Hahner 1
Leslie A. Hahner
CastellawCommunicationsCenter 148
Communication Studies
BaylorUniversity
Waco, TX76798-7368
254.710.4577(office)
319.621.4568 (cell)
EDUCATION
Ph.D.Communication Studies (Rhetorical Studies). The University of Iowa, 2005.
Dissertation: “National Civics and Vice Reform: Subjectivity, Agency, and Subversion in the Rhetorics of Vice, 1870-1920.” Chair: Barbara A. Biesecker
Specialties: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Critical Theory, Rhetorical History, Visual and Spatial Rhetorics
M. A. Communication Studies (Rhetorical Studies). The University of Iowa, 2002.
B. A. Organizational Communication, Marketing Minor, CentralMissouriStateUniversity, 1999.
Cum Laude.
PUBLICATIONS
“Working Girls and the Temporality of Efficiency,” Quarterly Journal of Speech 95.3 (August 2009), 298-310.
“Practical Patriotism: CampFire Girls, Girl Scouts, and Americanization,” Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies5.2 (June 2008), 113-134 (Lead Article).
“New Approaches to Rhetoric (Review),”Review of Communication 4.7 (October 2007), 411-414.
“Fortified Young Men: Vice Reform at the Turn of the Twentieth Century,” in Sizing Up Rhetoric, edited by David Zarefsky and Elizabeth Benacka,334-352. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2007.
“From the Louisville Lip to the Champ: The Muhammad Ali Center and Planning with Memory Politics,”POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention4.1(March 2005), [Online] Available at: <
Textbook Curriculum Project, “Analysis and Mapping of Space and Place”
The University of Iowa, 2003. [Online]Available at: <
In Progress:
“An Affective Argument: The Display of National Loyalty in Americanization Parades,” essay under review for the Proceedings of the 2009 NCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation.
“The Modesty Movement and the Limits of Rhetorical Agency,”co-authored with Scott J. Varda,essay under review at Women’s Studies in Communication.
“Policy Debate, Visual Rhetoric, and the BradburyScienceMuseum,” co-authored with John Cook, Alex McVey, Matthew Gerber, and Scott J. Varda, manuscript in development for Policy Debate Brief.
The Rhetorics of Americanization, book manuscript in development.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Personal:
One of six finalists, University-Wide Educator of the Year Contest, TrumanStateUniversity, 2008.
Educator of the Year, Lambda Pi Eta, Communication Studies, TrumanStateUniversity, 2008.
Faculty-student research grant ($1000), Language and Literature Division, TrumanStateUniversity, 2007.
Fellow, Center for Global Culture and Communication, Summer Seminar “Rhetorical Agency and Political Imaginaries,” Northwestern University, June 2003.
Travel Grant, The University of Iowa (Monies for dissertation research travel), August 2003.
Carroll C. Arnold Award,The University of Iowa, May 2002.
Proclamation from Missouri House of Representatives presented by Rep. Deleta Williams for excellence in debate achievement, Central Missouri State University, April 2000.
Outstanding Student Leader, CentralMissouriStateUniversity, May 1998.
Student:
Faculty Advisor to $2000 grant recipient, Language and Literature Division, TrumanStateUniversity, 2007.
Teacher to first place speaker in the Chandler-Monroe Oratorical Contest, TrumanStateUniversity, 2006.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
National Conferences:
“Intersectionality, Rhetorical Form, and Investment,” Feminisms, Intersectionality, and
Communication Studies Pre-Conference, National Communication Association Annual
Convention, 2009 (Chicago, IL).
“An Affective Argument: The Display of National Loyalty in Americanization Parades,” NCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, 2009 (Alta, UT).
“The New Modesty Movement and the Limits of Rhetorical Agency,” National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2008 (San Diego, CA).
“Scientific and Savage Mothers: Rearing National Unity,” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, 2008 (Seattle, WA).
“Carl Schmitt and the Question of the Political,” National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2007 (Chicago, IL).
“Mayor Wonka and the ChocolateCity: Hurricane Katrina and the Limits of Identification and Sovereignty,”National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2006 (San Antonio, TX).
“Fortified Young Men: Vice Reform at the Turn of the Twentieth Century,” Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, 2006 (Memphis, TN).
“Girls and Practical Patriotism: The Virtues of the New Girl at the Turn of the Twentieth Century,”National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2005 (Boston, MA).
“Mother as Supreme Architect: Motherhood as Conduit to Political Action at the Turn of the Twentieth Century,” National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2005 (Boston, MA).
“The Ruins of New Orleans,”National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2005 (Boston, MA).
“The Figure of the Scientific Mother,”Figures of Democracy Conference, 2005 (Montreal, Canada).
“The Long Dayand Working Girls: Narrating the Subversion of Early Industrial Capitalism at
the Turn of the Twentieth Century,” Alta Conference on Argumentation, 2005 (Alta, UT).
“Working Girls and Women Adrift: The Politics of Industrial Labor and Potentials for Subversion,” National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2004 (Chicago, IL).
“Fear and Containment: The Abjection of the Feminine through Horror,”co-authored with Nathan Wilson, National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2004 (Chicago, IL).
“The MuhammadAliCenter: Urban Planning Through the Politics of Memory,” National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago 2004 (Chicago, IL).
“Rationalizing Women’s Work: Gendered Mobilities and Divisions of Labor in the Late-Nineteenth Century,” Crossroads in Cultural Studies, 2004 (Champaign-Urbana, IL).
“Reaching Out/Reaching In: Public Sphere Theory and Praxis,”Seminar participant,National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2003 (Miami, FL).
“The Public Place: New Urbanist Communities and the Notion of Space/Place in Public Participation,”National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2002 (New Orleans, LA).
“Lincoln, Douglas and the Democratic Political Community,”National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2002 (New Orleans, LA).
“Aristotle, Pathos, and Collective Memory: Re-reading the Past to Read the Past,”National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2002 (New Orleans, LA).
“Revising the ‘Bitch’ Stereotype: Women and Gender in Intercollegiate Forensics,”National Communication Association Annual Convention, 2000 (Seattle, WA).
Regional Conferences:
"The Display of National Loyalty in Americanization Parades," Southern States Communication Association Convention, 2009 (Norfolk, VA).
“Working Girls and Women Adrift: Industrial Politics at the Turn of the Century,”Jakobson
Graduate Student Forum, 2004 (Iowa City, IA).
“Spaces of Rhetoric: Urban Planning and ‘Comstockery’ at the Turn of the Century,”Northwestern Graduate Student Conference on Rhetoric, 2003 (Evanston, IL).
TEACHING
Teaching Positions:
Lecturer, Communication Studies, Baylor University, 2008-Present.
Undergraduate Courses Taught: Advanced Public Speaking, Rhetoric and Contemporary Culture, Rhetoric of Women’s Rights, Small Group Communication, Theories and Methods of Visual Communication, Visual Rhetoric.
Graduate Courses Taught: Visual Rhetoric.
Assistant Professor, Communication, Truman State University, 2005-2008.
Undergraduate Courses Taught: Public Speaking, Rhetorical Criticism, Business and Professional Communication, Communication Theory, Persuasion Theory, Rhetoric of Women’s Rights,Rhetoric and Medicine, Visual Rhetoric.
Graduate Instructor, Department of Rhetoric, The University of Iowa, 2002-2005.
Undergraduate Courses Taught: Accelerated Rhetoric, Rhetoric I, Rhetoric II, Speaking and Reading.
Graduate Courses Taught: Rhetoric Professional Development Program.
Graduate Instructor, Department of Communication Studies, The University of Iowa, 2000-2002.
Undergraduate Courses Taught: Business and Professional Communication, Elements of Debate, Persuasive Communication, Topics in Communication.
Instructor, Department of Liberal Arts, Kirkwood Community College, 2002-2005 (Summers).
Undergraduate Courses Taught: Fundamentals of Communication, Group Communication, Public Speaking.
Graduate Instructor, Department of Speech Communication, Central Missouri State University, 1999-2000.
Undergraduate Courses Taught: Communication Apprehension Reduction Workshop, Public Speaking.
Invited Lectures:
“Visual Communication in Communication Studies,” Rich Edward’s Undergraduate Research Methods class, Communication Studies, BaylorUniversity, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009.
“Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts, and Americanization,” Diane Johnson’s Undergraduate Principles of Communication class, Communication, TrumanStateUniversity, Spring 2007.
“Famous Orations and History,” James Cianciola’s Undergraduate Public Speaking class, Communication, Truman State University, Fall 2006.
“Materiality and Rhetoric,” Barbara Biesecker’s Graduate Rhetorical Criticism and Theory class, Communication Studies, The University of Iowa, Spring 2005.
“Debate and Argument Construction,” James Pobst’s Undergraduate Speaking andReading class, Department of Rhetoric, The University of Iowa, Fall 2004.
“Global Controversy in the Media,” Stephanie Williams Hughes’ Undergraduate Rhetoric class, Department of Rhetoric, The University of Iowa, Spring 2004.
Innovations in Teaching:
Developed graduate and undergraduate courses in visual communication, Communication Studies, BaylorUniversity, Fall 2008-Present.
Course facilitated by Blackboard, online discussion forums, blogs, instant messaging, and group chat rooms, TrumanStateUniversity and Baylor University, 2005-Present.
Initiated student and teacher co-created major research projects for students in Rhetoric and Medicine, Communication, TrumanStateUniversity, Fall 2007.
Redesigned curriculum for the basic course to foster student interest in historic orations, ethics, and civic engagement, Communication, TrumanStateUniversity, Fall 2006.
Founding director of an undergraduate critical theory reading group, Truman State University, 2005-2006.
Instructor for Graduate Teaching Orientation, Department of Communication Studies, The University of Iowa, 2004.
Course content supplemented using WebCt software (website design program), The University of Iowa, Spring 2001, Fall 2004.
Constructed new public speaking primer materials for use in classroom, Department of Rhetoric, The University of Iowa, 2002-2004.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
Administrative Positions:
Internship and Practicum Coordinator, Truman State University, 2006-2008.
Arranged for-credit internships and practicum work for students, making connections between the student, work-site, department, and college.
Supervised off-campus internships with the Missouri Governor’s Office, National
Geographic TV, ESPN-Radio, Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, CORO
Leadership program, and WDAF-TV Kansas City, among others.
Supervised on-campus practicum work with the Vice President’s office, the University Press, and Public Relations office.
Presented internship resources, planning, and for-credit information to all new majors.
Student Coach, Speaking Lab, The University of Iowa, 2003-2004.
Worked with students to improve the content and delivery of assigned
presentations.
Aided ESL speakers in the acquisition of English.
Graduate Student Director, Speaking Lab, The University of Iowa, 2002-2003.
Supervised all student coaches working in the Speaking Lab.
Scheduled all lab hours, ordered materials, and aided new instructors learning how to teach public speaking.
Innovations in facilitating student professionalisation:
Initiated video resume forum teaching students the benefits of online resumes, portfolios, and
recorded resume statements, Communication, TrumanStateUniversity, Fall 2007.
Established alumni network connecting former Truman communication majors with
current students, advancing internship and career prospects, Communication, TrumanStateUniversity, Fall 2007.
Developed resources for students seeking internships including a chronicle of all former Truman communication interns listing their employer, duties, and contact information, Communication, TrumanStateUniversity, Fall 2006.
Launched service learning as a major component of Business and Professional Communication raising over $2000 for GulfCoast hurricane relief, Communication, TrumanStateUniversity, Fall 2005.
Fashioned speaking lab projects compiling and honing resources for instructors, Department of Rhetoric, The University of Iowa, 2003-2004.
SERVICE
National Service:
Reviewer. American Studies Division, National Communication Association Annual Convention. National Communication Association, 2010 (San Francisco, CA).
Reviewer. Rhetoric and Public Address Division, Southern States Communication Association Annual Meeting, 2010 (Memphis, TN).
Reviewer. Critical/Cultural Studies Division, National Communication Association Annual Convention.National Communication Association, 2007 (Chicago, IL).
Reviewer. Journal of Communication Inquiry.The University of Iowa, 2002-2005.
Reviewer. Student Section, National Communication Association Annual Convention.National Communication Association, 2003 (Miami, FL).
Reviewer. Student Section, National Communication Association Annual Convention.
National Communication Association, 2002 (New Orleans, LA).
University and College Service:
Committee Member. Bias Motivated Incident Support Team (BMIST). Baylor University, 2008-Present.
Presenter. Second Annual Women’s Leadership Summit. Baylor University, Spring 2009.
Committee Member. Communication Relocation Plan. Truman State University, 2005-2007.
Committee Member. Sabbatical Review. Truman State University, Fall 2006.
Committee Member. Basic Course Assessment.Truman State University, 2005-2006.
Judge/Moderator. Jakobson Graduate Student Forum.The University of Iowa, 2004.
Chair, Political Action Committee. Graduate Student Union Local 896-COGS.The University of Iowa, 2001-2002.
Steward. Graduate Student Union Local 896-COGS.The University of Iowa, 2001-2002.
Department Service:
Committee Member. Visual Communication Minor Development. Baylor University, 2008-Present.
Advisor. Graduate and undergraduate courses of study, prospects for continuing education, and inquiries about rhetorical scholarship, Baylor University, 2008-Present.
Volunteer Coach. Truman State University Forensics, Truman State University, 2005-2008.
Committee Member. Search Committee for Tenure-Track Debate Position, Truman State University, 2007-2008.
Committee Member. CIP Discipline Assessment. Truman State University, 2006-2008.
Committee Member. Honors Graduation Review. Truman State University, 2006-2008.
Presenter. Visit Day.Truman State University, 2006.
Presenter. Majors/Minors Day.Truman State University, 2005.
Invited Member. Search Committee for Tenure Track Position in Rhetoric and Social Movements. The University of Iowa, 2004-2005.
Member. Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) in Communication Studies.The University of
Iowa, 2004-2005.
Member. Graduate Student Advisory Committee (GSAC) for Communication Studies.The
University of Iowa, 2004-2005.
Member. Undergraduate Advisory Committee (UAC) in Communication Studies.The University of Iowa, 2003-2004.
Member. Search Committee for Tenure Track Position in Speech Communication.Central Missouri State University, 1999-2000.
Member. Search Committee for Appointed Position in Speech Communication.Central Missouri State University, 2000.
REFERENCES
Hahner 1
Barbara Biesecker
Hahner 1
Professor and Chair
Speech Communication
0110 Terrell Hall
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
706.542.4893
David Hingstman
Associate Professor
Communication Studies
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The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
319.353.2263
Kevin Minch
Associate Professor
Communication
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Truman State University
Kirksville, MO 63501
660.785.5677