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EDUCATION
• Doctor of Philosophy in Speech Communication, University of Texas
at Austin, 1994. Dissertation: Microanalysis in Therapeutic Interaction.
• Master of Arts in Speech Communication, San Diego State University,
1989.
• Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Theater, Miami University of
Ohio, 1984.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
• Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville,
1993 - present. Tenured 1999.
• Adjunct Instructor, St. Louis University School, 1999 – 2006.
• Adjunct Instructor, Metropolitan Community College, East St. Louis,
1997 - 1998.
• Instructor, University of Texas at Austin, 1989 - 1993.
• Academic Tutor, University of Texas at Austin, 1992 - 1993.
• Instructor, Austin Community College, 1991 - 1993.
• Assistant Instructor, San Diego State University, 1987 - 1989.
RESEARCH AREAS
• Pedagogy & Assessment
• Conversation Analysis Methodology
• Culture & Popular Culture
• Social Constructionism & Language
HONORS & AWARDS
• Teacher Recognition Award
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2000
• Outstanding Teacher Award Nominee
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 1996, 1998, 1999.
• Scholarly Achievement Award
University of Texas Speech Communication Department, 1991, 1992.
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
University of Texas Speech Communication Department, 1991.
• Excellent Teaching by a Graduate Student Award
International Communication Association, 1990 - 1991.
• Outstanding First-year Ph.D. Student
University of Texas Speech Communication Department, 1990.
• Excellent Teaching by a Graduate Student Award
International Communication Association, 1988 - 1989.
COURSES TAUGHT AT SIUE
• SPC 103 Interpersonal Communication Theories
• SPC 104 Oral Argumentation Skills
• SPC 105 Public Speaking
• SPC 111 Introduction to Speech Communication
• SPC 200 Business & Professional Communication (course no longer
exists)
• SPC 201 Principles of Group Communication
• SPC 223 Interpersonal Communication Theories
• SPC 300 Principles of Interviewing
• SPC 305 Listening
• SPC 309 Independent Projects
• SPC 330 Communication Theories
• SPC 331 Gender in Communication
• SPC 409 Speech Communication Senior Project
• SPC 419 Special Topics (Social Constructionism)
• SPC 430 Persuasion & Social Influence
• SPC 433 Language in Communication
• SPC 434 Nonverbal Communication
• SPC 464 Family Communication
• SPC 500 Graduate Seminar in Communication Theory
• SPC 510 Graduate Seminar in Group Communication
• SPC 590 Graduate Independent Research
• UNIV 112 University Experience
• LIBS 400 Liberal Studies Senior Project
ADDITIONAL COURSES TAUGHT
• Intercultural Communication (SLU, MCC)
• Basic English (MCC)
• “Hybrid” Speech Communication Course (ACC, UT, SLU, MCC)
• Oral Communication Theory (UT)
• Improving Speaking Confidence (SDSU)
• Advanced Public Speaking (SDSU)
CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS
• Member, National Communication Association.
• Member, Central States Communication Association.
• Member, Illinois Speech & Theater Association.
RESEARCH & SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
Papers & Scholarly Presentations
DeGarmo, D. & Wrobbel, E. D. (2006). “Hello God, It’s Me, George.” Presented at the 3rd Annual College of Arts and Sciences Colloquium, SIUE. Paper was runner-up for "Best Paper Award."
Wrobbel, E. D., & Ruppert-Leach , K. (2006). To Mongolia and back: Language, Culture, and a reconsideration of Down Syndrome. Presented at the Mid-American Linguistics Conference, Edwardsville, Illinois.
Lavelle, E., Wrobbel, E. D. & Bradshaw, B. (2005). Assessing the Need for a New Masters Program in College Student Personnel: Working with Colleagues Across Campus. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Toronto, Canada.
Lavelle, E., & Wrobbel, E. D. (2005). Developmental Trajectories in Acquisition
of Evaluation Expertise: Negotiating Stages. Roundtable discussion presented
at the Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Toronto, Canada.
Perkins, L. & Wrobbel, E. D. (2005). Performative Enactment of 2004 Presidential
Candidate Rhetoric: Deconstruction of Masculine/feminine Artifacts, Texts
and Gestures. Presented at the 2nd Annual College of Arts and Sciences Colloquium,
SIUE. Note - paper received "Best Paper Award."
Wrobbel, E. D. (2005). EUE Grant, SIUE. Speech Communication Center. ?Award.
amount - 3930.00.
Wrobbel, E. D. (March, 2005). (Re)Designing the Senior Assignment - A Student-Driven
Approach. Presented at the Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching
- West, Pomona, California.
Andrews, J., Colvin, A., Crowe, K., Durbin, E., Hollowich, S., Jaber, A., Kalker, B., Lamm, A., Lim, Y., Phillips, T., Sahr, S., Scoville, J., Scruton, A., Van Lidth de Jeude, M., Wrobbel, E. D. (2004). Student Perceptions of Student Evaluation of Teaching. A focus Group Analysis conducted for the Faculty Senate at SIUE. Project conducted by members of Fall 2004 SPC 510 Seminar in Group Communication.
Wrobbel, E. D. (2004). EUE Grant, SIUE. Speech Communication Center. ?Award.
amount - $7,246.
Hailer, M. & Wrobbel, E. D. (2004). Speech Center on a Shoe String. Illinois
Speech and Theater Journal.
Wrobbel, E. D. (2003). The interactive construction of self-revelation: Creating an “aha” moment. In P. Glenn, C. D. LeBaron, J. Mandelbaum (eds.) Studies in Language and Social Interaction (pp. 353-362). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Wrobbel, E. D. (2003). EUE Grant, SIUE. ?Speech Communication Center. ?Award
amount - $10,233.
Bertolino, N., Brown, A., Chang, S., Currier, J., Gilmore, R., Hladyshewsky,
J., Lerch, S., Mwendapole, D., Price, J., Rzewnicki, P., Solomon, A., Turner,
K., White, M., & Wrobbel, E. D. (2001). Staff Satisfaction: A focus Group
Analysis conducted for the Staff Senate at SIUE. Project conducted by members
of Fall 2001 SPC 510 Seminar in Group Communication.
Wrobbel, E. D. (1998). A Conversation Analyst's Response to Patterson, Neupauer,
Burant, Koehn and Reed. Western Journal of Communication.
Wrobbel, E. D. (1996). “Take two aspirins and call me in the morning”:
Doctor gender, directive type, and patient compliance with treatment recommendations.
News & Views of the St. Louis Academy of Family Physicians.
Wrobbel, E. D. (1994). Perspective display sequences in therapeutic interaction. Presented at the Western States Communication Association conference, Portland, OR.
Wrobbel, E. D. (1994). Collaborative storytelling: Some variations and their implications. Presented at the Western States Communication Association conference, San Jose, CA.
Culbertson, M., & Wrobbel, E. D. (1992). Shop talk: An ethnographic analysis of communication about and between comics inside the comedy club. Presented at the Ethnography of Communication Conference, Portland, OR.
Wrobbel, E. D. (1991). A conversation analytic look at the yes/no question. Presented at the Speech Communication Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Wrobbel, E. D. (1991). Nonverbal cueing of joke punchlines. Presented at the International Society for Humor Studies Conference, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Culbertson, M., & Wrobbel, E. D. (1991). Emotion in the voice. Presented at the International Conference for Social Psychology and Language, Santa Barbara, CA.
Other
• Reviewed manuscript for Western Journal of Communication. (1998).
• Reviewed manuscripts for Western States Communication Association’s
Language Behavior Interest Group. (1997).
• Reviewed outline and sample chapters for a text on Humor in Communication
for the Speech Communication Association. (1996).
• Reviewed Warnick & Inch, Critical thinking and communication:
The use of reason in argument (2nd ed.). (1995).
• Panel respondent for Language Behavior Group, WSCA conference. (1994).
• Reviewed Interpersonal text for Gorsuch Scarisbrick Publishers. (1994).
• Assisted with revisions for Instructor’s Guide (Andersen, 1989)
to
accompany Oral Communication,11th edition (Samovar & Mills, 1989).
In Progress
Wrobbel, E. D. The Creator Created; Language, Interaction, and the Social
Construction of God. Book manuscript currently in process.
SERVICE ACTIVITY
Speech Communication Department
• Director of Graduate Program (2003 - present).
• Director of the Speech Center (2002 - 2005).
• Director of Undergraduate Program (2000 - 2003).
• Director of Internships (1994 - 2000).
• Recording Secretary, Speech Communication Department (1994 - 1996).
• Chair, Faculty Search Committee (2006 – 2007).
• Chair, Promotion Committee for Dr. L. Stern (2006).
• Chair, Annual Review Committee for Dr. J. VanCleave (2006).
• Chair, Annual Review Committee for Dr. A. Alexander member (2003).
• Chair, Merit Review Committee (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002,
2003).
• Promotion Committee for Dr. L. Perkins (2005).
• Coordinator, Lamda Pi Eta SPE Student Honorary (2000 – 2003).
• Ad Hoc Committee on Operating Papers Revisions member (2004 –
present).
• Midpoint Review Committee for Dr. I. Blankson member (2002).
• Merit Review Committee member (2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006).
• Ad Hoc Committee on Space Allocation member (2000).
• Teaching Assistant Review Committee member (1996 – 2000).
• Graduate Admission Review Committee member (1995 – 2000).
• Promotion & Tenure Committee for Dr. S. Zamanou-Erickson member
(1995).
• Ad Hoc Committee on Senior Assessment member (1994).
College of Arts & Sciences
• CAS Curriculum Committee member (1999 – 2004).
• CAS Budget Committee member (1996 – 1998).
• CAS Merit Meld Committee member (1996).
• CAS Blue Ribbon Teaching Excellence Committee member (1996).
• CAS Promotion & Tenure Criteria Committee (1995-1997).
• CAS Planning Committee member (1995 – 1996).
University at Large
• Electrical Engineering Graduate Program Review Committee member (2007).
• Chair, AQIP Action Project on SRAs (2006 - present).
• MSW Graduate Program Review Committee member (2006).
• History Graduate Program Review Committee member (2005).
• Graduate Council member (2004 – present).
• Graduate Council Program Review Subcommittee member (2004 –
present).
• Faculty Senate member (2004 – present).
• Faculty Senate Interdisciplinary Task Force on Student Evaluation
of Teaching member (2004).
• ADA Advisory Committee member (2004 – present).
• Master of College Student Personnel Program development task force
member (2004 – 2005).
• Member - Alumni Hall Computer Cluster committee (1999 - 2000).
• Innovative Alternatives Committee member (1994 – 1995).
• Department representative, Library Appropriations Committee (1994
– 2004).
Presentations, recurring
• Regular presenter, Undergraduate Research Academy (1997 – present).
• Regular presenter, SIUE Springboard to Success Program (2004 –
present).
Note – wrote “model” speech for use by other presenters.
• Regular presenter, SIUE Summer Bridge Program (2002 – 2006).
• Regular presenter, Preview SIUE Program (2002 – present).
• Regular presenter, Kimmel Leadership Center's “Project a Professional
Presence” (1996 – 1998).
Presentations, non-recurring:
• SIUE Fall Symposium, Topic: Sexism in Academia: The Lawrence H. Summer
speech (2005).
• Workshop presenter w/Kathleen Tunney, Topic: Promotion & Tenure
at SIUE (2005).
• SIUE Fall Symposium moderator/facilitator, Topic: SETs at SIUE. Guest
Neil Fleming (2004).
• Speaker, SIUE Fall Symposium. Topic: Balancing Acts (2004).
• Speaker, SIUE Spring Symposium. Topic: EUE Grants at SIUE (2003).
• Workshop presenter w/David Sill, Topic: Promotion & Tenure at
SIUE (multiple presentations (2002 - 2003).
• Workshop presenter w/Isaac Blankson & Linda Laine, Topic: Evaluating
Classroom Presentations (2002).
• Speaker, “Soup & Substance” series. Topic: The Social
Construction of Race (2002).
• Speaker, SIUE Alumni Association. Topic: Managing Meetings Effectively
(2000).
• Moderator, Graduate Research Symposium (1996).
Consulting, previous professional experience & miscellaneous
• Co-presenter of Intercultural Awareness workshop. First Congregational
Church, Webster Groves, MO. (1997, 1998).
• Consultant, ArtLeather Corporation/Michael Nichols Photography. (1997).
• Speaker for New Athens Honors Society, New Athens, IL. Topic: Preparing
for College. (1997).
• Speaker for St. Louis Academy of Family Physicians Conference, St.
Louis, MO. Topic: Improving Doctor - Patient Communication. (1996).
• Speaker for Washington University Peer Counselors, St. Louis, MO.
Topic: Gender Communication. (1996).
• Consultant, South Coast Capital Investment, Austin, TX. Improving
communication skills for stock brokers and market analysts. (1993).
• Consultant, Arnold, White, & Durkee, Austin, TX. Improved communication
skills of plaintiffs and attorneys. (1990 – 1993).
• Speaker for Texas Fire Fighters Conference, Austin, TX. Topic: Improving
Communication on the Job. (1993).
• Keynote speaker for Texas Society of Patient Representatives Conference,
Austin, TX. Topic: Bolstering Communication Effectiveness. (1993).
• Speaker for School of Business, U. T. Austin. Topic: Professional
Presentation Skills. (1993).
• E.S.L. tutor trainer for Travis County Adult Literacy Council. (1992
– 1993).
• Developed and produced a marketing video for Mr. T. E. Foster, inventor,
Austin, TX. (1992).
• Speaker for Academic Counselors Association Conference, Austin, TX.
Topic: Improving Listening Skills. (1992).
• Speaker for Engineering Council, U. T. Austin. Topic: An Introduction
to Public Speaking. (1992).
• Keynote speaker for Gamma Bet Phi Society, U. T. Austin. Topic: Initiating
Interactions. (1992).
• Speaker for Dean of Students New Staff Orientation, U. T. Austin.
Topic: Effective Communication in the Workplace. (1992).
• Instructor for Minority Introduction to Communication program.
U. T. Austin. (1991, 1992, 1993).
• E.S.L. tutor for Travis County Adult Literacy Council. (1991 –
1993).
• Speaker for Humphrey International Fellowship Program, U. T. Austin.
Topic: Public Speaking to a Multicultural Audience. (1991, 1992).
• Speaker for U. T. STAR (Special Testing and Registration) Programs.
Topic: Intercultural Communication. (1991, 1992).
• Computer/Language Consultant, Austin, TX. Created Cyrillic fonts,
modified software, and helped to translate several joint Soviet-Texas trade
agreements. (1991).
• Served on College of Communication's Multicultural Committee
U. T. Austin. (1991).
• Speaker for the American Society of Interior Designers, Austin, TX.
Topic: The Development and Maintenance of Interpersonal Credibility. (1991).
• Co-developed and co-taught a Communication Apprehension Workshop
U. T. Austin. (1990).
• Mentor, San Diego State University Minority Retention Program. (1988
– 1989).
• W.S.C.A. San Diego Convention Planning Committee. (1988).
• Sales representative, Jeskin Products, Escondido, CA. Outside, inside,
retail sales, customer service, & telemarketing manager for San Diego
computer supply distributor. (1984 – 1989).
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