Jennifer L. Jones Barbour
Curriculum Vitae
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| Department of Communication |
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| Texas A&M University |
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| College Station, TX 77843-4234 |
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Education
| Ph.D. |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Degree Awarded: December 2006
Concentration: Rhetorical Studies
Dissertation Title: Reciprocity of Sight: The Rhetorics of
Contestation and Commemoration on the National Mall.
Advisor: Cara A. Finnegan |
| M.A. |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Degree Awarded: May 1999
Concentration: Political Communication and Rhetorical Studies |
| B.A. |
Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
Degree Awarded: May 1996
Major: American History, Minor: Speech Communication |
Academic Appointments
Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2008-present
Lecturer, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, 2006-2008
Publications
Finnegan, Cara A. and Jennifer L. Jones Barbour. “Visualizing Public Address.”
Rhetoric and Public Affairs 9.3 (2006): 489-532.
Jones, Jennifer L. Review of Woodrow Wilson and the Lost World of the Oratorical
Statesman, by Robert Alexander Kraig. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 9.2 (2006): 352-354.
Tewksbury, David, Jennifer L. Jones, Matthew W. Peske, Ashlea Raymond, & William
Vig. “Building a Frame Around the Hogs: The Impact of News Story Structure on
Audience Perceptions of a Public Policy Issue.” Journalism and Mass Communication
Quarterly 77.4 (2000): 804-829.
Conference Presentations
Jones Barbour, Jennifer L. “Rhetoric of Commemoration: Senator Bob Dole and the
National World War II Memorial.” American Studies division, National Communication
Association Convention, San Diego, CA., 2008.
Jones, Jennifer L. “The Rhetoric of the National City: The McMillan Plan and the
Transformation of Washington, D.C.” Paper presented at the Alta Conference on
Argumentation, Alta, UT., 2005.
Jones, Jennifer L. “Commemorating the Big: The Washington Monument and the
National Mall.” Rhetorical and Communication Theory division, National
Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL., 2004.
Jones, Jennifer L. “Landscapes of Commemoration: The National Mall in Washington,
D.C.” Rhetorical and Communication Theory division, National Communication
Association Convention, Miami Beach, FL., 2003.
Jones, Jennifer L. “To mark the Earth with geometrick Scars:’ A Rhetorical History of
the Mason Dixon Line.” Paper presented at the Northwestern University Graduate
Student Rhetorical Criticism Conference, Evanston, IL., 2003.
Jones, Jennifer L. “When World Views Explode: The Peace Memorial Park in
Hiroshima, Japan.” Visual Rhetoric division, National Communication Association
Convention, New Orleans, LA., 2002.
Jones, Jennifer L. “To mark the Earth with geometrick Scars:’ A Rhetorical History of
the Mason Dixon Line.” Paper presented at the Doctoral Honors Conference, University
of Texas at Austin (NCA), 2001.
Jones, Jennifer L. “To mark the Earth with geometrick Scars:’ A Rhetorical History of
the Mason Dixon Line.” American Studies division, National Communication
Association Convention, Atlanta, GA., 2001.
Jones, Jennifer L. “High Water Mark of the Confederacy: Gettysburg National Military
Park.” Rhetorical and Communication Theory division, National Communication
Association Convention, Atlanta, GA., 2001
Jones, Jennifer L. “Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Classical Poetry is Valuable Too.”
National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL., 1999.
Grants and Awards
Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Department of Speech Communication, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, Summer 2004 and Summer 2003.
Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award: Outstanding experienced teaching assistant,
Department of Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL,
2001.
Stafford H. Thomas Award: Outstanding service to the department, Department of
Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2000.
Henry L. Mueller Award: Outstanding new teaching assistant, Department of Speech
Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1997.
Incomplete list of teachers ranked as excellent by their students: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, IL (Fall 1997*, Spring 1998*, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999,
Spring 2000*, Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Fall 2001*, Spring 2002*, Fall 2002*, Spring
2003*, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005*, Spring 2006*). Teaching
Assistants are named to the list when their students’ evaluations rate them in the top 30%
campus wide. Asterisks denote teachers whose ratings place them in the top 10% campus
wide.
Teaching Experience
Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, 2006-2008
Visual Communication (Art 112), Rhetoric and Speech (Comm 235), Rhetorical
Criticism (Comm 255), Advanced Argumentation (Comm 320), Rhetoric of Public
Memory (Comm 420)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1997 – 2006
Freedom of Speech and Ethics (SpCom 354), Argumentation Theory and Practice
(SpCom 323), Persuasion Theory and Practice (SpCom 321), Verbal Communication
(SpCom 111-112), Public Speaking (SpCom 101)
Parkland Community College, Champaign, IL, Summer 2005
Public Speaking (SPE 101)
Guest Lectures
Public Speaking Skills, International Student Services for Graduate and Undergraduate
Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1998-2003
Public Speaking Skills, High School Toastmasters, 2000.
Convention Course for United States Postmasters Regional Convention, Champaign, IL:
Public speaking skills and working with the media, 1998.
Service
Participant in The Memory Project: An Interdisciplinary Study of Memory and the
Construction of Identity and Culture, sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2004-2005.
Course Grader, Speech Communication 354 – Freedom of Speech, Department of Speech
Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1999-2003.
Research Assistant to Professor Cara Finnegan, Department of Speech Communication,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2000-2002.
Paper reviewer for Student Section of the National Communication Association, 2001.
Vice President, Department of Speech Communication Graduate Student Association,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1999-2001.
Forensics (Undergraduate Speech and Debate Program), University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, IL, Director 1998-2000, Assistant Director 1997-1998.
Assistant Director of Mock Trial Team (Undergraduate Trial Law Program), University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1997-1998.
Current Membership in Professional Organizations
National Communication Association
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