VITA OF JAMES W
VITA OF JAMES W. CHESEBRO
as of June 30, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Main Headings: Page
Education 2
Academic Positions 2
Post-Doctoral Awards and Honors 2
Presented by Communication Associations and Universities 2
Presented by Professional Honor Societies 3
Recognized Research Productivity 4
Major Administrative Positions 4
Publications - 5
National Publications 5
Books and Monographs 5
Journal Articles and Chapters 5
Regional Publications 8
State Publications 9
Book Reviews, Special Publications, and Newsletter Reports 9 Convention Papers— 11
National Convention Papers 11 Regional Convention Papers 14
State Convention Papers 17
National Convention Activities 19
Regional Convention and State Activities 22
Guest and Public Lectures 26
Teaching— 28
Graduate Seminars 28
Undergraduate Courses 29
Graduate Student Advisement 30
Service— 31
National Professional Service 31
Regional and State Professional Service 34
Departmental Service 35
College and University Service 37
Debate and Forensic Experience 38
Unpublished Materials 39
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Office Address: James W. Chesebro, Ph.D. / Distinguished Professor of Telecommunications /214 David Letterman Communication and Media Building / Department of Telecommunications / Ball State University (BSU) / 2000 West University Avenue / Muncie, IN 47306-0540. Chesebro’s Office Telephone: 765.285.1491. Email: jwchesebro@bsu.edu or jchesebro@ma.. Chesebro’s Webpage: .
VITA OF JAMES W. CHESEBRO
EDUCATION
1. Ph.D., Speech-Communication, University of Minnesota, 1972.
2. M.S., Speech-Communication, Illinois State University, 1967.
3. B.A., Speech-Communication, University of Minnesota, 1966.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
1. Distinguished Professor of Telecommunications (Fall 2005 to present); Department of Telecommunications; 214
David Letterman Communication and Media Building; College of Communication, Information, and Media; Ball
State University; 2000 West University Avenue; Muncie, IN 47306-0540.
2. Professor (Fall 1992 to 2005); Department of Communication; Indiana State University; Terre Haute,
IN 47809.
3. Visiting Professor (June 1-5, 2004), Department of Communication, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
58105-5075.
4. Visiting Professor (2002-2004), Center for Media Design and Department of Communication Studies, Ball State
University, Muncie, IN 47306, as part of a $20 million project funded by Lilly Endowment.
5. Adjunct Professor (Fall 1989 to Spring 1992); Department of Communication; George Mason University;
Fairfax, Virginia 22030.
6. Professor (January 1, 1987 to August 31, 1989) and Associate Professor (1981-1986); Department of
Communication Arts and Sciences; Queens College of the City University of New York; Flushing, New York 11367.
7. Associate Professor (1977-1981) and Assistant Professor (1972-1976); Department of Speech; Temple
University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122.
8. Visiting Professor (Fall 1980); Department of English's Division of Speech Communication; University of Puerto
Rico; San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931.
9. Teaching Associate (1969-1972); Department of Speech Communication; University of Minnesota;
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
10. Instructor (1967-1969); Department of Speech; Concordia College; Moorhead, Minnesota 56560; 1967 to
1969.
11. Teaching Assistant (1966-1967); Department of Speech Communication; Illinois State University; Normal,
Illinois 61761.
POST-DOCTORAL AWARDS AND HONORS
Post-Doctoral Awards and Honors
Presented by Professional Communication Associations
and Universities and Colleges
1. Recipient, “Centennial Scholar of Communication” award, Eastern Communication Association, April 2009.
2. Recipient, “ Centennial Scholar Voices of Diversity” award, Eastern Communication Association, April 2009.
3. Recipient, “Centennial Scholar Applied Communication” Award, Eastern Communication Association, April
2009.
4. Recipient, “Scholar Award for Communication Excellence in Ethics Education for the Mind, Heart, and Spirit,”
Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies, Duquesne University, April 2009.
5. Recipient, 2008 Donald H. Ecroyd and Caroline Drummond Ecroyd Teaching Excellence Award, Eastern
Communication Association, May 3, 2008.
6. Recipient, 2007 College of Communication, Information and Media “Researcher of the Year,” Ball State
University, Spring 2007.
7. Selected, Phi Kappa Phi, Ball State University Chapter of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi,
initiated on October 16, 2005.
8. Recipient, “SCAPR Outstanding Career in Research Award” in “recognition for his excellent career in research
and contribution to the communication field,” Speech Communication Association, December 6, 2003.
9. Recipient, “Robert J. Kibler Memorial Award,” November 3, 2001, National Communication Association,
Atlanta, GA, for “demonstrated dedication to excellence, commitment to the profession, concern for others,
visions of what could be, acceptance of diversity and forthrightness.”
10. Recipient, “2001 Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts and Sciences,” April 17, 2001, Indiana State
University, Terre Haute, IN 40809.
11. Selected Member in 2001, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Indiana State University chapter, Terre Haute, IN.
9. Recipient, “President’s Medal of Indiana State University” in “recognition” of “exemplary performance as a
faculty member at Indiana State University,” awarded by Indiana State University President John W. Moore at
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, October 25, 1999.
10. Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, National Kenneth Burke Society, May 1999.
11. Selected, Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Eastern Communication Association, April 1998.
12. Selected, one of the three "ECA Scholars" (Everett Lee Hunt Award for Outstanding Scholarship Selection
Committee) of the Eastern Communication Association, 1998-1999.
13. Recipient, "Samuel L. Becker Distinguished Service Award," National Communication Association[1],
November 1997.
14. Recipient, "Everett Lee Hunt Award for Outstanding Scholarship," Eastern Communication Association,
April 1997, for the volume Analyzing Media: Communication Technologies as Symbolic and Cognitive Systems
(New York, NY: Guilford Publications, Inc., 1996), 240 pages, coauthored with Dale A. Bertelsen.
15. Selected, Distinguished Research Fellow, Eastern Communication Association, April 1996.
16. University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts' "Alumnus of Notable Achievement," June 1994.
17. Recipient, "Distinguished Service Award," National Kenneth Burke Society, May 1993.
18. Recipient, "Jose De Diego Award for Outstanding Service to SCAPR and to the Hispanic Community,"
Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, December 1990.
19. Recipient, "Distinguished Service Award," Eastern Communication Association, May 1989.
20. Recipient, "Everett Lee Hunt Scholarship Award," Eastern Communication Association, May 1989, for
"Epistemology and Ontology as Dialectical Modes in the Writings of Kenneth Burke," Communication
Quarterly, 36 (Summer 1988), 175-191.
21. Recipient, "Golden Anniversary Prize Fund Award--Monograph Award," National Communication
Association, November 1985, for "The Media Reality: Epistemological Functions of Media in Cultural Systems,"
in Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 2 (June 1985), 111-130.
22. Recipient, "Distinguished Service Award," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, December 1982.
23. Selected, one of the four "ECA Scholars" of the Eastern Communication Association, 1983-1984.
24. Research Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities, summer 1974.
Post-Doctoral Awards and Honors
Presented by Professional Honor Societies
25. Listed, Who’s Who in the 21st Century (First Edition), late 2001.
26. Listed, Who’s Who in America, 55th edition (2001) through 61st edition (2007).
27. Listed, Who’s Who in the World, 15th (1997) through 18th edition (2000).
28. Listed, Who’s Who in American Education, 6th edition through 7th edition (December 2005).
29. Listed, Who's Who in the East.
30. Listed, Who's Who in the Midwest, 25th edition (1996-1997) through the 26th edition (1998-1999).
31. Listed, Directory of American Scholars, American Council of Learned Societies, 9th and 10th (mid-2001)
editions.
32. Listed, 21st Century Award for Achievement, June 15, 2001.
33. Listed, Who's Who in the Media and Communications, 1st edition, 1998-1999.
34. Listed, Outstanding People of the 20th Century, International Biographical Centre, 1998 and 2000.
35. Listed, 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 20th Century, International Biographical Centre, mid-2000.
36. Listed, Who's Who in Entertainment, 3rd edition, 1998-1999.
37. Listed, Dictionary of International Biography, International Biographical Centre, 28th and 29th (mid-2001)
editions.
38. Listed, Men of Achievement, International Biographical Centre.
39. Listed, Contemporary Authors.
40. Listed, International Man of the Year, International Biographical Centre, 2000/2001.
41. Listed, Men & Women of Distinction, International Biographical Centre.
Recognized Research Productivity
42. Identified as one of the top fifty most prolific or frequently published communication scholars in the
United States of the some 15,000 people who have ever published in communication journals listed in the Index to Journals In Communication Studies Through 1995 between 1915 and 2001, and specifically identified as one of the "top ranked active scholars in communication studies," "in the top 1%" and one of "the 100 top-ranked active scholars," with a specific ranking of 40th of the 15,228 authors considered.[2] Additional, identified as the 10th ranked of "25 Most Prolific Active Administrators as Researchers in National Communication, 1915-1990."[3] Also, identified as the 34th ranked of the “list of the top 102 researchers in the field” based on a “combination of both articles and books published.”[4]
MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
1. Director, Department of Telecommunications’ digital storytelling master’s program, Department of
Telecommunication, Ball State University, Fall 2005 to present.
2. University-wide assessment programs:
A. Chair, Assessment Advisory Committee, University-level, 1997-2000; and Member, Assessment
Advisory Committee, University-level, 1995 to 2000.
B. Coordinator of Assessment, "Transforming the First Year Experience: A Model for Fortifying
Student Resolve to Succeed," a University-wide project sponsored by a Lilly Endowment grant of $2 million, August 1, 1997 to August 30, 1999.
3. President and Chief Administrative Officer, National Communication Association, 5105 Backlick Road,
Building E, Annandale, VA 22003, in 1996. Also:
A. Second Vice President, 1994.
B. First Vice President, 1995.
C. Immediate Past President, 1997.
4. Chair; Department of Communication; Indiana State University; Terre Haute, Indiana 47809; August 10,
1992 through July 7, 1995.
5. Director of Education Services; National Office of the National Communication Association (5105
Backlick Road, Building E; Annandale, Virginia 22003); July 1, 1989 to July 30, 1992.
6. Deputy Chair; Department of Communication Arts and Sciences; Queens College of CUNY (Flushing,
NY 11367); September 1, 1988 through June 30, 1989 and July 1, 1985 through December 31, 1987.
7. Assistant Director; Queens College Business and Liberal Arts Program (Flushing, NY 11367); September
1988 through May 1989.
8. Acting Chair; Department of Communication Arts and Sciences; Queens College of CUNY (Flushing,
NY 11367); January 1, 1988 through August 31, 1988.
9. Chair; Publications Board; Administrative Committee; National Communication Association; January 1,
1986 through December 31, 1988.
10. President and Chief Administrative Officer, Eastern Communication Association, 1982-1983.
11. A complete list of related administrative experiences is listed below under "Service."
PUBLICATIONS
National Publications
Books and Major Monographs
1. Editor, A Century of Transformation: Studies in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Eastern Communication Association (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).
2. Analyzing Media: Communication Technologies as Symbolic and Cognitive Systems (New York, NY:
Guilford Publications, Inc., 1996), 240 pages, with ISBN 1-57230-154-6, coauthored with Dale A. Bertelsen. Awarded the Everett Lee Hunt Award for Outstanding Scholarship by the Eastern Communication Association in April 1997. Paperback version issued with ISBN 1-57230-154-6 in September 1998. New paperback printing of this volume with ISBN 1-57230-419-7 in 2004.
3. Editor, Extensions of the Burkeian System (Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1993), xxi +
350 pages. Frank Harmon [Review of Extensions of the Burkeian System], in the Southern Communication Journal, 59 (Spring 1994), pages 269-270. Elizabeth Newton, [Review of Extensions of the Burkeian System], in the Southern Communication Journal, 60 (Fall 1994), page 88. Andrew King, [Review of Extensions of the Burkeian System], in Kenneth Burke Society Newsletter, X (June 1995), 1-3.
4. Editor, Methods of Rhetorical Criticism: A Twentieth-Century Perspective, Detroit, MI: Wayne State
University Press, 1990) rev. 3rd ed.; coedited with B.L. Brock and R.L. Scott; 518 pages. As of June 2009, this volume had sold 4,745 copies.
5. Computer-Mediated Communication: Human Relationships in a Computerized World (Tuscaloosa, AL:
University of Alabama Press, 1989); coauthored with D. G. Bonsall; xi + 275 pages.
6. Editor, Gayspeak: Gay Male and Lesbian Communication (New York: The Pilgrim Press of the United
Church, 1981), 367 pages.
7. Orientations to Public Communication (Chicago, Illinois: Science Research Associates, Inc./IBM, 1976),
40 pages, coauthored with C.D. Hamsher. Also, an Instructor's Manual, 6 pages.
8. Public Policy Decision-Making Systems Analysis and Comparative Advantages Debate (New York: Harper
& Row, 1973); coauthored with B.L. Brock, J.F. Cragan, and J.F. Klumpp; 173 pages.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
1. “A History of the Eastern Communication Association, Its 100th Anniversary, and This 100th Anniversary
Volume” (pp. 3-34) in J. W. Chesebro (Editor), A Century of Transformation: Studies in Honor of the 100th
Anniversary of the Eastern Communication Association (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).
2. “Transformations Created by Digital Communication Technologies” (pp. 341-374) in J. W. Chesebro (Editor), A Century of Transformation: Studies in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Eastern Communication
Association (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010), coauthored with Michael Holmes.
3. “Introduction to Chapter 19” (pp. 388-390) in J. W. Chesebro (Editor), A Century of Transformation: Studies in
Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Eastern Communication Association (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).
4. “Qualitative Research” (pp. 449-486) in J. S. Wrench, C. Thomas-Maddox, V. P. Richmond, and J. C.
McCroksey’s Quantitative Research Methods for Communication: A Hands-On Approach (New York: Oxford
University Press, 2008).
5. “Strategic Transformations in Power and the Nature of International Communication Theory,” China Media
Research, 3 (July 2007), pp. 1-13. Coauthored with Jung Kyu Kim and Donggeol Lee. Reprinted in: China
Media Reports Overseas, 4 (April 2009), pp. 8-21. Reprinted in: Euro American Communication and the
Establishment of Non-Euro American-Centric Communication, ed. By J. Z. Edmondson (Hangzhou, Zhejiang,
China: Zhejihan
University Press, 2009), pp. 371-393.
6. “Remembering Bernard L. Brock,” K. B. Journal, The Online Journal of the National Kenneth Burke Society, 3
(Fall 2006), pp. 1-6.
7. “James W. Chesebro, 1996 President, National Communication Association,” Review of Communication, 6 (July
2006), 252-264.
8. “The Discipline of Communication in Higher Education: Mutually Defining and Reciprocal Relationships,”
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 29 (January 2000), 26-39, coauthored with
David W. Worley.
9. “Multiculturalism and the Burkeian System: Limitations and Extensions” (pp. 167-188) in Kenneth Burke and
the 21st Century, edited by Bernard L. Brock. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1999.
10. "Distinguishing Cultural Systems: Change as a Variable Explaining and Predicting Cross-Cultural
Communication" (pp. 177-192) in Communication and Identity Across Cultures, edited by D. V. Tanno & A. Gonzalez (International and Intercultural Communication Annual, Vol. 21). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998.
11. "Change, Nation-States, and the Centrality of a Communication Perspective" (pp. 215-225) in
Communication and Identity Across Cultures, edited by D. V. Tanno & A. Gonzalez (International and Intercultural Communication Annual, Vol. 21). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998.
12. “Performance Studies as Paradox, Culture, and Manifesto: A Future Orientation” (pp. 310-319) in The Future
of Performance Studies: Visions and Revisions, edited by Sheron J. Dailey. Annandale, VA: National Communication Association, 1998.
13. "Media as Symbolic and Cognitive Systems" (pp. 304-309) in Communication: Views from the Helm for
the 21st Century, edited by J. S. Trent (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1998).
14. "Introduction to the `Candlelight March and Celebration of Diversity,'" in Diversity: Celebration and
Commitment, edited by Sheron J. Dailey (Annandale, VA: National Communication Association, 1997), pp. 4-
5.
15. "Ethical Communication and Sexual Orientation," in Communication Ethics in an Age of Diversity, edited
by Josina M. Makau and Ronald C. Arnett (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1997), pp. 126-
151.
16. "Communication Technologies as Cognitive Systems," in Toward the Twenty-First Century: The Future of
Speech Communication, ed. by Julia Wood and Richard Gregg (Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc., 1995),
pages 15-46.
17. "Kenneth Burke and Jacques Derrida," in Kenneth Burke and Contemporary Western Thought: A Rhetoric
in Transition, ed. by Bernard L. Brock (Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, June 1995), Chapter 5, pp. 166-206
18. "Strategies for Increasing Achievement in Oral Communication," in Educating Everybody's Children:
Diverse Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners, ed. by Robert W. Cole (Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1995), pp. 139-165.
19. “Educational analyzes including "Standards for Evaluating and Justifying a Department of Communication"
(pp. 89-94), "The Discipline of Communication as Classified and Defined by the U.S. Department of
Education" (pp. 109-120), "Rationales for Speech Communication as an Academic Program" (pp. 125130),
"Oral Communication Competency and Assessment as a Component of College and University Accreditation"
(pp. 197-206), and "Undergraduate Communication Curriculum" (pp. 329-331), all in Consulting and Program
Assessment Service: 1995 Portfolio (Annandale, VA: National Communication Association, 1995).
20. "Extending the Burkeian System: A Response to Tompkins and Cheney," Quarterly Journal of Speech, 80
(February 1994), 83-90.
21. "Reflections on Gay and Lesbian Rhetoric," in R. Jeffrey Ringer, Ed., Queer Words, Queer Images:
Communication and the Construction of Homosexuality (New York: New York University Press, 1994), pp.
77-88.
22. "Scholarship Reconsidered: Its Impact on the Communication Disciplines," Journal of the Association for
Communication Administration, Numbers 3 and 4 (August/October 1993), pp. 14-18.
23. "Communication Apprehension and Self-Perceived Communication Competence of At-Risk Students";
Communication Education; 41 (October 1992); coauthored with James C. McCroskey, Deborah F. Atwater, Rene M. Bahrenfuss, Gordon Cawelti, James L. Gaudino, and Helene Hodges; pp. 345-360.
24. "Extensions of the Burkeian System," Quarterly Journal of Speech, 78 (August 1992), pp. 356-368.
25. "Preparing for the Future: Faculty Development Issues in the Year 2000," Association for Communication
Administration Bulletin, Issue #76 (April 1991), pp. 11-24.
26. "Archetypal Criticism"; Communication Education; 39; 4 (October 1990); coauthored with Dale Bertelsen
and Thomas Gencarelli; pp. 257-274.
27. "Text, Narration, and Media," Text and Performance Quarterly, 9, 1 (January 1989), 1-23. Abstracted in
Communication Abstracts, Volume 12, Number 5, October 1989, p. 564.
28. "Diversity as Scholarly Enrichment in SCA's Publication Program," Women's Studies in Communication,
12 (Spring 1989), pp. 11-19.
29. "Computer Science as a Rhetoric," in Information and Behavior: Volume 2, ed. by Brent D. Ruben (New
Brunswick, NJ: Transactions Books, 1988), pages 74-91.
30. "Communication, Values, and Popular Television Series--An Eleven Year Assessment," in
INTER/MEDIA: Interpersonal Communication in a Media World, ed. by Gary Gumpert and Robert Cathcart, 3rd edition (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986), pages 477-512.
31. "Musical Patterns and Particular Musical Experiences," Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 3 (June
1986), pages 256-260.
32. "Computer-Mediated Interpersonal Communication," in Information and Behavior: Volume 1, ed. by
Brent D. Ruben (New Brunswick, NJ: Transactions Books, 1985), pages 202- 222.
33. "Popular Music as a Mode of Communication, 1955-1982," Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 2,
(June 1985), pages 115-135, coauthored with Davis A. Foulger, Jay E. Nachman, and Andrew Yannelli.
34. "A National Information Act," Intel Innovator, 5, (September/October 1984), pages 2-3.
35. "The Media Reality: Epistemological Functions of Media in Cultural Systems," Critical Studies in Mass
Communication, 1 (June 1984), pages 111-130. The National Communication Association awarded this essay its "Golden Anniversary Prize Fund Award--Monograph Award," in November 1985.
36. "Communication, Values, and Popular Television Series--A Seven Year Assessment," in INTER/MEDIA:
Interpersonal Communication in a Media World, ed. by Gary Gumpert and Robert Cathcart, 2nd edition (New York: Oxford University Press, 1982), pages 468-519.
37. "The Soap Opera as a Communication System," in INTER/MEDIA: Interpersonal Communication in a Media
World, ed. by Gary Gumpert and Robert Cathcart, 2nd edition (New York: Oxford University Press, 1982), pages 250-261, coauthored with John Glenn.
38. "Homosexuality as a Communication Variable," in Intercultural Communication: A Reader, ed. by Larry
A. Samovar and Richard E. Porter, 3rd edition (Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1982), pages 162-185.
39. "Gay Masculinity in the Gay Disco," in Gayspeak: Gay Male and Lesbian Communication, ed. by James
W. Chesebro (New York: The Pilgrim Press of the United Church, 1981), pages 87-103, coauthored with
Kenneth L. Klenk.
40. "Paradoxical Views of 'Homosexuality' in the Rhetoric of Social Scientists: A Fantasy Theme Analysis,"
Quarterly Journal of Speech, 66 (April 1980), pages 127-139.
41 "Communication, Values, and Popular Television Series--A Four Year Assessment," in:
(A) Television: The Critical View, ed. by Horace Newcomb, 4th ed. (New York: Oxford University Press,
1987), pages 17-51.
(B) INTER/MEDIA: Interpersonal Communication in a Media World, ed. by Gary Gumpert and Robert
Cathcart (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979), pages 528-560.
(C) Television: The Critical View, ed. by Horace Newcomb, 3rd edition (New York: Oxford University
Press, 1982), pages 8-46.
(D) Television: The Critical View, ed. by Horace Newcomb, 2nd edition (New York: Oxford University
Press, 1979), pages 16-54.
42. "Contemporary Rhetorical Theory and Criticism: A Selected, Annotated Basic Bibliography," originally
published in December 1972 and revised and updated in August 1979, distributed by the National Communication Association (Falls Church, Virginia).
43. "Political Communication," Quarterly Journal of Speech, 62 (October 1976), pages 289-300.
44. "Contemporary Rhetorical Theory and Criticism: Dimensions of the New Rhetoric," Speech Monographs,
42 (November 1975), pages 311-334, coauthored with Caroline D. Hamsher.
45. "Communication, Values, and Popular Television Series," in:
(A) Journal of Popular Culture, 8 (Spring 1975), pages 589/3-603/17.
(B) Communication in Popular Culture, ed. by Robert J. Brake (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green
Popular Press, 1975), pages 3-17.
(C) Television: The Critical View, ed. by Horace Newcomb (New York: Oxford University Press, 1976),
pages 6-25.
46. "Rhetorical Criticism: A Message-Centered Procedure," The Speech Teacher, 22 (November 1973), pages
282-290, coauthored with Caroline D. Hamsher.
47. "The Small Group Technique of the Radical Revolutionary: A Synthetic Study of Consciousness Raising,"
Speech Monographs, 40 (June 1973), pages 136-146, coauthored with John F. Cragan and Patricia McCullough.
48. "A Movement Perspective of the 1972 Presidential Campaign," Quarterly Journal of Speech, 59 (April
1973), pages 168-179, coauthored with Herbert W. Simons and C. Jack Orr.
Regional Publications
1. “The Role of the Internet in Presidential Campaigns,” Communication Studies, 60 (November-December 2009), pp. 574-588, coauthored with Timothy D. Pollard and David Paul Studinski.
2. “What Makes Qualitative Research Qualitative?” Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, 8 (October 2007), No. 1, pp. 3-14.
3. “Media Constructions of Mass Murder-Suicides as Drama: The New York Times’ Symbolic Construction of
Mass Murder-Suicides,” Communication Quarterly, 54 (November 2006), pp. 1-19.
4. “Communication, Values, and Popular Television Series—A Twenty-Five Year Assessment and Final
Conclusions,” Communication Quarterly, 51 (Fall 2003), 367-416.
5. “Media and Political Transformations: Revolutionary Changes of the World’s Cultures,” Communication
Quarterly, 51, 2 (Winter 2003), 126-153, coauthored with David T. McMahan.
6. “Goading the Discipline Towards Unity: Teaching Communication in an Internet Environment—A Policy
Research Analysis,” Communication Quarterly, 50 (officially published in the Spring 2002 issue, but because of
a delayed association publication schedule, the Spring 2002 issue was actually published in February 2003),
171-191.
7. “The Development of a Perceived Masculinity Scale,” Communication Quarterly, 49 (officially published in the
Summer 2001 issue, but because of a delayed association publication schedule, the Summer 2001 issue was
actually published in June 2002), 203-278.
8. “Communication Technologies as Symbolic Form: Cognitive Transformations Generated by the Internet,”
Qualitative Research Reports, 1, 1 (Winter 2000), pp. 8-13. This first issue of QRR appeared at the end of the
Summer 1999 issue of Communication Quarterly, volume 47, number 3.
9. "How to Get Published," Communication Quarterly, 41 (Fall 1993), pp. 373-382.
10. "Communication and Computability: The Case of Alan Mathison Turing," Communication Quarterly, 40
(Winter 1993), pp. 90-121.
11. "Communication, Values, and Popular Television Series--A Seventeen Year Assessment," Communication
Quarterly, 39, 3 (Summer 1991), pp. 197-225.
12. "Epistemology and Ontology as Dialectical Modes in the Writings of Kenneth Burke,"
Communication Quarterly, 36, 3 (Summer 1988), 175-191:
(A) The Eastern Communication Association awarded this essay its Everett Lee Hunt Scholarship
Award in 1989.
(B) Reprinted in: Landmark Essays on Kenneth Burke, edited by Barry Brummett (Davis, CA:
Hermagoras Press, 1993), pp. 135-152.
13. "The Peer Review System," Communication Quarterly, 35 (Fall 1987), inside cover, iv, & v.
14. "From the 50th to the 75th: ECA History through the Eyes of ECA Presidents--The 1980's,"
Communication Quarterly, 33 (Winter 1985), pages 12-16.
15. Editor's Introduction" to "Dramatism as Ontology or Epistemology: A Symposium," Communication
Quarterly, 33 (Winter 1985), pages 17-18.
16. "The Symbolic Construction of Social Realities: A Case Study in the Rhetorical Criticism of Paradox,"
Communication Quarterly, 32 (Winter 1984), pages 164-171.
17. "Illness as a Rhetorical Act: A Cross-Cultural Perspective," in:
(A) Communication Quarterly, 30 (Fall 1982), pages 321-331; and
(B) Sunday San Juan Star, November 29, 1981, pages 12 and 13 (2,000 word excerpt).
18. "Implications of a Systems Model of Analysis on Argumentation Theory," Journal of the American
Forensic Association, 11 (Summer 1974), pages 1-7, coauthored with B. L. Brock, J. F. Cragan, and J. F. Klumpp.
19. "The Concession Speech: The MacArthur-Agnew Analog," Speaker and Gavel, 11 (January 1974), pp.
39-54, coauthored with Caroline D. Hamsher.
20. "Cultures in Conflict--A Generic and Axiological View," Today's Speech, 21 (Spring 1973), pages 11-20.
21. "The Rhetorical Implications of the Shooting of George Wallace," Speaker and Gavel, 9 (May 1972),
pages 130-133, coauthored with Bernard L. Brock.
22. "Rhetorical Strategies of the Radical-Revolutionary," Today's Speech, 20 (Winter 1972), pages 3748.
23. "Beyond the Orthodox: The Criteria Case," Journal of the American Forensic Association, 7 (Winter
1971), pages 208- 215.
24. "The Rhetoric of Alignment: Can Nixon's Quest for Power Unite the Nation?" Speaker and Gavel, 7
(Spring 1970), pages 77-84.
25. "A Construct for Assessing Ethics in Communication," Central States Speech Journal, 20 (Summer 1969),
pages 104-114.
26. "The Comparative Advantages Case," Journal of the American Forensic Association, 5 (Spring 1968),
pages 57-63. Reprinted in The Comparative Advantages Debate, ed. by David Zarefsky (Championship Debates, 1971).
State Publications
1. “The Role of Academia—and Specifically the Discipline of Communication—in the ‘Real’ World,” [New York
State Speech Communication Association] The Speech Communication Annual, 15 (2001), pp. 1-14. Because of a delay in the NYSSCA publication schedule, this issue was not actually published until April of 2003.
2. James W. Chesebro, “Composing an Academic Life: A Symposium,” [New York State Speech Communication Association] The Speech Communication Annual, 15 (2001), pp. 121-125 of pages Because of a delay in the NYSSCA publication schedule, this issue was not actually published until April of 2003.
3. "Unity and Division within the Discipline of Communication," California Speech Communication Journal,
1 (Fall 1994), pages 55-67.
4. "Menudo: An International Media Construction," coauthored with Joseph M. Ferri, in:
(A) Puerto Rican Communication Studies, ed. by Joan Fayer (San Juan, PR: Fundacion Arqueologica,
Antropologica, e Historica de Puerto Rico, 1993), pages 41-48; and
(B) San Juan Star Magazine, November 24, 1985, pp. 1-3.
5. "Oral Communication Competency and Assessment as a Component of College and University
Accreditation," The Carolinas Speech Communication Annual, 7 (1991), pp. 6-22.
6. "Definition as Rhetorical Strategy," The Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania Annual, 41
(1985), pages 5-15.
7. "On Defining a Minority," Alternative Communications, 5, 1 (1983), 12-18.
8. "Politicizing Education," The Pennsylvania Speech Communication Annual, 29 (July 1973), pages 18-29,
coauthored with Caroline D. Hamsher.
9. "Toward a Generic Conception of Presidential Campaigns," 2 (Fall 1972), pages 4-5; "Sex and
Sexuality--A Revolutionary Ethic," I (Winter 1972), pages 18-29; "Mass Media and the Fine Arts: Re-Examining the Parameters of Rhetoric," 1 (Winter 1972), pages 48-52; "Rhetorical Strategies of the Radical Revolutionary," 1 (Summer 1971), pages 26-35: All in Moments in Contemporary Rhetoric and Communication.
Book Reviews, Special Publications, and Newsletter Reports
1. “ECA to Place All Its Journals and Archives Online,” Eastern Communication Association Newsletter, Fall
2005, pp. 1-2.
2. “Editor’s Top 10 Media Choices, Part 2,” Review of Communication, 5 (April-July 2005), pp. 169-187.
3. “Editor’s Top 10 Media Choices,” Review of Communication, 4 (January/April 2004), pp. 126-131.
4. [Book Review of Critical Literacy in a Digital Era: Technology, Rhetoric, and the Public Interest by Barbara
Warnick]. Rhetoric Review, Volume 22 (2003), pages 97-100.
5. [Book Review of Unending Conversation: New Writings by and about Kenneth Burke, edited by Greig
Henderson and David Cratis Williams]. Rhetoric Review, Volume 21 (2002), pages 105-109.
6. “CSMC Bookends,” Critical Studies in Media Communication, 17 (December 2000), 510-513.
7. “CSMC Bookends,” Critical Studies in Media Communication, 17 (September 2000), 386-395.
8. “CSMC Bookends,” Critical Studies in Media Communication, 17 (June 2000), 232-240.
9. “CSMC Bookends,” Critical Studies in Media Communication, 17 (March 2000), 121-131.
10. “CSMC Bookends,” Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 16 (December 1999), 497-503.
11. “CSMC Bookends,” Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 16 (September 1999), 390-397.
12. “CSMC Bookends,” Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 16 (June 1999), 247-250.
13. “CSMC Bookends,” Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 16 (March 1999), 113-117.
14. “Unity in Diversity: Multiculturalism, Guilt/Victimage, and a New Scholarly Orientation,” Spectra, 32
(December 1996), pp. 10-14.
15. "Why We Need to Change Our Name to the National Communication Association," Spectra, 32
(November 1996), pp. 1 and 22.
16. [Book Review of A Is for Ox: Violence, Electronic Media, and the Silencing of the Written Word by Barry
Sanders and How Things Got Better: Speech, Writing, Printing, and Cultural Change by Henry J. Perkinson]. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 24 (May 1996), pp. 125-129.
17. "Communication Vistas: Futures from a 1996 Perspective: Part 1," Spectra, 32 (September 1996), pp. 2
and 13. Also, this entire address was published in the Eastern Communication Association's newsletter ECA News, 24 (Fall 1996), pp. 7-9.
18. "Communication Vistas: Futures from a 1996 Perspective: Part 2," Spectra, 32 (October 1996), pp. 2 and
12.
19. "The Scholarly Imperative: Fusing Teaching, Research, and Service: Part 1," Spectra, 32 (June 1996), pp.
2 and 16. Also, this entire address was published in the Southern States Communication Association's newsletter Connections, 15 (Summer 1996), pp. 1, 8, 10-13.
20. "The Scholarly Imperative: Fusing Teaching, Research, and Service: Part 2," Spectra, 32 (July 1996), pp.
2 and 16-17.
21. "Dramatism" entry in Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication from Ancient Times to
the Information Age, edited by Theresa Enos (pp. 200-201) (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1996).
22. "SCA Awards Recognize Outstanding Achievement," Spectra, 32 (January 1996), pp. 1 & 10-14.
23. "SCA LC Takes Action on Affirmative Action," Spectra, 32 (January 1996), p. 2.
24. "Four Featured Speakers Highlight SCA's Convention," Spectra, 31 (August 1995), pages 4 and 5.
25. "Special Programs and Events at SCA's San Antonio Convention," Spectra, 31 (August 1995), pages 6
and 7.
26. "Highlights of the 1995 Convention Site and Events," Spectra, 30 (December 1994), pages 1, 2, and 7.
27. "Instructional Communication and Communication Education." [Book Review of the ten volumes in the
Burgess Series on Communication in Instruction, including: James C. McCroskey, An Introduction to Communication in the Classroom (Volume 1, pp. x + 221); Virginia P. Richmond, Nonverbal Communication in the Classroom (Volume 2, pp. x + 221); James C. McCroskey and Virginia P. Richmond, Communication in Educational Organizations (Volume 3, pp. xi + 198), and the other 7 volumes, all published by Burgess Publishing (Edina, MN)]. Communication Quarterly, 41 (Fall 1993), pp. 495-498.
28. Pathways to Careers in Communication [Annandale, VA: National Communication Association (NCA)],
3rd edition, April 1993, 16 pages. Also, a first edition was previously published by NCA in November 1989, 12 pages; and, a second edition was published by NCA in November 1990, 12 pages. Some 35,000 copies of the first and second editions were sold by NCA.
29. "Histories of Communication: A Bibliography," May 1992, 5 pages, produced and distributed by the
National Communication Association, Annandale, VA.
30. "Undergraduate Degrees in Communication Increase," Spectra, 27, No. 9 (October 1991), pp. 1-2.
31. Guidelines for Developing Oral Communication Curricula in Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
(Annandale, VA: National Communication Association, September 1991), 49 pages, coauthored with Pamela Cooper.
32. [Book Review of Laws of Media: The New Science by Marshall and Eric McLuhan]. Quarterly Journal of
Speech, 77, 3 (August 1991), pp. 378-380.
33. "Dramatizing Technology: Extrapolating a Future from the Writings of Kenneth Burke," Kenneth Burke
Society Newsletter, 6, 1 (April 1990), pp. 1-3.
34. "SCA Consulting Service," Spectra, 26 (January 1990), p. 2.
35. "Pathways to Careers," Spectra, 25 (December 1989), p. 4.
36. "National Standards," Spectra, 25 (November 1989), p. 2.
37. "Media Pathologies [Book Review of Information Anxiety by Richard Saul Wurman]. Communication
Quarterly, 37, 4 (Fall 1989), pp. 346-348.
38. "Forming Alliances," Spectra, 25 (October 1989), p. 4.
39. "Dramatism as an Interdisciplinary Perspective" [Book Review of The Legacy of Kenneth Burke, edited by
Herbert W. Simons and Trevor Melia]. The Kenneth Burke Society Newsletter, 5, (October 1989), pp. 3-4.
40. "A Renewed Teaching Emphasis," Spectra, 25 (September 1989), pp. 2-3.
41. "Quarterly Journal of Speech Reader Survey Results," Spectra, 23 (March 1988), p. 6.
42. "SCA Publication Outlets: A Comparative Assessment," Spectra, 22 (October 1987), pages 7-8.
43. "The Peer Review System," Communication Quarterly, 35 (Fall 1987), pages ii, iv, and v.
44. "Form and Genre Revisited" [Book Review of Form, Genre, and the Study of Political Discourse, edited
by Herbert W. Simons and Aram A. Aghazarian]. Communication Quarterly, 35 (Spring 1987), pages 219-220.
45. "1985 SCA Reader Survey Results," Spectra, 22 (November 1986), page 16.
46. "A Future for Communication Quarterly," ECA Newsletter, 14 (Fall 1986), page 4.
47. "A Media Perspective: One Point of View" [Book Review of No Sense of Place: The Impact of Electronic
Media on Social Behavior by Joshua Meyrowitz]. Communication Quarterly, 34 (Spring 1986), pages 207-208.
CONVENTION PAPERS
National Convention Paper
1. “The Paradox of Same-Sex Marriage,” National Communication Association convention, San Diego, CA,
November 2008.
2. “The Radical Impulse: A Reconstruction of a Professional Effort in the Late 1970s,” National Communication
Association convention, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
3. “Media Effects Research: The Transformation from a Rational-Systems-Narrative Scheme to Emotions,”
National Communication Association convention, San Antonio, TX, November 2006.
4. “The Internet as a Dramatistic Site of Symbolic Action,” National Communication Association convention, San
Antonio, TX, November 2006.
5. “Characteristics and a Placement of Marshall McLuhan’s 1943 Ph.D. Dissertation,” National Communication
Association convention, San Antonio, TX, November 2006.
6. “Remembering Bernard L. Brock,” National Communication Association convention, San Antonio, TX,
November 2006.
7. “R. Anthony Slagle: Scholarly Strategies of a New Generation,” National Communication Association
convention, San Antonio, TX, November 2006.
8. “Three Years Later—A Celebration and Review of Queer Theory and Communication: From Disciplining
Queers to Queering the Discipline(s),” National Communication Association convention, San Antonio, TX,
November 2006.
9. “Identification and Division as Critical Concepts Explaining Masculinity in the United States and Japan,”
National Communication Association, November 2005, Boston, MA.
10. “Media Constructions of Mass Murder-Suicides as Drama: The New York Times’ Symbolic Constructions of
Five Mass Murder-Suicides Over a Twenty-Year Period from 1978 through 1997,” Triennial Conference of the
Kenneth Burke Society, July 10-12, 2005, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
11. “A Toast to Jim Gaudino,” National Communication Association convention, Miami Beach, FL, November
2003.
12. “September 11, 2001—One Year Later: Student Voices from the Great Plains of the Midwest,” National
Communication Association convention, New Orleans, LA, November 2002.
13. “Theoretical Fidelity: Implications of a Consistent and Enduring Orientation in the Discipline of
Communication,” National Communication Association convention, New Orleans, LA, November 2002.
14. “A Burkeian Perspective of Interpersonal Communication: A Confession and Extension,” National
Communication Association convention, New Orleans, LA, November 2002.
15. “Responding to, Placing, and Extending Kenneth Burke’s Auscultation, Creation, and Revision: The Rout of
the Esthetes [and] Literature, Marxism, and Beyond,” National Communication Association, November 2, 2001, Atlanta, GA.
16. “The Effect of Electronic/Computer Mediation on Communication and General Education,” National
Communication Association 2001 Summer Conference, “Engaging 21st Century Communication Students,”
Washington DC, June 7-10, 2001. Three separate presentation of this paper were scheduled and made.
Coauthored with David Worley.
17. “Measuring Learning Community Effectiveness,” National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November
5, 1999.
18. “Communication Technologies as Symbolic Form: Cognitive Transformations Generated by the Internet,”
Summer Conference on the Future of Technology and the Discipline of Communication sponsored by the
National Communication Association, Washington, DC, July 22-24, 1999.
19. “Measuring Learning Community Effectiveness: Conceptions, An Instrument, and Results,” American
Association for Higher Education Assessment Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 15, 1999, coauthored with
Ruth L. Green, Mary Mino, Kevin J. G. Snider, and Ann M. Venable.
20. “The Intellectual Bases for Diversity,” National Communication Association, New York, NY, November 1998.
21. "Justifying Criticism," National Communication Association convention, Chicago, Illinois, November 1997.
22. "Communication Technology: Cultural and Ethnic Communities," National Communication Association
(NCA) and Federacion Latinoamericana de Facultades de Comunicacion Social (FELAFACS)'s First
Communication Conference of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico, February 3, 1997.
23. "Communication Technology: Economic, Cultural, and Ethnic Communities," National Communication
Association (NCA) and Federacion Latinoamericana de Facultades de Comunicacion Social (FELAFACS)'s
First Communication Conference of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico, February 4, 1997.
24. "Incorporating Diversity in the Classroom," National Communication Association (NCA) and Federacion
Latinoamericana de Facultades de Comunicacion Social (FELAFACS)'s First Communication Conference of
the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico, February 4, 1997.
25. Presidential Address, "Unity in Diversity: Multiculturalism, Guilt/Victimage, and A New Scholarly
Orientation," National Communication Association convention, San Diego, CA, November 1996.
26. "Media as Symbolic and Cognitive Systems," National Communication Association convention, San Diego,
CA, November 1996.
27. "Dan F. Hahn: Colleague, Administrator, and Contributor to the Profession--The Broad View," National
Communication Association convention, San Diego, CA, November 1996.
28. "Joseph Michael Ferri: In Memoriam," National Communication Association convention, San Diego,
CA, November 1996.
29. "Issues Facing Master's Only Graduate Programs," National Communication Association Graduate
Education Summer Conference, July 20, 1996, Washington, D.C.
30. "A Grammar of Motives as Rhetorical Structure and Process," National Communication Association
convention, November 1995, San Antonio, TX.
31. "Conversations with Kenneth Burke: Personal Anecdotes of His Life, His Work, and His Legacy,"
National Communication Association convention, November 1994, New Orleans, LA.
32. "Toward What? Insight and Blindness on the Way to 'Consciousness,"' National Communication
Association convention, November 1993, Miami Beach, FL.
33. "SCA's Role in Influencing Higher Education Policies," National Communication Association convention,
October-November 1992, Chicago, IL.
34. "Communication Technologies as Cognitive Systems," National Communication Association convention,
November 1991, Atlanta, GA.
35. "Extensions of the Burkeian System," National Communication Association convention, November 1991,
Atlanta, GA.
36. "In Honor of Robert L. Scott: The Teacher as Seeker, 1970s," National Communication Association
convention, November 1991, Atlanta, GA.
37. "Communication Apprehension and Self-Perceived Communication Competence of At-Risk Students,"
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Urban Middle Grades Network, July 17-20, 1991,
Boulder, CO.
38. "Mediated Communication: Basic Principles and Applications," National Communication Association
convention, November 1990, Chicago, IL.
39. "A Five-Step Model and Related Resource Materials for Creating an Oral Communication Faculty
Development Workshop," Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's Urban Middle Grades
Network, July 18-22, 1990, Vail, CO.
40. "Communication Competency Assessment and Testing," National Communication Association
Conference on Assessment and Testing, Denver, CO, July 13, 1990, coauthored with James L. Gaudino.
41. "Dramatizing Technology: Extrapolating a Future from the Writings of Kenneth Burke," National
Communication Association convention, November 1989, San Francisco, CA.
42. "Kenneth Burke and Jacques Derrida," National Communication Association convention, November
1988, New Orleans, LA.
43. "Deconstruction Criticism Applied: The Case of Darwin's Origin," National Communication Association
convention, November 1988, New Orleans, LA.
44. "Diversity as Scholarly Enrichment in SCA's Publication Program," National Communication Association
convention, November 1988, New Orleans, LA. Published in Alternative Communications, Vol. XII, No. 2,
September 1990, pp.1-3. Published in Alternative Communications, Vol. XII, No. 2 (September 1990), pp. 1-3.
45. "Not A Love Story as Dialogue," National Communication Association convention, November 1987,
Boston, MA.
46. "Types of Media Cultures," Conference on Culture and Communication, October 1986, Philadelphia, PA.
47. "Neurophysiological Processing of Media Images," National Communication Association convention,
November 1983, Washington, D.C.
48. "The Media Reality: Epistemological Functions of Media in Cultural Systems," Conference on Culture
and Communication, March 1983, Philadelphia, PA.
49. "Homophobia and Male Interpersonal Relationships," National Communication Association convention,
November 1980, New York, NY.
50. "`Gay Masculinity' and the Paradoxical Formation of an Identity: An Ethnographic Analysis of the Gay
Disco," National Popular Culture Association convention, April 1980, Detroit, MI.
51. "Social Movements as a Rhetorical Genre," National Communication Association convention, November
1979, San Antonio, TX.
52. "Scientific Views of Homosexuality," National Communication Association convention, November 1979,
San Antonio, TX.
53. "Popular Music as a Mode of Communication: A Twenty-Five Year Assessment and a Ten Year
Projection, 1955-1989": Different sections of the paper read at:
(A) National Communication Association convention, November 1979, San Antonio, TX.
(B) National Communication Association of Pennsylvania convention, October 1979, Philadelphia, PA.
(C) National Popular Culture Association convention, April 1980, Detroit, MI.
54. "The Law as a Rhetorical Genre," National Communication Association convention, November 1978,
Minneapolis, MN.
55. "A Dramatistic Approach to the Study of Political Campaigns," National Communication Association
convention, November 1978, Minneapolis, MN.
56. "A Research Foundation for the Study of Gay Communication," National Communication Association
convention, November 1978, Minneapolis, MN.
57. "The Language of the Political Elites in the 1976 Presidential Campaign," National Communication
Association convention, December 1976, San Francisco, CA.
58. "Radicals in the 1770s and 1970s: An Analog of Rhetorical Movements," National Communication
Association convention, December 1975, Houston, TX.
59. "Methodologies and the Teaching of Popular Culture in the National Communication Curriculum,"
National Communication Association convention, December 1974, Chicago, IL.
60. "Cultures in Conflict--A Generic and Axiological View," National Communication Association
convention, November 1973, New York, NY.
61. "Nixon on Watergate, April 30, 1973: A Rhetorical Analysis," National Communication Association
convention, November 1973, New York, NY, coauthored with Herbert W. Simons and Karen Gelman.32.
62. "Comparative Advantages Decision-Making," National Communication Association convention,
December 1971, San Francisco, CA.
63. "The Small Group Technique of the Radical Revolutionary," National Communication Association
convention, December 1971, San Francisco, CA.
64. "Kenneth Burke: One Theory Among Many Rhetorics," National Communication Association convention.
December 1971. San Francisco. CA.
Regional Convention Papers
“The Research Agenda for the Discipline of Communication in the Year 2030,” Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, April 2009.
“Extensions of the Burkeian System: The Grammar of Motives Applied to the Analysis of Narrative and Communication Technologies,” Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, April 2009.
“CQ Editor, 1985-1987,” Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, April 2009.
“Magdalene Emma Kramer, 1898-1978: Always a Teacher and Mentor as well as a Significant Historian,” Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, April 2009, coauthored with Linda C. Lederman.
“Defining Virtual Communication,” Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, April 2009, coauthored with Nicholas William Geidner.
“Digital Technologies, the Internet, and Video Games: What New Research Requirements and New Approaches Are Now Required,” Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, April 2009.
7. “Emotions as the Foundation of Dramatism, Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2, 2008,
coauthor with David McMahan.
8. “The Role of the Internet in Presidential Campaigns,” Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2, 2008, coauthored with Timothy D. Pollard and David Paul Studinski.
9. “Joan Martin Fayer: In Memoriam,” Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2, 2008, program
developer, presented a paper, and program chair.
10. “Spotlight on the Scholarship of James C. McCroskey,” Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA,
May 3, 2008.
11. “Spotlight on the Scholarship of Ronald C. Arnett,” Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA, May 3,
2008.
12. “Spotlight on the Scholarship of Judy Cornelia Forman Pearson,” Eastern Communication Association,
Pittsburgh, PA, May 2, 2008.
13. “Creating Identification on the Internet,” Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI, April 27, 2007.
14. “A Transformation in the Basic Media Configuration: From the Traditional Mass Communication Scheme to
the New Digital Configuration,” Central States Communication Association convention, Minneapolis, MN,
March 29, 2007.
15. “Building Community Across Media Studies, Media Education, and Media Ecology,” Eastern Communication
Association, Philadelphia, PA, April 2006.
16. “Remembering Bernard L. Brock,” Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, April 2006.
17. “Theodore Otto Windt, Jr, as a Colleague,” Eastern Communication Association, April 2005, Pittsburgh, PA.
18. “The Absence and Presence of the Word: In Memory of Walter J. Ong,” Eastern Communication Association
convention, Boston, MA, April 24, 2004.
19. “Spotlight on Bernard L. Brock: Distinguished Scholar, Teacher, and Mentor,” Boston, MA, April 24, 2004.
20. “Masculinity as a Symbolic and Social Construction: Comparing Masculinity in the United States and in
India,” Eastern Communication Association convention, Washington, D.C., April 25, 2003, coauthored with K.
Fuse, A. Thaker, D. S. Ghanwat, D. Borisoff, & J. Cohen.
21. “Dan Hahn as Contributor to Professional Organizations,” Eastern Communication Association convention,
Washington, D.C., April 26, 2003.
22. “Does a General Theory of Homosexual/Gay/Queer Communication Exist?” Central States Communication
Association convention, Milwaukee, WI, April 6, 2002.
23. “Exploring the Symbolic and Social Constructions of Masculinity and Sexual Preference in Pornography,”
Eastern Communication Association, April 28, 2000, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
24. “Tensions between the Media Studies Curriculum and the Structure of Communication Departments,” Eastern
Communication Association convention, April 29, 2000, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
25. “Empowering Communication: The Impact of Research,” Eastern Communication Association convention,
April -May 1999, Charleston, WV.
26. “Measuring Learning Community Effectiveness: The Conception, An Instrument, and Preliminary Results,”
Eastern Communication Association convention, April-May 1999, Charleston, WV, coauthored with Ruth L.
Green, Mary Mino, Kevin J. G. Snider, and Ann M. Venable.
27. Keynote Address, "Communication Vistas: Futures from a 1996 Perspective," Eastern Communication
Association convention, April 1996, New York, NY.
28. Keynote Address, "The Scholarly Imperative: Fusing Teaching, Research, and Service," Southern States
Communication Association convention, March 1996, Memphis, TN.
29. "Directions in Scholarship: How to Get Published, Reconsidered," Eastern Communication Association
convention, April 1995, Pittsburgh, PA.
30. "Performing Culture: A Study in Paradox," Central States Communication Association convention, April
1995, Indianapolis, IN.
31. "Literature as Equipment for Living: Sizing Up the Legacy of Kenneth Burke," Central States
Communication Association convention, April 1995, Indianapolis, IN.
32. "Trends in the Evolution of the Discipline of Communication," Eastern Communication Association
convention, April 28-May 1, 1994, Washington, D.C.
33. "Technologies and Cultural Systems as Determinants of Communication," Eastern Communication
Association convention, April 29-May 2, 1993, West Haven, CT.
34. "Technologies as Communication and Cognitive Systems," Midwest Sociological Association convention,
April 1993, Chicago, IL.
35. "Scholarship Reconsidered and Its Impact on the Communication Discipline," Joint Central States
Communication Association convention and Southern States Communication Association convention, April
1993, Lexington, KY.
36. "Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Administrative Issues and Responsibilities," Western States
Communication Association, February 1993, Albuquerque, NM.
37. "Defining Media Studies," Eastern Communication Association convention, April 25-28, 1991, Pittsburgh,
PA.
38. “Legal Status of Oral Communication in the U.S.," with specific adaptations to each of the four regions, at
the: Western Communication Association convention, February 15-19, 1991, Phoenix, AZ; Southern States
Communication Association convention, April 4-7, 1991, Tampa, FL; Central States Communication Association
convention, April 11-14, 1991, Chicago, IL; and Eastern Communication Association convention, April 25-28,
1991, Pittsburgh, PA; coauthored with James L. Gaudino.
39. "Preparing for the Future: Faculty Development Issues in the Year 2000," Eastern Communication
Association convention, April 1990, Philadelphia, PA.
"The Liberal Arts Tradition in a Technological Age," Eastern Communication Association convention,
May 4, 1989, Ocean City, MD.
40. "The Eastern Communication Association from 1977 through 1989," Eastern Communication
Association, May 6, 1989, Ocean City, MD.
41. "Interdisciplinary Prospects in Mass Media," Eastern Communication Association convention, April 30-
May 1, 1988, Baltimore, MD.
42. "Kenneth Burke's Conception of Reality," Central States Speech Communication Association convention,
April 1988, Schaumberg, IL.
43. "The Later Burke: Kenneth Burke's Reconception of Dramatism," Southern Speech Communication
Association convention, April 1988, Memphis, TN.
44. "Narration and Media," Eastern Communication Association convention, May 1987, Syracuse, NY.
45. “Definition and Method in Generic Criticism," Eastern Communication Association convention, May
1986, Syracuse, NY.
46. "Media Cultures," Eastern Communication Association convention, April 30-May 3, 1986, Atlantic City,
NJ.
47. "Purifying Kenneth Burke: A Philosophical View of Kenneth Burke's Grammar and Rhetoric," Eastern
Communication Association convention, April 30-May 3, 1986, Atlantic City, NJ.
48. "A Synoptic Placement of Kenneth Burke's Philosophies Among Competing Rhetorical Perspectives,"
Eastern Communication Association convention, April 30-May 3, 1986, Atlantic City, NJ.
49. "Donald H. Ecroyd: In Memoriam," Eastern Communication Association convention, May 1, 1986,
Atlantic City, NJ.
50. "Epistemology and Ontology as Dialectical Modes in the Writings of Kenneth Burke," Eastern
Communication Association convention, May 1985, Providence, RI.
51. "ECA Volumes Commemorating the State of the Art in the Discipline: Past, Present and Future--The
100th Anniversary Volume," Eastern Communication Association convention, May 1985, Providence, RI.
52. "Computer-Mediated Interpersonal Communication," Eastern Communication Association convention,
March 1984, Philadelphia, PA.
53. "Computer Science as a Rhetoric," Eastern Communication Association convention, March 1984,
Philadelphia, PA.
54. "From the 50th to the 75th: ECA History through the Eyes of ECA Past Presidents--The 1980's,"
Eastern Communication Association convention, March 1984, Philadelphia, PA.
55. "Rhetorical Implications of Artificial Intelligence," Eastern Communication Association convention, April
1983, Ocean City, MD.
56. "Masculine Styles as Modes of Symbolic Action," Eastern Communication Association convention, April
1983, Ocean City, MD.
57. "Dramatism as Reality," Central States Speech convention, April 1983, Lincoln, NE.
58. "Definition as Rhetorical Strategy and Vision," Eastern Communication Association convention, May
1982, Hartford, CT.
59. "A Rhetoric of Deterrence: Media Response to the Attempted Assassination of President Ronald
Reagan," Eastern Communication Association convention, April 1981, Pittsburgh, PA.
60. "Trends and Cycles in Popular Music, 1955-1989," Eastern Communication Association convention, April
22-26, 1980, Ocean City, MD.
61. "Mass Suicide as a Rhetorical Phenomenon: A Dramatistic Analysis of the Jonestown Killings," Western
National Communication Association convention, February 1979, Los Angeles, CA.
62. "A Philosophical Base for Generic Analysis: A Plausible Future for Contemporary Rhetoric," Eastern
Communication Association convention, March 1977, New York, NY.
63. "Rescinding the Sacred: The Rhetoric of Gay Liberation," Eastern Communication Association
convention, March 1975, New York, NY.
64. "Communication Scenarios in the Year 2000," Eastern Communication Association convention, March
1975, New York, NY.
65. "Rhetorical Criticism and the Issue of Intentionality," Central States Speech Association convention,
April 1975, Kansas City, KS.
66. "Graffiti as Communication in the Popular Culture," Central States Speech Association convention, April
1975, Kansas City, KS.
67. "Teaching Political Persuasion--A Social Movement and Message-Centered Perspective," Central States
Speech Association convention, April 1974, Kansas City, KS.
68. "An Expansion of General Systems Theory in Debate," Central States Speech Association convention,
April 1974, Milwaukee, WI, coauthored with Ralph Towne.
69. "Theoretical Approaches to Political Communication," Eastern Communication Association convention,
March 1974, Washington, DC.
70. "Implications of a Systems Model of Analysis on Argumentation Theory," Central States Speech
Association convention, April 1973, Minneapolis, MN, coauthored with Bernard L. Brock, John F. Cragan, and
James F. Klumpp.
71. "Political Persuasion: Modernizing Our Theory of Invention," Speech Communication Association of the
Eastern States convention, March 1973, New York, NY.
State Convention Papers
1. “Transformations in the Study of Intercultural Communication,” Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, December 2005, San Juan, PR.
2. “Thirteen Core Value Dimensions Used to Distinguish World Cultures,” Speech Communication Association of
Puerto Rico convention, San Juan, PR, December 2004.
3. “The Rhetoric of Economics: Exploring the Link Between Communication Technologies and Political
Economies—eBay as a Symbolic Prototype of Digital Capitalism,” Speech Communication Association of
Puerto Rico convention, San Juan, PR, December 2003.
4. “The Internet and the Concept of Audience,” Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico convention,
San Juan, PR, December 2002.
5. “Measuring Masculinity: Initial Findings in the United States and Cross-Cultural Implications,” Speech
Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 2001. Coauthored with Koji Fuse.
6. “Media Transformations: Revolutionary Challenges to the World’s Cultures, Part IV,” Speech Communication
Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 2001. Coauthored with David McMahan.
7. Keynote Address, “Cross-Cultural Communication—Retrospective and Prospective,” Speech Communication
Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 2000. Reprinted in SCAPR Newsletter, Spring 2001, pp.
3-5 and Fall 2001.
8. “Conceptual Development of a Self-Perceived Measure of Masculinity,” Speech Communication Association of
Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 2000.
9. Keynote Address, “The Role of Academia—and Specifically the Discipline of Communication—in the ‘Real’
World,” New York State Communication Association, Kiamesha Lake, Monticello, NY, September 22,
2000.
10 . “Composing an Academic Life,” New York State Communication Association, Kiamesha Lake, Monticello,
NY, September 22, 2000.
11. “Masculinity as a Symbolic and Social Construction in Pornography,” Speech Communication Association of
Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 1999.
11. “Measuring Learning Community Effectiveness--A Preliminary Analysis,” with Kevin J. G. Snider and Ruth
L. Green, Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 1998.
12. “A Second Future for Assessment," Indiana State University Assessment Conference, Terre Haute, IN,
August 21, 1998.
13. "Media Transformations: Revolutionary Challenges to the World's Cultures, Part III," Speech
Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 1997.
14. "Joseph Michael Ferri: In Memoriam," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico convention,
San Juan, PR, December 1996.
15. Keynote Address, "Connecting with Other State Communication Associations and with the Speech
Communication Association," Indiana Speech Communication Association convention, Indianapolis, Indiana, on
September 21, 1996.
16. Keynote Address, "Distinguishing Cultural Systems: Change as a Variable Explaining and Predicting
Cross-Cultural Communication," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico convention, San Juan, Puerto
Rico, December 1996. Published in the Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico's SCAPR Newsletter in
two parts:
A. Part One, Spring 1996, pp. 5-7; and
B. Part Two, Fall 1996, pp. 1-4.
17. "Multiculturalism and the Burkeian System: Limitations and Extensions," Speech Communication
Association of Puerto Rico convention, December 1993.
18. "How to Get Published," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico convention, San Juan, PR,
December 1992.
19. Keynote Address, "Moving Toward a New Century: Promoting the Communication Discipline Amidst
Troubling Times," Kentucky Association of Communication Arts convention, Owensboro, Kentucky, October 19, 1992.
20. "Political Correctness as a Rhetorical Construct," Indiana Speech Communication Association convention,
Indianapolis, IN, September 17, 1992.
21. "Oral Communication Education: Curriculum, Assessment, and Professional Issues in the 1990s," California Speech Communication Association convention, Los Angeles, CA, May 17, 1992.
22. Keynote Address, "The Role of Research in Corporate and Academic Contexts,":
a. Undergraduate Research Conference; St. Thomas College; St. Paul, MN; April 21, 1992; and
b. Department of Communication Arts; New York University; New York, NY; March 19, 1992.
23. "On Defining Ourselves: Divisiveness within the Discipline," Speech Communication Association of
Pennsylvania convention, Scranton, PA, October 1991.
24. "The Teaching-Research Dichotomy," Virginia Speech Communication Association, Richmond, VA, September 1991.
25. "The Origins of the Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico: The Founders' Perspective Ten Years Later,"
Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico convention, December 1990, San Juan, PR, coauthored with
Joseph M. Ferri. Reprinted in Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico Newsletter (January 1991), pp. 1-2,
6.
26. "A National Perspective: Speech, Forensics, and Debate--The Shift from Extracurricular to Curricular,"Fairfax County Public Schools Speech, Forensics, and Debate Inservice Faculty Workshop, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Fairfax, VA August 30, 1990.
27. "The Image of Puerto Rico: Issues and Recommendations," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico
convention, December 1987, San Juan, PR.
28. "Media Transformations: Revolutionary Challenges to the World's Cultures, Part II" Speech Communication
Association of Puerto Rico convention, December 1986, San Juan, PR.
29. Keynote Convention Address, "A Media Perspective of Speech," New Jersey Department of Higher
Education Curriculum Enhancement Conference, April 18, 1986, Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, NJ.
30. "Menudo--An Intercultural Media Construction," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico
convention, December 1985, coauthored with Joseph M. Ferri, San Juan, PR. A videotape production was employed for the actual presentation of this analysis; the citation for this production: Chesebro, J.W. (Producer), Billay, R.G. (Director). (1985). Menudo: An Intercultural Media Construction [Videotape]. Flushing, NY: Television Services of Queens College of the City University of New York. A transcription of the voice-over of this analysis was published verbatim in the San Juan Star, November 24, 1985, pages 1-3, under the title, "Media Event: Is There A Menudo?"
31. Keynote Convention Address, "Media Transformations: Revolutionary Challenges to the World's
Cultures," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico convention, December 1985, San Juan, PR.
32. "Computerized Communication as a Mass Medium in International Communication: Influences and
Origins," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico convention, December 1984, San Juan, PR.
33. "The Computer as an International Communication Medium," Speech Communication Association of
Puerto Rico convention, December 1983, San Juan, PR.
34. "Theorizing about Intercultural Communication," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico
convention, December 1983, San Juan, PR.
35. "Media, Cognition and Culture: An Affinity of Forms Theory," Speech Communication Association of
Puerto Rico convention, December 1982, San Juan, PR.
36. "SCAPR Second Annual Convention Reflections," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico
convention, December 1982, San Juan, PR.
37. Keynote Convention Address, "Media and Cerebral Technologies as Communication Futures," New York
State Speech Communication Association Fortieth "Ruby" Anniversary Convention, October 1982, Syracuse, NY.
38. "Definition as Rhetorical Strategy and Vision," New York Rhetoric Society, December 1981, New York,
NY.
39. "Illness as a Rhetorical Act: A Cross-Cultural Perspective," Speech Communication Association of
Puerto Rico convention, November 1981, San Juan, PR.
40. "A Rhetorical Assessment of Carroll C. Arnold's Criticism of Oral Rhetoric," Speech Communication
Association of Pennsylvania convention, October 1975, Harrisburg, PA. Subsequently, published in The Rhetoric Society of America Newsletter, 5 (Fall 1975), 1-9
National Convention Activities
Convention Program Panelist, Seminar Participant, and Short Course Instructor:
1. Panelist Serving as Editor of the NCA Online Journal Review of Communication, “Getting Published in NCA
Journals and Annuals: A User’s Guide,” National Communication Association convention, Boston, MA,
November 20, 2005.
2. Panelist Serving as Editor of the NCA Online Journal Review of Communication, “Office Hours for Editors,”
National Communication Association convention, Boston, MA, November 17, 2005.
3. Panelist, “The Health of the Discipline: Increasing the Visibility of GLBT Discrimination at the NCA
Convention,” National Communication Association convention, Boston, MA, November 19, 2005.
4. Panelist, “NCA Online Communication Courses Web Page: How to List Your Online Courses on NCA’s New
Online Course Web Page,” National Communication Association convention, Chicago, IL, November 2004.
5. Panelist, “Publishing Books Pertaining to Burke,” National Communication Association convention, Chicago,
IL, November 2004.
6. Panelist, “Perspectives on Disability from Four NCA Presidents,” National Communication Association
convention, Chicago, IL, November 2004.
7. Panelist, “Toward A Burkean Philosophy of Education: Looking Back on His Work to Look Forward in the
Realm of Pedagogy,” National Communication Association convention, Chicago, IL, November 2004.
8. Panelist, “What Is ‘Grey’ Literature? Exploring Beyond the Usual Databases,” National Communication
Association convention, Chicago, IL, November 2004.
9. Panelist, “Publishing in NCA Journals and Annuals: A User’s Guide,” National Communication Association
convention, Chicago, IL, November 2004.
10. Panelist as 2004-2006 Editor of NCA’s Review of Communication, “Publishing in NCA Journals and Annuals:
A User’s Guide,” National Communication Association convention, Miami Beach, FL, November 2003.
11. Keynote Conversation Participant, “How Have, and Should, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender and
Heterosexual Cultures Transform Each Other?” National Communication Association convention, New Orleans,
LA, November 2002.
12. Panelist, “Communication Journals: Actors or Reactors?” National Communication Association convention,
New Orleans, LA, November 2002.
13. Panelist, “Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) and Queer Theories in the Communication Discipline:
Past, Present and Emerging Perspectives,” National Communication Association convention, November 2002.
14. Panelist, “Collaborating for Change: Dialogue Among NCA Editors and Scholars About Diversity,” National
Communication Association, November 1, 2001, Atlanta, GA.
15. Panelist, “Without the ‘Person’ of Kenneth Burke, How Should Burke’s Concepts, Schemes, and System Evolve
Today?” National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA, November 1, 2001.
16. Panelist, “Meet the NCA Editors,” National Communication Association convention, Chicago, IL, November 6,
1999.
17. Panelist, “Outside the Lines: Communication Education in the Twenty-First Century,” National
Communication Association convention, Chicago, IL, November 7, 1999.
18. Panelist, “Meet the NCA Journal Editors,” National Communication Association convention, New York, NY,
November 1998.
19. Seminar Leader and Seminar Participant, "Studying Lesbian/Gay Communication: Finding an
Appropriate Perspective and Metaphor," National Communication Association convention, San Diego, CA, November 1996.
20. Panelist, "Coming Out into Our Own: Reflecting on the History of the Gay/Lesbian Caucus," National
Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, November 1995.
21. Panelist, "SCA and State Associations: A President's Round Table," National Communication Association
convention, San Antonio, TX, November 1995.
22. Panelist, "Performance Studies from the Outside-Inside and the Inside-Outside," Otis J. Festival's "The
Future of Performance Studies--Only a Beginning," Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, February 18, 1995.
23. Panelist, "SCA and State Associations: A President's Round Table," National Communication Association
convention, November 1994, New Orleans, LA.
24. Panelist, "Conversations with Kenneth Burke: Personal Anecdotes of His Life, His Work, and His
Legacy," National Communication Association convention, November 1994, New Orleans, LA.
25. Seminar Participant, "Kenneth Burke and Postmodernism, II," Kenneth Burke Society Second National
Triennial Convention, Airlie, Virginia, May 6-9, 1993.
26. Panelist, National Communication Association Round Table Series, "Should SCA Assume a More Active
Role in Influencing Policies in Higher Education," National Communication Association convention, October 1992, Chicago, IL.
27. Instructor, National Communication Association Short Course, "A Perspective Approach to Teaching
Rhetorical Criticism," National Communication Association convention, team taught with Bernard L. Brock, November 1990, Chicago, IL.
28. Panelist, "Meet the Regional Editors," National Communication Association convention, November 1986,
Chicago, IL.
Convention Program Respondent/Critic:
1. “The Laramie Project: A Look through Diversity and Communication,” National Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL, November 2003.
2. “A Study of NCA’s Membership,” National Communication Association convention, November 2002.
3. “The Roots of Twentieth Century Rhetorical Studies: Centrality and Change,” National Communication
Association, November 3, 2001, Atlanta, GA.
4. “A Proposal for Changing the Structure of NCA’s Journals,” National Communication Association, November
1, 2001, Atlanta, GA.
5. "Reaching Out Across Media: Perspectives on Media Relationism," National Communication Association
convention, November 1991, Atlanta, GA.
6. "African-Americans in the Reagan-Bush Administration: Rhetorical Case Studies in Paradox," National
Communication Association convention, November 1990, Chicago, IL.
7. "Top Four Papers on Kenneth Burke," National Communication Association convention, November 1989,
San Francisco, CA.
8. "Verbal and Nonverbal Conflict in an Intercultural Context," National Communication Association
convention, November 1986, Chicago, IL.
9. "Gay Male and Lesbian Communication Research," National Communication Association convention,
November 1982.
10. "Critical Responses to Gayspeak," National Communication Association convention, November 1982.
11. "Naturalistic Research in Mass Communication," National Communication Association convention,
November 1982.
12. "Freedom of Speech--A Status Report," National Communication Association convention, November
1980.
Convention Program Planner:
1. Reviewer, Poster/Scholar to Scholar sessions for the 2006 San Antonio convention, National Communication
Association 2006 Convention, San Antonio, TX.
2. Coordinator, Poster Sessions, National Communication Association 2002 Convention, New Orleans, LA.
3. Program Planner, “Tora! Tora! Tora! and Pearl Harbor: Revealing and Concealing,” National
Communication Association convention, New Orleans, LA, November 2002.
4. “Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) and Queer Theories in the Communication Discipline: Past,
Present and Emerging Perspectives,” National Communication Association convention, November 2002.
5. Program Planner, National Communication Association 2001 Summer Conference “Engaging 21st Century
Communication Students,” Washington, DC, June 7-10, 2001.
6. "The Financial, Governance, and Curriculum Crisis in Higher Education: Responding to Breaking the
Social Contract," National Communication Association convention, November 1997.
7. "General Session: Silent Candlelight March and Celebration of Diversity," National Communication
Association Convention, November 24, 1996, San Diego, California.
8. Conceived and Developed Proposal for an NCA Seminar, "Studying Lesbian/Gay Communication:
Finding an Appropriate Perspective and Metaphor," National Communication Association convention, San Diego, CA, November 1996.
9. "General Session: SCA's Essence and the Widening Gyre--Unifying Credos," National Communication
Association Convention, November 18, 1995, San Antonio, Texas.
10. "General Session Keynote: Celebrating the Diverse Origins and Cultures Creating and Unifying the
Discipline of Communication," National Communication Association Convention, November 18, 1995, San Antonio, Texas.
11. "Limitations and Extensions of Burkeian Criticism in the Study of Latino/a Rhetoric," Kenneth Burke
Society Second National Triennial Convention, Airlie, Virginia, May 6-9, 1993.
12. "Research and Teaching as Two Forms of Scholarship," National Communication Association convention,
November 1991, Atlanta, GA.
13. "At-Risk Students and Oral Communication," National Communication Association convention,
November 1991, Atlanta, GA.
14. "Communicating Across the Curriculum"; National Communication Association convention; November
1991; Atlanta, GA; six integrated and consecutively offered teacher training workshops for high school instructors; cosponsored by CNN Newsroom, Turner Educational Services, Inc.; C-SPAN Network; International Listening Association; Atlanta Superintendent of Public Schools; National Textbook Company, National Council of Teachers of English; National Issues Forums; National Communication Association Educational Policies Board; National Communication Association Elementary and Secondary Education Section; and National Communication Association National Office.
15. "Fashioning a National View of Communication: The Presidents of Communication Associations in
Concert," National Communication Association convention, November 1990, Chicago, IL.
16. "Transcending Differences in the Discipline of Communication," Virginia Speech Communication
Association convention, September 1991, Richmond, VA.
17. "Teaching Speech Communication in the High School"; National Communication Association convention;
November 1990; Chicago, IL; six integrated and consecutively offered high school workshops; cosponsored by CNN Newsroom, Turner Educational Services, Inc.; C-SPAN Network; International Listening Association; Illinois High School Association; Illinois Speech and Theatre Association; National Council of Teachers of English; National Issues Forums; and National Communication Association.
18. Publications Board, National Communication Association convention, November 1988, New Orleans, LA.
19. Kenneth Burke Society, National Communication Association conventions: November 1987, Boston, MA;
November 1986, Chicago, IL; and November 1985, Denver, CO.
20. Publications Board, National Communication Association, November 1986, Chicago, IL.
21. "Views of Homosexuality." National Communication Association convention. November 1979.
Convention Program Chair and/or Moderator:
1. “Partnering in Public Relations: A Communication Discipline with a Global Reach and Role,” National
Communication Association convention, Miami Beach, FL, November 2003.
2. “Tora! Tora! Tora! and Pearl Harbor: Revealing and Concealing,” National Communication
Association convention, New Orleans, LA, November 2002.
3. “Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) and Queer Theories in the Communication Discipline: Past,
Present and Emerging Perspectives,” National Communication Association convention, November 2002.
4. "The Financial, Governance, and Curriculum Crisis in Higher Education: Responding to Breaking the
Social Contract," National Communication Association convention, November 1997.
5. Introduction to the "General Session: Candlelight March and Celebration of Diversity," National
Communication Association Convention, November 24, 1996, San Diego, California.
6. "Report on the Legislative Council Agenda," National Communication Association convention, November
1996, San Diego, California.
7. "General Session: SCA's Essence and the Widening Gyre--Unifying Credos," National Communication
Association Convention, November 18, 1995, San Antonio, Texas.
8. "General Session Keynote: Celebrating the Diverse Origins and Cultures Creating and Unifying the
Discipline of Communication," National Communication Association Convention, November 18, 1995, San Antonio, Texas.
9. "Metaphorically Speaking: Gender-Based Sexual, Romantic, and Corporate Metaphors as Reflections of a
Bipolar Discourse System," National Communication Association convention, November 1991, Atlanta, GA.
10. "At-Risk Students and Oral Communication," National Communication Association convention,
November 1991, Atlanta, GA.
11. "African-Americans in the Reagan-Bush Administrations: Rhetorical Case Studies in Paradox." National
Communication Association convention, November 1990, Chicago, IL.
12. Interviewer, "An Interview with Kenneth Burke," Kenneth Burke Society convention, May 1990, New
Harmony, IN.
13. Seminar Coordinator, "Kenneth Burke and Postmodernism," Kenneth Burke Society convention, May
1990, New Harmony, IN.
14. "A Seminar with Kenneth Burke: Constitutions in General and Robert Bork in Particular," National
Communication Association convention, November 1987, Boston, MA.
15. "Kenneth Burke: Ideology and Politics," National Communication Association convention, November
1987, Boston, MA.
16. "Meet the SCA Editors," National Communication Association, November 1986, Chicago, IL.
17. "Competitive Papers on the Works of Kenneth Burke," National Communication Association, November
1986, Chicago, IL.
Regional and State Convention Activities
Convention Short Course Instructor
1. Instructor, “Media Studies Young Scholar Master Class,” Central States Communication Association
convention, April 10, 2008, Madison, WI.
This three-hour course was organized and conducted by James W. Chesebro. Described in the convention program as
follows: “The Graduate Caucus, the Media Studies Interest Group, and the Central States Communication Association
[CSCA First Vice President Nancy J. Brule] are proud to announce the first Media Studies Young Scholar Master Class.
This exciting new mentoring opportunity allows young scholars to engage in the ultimate classroom experience as they
discuss media studies and develop potential research projects with a seasoned scholar in the discipline” (p. 39).
2. Instructor, "A Perspective Approach to Teaching Rhetorical Criticism," Eastern Communication Association
convention, April 1991, Pittsburgh, PA.
3. Instructor, "Teaching the College Course in Rhetorical Criticism," National Communication Association of
Puerto Rico, team taught with Bernard L. Brock, December 1990, San Juan, PR.
Convention Program Moderator and/or Chair:
1. Chair, “Digital Communication Technologies in International Contexts,” Eastern Communication Association
convention, Philadelphia, PA, April 2009.
2. Chair, “The Video Consumer Mapping Study: An Embarrassment of (Data) Riches,” Eastern Communication
Association convention, Philadelphia, PA, April 2009.
3. Chair, “2008 Presidential Campaign,” Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2, 2008.
4. Chair, “Spotlight on Multiple Languages, Dialects, and Cultures in the Caribbean,” Eastern Communication
Association convention, Philadelphia, PA, April 2006.
5. Chair, “Dealing with Internet Communication in the Graduate Curriculum: One Approach to Interactive
Technology as a Master’s Program,” Central States Communication Association convention, Indianapolis, IN,
April 6, 2006.
6. Chair, “Video Games as Communication Systems: A Preliminary Exploration of Some of the Issues, Research
Questions, and Strategies,” Central States Communication Association convention, Indianapolis, IN, April. 8,
2006.
7. Interviewer, “An Interview with Isa Engleberg, NCA First Vice President,” Speech Communication Association
of Puerto Rico convention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 2002.
8. Interviewer, “Recognizing Outstanding Scholars and Teachers: A Conversation with James C. McCroskey,”
Vice President’s program, Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December
4, 1999.
9. Interviewer, “A Teacher, Practitioner, and Critic--View of Political Communication: A Celebration in the
Contributions of Donald Shields,” Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico,
December 1998.
10. "Media as Communicative, Strategic, and Cognitive Systems: Reconstructing the Dominant Perspective
in the Discipline of Communication," Central States Communication Association convention, St. Paul, Minnesota,
April 1996.
11. "CSCA Members Meet the Two Candidates for SCA Second Vice President," Central States
Communication Association convention, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 1996.
12. "Pedagogy, The Media, and Assessment: Reconstructing the Dominant Perspective in the Discipline of
Communication," Central States Communication Association convention, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 1996.
13. "Media Transcendence and Burke: A Look at Print, Electronics, and Speech," Central States
Communication Association convention, Oklahoma City, OK, April 1994.
14. "Rhetoric of Cynicism and the Diatribe," Eastern Communication Association convention, Portland, ME;
May 1992.
15. "Editorial and Legal Issues of the New Technologies: A Round Table Discussion;" Eastern
Communication Association convention, May 3-7, 1989; Ocean City, MD.
16. "Regional Editors Speak," Eastern Communication Association convention, May 1987, Syracuse, NY.
17. "A Literature Update with Kenneth Burke," Eastern Communication Association convention, April
30-May 3, 1986, Atlantic City, NJ.
18. "We Shall be Heard: The Literature of Social Consequence," Eastern Communication Association
convention, May 1985, Provident, RI.
19. "Speech Behaviors: Gender and Sex Role Differences," Sixth Annual Communication, Language and
Gender Conference, at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, October 1983.
20. "Studies in the Social Context of Media Use," Conference on Culture and Communication, Philadelphia,
PA, March 1983.
21. "The Relationship Between Culture and Communication: Theoretical Approaches;" Conference on
Culture and Communication; Philadelphia, PA; April 1981.
22. "Minority Voices Uplifted;" Eastern Communication Association convention; May 1979.
23. "The 1976 Presidential Campaign--Issues and Candidates," Eastern Communication Association
convention, March 1977.
Convention Program Respondent/Critic:
1. “Spotlight on James W. Chesebro: A Transformer of Communication and Community,” Eastern
Communication Association convention, Philadelphia, PA, April 2006.
2. “Rhetoric and Popular Music in the Key of Culture, Identity, and Technology,” Central States Communication
Association convention, Cleveland, OH, April 3, 2004.3.
3. “The Challenges of Technology and the Possibilities of Community,” Central States Communication
Association convention, Cincinnati, OH, April 5, 2001.
4. "The Historical Analogy in Decision-Making and Political Rhetoric," Eastern Communication Association
convention, Pittsburgh, PA, April 28, 1995.
5. "A Response to the Program The Performance Turn in Communication Studies," Southern States
Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, April 1995.
6. "Media Transcendence and Burke: A Look at Print, Electronics, and Speech," Central States
Communication Association convention, Oklahoma City, OK, April 1994.
7. "Diversity in Visual Media: Multi-Cultural Issues of Representation, Pedagogy and Practice"; Joint
Central States Communication Association convention and Southern States Communication Association
convention, April 1993, Lexington, KY.
8. "The Nature of Rhetorical Ontologies and Epistemologies: Perspective and Replies," Eastern
Communication Association convention; Portland, ME; May 1992.
9. "Burkeian Perspectives on Being Human: Meta-Rhetorical and Pure Motives," Eastern Communication
Association convention; Portland, ME; May 1992.
10. "Burke's Concepts of Scene, Motive, and Reality," Eastern Communication Association convention; May
3-7, 1989; Ocean City, MD.
11. "On the Rhetorical Effectiveness of Film: When Directors' Toy with Our Expectations," Eastern
Communication Association convention, April 30-May 3, 1986, Atlantic City, NJ.
12. Text and Context Conference, Temple University, April 1981 and May 1980.
Convention Program Developer:
1. “Digital Communication Technologies in International Contexts,” Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, April 2009.
2. “The Video Consumer Mapping Study: An Embarrassment of (Data) Riches,” Eastern Communication Association convention, Philadelphia, PA, April 2009.
3. “Digital Technologies, the Internet, and Video Games: What New Research Requirements and New Approaches Are Now Required,” Eastern Communication Association convention, Philadelphia, PA, April 2009.
4. “Dealing with Internet Communication in the Graduate Curriculum: One Approach to Interactive
Technology as a Master’s Program,” Central States Communication Association convention, Indianapolis, IN,
April 6, 2006.
5. “Video Games as Communication Systems: A Preliminary Exploration of Some of the Issues, Research
Questions, and Strategies,” Central States Communication Association convention, Indianapolis, IN, April. 8,
2006.
6. “An Interview with Isa Engleberg, NCA First Vice President,” Speech Communication Association of Puerto
Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 2002.
7. "Cross-Cultural Communication, Language, and Nonverbal Communication: An Interview with
Professors Nine-Curt and Chesebro," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 7, 1996.
8. "Media as Communicative, Strategic, and Cognitive Systems: Reconstructing the Dominant Perspective
in the Discipline of Communication," Central States Communication Association convention, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 1996.
9. "CSCA Members Meet the Two Candidates for SCA Second Vice President," Central States
Communication Association convention, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 1996.
10. "Pedagogy, The Media, and Assessment: Reconstructing the Dominant Perspective in the Discipline of
Communication," Central States Communication Association convention, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 1996.
11. "Round Table Discussion in Honor of Kenneth Burke: `What Is the Ontological Status of Symbol-Using,
Dramatism, and Logology?'" Central States Communication Association convention, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 20, 1996.
12. "CSCA Members Meet the Two Candidates for SCA Second Vice President," Central States
Communication Association convention, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 20, 1996.
13. "Pedagogy, The Media, and Assessment: Reconstructing the Dominant Perspective in the Discipline of
Communication," Central States Communication Association convention, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 21, 1996.
14. "Reconstructing the Study of Communication--A Graduate Student Perspective: New Explorations in
Ethnographic Research," Central States Communication Association convention, Indianapolis, IN, April 20, 1995.
15. "Reconstructing the Study of Communication--A Graduate Student Perspective: New Explorations in
Communication," Central States Communication Association convention, Indianapolis, IN, April 21, 1995.
16. "Kenneth Burke and Paradox," Eastern Communication Association convention, May 1982.
17. "Pauline Kael on Paradoxes in Popular Films," Eastern Communication Association convention, May
1982.
18. "Dialectical Issues and Puerto Rico," Eastern Communication Association convention, May 1982.
19. "The Sense of Being on the Outside: Communication as Paradox and Community," Eastern
Communication Association convention, May 1982.
20. "Communication and Dialectics," Eastern Communication Association convention, May 1982.
21. "Political Communication and Symbolic Form," Eastern Communication Association convention, April
1980.
22. "Paradigms and Methodologies in Rhetorical Criticism," Eastern Communication Association convention,
May 1979.
23. "The Future of Contemporary Rhetorical Theory," Eastern Communication Association convention,
March 1977.
24. "Communication in the 21st Century," Eastern Communication Association convention, March 1975.
Convention Debate, Panelist, and/or Round Table Participant:
1. Panelist, “Meet the Authors of A Century of Transformation: Studies in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Eastern Communication Association,” Eastern Communication Association convention, Philadelphia, PA, April 2009.
2. Debater, “ECA All-Convention Town Hall Debate” on the resolution “Resolved: The Communication Discipline
should embark upon a major campaign to disseminate communication research and expertise to members of the
popular media and general public,” Eastern Communication Association convention, Providence, RI, April 28,
2007.
3. Participant with James C. McCroskey, “Mentoring Workshop: Creating and Negotiating Academic Life:
Strategies for Getting Published,” a two and half hour workshop, Eastern Communication Association
convention, Providence, RI, April 28, 2007.
4. “Senior Scholar Mini Carousel: Initiating a Conversation,” Central States Communication Association
convention, Minneapolis, MN, March 31, 2007.
5. “Senior Scholar Mini Carousel: Initiating a Conversation,” Central States Communication Association
convention, Indianapolis, IN, April 8, 2006.
6. Debate—“Resolved: That the Internet has increased the quantity and quality of global communication,” Speech
Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 2005.
7. Panelist, “Communication Quarterly’s Golden Anniversary: A Celebration of Excellence in Scholarship,”
Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, April 29, 2005.
8. Panelist, “Communication Quarterly’s Golden Anniversary: A Celebration of Excellence in Scholarship,”
Eastern Communication Association, Boston, MA, April 23, 2004.
9. Panelist, “The Fugitive Interculturalist Revisited: Communication and the Scholarship of Alberto Gonzalez,”
Eastern Communication Association convention, Washington, DC, April 26, 2003.
10. Panelist, “Editors and Editing: Stories They Could Tell,” Central States Communication Association convention,
Milwaukee, WI, April 5, 2002.
11. Debate—“Resolved: That both men and women should employ an androgynous speech style,” Speech
Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 2000.
12. Debate—“Resolved: That residents of Puerto Rico should be recognized as citizens of both Puerto Rico and the
United States,” Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 1998.
13. Debate--"Resolved: That men should be from Venus and women should be from Mars," Speech
Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 1997.
14. Panelist, "Four Generations Respond to Kenneth Burke," Central States Communication Association
convention, St. Louis, MO, April 1997.
15. Panelist, "Cross-Cultural Communication, Language, and Nonverbal Communication: An Interview with
Professors Nine-Curt and Chesebro," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, December 7, 1996.
16. "Round Table Discussion in Honor of Kenneth Burke: `What Is the Ontological Status of Symbol-Using,
Dramatism, and Logology?'" Central States Communication Association convention, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 20, 1996.
17. Debate--"Resolved: If communication must be sexual, feminine is better than masculine," Eastern
Communication Association convention, April 29, 1995, Pittsburgh, PA.
18. Interviewer, "Interview with the President of SCA [Sharon A. Ratliffe]," Eastern Communication
Association convention, April 28, 1995, Pittsburgh, PA.
19. Debate--"Resolved: That political correctness is unnecessary and violates freedom of speech," Speech
Communication Association of Puerto Rico convention, December 1994, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
20. Round Table Discussion--"Assessment and Accountability: Establishing the Significance of What We Do,"
Eastern Communication Association convention, Washington, D.C., April 28-May 1, 1994.
21. Round Table Discussion--"Kenneth Burke and the Twenty-First Century," Eastern Communication
Association convention, Washington, D.C., April 28-May 1, 1994.
22. Round Table Discussion--"On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Extending the Burkeian System: A
Forum," Central States Communication Association convention, Oklahoma City, OK, April 1994.
23. Round Table Discussion--"Future Directions in Burkeian Scholarship," Eastern Communication
Association convention, April 29-May 2, 1993, West Haven, CT.
24. Round Table Discussion--"Dialogue: The Field of Communication and Public Knowledge: What Should
Be Our Roles?", Joint Central States Communication Association convention and Southern States
Communication Association convention, April 1993, Lexington, KY.
25. Debate--"Resolved: That Kenneth Burke should be considered a postmodernist"; Joint Central States
Communication Association convention and Southern States Communication Association convention,
April 1993, Lexington, KY.
26. Debate--"Resolved: That the study of communication in Puerto Rico should be gender-specific, with
women functioning as teachers and men functioning as researchers," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, December 1992, San Juan, PR.
27. Round Table Discussion--"New Possibilities and Issues Confronting Archetypal Criticism in
Communication and Rhetorical Studies," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico convention, December 1991, San Juan, PR.
27. Debate--"Resolved: That to Promote Cross Cultural Communication, Puerto Rico Should Become the
51st State," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico convention, December 1990, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
28. Round Table Discussion--"The Role of Journal Research in the Communication Classroom;" Eastern
Communication Association convention; May 3-7, 1989; Ocean City, MD.
29. Debate--"Resolved: That English as the Official Language of Puerto Rico Would Promote More
Effective Cross-Cultural Communication," Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico convention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 3, 1988.
30. Debate--"Resolved: That the Use of Computer-Generated Discourse Should Be A Significant Factor in
Speech Education," Eastern Communication Association convention, April 30, 1988-May 1, 1988, Baltimore, MD.
31. Speaker, "Breakfast with the Celebrities" series, Eastern Communication Association convention, April
30-May 3, 1986, Atlantic City, NJ.
Guest and Public Lectures
1. Lecture, “Usability and Web Page Design,” Virginia Ball Center, Ball State University, September 8, 2009.
2. Interviewed by Jason Wrench for “CommuniCast,” aired on , June 30,
2009, thirty minute interview focusing on the publication of the Eastern Communication Association volume A Century of Transformation: Studies in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Eastern Communication Association (edited by James W. Chesebro, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).
3. “Five Changes and Transformations in Ethics Scholarship,” Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 17, 2009.
4. “Masculinity as Social and Symbolic Construction in the United States of America, India, Korea, and Germany:
Issues When Creating Cross-Cultural Communication Research,” New York University, New York, New York,
March 12, 2008.
5. 2007 Distinguished Lecturer, . “Masculinity as Social and Symbolic Construction in the United States of
America, India, Korea, and Germany: Issues When Creating Cross-Cultural Communication Research,”
“Rudolph F. Verderber Distinguished Lecture Series,” University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, Ohio, October 18, 2007.
6. 2007 Distinguished Lecturer, “Passing through Four Symbolic and Technological Realities: From the Oral and
Literate Cultures through the World of Television to My Place in Virtual Reality, or, How a Ninth Grade
Debater at Osseo, Minnesota Decides to Direct a Digital Storytelling Master’s Program,” “Rudolph F. Verderber Distinguished Lecture Series,” University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 18, 2007.
7. “Masculinity as Social and Symbolic Construction in the United States of America, India, Korea, and Germany:
Issues When Creating Cross-Cultural Communication Research,” Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, April
24, 2007.
8. “Masculinity as a Cross-Cultural Communication Variable: United States of America, India, Korea, and
Germany,” New York University, New York, New York, March 6, 2007.
9. “Masculinity as an International Symbolic System: Media Constructions in the United States and Cross-Cultural
Comparisons,” New York University, New York, New York, March 27, 2006.
10. Keynote Speaker for the Silver (Twenty-Fifth) Anniversary Convention of the Speech Communication
Association of Puerto Rico, “Transformations in the Study of Intercultural Communication,” Speech
Communication Association of Puerto Rico convention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 2. 2005.
11. “Masculinity as a Symbolic and Social Construction in the United States with Some International Comparisons,”
New York University, New York, New York, March 21, 2005.
12. “Music as a Mode of Communication,” Department of Communication, Hanover College, Hanover, IN, May 19,
2004.
13. “Masculinities as Symbolic and Social Constructions: Cross-Cultural Comparisons,” New York University,
New York, New York, March 29, 2004.
14. Keynote Speaker, “Imagination, Virtual Reality, and Digital Communication Systems: Constructing a New
Sensory System for Human Beings,” Seventh Annual International Seminar on Social Communication at the
University of PUCRS (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul), Porto Alegre, Brazil, August 26,
2003.
15. “Masculinities: Moving Towards Choice and Service to the Community,” New York University, New York,
New York, March 18, 2002. Also, see: Dave Taylor, “The Return of the ‘Manly Man,’” Indiana State
University Magazine, Volume 5 (Spring 2002), Number 3, p. 9.
16. “Changing Conceptions of Masculinity,” New York University, New York, New York, March 5, 2001.
17. “Social and Symbolic Constructions of Masculinity,” at:
A. A. New York University, New York, New York, March 27, 2000; and,
B. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 5, 2000.
18. "How Do Voluntarism, Titles, and Politics Play in Associations?" New York University, New York, New
York, October 20, 1997.
19. "Public Scholarship, Technology, Culture, and Cognition," The Seventh Annual Alumni Lecture,
Sponsored by the Department of Communication and Journalism, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, May 9, 1997.
20. "Technology, Culture, and Cognition," Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, March 1, 1997.
21. All-University Convention Lecture, "Media, Cognition, and Culture," DePauw University, Greencastle,
Indiana, March 17, 1995.
22. Instructor, "The 21st Annual Undergraduate Honors Conference," DePauw University, Greencastle,
Indiana, March 17-19, 1995, taught a 8 2 hour rhetorical theory and criticism seminar in three units over a two
day period.
23. Lecture, "Therapeutic Functions of Symbol-Using in Kenneth Burke's Writings," Faculty Forum,
Department of Speech Communication, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, November 12, 1993.
24. Lecture, "Media Criticism as Epistemic," Speech Communication Colloquium Series, Department of
Speech Communication, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, November 9, 1990.
25. Lecture, "Text, Narration, Media, and Performance Studies," sponsored by the Department of Speech
Communication, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, January 30,
1989.
26. Presentation, "Text, Narration, and Media," Council for Media Research, Queens College of the CUNY,
April 20, 1988, Flushing, NY.
27. University Lecture, "The Effects of Mass Media on Human Communication," sponsored by the
University of Puerto Rico Cultural and Social Activities Committee, University of Puerto Rico, December 3, 1987, Santurce, PR.
28. Lectures, "Publishing and Presenting Scholarly Papers," sponsored by the Department of Speech
Communication, The Pennsylvania State University, May 23, 1986, and May 14, 1985.
29. Public Lecture, "Television and Minorities," Judea Temple, May 1980, Philadelphia, PA.
30. Public lecture; "Interpersonal Relationship Styles in the United States"; sponsored by the Department of
English, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 12, 1979.
31. Visiting Lecturer, at the Department of Speech, Communication, and Theatre, Wayne State University,
May 1975, Detroit, MI.
TEACHING
Graduate Seminars
1. “Foundations of Digital Storytelling,” Ball State University, Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006 and Fall 2005.
2. “Foundations of Digital Storytelling 2,” Ball State University, Spring, 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007 and
Spring 2006.
3. “Cross-Cultural Communication,” Indiana State University, Spring 2005.
4. “The Internet as a Global Communication System,” Indiana State University, Fall 2004.
5. “Comparative Communication Technologies,” Department of Communication:
A. Ball State University, Fall 2007.
B. Indiana State University, Spring 2005.
C. North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5075, 8 hours a day from June 1, 2004 through June 5,
2004.
6. "Media Criticism":
(A) Ball State University, Fall 2008.
(B) Indiana State University, Spring 1997 and Fall 1995.
(C) Queens College of CUNY; Spring 1985, Fall 1983, and Spring 1982.
7. "The Nature of Communication Inquiry," Indiana State University, Fall 2001, Fall 2000, Fall 1998 (5 weeks),
Fall 1997, Fall 1996 and Fall 1995.
8. “Techniques of Audience Analysis and Prediction,” Indiana State University, Spring 2002, Spring 2001, Spring
2000 and Spring 1997.
9. "Dramaturgy and Dramatism":
(A) Indiana State University, Fall 1996 and Spring 1993.
(B) Queens College of CUNY, Fall 1985 and Fall 1982.
(C) Temple University, Spring 1981 and Spring 1979.
10. "Forms of Media;" Queens College of CUNY; Fall 1987, Fall 1986 and Fall 1984.
11. "Rhetorical Theory and Media," Queens College of CUNY, Fall 1985.
12. "Media and Popular Culture," Queens College of CUNY, Fall 1981.
13. "Computer Mediated Communication: Theory and Research," Fall 1988 and Spring 1987.
14. "Methodology in Communication Research;" Queens College of CUNY; Spring 1986 and Spring 1984.
15. "Professional Writing," Temple University, First Summer Session 1981 and First Summer Session 1980.
16. "Field Research Methods;" Temple University; First Summer Session 1979, Spring 1978, and Spring 1976.
17. "Contemporary Rhetorical Transactions;" Temple University; First Summer Session 1979, Spring 1978,
and Spring 1976.
18. "Mass Communication," Temple University, Spring 1977.
19. "Communication in the Year 2000," Temple University, Spring 1977 and Spring 1975.
20. "Political Communication;" Temple University; Fall 1976 and Spring 1975.
Undergraduate Courses
1. “The Digital World,” Ball State University, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006 and Fall 2005.
2. “Digital Message Analysis and Design,” Ball State University, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007 and Spring 2006.
3. “Digital Message Analysis and Design,” taught as a specialized form of “Contemporary Forms of Persuasion,”
Ball State University, Spring 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003 and Fall 2003.
4. “Intercultural Communication,” Ball State University, Spring 2004.
5. “Masculinities and Media,” Ball State University, Fall 2003.
6. “Introduction to Human Speech Communication,” designed and created a new version of the introduction to
human communication for the communication studies major that linked two different communication
departments (Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, and Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana) into
one video conference live online course and involved some twenty faculty members in a team teaching project,
Spring 2003.
7. “Interpersonal Communication on the Internet—A Research Perspective,” Visiting Professor, Ball State
University, Fall 2002.
8. “The Internet as a Global Communication System,” (a) Indiana State University, Fall 2004; and, (b) Visiting
Professor, Ball State University, Fall 2002.
9. "Introduction to Human Communication," Indiana State University: Fall 2004; Spring 2002 (televised and
interactive distance education course); Fall 2001 (televised and interactive distance education course); Spring
2001 (televised and interactive distance education course); Fall 2000 (televised and interactive distance
education course); Spring 2000 (televised and interactive distance education course); Fall 1999 (televised and
interactive distance education course); Fall 1998 (televised and interactive distance education course); Fall
1999 (televised and interactive distance education course); Spring 1998 (televised and interactive distance
education course), Spring 1997 (televised and interactive distance education course), Fall 1996 (televised and
interactive distance education course), Spring 1996 (televised and interactive distance education course), Fall
1995 (televised and interactive distance education course), Spring 1995 (televised and interactive distance
education course), and Spring 1994.
10. "Techniques of Audience Analysis and Prediction," Indiana State University, Fall 2004, Spring 2002, Spring
2001, Spring 2000, Spring 1997 and Spring 1996.
11. “Critical Research Methods,” Indiana State University, Fall 2001.
12. "Senior Project in Communication Studies," Indiana State University, Spring 1997 and Spring 1996.
13. "Methods of Teaching Speech Communication," Indiana State University, Fall 1992.
14. "Theories of Mass Communication," George Mason University, Spring 1991 and Spring 1990.
15. "Communication Theory," Queens College of CUNY, Spring 1989.
16. "Speech Communication for the Classroom Teacher," Indiana State University, Fall 1993.
17. "Foundations of Public Communication," George Mason University, Fall 1989.
18. "Communication Theory," Queens College of CUNY, Spring 1989.
19. "Computer-Human Communication," Queens College of CUNY, every semester Fall 1983 to Fall 1988.
20. "Media Analysis and Criticism," Queens College of CUNY, every semester Fall 1981 to Spring 1988.
21. "Communication as Symbolic Action," Queens College of CUNY, Spring 1988.
22. "Culture and Media," Queens College of CUNY, Spring 1983.
23. "Introduction to Political Communication," Queens College of CUNY, Spring 1982 and Fall 1981.
24. "Rhetorical Criticism," Queens College of CUNY, Fall 1983 and Spring 1982.
25. "Interpersonal Communication,":
(A) Indiana State University, Spring 2001.
(B) Queens College of CUNY, Summer Intersessions 1989, 1987, 1986, 1985, and 1982.
(C) University of Puerto Rico, Fall 1980.
(D) University of Minnesota, Spring 1970.
26. "Communication in Popular Culture," Temple University, all semesters and first summer sessions
1974-1981.
27. "Communication in the Year 2000;" Temple University; Spring 1980, Spring 1978, and Spring 1975.
28. "Sexual Communication," Temple University, Spring 1980.
29. "Communication, Politics, and Mass Media," Temple University, Honors Seminar, Spring 1976.
30. “The Unconscious as a Symbol System," Temple University, Honors Seminar, Fall 1979.
31. "Astrology and Symbolism," Temple University, experimental course for the University's Student
Development Program, Fall 1978.
32. "Political Communication;" Temple University; Fall 1974, Second Summer Session 1974, Spring 1973
(two sections), and Fall 1973.
33. "Persuasive Campaigns and Rhetorical Movements," Temple University, Fall 1973, team taught with
Herbert W. Simons.
34. "The Rhetoric of Socio-Political Movements;" University of Minnesota; Spring 1971, Winter 1971, and
Fall 1970.
35. "Contemporary Political Persuasion," University of Minnesota, Winter 1970, team taught with Bernard L.
Brock.
36. "Studies in Modern Rhetoric," Concordia College, Spring 1969.
37. “The History of the Black Power Movement," Concordia College, Spring 1969.
38. "Argumentation and Debate," at:
A) Indiana State University, Fall 2000; and,
B) Concordia College, Spring 1968.
39. "Small Group Communication," at:
(A) Indiana State University, Spring 2005 and Spring 2002.
(B) University of Puerto Rico, Fall 1980.
(C) Concordia College, Fall 1967.
40. "Public Speaking," at:
A) Indiana State University: Spring 2001 (televised and interactive distance education course); Fall 2000 (televised and interactive distance education course); Spring 2000 (televised and interactive distance education course); Fall 1999 (televised and interactive distance education course); Fall 1998 (televised and interactive distance education course); Spring 1998 (televised and interactive distance education course), Summer II 1997 and Summer II 1996.
(B) University of Puerto Rico, Fall 1980.
(C) Temple University, Second Summer Session 1973-1977, Spring 1973, and Fall 1972.
(D) University of Minnesota, all quarters 1971-1972.
(E) Concordia College; Mass Lecturer for all sections of the course 196
8-1969; also, instructor for two lab sections each semester 1967-1969; and developed special substantive lab sections devoted to "The Dynamics of Change" and "The Rhetoric of the Four Political Positions."
41. “Introduction to Speech Communication,” web based version of hybrid introduction to communication course,
Fall 2002, Spring 2002, Fall, 2001, and Spring 2001, and Fall 2002, .
Graduate Student Advisement
1. Ph.D. Adviser and Chair of the Dissertation Committee, at Temple University, for: Barry Eisenberg
(1980), Paul Evangelista (1980), Rita Hubbard (1981), Eve Levine-Epstein (1977), Eric Weisman (1980; selected "Dissertation of the Year" by the National Communication Association in 1980), and Tracey Weiss (1976).
2. Member of the Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, at Temple University, for: Richard Berlin, Gerald L. Brown,
Russell T. Church, Anthony Di Primo, Gerald Lardner, Elizabeth Mechling, Kermit Moore, Michael Pearson,
William Rawlins, Sarah Robbins (Ball State University, 2009), Howard Schrier, Robert M. Smith, Marlene
Stone, Rosemary Walsh, Steven Weiss, Margery Willis, and Sandra J. Wills (Howard University, January 1991).
3. M. A. Thesis Committee:
A. At Ball State University, Chair and Advisor for: Mark Bell (2007), Yunxue Ding (2008), Christopher A.
Flook (2007), Steven Fulton (2009), Patricia Gammon (2008), Nicholas William Geidner (2007; received
the “Distinguished Thesis of the Year Award”), Kyle Hufford (2009), Jung K. Kim (2007), Elizabeth
Thompson Jones (2007), Rodney Michael Smith (2008), David Paul Studinski (2009), and Curtis T.
Sutterfield (2006).
B. At Ball State University, Graduate Committee Member for: Sarah Elizabeth Anderson (2008), Iris Aline
Natascha Antonietti (2008), Michelle Calka (2006), Mark A. Dochterman (2004), Patricia Michele Gammon
(Spring 2008), Matthew Dale Graf (2008), Sarah Beth Jones (2008), Brian J. Koch (2004), Dawn New
(2006), Elizabeth Pike (2007), Rachel Hartley-Smith (2007), Brian J. Koch (2004), Dawn New (2006),
Elizabeth Pike (2007), and Sarah Brooke Robbins (2009).
C. At Indiana State University, Chair and Adviser for: Hyunwoo Kim (2005); Marquita Hynes (1996), David McMahan (1997), and Gretchen Aggarett Weber (1996).
D. At Temple University, Committee Member for: Tina Bartolini, Dale Bertelsen, Jacqueline Drews, Paul Evangelista, Thomas Gencarelli, John Glenn, I-Der Jeng, Flora Keshishian, Marc Stuart, Mary Reynolds,
and Scott Tulman.
SERVICE
National Professional Service
1. Editor, Review of Communication (first national online quarterly journal of the National Communication
Association), January 2004 through December 2006.
2. Editor, Critical Studies In Media Communication (a quarterly journal publication of the National
Communication Association), March 1999 through December 2001.
3. National Communication Association Presidential succession:
(A) Elected in 1993;
(B) Second Vice President in 1994;
(C) First Vice President in 1995;
(D) President in 1996; and
(E) Immediate Past President in 1997.
Related committee service included:
(A) Member (1994-1997) and Chair (1996), Administrative Committee, National Communication
Association.
(B) Member (1994-1997) and Chair (1996), Legislative Council, National Communication Association.
(C) Chief Convention Planner, 1995 National Communication Convention, San Antonio, Texas.
(D) Chair, NCA 1995 Convention Planners Meeting, National Communication Association.
(E) Member (1994-1997) and Chair (1997), Committee on Committee, National Communication
Association.
(F) Representative for the National Communication Association at the Council of Communication
Associations, 1996 and 1997.
4. Director of Education Services, National Office of the National Communication Association, July 1989 to
July 1992, with primary responsibility for the development and administration of education services such as the NCA Consulting and Program Assessment Service, NCA Short Course Convention Program, the K-12 Oral Communication Teacher Training Workshops, and the 1989 and 1990 International Debate Program (specifically, the Great Britain, Japan, and the Soviet Union tours), as well as liaison to: 25 groups within NCA such as the Educational Policies Board, Interboard Committee of the Administrative Committee, and the various education-related Sections of NCA; federal and state education agencies; and other professional education associations such as the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; and high school organizations. Related offices and responsibilities included: compiling and editing NCA's biannual newsletters Education News and Network; updating various NCA's publications such as Pathways to Careers in Communication and the Rationale Kit: Statements Supporting Speech Communication; developing, planning, and administering the NCA High School Short Courses; and membership on various NCA governance bodies such as the NCA Legislative Council.
5. Associate Journal Editor:
a. Review of Communication, 2004-2006 (Editor), 2007-2009, and 2010-2012.
b. National Communication Association Non-Serial Publications Series, 2006-2008.
c. Mass Communication and Society, 2009-2010, 2008-2009 and 2004.
d. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1987-1989 and 1984-1986.
e. Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 2008-2010, 2005-2007, 2002-2004, 1999-2001 (Editor),
1990-1992, 1987-1989, and 1984-1986.
f. KB Journal, 2004-2006.
g. Symbolic Interaction, 2004.
h. Communication Education, 2009-2011, 2006-2008, 2004-2006, 2000-2002, 1997-1999, 1994-1996,
1991-1993, 988-1990 and 1985-1987. And, editorial board member for the special issue “Racial, Cultural,
and Gendered Identities in Educational Contexts: Communication Perspectives on Identity Negotiation.”
i. Communication Monographs, 2008-2010, 1998-2000, 1995-1997 and 1984-1986.
j. Howard Journal of Communications, 1994-1996 and 1991-1993.
k. Communication Reports, 1992-1994.
l. Qualitative Research Reports, 2008-2009, 2004-2006 and 2000-2002.
m. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2004-2006, 1997-1999, 1994-1996 and 1987-1989.
n. Education and Instructional Development Publication Series of the National Communication
Association, 1994-1996.
o. Speech Communication: Essays to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of The Speech Communication
Association (Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990).
6. Officer and/or Chair:
a. Chair, Professional Service Committee (selecting the recipients of the Samuel L. Becker Distinguished
Service Award and the Robert J. Kipler Memorial Award), National Communication Association, 2000.
b. Chief Convention Planner, Alliance for Curriculum Reform Conference, October 15-17, 1993,
Chicago, IL.
c. Chair, 1989 Nominating Committee, National Communication Association, November 1988-November
1989.
d. Chair, Publications Board, National Communication Association, January 1, 1986 through December
31, 1988.
e. Chair, Media Forum Series, 1985 National Communication Association convention, Denver, CO.
f. Chair, Research Symposium I and panelist on the "Symposium: Conclusions of the 1980 Seminar
Series," National Communication Association convention, November 1980.
7. Kenneth Burke Society:
a. Archivist, National Kenneth Burke Society, 1996-1997.
b. Chief Convention Planner, National Kenneth Burke Society Second Triennial Convention, May 1993,
Airlie, VA.
c. Treasurer, National Kenneth Burke Society, 1990-1993.
d. Chair, Kenneth Burke Society, National Communication Association Chapter, 1988-1989 and
1987-1988.
e. Member, Steering Committee organizing the Kenneth Burke Society, Philadelphia, PA, March 7,
1984.
f. Associate Editor, KB Journal, 2004-2006.
8. Member:
a. Legislative Council, National Communication Association, 2004-2006, 1999-2001,1994-1997, 1989-1991,
1986-1988, and 1980-1982
b. Member, Professional Service Committee (selecting the recipients of the Samuel L. Becker Distinguished
Service Award and the Robert J. Kipler Memorial Award), National Communication Association, 2000.
c. Administrative Committee, National Communication Association, 1994-1997; 1986-1988.
d. Selection Committee for Competitive Papers submitted to the Public Address Division, National
Communication Association, for the November 1985 convention in Denver, CO.
e. Affirmative Action Committee, National Communication Association, 1984-1986.
f. Freedom of Speech Commission, National Communication Association, 1979-1984.
g. Committee on Accountability and Responsibility in Governmental Communication, National
Communication Association, 1982-1984.
h. Member-at-Large, 1982 Nominating Committee, National Communication Association.
i. Selection Committee for Competitive Papers, Public Address Division, National Communication
Association, 1977 convention.
j. Selection Committee for Competitive Papers, Rhetorical Theory and Communication Theory Division,
National Communication Association, 1973 convention.
9. External Reviewer of Departments of Communication:
a. Department of Communication and Theatre; Millersville University; Millersville, PA; March 1999; 9
page review, coauthored with Cynthia M. Lont and Jay Kerkowitz.
b. Department of Communication Studies; Gustavus Adolphus College; St. Peter, Minnesota;
November 1-3, 1997; 18 page report coauthored with Moya A. Ball.
c. Communication Arts Program of the Department of Speech and Theatre, Lehman College of the
City University of New York; Bronx, NY; April 1992; 18 page review.
d. Department of Communication Studies; Bloomsburg University; Bloomsburg, PA; March 1992; 5
page review.
e. Department of Communication at Florida Atlanta University; Boca Raton, FL; March 1, 1990; 47
page + Appendix review; coauthored with Andrew D. Wolvin.
10. Manuscript Referee:
a. Media Psychology, 2000.
b. Special Issue, "Communication and Social Justice Research," of the Journal of Applied Communication
Research, with special guest editor Lawrence R. Frey.
c. Journal of Communication, 1989 and 1988.
d. Communication Monographs, 1988.
e. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Broadcast Education Association, 1989, 1988, 1987 and
1986
f. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1978 to 1982.
g. ERIC Manuscript Reader and Evaluator, National Communication Association, 1975 to 1992.
h. Journal of Homosexuality, for special communication issues in volumes 45 [“Queer Theory and
Communication: From Disciplining Queers to Queering the Discipline(s)”] and 46 (“The Contested Terrain
of LGBT Studies and Queer Theory”) in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
i Manuscript reviewer, at various times from 1968 to the present for the following publishing companies:
Southern Illinois University Press; Oxford University Press; Pilgrim Press of the United Church; Harper &
Row; Scott, Foresman; Wadsworth Publishing; and Burgess Publishing.
11. Consultant and External Reviewer:
a. Consultant, National Communication Association's Consulting and Program Assessment Service, 1990-1996
and 1997-2000.
b. External Project Reviewer (for funding requests for academic projects), Research Board, University of
Missouri, Columbia, M 65211, November 1999.
12. Author:
a. "Media Criticism Textbooks," Annandale, VA: National Communication Association, May 1992, 3 pages.
b. "The Speech Communication Association's Assessment of Oral Communication"; Annandale, VA:
National Communication Association; March 1992; coauthored with James W. Crocker-Lakness, Sandra Manheimer, and Tom E. Scott; 4 pages.
c. Report ("Computerization and SCA Publications: An Assessment of Technical and Cost Variables")
submitted to the Publications Board of the National Communication Association, August 23, 1985, 16 pages.
13. Caucus on Gay Male and Lesbian Concerns of the National Communication Association:
a. Cofounder in 1978 with Sally Gearhart and Fred Jandt.
b. Chair, 1983 and 1979.
c. Member, Steering Committee, 1978-1983.
d. Recipient, First Randy Majors Memorial Award, 1996.
14. Director, "Communication in the Year 2000," one of the six bicentennial projects developed by the
Committee on the American Revolution Bicentennial of the National Communication Association, 1974-1976.
15. Candidate Watcher, Communication Analysis Task Force of the Campaign '76 Project, National
Communication Association, 1974-1976.
16. Editor, Moment in Contemporary Rhetoric and Communication, 1971-1973.
17. Professional Association Memberships:
a. National Communication Association.
b. International Communication Association.
c. Eastern Communication Association.
d. Southern States Communication Association.
e. Western States Communication Association.
f. Central States Communication Association.
g. Kenneth Burke Society.
h. New York State Speech Communication Association.
i. Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico.
j. Indiana Speech Communication Association.
k. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
l. Association for Communication Administrators.
m. Media Ecology Association.
n. Broadcast Education Association.
Regional and State Professional Service
1. Editor (2008-2010), Eastern Communication Association 100th Anniversary Volume, A Century of
Transformation, Studies in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Eastern Communication Association,
411 pages, Oxford University Press of New York, NY, 2010.
2. Chair and Member, Eastern Communication Association 100th Anniversary Planning Committee, Eastern
Communication Association, 2005-2009.
3. Member, Diversity Committee, Eastern Communication Association, 2004-2006.
4. Mentor, Central States Communication Association Mentor Network, January 11, 2006 to present.
5. Member, Federation Prize Selection Committee, Central States Communication Association, April 1997.
6. Member, Executive Council, Eastern Communication Association:
a. Elected Representative for the Human Information Technologies Interest Group, 1987-1989.
b. Member by virtue of office as Editor of Communication Quarterly, 1985-1987.
c. Member by virtue of office as Immediate Past President, President, and First Vice President,
1981-1984.
d. Elected Member-at-Large, 1978-1980.
7. Member, Past Officers' Club, Eastern Communication Association, 1983 to present.
8. Editor, Communication Quarterly, Winter 1985 through Fall 1987.
9. Archivist, Eastern Communication Association, 1989 to present.
10. Immediate Past President, Eastern Communication Association, 1983-1984, chairing the following committees:
a. Distinguished Service Award;
b. Past Officers' Club;
c. Electronic Publications; and
d. Committee of Scholars.
and service as a member on the following committees:
e. Finance Board; and
f. Executive Council.
11. President and Chief Administrative Officer, Eastern Communication Association, 1982-1983.
12. First Vice President and Chief Program Planner, Eastern Communication Association, 1981-1982.
13. Committees, Eastern Communication Association:
a. Chair, Donald H. Ecroyd Outstanding Teacher Award Committee, 1990.
b. Member, Finance Committee of the Executive Council, 1985-1987.
c. Chair, Constitution Committee of the Executive Council, 1988-1989, 1987-1988, and 1986-1987.
d. Member, Donald H. Ecroyd Outstanding Teacher Awards Committee, Eastern Communication
Association, 1987-1989.
Chair, Research Committee of the Human Information Technologies Interest Group, 1986-1987,
completed the HIT Research Committee Report, a ten page report, coauthored with Donald P. Cushman.
f. Chair, Past Presidents' Award Committee of the Past Officers' Club, 1985-1986.
g. Chair, Kenneth Burke Society, ECA Branch, 1985-1986 and 1984-1985.
h. Chair, Funding Committee, 1979-1981.
i. Member, Nominating Committee, 1980.
14. Associate Editor and/or Manuscript Referee:
a. Associate Editor, Communication Quarterly, 2010-2012, 2008-2010, 2005-2007, 2002-2004, 1999-2001,
1996-1998, 1993-1995, 1991-1993 and 1988-1990.
b. Associate Editor, Communication Studies, 2001-2003.
c. Associate Editor, Qualitative Research Reports, 2002-2004 and 1999-2001.
d. Manuscript Referee, Western Journal of Speech Communication, 1990-1988.
e. Associate Editor, The Pennsylvania Speech Communication Annual, 1987, 1986, and 1985.
f. Associate Editor, Speech Communication Annual, New York State Speech Communication
Association, 1995-1997, 1991-1993 and 1986.
15. Co-Author and Co-Organizer, Human Information Technologies Interest Group proposal, Eastern
Communication Association, 1985, with Linda C. Lederman and Paul Evangelista. Proposal and Interest
Group approved by the Executive Council of the Eastern Communication Association on May 5, 1985 in
Providence, RI.
16. Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico:
a. Vice President for Convention Planning and Chair of the Selection Committee, 1987 to 2006.
b. Founder, Organizer, and Charter Member; Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San
Juan, Puerto Rico; Fall 1980.
17. Newsletter Editor, Political Communication Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association, 1980.
18. Member, Nominating Committee, Eastern Communication Association, 1980.
19. Chair, Emerging Scholar Award Committee, Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania, 1978.
20. Member, Resolutions Committee, Speech Association of Pennsylvania, August 1973 through September
1974.
Departmental Service
1. At Ball State University:
a. Director of the Graduate Program, Department of Telecommunications, Fall 2005 to the present.
b. Member, Graduate Faculty Committee, Department of Telecommunications, Fall 2005 to the present.
c. Member, College of Information, Media, and Communication Diversity Committee, 2006-2008.
d. Member, Graduate Education Committee (university committee), 2007-2009.
2. At Indiana State University:
a. Elected, Director, Graduate Program, Department of Communication, Spring 2005.
b. Elected member, Department of Communication Personnel Committee, 2000-2002, 1995-1997.
c. Coordinator, Graduate Program, Department of Communication, 2001-2002.
d. Developed a new major, "Managerial Communication," proposed in June 1995, with proceedings
related to adoption continued through Spring 1997.
e. Elected member, Graduate Faculty, Department of Communication, 2000-2005, 1997-1999, 1992-1997.
f. Coordinator, Faculty Forum, Department of Communication, 1996-1997.
g. Organized and Coordinator, Central States Communication Association convention graduate student
programs, 1995-1997.
h. Chair; Department of Communication; August 10, 1992 to July 7, 1995:
(1) Chief administrative officer for all departmental activities. In the Fall of 1993, the scope of
departmental activities included:
(a) 46 staff members (17 full-time tenure faculty members; 3 full-time adjunct; 24 half-time
graduate teaching assistants; and 2 full-time professional staff members);
(b) a total annual budget of $1,119,911: salaries and wages of $995,337; student wages of
$25,162; supplies and equipment of $46,562; and durable equipment expenditures of $52,849;
(c) undergraduate academic programs (majors and minors) in: radio/television/film,
journalism, speech communication and theatre education, public relations, oral interpretation, and communication theory and research;
(d) graduate academic programs (MA. and M.S.) in rhetorical and communication theory, oral
interpretation, radio/television/film, theatre, and general communication studies;
(e) the following facilities: a fully-equipped radio station broadcasting 12 hours a day, a
fully-equipped television studio, a public relations studio, an oral interpretation studio, two resource rooms, and a fully-equipped videotape editing room; and
(f) majors and minors: 364 undergraduate majors; 36 undergraduate minors; 45 graduate
majors; and 17 graduate minors.
(2) Committees: Chair, Departmental Meetings; Chair, Graduate Faculty Committee; Advisor to all
Departmental Search Committees; Chair, Academic Program Area Coordinators Committee.
(3) Special Projects Initiated: Faculty creativity contracts; Faculty forum series; Faculty mentorships;
a Faculty Exchange Program with the Department of Human Communication Studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C.; and a joint major in "Managerial Communication" with the Department of Management and Finance of the School of Business at Indiana State University.
i. Courses developed: Web page/Internet version of Communication 101, “Introduction to Speech
Communication”; Communication 203, “Introduction to Managerial Communication”; Communication 102,
"Introduction to Human Communication"; and Communication 450, "Techniques of Audience Analysis and
Prediction."
3. At Queens College of CUNY:
a. Deputy Chair; Department of Communication Arts and Sciences; September 1, 1988 through June 30,
1989, and July 1, 1985 to December 31, 1987.
b. Acting Chair; Department of Communication Arts and Sciences; January 1, 1988 through August 31,
1988.
c. Chair, Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1986-1989.
d. Coordinator, Master's Program in Media Studies, 1983-1986.
e. Member, Graduate Studies Committee, 1981-1986.
f. Departmental Representative, Academic Senate, Spring 1982 to June 1989 (also, Departmental
Alternative, Fall 1982 and 1981-1982).
g. Chair, Data Collection Committee, 1984-1986.
h. Member, Statement of Philosophy Committee, 1984-1986.
i. Member, Core Course Committee, 1985-1986.
j. Undergraduate courses developed included "Computer-Human Communication" and "Electronic Print
and the Publishing Industry." Also, developed the Minor in Arts and Media.
k. As Coordinator of the M A. program in Media Studies, supervised a reformulation of the graduate
program and was directly responsible for the development of courses which included: "Graduate Study in Media," "Forms of Media," "Rhetorical Theory and Media," "Audience Analysis," "Computer-Mediated Communication: Theory and Research," "Program Development and Production," and "Communication: Cooperative Education Placement."
l. Supervisor for the component of the undergraduate and graduate internship programs in publishing,
editing, and composition, Fall 1985 through Fall 1988.
4. At Temple University:
a. Acting Director of Graduate Studies, 1978-1979.
b. Member, Graduate Committee, 1972-1981.
c. Member, Rhetoric and Communication Division Committee, 1972-1981.
d. Chair, Admissions and Awards Committee, 1978-1979; member, Admissions and Awards Committee,
1975-1977.
e. Chair, Long Range Goals Committee, 1978-1979.
f. Member of the following committees during the years specified: Recruitment Committee in
1977-1978; Colloquium Committee in 1977-1978; Ad Hoc Data Collection Committee in 1976-1977; Program and Scheduling Committee in 1975-1976; Training and Assignments Committee in 1975-1976; Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Hiring in 1975-1976; Ad Hoc Committee to Revise the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination in 1975-1976; Ad Hoc Committee on the Ethical Use of Human Subjects in Experimental Studies in 1975; Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Hiring in January 1973; Ad Hoc Committee on the Development of Faculty Priorities and Needs in February 1973.
g. Chair, Rhetoric and Communication Division, 1973-1974.
h. Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Revision Committee, 1972-1974.
i. Undergraduate courses developed included: "Communication in the Year 2000," "Sexual
Communication," "Political Communication," "Public Speaking for Television," "Communication, Politics, and the Mass Media," "Communication in Popular Culture," and "Philosophy of Rhetoric and Communication.'
j. Graduate seminars developed included: "Mass Communication," "Political Communication,"
"Contemporary Rhetorical Transactions," "Contemporary Rhetorical Theory," "Dramatism and Dramaturgy," and "Field Research Methods."
k. Trained teaching assistants in public speaking and popular culture communication, 1973-1980.
5. At the University of Minnesota, graduate student representative on the Departmental Policy Committee,
1971-1972.
College and University Service
1. At Ball State University:
a. Member, Graduate Education Committee, university-wide committee, 2007 to present.
b. Ph.D. Committee, College of Communication, Information, and Media, 2005-2007.
c. Diversity Committee, College of Communication, Information, and Media, 2006-2007.
d. Member, Graduate Faculty, Graduate School, Ball State University, approved through September 1, 2013.
2. At Indiana State University:
a. Member, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Selection Committee, Spring 2002.
b. Member, Combined Leadership Committee, North Central Association ISU Re-Accreditation, 1999-2000.
c. Member, Coordinator and Data Collection Committee, North Central Association ISU Re-Accreditation, 1998-1999
d. Coordinator of Assessment, "Transforming the First Year Experience: A Model for Fortifying
Student Resolve to Succeed," a project sponsored by a Lilly Endowment grant of $2 million, August 1, 1997 to August 31, 1999.
e. Chair, Assessment Advisory Committee, University-level, Fall 1997 through Spring 2000.
f. Member, Assessment Advisory Committee, University-level, Fall 1995 through Spring 2000.
g. Member, Program Review Committee for the Evaluation of the Undergraduate Program Review of
the Department of Africana Studies, February 10, 1997.
h. Member, Council of Chairs and Directors, College of Arts and Sciences, Fall 1992 to July 1995.
i. Chair, College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Search and Screening Committee, University-level, 1993
1994.
j. Member, Student Publications Board, University-level, 1993-1994 and 1992-1993.
3. At Queens College of CUNY:
a. Departmental Representative, Queens College Academic Senate, Spring 1982 to June 1989 (also,
Alternative Representative, Fall 1982 and 1981-1982). Elected by the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences.
b. Member, Queens College Graduate Curriculum Committee, September 1984 to December 1988.
Elected by the Queens College Academic Senate.
c. Member, Queens College Business and Liberal Arts Corporate Board, June 1987 to June 1989,
Presidential Appointment. Also, Assistant Director of the Business and Liberal Arts Program, Queens College Business and Liberal Arts Program, 1988-1989, Provost and Dean Appointment. Also, Member, Search Committee for the Director of the Business and Liberal Arts Program, 19871988, Presidential and Provost Appointment.
d. Member, Queens College Task Force on Teacher Preparation, 1988-1989. Provost Appointment.
e. Member, Search Committee for the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, Queens College
Academic Senate, 1988-1989. Elected by the Queens College Academic Senate.
f. Reviewer, Communication Panel, Internal Evaluation Committee, PSC-CUNY Research Award
Program, City University of New York, 1988-1989.
g. Member, Queens College Journalism Corporate Board, Fall 1988 and 1987-1988. Presidential
Appointment.
h. Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Half-Year/Full-Pay Fellowship Leaves and Scholar Incentive
Awards, Fall 1988. Elected by the Queens College Personnel and Budget Committee.
i. Member, Queens College Five Year Development and Planning Computer and Management Systems
Committee, 1987, Presidential Appointment. Also, Chair, Research Computing Subcommittee, 1987.
j. Member, Queens College Computer Curriculum Committee, 1987. Presidential Appointment.
k. Member, Queens College Task Force on Research Computing, 1985-1987. Provost Appointment.
l. Member, Queens College Recruitment and Retention Committee, 1986-1987. Presidential
Appointment.
m. Member, Search Committee for the Director of the Academic Computer Center, Fall 1985 and
Summer 1985.
n. Nominated and authored the citation for Kenneth Burke's Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
degree, for the May 30, 1985 Queens College of CUNY Sixty-First Commencement Exercises.
o. Member, Interdisciplinary Review Panel, Senate Research Award Committee, City University of New
York, 1984-1985.
p. Member, Queens College Provost Committee, Computer Policy and Planning, 1983-1985.
q. Cofounder, Organizer, and Charter Member; Member, 1981 to 1989; Elected Director, Spring 1983 to
July 1989; Council for Media Research; at Queens College of CUNY.
r. Evaluator, Brooklyn's College Department of Television and Radio's "Brooklyn College Proposal for a
New Academic Program in Television Production, Leading to the Master of Fine Arts Degree," for Dean Helen S. Cairns for the Graduate Advisory Committee of the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, submitted September 28, 1983.
4. At Temple University:
a. Member, University Faculty Senate, Spring 1978.
b. Television interview; "Body Language, Love, and Romance"; to promote concern for a communication
perspective of human interaction and to develop a stronger university-community relationship; KYW TV, Channel 3; Philadelphia, PA; July 5, 1978.
c. Interviews; "The Socialization of Children and Nonverbal Communication Systems"; in order to
promote a concern for language development in children and to establish a stronger university-community relationship; interviews were held on two television programs, on six radio programs, and with several newspapers which ultimately produced wire copy articles carried in over 100 American and foreign newspapers.
d. Associate Faculty Member, American Studies Program, 1973-1979.
e. Lecturer, "Minimizing the Impact of Future Shock," Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
University of Pennsylvania, April 1975.
f. Interview; "The Future of Communication;" The Philadelphia Inquirer; December 1, 1974; to promote
a concern for future thinking and communication and to develop stronger university-community relationships; as a wire-service article, the interview later appeared in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times as well as other major newspapers.
5. At Concordia College:
a. Interacted with and/or functioned as a communication consultant on futurism and
research/development with the Corporate Planning Division of Hallmark Cards; the Corporate Planning Institutional Television/MHECC of Moorhead State College in Moorhead, Minnesota; and with the Rensseler Polytechnic Institute.
b. Member, Study Group Advisory Committee of the State of Minnesota Human Rights Commission,
1971-1972.
c. Communication Consultant; Bankers' Association; Fargo, North Dakota; October through January
1968-1969.
d. Selected "Community Leader of America," 1968-1969, for service club work related to contemporary
social issues and communication problems in society.
Debate and Forensic Experience
1. Guest Judge: 1970 District IV Debate Tournament; and 1969 National Debate Tournament.
2. Director of Forensics; Concordia College; Moorhead, Minnesota. Team placed first out of 24 teams in
District IV and progressed to the octafinals at the 1968 National Debate Tournament. Also, Director of
the High School Debate and Forensic Summer Workshop, 1968 and 1969. Also, Tournament Director of
the Lillo High School Debate and Individual Events Tournament at Concordia College, attended by over
600 high school students in 1968.
3. Tournament Administrator; First National Debate Tournament; Chicago, Illinois; April 16-19, 1967.
4. Guest Lecturer; Tri-College High School Workshop (October 5, 1968) and at the Speech and Drama
Consortium (October 4, 1968); Moorhead, Minnesota.
5. Graduate Debate Assistant; Illinois State University; Normal, Illinois; 1966-1967.
6. College Debater; University of Minnesota; 1962-1966; coached by Bernard L. Brock, Robert L. Scott,
Donn Parsons. and C. David Mortensen.
UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS
A Cognitive Introduction to the Study of Human Communication (Terre Haute, IN: Department of Communication, Indiana State University, Fall 2002), 161 pages.
A Cognitive Introduction to the Study of Human Communication (Terre Haute, IN: Department of
Communication, Indiana State University, Fall 2001), 126 pages. A second, revised edition was distributed and
sold during Spring 2002, although the same cover and date were used as the Fall 2001 edition.
A Cognitive Introduction to the Study of Human Communication (Terre Haute, IN: Department of
Communication, Indiana State University, Spring 2001), 126 pages.
A Cognitive Introduction to the Study of Human Communication (Terre Haute, IN: Department of
Communication, Indiana State University, Fall 2000), 112 pages.
5. A Cognitive Introduction to the Study of Human Communication (Terre Haute, IN: Department of
Communication, Indiana State University, Spring 2000), 110 pages.
6. A Cognitive Introduction to the Study of Human Communication (Terre Haute, IN: Department of
Communication, Indiana State University, Fall 1999), 110 pages.
7. Course Outlines for Communication 101, "Introduction to Speech Communication" (Terre Haute, IN:
Department of Communication, Indiana State University, Fall 1998), 114 pages.
8. Course Outlines for Communication 102A, "Introduction to Human Communication" (Terre Haute, IN:
Department of Communication, Indiana State University, Fall 1998), 114 pages.
9. Course Outlines for Communication 101, "Introduction to Speech Communication" (Terre Haute, IN:
Department of Communication, Indiana State University, January 1998), 114 pages.
10. Course Outlines for Communication 102A, "Introduction to Human Communication" (Terre Haute, IN:
Department of Communication, Indiana State University, January 1998), 114 pages.
11. The Study of Human Communication: Course Content Outlines for Communication 102A "Introduction
to Human Communication" (Terre Haute, IN: Department of Communication, Indiana State University, August 1997).
12. Concepts, Constructs, Theories, Methods, Criticism, and Applications for the Study of Human
Communication: Course Content Outlines for Communication 102A "Introduction to Human Communication" (Terre Haute, IN: Department of Communication, Indiana State University, August 1996), 76 pages.
13. "Introduction to Human Communication" Communication 102A Outlines of Course Content (Terre Haute,
Indiana: Department of Communication, Indiana State University, July 1995), 72 pages.
14. K-12 Oral Communication Teacher Training Workshop Manual (Annandale, VA: National
Communication Association, 1992), 510 pages, and the "K-12 Oral Communication Teacher Training Workshops: Syllabus for Instructors," 26 pages. Materials prepared for the National Communication Association's workshops in 1992 (in 4 cities), 1993 (in 14 cities), and 1994 (in 35 cities).
15. Speaking Skills Workshop (Annandale, VA: National Communication Association, February 1991), 154
pages. A pedagogical approach for sixth through eighth grade oral communication instruction presented at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Urban Middle Grades Network in Miami, Florida.
16. Teaching Speech Communication in a Multicultural Context (Annandale, VA: National Communication
Association, November 1990), 41 pages.
17. History of the Kenneth Burke Society:
(A) May 1990, 30 pages, with the assistance of Dale A. Bertelsen, Bernard L. Brock, Dennis Day,
Andrew King, Michael Feehan, and Timothy N. Thompson. One hundred copies distributed at the May
1990 Kenneth Burke Society convention, New Harmony, IN.
(B) Second edition, September 1991, 42 pages.
18. Oral Communication Competencies: A Framework for Developing a Curriculum, Kindergarten through
Twelfth Grade (Annandale, VA: National Communication Association, May 1990); submitted to 25 major professional education associations throughout the U.S.; coauthored with James L. Gaudino; 130 pages.
19. The Integrated and Comprehensive Language Arts Curriculum: "Rediscovering and Re-Emphasizing Oral
Communication Competencies," Oral Communication Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade (Annandale, VA: National Communication Association, April 1, 1990), 125 pages, coauthored with James L. Gaudino. A kindergarten through twelfth grade curriculum and faculty development information packet submitted to State of Virginia Language Arts Supervisors.
20. Restructuring Strategies to Achieve Effective Communication: Oral Communication (Annandale, VA:
National Communication Association, March 19, 1990), 137 pages. An information packet submitted to the National Governors' Association in response to their publication State Actions to Restructure Schools: First Steps; the information packet was designed to provide a foundation for including an oral communication competency program in the Governors' proposed national elementary and secondary school curriculum.
21. "State of Virginia Language Arts Supervisors" (Annandale, VA: National Communication Association,
January 23-24, 1990); information packet; Charlottesville-Waynesboro, VA; 39 pages.
22. Rationale Kit: Statements Supporting Speech Communication (Annandale, VA: National Communication
Association) (originally edited by Kathleen Pearson and Patricia Hadley; originally compiled by Don M. Boileau), updated and expanded by James W. Chesebro in September 1989, July 1990, and January 1991.
23. Writing Media Criticism, a reader designed for classroom use, sold by Queens College of CUNY, editions
in:
(A) February 1987, 76 pages, 200 copies (revised edition);
(B) February 1986, 60 pages, 200 copies (revised edition); and
(C) February 1985, 34 pages, 200 copies.
24. Communication in Popular Culture: Methods for Analyzing Communication, a reader designed for
classroom use, 229 pages, 850 copies sold by Temple University.
25. Political Communication, a reader designed for classroom use, 325 pages, 300 copies sold by Temple
University.
26. The Radical Revolutionary in America: Analysis of a Rhetorical Movement, 1960-1972, Ph.D. dissertation,
University of Minnesota, December 1972, 504 pages.
27. "Course Guide for Speech 111: Fundamentals of Public Speaking"; printed, sold, and distributed by
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota; 1968 and 1969; 55 pages; approximately 2,400 copies sold.
28. Kenneth Burke's Dramatism Applied to the Analysis of Rhetorical Strategies, Master's thesis, Illinois State
University, 1967, 174 pages.
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[1] In 1997, the Speech Communication Association officially and legally became the National Communication Association. For consistency, hereafter, reflecting the official and legal change, the name National Communication Association is used whenever referring to activities carried out under the name Speech Communication Association or National Communication Association.
[2] Mark Hickson, III, Jean Bodon, and Joshua Turner, “Research Productivity in Communication: An Analysis, 1915-2001,” Communication Quarterly, 52 (Fall 2004), pp. 323-333, esp. p. 327.
[3] Marc Hickson, III, Don W. Stacks, and Jonathan H. Amsbary, “Admisnistrator-Scholars in National Communication: An Analysis of Research Productivity, II,” ACA Bulletin, 79 (January 1992), pp. 66-74.
[4] Jean Bodon, Larry Powell, and Mark Hickson, III, “An Analysis of Book Versus Article Productivity Based on Top Researchers Careers,” Communication Research Reports, 16 (Summer 1999), pp. 213-222, especially p. 218.
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