CURRICULUM VITAE
DAVID A. DOUGLASS
August 2001

Office:	Residence:
Smullin B43	1371 Kendell Court S.E.
Willamette University	Salem, Oregon 97302
900 State Street	Ph: 503.370.6139/581.0910
Salem, Oregon 97301	E-mail: ddouglas@willamette.edu

 

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in Speech Communication August, 1992	The Pennsylvania State University
Master of Arts in Speech Communication May, 1987	California State University at Fresno
Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication May, 1985 (magna cum laude)	California State University at Fresno

Areas of Concentration: Rhetorical Theory and Criticism; Metaphor; Gender

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fall 1997- Present	Associate Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Media Studies, Willamette University.
Fall 1990- Spring 1997	Assistant Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Media Studies, Willamette University.
Fall 1995	Visiting Professor of English, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
Spring, 1988- Spring 1990	Adjunct Instructor, Department of Continuing Education, Pennsylvania State University
Fall 1987- Spring 1990	Teaching Assistant, Department of Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State University
Spring, 1986	Assistant Director of Forensics, Department of Speech Communication, California State University at Fresno
Fall 1983- Spring 1985	Lecturer, Department of Speech Communication, California State University at Fresno

COURSES TAUGHT

 

Argumentation Latin American	World Views
Advanced Composition	Listening/Learning Skills
Classical Greek World Views	Public Speaking
Forensics	Rhetorical Theory
Gender and Communication	Rhetorical Criticism
Metaphor and Communication	Rhetoric of Social Protest
Narrative Theory	Rock Climbing
Organizational Communication	Small Group Communication
Persuasion	Symbol, Ritual, and Myth
Free Speech	Women's Rhetoric

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

“Valuing Human Life: Metaphor and Mechanism.” (Co-authored with James Friedrich and David Fetherstonhaugh). In Numbing and Nerves: Information and Meaning in the Modern World. Eds. Scott Slovic and Paul Slovic. Forthcoming.

“Communication in U.S. Elections: A Review.” Rhetoric and Public Affairs. Forthcoming.

“Issues in the Use of I. A. Richards’ Tenor-Vehicle Model of Metaphor.” Western Journal of Communication 64 (2000): 405-424.

“Ethics and the Persuasive Enterprise of Teaching Psychology.” (Co-authored with James Friedrich). American Psychologist 53 (1998): 549-562.

“Ethics, the Classroom, and Instructional Communication: An Interview with Jo Sprague.” (Co-authored with James Friedrich). Journal of the Northwest Communication Association 26 (1998): 1-24. [Lead Article]

"Taking the Initiative: Narrative Strategies of the OCA." In Anti-Gay Rights: Assessing Voter Initiatives. Eds. Stephanie Witt and Suzanne McCorkle. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 1997: 17-32.

"Oregon's "Hitler and Homosexuality" Debate: A Case Study in Narrative Appropriation." In Proceedings of the I994 ISSA Conference on Argumentation. v. IV. Eds. Frans van Eemeren, Rob Grootendorst, Anthony Blair, and Charles Willard. Amsterdam: International Center for the Study of Argumentation, 1995. 305-317.

"Public Moral Argument and the Narrative Paradigm: An Analysis of the OCA's ‘No Special Rights’ Campaign." In Argument and the Postmodern Challenge. Ed. Raymie McKerrow. Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association, 1993. 405-411.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

“Of Pink Swastikas and Daddy’s Roommate: Some Thoughts on Book Censorship and Acquisition.” Moveable Type 3 (Spring 1996): 4-5.

"Gender Bias in Media: Flat People and Narrow Roles." Willamette Scene. Spring 1995: 22-3.

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS

“’Journey to the Horizon’”: Root Metaphors of the 2001 Presidential Campaign.” (Co-authored with Cindy Koenig). To be presented at the 2001 Convention of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

“Freedom of Speech in the Digital Age.” Presented at the 2001 Convention of the Alliance for Community Media, Salem, Oregon.

“Nature as Object, Resource, Spirit, and System: Root Metaphors in Environmental Conflict.” Presented at the 2000 Convention of the National Communication Association, Seattle, Washington.

“Fears, Formulas and Fantasies: Engaging Faculty in Research/Scholarship in ‘Teaching Institutions.’” Presented at the 2000 Conference of the National Communication Association, Seattle, Washington.

“The Internet and Human Communication.” Presented at the 2000 Governor’s Conference on the Internet and Oregon’s Future, Salem, Oregon.
(Continued: Conference Papers)

“Root Metaphors in Environmental Discourse.” Presented at the 2000 Conference of the Northwest Communication Association, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

“Research on Metaphor in Rhetorical Studies.” Presented at the 2000 Conference of the Western Communication Association, Sacramento, California.

“Issues in the Use of I. A. Richards’ Tenor-Vehicle Model of Metaphor.” Presented at the 1999 Conference of the Western Communication Association, Vancouver, Canada.

“The Use of Metaphor in Scientific Argument.” Presented at the 1998 Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

"Rhetorical Dimensions of Historical Fiction: Narrative and Nonsense in Oliver Stone's Nixon." Presented at the 1996 Convention of the Northwest Communication Association, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

"Bill Clinton's Rhetoric of War: A Dramatistic Analysis." Presented at the 1995 Convention of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric, Edinburgh, Scotland.

"'The Intention of Convention': Systemic Bias in News Media." Keynote Address (research summary) at the 1994 Convention of the National Federation of Press Women, Portland, Oregon.

"The Ideology of American Media: How News Uses Us." Presented at the 1992 Oregon Press Women's Conference, Salem Oregon.

"'Speaking in Tongues': A Content Analysis of the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas Discourse." Presented at the 1992 Convention of the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.

"Issues in the Analysis of Music Video as Persuasive Media." Presented at the 1991 Western Social Sciences Convention, Reno, Nevada.

"'The Search for Noman': The Paradox of Feminist Rhetorical Theory." Presented at the 1990 Convention of the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.

"Cinema and the Spectator: A Point-of-View Analysis of 'Blood Simple.'" Presented at the 1990 Convention of the Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"The Rhetorical Uses of Science: Text and Context in Edward Clarke's Sex in Education." Presented at the 1990 Convention of the Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"The Myth of the Biological Woman: Rhetoric, Gender, and Educational Access in the Gilded Age." Presented at the 1989 Convention of the Speech Communication Association, San Francisco, California.

"Being, Knowing, and Communicating: Contributions of Sophistic Epistemology to Contemporary Rhetorical Theory." Presented at the 1989 Convention of the Eastern Communication Association, Ocean City, Maryland.

"'Home on the Range': The Rise of the Naturalistic Paradigm in the Social Sciences." Presented at the 1988 Convention of the Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

"The Rhetoric of Redefinition: The Public and the Private in Elizabeth Cady Stanton's 'Solitude of Self.'" Presented at the 1988 Convention of the Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.