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 (3rd 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.
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