Tony E. Adams, Ph.D. Department of Communication, Media & Theatre Northeastern Illinois University 5500 N. St. Louis Ave., FA 240 Chicago, Illinois 60625 tony.e.adams@gmail.com; a-adams3@neiu.edu 813-404-4838; 773-442-5928 Education Doctor of Philosophy, University of South Florida, Tampa (August 2008) Concentrations: Interpersonal and Family Communication, Environmental Rhetoric Dissertation: Learning, Living, and Leaving the Closet: Making Gay Identity Relational Major Professor: Arthur Bochner Master of Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (December 2003) Concentrations: Philosophy of Communication, Mediated Communication, Rhetoric Thesis: Packaged Wilderness: Investigating Simulated- and Televised-Nature Experience Major Professor: Lenore Langsdorf Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (May 2001) Concentration: Mass Communication Radio and Television Associate of Science, Danville Area Community College, Danville, IL (May 1999) Teaching Advising Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Media & Theatre, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago (August 2008-Present) Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa (August 2004-June 2008) Graduate Advisor, Public Relations Student Society of America, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (August 2001-May 2003) Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (August 2001-December 2003) Instructor, Future Scholars Program, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (July 2002) Courses Taught (Graduate) Relational Communication Courses Taught (Undergraduate) Communication, Gender and Identity Communication and Gender Family Communication
Interpersonal Communication Persuasion Public Speaking Introduction to Oral Communication Studies in Speech Communication and English Composition Committee Member (Undergraduate Honor Theses) John Luchetti (graduated May 2008) Emily Noelle Wilson (graduated May 2008) Nayke Popovich (graduated August 2007) Committee Member (Graduate Theses) Dagmara Lukasik (September 2008-Present) Publications Articles in Refereed Journals Adams, T. E. (forthcoming, 2009). Mothers, faggots, and witnessing (un)contestable experience. Cultural Studies Critical Methodologies. Tullis Owen, J. A., McRae, C., Adams, T. E., Vitale, A. (2009). truth troubles. Qualitative Inquiry, 15(1), 178-200. Adams, T. E. (2008). A review of narrative ethics. Qualitative Inquiry, 14(2), 175-194. [lead article] Adams, T. E. (2006). Seeking father: Relationally reframing a troubled love story. Qualitative Inquiry, 12, 704-723. Adams, T. E. (2006). Cultivation analysis and nature-related space. Florida Communication Journal, 34(1), 30-39. Adams, T. E. (2005). Speaking for others: Finding the whos of discourse. Soundings, 88, 331-345. Adams, T. E. (2005). Phenomenologically investigating mediated nature. The Qualitative Report, 10, 511-531. http://www.nova.edu/ssss/qr/qr10-3/adams.pdf Book Chapters Adams, T. E. (forthcoming, 2010). A social constructivist approach to political identity. In R. L. Jackson, R. C. Arnett, J. Bryant, J. H. Rolling, C. D. B. Walker, & M. Western (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Identity. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Adams, T. E. (forthcoming, 2010). Global village. In R. L. Jackson, R. C. Arnett, J. Bryant, J. H. Rolling, C. D. B. Walker, & M. Western (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Identity. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Ellis, C., Adams, T. E., Ellingson, L., Bochner, A., Denzin, N., Durham, A., Madison, D. S., Alexander, R., Pelias, R., Defenbaugh, N., and Richardson, L. (forthcoming, 2009). Mentoring 2
relationships: Creating a future for Qualitative Inquiry. In N. Denzin and M. Giardina (eds.), Qualitative Inquiry and Social Justice. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press. Adams, T. E. and Holman Jones, S. (2008). Autoethnography is queer. In N.K. Denzin, Y.S. Lincoln, & L. T. Smith (Eds.), Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies (pp. 373-390). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. * Under review to be reprinted as Autoethnography is a queer method in K. Brown and C. Nash (Eds.), Queer Methodologies. Burlington, VT: Ashgate. Adams, T. E. (2005). Show and tell. In L. H. Hugenberg & B. Hugenberg (Eds.) Teaching ideas for the Basic Communication Course (Vol. 9, pp. 57-58). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt. Adams, T. E. (2004). Let's go to the bathroom!!! In L. H. Hugenberg & B. Hugenberg (Eds.), Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication Course (Vol. 8, pp. 121-123). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt. Book Reviews Adams, T. E. (2007). Making democracy personal. The Review of Communication, 7, 131-133. [Review of A need to know: The clandestine history of a CIA family] Adams, T. E. (2006). Hidden dimensions of the hidden dimension. The Review of Communication, 6, 150-152. [Review of Where the ball drops: Days and nights in Times Square] Adams, A. E. (2003). Review of Collective Behavior and Public Opinion. American Communication Journal, 6(4) http://acjournal.org/holdings/vol6/iss4/reviews/ginneken.htm Conference Participation Competitive Papers Adams, T. E. (2009, November). The double bind of gay identity. To be presented at the National Adams, T. E. (2008, November). Conditions of the closet. National Communication Association, San Diego, CA. Adams, T. E. and Holman Jones, S. (2008, April). Autoethnography is queer. Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI. [Top Three Paper, Performance Studies and Theatre] Adams, T. E. (2008, April). Webcams: Re-Viewing Travel and Tourism. Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI. Adams, T. E. (2007, November). A review of narrative ethics. National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Adams, T. E. (2007, November). Animals as media: Speaking through nonhuman beings. National 3
McRae, C., Adams, T. E., Owen, J. A. T., Vitale, A. (2007, November). truth troubles. National Adams, T. E. (2006, November). Viewing aquaria through the past. National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX. Adams, T. E. (2006, November). Copied nature. National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX. Adams, T. E. (2006, April). Speaking for others: Finding the whos of discourse. Central States Communication Association, Indianapolis, IN. [Top Student Paper, Communication Theory] Adams, T. E. (2005, November). Interrogating signs of nature: Dissecting a (post)modern aquarium. National Communication Association, Boston, MA. Adams, T. E. (2005, April). Packaged wilderness: Investigating simulated- and televised-nature experience. Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO. [Top Student Paper, Media Studies] Adams, T. E. and Gangnon, B. A. (2004, April). A phenomenological reading of media determinism: The medium as the condition for the possibility of the message. Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH. [Top Four Student Paper, Media Studies] Panel Presentations Adams, T. E. (2009, November). On accountability. To be presented at the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Adams, T. E. (2009, November). Making sense of an abrupt death: Autoethnography, gay identity, and the politics of loss. To be presented at the National Adams, T. E. (2009, November). Seeking father (again). To be presented at the National Adams, T. E. (2009, May). The spatial bias of ethnography. To be presented at the Fifth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Adams, T. E. (2009, May). The state of ' gay' in Proposition 8. To be presented at the Fifth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Adams, T. E. (2009, April). Being practically queer. Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO. Adams, T. E. (2009, April). Incorporating Transgender and Transsexual Research into the communication curriculum. To be presented at the Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO. Adams, T. E. (2008, May). Mentoring relationships. Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. 4
Holman Jones, S. and Adams, T. E. (2008, May). Autoethnography is queer [Invited Plenary]. Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Adams, T. E. (2008, April). Staying sane on the academic job market. Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI. Adams, T. E. (2007, May). Autoethnography s uncontestable evidence. Third International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Adams, T. E., Owen, J. A. T., McRae, C., Vitale, A. (2007, May). Truth in life research. Third International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Adams, T. E. (2007, March). (Human) media coverage of LGBTQ nonhumans. Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN. Adams, T. E. (2007, February). A just and critical approach to coming out. Western States Communication Association, Seattle, WA. Adams, T. E. (2006, November). The aquaria is the message. National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX. Adams, T. E. (2006, May). The politics of story-writing, -telling, and -listening. Second International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Boylorn, R. M. and T. E. Adams. (2006, May). Talking across the divide: Dialoguing race and gender. Second International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Adams, T. E. (2005, May). Seeking father: Relationally reframing a troubled love story. First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Adams, T. E. (2005, April). Doing environmentalist. Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO. Adams, T. E. (2004, April). The (un)naturalness of my existence: Phenomenologically investigating relationships between nature and culture. Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH. Adams, T. E. (2003, November). Apparently I m a homo-phoney : Being accused of being straight. National Communication Association, Miami, FL. Adams, A. E. (2002, November). Two s company: Living the gay life straightly. National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. Conference Service Adams, T. E. (2009, November). Playing and performing gender: Constructing and deconstructing femininity and masculinity through music and comedy [Respondent]. To be presented at the National Adams, T. E. (2009, April). Identity and sexual orientation [Respondent]. Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO. 5
Adams, T. E. (2009, April). Top papers in Communication Theory [Chair]. Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO. Adams, T. E. (2009, April). Top documentary shorts: A CSCA triple feature [Chair]. Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO. Holman Jones, S. and Adams, T. E. (2008, May). Plenary Session: Queering social justice [Chair]. Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Adams, T. E. (2008, April). More queer images: Representation of queers in visual culture [Chair]. Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI. Adams, T. E. (2008, April). Top competitive papers submitted to the sexual orientation and gender identity caucus [Chair]. Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI. Adams, T. E. (2007, November). Papers of concern: LBGT essays [Chair]. National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Adams, T. E. (2007, November). Bisexual reflections on the outsider-within: Explorations of interpersonal and public discourse about sexuality [Chair]. National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Adams, T. E. (2007, March). Communication and social responsibility [Chair]. Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN. Adams, T. E. (2007, March). Top faculty papers in the Media Studies Interest Group [Chair]. Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN. Adams, T. E. (2006, November). Constituting selves as the connective tissue of communication and ethnography [Chair]. National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX. Adams, T. E. (2006, May). Narrative ethics: Theory, history, vulnerability [Chair]. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Adams, T. E. (2006, April). Top papers in the Media Studies Interest Group [Chair.] Central States Communication Association, Indianapolis, IN Awards and Honors Arthur P. Bochner Award in Recognition of Outstanding Achievement in Doctoral Studies, Department of Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa (April 2008) Distinguished Graduate Achievement Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa (March 2008) Summer Predoctoral Fellowship [$6,000.00], Graduate School, University of South Florida, Tampa (April 2007) 6
Service Provost s Commendation for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida, Tampa (April 2007) International Communication Association Teacher of the Year, Department of Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa (March 2007) College of Arts and Sciences Publication Award, University of South Florida, Tampa (December 2006) Bernard Downs Spirit Award, Department of Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa (April 2006) Top Paper Award, Communication Theory Interest Group, Central States Communication Association (April 2006) Samuel Becker Top Paper Award, Media Studies Interest Group, Central States Communication Association (April 2005) Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Core Curriculum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (October 2003) Thomas J. Pace Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (May 2003) Most Distinguished Senior, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (April 2001) FM Student of the Year, Department of Radio-Television, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (April 2001) Joe Foote Off-Campus Study Scholarship, Department of Radio-Television, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (April 2000) Scarpelli Endowment for Academic Excellence, Department of Radio-Television, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (April 2000) Manuscript Reviewer, Journals Editorial Board, Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research (March 2006 Present) Guest Editorial Board, Southern Communication Journal (September 2008-January 2009) Guest Editorial Board, Iowa Journal of Communication (September 2007-March 2008) Qualitative Inquiry (September 2006, February 2008, May 2008, March 2009) Western Journal of Communication (January 2009) International Journal of Multicultural Education (November 2008) Anthropologica (September 2008) Cultural Studies Critical Methodologies (November 2006, September 2007) 7
Sexualities (August 2007) Forum of Qualitative Scholarship (November 2005, May 2006) Rocky Mountain Communication Review (May 2005) Manuscript Reviewer, Conferences Communication Theory Interest Group, Graduate Student Caucus, Central States Communication Association (October 2007) Critical and Cultural Studies Division, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered Communication Studies Division, Ethnography Division, Caucus on Gay and Lesbian Concerns, National Communication Association (February 2007) Media Studies Interest Group, Graduate Student Caucus, Central States Communication Association (September 2006) Ethnography Division, National Communication Association (February 2006) Media Studies Interest Group, Central States Communication Association (October 2005) National-Regional-Disciplinary Annual Convention Member Working Committee, National Communication Association (March 2009-Present) Chair, Communication Theory Interest Group, Central States Communication Association (April 2008-Present) Vice Chair, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Caucus, Central States Communication Association (April 2007-Present) Campus Representative, Florida Communication Association (January 2005-May 2008) Vice Chair, Communication Theory Interest Group, Central States Communication Association (March 2007-April 2008) Secretary, Communication Theory Interest Group, Central States Communication Association (April 2006-March 2007) University-Department Co-Advisor, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Alliance, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago (February 2009-Present) Faculty Search Committee, Department of Communication Media and Theatre, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago (October 2008-January 2009) Co-Moderator, Sexual Harassment Awareness, Center for 21 st Century Teaching Excellence, University of South Florida, Tampa (August 2007) 8
Faculty Search Committee, Department of Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa (November 2006-February 2007) Co-President, Graduate Communication Association, University of South Florida, Tampa (June 2005-May 2006) Moderator, Speaker s Forum, Department of Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (April 2004) English in Action, International Student Affairs, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (August 2000-May 2001) Community Volunteer, The Florida Aquarium, Tampa, FL (January 2005-July 2006) Volunteer, WSIU-FM, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (June 1999-May 2001) Professional Affiliations National Communication Association (Life Member) Central States Communication Association (Life Member) Western States Communication Association (2007) International Association of Qualitative Inquiry (May 2005-Present) Florida Communication Association (2005-2007) 9