Department of Communications

Dr. Jeffery Gentry
Associate Professor
Department Head

Acting Department Head, Department of Psychology, Sociology & Criminal Justice

Downs Hall
Room 105

918-343-7742
jgentry@rsu.edu
Course Web Page

Education

Ph.D., Communication
University of Oklahoma
Dissertation: Questions to the First Minister of Scotland
2003

M.A., Speech Communication
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Thesis: Regional Variation in Communication Apprehension: A Study of the Rocky Mountain West
1988

B.A., Communication Arts
Eastern Montana College, Billings (High Honors)
1986

Professional Experience

July 2004-present
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK
Department Head (2007-present)
Associate Professor (full-time, with tenure granted in 2008)
2007-present Communications Department
2004-2007 Communications and Fine Arts Department

• Courses taught: Speech Communication, Interpersonal Communications (including development of online version), Argumentation & Persuasion, Communications Theory, Communication in Organizations, Small Group Discussion (including development of online version), 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.

August 1991-June 2004
Assistant Professor - 2000-2004 (tenure granted in 2002)
Instructor - 1991-2000
Language Arts Department
Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK

• 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

August 1990-May 1991
Instructor (full-time, tenure-track)
Department of Speech, Communication and Theatre
Ottawa University, Ottawa, KS

• Courses taught: public speaking, intercollegiate forensics, argumentation & debate
• Administrative Duties: coached and directed speech and debate team

August 1988-May 1990
Lecturer (full-time)
Department of Speech Communication
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

• Courses taught: public speaking & discussion, oral interpretation

Peer-reviewed Publications

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.

Competitive, Peer-reviewed Convention Papers

Rogers State University

Embracing diversity in higher education: Do we really mean it? Paper presented at the annual international conference of the Chair Academy, Tucson, AZ, April 2006. Also conducted a 75-minute conference workshop based on the paper.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Commissioned Publications & Convention Papers

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.

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.

Non-scholarary 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).

Editing & Reviewing

• Editor: OSTCA Newsletter, a publication of the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre & Communication Association, 2006-present (three major editions).
• Reader/reviewer: Political Communication Interest Group, Central States Communication Association, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2005-2006.

Previous to RSU

• Editorial Board Member: The Forensic of Pi Kappa Delta, 1998-2001.
• Editorial Board Member: Journal of Public Advocacy, 1997-98.
• Reader/reviewer: OSTCA Student Paper Competition, Fall 2000.
• Editor: Journal of Public Advocacy, 1995-1997.

Theatrical & Readers Theatre Productions

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 in 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.

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. Published 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.

Public-interest Forums Produced

Rogers State University

• The surprising truth about media bias, April 12, 2007. An Oklahoma Humanities Council lecture sponsored by All Souls Unitarian Church, Tulsa, OK.
• Self-empowerment in a rapidly changing world, by CFA invited speaker Billy Mills, October 25, 2005. Duties included 1) 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, give a class lecture in Sharon Fernlund’s sociology class and to appear on “Native Air” with Hugh Foley. Fellow 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 (Communication Arts). Moderator: Jennifer Edgar, double-major in Health Information Management and Healthcare Administration.

Media Productions

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   http://www.youtube.com/user/1dablak
• Love you:  music video production, April 2007. Wrote words and music, performed vocal track, shot and edited video. Arranger and pianist: Jennifer Dunford. Uploaded for webcast on <youtube.com>
• Fresh goes better with Mentos: 30-second commercial parody produced and filmed for the RSU Faculty Showcase, November 2007. Student actors: Don Horn, Carolina Klamm, and Philip Patterson.
• Every moment: Original 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 entire script and directed student actors. This fourteen-minute video won the third-place award in Oral History.

Convention Panels Chaired

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 preliminary dinner, 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.

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.

Worksop Presentations

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.
• Territory Speakers Program. Two presentations accepted for booking by Oklahoma Humanities Council: August 2004, renewed through 2007.

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.

Guest Lectures/Critiques

• Senior capstone presentations, Department of Communications & Fine Arts, 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

University Service

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, Spring 2005, and Guido Arze, Spring 2007.
• Oklahoma Adult Degree Completion Program, 2006-07. Participated in statewide conferences on September 21-22, 2006, and November 28-29.
• 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.
• 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. Coordinated by Vicky Gilliland, School of Education

Professional Service: State, Regional, National

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-present. Call/conduct meetings, edit newsletter, recruit new schools & members, assist Executive Committee on constitutional amendments and new bylaws , award all-state high school one-act play winners and all-state speech and debate winners.
• 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.

Previous to RSU

• Member of the OSTCA Forensics Section, which oversees the annual State Forensics Tournament, 1992-2004.
• Member of the Oklahoma State Regents Faculty Transfer Curriculum Committee, 1997-98, 2001-02 (speech communication area)
• Judge for American Legion Oratorical Contest, 1991, 1996
• Judge for Regional One Act Play Contest, Leedy, 1992

• Founding member, Great Plains Forensic Conference (GPFC). The GPFC, founded in 1998, is a regional association dedicated to the preservation of educationally-focused forensics competition. It is an attempt to extend the gains of the National Educational Debate Association to include individual events competition. The GPFC now has active members in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, and Arkansas.
• Member, Great Plains Forensic Conference Tellers Committee and By-laws Committee, 2001-2002.
• 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 has developed into a standing GPFC awards committee.

• Commissioned participant, 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 passed in committee and became part of the new Constitution, as ratified by the membership in the Fall of 2000. My other major proposal to be accepted was the establishment of Readers Theatre as a regular event at Pi Kappa Delta Nationals.
• Vice President, National Educational Debate Association, 1994-97. The NEDA is committed to the preservation of educational debate. Members of the National Council, elected for three years from the membership of either the East or West Region, attend three major meetings each year and conduct Association business throughout the year. 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. I served with President Gary Horn of Ferris State University (MI), who previously had been President of both Pi Kappa Delta and the Cross Examination Debate Association. 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 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.
• 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).

Community & Public Service

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. Team-mates 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

Advising Students

Rogers State University

• Coordinate departmental advisement, advise and enroll most incoming students for CFA’s various major programs.

Previous to RSU

• Areas of Communication Arts advisement: Speech Communication, Mass Communication
• Internship coordinator. From 1994-2004 I directed numerous internships. These internships, conducted in cooperation with Oklahoma and Kansas mass media and non-profit companies, gave students hands-on experience in either electronic media production or public relations. They also teach students about practical business affairs, including career guidance from professionals already in the field.

Sponsoring Academic Student Clubs

Previous to RSU

• Pi Kappa Delta: The National Forensics Honorary. I co-sponsored the Oklahoma Mu Chapter of PKD since Fall 1991. Club activities include scheduling after-hours practices for the forensics team, hosting oral interpretation programs, sponsoring United States election and debate discussions, club fund-raising, planning social activities.
• University Media Association. I co-sponsored UMA with Linda Howard from Fall 1992 through Spring 1998. Club activities included field trips to publishing companies, television stations and newspapers; conducting fundraisers to pay for these trips; hosting guest speakers from various media outlets; planning social activities.

Recruitment of Students

Rogers State University

• Saturday freshmen enrollment/advisement clinic participant: Destination RSU, First Choice RSU, RSU Summer Saturday, Early Enrollment Day, and RSU Open House Saturday, 2004-present.
• 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.
• 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 our team, as well as the Communication Arts major. Several of these students have decided to attend Southwestern, competing on our team and/or majoring with us. I also work 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 brings in more than 100 participants from across Western 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 Communication Arts students at this event in Norman.

Individual Professional Awards & Honors

• “Fred Tewell Outstanding College Communication Educator,” Oklahoma Speech, Theatre, and Communication Association, 2006.
• “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.