RICHARD A. CHERWITZ Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor Emeritus, Moody College of Communication Department of Communication Studies and Department of Rhetoric and Writing Founding Director, Intellectual Entrepreneurship Consortium (IE) Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement http://www.ut-ie.com/ The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station A1105 Austin, TX 78712 TEL: 512-922-5029 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEB PAGE: http://www.ut-ie.com/director/ Dr. Cherwitz is the Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication Studies (and in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing) at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the Founder and Director of the Intellectual Entrepreneurship Consortium (IE) in the Division of Diversity & Community Engagement (DDCE)—a nationally acclaimed cross-disciplinary initiative of the Colleges of Communication, Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, Education, Pharmacy and the Schools of Information, Law, Business, Engineering, Public Affairs and Social Work designed to leverage knowledge for social good. In addition to an annual institutional budget in excess of $150,000, Dr. Cherwitz has raised approximately $1,000,000 in extramural funding for IE since 2000. Dr. Cherwitz’ publications include two books and over one hundred journal articles, chapters, and reviews. Taking rhetoric beyond disciplinary boundaries, he is a frequent contributor to professional associations and educational organizations, exploring issues pertaining to academic engagement and public scholarship—all documenting the capacity of rhetoric to transform higher education and forge academic-community collaborations. In addition to writing about how theories of rhetoric are essential to efforts by research universities to create interdisciplinary, engaged learning, Cherwitz has concretely employed his concept of “intellectual entrepreneurship” (IE) to produce real change, assisting the University in partnering with members of its community to tackle complex problems such as overcrowding of emergency rooms; grounded in classical theories of rhetoric, over a dozen campus-wide IE courses and internships have enabled UT to educate thousands of “citizen-scholars”— graduate and undergraduate students who utilize their disciplinary knowledge to contribute to society as well as learned communities. Dr. Cherwitz received four of the National Communication Association's top awards given to scholars in communication: the Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award, the Douglas Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award, the Wallace Bacon Lifetime Teaching Excellence Award and the Donald H. Ecroyd Award for Outstanding Teaching. He also received the Southern States Communication Association Michael Osborn Scholar Teacher Award. His research has been supported by grants from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Houston Endowment, the Summerlee Foundation and the University of Texas Research Institute. Dr. Cherwitz was the recipient of the University of Texas AMOCO Foundation Outstanding Teacher Award, the Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award, the College of Communication Thomas R. McCartin Teaching Excellence Award, the Texas Alumni Association’s Top 10 Most Inspiring Professors, and the College of Communication Research Award. Dr. Cherwitz also received the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Innovation Award, the National Speakers Association Outstanding Professor Award, the Conference of Graduate Schools Outstanding Contributions to Graduate Education Award, the Texas Blazers Faculty Excellence Award, the Ernest A. Lynton Award for Faculty Professional Service & Academic Outreach (New England Resource Center for Higher Education), the Examples of Excelencia Award (Excelencia in Education) and Honorable Mention in Fast Company Magazine’s “Fast 50 Global Readers’ Challenge” (for accomplishments as an “Innovator”). Cherwitz (IE) was recognized by the Texas House of Representatives for his innovative leadership in education and received the DiversityFIRST[tm] Leadership Award from the National Diversity Council. Dr. Cherwitz has directed over thirty master’s theses and doctoral dissertations; his students have taken faculty positions at such institutions as The Ohio State University, Pittsburgh, Tulane, University of California-Berkeley, George Washington University, University of Texas at Austin, The Air Force Academy, LSU, San Francisco State, Temple, North Carolina State University, Macalester College, Kansas State University, the University of Denver, Northern Illinois and others. Dr. Cherwitz has served as both Chair and Secretary of the University of Texas Graduate Assembly, and Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Communication Studies. He also served asH the University of Texas at Austin's representative to the University of Texas System Faculty Advisory Council, was elected to the University Faculty Council, and twice has been a member of the Provost's Academic Council. Dr. Cherwitz was Associate Dean of the Graduate School and a member of the Intercollegiate Athletics Council for Men. CURRICULUM VITAE Richard A. Cherwitz PERSONAL DATA Office Address: Department of Communication Studies CMA 7.124 University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A1105 Austin, Texas, 78712; (512) 922-5029 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEB: http://www.ut-ie.com/director/ ACADEMIC HISTORY University of Iowa Ph.D. Speech and Dramatic Art (May, 1978) University of Iowa M.A. Speech and Dramatic Art (January, 1976) University of Iowa B.A. Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa (May, 1974) EMPLOYMENT 2019—present: Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor Emeritus 2015 – 2019: Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor, Moody College of Communication 2009 – 2012: Fellow of the Everett D. Collier Chair in Communication University of Texas at Austin 1996 – 2019: Director (and Founder), Intellectual Entrepreneurship Consortium Office of the Vice President for Diversity & Community Engagement (2007 - ) University of Texas at Austin http://www.ut-ie.com/ 2006 – 2019: Faculty Fellow, UT Division of Diversity & Community Engagement (DDCE) 2005 – 2019: Fellow, Institute for Innovation, Creativity & Capital (IC²) University of Texas at Austin 2005 – 2009: Fellow of the John T. Jones, Jr. Chair in Communication University of Texas at Austin 1995 – 2003: Associate Dean of the Graduate School University of Texas at Austin http://www.ut-ie.com/director/accomp.html 1991 – 2019: Professor of Communication Studies University of Texas at Austin 2000 – 2019: Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (Courtesy Appointment) University of Texas at Austin 1986 – 1991: Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication Studies University of Texas at Austin 1987 – 1988: Ben F. Love Regents Fellow in Communication University of Texas 1983 – 1991: Associate Professor of Communication Studies University of Texas at Austin 1978 – 1982: Assistant Professor of Communication Studies University of Texas at Austin Richard A. Cherwitz PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Honors and Awards NATIONAL, STATE & DISCIPLINARY RECOGNITION: National Communication Association Wallace Bacon Lifetime Teaching Excellence Award (2020) Southern States Communication Association Michael Osborn Scholar Teacher Award (2020). DiversityFIRST [tm] Leadership Award, National Diversity Council, 2014. National Communication Association Donald H. Ecroyd Award for Outstanding Teaching in Higher Education, 2012. Texas House of Representatives Resolution “Honoring the Intellectual Entrepreneurship Consortium (and Richard Cherwitz) at the University of Texas at Austin for Innovative Leadership in the Realm of Higher Education,” June 27, 2011. "Examples of Excelencia" Award (IE Consortium Named Best Program in the Graduate Institution Category), Excelencia in Education, 2008. Outstanding Contributions to Graduate Education Award, Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, 2005. Honorable Mention, Fast Company Magazine's "Fast 50 Global Readers' Challenge" (for accomplishments as an "Innovator"), 2003. Ernest A. Lynton Award for Faculty Professional Service & Academic Outreach, 2002 (New England Resource Center for Higher Education). Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Innovation Award, 2000. National Communication Association’s Douglas Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award, 1995. National Speakers Association Outstanding Professor Award, 1995. Honorable Mention, Western Speech Communication Association B. Aubrey Fisher Article Award, 1987. National Communication Association Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award, 1978. UNIVERSITY RECOGNITION: Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor, Moody College of Communication, 2015-present. Top 10 Most Inspiring Professors (University of Texas Alumni Association), 2013 Professor of Excellence, UT Athletics, 2012. Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship (Finalist), 2011. Academic Accolades, Department of Athletics (UT), 2010. Faculty Fellow, UT Division of Diversity & Community Engagement, 2006-present. Everett D. Collier Fellow in Communication (UT), 2009-2013. John T. Jones Jr. Fellow in Communication (UT), 2005-2009. Fellow, Institute for Innovation, Creativity & Capital (IC²), 2005-present. Texas Blazers Faculty Excellence Award, 2004. University of Texas Nominee, Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Professor of the Year Award, 1999, 2000. Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Texas,