Chris Poulos
Associate Professor; Department Head
Office: 115 Ferguson Building
Phone: 336.334.3840
E-mail: cnpoulos@uncg.edu
Education
Ph.D. Human Communication Studies , University of Denver: June, 1999.
M.A. Religious Studies , University of Denver: June, 1993.
B.A. Philosophy , University of Colorado: May, 1982.
Scholarly Interests
I am an ethnographer and philosopher of communication with interests in relational and family communication, dialogue, communication ethics, and film.
Academic Employment
Fall 2011—Present:Associate Professor and Department Head, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina—Greensboro.
Fall 2007-2011: Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina—Greensboro.
Fall 2001-2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina—Greensboro. Director of Graduate Study, 2003-2006
Fall 1999-Summer 2001: Full-time Lecturer, Arts & Humanities Core and the Women’s College, University of Denver. Taught courses in relational communication, conflict, film studies, and philosophical approaches to ecology and wholeness (Teaching load: 9 courses/year).
Fall 1997-Summer 1999: Adjunct Instructor, Arts & Humanities Core, School of Communication, and the Women’s College, University of Denver. Taught courses in conflict, film studies, and relational communication.
Fall 1995-Summer 1997: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Arts & Humanities Core, University of Denver. Team-taught Understanding Human Conflictcore course.
Research
Book
Poulos, C. (2009). Accidental Ethnography: An inquiry into family secrecy. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.
Refereed Journal Articles
Poulos, C. (2012, in press). The liminal hero. International Review of Qualitative Research.
Poulos, C. (2012, in press). Writing through the memories: Autoethnography as a path to transcendence. International Review of Qualitative Research. 5(3).
Poulos, C. (2012). Joy Notes. Qualitative Communication Research 1(2): 169-180.
Poulos, C. (2012). Life, interrupted. Qualitative Inquiry. 18(4): 323-332.
Poulos, C. (2012). Stumbling into relating: Writing a relationship with my father. J. Wyatt & T. Adams (Eds). (Special issue on father-son relationships). Qualitative Inquiry: 18(2):197-202.
The Ethnogs, the Femnogs, and Rip Tupp*. (aka Trujillo, N.; Krizek, R.; Poulos, C*.; Drew, S.; Mills, M.; & Ellingson, L.) (2011). Performing Mythic Identity: An Analysis and Critique of "The Ethnogs.” Qualitative Inquiry, 17(7): 664-674.
Poulos, C. (2010). Performance is a good breakfast: Metaphorical plays on the meanings of performance. International Review of Qualitative Research. 3(2): 209-216.
Jovanovic, S.; Poulos, C. & LeGreco, M. (2010). Waiting for the bus: Awakening a social justice sensibility through communication activism.Carolinas Communication Association Annual XXVI.
Poulos, C. (2010). Transgressions. International Review of Qualitative Research, 3(10): 67-88.
Poulos, C. (2010). Spirited Accidents: An autoethnography of possibility. Qualitative Inquiry, 16(1): 49-56.
Poulos, C. (2008). Accidental Dialogue: The search for dialogic moments in everyday life. Communication Theory, 18(1): 117-138.
Poulos, C. (2008). Narrative Conscience and the autoethnographic adventure: Probing memories, secrets, shadows, and possibilities. Qualitative Inquiry 14(1): 46-66.
Poulos, C. (2006). The ties that bind us, the shadows that separate us: Life and death, shadow and (dream)story. Qualitative Inquiry. 12(1): 96-117.
Poulos, C. (2004). Disruption, Silence, and Creation: The search for dialogic civility in the age of anxiety. Qualitative Inquiry. 10(4): 534-547.
Poulos, C. (2003). Fire and ice: Flaming passion, reified structure, and the organizing body. American Communication Journal. 6(2). (Winter).
Poulos, C. (2002). The death of ordinariness: Living, learning, and relating in the age of anxiety. Qualitative Inquiry. 8(3): 288-301.
Book Chapters
Poulos, C. (2012, in press). Writing my way through: Memory, autoethnography, identity, hope. In C. Ellis, T. Adams, & S. Holman-Jones (Eds.), The Handbook of Autoethnography. Left Coast Press.
Poulos, C. (2012, in press). Autoethnography. In A. Trainor & E. Graue (Eds.), Publishing qualitative research in the social and behavioral sciences: A guide for reviewers and researchers. New York: Routledge.
Poulos, C. (2006). Dreaming, writing, teaching: Stories from within thin places. In W. Ashton & D. Denton (Eds.), Spirituality, ethnography, and teaching: Stories from within. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishers.
Poulos, C. (2004). Spirited teaching: A pedagogy of courage. In W. Ashton & D. Denton (Eds.), Spirituality, action & pedagogy: Teaching from the heart. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishers.
Poulos, C. (2003). The death of ordinariness: Living, learning, and relating in the age of anxiety. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.). 9/11 in American culture. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
Essays
Poulos, C. (2012, in press). The Memory/voice/journey/call of autoethnography. International Review of Qualitative Research. 5(3).
Poulos, C. (2009). Worlds of Meaning, Memory, Identity, and Contradiction. Iowa Journal of Communication, 41:1, i-ii.
Poulos, C. (2008). Autoethnography and the human spirit: Probing method, identity, silence, and memory. Iowa Journal of Communication, 40:1, i-ii.
Editorials
Poulos, C. (2012). A new kind of discourse. Greensboro News & Record, Wednesday, January 25 (http://www.news-record.com/content/2012/01/25/article/a_new_kind_of_discourse).
Poulos, C. (2011). The value of a liberal arts education. Greensboro News & Record, Sunday, October 2.
Book Reviews
Poulos, C. (2012 [Review of the Book, Death: The Beginning of a Relationship]. Journal of Loss and Trauma: International Perspectives on Stress and Coping, 17:200-202.
Poulos, C. (2010). [Review of the Book, Cancer and death: A love story in two voices]. Southern Communication Journal, Vol. 75:4, p. 462.
Poulos, C. (2003). [Review of the book, Moments of meeting: Buber, Rogers, and the potential for public dialogue]. Southern Communication Journal, Vol. 68:2, 168-169.
Poulos, C. (2002). [Review of the book, Prejudiced communication: A social psychological perspective]. Southern Communication Journal, Vol. 67:3, 295-296.
Projects in Development
Spirituality, dwelling and rupture: The paradox of transformation (co-authored book with Diana Denton and Bert Ballard—manuscript under development/in progress).
Writing Our Way Through: Autoethnography as Transformative Practice (book proposal for Left Coast Press under development).
Publications prior to UNCG
Poulos, C. (1999). Shvitzing/kibitzing: Bodies, communication, and "communion" in a men's locker room. Cultural Studies: A Research Volume, Vol. 4, 193-215 (refereed collection).
Unpublished works
Poulos, C. (1999). Leaping toward infinity: Embodied knowing and the ethical movements of communicative praxis. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Denver.
Poulos, C. (1993). Rotations: Memory, forgetting, individuation, and intersubjectivity in selected fiction of Walker Percy, Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Denver.
Conference Presentations
Poulos, C (2012). My Automythographical ‘Other’: Walking the Edge of Madness in the Story of Rip Tupp. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C (2012). Good guys, semi-good guys, and well, really bad guys . . . International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C (2012). How I found Dad: Looking Outward, Looking Inward. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C (2011). Little Shards: Memory, Autoethnography, Identity, Hope. National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, November.
Poulos, C. (2011). How Bud Goodall Saved My Life. National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, November.
Poulos, C. (2011). Joy Notes. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2011). Triumph and Transcendence: The Afterstory. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2011). “You Will Always Have Poor Among Us”: A Response to an Ethnographic Field Trip to the Headquarters of Heifer International. Southern States Communication Association Conference, Little Rock, AR, April.
Poulos, C. (2010). Slips, Transgressions, Insults, and Accidents: Interruptions as openings to infinity. National Communication Association Convention, November, San Francisco.
Poulos, C. (2010). Losing myself: Autoethnographic writing as performance/performative inquiry. National Communication Association Convention, November, San Francisco.
Poulos, C. & Poulos, S. (2010). Peace and mindfulness: Sustainability and everyday“consumption.” National Communication Association Convention, November, San Francisco.
Poulos, C. (2010). Stumbling into relating: Accidental ethnography and the ethical conundrum of writing relationships. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2010). Tenure and beyond: Transgressions and Triumphs. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2010). Performance is a good breakfast: Metaphorical plays on the meanings of performance. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2010). Riffing on Rip (Revisited): More musings on my life with the Ethnogs (v 2.0). International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2010). Autoethnographic reflections on meta-autoethnography. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2010). Accidental Ethnography and the Promise of Reflexivity/Re-vision.Southern States Communication Association Convention. Memphis, TN, April.
Poulos, C. (2010). Musings on the philosophy of communication. Southern States Communication Association Convention. Memphis, TN, April.
Poulos, C. (2010). Walking in Memphis: A “flash ethnography” of Beale Street. Southern States Communication Association Convention. Memphis, TN, April.
Poulos, C. (2010). Tales of the Field and New Developments in the Confessional Tale (Van Maanen and beyond). Southern States Communication Association Convention. Memphis, TN, April.
Poulos, C. (2009). Riffing on Rip: Reflections on my life among the Ethnogs. National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL, November.
Poulos, C. (2009). Rising out of silence: Words at the cusp. National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL, November.
Poulos, C. (2009). Spirited Accidents: An autoethnography of possibility. International Qualitative Inquiry Congress, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2009). Autoethnography and response: Some riffs on research, life, meaning, and social justice. International Qualitative Inquiry Congress, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2009). Reflections on Accidental Ethnography: An Inquiry into Family Secrecy. International Qualitative Inquiry Congress, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2009). Conversations with the muses: A performance about the creative process, take two. Southern States Communication Association Conference, Norfolk, VA, April.
Poulos, C. (2008). Dreamstory as autoethnographic practice. Ethnography pre-conference. National Communication Association Convention, San Diego, November.
Poulos, C. (2008). Secrets slipping into stories: Narrative breakthroughs in ordinary family conversations. National Communication Association Convention, San Diego, CA, November.
Poulos, C. (2008). In the line of fire: Communication, risk, and transcendence in a Levinasian world. National Communication Association Convention, San Diego, CA, November.
Poulos, C. (2008). Approaching the "autotext": An open dialogue on the process of creation. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2008). Conversations with the Muses: A performance about the creative process. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2008). ‘The Ethnographic I’ and a relational ethic for practicing ethnography. Southern States Communication Association Conference, Savannah, GA, April.
Poulos, C. (2007). Falling in the river, coming up for air: Notes and stories on the writing of autothnography. National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, November.
Poulos, C. (2007). I’ve Been Called Out: Spirit, Story, and Writing Life. National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, November.
Poulos, C. (2007). Walk the Line: Fear and loathing on the tenure track. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2007). The future of autoethnography. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2007). Weaving the stories of a secret life. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2006). Dreaming, writing, teaching: Stories from within thin places (A dramatic reading). National Communication Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, November.
Poulos, C. (2006). On naming…and exploring…and creating…: A response to Michael Hyde’s “The Life Giving Gift of Acknowledgement.”National Communication Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, November.
Poulos, C. (2006). Out the shadows, into ethos: A second look at communication ethics as storied dialogic praxis. National Communication Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, November.
Poulos, C. (2006). Out of the Shadows, into Ethos: Communication Ethics as Storied Dialogic Praxis. Ninth National Communication Ethics Conference (NCA), Duquesne University, June.
Poulos, C. (2006). Narrative Conscience and the Autoethnographic Adventure: Probing Secrets, Shadows, and Possibilities in Communication Research. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May.
Poulos, C. (2005). Spirit in motion: Embodied/spiritual knowing and the movements of communicative praxis. National Communication Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts: November.
Poulos, C. (2005). Dancing in the light: Dialogic moments in everyday life. National Communication Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts: November.
Poulos, C. (2005). Out of the shadows: Telling family secrets as healing praxis. National Communication Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts: November.
Poulos, C. (2004). Some field notes on field notes. National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois: November.
Poulos, C. (2004). The search for ethics in everyday life: Risk and the courage to connect in the age of anxiety. National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois: November.
Poulos, C. (2004). Breakdown/breakthrough: An (auto)ethnography of (re)emergence. National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois: November.
Poulos, C. (2004). Everyday ethics. Communication Association Ethics Conference, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: June.
Poulos, C. (2003). Communicating common ground: Diversity and dialogue. National Communication Association Conference, Miami, Florida: November.
Poulos, C. (2003). The potential of dialogue. National Communication Association Conference, Miami, Florida: November.
Poulos, C. (2003). Encountering the light, living from the heart: Teaching, learning, and lighting Holy sparks. National Communication Association Conference, Miami, Florida: November.
Poulos, C. (2003). Crisis, hope, and heart: Ethics when it really counts. National Communication Association Conference, Miami, Florida: November.
Poulos, C. (2003). Integrating the theory and practice of service learning: Diversity, dialogue, and negotiation. Carolinas Communication Association Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina: September.
Poulos, C. (2002). Why I read autoethnography. National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana: November.
Poulos, C. (2002). From theory to action: Communication and community in the classroom and beyond. National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana: November.
Poulos, C. (2002). Loss and betrayal: Evocative symbols in relationship endings (A funeral liturgy for four papers). National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana: November.
Poulos, C. (2002). Why do I need others? Emmanuel Levinas and the problem of indifference. National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana: November.
Poulos, C. (2002). Disruption, silence, and creation: The search for civil discourse in the age of anxiety. Carolinas Communication Association Conference, Greensboro, North Carolina: September.
Poulos, C. (2002). Ethical ruminations: Alterity, implicature, and original goodness, Gull Lake National Communication Ethics Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, June.
Poulos, C. (2001). The marvel of embodiment: Merleau-Ponty and Levinas on embodied being. National Communication Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia: November.
Poulos, C. (2001). Radicalizing communication theory: Emmanuel Levinas and ‘reverent anarchic ethics.’ National Communication Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia: November.
Poulos, C. (2001). Toward a Levinasian theory of communication: Anarchy, danger, otherwise. National Communication Association Conference (Levinas Seminar), Atlanta, Georgia: November.
Poulos, C. (2001). Knowledge, representation, and reflexivity in ethnographic research. National Communication Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia: November.
Poulos, C. (2001). Teaching as engagement: Dialogue and difference in the communication classroom. Carolinas Communication Association Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina: September.
Poulos, C. (2001). Levinas unbound: Interpersonal communication as transcendent ethical encounter. Colorado Speech Communication Association Convention, Denver, Colorado: March.
Poulos, C. (2000). You really burn me up OR The other is present; thus, Infinity: Levinas, theôria, praxis. National Communication Association Convention (Levinas Seminar), Seattle, Washington: November.
Poulos, C. (2000). Communication as communion: Toward a Bakhtinian phenomenology of engagement. National Communication Association Convention, Seattle, Washington: November.
Poulos, C. (2000). Terms of engagement: Ethnography, ethics, and IRBs. National Communication Association Convention, Seattle, Washington: November.
Poulos, C. (1999). Self—Other: Levinas and the ethics of encounter. National Communication Association Convention (Levinas Seminar), Chicago, Illinois: November.
Poulos, C. (1999). Grandpa died the other day, or What am I supposed to do now: A phenomenology of the grieving body. National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois: November.
Poulos, C. (1999). The ecology of communication: Alterity, implicature, community. Western States Communication Association Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia: February.
Poulos, C. (1999). The ecology of organizing: Embodied agency, alterity, power, and ethics in organizational communication. Western States Communication Association Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia: February.
Poulos, C. (1998). Corporate training in a multicultural world: Intercultural communication dialectics and diversity‘training.’ National Communication Association Convention, New York, New York: November.
Poulos, C. (1998). Bakhtin’s compass: Context, intonation, alterity, and answerability in everyday encounter. National Communication Association Convention (Bakhtin Seminar), New York, New York: November.
Poulos, C. (1998). Phenomenological research praxis. Research Methods Conference, Regis University, Denver, Colorado: April.
Poulos, C. (1998). Practical consciousness, discursive consciousness, and the constitution of intercultural dialogue. TOP 3 Intercultural Communication Paper, Western States Communication Association Convention, Denver, Colorado: February.
Poulos, C. (1997). The dialectic of control: Communication and the constitution of power in a (THOROUGHLY) modern corporation. National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois: November.
Poulos, C. (1997). Shvitzing/kibitzing: Bodies, communication, and ‘communion’ in a men’s locker room. National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois: November.
Thompson, J. & Poulos, C. (1997). Confessions of experience and lessons learned: A journey toward a dialogical research praxis. National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois: November.
Colloquia
Poulos, C. (2006). Narrative Conscience and the Autoethnographic Adventure: Probing Secrets, Shadows, and Possibilities in Communication Research. Colloquium on the ethics of revealing secrets, Department of Communication, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Poulos, C. (2004). The search for ethics in everyday life: Risk and the courage to connect in the age of anxiety. Department of Communication, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Poulos, C. (2003). Teaching from the heart: On dreaming in the dark and dancing in the light. Department of Communication, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Poulos, C. (2002). Self, other, encounter: Ethics and alterity in (intimate) relationships OR Ethical ruminations: Alterity and implicature, Department of Communication, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Poulos, C. (2001). Radicalizing communication theory and research. Department of Communication, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Grants
Awarded (UNCG)
2011 UNCG Scholars’ Travel Fund, $500
2010 UNCG Scholars’ Travel Fund, $500
2009 UNCG Scholars’ Travel Fund, $350
2007 UNCG Scholars’ Travel Fund, $350
2006 UNCG Scholars’ Travel Fund, $350
2005 UNCG Scholars’ Travel Fund, $350
2004 UNCG Scholars’ Travel Fund, $350
2003 UNCG Scholars’ Travel Fund, $350
2002 UNCG Scholars’ Travel Fund, $350
Awarded (outside agencies)
2005 Summer Travel Grant, National Communication Association, $250
Teaching
Undergraduate CST Courses
CST 207: Relational Communication
CST 210: Communication Ethics
CST 305: Persuasion in Western Culture
CST 333: Independent Research
CST 412: Communication Internship
CST 415: Family Communication
CST 416: Communication and Ethnography: Writing Life
CST 460: Communicating Common Ground: Diversity, Story, and Dialogue
CST 460: Communication and Friendship
Mixed graduate/upper-division undergraduate (500-level) CST Courses
CST 555: Relational Communication and the Hollywood Feature Film
Graduate CST Courses
CST 600: Engaging Graduate Scholarship (2003-2006)
CST 612: Seminar in Autoethnography
CST 650: Independent Research
CST 663: Seminar in Relational Communication
CST 698: Capstone
Graduate MLS Courses
MLS 610: Writing your Life
MLS 620A: Film and the American Dream
MLS 620: Heroism, Villainy, and Violence in Contemporary Culture
Continuing Education (Emeritus)
Great speeches in History
Free speech?
Writing your life
Workshops
Accidentally on Purpose: The inconsistency, dialectic, and dialogue of improvisation and structure in ethnography. (a ½ day pre-conference workshop, presented with Sarah Tracy), International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May 2012.
Raising our Ethnographic Voices. Full-day Ethnography Division Preconference at the National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, November, 2011.
The Secrets of Accidental Ethnography (a ½ day pre-conference workshop), International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May, 2011.
Writing Qualitative Inquiry (a ½ day pre-conference workshop), International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, May 2010.
Communicating Common Ground in Leadership Contexts, NC Triad Leadership Academy, September 15, 2007.
Wait, are those canons loaded? Cicero's approach to great public speaking! National Association of Communication Centers Mini-Conference, April 13, 2007.
Supervision of Student Research
M.A. Capstone Committees
Dwight Davis
Heather Murdock
Katie Hicks Williams
Debbie Cardamone
Shaun Cashman
Donata Nelson
Becky Diverniero
Amy Smith
Victoria Richard
Korrie Bauman
Armond Towns
Lori Britt
Christina Poteet
Debbie Schallock
Kristina Bell
Libby Jeter
Betsy Corne
Susan Ladd
Robert Fussell
Adrienne Avery
Rebecca Murphy-Keith
Maria Williams
Corina Fradin
Carrie Williams
Crystal Oldham
Megan Summers
Cristal Campbell
MLS Portfolio/Thesis Committees
Amy Leonard
Carrie Helton
Beth English
Eric Allen
Theresa Karnecki
Wayman Mubaarak
Cynthia Van Laar
Dissertation Committees
Susanne Jordan (ELC)
Katherine Brown Eason (CARS)
Love Crossling (ELC)
Mjin Chung (CED)
Carla Emerson (CED)
Philip Clarke (CED)
Elizabeth Graves (CED)
Gulsah Kemer (CED)
William Bryant (ELC)
Marissa Dick (ELC)
Ben Willis (CED)
Lucy Lewis (CED)
Melissa Wheeler (CED)
Service
University
2008-2010 Group Facilitator, University Faculty Mentoring Program
2008-09 Mentor, University Student Mentoring Program
2008 Faculty presenter SOAR and Summer Launch Programs
2008 Facilitator, University Speaking Center Ethics Initiative
2007-ongoing Chair, University Speaking-Intensive Committee
2007-ongoing Solicitor, SECC
2007-08 Member, OLSL Program Review Committee
2006-2010 Member, UNCG Service-Learning Advisory Council
2006 Faculty facilitator, UNCG Freshman Summer book read
2003-2006 Member, UNCG University Film Studies Committee
2003-2004 Faculty Interviewer, Merit Awards/Scholarship Interview
Faculty Committee, Ashby Dialogue on Greensboro’s Hidden Legacy: The Impact of November 3, 1979 on the City Today
2005Co-Facilitator, with Kim Cuny, Speaking Across the Curriculum Faculty Development Workshop, University Speaking Center
2003-04Co-Facilitator, with Joyce Ferguson, Speaking Across the Curriculum Faculty Development Workshops, University Speaking Center
2003-04Faculty participant, admissions phone-a-thons
2004-presentMember, Various Doctoral Dissertation Committees
College of Arts & Sciences
2011-ongoing Head, Department of Communication Studies
2009-11 Chair, College of Arts & Sciences Curriculum & Teaching Committee
2008-09 Member, College of Arts & Sciences Curriculum & Teaching Committee
2006-07 Member, Film & Television Studies Concentration Committee
2004-05 Member, Broadcasting & Cinema Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Department
2008-2011 Faculty Advisor, Lambda Pi Eta Communication Studies Honor Society
2008-ongoing Member, Department Curriculum Committee
2007-08 Facilitator, Communication and Culture Department Initiative
2007-08 Member, Department Planning Committee for Harriet Elliott Lecture Series
2003-2006 Director of Graduate Study, Department of Communication
2001-2004 Faculty Advisor, UNCG Communication Club
Profession
Review boards/editorial service
2011-ongoing, Reviewer, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
2009-ongoing, Reviewer, Communication Studies
2009-ongoing, Reviewer, Western Journal of Communication
2007-09 Guest Editor, Iowa Journal of Communication, Special Issues on Autoethnography (2 issues).
2008-ongoing Reviewer, International Review of Qualitative Research
2007-2010 Reviewer, Symbolic Interaction
2004-2007 Member, Editorial Review Board, Southern Communication Journal
2006 Member, Editorial Review Board, Communication Theory, special issue on Dialogue
2002-ongoing Reviewer, Qualitative Inquiry
2002-2005 Reviewer, Cultural Studies Û Critical Methodologies
2003-ongoing Editorial Review Board, Kaleidoscope
2002-2004 Reviewer, Communication Theory
2004 Reviewer, Alta Mira Press
2003 Reviewer, McGraw-Hill
2002 Reviewer, SUNY Press
1998-99 Editorial review board, Men and Masculinities
Service to Scholarly Organizations
2012 Vice Chair and Program Planner, Ethnography Division, NCA
2011 Chair, Ethnography Interest Group, Southern States Communication Association
2011 Vice-Chair Elect/Preconference Planner, Ethnography Division, NCA
2010, Member, Awards Committee, Communication Ethics Division, NCA
2009-10, Vice Chair Elect and Program Planner, Ethnography Interest Group, Southern States Communication Association
2008-09 Immediate Past Chair and Chair of Awards Committee, Communication Ethics Division, NCA
2008, Chair, Nominating Committee, Ethnography Division, NCA
2006-07 Chair, Communication Ethics Division, NCA
2005-ongoing, Founding Member, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
2005-06 Vice Chair, Communication Ethics Division, NCA
2004-05 Vice Chair-Elect, Communication Ethics Division, NCA
2004 Co-facilitator, Ethnography Pre-Conference, NCA
2004-05 Reviewer, Communication Ethics Division, NCA
2001-2004 Reviewer, Ethnography Division, NCA
2002 Chair, Awards Committee, Ethnography Division, NCA
1996 Association for Psychological Type (APT) National Ethics Committee
Service to the Community
2010, Member, Clearness Committee, New Garden Friends Meeting
2008-2010 Clerk (chair), Adult Education Committee, New Garden Friends Meeting
2001-2007 Member, Leadership Team, Downtown Fencing Club, YWCA, Greensboro, NC
2001-present Participant-Facilitator, Community-Building Initiatives, New Garden Friends School
2004-05 Hospitality coordinator, New Garden Friends Meeting
2006-2008 Member, Adult Education Committee, New Garden Friends Meeting
Awards and Honors
2011 Best Book Award, Ethnography Division, National Communication Association
2007 Ellis-Bochner Autoethnography and Personal Narrative Research Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
1996-1998 Colorado Fellow, University of Denver
1997-98 Social Sciences Scholar, University of Denver
1983-93 Humanities Scholar, University of Denver
1981-82 Arts & Sciences Dean’s Scholar, University of Colorado
1981 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Colorado
1981 Nominee: Rhodes Scholarship, University of Colorado
1981 Graduated with distinction (B.A.), University of Colorado
Professional Development Activities
2005 Finding Funding Grant Workshop
2003 Grant writing workshop: Write Winning Grants to Industry and Foundations, (UNCG/David Morrison and Stephen Russell)
2003 Tips for grant writers, Center for Creative Leadership/UNCG
2002-05 Communicating Common Ground Pre-conference workshops, NCA
2002 Speaking across the curriculum faculty development workshops 1 & 2
2002 Writing across the curriculum faculty development workshops 1 & 2
2002 Introduction to Blackboard, UNCG TLC
2001 Introduction to web publishing, UNCG TLC
Affiliations
National Communication Association (NCA)
International Association for Qualitative Inquiry (IAQI)
Southern States Communication Association (SSCA)
Communicating Common Ground Initiative (NCA/SPLC/AAHE/CC)
Carolinas Communication Association (CCA)
Association for Experiential Education (AEE)
Western States Communication Association (WSCA)
Association for Psychological Type (APT)
Professional Certifications
The Mediation Process (CDR)
Leadership in Action (Outward Bound)
Communication Excellence (MSEC)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Qualifying Training; MBTI Step II (APT); MBTI and Organizational Development (CPP)
Managing Personal Growth (Blessing & White/MOHR)
Managing Organizational Transition (Dr. William Bridges)
Orchestrating Team Performance (Tracom)
Accelerated Learning Principles (BCAL)
Getting Connected (Dr. Carl Larson)
Consulting Experience
1995-Present Communication, conflict, teamwork, diversity, communication ethics, and leadership consulting for organizations and institutes.
Corporate Employment
July 1985-September 1999 Senior Education & Organizational Development Specialist, First Trust Corporation, Denver, Colorado. Corporate organizational development, communication and leadership training, team building, and conflict mediation.
