CURRICULUM VITAE
ERIC AOKI
ADDRESS Colorado State University PHONE 970.491.6140 (main office) Department of Communication Studies BHSCI (BSB), A-223 Fort Collins, CO 80523-1783 [email protected]
EDUCATION
Fall 1997—Ph. D., University of Washington, Specialization in the Ethnography of Communication, Intercultural & Co-Cultural Communication, Minority/Majority Codes, and Interpersonal Communication
Spring 1992—M.A., California State University, Fresno, Specialization in Intercultural Communication and Socio-linguistics
Spring 1990—B.A., California State University, Fresno, Major: Speech Communication, Minor: Linguistics
SABBATICALS
Fall 2012, Department of Communication Studies & College of Liberal Arts, Cultural Qualitative Research in the Central San Joaquin Valley, CA: A 15 year follow up study of a rural “Mexican American” community as well as other ongoing research projects
Fall 2005, Department of Speech Communication & College of Liberal Arts, Cultural Qualitative Research in California
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Fall 2012-Present—Professor, Communication Studies, Colorado State University, Intercultural/Co-Cultural/Interpersonal Communication & Ethnography of Communication Spring 2016-2019—Human Regulatory Compliance Professional Re- Certification, Colorado State University, Renewed 2016
Fall 2003-Spring 2012—Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Colorado State University, Tenured and Promoted in Intercultural/Co-Cultural/Interpersonal Communication & Ethnography of Communication
Fall 2004-Fall 2009—Media Reviews Editor, Journal of GLBT Family Studies
Fall 1997-Spring 2003—Assistant Professor, Speech Communication, Colorado State University, Tenure-Track Position in Intercultural/Co-Cultural/Interpersonal Communication and Ethnography of Communication Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 2
Fall 1998--2000—Faculty Associate, with Paul Thayer, Director of Undergraduate Retention in the KEY Academic Community, Colorado State University
Spring 1996—Teaching Assistant, Speech Communication, University of Washington; Spch Cmu 384: Cultural Codes in Communication, Course Supervisor: Dr. Gerry Philipsen
Fall 1995-Winter 1996—Teaching Assistant, University of Washington; Spch Cmu 103: Interpersonal Communication, Course Supervisor: Dr. John Stewart Spring 1995—Research Assistant, University of Washington, Project: Ethnographic text research, Director: Dr. Gerry Philipsen
Spring 1995—Co-Sponsor, with Dr. John Campbell, Student Independent Study/Internship Project: “The Role of Communication in My Internship with Vector Marketing”
Fall 1994-Winter 1995—Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Spch Cmu 220: Introduction to Public Speaking, Course Director: Dr. John Campbell
Spring 1994—Research Assistant, University of Washington, Project: Ethnographic Text Research, Director: Dr. Gerry Philipsen
Winter 1993-Winter 1994—Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Spch Cmu 220: Introduction to Public Speaking, Course Directors: Dr. Barbara Warnick and Dr. John Campbell
Fall 1990-Spring 1992—Assistant Lecturer, California State University, Fresno, Spch 3: Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Summer 1991 & Summer 1992—Instructor, California State University, Fresno, Summer Bridge Program: A Transitional Program for Marginal Students, English Grammar and Writing Course
CURRENT JOB DESCRIPTION (CSU) 50 % Teaching 35 % Research/Creative Activity 15 % Service/Outreach
TEACHING (5 year period) Year Semester Course No./Title Cr. Hrs. Enrollment 2018 Spring 2018 SPCM 792B: Global Id. & Comm. 3 10
2017 Fall SPCM 334: Co-Cultural Communication 3 39 2017 Fall SPCM 332: Interpersonal Communication 3 39
2017 Spring SPCM 332: Interpersonal Comm. 3 29 (Semester at Sea, CSU) 2017 Spring SPCM 434: Intercultural Comm. 3 27 (Semester at Sea, CSU) 2017 Spring IE 300, International Ed. 3 594 (Assist the Primary Instructor as the Intercultural Specialist, Semester at Sea, CSU, including curriculum development, grading, lecturing, attending to student inquiries) Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 3
Year Semester Course No./Title Cr. Hrs. Enrollment 2016 Fall SPCM 639: Comm Theory 3 12 2016 Fall SPCM 334: Co-cultural Comm. 3 39
2016 Spring SPCM 434: Intercultural Comm. 3 38 2016 Spring SPCM 278D- Friendship Skills 1 22 2016 Spring SPCM 684-Supervised College Tch 2 01
2015 Fall SPCM 332: Interpersonal Comm. 3 37 2015 Fall SPCM 334: Co-cultural Comm. 3 38
2015 Spring SPCM 332: Interpersonal Comm. 3 38 2015 Spring SPCM 434: Intercultural Comm. 3 39
2014 Fall SPCM 278-Intercultural Comp. 1 19 2014 Fall SPCM 334-Co-Cultural Comm. 3 38 2014 Fall SPCM 384-Supervised Col. Tch . 3 01 2014 Fall SPCM 684-Supervised Col. Tch. 3 02 2014 Fall SPCM 639-Comm. Theory 3 14
2014 Summer SPCM 479: Capstone 3 20
2014 Spring SPCM 332-Interpersonal Comm. 3 40 2014 Spring SPCM 434-Intercultural Comm. 3 38
2013 Fall SPCM 332-Interpersonal Comm. 3 36 2013 Fall SPCM 334-Co-Cultural Comm. 3 37
2013 Spring SPCM 278D: Friendship Comm. 1 33 2013 Spring SPCM 334-Co-Cultural Comm. 3 39 2013 Spring SPCM 479-Capstone 3 124
2012 Fall ON SABBATICAL N/A N/A
PUBLISHED WORKS
Referred Journal Articles:
Aoki, E. & Jonas, K. M. (2016). “Collective Memory and Sacred Space in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Reconciliation and Rehumanization Processes in Mureithi’s ICYIZERE.” Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 9 (3), 240-258. DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2016.1195007
Featured: “Post-Rwandan Genocide Documentary Depicts Reconciliation and Hope,” Communication Currents (August 2016), Volume 11, Issue 4-NCA Translation by Natalia Lopez-Thismon. http://www.natcom.org/CommCurrentsArticle.aspx?id=7259
Burr-Miller, A. & Aoki, E. (2013). “Becoming (Hetero) Sexual? The Hetero-Spectacle of Idollators and their Real Dolls.” Sexuality & Culture, 17(5), 384-401. Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 4
Greg Dickinson, Brian L. Ott, Eric Aoki. (2013). “(Re)Imagining the West: The Whitney Gallery of Western Art’s Sacred Hymn.” Cultural Studies Critical Methodologies, 13(1), 18-31. DOI: 10.1177/1532708612464633.
Aoki. E., Dickinson, G., & Ott, B. L. (2013). “Memory and the West: Reflections on Place, Practice, and Performance.” Cultural Studies Critical Methodologies, 13(1), 1-2. DOI: 10.1177/1532708612464631.
Ott, B. L., Aoki, E. & Dickinson, G. (2011). “Ways of (Not) Seeing Guns: Presence and Absence at the Cody Firearms Museum, Communication Critical/Cultural Studies, 8 (3), pp. 215-239. Lead Article. Golden Anniversary Monograph Award, National Communication Association, 2012.
Aoki, E. (2008). “Fatherhood on my mind: Auto-ethnographic reflections and the international film Bear Cub/Cachorro.” Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 3 (2/3), 191-222.
Reprinted: Aoki, E. (2007). “Fatherhood on my mind: Auto-ethnographic reflections and the international film Bear Cub/Cachorro.” In F. Tasker & J. J. Bigner (Eds.), Gay and lesbian parenting: New directions (pp. 191-222). New York: Haworth Press.
Dickinson, G., Ott, B. L., & Aoki, E. (March 2006). “Spaces of remembering and forgetting: The reverent eye/I at the Plains Indian Museum.” Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, 3 (1), 27-47.
Aoki, E. (2005). “Coming out as ‘We 3’: Using personal ethnography and the case study to assess relational identity and familial support of gay male, three partner relationships.” Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 1 (2), 29-48.
Reprinted: Aoki, E. (2006). “Coming out as ‘We 3’: Using personal ethnography and the case study to assess relational identity and familial support of gay male, three partner relationships.” In J. J. Bigner (Ed.), An introduction to GLBT family studies (pp. 183-202). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Dickinson, G., Ott, B. L., & Aoki, E. (April 2005). “Memory and myth at the Buffalo Bill Museum.” Western Journal of Communication, 69 (2), 85-108. (equal contribution of co-authors)
Reprinted: Dickinson, G., Ott, B. L., and Aoki, E. (2008). “Memory and myth at the Buffalo Bill Museum.” In S. Foss (Ed.), Rhetorical criticism: Exploration and practice (4th edition, pp. 225-245). Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.
Aoki, E. (2004). “An interpersonal and intercultural embrace: A letter of reflection on my gay male relational connections.” Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 3 (2/3), 111-121.
Reprinted: Aoki, E. (2004). “An interpersonal and intercultural embrace: A letter of reflection on my gay male relational connections” In J. Bigner and J.L. Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 5
Wetchler (Eds.), Relationship therapy with same-sex couples (pp. 111-121). New York: Haworth Press.
Ott. B. L., & Aoki, E. (2004). “Counter-Imagination as interpretive practice:Futuristic fantasy and The Fifth Element:” Women’s Studies in Communication, 27 (2), 149-176. (equal contribution of co-authors)
Ott, B. L., & Aoki, E. (Fall 2002). “The politics of negotiating public tragedy: Media framing of the Matthew Shepard Murder.” Rhetoric and Public Affairs, 5 (3), 483-505. (equal contribution of co-authors)
Reprinted: Ott, B. L., & Aoki, E. (2005). “The politics of negotiating public tragedy: Media framing of the Matthew Shepard Murder.” In C. Burgchardt (Ed.), Readings in rhetorical criticism (3rd edition, pp. 220-237). State College, PA: Strata.
Ott, B. L., & Aoki, E. (Fall 2001). “Popular imagination and identity politics: Reading the future in Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Western Journal of Communication, 65 (4), 392-415. (equal contribution of co-authors)
Aoki, E. (Summer 2000). “Mexican American ethnicity in Biola, CA: An ethnographic account of hard work, family, and religion.” The Howard Journal of Communications, 11 (3), 207-227.
Reprinted: Aoki, E. (2004). “Mexican American ethnicity in Biola, CA: An ethnographic account of hard work, family, and religion.” In F. E. Jandt (Ed.), Intercultural communication: A global reader (pp. 112-131). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Philipsen, G., Aoki, E., et al. (1997). “Reading Ella Deloria’s Waterlily for cultured speech in the classroom.” Iowa Journal of Communication, 29 (1), 31-49.
Refereed Chapters in Books:
Aoki, E. (2017). Strategic Liminality and Trans-regional Mobility: Engaging Diverse City Spaces to Constitute and Negotiate Intersectional Identities of Newfound Class Privilege, Repressed Ethnic Anger, and the (In)visibility of Gay (Male) Life. In Atay, A. and Brower, J. (Eds.), Communication, Culture, and Making Meaning in the City: Ethnographic Engagements in Urban Environments, pp. 197-216. London/New York: Lexington Books.
Ott, B. L., & Aoki, E. (2015). Science fiction as social consciousness: Race, gender, and sexuality in “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” In D. Brode & S. T. Brode (Eds.), Star Trek: Franchising the Final Frontier. Landham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Harman, J. J., Kaufman, M. R., Aoki, E., & Trott, C. D. (2014). “Sexual Network Partners in Tanzania: Labels, power, and the systemic muting of women’s health and identity.” In H. Pishwa & R. Schulze (Eds.), Expression of Inequality in Interaction: Power, Dominance, and Status. John Benjamin Publishing Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 6
Company.
Ott, B. L., Aoki, E., & Dickinson, G. (2011). “Collage/montage as critical practice, or how to ‘quilt’/read postmodern text(ile)s.” In C. Morris (Ed.), TheAIDS Memorial Quilt at 20: Commemoration and critique of the epidemic text (pp. 101-131). East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press. (equal contribution of co-authors)
Aoki, E., Dickinson, G., & Ott, B. L. (2010). “The master naturalist imagined: Directed movement and simulations at the Draper Museum of Natural History.” In G. Dickinson, G., B. L. Ott & C. Blair (Eds.), Places of public memory: The rhetoric of museums and memorials (pp. 238-266). Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. (equal contribution of co-authors)
Souza, T.J., Dallimore, E.J., Aoki, E., & Pilling, B. (2010). “Communication climate, comfort, and cold-calling: An analysis of discussion-based courses at multiple universities.” In L. B. Nilson, (Ed.), To improve the academy: Resources for faculty, instructional, and organizational development (pp. 227-249). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Aoki, E. (2008). “The absence: Living everyday life without gay male friends.” In A. Gottlieb, A. (Ed.), On the meaning of friendship between gay men (pp. 125-136). New York, NY: Routledge.
Ott, B. L., & Aoki, E. (2008). “The colonization and commodification of racial identities: Stereotyping and exoticizing cultural difference in Rush Hour.” In L. Gray-Rosendale (Ed.), Reading pop rhetorics (pp. 513-521). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. (equal contribution of co-authors)
Aoki, E. (2003). “Making space in the classroom for my gay identity: A letter I’ve been wanting to write.” In B. Timpson, S. Canetto, E. Borrayo, & R. Yang (Eds.), Teaching diversity: Challenges and complexities, identities and integrity (pp. 91- 102). Madison, WI: Atwood.
Book Review:
Aoki, E. (Spring 2003). “Book Review. Say it loud!: African-American audiences media, and identity and Brown tide rising: Metaphors of Latinos in contemporary American public discourse.” Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 58 (1).
PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITS, PRODUCTIONS:
Invited/Featured/On Loan Activities (Oil Painting Display):
Aoki, E. (Fall 2017-Present). Four Oil Paintings: Housed in the CSU Asian Pacific American Cultural Center (APACC); the first invited artist to display the four works until summer 2018 in their Center, Colorado State University
Aoki, E. (Spring 2014-Present). “The Forgotten Migrant Worker.” Invited to display a wall size painting as on loan from spring 2014-2016 by Associate Dean Nancy Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 7
Irlbeck and Dean Craig Beyrouty and arranged by Director of Diversity and Retention Shannon L. Archbeque-Engle, the College of Agricultural Sciences, Colorado State University. Painting Medium: Oil/Spray Paint/Oil Stick/Acrylic. [Cultural Diversity/Interpersonal Painting; also, used in co-cultural communication class to teach visual rhetoric and cultural identity].
Aoki, E. (Fall 2014-Present). “Tashi Delay” & “India Fusion,” Invited to display two wall size paintings at the CSU Diversity House by Vice-President for Diversity Mary Ontiveros, Colorado State University. Painting Medium: Mixed Oils and Spray Paint
Juried Activities (Oil Painting Exhibits):
Aoki, E. (Fall 2004). “Crash.” Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins (MOCA) /BasBleu Theatre Art Exhibition. Painting Medium: Oil/Acrylic/Spray Paint. [Cultural Diversity/Interpersonal Relationship Painting]
Aoki, E. (Fall 2004). “To Be Known.” Museum of Contempary Art, Fort Collins (MOCA)/Bas Bleu Theatre Art Exhibition. Painting Medium: Oil. [GLBT Diversity Painting]
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Spring 2007-Present—Editorial Board, Western Journal of Communication
Fall 2007-2016—Editorial Board, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
Fall 2014-Fall 2017—Editorial Board, Southern Communication Journal
Summer 2007-2012—Editorial Board, Women’s Studies in Communication
1991-Present—Member, Western States Communication Association (off: 2012-13)
1993-Present—Member, National Communication Association
Fall 2005- 2012—Editorial Board, Journal of GLBT Family Studies
Fall 2004-Fall 2009—Media Reviews Editor, Journal of GLBT Family Studies
1993-1997—Member, Northwest Communication Association
HONORS AND AWARDS
Fall 2017: Featured CSU University Faculty: “Human Resources Welcome” & “Human Resources Welcome 2 or “We’re Getting Ready for Something Big,” University Media Promotions, Colorado State University
Fall 2017: Featured Artist: “The Opening Reception of Dr. Eric Aoki’s Artwork,” Asian Pacific American Cultural Center (APACC), Welcoming Remarks & Reception, Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 8
Colorado State University
Fall 2015: Intercultural Specialist & Global Teaching Scholar (GTS), with Semester at Sea/CSU, selected as one of four Global Teaching Scholars to work on Intercultural Communication Competence curriculum as well as to teach aboard the Spring 2017 voyage
2015: Awarded a Team Catalyst for Innovative Partnership (CIP) Award Grant, Office of Vice President for Research, Colorado State University (Trans-disciplinary team: $200,000.00+)
2015-2016: Elected, Second Vice President of Western States Communication Association for 2016 convention, role becomes effective at the close of 2015 convention in Spokane, WA
2013-14: Awarded the Ann Gill Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University \ Fall 1998-2014—Professional Development Program Awards: College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University (Multiple Years awarded); Most Recent Awards include: 2014 ($424; Multiple Convention Roles including “Scholars Office Hours” and “Roundtable for Research in Progress Panel Chair at the National Communication Association Convention in Chicago, IL); 2011, ($2,000.00; International travel to Kigali, Rwanda) “Rehumanization, Reconciliation, and Healing: Collective Memory of Place and Empathetic Human Interaction in Mureithi’s ICYIZERE”; 2010-2011, ($808.00) “Becoming (Hetero)sexual”; 2009-10, ($755.00) “Stitching, Walking, Materializing” (The NAMES Project AIDS Quilt); 2008-09, ($636.39), “The Master Naturalist Imagined: Directed Movement and Simulations at the Draper Museum of Natural History.”
Fall 2012: Awarded Lead Article. Golden Anniversary Monograph Award, National Communication Association, For Ott, B. L., Aoki, E. & Dickinson, G. (2011). “Ways of (Not) Seeing Guns: Presence and Absence at the Cody Firearms Museum, Communication Critical/Cultural Studies, 8 (3), pp. 215-239.
Spring 2012: Awarded Alumni Association Best Teacher Award, February 2012
Fall 2011-12—College of Liberal Arts: Excellence in Teaching Award: Tenure Track, Associate Professor Level
Fall 2011: Awarded research sabbatical, approved December 2011
Spring 2011—College of Liberal Arts: Inaugural Faculty Highlight: February 2011 Parent & Family Newsletter, Colorado State University
Fall 2010—Capstone Seminar Faculty Appreciation Award: First Annual Award, Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
Spring 2010—Invited Travel Lecture: “Diversity, Cultural Identity, & Liminality,” Glendale Community College, Phoenix, AZ
Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 9
Spring 2010—Keynote Address: First Generation Scholarship Dinner, Colorado State University, CSU Lory Student Center Ballroom
Spring 2009—Awarded Multi-Ethnic Faculty Distinguished Service Award, Colorado State University
Spring 2009—Best Teacher Award Nominee, Colorado State University
Spring 2009—Alumni Award Nominee, Colorado State University
Fall 2008—Co-Keynote Speaker: GLBT Dinner, “‘Taking Root, Moving Forward’: Celebrating 10 years of GLBT Student Services at CSU,” Invited as an “out and active faculty member” who started CSU at the advent of the center’s opening, Colorado State University, Lory Student Center
Fall 2008—Visiting Artist and Lecturer Fund: Grant Application Writer, ($802.43 for the 4th Annual Jack Gravlee Lecture Series). Colorado State University
Spring 2008—Western States Communication Association: Top Paper Award, Rhetoric and Public Address, “The Master Naturalist Imagined: Directed Movement and Simulations at the Draper Museum of Natural History.” (With Co-authors, G. Dickinson and B. L. Ott)
Spring 2007—Western Communication Association: Top Paper Award, Instructional Communication Division, “Communication, Climate, and ‘Cold-Calling’: Pedagogical Practices in the Discussion Facilitation University Classroom.” (With Co-authors T. Souza, E. Dallimore, and B. Pilling)
Fall 2006—Best Teacher Award, Nominee, Colorado State University
Fall 2006—National Communication Association: Visual Communication Division’s Annual Research Excellence Award; for the Journal Article entitled, “Spaces of Remembering and Forgetting: The Reverent Eye/I at the Plains Indian Museum.” Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, 3 (1), 27-47. (With Co-authors G. Dickinson & B. Ott)
Spring 2005—Waterpik: Excellence in Education, Teaching Award
Fall 2003—Outstanding Journal Article: “The Politics of Negotiating Public Tragedy: Media Framing of the Matthew Shepard Murder,” Co-authored Paper: Ott, B. & Aoki, E). National Communication Association, Critical & Cultural Studies Division, Miami, FL
Spring 2003—Top four competitive paper in Media Studies: —“The Politics of Negotiating Public Tragedy: Media Framing of the Matthew Shepard Murder,” Co- Authored Paper: (Ott, B. and Aoki, E.). Presented to Western States Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT
Spring 2003—Outstanding Professor Service Award: Asian Pacific Student Services, Colorado State University
Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 10
Fall 2000-Spring 2001—Fulbright Scholarship, Hayes U.S. Department of Education Scholarship, and College of Liberal Art Support, India Project: “Cultural Voices of India, Cultural Transformations,” Colorado State University
Fall 2000—The College of Liberal Arts “Excellence in Teaching Award: Tenure Track Faculty,” Colorado State University
Fall 2000-2001—Outstanding Faculty Support: Students of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Office, Colorado State University
Spring 1999—Top Paper competitive paper in Media Studies: Presented to Western States Communication Association, Sacramento, CA, (With co-author B. Ott) Fall 1996-Spring 1997—Fellowship Recipient: Seafirst Bank Dissertation Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Fall 1995—Lyall Zickrick Fellowship: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Fall 1995—PEW Teaching Leadership Award: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Spring 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997—Certificate of Recognition in Research: University of Washington, Speech Communication Department, Seattle, WA
Fall 1992-1996—Recipient: California State University Forgivable Loan Doctoral Incentive Program
PAPERS PRESENTED/SYMPOSIA/INVITED LECTURES/PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
(2017, November), “The Haunts that Haunt Us: The Buffalo Bill Center of the West and the Spirit of Whiteness, Co-Authored Paper Presented at the Annual National Communication Association convention, Dallas, TX.
(2015, November), 2nd Vice-President Role, Executive Council Meeting, National Communication Association Convention, Las Vegas, NV
(2015, February). “Narrating the Self: Explorations of Ethnic and Racial Identities,” Respondent, Intercultural Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association, Spokane, WA.
(2014, November). “Scholars Office Hours: Invited Established Scholar” and “Roundtables on Research in Progress, Chair/Respondent,” Duties performed at the Annual National Communication Association convention, Chicago, IL
(2014, November). “Roundtables on Research in Progress,” Chair/Respondent, Performed at the Annual National Communication Association convention, Chicago, IL
(2014, November). “NCA Centennial Archival Team,” Duties performed at the Annual National Communication Association convention, Chicago, IL
Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 11
(2013, January). “Sexual Network Partners in Tanzania: Labeling, Power and Social Identity.” Co-authored paper presented by co-author at annual convention for The Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
(2012, November). Recipient of the National Communication Association’s Golden Anniversary Monograph Award, NCA’s 98th Annual Convention Award Ceremony, Orlando, FL.
(2012, January). “Rehumanization, Reconciliation, and Healing: Collective Memory of Place and Empathetic Human Interaction in Mureithi’s ICYIZERE.” Co-authored paper presented at SIT Symposium: Conflict, Memory, and Reconciliation: Bridging past, present, and future, Kigali, Rwanda.
(2011, November). “An underlying exigency: (Susto) heredado, an internet meme, and storytelling as voice in the It Gets Better Project.™” Paper presented at National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
(2011, November). Hanging the West: Art, memory, and national identity in the Whitney Gallery of Western Art.” Co-authored paper presented at National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
(2011, February). “Becoming (hetero)sexual? The hetero-spectacle of Idollators and their Real Dolls.” Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Monterey, CA.
(2011, February). “Constructing communities and identities.” Panel Respondent at Western States Communication Association, Monterey, CA.
(2011, February). “Constructing community: Addressing challenges, successes, and positionality in the Intercultural Classroom.” Panel Respondent at Western States Communication Association, Monterey, CA.
(2010, March). “Native, nationhood, and belonging.” Panel Respondent at National Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.
(2010, November). —“Strategic liminality & cultural erosion: An auto-ethnography of newfound social class guilt, repressed ethnic anger, and queer invisibility.” Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Anchorage, AK.
(2009, November). “Stitching: The AIDS NAMES Project quilt.” Co-authored paper presented at National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
(2009, February). “Working in the ‘mixed bag’ of higher education: Deciding where you fit in the academy.” Panel presented at Western States Communication Association, Mesa, AZ.
(2008, November). “Real dolls: (Un)Conventional relationships and masculinity.” Co- authored paper presented at National Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
(2008, February). “The master naturalist imagined: Directed movement and simulations at the Draper Museum of Natural History.” Top Paper Award, Rhetoric and Public Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 12
Address with Co-Authors, G. Dickinson and B. L. Ott. Co-authored paper presented at the Western States Communication Association, Broomfield, CO.
(2008, February). “Department/College/University Service.” Invited panelist at the Western States Communication Association, Broomfield, Colorado.
(2007, February). “Communication climate, comfort, and cold-calling: An analysis of discussion-based courses at multiple universities.” Top Paper Award in the Division of Communication & Instruction with Co-Authors T. Souza, E. Dallimore, and B. Pilling. Co-authored paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Seattle, Washington.
(2007, February). “Instructor behaviors that impact participation including cold-calling: An analysis of discussion practices.” Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Seattle, Washington.
(2007, Spring). “T.E.A Time: Cultural erosion, liminality, and voice.” Invited Lecture for Asian Pacific Student Services Noon Hour Series, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(2006, February). “Domestication, sterility, and phallic fetish at the Cody Firearms Museum.” Co-authored paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Palm Springs, California.
(2006. February). “Cold calling in discussion teaching: An analysis of student participation and comfort.” Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Palm Springs, California.
(2005, February). “Cold-calling in the university classroom.” Paper presented at the Western States Communication Association, San Francisco, California.
(2004, November). “Negotiating double-marginality.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
(2004, Fall). “Diversity Days workshop.” Guest Panelist w/ Dr. Bill Timpson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(2004, February). “Coming out as ‘We 3’: Using personal ethnography and the case study to assess relational identity and familial support of a gay male, three partner relationship.” Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Albuquerque, NM.
(2003, February). “The politics of negotiating public tragedy: Media framing of the Matthew Shepard murder.” [Top four competitive paper in Media Studies]. Co- authored paper presented at the Western States Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT.
(2002, Fall). “Faculty perspective of a tenure-track faculty—To students of the higher education (SOHE) program.” Invite Speaker at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 13
(2002, November). “Making the West White: The Buffalo Bill Cody Museum and the construction of White masculinity,” Co-authored paper presented at National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
(2002, Fall). “T.E.A Time: Cultural stories & histories.” Invited Lecture for Asian Pacific Student Services Noon Hour Series, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(2002, June). “A rhetoric of compassion: Social discourses surrounding the murder of Matthew Shepard,” Paper presented at the Rhetoric Society of America, Las Vegas, NV.
(2002, February). “Disciplining bodies in the body politic: Rhetoric of control and coercion.” Respondent at Western States Communication Association, Long Beach, CA.
(2001, Fall). “Cultural transformations in India: Bimson Seminar Lectures, Fulbright India Panel.” Invited panel lecturer at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(2001, Fall). “Faculty perspective of a tenure-track faculty—To Students of the Higher Education (SOHE) Program.” Invited speaker at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(2001, February). “Making [space] in the classroom for my [gay] identity.” Paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Coeur d’Alene, ID.
(2000, Fall). “Cultural inclusiveness.” Invited Lecturer with Students in JoAnn Cornell’s First-Year Seminar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(2000, Spring). “Intercultural communication issues.” Invited lecturer for Jen Krafchick, Assistant Director, Student Alliance for Gender Education (S.A.G.E.), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(2000, Spring). “Cultural issues.” Invited Speaker with Students in Kyle Coen’s First- Year Seminar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(1999, February). “Popular imagination and identity politics: Reading the future in Star Trek: The Next Generation.” [Selected as the Top Paper in Media Studies]. Co- authored paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Sacramento, CA.
(1999, February). “Ethnography and feminism: Voice, place, and Other.” Panel respondent at Western States Communication Association, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
(1999, Fall). “Graduate school concerns.” Invited speaker for Dr. Ann Gill’s Capstone Seminar, Speech Communication Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(1998, November). “Learning from my mistakes: Musings of an ethnographer.” Paper presented at National Communication Association, New York, NY.
(1998, Fall). “Diversity communication.” Guest lecturer for Jerry Smith’s Course (Assistant Director, Black Student Services) in Higher Education, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 14
(1998, Fall). “A/PASS: Diversity communication.” Invited lecturer for Asian Pacific Student Services Course, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(1998, Spring). “Three generations of women: My nana, My mother, and my sister.” Invited speaker for the Lambda Theta Nu Second Annual Women of Color Poetry/Short Story Reading Night, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(1998, Spring). “A/PASS: Politics of identity.” Invited lecturer for the Asian Pacific Student Services Introductory Course, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(1998, Spring). “Defining the ‘inclusive’ university.” Invited Speaker for a Graduate Course in Higher Education with Dr. Blanche Hughes and Dr. Linda Ahuna, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
(1997, October). “Mexican-Americans in Biola, CA: The politics of community involvement,” Paper presented at the Hispanics: Cultural Locations Conference, San Francisco, CA.
(1997, Spring). “Ethnic labels in Biola, CA (1st half of lecture) & The multi-ethnic experience (2nd half of lecture).” Invited speaker for Dr. Valerie Manusov’s Intercultural Course, University of WA, Seattle, WA.
(1996, November). “Sustaining of community in Biola, CA: Conflicting codes of ‘involvement’ as insight into community conflict and resolution.” Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
(1996, November). “Linguistic action verbs in Waterlily.” Co-authored paper presented at Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
(1996, Fall). “Campus-wide orientation for new teaching assistants.” Facilitator at the University of Washington, Speech Communication Department, Seattle, WA.
(1995, Spring). “Planning for your future.” Invited guest speaker to an assembly meeting of 4th, 5th, & 6th grade classes, Nelson Elementary School, Pinedale, CA.
(1995, November). “Indexing ethnicity in talk: How labels can come to mean.” Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.
(1995, November). “Weaving the strands of research and teaching in the interpretation of culturally distinctive speech in Ella Cara Deloria’s Waterlily” & “A Metacommunicative Hearing of the Waterlily Speech Code.” Co-authored panel papers presented at Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.
(1995, Fall). “Preparing TAs to address diversity issues within a broad public context.” Co-panel presenters with Dr. Brooke Quigley, Dr. Katherine Hendrix, & Dr. Gray Matthews, 5th National Conference: On the Education and Employment of Graduate Teaching Assistants, Denver, Colorado.
Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 15
(1995, Spring). “Voices—The people of Biola, CA.” Colloquia presented of slide/audio presentation at the Second Annual Ethnography Conference, Department of Speech Communication, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
(1994, Spring). “On mixed-ethnicity and cultural rituals.” Invited speaker for Dr. Gerry Philipsen’s Course in Cultural Codes and Communication, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
(1994, Spring). “I’m a Japanese/Mexican-American: Not as exotic as you might believe.” Invited lecturer for Dr. Valerie Manusov’s Intercultural Communication Course, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
(1994, Winter). “Public speaking tips for job presentations.” Invited lecturer for Instructor Richard Warwick’s Aerospace Technology Course, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
(1994, November). “Indexing cultural identity in talk: A Mexican-American’s interview with an interlocutor of the same and different ethnic background.” Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
(1994, Spring). “Introduction to Biola, CA—a small agricultural community in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley.” Presentation at the First Annual Ethnography Conference, Speech Communication Departmental, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
(1993, November). “Sharpening the focus: Further investigations of the treatment of Mexican-Americans in cross-discipline literature.” Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL.
(1993, February). “Graduate teaching assistants of color.” Paper presented at Northwest Communication Association, Coeur d’Alene, ID.
(1993, Spring). “Department workshop on diversity.” Workshop co-coordinator at the University of Washington, Speech Communication, Seattle, WA.
(1992, November). “The treatment of Mexican-Americans in Speech Communication texts.” Co-authored paper presented at Speech Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
(1992, February). “Small group communication: Development of the power based paradigm.” Co-authored paper presented at Western States Communication Association, Boise, ID.
(1991, April). “The Friendship TRAK: Similarities between Japanese and American friendship making.” Co-authored paper presented at International/Intercultural Communication Conference, Fullerton, CA.
(1991, February). “The ‘Friendship TRAK.’” Co-authored paper presented at Pre- Western States Communication Association, Tempe, AZ.
COMMITTEES (Colorado State University)
University Committees: Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 16
Fall 2017—Semester at Sea (SAS) Faculty Curriculum Support Meetings & Panel, Semester at Sea (SAS), Colorado State University, including advising on curriculum preparation for the ship experience to potential applicants and expert input for with the SAS administrative team.
Spring 2015—Interim Executive Committee Faculty Member, Faculty Council, Colorado State University
Fall 2011-to present—Committee Member, Recruitment & Retention of Diverse Staff/Faculty Subcommittee for VP for Diversity, (Fall 2012 on sabbatical/Fall 2013 teaching conflict), Colorado State University
Spring 2006-Spring 2009—Committee Member, Lilla B. Morgan Art Endowment Fund, Colorado State University
Fall 2006-Spring 2008—Committee Member, President’s Commission on Women & Gender Equity, Colorado State University
Fall 2006—Committee Member, President’s Office, University Committee on Campus Climate, Colorado State University
Fall 2001-Fall 2002—Elected Committee Member: Women’s Studies Advisory Board, Colorado State University
Fall 2001-2005—Faculty Committee Member: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT) Faculty Curriculum Committee (for Partner Benefits), Colorado State University
Summer 1999—Search Committee Member: For the new Director of the Lory Student Center, Colorado State University
Summer 1998—Search Committee Member: For the Asian Pacific Student Services Assistant Director Position, Colorado State University
College Committees:
Fall 2017—CLA Curriculum Committee, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
Fall 2016—Member, Stern Award Committee
Spring 2016—Invited Presenter, Teaching Demonstrations for the Flipped Classroom (Eddy 100), College of Liberal Arts Development Council, Colorado State University
Fall 2015-Spring 2016---Committee Member, College of Liberal Arts Dean Search, Colorado State University
Fall 2015—Chair of Tenure & Promotion Committee for Ethnic Studies, Colorado State University
Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 17
Fall 2013-Present (Term through spring 2016)—Faculty Council: Elected College of Liberal Arts Representative At-Large, Colorado State University Fall 2007-Spring 2012—Faculty Council: Elected College of Liberal Arts Representative At-Large, (Semester leave: Spring 2008; Fall 2012-13, sabbatical leave and spring 2013 due to teaching conflict w/SPCM 479: Capstone ), Colorado State University
Fall 2013-2014—Chair & Member: CLA Tenure/Promotion & Sabbatical Review Committees, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
Spring 1998-Spring 2013—Faculty Marshal: College of Liberal Arts Commencement Ceremonies (excluding Fall 2001, Fall 2005/Sabbatical, & Fall 2012/Sabbatical), Colorado State University
Fall 2009-Summer 2012—CLA Scholarship Committee, Colorado State University
Fall 2010—Faculty Representative, For CSU Ram Welcome, Colorado State University
Fall 2008-Spring 2009—Committee Member & Dept. Representative, CLA Scholarship Committee, Colorado State University
Fall 2006-Fall 2008—Faculty Representative, For CSU Ram Welcome, Colorado State University
Fall 2004—COLA Faculty Representative (Sitting in for Dr. Brian Ott while on Sabbatical), Colorado State University
Fall 2002-Fall 2003—Selection Committee: College of Liberal Arts “Excellence in Teaching Awards,” Colorado State University
Fall 2002-Spring 2002—Search Committee Member: For the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
Spring 2001-2003—Committee Member: Westfall Scholarship Committee, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
Spring 2000 & Spring 2001—Selection Committee: College of Liberal Arts Scholarship Committee, Colorado State University
Spring/Fall 1999—Committee Member: Women’s Programs Office, Gender Infusion Project, Colorado State University
Department Committees:
Spring 2014-May 2017: Department Brand Administrator for Qualtrics: Social Scientific Survey Tools for 10 total faculty accounts in Communication Studies & Sociology, CSU
Fall 2015-Spring 2016—Chair, Department Scholarship Committee
Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 18
Spring 2015 (January 27-Februrary 9th)—Acting Chair, Chair was on health-leave, Colorado State University
Fall 2013-Spring 2015—Chair & Tenured Faculty Committee Member, Department Executive Committee, Colorado State University
Spring 2015: Ad-Hoc Capstone Committee, “Communication Studies Capstone Experience,” Colorado State University
Spring 2015: Committee Member, Sub-committee for Communication Engagement Lab
Fall 2014—Job Search sub-committee member, for Organizational Communication position, Colorado State University
Fall 2014: Scholarship Committee (one semester), will return to role in fall 2015, Colorado State University
Fall 2013—Faculty Member, Department SPCM 200 Textbook Review and Adoption Committee, Colorado State University
Spring 2013—Acting Graduate Director (one semester), MA graduate program, Colorado State University
Fall 2011-2013—Faculty Representative, MA Alumni Board, Colorado State University (currently inactive on projects)
Fall 2011-Spring 2012—Faculty Co-chair: 50th Anniversary Committee, Colorado State University.
Fall 2010-Spring 2011—Chair: Organizational Communication Job Search Committee, Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
Spring 2009-Spring 2011—Committee Member, Department Scholarship Committee, Colorado State University
Fall 2009-Spring 2010—Chair: Tenure & Promotion Committee, Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
Fall 2008-Spring 2009—Special Instructors Evaluations Committee, Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
Spring-Fall 2008—Grant Writer and Committee Member, Co-Organizing the 4th Annual Jack Gravlee Lecture, with Dr. Valerie Manusov (University of Washington), Colorado State University
Fall 2006-Spring 2007—Committee Member, Department of Speech Communication Graduate Committee, Colorado State University
Fall 2006-Spring 2007—Chair: Tenure and Promotions Committee, Department of Speech Communication, Colorado State University
Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 19
Fall 2006-Spring 2007—Chair, Communication Studies Sub-committee, Job Hire, Department of Speech Communication, Colorado State University
Fall 2003-Spring 2005—Executive Committee: Department of Speech Communication, Colorado State University
Fall 2001-Spring 2005—Faculty Council Representative: Department Representative to Faculty Council, Colorado State University
Fall 2003-Spring 2004—Search Committee Member: For Department Chair, Department of Speech Communication, Colorado State University [Appointed by the Dean of College of Liberal Arts]
Fall 1997-Spring 2004—Graduate Committee Member: Department of Speech Communication Graduate Committee, Colorado State University
Fall 1998—Committee: Department Scholarships, Colorado State University
Spring 1998—Committee: Library Donations, Colorado State University
Fall 1997—Committee: Department Scholarships, Colorado State University
STUDENT ADVISING/GRADUATE SUPERVISION (Past Five Years)
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (# fluctuated): Mentor, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, (2) Brandon Bernandus (Honors Thesis Presentation, Spring 2016); Laura Buser (Honors Thesis Presentation, Fall 2016)
Note: The Department is moving toward a new mentoring model in lieu of how advising has been previously conducted
~last few No longer advising undergraduates in this format (Fall 2014-16) ~25 Current Undergraduate Advisees (Fall 2013) ~34 Current Undergraduate Advisees (Spring 2013)
GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Current Graduate Advisee(s): Fall 2017-Present: (1) Kristin Slattery (Ph.D. Student)
Current Graduate Committee Memberships (excluding those chaired): MA/MS/MFA/PH.D [_0_ in-house MA] and _4_ out of department (2 = Ph.D.)
Graduate Degrees Completed Under Your Supervision: 19 MA degrees: Spring 2015, Jennifer Sheldon Spring 2014, Jessica Gantt [Off from Advising—SABBATICAL: No Thesis Advisees for Spring/Summer 2013] Lydia Reinig, 2012, MA Kyle M. Jonas, 2011, MA Christopher Conner, 2011, MA [Co-Chair w/ Dr. Gregory Dickinson] Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 20
Brianna Freed, 2010, MA [Co-Chair w/ Dr. Kirstin Broadfoot] Kristen Cole, 2009, MA Courtney Yost, 2009, MA Carissa Dunlap, 2008, MA Diana Breshears, 2007, MA Michelle Gurule, 2007, MA [Off from Advising—SABBATICAL; No Thesis Advisees for 2006] Mark Joseph Saunders, 2005, MA Michael Westley Simmons, 2004, MA Kerri Moncrieff, 2004, MA Scott A. Simpson, 2002, MA [Co-chair w/Dr. Gregory Dickinson] Emily Curry-Hitchingham, 2002, MA R. Curby Alexander, 2001, MA Jennifer M. Emerling, 2000, MA Warren Lotzbire, 1999, MA
OTHER ACTIVITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Summer/Fall 2017—Blind Reviewer, for Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies
Spring/Summer 2017—Blind Reviewer, for Critical Studies in Media Communication
Spring 2017—Faculty Support, (Semester at Sea (SAS), Service Activities aboard the Ship including Faculty Support for the LGBTQ Student Group & the Diversity Student Group. Additional service as Guest Lecturer to the SAS Life-long Learner Group (on Intercultural Conflict Communication) & the SAS Children’s Activity Group (2 activities—Diversity Inclusion Stories & International Women’s Day Celebration through Art)
Fall 2014-Present—Team Member, Small Village Microgrid (SVM) Project, Village Assessment Survey, in collaboration with Energy Institute Powerhouse CSU and a Catalyst Innovation Partnerships (CIP), Office of Vice President for Research, Colorado State University
Fall 2016—Key Speaker, World AIDS Day, Colorado State University
Fall 2016—Blind Reviewer, for Southern Journal of Communication
Fall 2016—Blind Reviewer, for Critical Studies in Media Communication
Spring 2015-Spring 2016—2nd Vice-President, Western States Communication Association (Oversee & Host: Undergraduate Scholars Research Conference, Graduate Student Workshop, and Graduate Programs Open House)
Fall 2015—Blind Reviewer, Editorial Board for Southern Communication Journal (1 manuscript & began review of over 20 articles for end of year/volume top paper)
Fall 2015—Blind Reviewer, Editorial Board for Journal of International & Intercultural Communication, 2 manuscripts Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 21
Fall 2015—Blind Reviewer, Editorial Board for Western Journal of Communication, 1 manuscript
Fall 2015—CSU Speakers of Excellence, Talk given to the Fort Collins Country Club Staff on Communication Skills for the Workplace
Fall 2015—Volunteer, 15th Annual Community Welcome Event, CSU & the City of Fort Collins (Door to Door Welcome Information Dissemination with CSU Student-Athletes and a local FC Police Officer)
Fall 2015—Paper Reviewer: WSCA, Intercultural Communication Interest Group, for conference to be held in San Diego, CA, February 2016
Spring 2015—Faculty Donor Speech, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
Spring 2015—CSU Admitted Student Day Speaker, Faculty Speech to over 800 guests, Colorado State University
Spring 2015—Nominated, by Department Chair for the Board of Governors Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Colorado State University
Spring 2015—CSU Faculty Representative, in conjunction with Asian Pacific American Cultural Center (APACC) for the Asian Pacific Development Center (APDC)’s Annual Asian Lunar New Year Dinner on Saturday, February 7th in Denver.
Spring 2015—CSU Faculty Committee Member, Asian Pacific American Cultural Center (APACC) Awards Selection Committee
Spring 2015—CSU Student Media Interview, "College Avenue Magazine" by Hunter Goddard
Fall 2014—Nominating Committee, Intercultural Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association, Colorado State University
Fall 2014—Co-Presenter, “Buffalo Bill’s America: How the Buffalo Bill Center of The West wants us to see America,” Office of Development: Great Conversations, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
Fall 2014—Blind Reviewer, Editorial Board for Southern Communication Journal
Fall 2014—Blind Reviewer, Editorial Board for Journal of International & Intercultural Communication
Fall 2014—Paper Reviewer, for Intercultural Communication Interest Group, for Western States Communication Association convention
Fall 2014—Advisory Board, Sustainable Peace and Reconciliation Studies, SOGES, Colorado State University Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 22
Fall 2014—Guest Curator, “Crossing Boundaries: Episode One,” with the University Art Museum, Colorado State University
Fall 2014—Faculty Presenter, “CSU Inspire,” University Diversity Symposium, Colorado State University
Fall 2014—Faculty Member, First Generation Faculty/Student Dinner Event, Colorado State University
Summer 2014—Fisher Award Committee Member, Committee Selection of the Most Outstanding article from Vol. 78 of the Western Journal of Communication.
Spring 2014—Tenure & Promotion Faculty Panelist, “Faculty of Color Panel: Navigating Tenure,” Vice President for Diversity Office, Colorado State University
Spring 2014—Faculty Panelist, “Relationship Panel,” GLBTQ2 Office, Colorado State University
Spring 2014—Faculty Email Acknowledgement, Memo from Vice President of Student Affairs desk for acknowledged teaching survey of graduating seniors, Colorado State University
Fall 2013—Co-Presenter: “Visual Rhetoric: Performing Diversity through Art,” Diversity Symposium, “Experiencing & Understanding Diversity through Culture and the the Arts, co-presented w/Dr. Tom Dunn, CSU
Fall 2013—Guest Speaker: Long-term Faculty Perspective, 15th Anniversary of GLBTQ2 Office, CSU
Fall 2013—Guest Speaker: World AIDS Day, CSU
Fall 2013—Guest Speaker: Intersectionality & Culture Identities, CSU A/PACC
Spring 2013—CSU Faculty Travel Representative: Newly Admitted Students in Austin/Dallas Texas, CSU Office of Undergraduate Recruitment
Spring 2013—Faculty Contact: for VIP Prospective Student, CSU External Relations
Spring 2013—Guest Lecturer: Global Business Network: International organization of the CSU Business School, presented w/ Jess Gantt (Graduate Student, CMST)
Spring 2013: Filmed Faculty Spot: CSU Orientation and Transition Programs
Spring 2013—Panelist: CSU Connect Faculty Panel for Parents and New Students
Spring 2013—Guest Lecturer: For CSU Dream Project with Monica Rivera
Fall 2012—Blind Reviewer, for Critical Studies in Media Communication Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 23
Fall 2012—Master of Ceremony, Communication Studies 50th Anniversary Welcome Reception, 7 Sept. 2012, Colorado State University
Summer & Fall 2012—Blind Reviewer, for Western Journal of Communication
Spring, Summer, & Fall 2012—Blind Reviewer, for Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
Spring 2012—Keynote Speaker, COWY, Colorado/Wyoming Academic Advisors Annual Meeting & Workshop, Denver, CO, Scheduled to speak: 23 March 2012
Spring 2012—Faculty Member Representation, Department Graduate School Recruitment Session: Pizza and Social/Information Night, Eddy 200
Spring 2012—Event Presenter, “TEA Time Noon Talk: Intersectionality Theory & Identity/Voice,” Colorado State University, A/PACC Office in Lory Student Center
Fall 2004-Present—Faculty Mentor, Department of Speech Communication/Communication Studies
Fall 2011—Event Spokesperson, “World AIDS Day.” Colorado State University, Durell Center
Fall 2011—Event Presenter & Faciliator, “Teach-In: Reconciliation Workshops in Rwanda and the Global/National Need for Healing.” Colorado State University
Fall 2011—Blind Reviewer (1 individual submission), for Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
Fall 2011—Blind Reviewer (1 individual submission), for Women’s Studies in Communication journal
Fall 2011—Faculty Panelist, REBOUND: “Success Strategies for Students at Risk.” College of Liberal Arts, Clark Building
Fall 2011—Faculty Representative, “Out and Proud”: GLBT Resource Center Faculty/Student Social, Colorado State University
Fall 2011—Guest Lecturer, “Global & Co-cultural Diversity: Intercultural Imperatives of Relating.” The Dream Project, College of Liberal Arts with Blane Harding, Clark 146, Scheduled: Sept. 26th
Fall 2011—Presenter, “Intercultural Communicating: Civility, Cultural Imperatives, and Managing Conflict.” Diversity Symposium, Colorado State University, LSC 213-215, Scheduled Sept. 21st
Spring 2011—Blind Reviewer, for Western Journal of Communication Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 24
Spring 2011—Faculty First Generation Panelists, “First generation: Getting to year two conference,” CSU, Lory Student Center
Spring 2011—Blind Review (1 individual submission), for Critical Studies in Media Communication
Fall 2010—Paper Review (5 essays): for WSCA Undergraduate Scholars Conference, Monterey, CA
Fall 2010—Blind Review (3 individual submissions), for Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, Western Journal of Communication, & Women’s Studies in Communication
Fall 2010—Diversity Panelist for CTV: An hour long Media/campus television panel discussion with the new CSU VP for Diversity and other VP Administrators
Summer 2010—Blind Review (2 individual submissions), for Western Journal of Communication & Women’s Studies in Communication
Spring 2010-2011—Elected Delegate for Legislative Assembly, for Western States Communication Association
Spring 2010—Blind Review (2 individual submissions), for Journal of International and Intercultural & Communication & Critical Studies in Media Communication
Spring 2010—Convention Paper Reviewer (2 interest groups), for National Communication Association, Critical Cultural Studies Interest Group & GLBT Interest Group
Spring 2010— Guest Lecturer, Doctoral Course on Professional Development: Teaching: Diversity and Integrity, for Dr. William Timpson
Spring 2008-Present—Advisory Board: Peace and Reconciliation Certificate Program, w/ Drs. Jane Kneller, William Timpson, and Ed Brantmier (Co-Chairs)
Fall 2007-Present—Elected Representative Faculty Council, College of Liberal Arts At-Large
Summer 2009—Nominated Reviewer, National Communication Association, New Format in Round Table Research in Progress sessions (RTRP), Nominated by Dawn O. Braithwaite, NCA First Vice President and Primary Program Planner 2009 Convention
Summer 2009—Outside Reviewer, Tenure & Promotion Case, for Robert D. Gander, Chair, University of Nevada, Reno
Spring 2009—Paper Reviewer, National Communication Association, GLBT Division
Spring 2009—Inside Committee Member, for Grace Ami (Senior), Undergraduate Honors Thesis, directed by Dr. K. Broadfoot Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 25
Fall 2008-Spring 2009—Faculty Advisor, Fraternity: Betta Kappa Gamma, Colorado State University
Fall 2008—Invited Speaker, A/PASS Retreat, “Passing the Torch: Cultural Identity and Voice,” CSU Lory Student Center
Fall 2008—Guest Lecturer, Doctoral Course on Professional Development: Teaching: Diversity and Integrity, for Dr. William Timpson
Fall 2008— Invited Speaker, CSU Diversity Conference: High School Focus Day, “Our Selves, Our Offerings: (Multi)cultural Identity and Voice, ” CSU Lory Student Center
Summer 2008—Blind Manuscript Review, for Editor Thomas Nakayama, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
Summer 2008—Blind Manuscript Review, for Editor Brian Ott, Western Journal of Communication
Spring 2008—T&P Reviewer, Tenure and Promotion File, Texas Tech University, Department of Communication Studies
Spring 2008—Blind Manuscript Review, for Dr. Cindy Griffin, Women’s Studies and Communication
Spring 2008—Co-Facilitator, For Asian-Fest, A/PASS Advocacy office, Film workshop entitled From Fu Manchu to Kim Jong-il: Asians in American Media with Dr. Eric Aoki (Department of Speech Communication) and Dr. David Scott Diffrient (Department of Speech Communication)
Spring 2007—Guest Lecturer, For Dr. Sue Pendell, Speech Communication, Graduate Seminar in Communication Methods
Spring 2007—Guest Lecturer, A/PASS Diversity, for Joann Cornell’s A/PASS class
Spring 2006-January 2008—Board of Directors: NCAP (Northern Colorado AIDS Project, Community Service), Secretary, Personnel Committee, & Board Member, Fort Collins, CO
Fall 2007—Guest Lecturer, For William Timpson, Education Dept., Doctoral Seminar on Diversity
Fall 2007—Guest Lecturer, Latina/o Empowerment Lecture Series, “The Politics of Identity and Voice: Personal, Community, National, and Global Contexts,” Colorado State University
Fall 2007—Guest Lecturer/Diversity Trainer, SAVA (Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy), Diversity Training Volunteer, Fort Collins, CO
Fall 2007—Co-Facilitator, Black Student Services: Behind the Screen: Body Image and Ethnic Identity Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 26
Fall 2007—Invited Faculty Participant, Health and Wellness Zone, “Condom Concoction” condom design for sexual health awareness day, Colorado State University
Fall 2006—Guest Lecturer, For William Timpson, Education Dept., Doctoral Seminar on Diversity
Fall 2006—Guest Lecturer, For Patricia Vigil, Counseling Dept., Doctoral Seminar in Diversity & Counseling, Colorado State University
Fall 2006—Guest Lecturer, For John Littrell, Education and Counseling, Doctoral Seminar in Research Methodology—Qualitative Research, Ethnography, & Auto Ethnography, Colorado State University
Summer 2006—Blind Manuscript Review, For Editor, Western Journal of Communication
Spring 2005—Commissioned Manuscript Reviewer: For Trina Enriquez, Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, [Intercultural Communication Textbook Chapters]
Fall 2004—Guest Lecturer, For Dr. Greg Dickinson (Rhetoric) & Lecturer Kerri Moncrieff (Intro. to Intercultural Communication)
Spring 2004-Spring 2005—Elected Delegate to Legislative Assembly: Western States Communication Association
Spring 2004—Journal Manuscript Reviewer: For Pamela Kalbfleisch, Editor, Communication Yearbook
Fall 2003-Spring 2004—Journal Manuscript Reviewer: For Robert L. Ivie, Editor, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies
Fall 2002—Film Panelist: Studio Videotapes on Change for ED 713: Teaching, Learning and Professional Development, Colorado State University, (Taped Production)
Spring 2002—Journal Manuscript Reviewer: For Pamela Kalbfleisch, Editor, Communication Yearbook, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Wyoming, PO Box 3904, Laramie, WY
Fall 2001—Journal Manuscript Reviewer: For William J. Starosta, Co-Editor, International and Intercultural Communication Annual, Department of Communication & Culture, Howard University, Washington, DC
Fall 1998—Commissioned Manuscript Reviewer: For Jill Johnson, Editorial Assistant, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, [Intercultural Communication Textbook Chapter for Professor Brad ‘J’ Hall]
Fall 1997—Commissioned Manuscript Reviewer: For Holly Allen, Senior Editor, Mayfield Publishing Company, [Intercultural Communication Textbook for Professors Judith Martin & Thomas Nakayama]
Aoki CV, January 2018, p. 27
Fall 1997-2000—Mentor: Colorado State University, University Mentoring Program
Fall 1997—Volunteer Tutor: Colorado State University, El Centro Student Services