Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, October 2011 Primary Areas: Organizational Communication Secondary Area: Rhetoric and Culture

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1 Name: Sarah Steimel Credentials: PhD Title: Assistant Professor Department: Communication Education: Certificate. Weber State University, UT, In Progress (Summer 2014-Present) Institutional Certificate in Technical Writing currently in progress. Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, October 2011 Primary Areas: Organizational Communication Secondary Area: Rhetoric and Culture M.A. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, May 2007 Primary Area: Speech Communication Secondary Area: Statistics B.B.A. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, May 2005 Primary Area: Economics Secondary Area: Communication Studies Teaching experience: Years at WSU: 3 Courses taught at WSU: o Comm 1020: Public Speaking [2 sections; 1 face-to-face, 1 online] o Comm 3000: Communication Theory [5 sections; 4 face-to-face, 1 online] o Comm 3100: Small Group Facilitation and Leadership [1 section] o Comm 3150: Communication Research Methods [8 sections] o Comm 3550: Organizational Communication [1 section] o Comm 4800: Independent Study [1 project] o MPC 6450: Advanced Organizational Communication [1 section] o MPC 6500: Gender Communication in the Workplace [1 section] o MPC 6700: Research Methods for Professional Communication [1 section] Total years, including WSU: 9 (if Graduate Teaching & Adjuncting are included) Courses taught at other universities: University of Nebraska Lincoln o Standardized Courses COMM 311: Business and Professional Communication [4 sections] COMM 380x: Gender and Communication (Online Class) [2 sections] o Independently Developed Courses COMM 209: Public Speaking [2 sections] COMM 380: Gender and Communication [2 sections] COMM 386: Organizational Communication [2 sections] o Teaching Assistant/Grader Comm 430: Political Communication [1 section] Kansas State University

2 o SPCH 105: Public Speaking (for Engineering, Science & Technical Majors) [11 sections] o SPCH 106: Public Speaking (for all Majors) [2 sections] Manhattan Area Technical College o COMM 115: Intro to Communication [3 sections] Teaching innovations: In the last 10 years, what are examples of your most significant developments, innovations, etc.? Comm 3000 Online I developed an online version of our Comm 3000 Communication Theory course (first offered Spring 2014) to better accommodate our students who are in need of flexible university options. Community Engaged Learning Beginning in Fall 2013 I transformed the Comm 3150 (research methods) course I teach into a Community Based Learning Course. For the first semester, my class took on the Provost s Engaged Learning Series as our client and sought to research a wide variety of communication issues (issue identification, marketing, public relations, civic advocacy, etc.) as they relate to the campus s engagement with the issue of Air. For the second semester (Spring, 2014), I have formed a partnership with Habitat for Humanity. Through this partnership, my students will conduct surveys and interviews in the community to provide feedback to Habitat about their community profile. The goal is to continue to partner with Habitat and/or other community partners in future semesters (e.g. Summer, 2014). In the next phase, my students will conduct surveys & interviews of current Habitat home owners for Habitat for Humanity's grant writing purposes. Undergraduate Research I have mentored a number of undergraduate research projects both in and out of the classroom. My students have presented at the Office of Undergraduate Research symposium, the WSU Day at the Capitol, the Center for Community Engaged Learning Service Symposium and in other venues. Research, scholarship, creative activities: In the last 10 years, what are your most significant research, scholarship, or creative activities. The two most significant papers published have been: Krone, K., & Steimel, S. (2013). Cooperative Struggle: Re-framing Intercultural Conflict in the Management of Sino-American Joint Ventures. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, doi: / Steimel, S. J. (2013). Community partners' assessment of service learning in an interpersonal and small group communication course. Communication Teacher, doi: / Both papers are in National Communication association journals and both papers were sufficiently popular to merit being asked to write invited research translations of the articles for NCA s popular press newsletter Communication Currents (see details in publication section below.

3 In terms of significant paper presentations; Top Paper, Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association Annual Meeting (2013) Top Four Paper, Communication Education Division, Central States Communication Association Annual Meeting (2013) Top Four Paper, Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association Annual Meeting (2012) Top Paper Award, with Dr. Kathleen Krone (UNL), Peace and Conflict Division, National Communication Association Annual Meeting (2011) Presentations *Steimel, S. (2013, November). Communicating Empowerment(s) With and To Clients in Mediating Organizations. Paper presented at annual conference of the National Communication Association, Washington, DC. [Received Top Paper Award in Organizational Communication Division] *Steimel, S. (2013, November). Negotiating Knowledge(s) in Community-Based Partnerships. Paper presented at the annual International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Conference, Omaha, NE. *Steimel, S (2013, April). Community partners assessment of service learning in an interpersonal and small group communication course. Paper presented at annual conference of the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO. [Received Top Four Paper Award in Communication Education Division] *Steimel, S. (2012, November). Negotiating knowledges in mediating refugee resettlement organizations. Paper presented at annual conference of the National Communication Association, Orlando, FL. [Received Top Four Paper Award in Organizational Communication Division] *Steimel, S. (2012, April). Connecting with volunteers: Memorable messages and volunteer identification. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH. *Krone, K. & Steimel, S. (2011, November). Re-framing intercultural conflict in the management of Sino-American joint ventures. Paper presented at annual conference of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. [Received Top Paper Award in Peace and Conflict Division]

4 *Vorrell, M. & Steimel, S. (2011, November). Reimagining socialization of profession specific workers through the experience of substitute teachers. Paper presented at annual conference of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. *Steimel, S. (2011, April). Refugees in the news: A representative anecdote of identification/division in refugee media coverage. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI. *Steimel, S. (2010, November). Discursively constructing refugees: Impacts of the portrayal of refugees in American human interest stories. Paper presented at annual conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, CA. *Steimel, S. (2010, November). Communicating workplace dignity in pink-collar work. Paper presented at annual conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, CA. Steimel, S. (2010, October). Negotiating Tensions across Organizational Boundaries: Communication and Refugee Resettlement Organizations. Dissertation abstract presented at the Organizational Communication Mini-Conference, New Brunswick, NJ. *Steimel, S. (2010, April). Integrating a global labor force: A postcolonial reading of organizational socialization. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Central States Communication Association, Cincinnati, OH. [Received Top Five Paper Award in Organizational and Professional Communication Division] *Steimel, S. (2009, November). Dialectic tensions experienced by resettled Sudanese refugees in mediating organizations. Paper presented at annual conference of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. *Steimel, S. (2009, November). Illegal immigration in a nation of immigrants: The disciplining function of myth. Paper presented at annual conference of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. * Steimel, S., & Lucas, K. (2008, November). A competent miner and a woman: Construction of female blue collar workers identities. Paper presented at annual conference of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA. *Steimel, S. (2008, November). Making change through dialogue: A study of the dialogic tensions experienced by the Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty. Paper presented at annual conference of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA. *Steimel, S. (2008, April). The ACLU and anti-capital punishment rhetoric: Classical rhetorical theory as a framework for action. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI.

5 *Steimel, S. (2007, November). From pre-inception to a social movement: An extension of existing theory. Paper presented at annual conference of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. * Steimel, S. (2007, April). Mad cow and a baby calf: A fantasy theme analysis of Britain s 2001 foot-in-mouth crisis. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN. [Received Top Four Paper Award in Graduate Student Division] *Bourassa Steimel, S. (2006, November). Connecting anti-capital punishment activists: Classical rhetoric as a framework for action. Paper presented at annual conference of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX. Publications PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN REFEREED ACADEMIC JOURNALS Krone, K., & Steimel, S. (2013). Cooperative Struggle: Re-framing Intercultural Conflict in the Management of Sino-American Joint Ventures. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, doi: / Steimel, S. J. (2013). Community partners' assessment of service learning in an interpersonal and small group communication course. Communication Teacher, doi: / Steimel, S. (2013). Connecting with volunteers: Memorable messages and volunteer identification. Communication Research Reports, 30(1), doi: / Vorell, M., & Steimel, S. (2012). Socializing the nomad: Problematizing the linear socialization model in regards to profession specific temporary workers. Ohio Communication Journal, 50, Steimel, S. J. (2010). Refugees as people: The portrayal of refugees in American human interest stories. Journal of Refugee Studies, 23(2), doi: /jrs/feq019 Steimel, S. (2010). Dialectic tensions experienced by resettled Sudanese refugees in mediating organizations. International Journal of Communication, 4, doi: / Steimel, S. (2009). Refugees in the news: A representative anecdote of identification/division in refugee media coverage. Kentucky Journal of Communication, 28(1), Lucas, K., & Steimel, S. J. (2009). Creating and responding to the gen(d)eralized other: Women miners' community-constructed identities. Women's Studies in Communication, 32(3), doi: /

6 INVITED ARTICLES Krone, K. J. & Steimel, S. J. (2014). Struggling to Cooperate. Communication Currents, 9(1). Steimel, S. J. (2013). Instructor's Corner #2: The Potential, Power, and Pitfalls of Communication Service-Learning. Communication Currents, 8(6). Service: Professional Service Reviewer, for journal Journal of Family Communication (January 2014) Chair and Conference Program Planner, Organizational and Professional Communication Division of Central States Communication Association ( ) Reviewer, for journal Psychology of Women Quarterly (March 2010-Present) Reviewer, for Journal of Refugee Studies (January 2011-Present) Reviewer, for Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association Conferences, ( Present) and Organizational and Professional Communication Division, Central States Communication Association (2011-Present). Vice Chair, Organizational and Professional Communication Division of Central States Communication Association ( ) Panel Chair, Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association Conferences, ( Present) and Organizational and Professional Communication Division, Central States Communication Association (2011-Present). Membership in Professional Organizations National Communication Association (2006- Present) Central States Communication Association (2007- Present) International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (2013-Present) Organization for Research on Women and Communication ( ) University Service Engaged Learning Series Coordinator, Center for Community Engaged Learning at Weber State University (Spring 2013-present) Senate Member, Faculty Senate at Weber State University (2013-present) Committee Member, Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee at Weber State University (2012-present) Committee Member, University Course Fees Committee at Weber State University (2012- present) New Faculty Group Coordinator, For the Teaching and Learning Forum at Weber State University ( ).

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