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CURRICULUM VITAE Pamela K. Conners

Department of Communication Studies Office Phone: (507) 933-6170 Gustavus Adolphus College Email: [email protected] 800 W. College Ave. Saint Peter, MN 56082

EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison August 2011 Department of Communication Arts (Rhetoric) Dissertation: “The Purchase of Home: Ownership and Citizenship in U.S. Housing Policy Debates” Advisor: Dr. Robert Asen; Committee: Susan Zaeske, Karma Chávez, William Jones, J. Michael Collins

M.A. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill May 2002 Department of Communication Studies (Rhetoric) M.A. Thesis: “Articulating the Crisis in Education: Rhetoric and Reform” Advisor: Dr. Cori Dauber; Committee: Robert Cox, Bill Balthrop

B.A. Bates College May 2000 Department of Theater and Rhetoric (Rhetoric) Senior Honors Thesis: “Inequalities: The Rhetoric of Mathematics” Advisor: Dr. Charles Nero

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Asen, Robert, Deborah Gurke, Pamela Conners, Ryan Solomon, and Elsa Gumm. “Research Evidence and School-Board Deliberations: Lessons from Three Wisconsin School Districts.” Educational Policy, 26. doi: 10.1177/0895904811429291 Asen, Robert, Deborah Gurke, Ryan Solomon, Pamela Conners, and Elsa Gumm. “‘The Research Says’: Definitions and Uses of a Key Policy Term in Federal Law and Local School-Board Deliberations.” Argumentation and Advocacy 47 (2011): 195-213. Conners, Pamela. “Putting Words to Work: The Politics of Labor’s Vernacular.” Cultural Analysis 9 (2010): 39-67. In Progress “Constructing the Modern Home: The Civility of Ownership in the Rhetoric of the National Housing Act of 1934,” revise and resubmit, Rhetoric & Public Affairs. BOOK CHAPTERS Forthcoming Conners CV Page 2 of 6

Conners, Pamela and Ryan Solomon. "The Business of Education: Examining the Discourse of Corporatization in School Board Deliberation." In Communication/Economy: Value, Meaning and Agency in the 21st Century, edited by Joshua S. Hanan and Mark Hayward. (Peter Lang Publishing) OTHER PUBLICATIONS Gurke, Deb, Robert Asen, Pam Conners, Ryan Solomon, and Elsa Gumm. “School Boards and Decision-Making: Considering Evidence-Based Research.” American School Board Journal 198 (2011): 29-31.

RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS Research Member, Research on Education, Deliberation, and Decision-making (REDD), Funded by William T. Grant Foundation, http://redd.commarts.wisc.edu, September 2009-August 2011. Project Assistant, Center for Financial Security, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, http://cfs.wisc.edu, April 2010-December 2010. Research Assistant, Invoking the Invisible Hand: Social Security and the Privatization Debates, under the direction of Robert Asen, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2007-2009. Research Assistant, The Top 100 Speeches of the Twentieth Century, under the direction of Stephen E. Lucas, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2007-2009. Research Assistant, University Research Council Grant, under the direction of Cori E. Dauber, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2001.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS "The Business of Education: Examining the Discourse of Corporatization in School Board Deliberation." Accepted for presentation, Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, PA, May 2012. “Preserving the American Dream: Blame and Responsibility for the Foreclosure Crisis.” National Communication Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, November 2011. “Building Neoliberal Neighborhoods: Dissonance in the Debates over U.S. Housing Legislation.” National Communication Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, November 2010. “The Construction of Home in Debates over the National Housing Act of 1934.” Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, Minneapolis, MN, May 2010. “Hysterical Publics, Sick Markets, and Rogue CEOs: The Commodity of Blame in Economic Crisis Rhetoric.” National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, November 2009. Conners CV Page 3 of 6

“Fashioning Identity in the Transcendence of Self: Barbara Jordan’s 1976 DNC Keynote Address.” National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, November 2009. “‘Broadast Yourself’... or Others: Representational Power in Online Participatory Media.” Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, October 2009. “‘Americans Talk Back’: (Re)presenting Workers’ Stories and Songs on the Radio in the Summer of 1941.” Labor and Working Class History Association Conference, Chicago, IL, May 2009. “Laboring Online: Agenic Challenges of Participatory Media.” National Communication Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, November 2008. “Working Words: The Mediation of Laborlore on the Radio and the Internet.” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, October 2008. “Negotiating Participation in Democratic Deliberation: The Case of the Gibran Academy.” Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, Seattle, WA, May 2008. “Vidcasting for a Living Wage: Potential, Power, and Agency in the Performance of the Vernacular.” Central States Communication Association Conference, Madison, WI, April 2008. “Constructing Citizenship in the Debate Over a Living Wage.” National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL, November 2007. “Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: The Bush Debate Strategy and Military Intervention.” National Communication Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, November 2001.

INVITED LECTURES/SCHOLARLY PARTICIPATION “Constructing the Modern Home: The Civility of Ownership in the Rhetoric of the National Housing Act of 1934.” Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, March 2011. “Golden Homes: The Rhetoric of Modernization in New Deal Housing Legislation.” Institute for Research on Poverty, Graduate Fellows Seminar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, February 2010. Panel Respondent, “U.S. American Civic Cultures and Ideals,” American Studies Division, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 2009. Participant, Globalization and Rhetoric Workshop, Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Summer Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, June 2009. Directed by Andreea Ritivoi, Carnegie Mellon University, and David Frank, University of Oregon. “Putting Words to Work: The Politics of Labor’s Vernacular.” Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, April 2009. Participant, Vernacular Rhetoric Workshop, Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Summer Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, June 2007. Directed by Gerard Hauser, University of Colorado at Boulder. Conners CV Page 4 of 6

“The Promises and Possibilities of a Communication Degree.” Johns Hopkins University, Communication in Contemporary Society Department, Washington, DC, April 2006. Panelist, “What is ‘Grey’ Literature? Exploring Beyond the Usual Databases.” National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, November 2004. Panelist, “Collaborating on Common Ground: A Meeting among NCA and Regional Association Officers.” National Communication Association Annual Convention, Miami Beach, FL, November 2003. Panelist, “Reflections on and Revisions to NCA’s Planning Process.” National Communication Association Annual Convention, Miami Beach, FL, November 2003. TEACHING Gustavus Adolphus College, Assistant Professor, 2011 - Present Courses taught: Community Advocacy and Social Change, Public Discourse, Argumentation and Debate University of Wisconsin, Madison, Teaching Assistant, 2006 - 2011 Courses taught: Introduction to Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Great Speakers and Speeches, Theory and Practice of Argumentation and Debate, Introduction to Speech Composition University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Teaching Assistant, 2000 - 2002 Courses taught: Public Policy Argument, War and Culture, Communication as Social Process, Public Speaking

AWARDS AND HONORS Graduate Research Fellow, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2009-2011. Dissertation Fellowship ($4500), Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2010. Elliott Dissertation Scholarship ($2000), Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2009. Risser Award for High Achievement and Promise, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2009. Vilas Travel Grant, Graduate Student Collaborative, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2008. McCarty Early Achievement Award, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2007. First Year McCarty Scholarship Award, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2006. Presidential Citation for Service, National Communication Association, 2006. Presidential Citation for Service and Leadership, National Communication Association, 2004. Presidential Citation for Service and Leadership, National Communication Association, 2003. Charles Sumner Libby Debate Award, Bates College, 2000. Conners CV Page 5 of 6

ACADEMIC SERVICE Reviewer, Public Address Division, National Communication Association, Orlando, 2012. Reviewer, Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division, National Communication Association, Orlando, 2012. Appointed Member, Search Committee for Executive Director, Rhetoric Society of America, 2011. Reviewer, Public Address Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans, 2011. Elected Member, Board of Directors, Rhetoric Society of America, 2010-2011. Invited Member, Labor & Working Class Studies Steering Committee, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2010. Invited Participant, Humanities Strategic Planning Forum, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2010. Reviewer, American Studies Division, National Communication Association, San Francisco, 2010. Reviewer, Political Communication Division, National Communication Association, San Francisco, 2010. Guest Reviewer, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, 2009. Reviewer, American Studies Division, National Communication Association, Chicago, 2009. Reviewer, Political Communication Division, National Communication Association, Chicago, 2009. Appointed Member, Steering Committee, Rhetoric Society of America Summer Biennial Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 2009. Reviewer, Political Communication Division, National Communication Association, San Diego, 2008. Appointed Member, Organizing Committee, Midwest Winter Workshop, University of Indiana, 2008. Reviewer, Student Section, National Communication Association, Chicago, 2007.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS National Communication Association Rhetoric Society of America

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT Communication Consultant, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (Chicago, IL, 2009) Communication Consultant, DC Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign (Washington, DC, 2005-2006) Director of Operations and Special Projects, National Communication Association Conners CV Page 6 of 6

(Washington, DC, 2002 – 2006)

DEBATE President, Brooks Quimby Debate Council, Bates College, 1999-2000 Debater, World Universities Debating Competition, University of Australia, Sydney, 2000 Debater, Cambridge Union Debate Tournament, Cambridge University, 1999 Debater, Oxford Union Debate Tournament, Oxford University, 1998 Member and Debater, American Parliamentary Debate Association, 1997-2000

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Volunteer Tax Site Coordinator, IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) Madison, WI, 2010-2011. Volunteer Tax Preparer, IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) Madison, WI, 2009. Volunteer Tax Preparer, IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) Washington, DC, 2003-2005.