Trudi Peterson
Department of Communication and Theatre Arts
700 E. Broadway
Monmouth College
Monmouth, IL  61462
309-457-2109 (O)
309-734-8223 (H)
tpeterso@monm.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D.               Bowling Green State University, May 1999

Department of Interpersonal Communication
Dissertation Title: "Between Compliance and Resistance: The Narrative Articulation of Women’s Interrelationships with Beauty Discourses"
Advisor: Dr. Alberto Gonzalez

M.A.                Central Michigan University, May 1994

Department of Interpersonal and Public Communication
Thesis Title:  "Adult Children of Alcoholics: Does Family Role Influence Communicator Style?"
Advisor: Dr. Dawn Weber

B.S.                Central Michigan University, December 1990

Major:  Interpersonal and Public Communication
Minor:  Psychology

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Monmouth College (8/98 – present)
Associate Professor
Courses Taught:

COMM 101: Fundamentals of Communication
COMM 231: Interpersonal Communication 
COMM 233: Advanced Public Speaking
COMM 235: Small Group Communication
COMM 294: Gender, Communication, and Culture (Special Topics)
COMM 337: Communication Criticism
INTG 205: Global Perspectives-Communication in Global Contexts
INTR 101: Freshman Seminar
WOST 201: Introduction to Women's Studies
WOST 401: Women, Justice & Equality

University of Findlay (8/97 – 5/98)
Adjunct Instructor
Courses Taught:

COMM 312-Principles of Discussion
COMM 110-Principles of Speech

Bowling Green State University  (8/93 – 5/98)
Graduate Teaching Assistant/Adjunct Instructor
Courses Taught:

IPC 306: Interpersonal Communication (for non-majors)
IPC 304: Leadership Communication
IPC 207: Interpersonal Communication
IPC 205: Presentational Speaking in Organizations
IPC 203: Small Group Communication
IPC 102: Introduction to Speech Communication

Mid-Michigan Community College  (9/92 - 7/93)
Adjunct Instructor
Courses Taught:

SPE 210: Small Group Communication
SPE 101: Fundamentals of Communication
BUS 151: Introduction to Business Issues

Central Michigan University  (8/90 - 5/92)
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Courses Taught:

SDA 795: Teaching College Communication (Secondary Instructor to Dr. Nancy Buerkel-Rothfuss)
IPC 357: Public Speaking
SDA 101: Introduction to Communication

CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS

                Peterson, T.K. & Dilley, B. (2005, November). (De)Constructing (un)healthy argument in a public forum: A feminist rhetorical analysis of a college message board.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

Peterson, T.K. (2003, November). Reaching Out to Empower Adolescent Girls:  Collaborating with a Local AAUW Chapter to Produce an Annual Girl’s Summit.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Miami, Florida.  

Savage, A.M. & Peterson, T.K. (2003, July). The Beat of Live Women-Centered Music: An Ethnographic Case Study of Melissa Ferrick on Tour. Paper presented at the 7th bi-annual meeting of the Feminist Theory and Music Conference, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Peterson, T.K. (2002, November). Between liberation and oppression: Representations and lesbian performance.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

                Peterson, T.K. (2001, November). “I believe in equality for women but I’m not a feminist”: Student resistance to feminism. Roundtable discussion presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

Peterson, T.K. (2001, April). Deliberating (In)Justice: Incorporating Jury Simulations into the Small Group Communication Course.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cincinnati, Ohio. (Top Panel Award).                                                       

            Walters-Kramer, L.A. & Peterson, T.K. (1999, October). Disruptive corporeal bodies:  The vegetarian body in performance. Paper presented at the second annual meeting of Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s), Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Peterson, T. K. (1999, April). Embodied pedagogy, subjective illustration, and student response.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Speech Communication Association, St. Louis, Missouri.

Peterson, T. K. (1998, November).  Compliance and resistance as dialectic: Mapping two embodied performances of feminine beauty. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New York, New York.

Peterson, T. K. (1996, November). 'Exile in guyville': The construction of alternative/feminist meanings in the music of Liz Phair. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, San Diego, California.

            Peterson, T. K. (1995, April).  'Silent all these years': Finding a feminist voice in the music of Tori Amos.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Speech Communication Association, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Peterson, T. K. & Weber, D. R. (1994, November).  Adult children of alcoholics: Does family role influence communicator style.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

            Peterson, T. (1994, April).  Cultural casualties: A critical analysis of women's narratives of the bulimic experience.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Washington, D.C.

            Murray, M. G. & Peterson, T. K. (1993, April).  Diversity in the classroom: Gender related examples.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Speech Communication Association, Lexington, Kentucky.

PUBLICATIONS

        Peterson, T. K. & Weber, D. R. (1993).  Adult children of alcoholics: Does family role influence communicator style?  The Michigan Association of Speech Communication Journal, 28, 27-60.

        Buerkel-Rothfuss, N. L., Gray, P. L., Bort, M. A., Fink, D., Peterson, T. K., Powers, M., & Powers, P. (1996). Handbook (to accompany) Communication: Competencies and contexts (3rd Ed.). Englewood, CO: Morton.

SERVICE

Basic Course Director, Fundamentals of Communication, Monmouth College, Fall 1999- present

Monmouth College representative to the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Conference, Exploring the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Beloit College, November 2-3, 2007.

Faculty of the Year, elected by the Monmouth College student body, May 2005

Coordinator, Women’s Studies Program, Monmouth College, Fall 2000 – Spring 2005

Faculty Senate Representative, Monmouth College, 1999-2001; 2006-2009

Monmouth College representative to the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Committee on Women’s Concerns, 1999-2002

Co-Founder and Committee Member of the Human Subjects Review Board, Monmouth College, 2000 – 2001

Chair, Human Subjects Review Board, Monmouth College, 2001-2005

Faculty Co-advisor (with Dr. Stacy Cordery) for the Coalition for Women’s Awareness, Student Organization, Monmouth College, 2000-2006

Faculty Advisor for CircleK International, Student Service Organization, Monmouth College, 1999-2001

Faculty Advisor to Pi Beta Phi social sorority, Monmouth College, 2000-present

Doctoral Student Representative to Faculty Meetings, Bowling Green State University, 1996-1997 

Research Assistant for Developing Future Faculty Program. Bowling Green State University, Fall 1996

Assistant Basic Course Director, Central Michigan University, 1991-1992 Academic Year

Coordinator for Undergraduate Teaching Assistants, Central Michigan University, Spring 1990  

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Book Reviewer (May 2007). Human Communication (3^rd Edition) by J. Pearson, P. Nelson, S. Tittsworth, & L. Harter. McGraw-Hill.

Panel Reviewer (1996). Graduate Student Caucus, Central States Communication Association.

Proofreader (1996).  Intercultural Communication Annual.

Assistant Editor (1991). The Michigan Association of Speech Communication Journal.

Editor (1992). Graduate Teaching Assistant Handbook, Central Michigan University.