Jansen B. Werner Curriculum Vitae Office Address Johnston Hall 210 2522 E. Hartford Ave. P.O. Box 413 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 53201 Contact Information wernerjb@uwm.edu jansenbwerner@gmail.com EDUCATION Ph.D., Communication, expected May 2016 (ABD, May 2015) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Dissertation: Two Strivings: Uplift and Identity in African American Rhetorical Culture, 1900-1943 Advisor: Dr. Leslie J. Harris Areas of Specialization: African American Rhetoric, U.S. Public Address, Rhetoric of/and Race, Rhetorics of Social Change, Kenneth Burke, Public Sphere M. A., Communication Studies Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN, May 2012 Thesis: Negotiating the Ideological Boundaries of The Four Freedoms : An Analysis of African American Rhetoric from World War Two Advisor: Dr. Daniel Cronn-Mills B. A., Communication Saint John s University, Collegeville, MN, May 2009 RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS Articles Jansen B. Werner, Black America s Double War: Ralph Ellison and Critical Participation during World War II, Rhetoric & Public Affairs 18 (Fall 2015): 441-470. Jansen B. Werner, A Land of Make Believe that Don t Believe in Me : Dissent by Incongruity in Green Day s Jesus of Suburbia, CTAM Journal 38 (2011): 55-72. Book Chapters
Werner CV 2 Jansen B. Werner and Daniel Cronn-Mills, Rhetorical Theory, in Understanding Communication Theory: A Beginner s Guide, ed. Stephen M. Croucher (New York: Routledge, 2015), 262-287. James P. Dimock, Daniel Cronn-Mills, and Jansen B. Werner, Not of the World: The Jehovah s Witnesses and Saluting a Flag, in Religion and Communication: An Anthology of Extensions in Theory, Research, and Method, eds. Stephen M. Croucher and Tina M. Harris (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2012), 225-241. Under Review Jansen B. Werner, Building a Dwelling Place for Justice: Ethos Reinvention in Martin Luther King Jr. s Where Do We Go from Here?, Revise & Resubmit at Rhetoric & Public Affairs. Presentations Conference Presentations Attitudes Toward Education: Constitutive Rhetoric in W. E. B. Du Bois s Education and Work, accepted to National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV, November 2015. Epideictic Counterpublics: Huey P. Newton and the Formulation of the Radical Imagination, accepted to National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV, November 2015. Alain Locke and the Adult Education Movement, accepted to National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV, November 2015. Jackie Robinson Says : Modeling Rhetorical Self-Discipline as African American Agency, Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI, April 17, 2015. Lynching, Public Voice, and Civil Rights: The Black Press s (Re)Construction of Emmett Till s Identity, National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 22, 2014. Post-Racial Authenticity: The Domestication of Martin Luther King, Jr. s Memory at the MLK Memorial in Washington, DC, National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 20, 2014. Rhetoric and the Legacies of Race in the United States, Preconference at National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 19, 2014.
Werner CV 3 De-politicizing the Mental Health Advocacy of the Mentally Ill: Royce White s Appearance on Dr. Phil, Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN, April 4, 2014. Chris Kluwe s Failed Rhetorical Leadership: Social Advocacy, Same-Sex Marriage, and Hegemonic Masculinity, National Communication Association, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2013. (Re)Presenting the Presidential Debates: Presidential Campaign Ads that Incorporate Debate Footage, National Communication Association, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2013. Chasing Connections: Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Rand Paul Filibuster [Panel Presentation], National Communication Association, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2013. Prescribing Action or Complacency: A Model of Cyberchondria as Rhetorical Action, Info Social Conference of the Media, Technology, and Society Program at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, October 26, 2013 [co-presented with Andrew W. Cole and Thomas A. Salek]. The Supremacy of Human Rights Everywhere : Ralph Ellison s Counterpublic Witnessing during World War Two, Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO, April, 6, 2013 [***Top Five Student Paper]. (Re)Framing Civil Rights Discourse: The Rhetorical Foundations of the Harlem Renaissance [Panel Presentation], Rhetoric Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, May 28, 2012. Rediscovering African American Critical Practice during World War II, Rhetoric Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, May, 26, 2012. Rhetoric of the Black Panther Party [Panel Presentation], Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI, April, 8, 2011. Invited Lectures & Colloquia Prescribing Action or Complacency: A Rhetorical Model of Cyberchondria, UWM Department of Communication Professional Development Seminar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, May 2, 2014 [co-presented with Andrew W. Cole and Thomas A. Salek]. TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Werner CV 4 Critical Analysis of Communication Online (COMMUN 335), Fall 2015 Critical Analysis of Communication (COMMUN 335), Fall 2014 Spring 2015 Public Speaking (COMMUN 103 Stand-Alone), Fall 2012 Summer 2015 Intro to Peace and Conflict (PEACEST 201), Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Minnesota State University, Mankato Introduction to Argumentation (CMST 150), Spring 2012 Public Speaking (CMST 111 Stand-Alone), Fall 2011 Fundamentals of Communication (CMST 100), Fall 2010 Spring 2011 AWARDS/HONORS UWM Student Success Award. Recognizes instructors who are nominated by UWM students as a person who has helped them the most in their college success during the MAP-Works Fall Transition Survey, Fall 2013. Chancellor s Graduate Student Award. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Fall 2012. SERVICE Professional Service Guest Reviewer, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication (2014) Reviewer for Paper/Panel Submissions, Public Address Division for the National Communication Association (2014, 2015); Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division for the National Communication Association (2015); Argumentation and Forensic Division for the National Communication Association (2011). Chair, The Presence of History, Power, and Identity Politics: Interrogating Japan s Cultural Diversity and Internationalization, National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 20, 2014. Associate Editor, Communication & Theater Association of Minnesota (CTAM) Journal (http://www.mnsu.edu/cmst/ctam/journal.html), 2012-13. University Service Communication Consultant, Call Center training for UWM Student Success Center, Spring 2014.
Werner CV 5 Committee for Coaches Speaking Up, assisted in the design and implementation of a 4- week training seminar to enhance UWM head coaches communication competencies and public speaking skills, Fall 2013. Department Service Committee Member, UWM Committee for Summer/Winterim TA Policies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Fall 2014. Volunteer Judge at Public Speaking Showcase, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Fall 2014. Vice President, Student Chapter of Rhetoric Society of America, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Spring 2014. Volunteer Judge at Public Speaking Showcase, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Fall 2013. Ph.D. Faculty GAC Representative, Communication Graduate Student Council (CGSC), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Fall 2013. Peer Mentor for First-Year Ph.D. Student, Department of Communication, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Fall 2013-Spring 2014. Volunteer Judge at Public Speaking Showcase, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Spring 2013. Faculty Committee Representative, CGSC, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Spring 2013. Volunteer Judge at Public Speaking Showcase, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Fall 2012. Treasurer, Student Chapter of Rhetoric Society of America, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Fall 2012. Committee Member, Graduate Advisory Council (GAC), Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN. Fundraising Committee, GAC, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN, Fall 2011. Committee Member, Basic Course Activities Committee, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN, Spring 2011. ***Updated: September 25, 2015