VITA ARTHUR P. BOCHNER Department of Communication University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 e-mail: [email protected] January 2018 AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION & INTEREST Narrative Inquiry; Storytelling; Qualitative Research: Ethnography and Autoethnography; Interpersonal Communication; Family Communication; Philosophy of Communication; Social Construction. EDUCATION Ph.D. Communication, Bowling Green State University, 1971 M.A. Speech Communication, Syracuse University, 1969 B.S. Speech Communication, California State University (PA), 1968 ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2008-Present Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida 1984-Present Professor, Department of Communication, University of South Florida 1990-Present Co-Director, Institute for Interpretive Human Studies, College of Arts & Sciences, University of South Florida 1994-Present Professor (Joint Appointment), College of Education, Department of Special Education, University of South Florida 1995-Present Graduate Faculty, Institute on Aging, University of South Florida. 1994-Present Courtesy Appointment, Department of Gerontology, University of South Florida. 1994-1996 Chairperson, Department of Communication, University of South Florida, A.P. Bochner Curriculum Vita 2 1996-Present Affiliate Member, USF Institute on Aging Summer 1984 Visiting Professor, Department of Communication, University of South Florida 1982-1984 Professor, Department of Speech, Temple University Winter 1980. Visiting Professor, Michigan State University 1977-1982 Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Temple University 1974-1977 Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Temple University 1971-1974 Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Cleveland State University HONORS AND AWARDS (2017) University of South Florida Research Achievement Award ($2,500). (2017) Top Competitive Paper Award from the NCA Ethnography Division. (2017) The Bud Goodall and Nick Trujillo “It’s A Way of Life” Best Book Award (for A. Bochner & C. Ellis, Evocative Autoethnography: Writing Lives and Telling Stories). (2016) Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Center for Qualitative Inquiry at the University of Illinois and the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. (2016) Samuel L. Becker Distinguished Service Award from the National Communication Association. (2015) Best Book Award in Qualitative Inquiry (Coming to Narrative) from The International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. (2014) NCA Charles Woolbert Award (with Carolyn Ellis) for scholarship that has stood the test of time. (2014) Best Book Award for Coming to Narrative: A Personal History of svC:\wp51\bochner\apbvita.per A.P. Bochner Curriculum Vita 3 Paradigm Change in the Human Sciences from the NCA’s Ethnography Division. (2014) Legacy Award from NCA’s Ethnography Division. (2012) Selected NCA Distinguished Scholar, NCA’s Highest Award for Career Achievement in Research. (2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2015; 2016; 2017) Scholars Office Hours, NCA Convention. (2008) Named Distinguished University Professor, USF’s highest and most exclusive academic rank. (2008) President, National Communication Association (NCA). NCA Executive Committee, 2006-2009. Elected 2nd Vice President, 2005. (2008) Michael Osborn Teacher/Scholar Award from the Southern Communication Association. (2007) The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction established a named award, “The Carolyn Ellis and Arthur P. Bochner Award,” an given annually for distinguished scholarship in ethnography and presented at the Ethnography Division Business meeting. (2007) Spotlight Program in my honor at the Southern Communication at which I was invited to present the inaugural lecture to the Ethnography Interest group. (2007) The first annual Alumni of the Year Award from the College of Arts and Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania. (2006) The University of South Florida’s Outstanding Research Achievement Award ($2,000). (This award is given annually to three research scholars in the university who have made distinctive achievements to their discipline in research.) (2006) Ohio University’s Elizabeth Andersch Award for “sustained contributions to Speech Communication Education and Research over one’s entire career. (2005) The National Communication Association’s Bernard J. Brommel Award for Distinguished Scholarly Contributions to Family Communication. svC:\wp51\bochner\apbvita.per A.P. Bochner Curriculum Vita 4 (2004) Designated Honorary Professor of Communication, Communication University of China, Beijing, China, 2004. (2004) Celebrating Arthur P. Bochner’s Life Work. Published as a special section of the American Journal of Communication, Volume 7 (Guest Editor, William K.Rawlins). www.acjournal.org/holdings/volume7/index.htm (2004) A special issue of conversations, Building Connections in Qualitative Research: A Conversation with Carolyn Ellis and Arthur Bochner, written by Stacey Holman Jones. Published in Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung. (2002) Ethnography Division of NCA special spotlight program, “Spotlight on Ethnographic Scholarship: The Life and Work of Arthur Bochner.” (1999) Dow Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Saginaw Valley State University. (1998) Elected Vice-President, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. (1997) USF Professorial Excellence Program (PEP) Award ($10,000). This award was given to Full Professors at USF who had made distinguished contributions in scholarship after achieving the rank of Full Professor. (1995) The McKnight Foundation’s William R. Jones Most Valuable Doctoral Mentor Award, First Place, 1995. The first place award is given to a single faculty member for outstanding mentoring of African American graduate students. (1994) SCA Teachers on Teaching Award for contributions to the philosophy and methodology of teaching. (1994) Outstanding Graduate Professor Award from the Graduate Communication Council of the Department of Communication.. (1987) Outstanding Research Scholar Award, Florida Speech Communication Association. (1987) Scholar of the Year Award, College of Arts and Letters, University of South Florida, This award was given annually to one scholar in the College for distinguished contributions in scholarship. svC:\wp51\bochner\apbvita.per A.P. Bochner Curriculum Vita 5 (1985) Single Scholar Convention Program in Honor of Arthur P. Bochner, Southern Speech Communication Association. (1985) Nominated for President of International Communication Association. (1984) Committee of Scholars Award, Eastern Communication Association, (1980) Study Leave Award, Temple University, Winter term, to prepare a Chapter, The functions of communication in interpersonal bonding, for the Handbook of Rhetoric and Communication. This was the first handbook published in the field of communication. (1974) Emerging Scholar of the Year Award (Article Award), Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania, 1974. (1972) Faculty Research Initiation Award, Cleveland State University, 1972. GRANTS FOR TRAVEL, CONFERENCES, AND DISSERTATIONS (2010) International Travel Grant, University of South Florida (matched by department)—to present keynote lecture and university lecture at Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel ($2,000). (1999) College of Arts and Sciences Conference Grant, $2,000, USF 1999. (1999) SSSI Stone/Couch Grant, $5000. (To Hold Conference on “Ethnography for the 21st Century: Alternatives and Opportunities.) (1997) USF Institute on Aging Grant for Research on Geriatric Care Managers, ($7000). (1997) USF Institutional Travel Award to lecture in South Africa. (1990) USF International Travel Award, 1990. (1979) Bureau for the Education of the Handicapped Grant (for T. Thompson's dissertation research.) svC:\wp51\bochner\apbvita.per A.P. Bochner Curriculum Vita 6 PUBLICATIONS (Citations: 14,237 Source: Harzing’s Publish or Perish) Books Bochner, A and Ellis, C. (2016). Evocative Autoethnography: Writing lives, telling stories. New York, NY.: Routledge. Arthur P. Bochner, Coming to narrative: A personal history of paradigm change in the human sciences. Walnut Creek, CA.: Left Coast Press (2014). Arthur P. Bochner and Carolyn Ellis (Eds.), Ethnographically Speaking: Autoethnography, Literature & Aesthetics. Walnut Creek, CA.: AltaMira Press, 2002. Carolyn Ellis and Arthur P. Bochner (Eds.), Composing Ethnography: Alternative Forms of Qualitative Writing. Walnut Creek, Cal.: AltaMira Press (1996). Janet Yerby, Nancy Buerkele-Rothfuss, and Arthur P. Bochner, Understanding Family Communication. Scottsdale, Ariz.: Gorsuch, Inc. 1990. 2nd edition (revised), 1995. Edited Special Issues of Journals Lynn Harter and Arthur P. Bochner (eds.). (2009). Narrative medicine. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 37, 2. Arthur P. Bochner and Tom Frentz (eds.). (2006). The life and scholarship of Janice Hocking Rushing. ” Southern Communication Journal, 71, Number 2. Marjatta Saarnivaara and Arthur P. Bochner (eds.). (2003). The arts and narrative inquiry. Qualitative Inquiry, 9, 4. Carolyn Ellis and Arthur P. Bochner (eds.). (1996). Taking ethnography into the twenty-first Century. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 25,1. Arthur P. Bochner (ed.), "Family Communication," (1989). Journal of Applied Communication Research, 17, 1&2. svC:\wp51\bochner\apbvita.per A.P. Bochner Curriculum Vita 7 Articles in Refereed Journals Bochner, A. “Unfurling rigor: On continuity and change in qualitative inquiry.” Qualitative Inquiry (In press). Published online first, November 2017: DOI: 10.1177/1077800417727766 Bochner, A. The night of