox, Ragan. “Suburbia.” Poetry Slam, Inc. Presents World’s Greatest Poetry Slam: National Poetry Slam 2005. Dir. Tazuo Yamaguchi. Poetry Slam, Inc., 2006. MANUSCRIPTS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW Fox, Ragan C. “From Heterophobia to Gayville.” Text and Performance Quarterly. Submitted 15 July 2009. Fox, Ragan C. “Implicative Performance: Staging the “Jena Six” Controversy in the Midst of the Proposition 8 Debate.” Text and Performance Quarterly. Submitted 23 May 2009. Fox, Ragan C. “Ragan Fox is a Gay Slam Poet: An Autobiographical Exploration of Performance Poetry’s Performative Implications.” Text and Performance Quarterly. Submitted 15 July 2009. WORKS IN PROGRESS Fox, Ragan C. “LGBTQ Contributions to Slam Poetry.” Anticipated submission to Text and Performance Quarterly. (Projected submission is spring of 2009.) Fox, Ragan C. “Narrative ‘Jigsaws’: Rethinking Personal Narrative in the Digital Age.” Anticipated submission to Western Journal of Communication. (Projected submission is fall of 2009.) Fox, Ragan C. “‘Str8’: A Qualitative/Rhetorical Investigation of the ‘Straight-Acting’ Gay Man Paradox.” Anticipated submission to Western Journal of Communication. (Projected submission is spring of 2009.) RESEARCH AWARDS, GRANTS, AND HONORS PAPER AWARDS • T OP T HRE E P AP E R , Western States Communication Association’s Performance Studies Division. Tempe, AZ, Feb. 2009. • • • B EST A RT ICLE OF TH E Y E AR A W ARD for “Skinny Bones #126-774-835-29” awarded by NCA’s Ethnography Division. San Diego, CA, Nov. 2008. T OP F OUR P AP E R , Western States Communication Association’s Performance Studies Division. Seattle, WA, Feb. 2007. 2006 N O RM AN K. D E NZ IN Q UALIT ATIVE R ES E ARCH A W ARD given by NCA’s Ethnography Division and the Carl Couch Center. Ragan Fox Vita - 3
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O UTS T ANDING D ISS ERT ATIO N awarded by Arizona State University’s Ubiquity Organization. Spring 2006. T OP F IVE P APE R , National Communication Association’s Performance Studies Division. Boston, MA. Nov. 2005. T OP S T UDE NT P AP E R , Western Speech Communication Association’s Organization for Research on Women and Communication Division. San Francisco, CA, Feb. 2005. T OP F OUR P AP E R Award, National Communication Association’s Ethnography Division, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2004. T OP S T UDE NT P AP E R , National Communication Association’s Ethnography Division, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2004. T OP F IVE D E B UT P AP E R , National Communication Association’s Performance Studies Division, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2004. T OP D E B UT P AP ER , Western Speech Communication Association’s Performance Studies Division. Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 2004.
CREATIVE AWARDS • “B EST OF P HO E NIX , 2006: B EST L O CAL P O DCAS T ” awarded by the Phoenix New Times.
• 3 RD P LACE I NDIVIDUAL P O E T , National Poetry Slam. Albuquerque, NM. Aug. 2005.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS • M ARY J. R O B INSO N S CHO L ARSH IP awarded by NCA’s Performance Studies Division. Fall of 2005. • T HEAT ER AND P E RFO RM ANCE OF TH E A M E RICAS T RAVEL R ES E ARCH G RANT ($200.00) awarded by the Office of Pan-American Initiatives and the Herberger College of Fine Arts, Arizona State University. Spring of 2005. D ES SIE E. L ARSE N G RADUATE F E LLO W SHIP , Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, 2003-2004
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OTHER AWARDS • P H .D. S UPE RIO R R ES E ARCHE R A WARD given by Arizona State University’s Hugh Downs School of Human Communication. Spring of 2006. • 2nd place program of oral interpretation, 2nd place poetry interpretation, semifinalist informative speaking, ¼ finalist prose interpretation, ¼ finalist duo interpretation, 7th place overall individual sweepstakes, American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1999. Ragan Fox Vita - 4
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Semifinalist dramatic interpretation, semifinalist program of oral interpretation, semifinalist poetry interpretation, American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament, Flagstaff, AZ, 1998. Quarterfinalist dramatic interpretation, American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament, Arlington, TX, 1997.
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REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS – 14 total Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Re-membering Daddy: Autoethnographic Reflections of my Father’s Battle with Alzheimer’s.” Western States Communication Association, Tempe, AZ, Feb. 2009. [Top Three Paper, Performance Studies Division] Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Laughing at the Shirley Q. Liquor Minstrel Show: Exploring the Potentials and Limitations of Critical Virology.” Western States Communication Association, Denver, CO, Feb. 2008. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Performing Gay Identities Online.” Western States Communication Association, Seattle, WA, Feb. 2007. [Top Four Paper, Performance Studies Division] Fox, Ragan Cooper. “The Dark Side of the Moon: Exploring HIV-Negativity.” National Communication Association National Convention, Boston, MA, Nov. 2005. [Top Five Paper, Performance Studies Division] Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Breeding HIV: Rethinking Ideographs and Reanimating Heterosexuality.” National Communication Association National Convention, Boston, MA, Nov. 2005. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Archaeology of the Closet: From Architecture and Film to Court Cases and the ‘Defense’ of Marriage.” Western Speech Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 2005. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “The Closet Problem: Rethinking Sexual Metaphor in the Queer Community.” Western Speech Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 2005. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Harts Wrapped in Cellophane: Dis-Covering the Lesbian Potential of Chicago.” Western Speech Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 2005. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Loving Children to Death: Performing in Cases of Munchausen by Proxy.” Western Speech Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 2005. [Top Student Paper, Organization for Research on Women and Communication Division] Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Skinnybones #435-227-098: Thin Gay Bodies Signifying a Modern Plague.” National Communication Association National Convention, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2004. [Top Five Debut Paper, Performance Studies] Ragan Fox Vita - 5
Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Gay Grows Up: An Interpretive Study of Aging Metaphors and Queer Identity.” National Communication Association National Convention, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2004. [Top Four Paper & Top Student Paper, Ethnography Division] Fox, Ragan Cooper. “For Gay Boys who have Considered Rainbows when Suicide wasn’t Enough: A Performative Exploration of Gay Teens, Desire, and Shame.” National Communication Association National Convention, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2004. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Breath Support.” Western Speech Communication Association Convention, Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 2004. [Top Debut Paper, Performance Studies Division] Fox, Ragan Cooper. “ in the Bug Chasing : Rethinking in the Queer Fantasia.” Western Speech Communication Association Convention, Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 2004. CONFERENCE PAPERS (selected as part of refereed panel submissions) – 10 total Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Sober Drag Queens, Digital Forests, and Bloated ‘Lesbians’ (Oh, My!): Performing Gay Identities Online.” National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2007. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Angels and Evolution.” National Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 2006. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Cyborg ‘Power Bottoms’ and Bloated Jewish Lesbians: Semi-fictive Personal Narrative Podcast Performances.” National Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 2006. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Losing (Detach)able Parts.” Western Speech Communication Association Convention, Palm Springs, CA, Feb. 2006. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Angry Poets and Revolutions.” National Communication Association Convention, Boston, MA, Nov. 2005. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Directing the Solo Performer through Grief.” National Communication Association Convention, Boston, MA, Nov. 2005. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Performing Masculinities.” National Communication Association Convention, Boston, MA, Nov. 2005. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Cocoons in the Barrel of a Sawed-off Shotgun.” National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2004. Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Evolution: Taboo, Performativity, and the (Re-)Claiming of Individual Agency Through Autobiographical Performance.” Arizona Communication Association Convention, Tucson, AZ, October, 2002.
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Fox, Ragan Cooper. “Penises and Vaginas: Exploring Taboo.” University of Texas Graduate Gender Conference, Austin, TX, February, 2000. SELECTED PERFORMANCES Fox and the City Podcast. May 2005 to current. Podcast aired globally on Sirius Radio, Stars 102 from spring of 2006 to fall of 2006. [performer and producer] Featured Performer at the Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Ally College Conference, Feb. 2008. University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana. FameCast Final Five. Austin, TX; August 2007. [top five spoken word finalist, www.famecast.com] Guest on Air America’s Harrison on the Edge. Los Angeles; May 21, 2005. [featured guest] “Letters from the State of Chihuahua.” ASU New Works Festival; April 2005 [performer, coauthor] “Kid: A Gut-Wrenchingly Hilarious Look at Child Molestation.” WSCA; Feb. 2005. [featured performer at the regional convention] “OutSpoken.” University of Southern California; Oct. 7, 2004. [featured performer at a L.G.B.T. and speech team fundraising benefit] “Soapbox.” Empty Space Theater; Tempe, AZ. Fall 2004. [writer, performer] “Writings from the Threshold.” Empty Space Theater; Tempe, AZ. Spring 2004. [performer]. “Life on Mars.” Empty Space Theater; Tempe, AZ. Spring, 2004. [performer] “Kid: A Gut-Wrenchingly Hilarious Look at Child Molestation.” Empty Space Theater; Tempe, AZ. Sept. – Oct. 2003. [writer, performer] Featured poet/performer. Cal Poly State University, CommUnity Pride Week; San Luis Obispo, CA. May 22, 2003. “Navigating the Cruise.” Empty Space Theater; Tempe, AZ. Feb. 2003. [performer] “Change the Status Quo.” Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, February 28, 2003. [writer, director, performer] “Evolution, Balance, Truth.” Empty Space Theater; Tempe, AZ, November 2002. [writer, performer] “Three Minutes.” Hyde Park Theater’s Frontera Fest Fringe Festival, Austin, TX, February 2002. [performer, writer] Featured poet/performer at the Nuyorican Poets Café. Nuyorican Poets Café, New York, NY 2002. [writer, performer] Ragan Fox Vita - 7
Featured poet/performer at the Bowery Poetry Club. Bowery Poetry Club. New York, NY 2002. [writer, performer] “Penises & Vaginas.” Hyde Park Theater’s Frontera Fest Fringe Festival, Austin, TX, February 2001. Awarded “Best of Fest” [writer, performer, director] “The Sulking Donut.” Hyde Park Theater’s Frontera Fest Fringe Festival, Austin, TX, February 2001. Awarded “Best of Fest” [writer, performer] “Mother/Fuckers.” Hyde Park Theater’s Frontera Fest Fringe Festival, Austin, TX, February 2001. Awarded “Best of Fest, Wildcard” [writer, performer, director] “Rape Fantasies.” University of Texas Graduate Gender Conference, Austin, TX, February 2001. [performer] “Penises and Vaginas.” University of Texas Graduate Gender Conference, Austin, TX, February 2001. [writer, performer, director] “Raganomics.” Hyde Park Theater, Austin, TX, April 24-27, 2000. [writer, performer] “Ragan: No Ease.” Hyde Park Theater’s Frontera Fest Fringe Festival, Austin, TX, February 2000. Awarded “Best of Week” [writer, director, performer] PRINT MEDIA COVERAGE OF MY WORK Dreier, T. “Pod People: Gays Lead the Way in Online Media’s Next Big Thing. Out Nov 2005: 34. Heil, Matthew. “Grand Slam: Wordsmiths Bring Gay Experience to Slam Poetry.” Echo 3 July 2003: 38. Hetzel, Gene. “Fox on Fire: Gay Performance Artist Dr. Ragan Fox Hitches His Slam Poetry to the Podcast Revolution.” Bottom Line 8 December 2006. Holden, Wynter. “Best Local Podcast: Fox and the City.” Phoenix New Times November 2006. Lady Bunny. “Poddy Mouth.” Genre Magazine 5 Sept. 2005: 104. Shipside, Steve. Podcasting: The Ultimate Starter Kit. New York: Infinite Ideas Limited, 2005. Wheeler, Lesley. Voicing American Poetry: Sound and Performance from the 1920s to the Present. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008. “Words for Words: Spoken Word Artists on Their Art Form, the National Poetry Slam, and One Another.” The Austin Chronicle August 3, 2007. INSTRUCTION AND ADVISING ACTIVITIES Ragan Fox Vita - 8
AWARDS AND HONORS • Named “One of the Best Teachers in Long Beach” by the Long Beach Post, Spring of 2009 • Senior Class Favorite Faculty Member by the CSULB Office of Alumni Relations, Spring of 2009
COURSES TAUGHT AT CSU, LB COM 300 Introduction to Rhetorical Theory COM 301 Communication Criticism COM 412 Gender and Communication COM 633 Graduate Seminar in Interpretive Communication COURSES TAUGHT AT ASU COM 225 Public Speaking COM 241 Introduction to Oral Interpretation COM 281 Communication Activities, Forensics Workshop COM 316 Gender and Communication COM 394 Communication Technology in Everyday Life COM 442 Performance and Identity: Performing Self and Other COURSE DESCRIPTIONS I NT RO DUCTIO N TO R HE TO RICAL T HEO RY . In this course, students examine the philosophies that inform contemporary rhetorical thought, from classical Western antiquity to the present. The survey also provides historic context of philosophers and philosophical movements that contributed to the development of rhetorical theory. Course readings chronicle developments in rhetorical theory over a span of more than two thousand years. C OM M UNICATIO N C RIT ICISM . Communication criticism serves as a introduction to rhetorical methods. The semester is divided into four units. The first quarter of the semester serves as an introduction to rhetorical theory and methods. The second quarter focuses on the narrative and performative realms of rhetorical study. Ideological criticism is covered in the third quarter. The semester closes with a review of key rhetorical methods, methodologies, and theories and a consideration of future avenues of communication criticism. G RADUAT E S EM INAR IN I NT E RP RET IVE C O MM UNICAT IO N . “Auto-performance” specifies a mode of theatrical and, sometimes, scholarly self-presentation that interrogates the social construction of identity. This course reviews some of auto-performance’s more significant historical developments. Through readings, discussions, writings, and presentations, class participants explore the philosophical, historical, methodological, and aesthetic elements of autoperformance. I NT RO DUCTIO N TO O RAL I NT E RP RE T AT IO N . This introductory course focuses on communication, literature (oral and written), and creativity. Students develop skills in critical reading, writing, listening, speaking, and analysis of performance as they study the communicative power of literary texts. In the spring of 2005, I helped redesign the course content by updating the texts and creating new performance activities. Ragan Fox Vita - 9
G E NDE R AND C OM M UNICAT ION . This is an upper-division course that investigates the role of gender at various levels of communication, ranging from interpersonal exchanges to gender-based social movements. It explores controversial issues related to gender and asks students to imagine what gender and communication will “look like” in the future. P ERFO RM ANCE AND I DE NTIT Y : P E RFO RM ING S E LF AND O TH E R . This upperdivision, interdisciplinary course addresses the ways that identity is performed. With the help of Kurt Lindemann, I co-created the syllabus and course content. In the class, students are expected to critically investigate the roles of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality and other manifestations of identity in the study of human communication. C OM M UNICATIO N T E CH NOLO GY AND E VE RYDAY L IF E . In this internet class, students study the impact of new internet and information technologies in everyday life. A virtual classroom is used to foster discussion among students. P UB L IC S P E AK ING . Public Speaking is an introductory course that teaches practical presentation skills. Along with delivering public speeches, students learn how to organize research presentations, edit manuscripts, develop research outlines, and develop thesis statements as they relate to topics that range from cultural artifacts to argumentation. C OM M UNICATIO N A CT IVIT IES : F ORE NS ICS W ORK SHOP . Serving as coach to nationally ranked university speech teams at the University of Texas at Austin and Arizona State University, I devoted many hours to students in the following events: informative speaking, program of oral interpretation, dramatic interpretation, and poetry interpretation. Along with weekly meetings, I spent weekends traveling with the A.S.U. and U.T.-Austin teams to universities all over the United States. OTHER COURSES TAUGHT • Guest lecture. “Creative Approaches to Pedagogy” for the graduate teaching assistants in Communication at CSULB. • Guest lecture: “The Myth of Family Values” for Karma Chavez’s Gender and Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Summer, 2004. • Guest lecture: “Queer Theory and Performance” for Dr. Linda Park-Fuller’s Performance of Personal Narrative, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Spring, 2003. • Guest lecture: “Overview of Performance Studies” for Carolyn Donnerstein’s COM 100: Introduction to Human Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Summer, 2003. • “Subtexts and Contexts,” University of Texas National Institute in Forensics, Austin, TX. Summer, 1998. • “Advanced Techniques in Oral Interpretation,” Florida Forensics Institute, Summer, 1998. • “Oral Interpretation,” University of Texas National Institute in Forensics, Austin, TX. Summer, 1997. • “Performance of Dramatic Literature,” Florida Forensics Institute, Summer, 1997. COMPREHENSIVE EXAM COMMITTEES 2007: Natasha Gaffoglio, Andrea Thorson Ragan Fox Vita - 10
2008: Das Nugent 2009: Eric Cullather (committee chair) GRAUDATE MENTORING, AND READING AND CONFERENCE/INDEPENDENT STUDY • Directed Research. Powell, Kashif. “[6 Black Boys ^ Jena (1 Tree + 3 Nooses) – Civil Liberties] / 1 Indivisible Nation = An Autoethnographic Performance of the Jena Six.” Spring of 2008. o Featured full-length performance at the 2008 National Communication Association conference. o Performed at the following universities: o Submitted performance text to Text and Performance Quarterly in the summer of 2009. The manuscript is currently under review. THESIS COMMITTEE 2008: Member of Jay Arntson’s and Roxan Barr’s MA thesis committees. EVALUATION OF TEACHING AT CSULB
(5= Strongly Agree, 0= Strongly Disagree) #1: “Instructor provided clear and accurate information regarding course objectives.” #2: “The instructor’s grading was consistent with stated criteria and procedures.” #3: “The instructor provided assignments / activities that were useful for learning and understanding the subject. #4: “The instructor’s expectations concerning work to be done in this class were reasonable.” #5: “The instructor was well prepared for class.” #6: “The instructor was effective in presenting subject content and materials in the class.” #7: “The instructor was available during office hours for conferences about the course.” #8: “Rate the overall teaching effectiveness of the instructor in this course.” (5= Excellent, 0= Very Poor) Semester, Year Spring, 2009 Spring, 2009 Fall, 2008 Course Number / Title COMM 301— Communication Criticism COMM 300— Introduction to Rhetorical Theory COMM 301— Communication Criticism COMM 300— Introduction to Rhetorical Theory COMM 301— Communication Criticism COMM 300— Introduction to Rhetorical Theory Mean #1 4.7 Mean #2 4.55 Mean #3 4.65 Mean #4 4.45 Mean #5 4.8 Mean #6 4.8 Mean #7 4.75 Mean #8 4.65
4.73
4.73
4.84
4.67
4.84
4.82
4.84
4.72
4.91
4.91
4.78
4.78
4.95
4.91
4.9
4.86
Fall, 2008
4.8
4.84
4.8
4.75
4.87
4.77
4.9
4.7
Spring, 2008 Spring, 2008
5
5
4.95
4.9
5
4.95
4.9
5
4.82
4.81
4.81
4.82
4.9
4.86
4.9
4.88
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Fall, 2007
COMM 633— Graduate Seminar in Interpretive Comm. COMM 300— Introduction to Rhetorical Theory COMM 300— Introduction to Rhetorical Theory COMM 301— Communication Criticism COMM 300— Introduction to Rhetorical Theory COMM 301— Communication Criticism
4.9
5
4.45
4.09
5
4.63
4.8
4.81
Fall, 2007
4.73
4.66
4.66
4.57
4.79
4.7
4.75
4.63
Spring, 2007 Spring, 2007 Fall, 2006
4.88
4.86
4.85
4.75
4.89
4.93
4.82
4.84
4.57
4.28
4.57
3.95
4.61
4.33
4.50
4.23
4.61
4.53
4.60
4.26
4.81
4.67
4.73
4.56
Fall, 2006
4.60
4.53
4.60
3.86
4.80
4.66
4.90
4.53
EVALUATION OF TEACHING, ASU Table of Student Teaching Evaluations for Courses
(1 = Strongly Agree, 2 = Agree, 3 = Neutral, 4 = Disagree, 5 = Strongly Disagree) #8: “In general, was effective in teaching the course.” #16: “This course was rigorous.” #17: “How would you rate this instructor’s overall teaching ability? (1= excellent, 5= poor) Semester / Year Fall, 2005 Course Number / Title Mean #8 Mean #16 Mean #17
COM 241—Introduction to Oral Interpretation COM 241—Introduction to Oral Interpretation COM 241—Introduction to Oral Interpretation COM 316—Gender and Communication
1.31
1.46
1.31
Fall, 2005
1.15
1.46
1.31
Spring, 2005
1.21
1.74
1.32
Spring, 2005
1.10
1.54
1.07
Fall, 2004
COM 442—Performance and Identity
1.74
1.74
1.74
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Summer, 2004 Spring, 2004
COM 316—Gender and Communication
1.45
1.62
1.50
COM 394—Performance and Identity
1.05
1.14
1.05
Spring, 2004
COM 241—Introduction to Oral Interpretation COM 241—Introduction to Oral Interpretation COM 442—Performance and Identity
1.07
1.64
1.17
Fall, 2003
1.29
1.33
1.38
Fall, 2003
1.48
1.80
1.65
Summer, 2003 Spring, 2003
COM 316—Gender and Communication
1.45
1.45
1.67
COM 225—Public Speaking
1.41
1.88
1.65
Spring, 2003
COM 241—Introduction to Oral Interpretation COM 241—Introduction to Oral Interpretation
1.13
1.88
1.13
Fall, 2002
1.22
1.89
1.28
SERVICE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS • P ANE L C H AIR and R ES PO NDE NT , Performance Studies Division, Western States Communication Association, Feb. 2009. • • • • • N OM INAT ING C O M MIT T EE , Ethnography Division, National Communication Association, 2008. W ES T ERN S T AT ES C O M M UNICATIO N A SS OCIAT IO N S CHO L AR A W ARD C OM MIT TE E , 2008-2010. W ES T ERN S T AT ES C O M M UNICATIO N A SS OCIAT IO N P ERFO RMANCE S T UDIES R ES E ARCHE R A W ARD C O MM ITT E E , 2008-2009. 2008 P ROG RAM P L ANNER and C H AIR , Performance Studies Division, Western States Communication Association, 2007-present. P ANE L C H AIR and R ES PO NDE NT , Performance Studies Division, Western States Communication Association, Feb. 2008.
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P ANE L C H AIR (Linda Park-Fuller Spotlight; Molly Ivins Performance Hour), Performance Studies Division, National Communication Association, Nov. 2007. W ES T ERN R EP RES E NT AT IVE , Nominating Committee of National Communication Association’s Performance Studies Division, 2007-2009. M ANUS CRIP T R E VIE W E R , Ethnography Division, National Communication Association, 2007. D E LEG AT E - AT -L ARG E TO TH E L EG IS L ATIVE A S S EM B LY , Western States Communication Association. Two-year term starting in the spring of 2007. C HAIR -E L ECT , Performance Studies Division, Western States Communication Association, 2006-2007. N OM INAT ING C O M MIT T EE , Ethnography Division, National Communication Association, 2005. M ANUS CRIP T R E VIE W E R , Performance Studies Division, Western States Communication Association, 2005 and 2006. P ANE L C H AIR , Gay and Lesbian Division, National Communication Association, Nov. 2005. S E CRE T ARY , Performance Studies Division, Western States Communication Association, 2005-2007. M ANUS CRIP T R E VIE W E R , Ethnography Division, National Communication Association, 2005. N AT IO NAL S T UDE NT C O -C H AIR , American Forensics Association, 1998-1999. D IS T RICT 3 S T UDE NT -E L E CT E D R E PRES E NT AT IVE , American Forensics Association, 1998-1999.
COLLEGIATE SERVICE • P ERSO NNE L C O M MIT T EE . Spring of 2009 – present. • • • G RADUAT E C O M MIT T EE . Spring of 2008 – present. M E MB E R
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F ACULT Y H E ARING P ANE L . Fall of 2007 – present.
D EP ART ME NT W E BP AG E AND D IG IT AL C O MM UNICAT IO N C OORDINATO R , California State University, Long Beach. Fall of 2007 – present. o Created three email list-serves for the department, including one for faculty, one for graduate students, and one for all faculty, graduate students, and administration.
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o Currently working to revamp the department website. Anticipated improvements include more developed areas that outline research agendas of faculty, videos of faculty discussing their research interests, and a list of graduate and undergraduate student accomplishments. • • • S E CRE T ARY , California State University, Long Beach; Secretary at faculty meetings. Fall 2006 – summer of 2007. H E AD 2004.
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R E GIST RATION , National Playback Theater Association’s Conference,
C APT AIN , University of Texas Individual Events Team, 1998-1999.
JOURNALS • M ANUS CRIP T R E VIE W E R , Western Journal of Communication. Fall 2008. • • M ANUS CRIP T R E VIE W E R , Text and Performance Quarterly. Summer 2007. • M ANUS CRIP T R E VIE W E R , Western Journal of Communication. Spring 2006.
MEMBERSHIPS National Communication Association, 2003 to present. Western States Communication Association, 2004 to present. Arizona Communication Association, 2002-2003.
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