Overview

Chair of TDC Arts Department, 2002-2004.

Chair of CyberCosta Committee, 2001-2002.

Faculty Rep, Academic Senate, 2002-2004.

Chair of "Faculty" section of Technology Master Plan rewrite, 2002.

Special research emphasis in rhetorical theory and criticism, philosophy of communication, intercultural communication, and visual narrative.

At MiraCosta I teach Oral Comm, Group Comm, Intercultural Comm, and Mass Media in the U.S. (online and onground sections).

Too much committee work! (Academic Polices & Procedures, Technology & Pedagogy, Tenure Reviews, Probationary Faculty Reviews, various ad hoc cmtes ....).

Past Academic Advisor for California Council for the Humanities exhibits on visual narrative and political/resistance art in the state.

Papers & Presentations

"Performing Chicano/a." Submitted for presentation at the Latina Leadership Conference, 2001.

"Visual Resistance: Art as Political Persuasion." Presented at the Latina Leadership Conference, Palm Springs, California, March 1999.

"Negotiating the Borders of Cultural Expression: Corridos, Murals, and Mexican-American Narrative." Presented at National Communication Association National Convention. San Diego, California, November 1996.

"The Chicano Park Murals of San Diego: Images That Expose and Condemn City-Sanctioned Violence." Paper presented at the Study of Social Imagery Conference. Pueblo, Colorado, February 1995.

The Politics of Three Visual Narratives: A Gallery Demonstration." Paper and exhibit presented at Speech Communication Association National Convention. New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1994.

"Where 'Darkness' Meets 'Whiteness': Rites (and Rights) of Passage along the U.S.-Mexico Border." Paper presented at the Performance and Ideology Seminar, University of IL. August 1994.

"Revitalistic Strategies of Cultural Renewal: The California Chicano/a Mural Movement." Paper and exhibit presented at the Social Movement Seminar, University of IL. June 1994.

Publishing

Content provider and consultant on Longman Publishing Company's Communications web site.

Content provider, and consultant on Wadsworth Publishing Company's Communications web site.

Authored original Internet Activities for new public speaking textbook. Addison Wesley Longman Publishers, 1997.

Discussant at San Diego County Tech Prep Focus Group, "Communications 2000." Grossmont College, November 1996.

Discussant at Houghton Mifflin Publishers Focus Group, "Old Problems and New Directions in Public Speaking." Pepperdine University, January 1995.

Discussant at HarperCollins Publishers Focus Group, "The Public Speaking Text in the Basic Course." Costa Mesa, California, February 1995.

Memberships

National Communication Association

American Communication Association

Western States Communication Association

Sloan Consortium for Online Learning