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Teaching/Research Emphases
Intercultural Communication: analyses of the dynamics involved in communicating across lines of difference. Utilizing critical communication theory and qualitative methods, the nature and implications of cultural struggle and transformation are emphasized.
Cultural Studies: theories of culture focusing on the power of communication in constructing our senses of self, social relations and the world. Mass media, popular culture, gender and environmental practices are emphasized.
Rhetoric: theories of discourse addressing whether and by what mechanisms discourse functions "persuasively" (i.e., has effects and is imbedded in the world). Contemporary and critically-oriented approaches to textual analysis are emphasized.
Current research program: critical analyses of intercultural and human-environmental relations in the southwestern U.S. with an emphasis on various forms of 'rock art.'
Education
Ph.D., Communication, University of Utah, August 1994. Dissertation: Drumming
to the Edge of Discourse: Rhythm, Discipline and Resistance (directed by
Leonard Hawes).
M.S., Communication, University of Utah, December 1990. Thesis: Women and Rebellion: The Cultural Significance of the Re-presentation of Woman as Other in 1984, Brazil and Genesis (directed by Christine Oravec).
B.A., Speech Communication, Summa Cum Laude, Humboldt State University, May 1988.
Professional Experience
Professor (with tenure) of Communication Studies, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, July 2008 to present.
Graduate Coordinator, M.A. in Applied Communication, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, August 2007 to present.
Graduate Faculty, M.A. in Applied Communication, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, August 2004 to present.
Associate Professor (with tenure) of Speech Communication, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, July 2001 to June 2008.
Senior Lecturer & Curriculum Development Specialist, School of Information & Communication, The Hanzehogeschool, Professional University of Groningen, The Netherlands, August 2002 to July 2003.
Visiting Lecturer, School of Communication, The Hanzehogeschool, Professional University of Groningen, The Netherlands, April-June 1999 and April-June 2000.
Assistant Professor of Speech Communication, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, August 1998 to June 2001.
Instructor, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, January 1995 to May 1998.
Adjunct Faculty, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, August-December 1994.
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Communication, University of Utah, September 1988 to August 1994.
Awards
Top three competitive paper, Environmental Communication Division, 2010 Western States Communication Association.
LOUIE Faculty Award Recipient, Northern Arizona University, Spring 2009.
Top four competitive paper, Intercultural Communication Division, 2006 Western States Communication Association convention.
Teacher of the Year, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, 2001-2002.
Inducted as an Honorary Member of Golden Key National Honor Society, Spring 2001.
Named "Most Influential Professor" by the outstanding graduate of the NAU School of Communication and Golden Axe Award winner, Spring 2001.
Voted Outstanding Researcher of the Year by the NAU School of Communication faculty, 1996-97.
Top four competitive paper in Intercultural Communication, 1997 Western States Communication Association convention.
Named "Most Influential Professor" by the outstanding graduate of the NAU College of Health Professions, Spring 1996.
Top competitive paper in Organizational Communication, 1994 Western States Communication Association convention.
Inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, January 1987.
Publications (refereed)
“’Your guess is as good as any’: Indeterminacy, Dialogue, and Dissemination in Interpretations of Native American Rock Art,” Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 2 (2009): 44-65.
“Beasts, Burgers, and Hummers: Meat and the Crisis of Masculinity in Contemporary Television Advertisements,” Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture 2 (2008): 281-301.
"Deciphering Kokopelli: Masculinity in Commodified Appropriations of Native American Imagery," Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies 4 (September 2007): 233-255.
"From Hunting Magic to Shamanism: Interpretations of Native American Rock Art and the Contemporary Crisis in Masculinity," Women’s Studies in Communication 30 (Spring 2007): 78-110.
"Overcoming the Preservation Paradigm: Toward a Dialogic Approach to Rock Art and Culture," in American Indian Rock Art, Volume 33, Don Christensen (ed.), Tucson, AZ: American Rock Art Research Association, 2007.
"From Cultural Exchange to Transculturation: A Review and Reconceptualization of Cultural Appropriation," Communication Theory 16.4 (November 2006): 474-503.
"The Gender of Water and the Pleasure of Alienation: A Critical Analysis of Visiting Hoover Dam (with Julie Kalil Schutten), The Communication Review 7.3 (August 2004): 259-283.
"'Is This a Great Time or What? :-)' Information Technology and the Erasure of Difference," World Communication 28 (1999): 26-47.
"Overcoming the Objectification of Nature in Constitutive Theories: Toward a Transhuman, Materialist Theory of Communication," Western Journal of Communication 62 (1998): 244-272.
"A Dialogics of Rhythm: Dance and the Performance of Cultural Conflict," Howard Journal of Communications 9.1 (1998): 5-27.
"Rhythm and the Performance of Organization," Text and Performance Quarterly 14 (1994): 222-237.
"Pleasure, Power and Consent: The Interplay of Race and Gender in New Jack City," Women's Studies in Communication 16.2 (Fall 1993): 62-85.
"1984 to Brazil: From the Pessimism of Reality to the Hope of Dreams," Text and Performance Quarterly 10 (1990): 34-46.
"Reagan and the Visions of 'Star Wars': A Fantasy-Theme Analysis" (with Donna M. Hammer), in Conference of Rhetorical Criticism: Papers of the Conference, ed. Susan Brock, California State University, Hayward, 1987.
Publications (solicited/noncompetitive)
“Transculturation,” in The Encyclopedia of Communication Theory (pp. 966-969), ed. Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen A. Foss, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2009.
“Looking for Flute Players, Escaping Kokopelli,” Corners, http://cornersmagazine.com (in press).
“Beasts, Burgers, and Hummers: Meat and the Crisis of Masculinity in Contemporary Television Advertisements,” in Communication at the Intersection of Nature and Culture: Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Conference on Communication and the Environment (pp. 14-24), ed. Barb Willard & Chris Green, Chicago: DePaul University, 2008, http://www.esf.edu/ecn/downloads/COCE_2007_Proceedings.pdf
“Kokopelli: Southwest Icon and Male Fantasy,“ Communication Currents 2.4 (August 2007), http://www.communicationcurrents.com/index.asp?sid=1&issuepage=48&False
"Rock Art: Indigenous Images, Historic Inscriptions and Contemporary Graffiti," DocumentaryWorks, ed. Mark Neumann, April 2006, http://documentaryworks.org/stories/rockart.htm
"Three Levels of Communication Analysis: Syntactics, Semantics and Pragmatics," in Communication Analysis (COM 101 Course Packet), ed. Paul Helford, McGraw-Hill Custom Publishing and Northern Arizona University, 2002 and 2006.
"Emphasizing the Public in Public Relations: PR Education and the Symmetrical Model," Social Communication in Youth Environment: PR Week at the Nevsky Institute (pp. 75-80), St. Petersburg, Russia: Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture, 2004.
Review of Image Politics: The New Rhetoric of Environmental Activism, by Kevin Michael DeLuca. Southern Communication Journal 68 (2002): 64-65.
"Particularities and Possibilities: Reconceptualizing Knowledge and Power in Sexual Harassment Research" (with Karen A. Foss), in Conceptualizing Sexual Harassment as Discursive Practice (pp. 159-172), ed. Shereen G. Bingham, Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1994.
Theories of Human Communication Faculty Desk Reference (with Stephen W. Littlejohn), Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1989 (3rd ed.) and 1992 (4th ed.).
Professional Papers/Presentations (* indicates competitively selected paper)
“Magick as an Alternative Symbolic: Enacting Transhuman Dialogue” (co-authored with Julie Schutten), paper presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Environmental Communication Division, Anchorage AK, March 2010. (Top three competitive paper in environmental communication.)*
“Beasts, Burgers, and Hummers: Meat and the Crisis of Masculinity in Contemporary Television Advertisements,” paper presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Environmental Communication Division, Broomfield CO, February 2008.
“Beasts, Burgers, and Hummers: Meat and the Crisis of Masculinity in Contemporary Television Advertisements,” paper presented at the Conference on Communication & Environment, Chicago IL, June 2007.
"’Your guess is as good as any’: Indeterminacy, Dialogue and Dissemination in Interpretations of Native American Rock Art," paper accepted for presentation at the Western States Communication Association convention, Intercultural Communication Division, Seattle WA, February 2007.*
"Overcoming the Preservation Paradigm: Toward a Dialogic Approach to Rock Art and Culture," paper presented at the American Rock Art Research Asociation 33rd annual conference, Bluff UT, May 2006.
"Virile Shamans and Castrated Kokopellis: Masculinities in Interpretations of Native American Rock Art," paper presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Intercultural Communication Division, Palm Springs CA, February 2006. (Top four competitive paper in intercultural communication.)*
"Petroglyphs, Place and Preservation: Toward a Dialogic Theory of Communication, Culture and Environment," paper presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Intercultural Communication Division, San Francisco CA, February 2005.*
"From Hunting Magic to Shamanism: Gender Bias in Archaeological Interpretations of Rock Art," paper presented at the Western Social Science Association convention, Women's Studies Division, Salt Lake City UT, April 2004.
"Indigenous Rock Art and 'Vandalism': A Critical Examination of the Preservation Paradigm," paper presented at the Western Social Science Association convention, Anthropology Division, Salt Lake City UT, April 2004.
"From Hunting Magic to Shamanism: Patriarchal Biases in Archaeological Interpretations of Rock Art." Western States Communication Association convention, Organization for Research on Women and Communication, Albuquerque NM, February 2004.
"Sensual Experience and the 'Wild': Glen Canyon Before 'Lake' Powell." Western States Communication Association convention, Organization for Research on Women and Communication, Long Beach CA, March 2002.*
"An Ethnography of Place and Feeling: Environmental Dialogics and Situated Experience at Powell Reservoir." Western States Communication Association convention, Rhetoric and Public Address Division, Long Beach CA, March 2002.*
"Visions of the 'Wild' Colorado River in the Glen Canyon Dam Debate." Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, Flagstaff AZ, June 2001.
"World Music: Commodification, Imperialism and Resistance," paper presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Vancouver B.C., February 1999.*
"Nature, Technology and the Meanings of Place: Toward an Ethnography of Tourism at Hoover Dam" (with Julie Schutten), paper presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Vancouver B.C., February 1999.
"'Is This a Great Time or What? :-)' Information Technology and the Erasure of Difference," paper presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Denver CO, February 1998.
"A Dialogics of Rhythm," paper presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Monterey CA, Feburary 1997. (Selected as one of the top four competitive papers in intercultural communication.)*
"Does Language Have to In-form? Nature, Feminism and Constitutive Theories of Discourse," lecture presented in the Women's Studies Lecture Series, Northern Arizona University, March 27, 1996.
"Constructivism, Feminism and Nature: Does Language Have to In-form?" paper presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Pasadena CA, February 16-20, 1996.*
"Reconceptualizing Identity and Agency in Communication Theory" (with Kathy Drew, Jolanta Drzewiecka, Barbara Gayle, Dreama Moon, Sami Reist, Nancy Roth, Michelle Violanti and Kathleen Wong), paper presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, San Antonio TX, November 18-21, 1995.
"Rhythm, Entrainment and Organization," colloquium presented to the Department of Communication, University of Utah, March 3, 1994.
"Rhythm, Entrainment and Organization," paper presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, San Jose CA, February 26, 1994. (Selected as the top competitive paper in organizational communication.)*
"Observations on the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill Hearings: Through the Lens of Gender" (with Karen A. Foss), paper presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Boise ID, February 1992.
"Julia Kristeva and the Semiotic: Implications for Feminist Work in Communication," paper presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Atlanta GA, November 1991.
"Born on the Fourth of July: An Ideological Critique," paper presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, Chicago IL, November 1990.
"The Rhetoric of Taking the Fall: To Be or Not To Be (Apologia)?" paper presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, Spokane WA, February 1989.
"Assurance Through Performance: The Iran-contra Hearings as Celebration," paper presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, New Orleans LA, November 1988.
"Reflexive Loops: Paradox and Persuasion," debut paper presented at the Western Speech Communication Association convention, San Diego CA, February 1988.*
Workshops, Seminars, Position Papers and Trainings
"Intercultural Communication in the Clinical Setting," in-service training for North Country Community Health Center, Flagstaff AZ, 15 February 2000.
"A New Kind of Materialism, a New Kind of Dialogism: Future Directions for Environmental Communication Studies," position paper presented for a panel discussion on "Defining Nature" at the Conference on Communication and Environment, Flagstaff AZ, July 26, 1999.
"The Elision of Nature from Critical Discourse," position paper presented to the Seminar "Rhetorical Criticism at the Crossroads: International Relationship, Sexual Orientation, Gender, Class, Race," at the Western States Communication Association convention, Pasadena CA, February 16, 1996.
"'Supposing Truth is a Woman--What Then?' The Role of 'Nature' in Feminist and Critical Communication Theories," position paper presented to the Conference on Gender and Communication, Albuquerque NM, April 7 & 8, 1995.
"The Semiotic and Revolution: Schizophrenia and/or Emancipation," position paper presented to the Semiotics Seminar II, Speech Communication Association convention, Chicago IL, November 1990.
Workshops, Conferences, and Trainings Attended
Pecos Conference, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff AZ, August 7-10. 2008.
Arizona Site Steward Conference, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff AZ, April 29-30, 2005.
Utah Rock Art Research Association Annual Conference, Kanab UT, October 8-11, 2004.
Nevada Rock Art Foundation Rock Art Round-Up, Overton NV, January 17-18, 2004.
PR Week, Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture, St. Petersburg, Russia, April 1-5, 2003.
Arizona Site Steward Conference, Winslow AZ, May 4-5, 2002.
Site Steward Training, Coconino National Forest and Arizona State Office of Historic Preservation, Flagstaff AZ, May 19 and June 2, 2001.
"Americans with Disabilities Act: Working Together for Change," Faculty/Classroom Issues Session, Northern Arizona University, November 5, 1998.
"Cultural Orientation for University Educators: From the Navajo Perspective," Dine College, Tsaile AZ, August 14-16, 1997
Undergraduate Courses:
Intercultural Communication
Gender & Communication
Senior Seminar in Speech Communication: Ethnography of Communication
Rhetorical Criticism
Communication in Contemporary Affairs
Communication Theory
Communication Analysis
Survey of Research in Speech Communication
Interpersonal Communication
Analysis of Argument
Persuasion Practices
Human Communication: Basic Issues
Communication & Social Behavior
Argument in Science, Law & Art
American Public Address
Fundamentals of Oral Communication (public speaking)
Advanced Public Speaking
Elements of Speech Communication
Intercultural Communication Theory (Hanzehogeschool, The Netherlands)
Communication Planning (Hanzehogeschool, The Netherlands)
Communication Research Methods (Hanzehogeschool, The Netherlands)
Argumentation (Hanzehogeschool, The Netherlands)Graduate Courses:
Seminar in Representations and Appropriations of Native American Cultures
Communication & Contemporary Society (Communication, Technology, & Society)
Intercultural Communication Theory
Research Methods in Communication
Gender & CommunicationWeb Courses:
Seminar in Representations and Appropriations of Native American Cultures (graduate)
Communication & Contemporary Society (graduate)
Intercultural Communication Theory (graduate)
Research Methods in Communication (graduate)
Communication in Contemporary Affairs (undergraduate)
Graduate Committees:
Chair, ten M.A. committees (seven completed)
Member, twelve M.A. committees (ten completed)
Chair, one M.L.S. committee (completed)
Member, one Ed.D. committee (completed)
Editorial Board Member and Reviewer, Western Journal of Communication, 2007-present.
Editorial Board Member, Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, 2010-present.
Reviewer, Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, 2007-present.
Reviewer, Communication & Critical/Cultural Studies, Spring 2008, Fall 2008.
Reviewer, Environmental Communication interest group, Western States Communication Association, Fall 2009 and Fall 2008.
Respondent, “Social Justice, Feminism and Pedagogy” (competitive paper panel), Organization for Research on Women & Communication, Western States Communication Association convention, Seattle WA, February 2007.
Reviewer, Organization for Research on Women & Communication, 2007 Western States Communication Association convention.
Respondent, "The Rhetoric of the Time" (competitive paper panel), Rhetoric and Public Address Division, Western States Communication Association convention, Palm Springs CA, February 2006.
Reviewer, Environmental Communication Yearbook, January 2006.
Reviewer, Rhetoric and Public Address Division, 2006 Western States Communication Association convention.
Reviewer, Organization for Research on Women and Communication, 2006 Western States Communication Association convention.
Respondent, Top Student Paper Panel, Rhetoric & Public Address Division, Western States Communication Association convention, San Francisco CA, February 2005.
Respondent, "Power, Policy and Public Discourse: Case Studies in Environmental Values and Human Behavior," Mass Communication and Environmental Policy & Natural Resource Management divisions, Western Social Science Association conference, Salt Lake City UT, April 2004.
Reviewer, Principles of Research in Communication by Thomas Stewart, Longman Publishers, Fall 1999.
Moderator, "Native American Perspectives on the Environment," Conference on Communication and Environment, Flagstaff AZ, July 1999.
Moderator, "Rhetorical Studies of Environmental Communication," Conference on Communication and Environment, Flagstaff AZ, July 1999.
Reviewer, Exploring Interpersonal Communication and Relationships: An Introduction, Houghton Mifflin Publishers, Fall 1998.
Reviewer, Western Journal of Communication, Spring 1998.
Respondent, "Narratives and Publics of Social Movements" (competitive paper panel), Rhetoric and Public Address interest group, Western States Communication Association convention, Denver CO, February 1998.
Respondent, "Cultural Aspects of Group Life" (competitive paper panel), Intercultural Communication interest group, Western States Communication Association convention, Denver CO, February 1998.
Member (appointed), Western States Communication Association Legislative Assembly Steering Committee, 1998.
Respondent, "Cultural Critiques of Contemporary Media: Therapy, Transformation and Hegemony" (competitive paper panel), Rhetoric and Public Address interest group, Western States Communication Association convention, Monterey CA, February 1997.
Reviewer, Rhetoric and Public Address division, 1997 Western States Communication Association convention.
Reviewer, Northwest Communication Association Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award, Spring 1996.
Reviewer, Gronbeck et al., Principles of Speech Communication (8th brief edition), HarperCollins Publishers, Spring 1996.
Representative for NAU School of Communication at the WSCA Legislative Assembly, February 18, 1996.
Membership in professional organizations:
Western States Communication Association, 1987-present.
Organization for Research on Women & Communication, 1988-present.
American Rock Art Research Association, 2003-present.
Utah Rock Art Research Association, 2004-present.
Institutional Affiliations:
Affiliate Faculty, Women's Studies Program, Northern Arizona University, Fall 1995 to the present.
Chair, University Graduate Committee, Northern Arizona University, 2010-2011 (elected position).
University Graduate Committee, Northern Arizona University, August 2008-present (elected position).
Review Committee, University Graduate Committee, Northern Arizona University, August 2008-May 2009.
Graduate Coordinator, Master of Arts in Applied Communication, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, August 2007-present.
Committee on Faculty Status (promotion and tenure committee), School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, August 2003-May 2005 and August 2006-May 2007, August 2008-present (elected position).
Chair, Search Committee (Advertising and Visual Communication), School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, 2007-2008.
Coordinator, Speech Communication area, School of Communication, August 2001-July 2002 and August 2004-May 2005.
Curriculum Committee, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Northern Arizona University, August 2004-May 2005 (elected position).
Curricular and Academic Affairs Committee, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University. Chair: September 2000-May 2001. Member: January 1997-May 1998, August 2001-May 2002 and August 2004-May 2005 (elected position).
University Library Committee, Northern Arizona University, August 2003-May 2005 and August 2006-May 2008 (elected position).
Site Steward, Arizona State Historic Preservation Office and Coconino National Forest, May 2001-present (volunteer position).
International Exchange Coordinator, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, 1999-present.
Member, School of Communication Publication Board, September 2000-December 2001.
University Program Review Committee, Northern Arizona University, September 1997-May 2000 (elected position). Member of subcommittees for Chemistry, Humanities, Anthropology and Honors. Chair of Sociology subcommittee.
Janet Schnorr Memorial Scholarship Committee, Women's Studies Program, Northern Arizona University, Spring 1996 and Spring 1998.
Flagstaff City Library Advisory Board, May 1995 to September 1996.