Jeffery J. Gentry
Rogers State University
1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd.
Claremore, OK 74017
(918) 343-7742 (Office)
E-mail: <jgentry@rsu.edu>
SECTION I: TEACHING
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, Norman, 2003, Communication
Dissertation: Questions to the First Minister of Scotland
M.A., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1988, Speech Communication
Thesis: Regional Variation in Communication Apprehension: A Study of the Rocky Mountain West
B.A., Eastern Montana College, Billings, 1986, Communication Arts (High Honors)
(See Appendix A: Academic Transcripts)
Rogers State University, Claremore, Oklahoma, July 2004-present: Associate Professor (full-time, with tenure granted in 2008). Since 2007 Communications Department; from 2004-2007 Communications and Fine Arts Department.
Courses taught: speech communication, interpersonal communications, argumentation & persuasion, communications theory, communication in organizations, small group discussion (on-ground & online), senior capstone.
Administrative duties: head the Department of Communications (since 2007), including administrative oversight of KRSC-FM and RSU Theatre. From 2004-2007 headed the Department of Communications and Fine Arts, consisting of the disciplines of communications, English, languages, Native American studies, humanities, art, music, and philosophy.
(See Appendix B: Faculty Profile Information (including letter of application to RSU)
(See Appendix C: Faculty Development Documents)
Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma, August, 1991-June 2004: Language Arts Department. From 1991-2000 I taught as an instructor; from 2000-2004 I taught as an Assistant Professor, with tenure granted in 2002.
Courses taught: public speaking, intercollegiate forensics, small group communication, persuasion, readers theatre, oral interpretation, argumentation & debate, senior seminar, media production, intro to mass communication, sports broadcasting, communication theory, speech methods for secondary teachers.
Administrative duties: coached and directed speech and debate team.
Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas, August, 1990-May, 1991: Instructor (full-time, tenure-track), Department of Speech, Communication and Theatre. Courses taught: public speaking, intercollegiate forensics, argumentation & debate.
Administrative duties: coached and directed speech and debate team.
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, August, 1988-May, 1990: Lecturer (full-time), Department of Speech Communication. Courses taught: public speaking & discussion, oral interpretation.
COURSES TAUGHT AT RSU
As an associate professor of communications and department head since 2004 I have taught the following courses on a 3-3, 2-3, or 2-2 schedule, with the remainder granted as release time to administer the respective department:
SPCH 1113 Speech Communication
COMM 1123 Interpersonal Communications (also developed online version)
COMM 2723 1Small Group Discussion (also developed online version)
COMM 3253 Argumentation and Persuasion
COMM 3833 1Communications Theory
COMM 4223 1Communication in Organizations
COMM 4913 Senior Capstone
1New courses I have developed for RSU (i.e., not previously offered)
GUEST LECTURES/CRITIQUES
Senior capstone presentations, Department of Communications & Fine Arts, Spring 2007, 2008. Served on official judging panel to determine annual awards for outstanding and distinguished communications capstones. Genres have included music videos, original screenplays (with sample-scenes produced), university/non-profit group public relations projects, recruiting video/radio advertisements, television sports features, multimedia computer programs, outdoor advertising packages.
Basic content analysis, including an extended example of an original research study on the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict of 2006, to Juliet Evusa’s SBS 3013 Research Methods I class, Spring 2007.
American College Theatre Festival: Irene Ryan scholarship competition, February 2007. Critiqued dialogue partners Tina Davis and Paul Fisher of RSU, who performed from William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Director: David Blakely, RSU. Also critiqued stage-production cast on voice & diction elements.
The great global media debate, November 11, 2006. Helped design the format and served as guest critic for this debate in Juliet Evusa’s global communications class. Twelve student debaters participated on the debate question: “Does globalization greatly benefit local as well as international media and freedom of expression.”
Basic content analysis, including an extended example of an original research study on the Scottish Parliament, to Sharon Fernlund’s Fall 2004, Fall 2005.
INDEPENDENT STUDIES DIRECTED
Ann Burney, Corporate Communication Internship, Summer 2007
Shakendra Leathers, Corporate Communication Internship, Summer 2007
Joshua Ellard, Corporate Communication Internship, Summer 2007
Will Bushyhead, Senior Capstone, Fall 2006
Kalissa Money, Senior Capstone, Fall 2006
Julie LaBarr, Communication in Organizations, Spring 2006
SECTION II: SCHOLARSHIP/RESEARCH
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS & COMPETITIVE CONVENTION PAPERS
At Rogers State University
Applications of communication theory in musical theatre. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Tahlequah, OK, September 2008.
The God intrusion: Richard Dawkins and the refutative critique. Paper presented at the International Conference on Media, Spiritualities and Social Change, Boulder, CO, June 2008. Full paper included in the Conference Proceedings CD.
Using YouTube: Practical applications for 21st century education. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Oklahoma City, September 2008.
Embracing diversity in higher education: Do we really mean it? Paper presented at the Chair Academy’s Annual International Conference, Tucson, AZ, April 2006. Also conducted a 90-minute conference workshop based on the paper. [International conference]
John A. Shields: The spirit of Pi Kappa Delta. The Forensic of Pi Kappa Delta, 90, 27-32 (2005, Summer).
The communication of opposition: Debate in the Scottish Parliament (with Misty Williams and Lexi Jones, Southwestern Oklahoma State University). “Top Paper Award” in the Political Communication Interest Group—presented at the annual convention of the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO, April 2005. [CSCA is one of four regional communication associations in the U.S., and is the largest]
Citizen reactions to religion in the 1960 presidential campaign: The rise of the Catholic candidate. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Edmond, OK, September 2004. [Statewide conference]
Previous to RSU
Question time in the British and Scottish parliaments. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA, November 2001.
Readers Theatre: Building a national event. The Forensic of Pi Kappa Delta, 86, 1-10 (2001, Summer). Previous version presented at the biennial convention of Pi Kappa Delta: the national collegiate forensic honorary, Boise, ID, March 2001.
Tantalizing enigmas: An ethnography of college theatre. Paper presented at the annual Communication Scholar Conference, Norman, OK, October 2000.
Patient revolution: The rhetoric of the Scottish National Party. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Central States Communication Association, Detroit, MI, April 2000.
Citizen voices in presidential debate reporting (with Ammar Bakkar, Oklahoma University). “Top-Three Paper” in the Political Communication Interest Group—presented at the joint convention of the Central States Communication Association and the Southern States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO, April 1999.
But when they shine: Great students in policy debate. The Forensic of Pi Kappa Delta, 85, 1-9 (2000, Winter). Previous version presented at the annual convention of the Central States Communication Association, Chicago, IL, April 1998.
Efforts to reform college debate. Journal of Public Advocacy, 1, 26-43, (1996). Previous version presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association (now NCA), New Orleans, LA, November 1994.
Robert C. Rowland: Scholar of discord. Paper presented at the Sooner Communication Conference, Norman, OK, March 1996.
Performance Readers Theatre: Cultural enrichment for the small town. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Central States Communication Association, Oklahoma City, OK, April 1994.
Parliamentary impromptu: Using imagination to teach debate. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH, April 1992.
Community size and communication apprehension: Is bigger really better? Paper presented at the annual convention of the Colorado Communication Association, Colorado Springs, CO, April 1989.
U.S. regional diversity in communication apprehension: A preliminary study. Paper presented at the Northwest Communication Conference, Cour de Alene, ID, April 1986.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW
The God intrusion: Richard Dawkins and the refutative critique. Article submitted to Communication and Religion: John Pauley, Editor, June 2008.
Testing claims of media bias against Israel. Article submitted to The JCSTAND: Robert Littlefield, Editor, February 2008.
COMMISSIONED PUBLICATIONS & CONVENTION PAPERS
At Rogers State University
Analysis and evaluation of the technology, function and role of RSU Radio, October 2007. Research report prepared at the request of RSU’s Central Administration, including recommendations on the lifespan and eventual replacement of the KRSC-FM transmitter.
Testing claims of media bias against Israel. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN, April 2007.
Colin Powell and ethical war making: A reply to Mintz. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Edmond, OK, September 2006.
Radical change in faculty and student evaluation: A justifiable heresy? Paper presented at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Edmond, OK, September 2005.
Paternalistic messages in cross-cultural rhetoric: Clinton in Africa. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO, April 2005.
Previous to RSU
From debate to poetry: The communication arts continuum. Paper presented at the biennial convention of Pi Kappa Delta: the national collegiate forensic honorary, Baltimore, MD, March 2003.
Education and courage: The Future of Pi Kappa Delta. Position paper commissioned by Executive-Secretary Michael Bartanen for the Pi Kappa Delta Constitutional Convention, St. Louis, MO, February 2000.
Great gains in the Great Plains: The value of forensic conferences. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 1999.
Cloning ourselves to death: A plea for real audiences/real forensics. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 1997.
Life after debate: Professional debater or public advocate? Rostrum, 71 (5), January 1997, 11-14.
Expanding the range of logos in academic debate. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA, November 1996.
Lessons in agape: Are we teaching students to be true lovers? (with Sherrie Sharp, Southwestern Oklahoma State University). Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA, November 1996.
Transferring forensic skills beyond tournaments. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Edmond, OK, September 1992.
EDITING AND REVIEWING
At Rogers State University
Editor: OSTCA Newsletter, a publication of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre & Communication Association, 2006-2007 (four major editions).
Reader/reviewer: Political Communication Interest Group, Central States Communication Association, 2005-2006.
Previous to RSU
Editorial Board Member: The Forensic of Pi Kappa Delta, 1998-2001.
Reader/reviewer: Political Communication Interest Group, Central States Communication Association, 1998-1999, 1999-2000.
Reader/reviewer: OSTCA Student Paper Competition, Fall 2000.
Editorial Board Member: Journal of Public Advocacy, 1997-98.
Editor: Journal of Public Advocacy, 1995-1997.
At Rogers State University
Israeli vs. Hezbollah: A rhetorical war on many fronts. Panel assembled and co-chaired for the annual convention of the Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN, April 2007. Co-chair: Richard Boyd, RSU.
Approaching Oklahoma’s Centennial: Our 77th Year. Joint convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre & Communication Association, Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association (Communication Division), and Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association, Oklahoma City, September 2006. Conference planner, according to duties as OSTCA Vice President. Recruited, assembled and assisted faculty and student panels, recruited panel chairs and respondents, hosted pre-conference dinner, and introduced luncheon keynote speaker H. Dan O’Hair—President of the National Communication Association.
Faculty papers in communication. Panel assembled and chaired at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Edmond, OK, September 2005.
(See Appendix K: Conventions and Convention Panels Chaired)
Previous to RSU
Making theory talk: Pedagogical considerations in forensics. Panel assembled and chaired at the annual convention of Pi Kappa Delta: The national collegiate forensics honorary, Baltimore, MD, March 2003.
Political communication across the global society: Snapshots of rhetorical efforts which cross international borders. Panel chaired at the joint convention of the Central States Communication Association and the Southern States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO, April 1999.
Accentuate the positive: Idealized visions of forensics performance. Panel assembled and chaired at the annual convention of the Central States Communication Association, Chicago, IL, April 1998.
West Region workshop of the National Educational Debate Association. Workshop assembled and chaired at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Edmond, OK, September 1997.
Trends in forensic and performance Readers Theatre. Panel assembled and chaired at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Edmond, OK, September 1993.
NON-SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Previous to RSU
The ups and downs of Oklahoma running. Oklahoma Runner, 12, 11 (January-February 1995).
What's your best distance? Oklahoma Runner, 11, 15 (September 1994).
At Rogers State University
Seeker. Wrote book for one-act musical play, adapted songs, wrote one song (music/lyrics), and co-directed faculty performers, March 2008. Songs by Cat Stevens. Also performed the role of Jackson and co-produced performances in poetry and music for this faculty showcase. Fellow directors: Joe Cernuto and Shari Munroe.
Quest for the Clio. Co-wrote one-act play, adapted material, and directed faculty performers, November 2006. Also performed the role of Steve Bachman. Co-writers: Mitch Markowitz and Heath Doerr. Also coordinated individual and group faculty performances in poetry and music for this faculty showcase.
Siddhartha: A musical readers theatre, November 2004. Adapted material and directed faculty performers. Book by Hermann Hesse; songs by Cat Stevens. Also coordinated individual and group faculty performances in poetry and music for this faculty showcase.
Previous to RSU
Guy Noir: Private eye. Twelfth annual Readers Theatre program, November 2003. Co-wrote, adapted material and directed student performers. Featured author: Garrison Keillor.
A little tolerance. Eleventh annual Readers Theatre program, November 2002. Co-wrote, adapted material and directed student performers. Published writers: John P. Gibbons, Malu Halasa, Richard W. Stevenson, David Wild, and Nigel Williamson. Songs by Cat Stevens.
The lives of English majors. Tenth annual Readers Theatre program, November 2001. Adapted material and directed student performers. Radio drama by Garrison Keillor. Additional material by Duane Bye.
Wonka 2000: The real story. Ninth annual Readers Theatre program, November 2000. Adapted material and directed student performers. Book and screenplay by Roald Dahl. Songs by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Additional material by Sean Abley.
Stories and poems From Central Africa. Eighth annual Readers Theatre program, November 1999. Adapted material and directed student performers. Book by Philip Gourevitch. Poems by Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Amelia Blossom Pegram, Roland Tombekai Dempster, Gabriel Okara, Matei Markwei.
Curmudgeons on parade. Seventh annual Readers Theatre program, December 1998. Co-wrote, adapted material, and directed student performers. Published writer: Jon Winokur.
Quest for the Clio. Sixth annual Readers Theatre program, October 1997. Co-wrote, adapted material, and directed student performers. Co-writers: Mitch Markowitz and Heath Doerr.
The lighter side of war. Fifth annual Readers Theatre program, April 1997. Co-wrote, adapted material, and directed student performers. Published writers: William Stafford, Randal Jarrel, Ambrose Bierce, and Rudyard Kipling. Other writers: Tim Conard & Todd McClary.
Painful adjustments (directed with Sherrie Sharp). Fourth annual Readers Theatre program, November 1995. Co-wrote, adapted material, and directed student performers. Published writers: Anton Chekhov; Judith Viorst; Alfred Yankovic; Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, & Bob Carroll.
Seeker. Third annual Readers Theatre program, November, 1994. Wrote all spoken dialogue and one song (words/music; musical arrangement by Jennifer Travis); adapted material, and directed student performers. All other songs by Cat Stevens.
Isn’t it romantic? Second annual Readers Theatre program. November, 1993. Co-wrote, including one song (words/music; musical arrangement by Jennifer Kurtz); adapted material, and directed student performers. Published writers: Edna St. Vincent Millay, Anton Chekhov, Bernard Malamud, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Siddhartha. First annual Readers Theatre program, November, 1992. Adapted material and directed student performers. Book by Hermann Hesse; songs by Cat Stevens.
At Rogers State University
Self-empowerment in a rapidly changing world, by CFA invited speaker Billy Mills, October 25, 2005. Duties included 1) proposed program, secured funding and booked speaker, 2) headed publicity and wrote press-release information for Public Relations Department, 3) presented “Running Brave,” the major motion picture on Billy Mills’ life in the Will Rogers Auditorium, 4) introduced speaker for main event, 5) produced fund-raising luncheon for Native American student scholarships via the Foundation, 6) gave after-dinner speech, “What it takes to be an Olympian,” 7 ) helped arrange for speaker to give visit Native American Student Association meeting, present a class lecture in Sharon Fernlund’s sociology class, and appear on “Native Air” with Hugh Foley. Fellow invited-speaker committee members: Hugh Foley and Chip Rogers.
Faculty versus student debate. Designed the format for debates over student absence policies, quantitative class requirements, and grade inflation; April 14, 2005. Faculty debaters: Nat Hardy, Sue Katz, and Kenneth Hicks. Student debaters Billy Bowers, Lucas DeVore, and David Nichols.
Debatewatch ’04. Hosted and facilitated Claremore discussion group sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, October 13, 2004. George W. Bush and John Kerry debated in Tempe, AZ, moderated by Bob Schieffer. Disseminated national survey forms to campus and community attendees, facilitated post-debate discussion, and wrote facilitator’s report. Research results sent to national research coordinator Diana Carlin, Lawrence, KS. Nationwide there were 4,800 Debatewatch participants for this debate, viewing from 540 sites.
Previous to RSU
Cloning Debate. Designed the format and moderated debate hosted by the Panorama Committee, October 3, 2002. Speakers: Gregory E. Pence, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham; Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and International Advisory Board member for The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity. Student assistants: Jessica Oxford and Shane Farmer, Communication Arts.
Debatewatch ’96. Hosted Weatherford discussion groups sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Bill Clinton and Bob Dole debated in Hartford, CN on October 6, and San Diego, CA on October 16. Campus and community attendees participated in nationwide survey—results sent to national research coordinator Diana Carlin, Lawrence, KS. Discussion facilitator: Sunny Craig, Communication Arts major.
Campus debate ’96: “Should the personal income tax be abolished?” Produced and hosted this public debate forum, which also served as the West Region All-Star Debate for the National Educational Debate Association, April 1996. Affirmative: Eric Houser, Oklahoma City University, and Lance Leslie, Northern Oklahoma College. Negative: Sarah Johnson, University of South Dakota, and Sunny Craig (Communication Arts major), Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Moderator: Jase Humphrey, double major in Communication Arts and Political Science, Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
Campus debate ’95: “Should assisted suicide be legalized?” Produced and hosted this public debate forum, April 1995. Affirmative: Jennifer Travis, Communication Arts major. Negative: Sunny Craig, Biology major (later Communication Arts). Moderator: Melanie Day, Communication Arts major.
Oklahoma Sixth District congressional debates, Summer 1994. Designed the format and served as moderator for these special-election debates between Frank Lucas and Brooks Douglass (Republican primary), and Frank Lucas and Dan Webber (general election), which were broadcast live across the state from Elk City on the Oklahoma News Network. (Representative Glenn English’s mid-term retirement necessitated this election.)
Campus debate ’94: “Should the United States increase legal immigration?” Produced and hosted this public debate forum, April 1994. Affirmative: Jeff Nease, Political Science major. Negative: Nanisa Pereles, Speech-theatre major. Moderator: Jennifer Edgar, double-major in Health Information Management and Healthcare Administration.
At Rogers State University
Josh Buehler theatre audition, March 2008. Co-produced and shot successful six-minute audition video for RSU senior Josh Buehler for the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival, Durant. Buehler appeared in Henry IV and Guys and Dolls in repertory, July 2-20, 2008. Scene partner: Katie Hendrickson; Director/coach: David Blakely. Uploaded for webcast on <youtube.com/user/1dablak>
Love you: music video production for baby shower, April 2007. Wrote words and music, performed vocal track, shot and edited video. Arranger and pianist: Jennifer Dunford. Uploaded for webcast on <youtube.com/gentracles>
Fresh goes better with Mentos: commercial parody produced and filmed for the RSU Faculty Showcase, November 2007. Student actors: Don Horn, Carolina Klamm, and Philip Tallman. Uploaded for webcast on <youtube.com/gentracles>
Every moment: music video produced and presented on October 25, 2005 in honor of CFA invited speaker Billy Mills. Vocals by Joy Williams. Written by Jesse Butterworth, Regie Hamm, and Joy Williams. Video co-producers Cathy Coomer and Dale McKinney, featuring RSU student Carolina Klamm.
Guest co-host, “Misti in the morning” radio program (with Misti Grannemann), KRSC 91.3 FM, January 12, 2005.
Previous to RSU
Keeping the faith: Forensics faces the future. Panelist in spotlight program videotaped for sale by the Central States Communication Association. Panelists “discussed the challenges faced by current forensics professionals in assuring the continued vitality of forensics education.” Presented at the joint convention of the Central States Communication Association and the Southern States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO, April 1999.
Discussion: The lost event. Oral history videotape presented at the biennial Pi Kappa Delta National Convention and Tournament, Tacoma, Washington, March 1993. Wrote script and directed student actors. This fourteen-minute video won the third-place award in Oral History.
John A. Shields: The spirit of Pi Kappa Delta. Oral history videotape presented at the biennial Pi Kappa Delta National Convention and Tournament, Eatontown, New Jersey, March 1991. Wrote script and directed student performers. This twenty-minute video won the first-place award in Oral History.
WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
At Rogers State University
The communication arts continuum. Colloquium presented at the School of Liberal Arts series of Colloquia for Humanities Research, Stratton Taylor Library, September 28, 2007.
The surprising truth about media bias, April 12, 2007. An Oklahoma Humanities Council lecture for the “Territory Speaker’s Program,” sponsored by All Souls Unitarian Church, Tulsa, OK.
Advisement workshop coordinator. Prepared the presentation, “An advisor/advisee agreement” and facilitated presentations by Carole Burrage and Peggy Dugan during RSU’s new faculty orientation, August 2004.
Previous to RSU
The Readers Theatre script: Do not be intimidated. Presentation (with Misty Williams) for the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Edmond, OK, September 2002.
The surprising truth about media bias. Presentation for the SWOSU Media Literacy Workshop, Weatherford, OK, November 2000.
Readers Theatre. Presentation made at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Ada, OK, September 2000.
Affirmative topic analysis. Presentation made at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Ada, OK, September 2000.
Experimental forensic events: Readers Theatre. Presentation made at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Edmond, OK, September 1999.
Corporate emphasis on profit: Affirmative topic analysis. Presentation made at the West Region Workshop of the National Educational Debate Association, Edmond, OK, September 1998.
Assessing the educational outcomes of debate participation. Presentation made at the annual convention of the Central States Communication Association, Chicago, IL, April 1998.
Adapting to lay judges. Presentation made at the West Region Workshop of the National Educational Debate Association, Edmond, OK, September 1997.
Stock issues analysis. Presentation made at the West Region Workshop of the National Education Debate Association, Oklahoma City, OK, January 1997.
Character and politics: Negative topic analysis. Presentation made at the West Region Workshop of the National Educational Debate Association, Edmond, OK, September 1996.
Forensics accessibility, accountability and assessment. Presentation made at the annual convention of the Central States Communication Association, St. Paul, MN, April 1996.
Affirmative Action: Negative topic analysis. Presentation made at the West Region Workshop of the National Education Debate Association, Edmond, OK, September 1995.
Communication confidence. Presentation made for the SWOSU chapter of the American Association of University Women, May 1995.
Long-term benefits of impromptu speaking participation. Presentation made at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Edmond, OK, September 1994.
Confident communication. Three-week adult education seminar, SWOSU, Summer 1994.
Building the collegiate Readers Theatre program. Presentation made at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, Edmond, OK, September 1993.
SECTION III: SERVICE
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
At Rogers State University
School of Liberal Arts Review Committee for the 2007-08 A.A. program reviews (chair). Fellow members Mary Mackie and David Tait.
Inviting all communications majors. Co-created and assisted inaugural departmental reception for Communications Department students at the Foundations Gallery, September 25, 2007. Co-chairs: Juliet Evusa and Cathy Coomer.
Making a Difference in Student Learning: Assessment as a Core Strategy, July 2007. Higher Learning Commission. Represented RSU at this national workshop with Larry Minks, Linda Andrews, and Bert Tollison.
Peer faculty observer for Spanish instructors Joanne Lalicker, 2004-05; Guido Arze, 2006-2007; Communications instructors Juliet Evusa, David Blakely, Lee Williams, 2007-08.
Oklahoma Adult Degree Completion Program, 2006-07. Participated in statewide conferences on September 21-22, 2006, and November 28-29. With Richard Boyd I created the “Communication Strategies” focus, and with Diana Lurz I contributed to the “Liberal Studies” focus.
Official testing proctor for disabled RSU student in intermediate algebra, Summer 2006. Instructor: Trish Jones.
Served on search committee for Kunz Endowed Chair of Communication, School of Liberal Arts, 2006. Frank Elwell, Chair.
Participant, RSU Foundation annual scholarship auction and dinner. Claremore Expo Center, 2005, 2006, 2008.
Discussion facilitator, Martin Luther King, Jr. Discussion Forum. Stratton Taylor Library, January 19, 2006.
Architect Selection Committee, Spring 2005. The committee met several times to screen, interview finalists, and select the architect for a $14.4 million project for building renovations, infrastructure, and a new classroom building.
Search committee for criminal justice position, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Fall 2004.
Previous to RSU
Faculty University Tenure and Promotion Review Committee, 2003-04
Forensics Coach, 1991-2003.
Faculty Senator, 1999-2002. Represented Language Arts Department
Arts & Sciences Enrichment Committee, 2000-2001
Student Affairs Committee, 1999-2002
Language Arts assessment committee, 1999-2001
Assessment committee for the Basic Speech course, 1996-2003. In 1998-99 I coordinated the project, which produced the assessment document and recommendations for future assessment
Assessment committee for the Communication Arts major, 1996-2003.
School of Education entrance interviews, Fall 1994, Spring 2001, Fall 2002, Spring 2003.
RECRUITMENT OF STUDENTS
At Rogers State University
Oklahoma Adult Degree Completion enrollment/advisement clinic participant, March 3, 2007.
Oklahoma High School Audition Day, Oklahoma City, February 17, 2007. Coordinated the scheduling and communications for this event on behalf of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre & Communication Association. Auditioned and interviewed senior theatre students with RSU Theatre Director David Blakely.
Saturday freshmen enrollment/advisement clinic participant: Destination RSU, First Choice RSU, RSU Summer Saturday, Early Enrollment Day, and Open House Saturday, 2004-present.
Miss Edmond-Libertyfest and Miss Edmond Libertyfest-Teen scholarship pageants, June 24, 2006. Attended pageants and wrote recruitment letters to participants eligible for RSU’s $1500 renewable scholarship.
High school forensics tournament. Serve as site coordinator for the Northeast regional high school speech and debate tournament, in which several-hundred high school students visited the Claremore campus, 2005, 2006, 2007.
Previous to RSU
General recruitment. As a forensics coach I often spoke with interested high school and transfer students about the team, as well as the Communication Arts major. Several of these students decided to attend the university, competed on the team and/or majored in communication. I also worked with incoming students during freshmen clinic visits.
High school forensics tournament. From 1991-2004 I assisted with the annual SWOSU high school forensics tournament. The two-day event brought in more than 100 participants from across Western and Central Oklahoma.
Audition Day, 1999. With Scott Crew and Steve Strickler, I participated in high school “Audition Day,” Spring 1999, sponsored by the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association. We auditioned and interviewed several potential theatre students at this event in Norman.
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
At Rogers State University
Outside peer evaluator, Louisiana State University-Alexandria, November 2007. At the request of the department chair at LSU-A, I provided a portfolio-review for an assistant professor in communication studies seeking promotion and tenure. Specifically, my review was on the candidate’s scholarship/research.
Debate-tournament judge, Tulsa Community College’s Green Country Swing, October 2007. Judged parliamentary debate rounds at TCC’s Northeast Campus; the tournament also used my “General Notes on Judging Debate.”
Past-President, Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, 2007-08. Attended all meetings, contributed conference panel ideas, mentored President Delma Hall, and served on OSTCA Nominations Committee.
President, Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, 2006-2007. Called/conducted meetings, edited newsletter, recruited new schools & members, assisted Executive Committee on constitutional amendments and new bylaws, awarded all-state high school one-act play winners and all-state speech and debate winners, et al.
Vice President, Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, 2005-06. Select contributions: Recruited new schools and members, created statewide email distribution list, planned 2006 convention.
Second Vice President, Oklahoma Speech, Theatre and Communication Association, 2004-05. Select contributions: proposed and implemented teleconferencing for Executive Committee meetings, recruited new members.
Member of the OSTCA Forensics Division, which oversees the annual State Forensics Tournament, 1992-present.
Previous to RSU
Member of the Oklahoma State Regents Faculty Transfer Curriculum Committee, 1997-98, 2001-02 (speech communication area)
Member, Great Plains Forensic Conference Tellers Committee and By-laws Committee, 2001-2002.
Commissioned contributor, Pi Kappa Delta Constitutional Convention, Spring 2000. National Executive Secretary Michael Bartanen asked me to research and draft proposals for the first overhaul of the Pi Kappa Delta Constitution since its original ratification in 1913. Most notably, I proposed an amendment that students be required to maintain a 2.5 grade average to be eligible to travel to forensic tournaments. The amendment was ratified by the membership in the Fall of 2000. My other successful proposal was the establishment of Readers Theatre as a regular event at Pi Kappa Delta Nationals.
Topic Committee member, Great Plains Forensic Conference, Spring 1999. This committee solicits topics from the GPFC membership, narrows the field to three finalists, and tabulates the votes of the membership on the winning topic.
Graduate awards coordinator, Great Plains Forensic Conference, 1998-2000. To recognize student academic success, I proposed that the GPFC bestow awards to graduating seniors (and sophomores from two-year schools) at the 1999-championship tournament. The motion carried, and I collected the necessary information and presented these awards at our year-end tournaments in Spring 1999 and 2000. This effort developed into a standing GPFC awards committee.
Member, NEDA Committee on Assessment, 1997-98. The Assessment committee prepared documents to measure the educational effectiveness of NEDA debate. Survey results were tabulated and the committee made an oral report to the membership in April 1998.
Vice President, National Educational Debate Association, 1994-97. The NEDA Vice President’s duties are mainly co-extensive with those of a National Council Member, with a few exceptions: I was elected by the membership of both regions, I would have succeeded the President if he were unable to complete his term, I was required to assist the President in coordinating business meetings, and I was charged to oversee and present special awards at the national tournament.
As NEDA Vice President I drafted two amendments to the Constitution that were ratified: the requirement that at least fifty percent of all ballots be completed by non-traditional judges, and the topicality rule, which is designed to discourage trick affirmative cases and spurious topicality objections by the negative.
Member, NEDA Topic Committee, 1994-95, 1997. This committee solicits topics from the NEDA membership, narrows the field to three finalists, and tabulates the votes of the membership on the winning topic. Membership required summer and autumn travel to attend committee meetings in Tonkawa, OK and San Diego, CA (1994-95), and Kankakee, IL (Summer 1997).
Judge for American Legion Oratorical Contest, 1991, 1996
Judge for Regional One Act Play Contest, Leedy, 1992
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE
At Rogers State University
Merit badge teacher/counselor: Personal fitness. Boy Scouts of America Troop 970, Spring-Summer 2007.
“Celebrity Reader,” Westside Elementary School, December 2006. Read two books for Megan Cernuto’s first-grade class.
Recruited speakers for Boy Scouts of America Troop 970, “Citizenship and the nation,” Spring 2005 and Spring 2006.
Bowl for Kids Sake April 2005 and March 2007. Team captain for teams that raised funds for Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Claremore, OK. Teammates Cindy Gentry, David Winter, Denny Schmickle, Brie Schmickle.
Memory Walk 2004: Taking steps to end Alzheimer’s. Raised money and walked in this signature event of the Alzheimer’s Association, Tulsa, OK October 10, 2004.
Previous to RSU
Disaster cleanup volunteer, United Methodist Council on Relief, Cordell, OK, 2001
Fun-run director, “Weatherford Warmup” 2-miler, 1996-2002
Three-term member of the Board of Directors, Wesley Foundation Student Center, 1994-1997; 1997-2000; 2001-2004.
President, Weatherford Running and Biking Club, 1994-2002
Host of “A Mile For America” one-mile run to benefit the American Red Cross, 2001
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Wesley Foundation, 1995-97
Drama teacher, Weatherford Arts Academy, Summer 1997
SECTION IV: NON-TEACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE
At Rogers State University
Head of the Department of Communications, 2007-present, and Head of the Department of Communications & Fine Arts, 2004-07. As a department head, my load and duties are described in RSU’s Faculty Personnel Policies manual. Representative duties include oversight of faculty recruitment/development/evaluation (all campuses), department budgeting, curriculum development, class scheduling, program and general-education assessment, capital equipment procurement, department-wide student recruitment/retention/advisement, supervision of RSU Radio and the RSU Theatre, et al. As CFA department head I also provided budgetary and program oversight to two writing laboratories, the Foundations Gallery, the graphics laboratory, and the RSU Bands program.
Appendixes focus on original contributions and innovations made as a department head, such as the successful program option and minor proposals in Communication Arts, report on KRSC-FM’s value to the RSU Mission, commemorative speaking and award-presentations at the year-end SLA honors ceremony, memorandum in support of the successful departmental reorganization, use of systematized faculty schedule requests and fully electronic scheduling of classes, development of the Communications course rotation, expanded use of electronic mail for communication with students, and promotion of departmental events and ceremonies.
RSU Academic Council member 2004-present. Present and review curriculum proposals for the entire university, including CFA Department-sponsored Bachelor of Fine Art in Visual Arts, Minor in Native American Studies, and substantive curriculum modifications in the Communications B.A. and Liberal Arts B.A.
Previous to RSU
Forensics director and coach, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 1991-2003.
In thirteen seasons I coached the team at 90 tournaments and logged over 45,000 miles of travel. Duties included (1) coordinated the tournament calendar with area colleagues; (2) taught students basic principles of debate, public speaking and oral interpretation; (3) completed travel requests and worked out travel logistics (motel accommodations, van reservations, cash advances); (4) coached students on competitive techniques before, during and after the tournaments; (5) drove students to and from tournament events; (6) performed all budgeting and record-keeping; (7) served on tournament staff and/or judged competition rounds; (8) compiled records for national qualification eligibility; (9) prepared news releases for public information director, (10) directed a regional collegiate festival and co-hosted high-school tournaments.
Top accomplishments of individual students coached: 1) Sunny Craig, 3-time National Lincoln-Douglas Debate Champion (1995, 1997, 1998); 2) Sasha Blakley, National Discussion Champion and Gold-medalist (1999); 3) Rhonda Combs, National Gold-medalist in Dramatic Interpretation (1999); 4) Interstate Oratorical Qualifiers1: Lorenzo Dunford (1992), Jennifer Travis (1994), Patricia Cook (2000), Misty Williams (2001), Patrick Vandiver (2002).
1Only two speakers-per-state qualify for this prestigious event, which has been contested each year since 1874. Travis, Cook and Vandiver were state champions, Dunford and Williams were state runners-up.
SECTION V: PERSONAL
At Rogers State University
“Fred Tewell Outstanding College Communication Educator,” Oklahoma Speech, Theatre, and Communication Association, 2006.
“Top-Three Paper” award from the Political Communication Interest Group—Central States Communication Association, Spring 2005. Paper: The communication of opposition: Debate in the Scottish Parliament (with Misty Williams and Lexi Jones, Southwestern Oklahoma State University).
Previous to RSU
“Coaches Honor Roll: 10 or More Years of Coaching,” Pi Kappa Delta. Award presented by National President Scott Jensen at 2001 Convention & Tournament, Boise, ID.
“Top-Three Paper” award from the Political Communication Interest Group—Central States Communication Association, Spring 1999. Paper: Citizen voices in presidential debate reporting (with Ammar Bakkar, University of Oklahoma).
“West Region Outstanding Director,” National Educational Debate Association, 1996. Presented by Dr. Larry Underberg, NEDA Executive Secretary.
"D.J. Nabors Outstanding College Forensics Coach," Oklahoma Speech, Theatre, and Communication Association, 1994.
REFERENCES
Frank Elwell, Dean
School of Liberal Arts
Rogers State University
1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd.
Claremore, OK 74017
felwell@rsu.edu
Gary Moeller, Department Head
Department of Fine Arts
Rogers State University
1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd.
Claremore, OK 74017
gmoeller@rsu.edu
Jill Jones, Chair, Language Arts
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
100 Campus Drive
Weatherford, OK 73096
580-774-3734
jonesj@swosu.edu
Cynthia Carley, Communication and Theatre
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
100 Campus Drive
Weatherford, OK 73096
580-774-3247
carleyc@swosu.edu
Tracy Hasley Frederick, Communication Arts
Southwestern College
100 College Street
Winfield, KS 67156
620-229-6329
tfrederi@jinx.sckans.edu