Noemi Marin - CV - Florida Atlantic University

EDUCATION
Curriculum Vitae
NOEMI MARIN
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Rd.
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Phone: (561) 297-2623
E-mail:nmarin@fau.edu
www.communication.fau.edu/marin.html
Ph. D., Rhetoric - University of Maryland, College Park, 1999
Dissertation: Rhetorical Readings on Exile and Identity in Eastern and Central Europe:
Konrád, Codrescu and Drakulić. Advisor: Dr. James F. Klumpp
M.A. with Distinction, Communication - California State University, Northridge, 1994
M.A. with Distinction, English and Spanish Language and Literature - University of Bucharest,
Romania
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Campus, Assistant Professor, 2001-current
[Graduate Faculty]
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Campus, Visiting Assistant Professor, 1999-2001
University of Maryland, University College, Adjunct Faculty, 1998
Lynn University, Adjunct Professor, Fall Semester 1999
University of Maryland, College Park, Graduate Assistant, 1995-1999
Prince George's Community College, Adjunct Faculty, 1996-1997
Santa Monica Community College, Adjunct Faculty, 1995
California State University, Northridge, Adjunct Faculty, 1994-1995
Woodbury University, Burbank, Adjunct Faculty, 1994
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University of California, at Los Angeles, Lecturer, 1994-1995
California State University, Northridge, Teaching Assistant, 1992-1994
Romanian Civil Aviation College, Bucharest, Romania, Professor of English and Spanish, 1980-
1990.
SCHOLARSHIP
a. REFEREED WORKS
Book Chapters
“Romanian Dirge: Women’s Ritualistic Narratives of Life and Death as Cultural Construction of
Identity in Southeastern Europe.” Intercultural Communication and Creative Practice: Music,
Dance, and Women’s Cultural Identity. Ed. L. Lengel. Greenwood/Praeger Press, Westport, CT,
2005, 107-120.
“Rhetoric at the Gates of Revolution: Romanian Presidential Discourse in Translation.” Advances in
the History of Rhetoric, Vol.7. Ed. Robert Gaines. Annual Publication of the American Society for
the History of Rhetoric. 2005. 293-312.
ARhetoric of Exilic Identity: A Search for Redefinition,@Migrazioni, Interazioni e Conflictti
Nella Construzione Di Una Democrazia Europea (Migration, Interaction and Conflict in
Construing European Democracy), Dario Melossi, Ed. Dott. A, Giuffre Editore, Milano, Italy,
2003, 261-279. [link, PDF]
“The Rhetoric of Andrei Codrescu: A Reading on Exilic Fragmentation,” Realms of Exile:
Nomadism, Diasporas and Eastern European Voices, Ed. Domnica Radulescu. Rowman and
Littlefield Press-Lexington Series, Lanham, MD: 2002, 87-107. [link to book]
“Intellectuals’ Civic Discourse in New Europe: Konrad and Cultural Responsibilities of a Civil
Society,” Culture and Technology in the New Europe: Civic Discourse in Transformation in Post-
Communist Nations, Ed. Laura Lengel, Ablex /Greenwood Press, Stamford, CT, 2000, 51-63.[link to
book]
Journal Articles
(in press) “Communication Adaptation and Competence in Global Times: Intercultural
Challenges for Eastern European Foreign Graduate Students in American Academia,” The
Journal of Journalism and Communication, Univ of Bucharest, 2006. (Manuscript in English , 1-
18 pages).
Noemi Marin, “Eastern European Exile and Its Contemporary Condition,” Migration:A European
Journal of International Migration and Ethnic Relations, 33/34/35 (2002): 155-171. Parabolis
Publishing House, Berlin Institute for Comparative Social Research. Editor, Jutta Aumuller. Abstract
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online: http://www.emz-berlin.de/migratio/mig33e.htm
“Slavenka Drakulic: Dissidence and Rhetorical Voice in Postcommunist Eastern Europe,” East
European Politics and Societies, 15.3 (2002): 678-697.
“Turning American: Cultural Challenges for Foreign Students in American Universities” Czas
Kultury, 3(102) (2001) 17-21. University of Poznan Press, Poland. Abstract online: <
http://www.geocities.com/wlodek_fenrych/czas_kultury>
“Romanian Dirge: A Ballad in Its Own Right,” Ballads and Boundaries: Narrative Singing in an
International Context: Proceedings of the 23 rd International Ballad Conference of the Commission
for Folk Poetry (Societe Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore) University of California, Los
Angeles, June 21-24, 1993, Ed. James Porter. University of California, Los Angeles, 1995, 21-28.
Translations
Noemi Marin, Trans. (2005) “Communiqué to the Country by the Council of the National Salvation
Front,” The People’s Sparkle, Dec. 23, 1989, Romania. Advances in the History of Rhetoric, Ed.
Robert Gaines. Annual Publication of the American Society for the History of Rhetoric.(4 ms. pages).
Noemi Marin, Trans.(2005). “Defending Romania’s Socialist Achievements, Its Independence and Its
Territorial Integrity- Address by Comrade Nicolae Ceausescu,” The Sparkle, LIX.14726, Dec. 22,
1989, Romania. Advances in the History of Rhetoric, Ed. Robert Gaines. Annual Publication of the
American Society for the History of Rhetoric (6 ms. pages).
Book Reviews
Noemi Marin, “Web Literacies” for Hawisher, E. Gail and Cynthia L. Selfe (Eds.), Global Literacies
and the World-Wide Web, London: Routledge, 2000, Language and Intercultural Communication ,
1.2 (2001): 172-74.
Noemi Marin, “Electric Rhetoric: New and Challenging Ways to Re-Read Discourse” for Kathleen E.
Welch, Electric Rhetoric: Classical Rhetoric, Oralism, and a New Literacy. Digital Communication
Series, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999, Journal of Literacy and Technology
, 1,2 ( Spring 2001) Ed. Jonathan Taylor. Online Issue- posted
8/14/2001.
b. INVITED
(Forthcoming) “American Universities as Discursive Geographies” The Journal of Journalism and
Communication, Univ. of Bucharest, Romania. Editor, Dr. Marian Petcu . (10 ms. Pages).
“Intercultural Challenges for Foreign Students into the Stressful Journey of Graduate School.”1996.
Bloomington: ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), CD-Rom, June 1997. (20 pages).
Co-Authored
Noemi Marin and Laura Lengel, “Impact of Media on Conflict Resolution and Education in the New
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Europe, Global Media Journal 1.1, Fall 2002. ISSN 1550-7521. Inaugural Issue, On-line. . Guest Editor, Patrick Murphy. (22 pages).
[article link, posted in PDF]
Newsletter Articles
Noemi Marin, “See You in Miami!” Human Communication and Technology Division Newsletter,
volume 2, issue 2, 2003, 1-3. Online version available at www.hctd.net
Noemi Marin, “Teaching Romanian From a Communication Education Perspective,” Romanian
Studies Association of America Newsletter, 17.2, December 2000, 5-9. [link, PDF]
Noemi Marin and Mary Wiemann, Human Communication and Technology Division Newsletter,
4.2, 2004, 1-3. Online version available at www.hctd.net
Noemi Marin and Mary Wiemann, Welcome to the Human Communication and Technology
Division- 5.1 (Winter 2005) 1-2. . Online version available at www.hctd.net
Other Instructional and Research Material
Noemi Marin, Content Writer for Online Course Intercultural CommunicationBSPCH 482,
University of Maryland, University College, 2000. (50 ms. pages).
Noemi Marin, and Laura Lengel (Book Chapter).“Internationalizing Faculty Development:
Technology and Education for Civil Society.” In Internationalizing Higher Education in
Southeastern Europe. Thessaloniki, Greece: Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast
Europe Press. (27 ms. pages).
Creative Writing
Noemi Marin, AAmerican Me,@ Night Music, Eds. E.G. Sapp and A. T. Kulemeka,
UMUC Press, 2001:33-34. [link, PDF]
Noemi Marin, AYou and I--Facets of Each Other,@ Night Music, Eds. E.G. Sapp and A. T.
Kulemeka, UMUC Press, 2001:38. [Link, PDF]
Noemi Marin, AComme Tu Es Belle, Femme,@ in Poetes Roumains Cntemporains, Ed. Irina
Petras, Trans. Ioana Craciunescu and Alexandre Stefanescu, Ecrits des Forges, Quebec, Canada
and Didactic and Pedagogic Press, Bucharest, Romania, 2000: 132-133. [Link, PDF]
Noemi Marin, Apa Timpului-Poezii, [Water of Time: Poetry], Akademos Series, Eds. Constantin
Floricel and Irina Petras, Didactic and Pedagogic Press, Bucharest, Romania, 1995.
[Link, Samples, PDF]
Noemi Marin, APoems,@ Romanian National Literary Magazine, Bucharest, Romania, 1989.
Noemi Marin, ANoemi Marin: Literary Profile of a Poetess,@ Literary Magazine for Romanian
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Youth, Bucharest, Romania,1987.
National Poetry Award, Dorohoi, Romania, 1988; Bucharest, Pasarea Maiastra, 1987.
Other Creative Activities
“Chrismas and Revolution” Essay recorded, Broadcast, Proteus-Wavelengths-FAU-Dec. 15,
16, 17 2005.
Dissent Symposium- Script “Who Am I? What Am I? Why Am I?” FAU, April 18, 2005
c. WORKS UNDER CONSIDERATION
Book
Public Intellectuals, Rhetoric and Resistance; Discourse of Democracy in Eastern Europe- Book
Manuscript (340 ms. pages)
Book Chapter
Co-Authored (Noemi Marin and Laura Lengel), “Emerging Media Transformations in New
Europe: Past and Future Challenges” Globalization and Media Transformation in New and
Emerging Democracies, Eds. Isaac A. Blankson and Patrick D. Murphy, -Under review UP
Articles
“Re-Formatted Presidential Rhetoric in Romania: Internet Appeals to Virtual Audiences” (27
ms.pages) –Revisions for submission.
d. WORK IN PROGRESS
Books:
Co-Edited Volume on Presidential Rhetoric in Eastern and Central Europe, (with Cezar Ornatowski,
San Diego State Univ., scheduled for 2007)
Poetry and Essays Volume, Romanian and English, (scheduled for 2007)-Creative Activity
Book Chapters/Articles
Book Chapter on Romanian Totalitarian Rhetoric, for volume edited by Philippe Salazar, France,
2007.
Article on Exile and Culture, intended for an international academic journal. [2007-8]
Co-Authored Works in Progress:
Book Chapter,-Laura Lengel and Noemi Marin, “User-Centered Evaluation of an International e-
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Learning Community” for book edited by N. Labropoulos and P. Zaphiris, Centered Evaluation and
Online Communities- 2007.
Book Chapter, -Noemi Marin and James Klumpp, “Identification, the Critical Intellectual, and the
Building of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of George Konrad,” Re-Imagined
Communities: Rhetoric,Change, and Democratization. Eds. M. McFarland and M. Pollock -under
review
e. PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
(*) Competitive Conference Papers.
(**) Competitive Panel Presentations.
National and International Conferences
“The Goddess in Different Cultural Colors: Portrayals of Feminity in Eastern Europe” (Coauthored
with Laura Lengel)- Boston, National Communication Association, Boston, November
16-20, 2005 **
“Memory of Otherness ass a Rhetorical Theory of Resistance,” Contesting Public Memory-
Conference, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, Oct. 7, 8 2005 **
”When Global Reaches Emerging Democracies of New Europe,” Global Fusion 2005 Conference,
Athens, Ohio, Oct. 1, 2005.**
“Vocabularies of Dissention, Nationalism and Resistance: New Rhetorical Identities in the
Balkans” International Society for the History of Rhetoric-15 th Biennial International Congress,
Los Angeles, California, July 13-16, 2005*
“Edward Said: Rhetoric, Exile and Voice,”-National Communication Association Convention,
Chicago, Nov 14, 2004.*
“Computer-Mediated Communication and Higher Education Challenges in Eastern Europe,”
National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, Nov 11, 2004 **
“Performing Traditions of Passage: Women’s Voices and Cultural Constructions of Identity in
Romania,” Organization for the Studies of Communication, Gender and Language, South Bend,
IN Oct. 14-17, 2004 *
“Old and New Agendas of National Redefinition: Romania’s Presidential Discourse in Transition,”
Rhetoric Society of America, Austin, Texas, May 28-31, 2004. *
“National Identity, Publics, and the Balkans: The Rhetoric of Slobodan Milosevic,” National
Communication Association, Miami Beach, November 20-23, 2003 **
ATurning American: The Expatriate Experience Teaching in the US and International Faculty
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Appointments, @ National Communication Association Convention, Miami Beach, November 20-
23, 2003.**
“Charging History, Recharging Nationalism: Rhetorical Voices of Past and Present Romania”
International Society for the History of Rhetoric Congress, Madrid, Calahorra,, July 14-19, 2003.*
“Theoretical Venues for Public Intellectuals= Discourse: Rhetoric, Citizenship, and Critical Issues,”
National Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, November 21-24, 2002.*
“Action on the Net: Implications of Book Review Editing in the Technological Era,” National
Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, November 21-24, 2002.**
“Acting Political Communication, Strategies of Translating Political Discourse in Intercultural
Contexts, National Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, November 21-24, 2002.*
“Exile in Eastern Europe: A Postmodern Condition,@ Global Diasporas and the United States: Exile,
Migration, Race and Ethnicity International Conference, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton,
November 9, 2002.*
“Formatted Rhetoric: Argumentation on the Web in Presidential Campaign 2002 Romania,@
International Conference on Argumentation and Dialogue in Technological Era, Swiss-Italian
University, Lugano, Switzerland, Jun.29-July 3,2002.*
“Romanian Democracy and Nationalism: Political Discourse in Crisis,” Poster Session, ICA
Convention, July 15, 2002, Seoul, South Korea.**
“Iliescu versus Iliescu: Romanian Presidential Elections, Discursive Practices, and Rhetorical
Vocabularies of Democracy,” Rhetoric Society of America Tenth Biennial, Las Vegas, May 23-26,
2002.*
“When Words of Freedom Remain In Transition: Rhetorical Reconstruction of Civil Society in
Eastern and Central Europe,” Rhetoric Society of America Tenth Biennial, Las Vegas, May 23-26,
2002.**
“Vocabularies of Dissension, Nationalism and Resistance: New Rhetorical Identities in the Balkans.”
War in the Balkans International Conference, Florida Atlantic University, February 24, 2002.*
“Appeals in Rhetorical Hyperspace: Presidential Rhetoric in Eastern Europe and USA,” National
Communication Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, November 1-4, 2001.*
“Can Post-Communist Discourse Be Written in HTML?: Re-Call for Civil Society in Eastern
Europe,” National Communication Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, November 1-4, 2001**
“Rooting Presidential Discourse on the Web: New and Old Rhetorical Challenges in Romania,”
National Communication Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, November 1-4, 2001.*
“Romanian Post-Communist Discourse and the Internet: Another Call for Civic Discourse?” 6 th
International Conference, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 20-21, 2001.*
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Local Presentations
“Intercultural Communication for University Employees” Dean’s Forum, Florida Atlantic University,
May 13, 2003.
“The Rhetoric of Andrei Codrescu: A Voice of Fragmentation,” Ph. D. Colloquium Series, Ph.D.
Program, Atlantic University, February 17, 2003.
“Dissent and Rhetoric of Reconstitution,” Faculty Research Colloquia, Florida Atlantic University,
Spring 2002.
“Dissidence in Central and Eastern Europe: The Rhetorical Role of Public Intellectuals in
Communist and Post-Communist Discourse,” Ph. D. Colloquium Series, Ph.D. Program on Public
Intellectuals, Florida Atlantic University, March 8, 2000.
Conference Papers and Presentations [2000-1990]
“Different Cultural Roles Students and Professors Perform in Romanian and American Universities:
A Brief Intercultural Comparison,” National Communication Association, National Convention,
Seattle, Washington, 10 November 2000. **
“Teaching Romanian from an Intercultural Communicative Perspective,” National Communication
Association, National Convention, Seattle, Washington, 12 November 2000. *
“Rhetoric, Dissidence, and Reconstitutive Powers of Voice: Public Intellectuals in Central and
Eastern Europe,” Rhetoric-Constitution- Agency Conference, Concordia University, Montreal,
Canada, 30 September 2000.*
“Political Action in Exile,” Third European Social Science History Conference, organized by
International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Vrije Universiteit, 15 April
2000.*
“Repositioning the Speaker in Post-Communist Discourse: A Rhetorical and Cultural Action,”
Rhetoric Society of America, Biennial Conference, 25 May 2000.*
“Torn Between the Balkan Lines: Slavenka Drakulic and Her Rhetorical Quest of Identity,” Modern
Language Association, Annual International Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 27 December 1999.*
“Critical Intellectuals in Post-Communist Eastern and Central Europe: A Discourse of Dissidence,”
Pre-Conference Seminar, National Communication Association, National Convention, Chicago,
Illinois, 3 November 1999.**
“A Rhetorical Approach to Romanian Political Discourse Before and After the 1989 Revolution,”
Competitive Papers, Georgia Political Science Association Convention, Savannah, Georgia, 18-20
February 1999.**
“Exilic Discourse: Romanian Borders and Andrei Codrescu,” Modern Language Association, Annual
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International Convention, San Francisco, California, 27 December 1998. *
“Intercultural Public Speaking: A Tentative Rationale and Syllabus,” Competitive Papers, Basic
Course Division, National Communication Association, National Convention, New York, New York,
23 November 1998. *
“Culture, Rhetoric in Transit, and Intellectuals’ Responsibilities after 1989,” Rhetoric Society of
America Biennial Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 5 June 1998.*
“Basic Course and Intercultural Audience,” Fourth Annual University of Maryland-Pennsylvania
State University Graduate Student Conference, College Park, 21 February 1998.**
“Keeping Up with the Internet: An Effective Promise,” Presenter and Moderator at the Panel on
AThe Rhetoric of the Promise Keepers,@ Fourth Annual University of Maryland-Pennsylvania State
University Graduate Student Conference, College Park, Maryland, 21 February 1998.**
“Exilic Discourse: Redefinitions of the ”International Conference on Migration and a New
European Democracy, Sponsored by European Community, University of Bologna, and International
Sociology Association, Bologna, Italy, 18 December 1997.*
“The Condition of Exile: A Postmodern Condition,” Competitive Papers, Student Division, National
Communication Association, National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 22 November 1997.*
“Exilic Narratives of Eastern European Intellectuals,” All-Minority Conference, Clarion University,
Pennsylvania, 7 November 1997.*
“Eastern European Contemporary Migration: Losing Rhetorical Power,” Poster Session, European
Conference on Diaspora Immigrants, Sponsored by European Commission and European Academy,
Berlin, Germany, 6 September 1997.*
“Ceausescu's Romania and the Concept of an Audience,” Fourth Symposium on Romanian Studies,
University of California, at Los Angeles, California, 28 May 1997. **
“Plurality of Exilic Discourse: A Postmodern Narrative,” Eastern Communication Association
Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, 11 April 1997.*
“The Intellectual of Central and Eastern Europe: A New Rhetorical Persona,” The Center for the
Study of Post-Communist Societies and Center for International Development and Conflict
Management Graduate Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 11 April
1997.*
“Context and Text: Postmodern Readings,” Third Penn State-University of Maryland Graduate
Student Conference, State College, Pennsylvania, 24 February 1997. **
“Kristeva’s : A Postmodern Description of the Foreigner,” Modern
Language Association, Annual International Convention, Washington, D.C., 27 December 27 1996.*
“Romanian Audiences During Ceausescu Regime,” Speech Communication Association, National
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Convention, San Diego, California, 24 November 1996.**
“Graduate Students at Risk---An Intercultural Perspective,” Competitive Paper, Students-at-Risk
Division, Speech Communication Association, National Convention, San Diego, California. 24
November 1996.*
“Challenging Contemporary Rhetorical Theory: A Perspective by Incongruity,” Second Penn State-
Maryland Graduate Student Conference, College Park, Maryland, 23 February 1996.**
“Teaching Romanian: A Communication Education Perspective,” Romanian Studies Division,
Modern Language Association, Annual International Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 28 December
1995.* [link-online Newsletter]
“Rhetorical Aspects of the Current Romanian Discourse Situation,” Second Graduate Student
Colloquium for Romanian Studies, University of California, at Los Angeles, California, 27 May
1995.**
“Post Communists in Search of a Rhetorician: Political and Social Implications of the Rhetorical
Crisis in Romania,” Society for Romanian Studies Conference, New York, New York, 12 November
1994.*
“The Hole in the Flag: A Rhetorical Analysis,” Graduate Student Colloquium for Romanian Studies,
University of California, Los Angeles, California, 3 June 1994. **
“Rhetoric of Exile, Discourse of Transgression: A Cultural-Critical Perspective,” Competitive Paper ,
Rhetoric and Public Address Interest Group, Western States Communication Association
Convention, San Jose, California, 22 February 1994.*
“Feminist Challenges or What Do Male Communicators Fear: Karen Foss's Contribution to
Communication Studies,” Special Panel on Women and Communication, Western States
Communication Association Convention, San Jose, California, 22 February 1994. **
“A Critical Perspective on Interpersonal Communication and Romanian-American Interactions,”
Society for Romanian Studies Conference, New York, New York, 12 February 1994.**
“Romanian Dirge: A Ballad in Its Own Right,” International Conference of Ethnography and
Folklore, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 4 June 1993.*
“The Interpretive Discourse and Romanian Choral Art,” Congress of the American Romanian
Academy, California State University, Northridge, California, 17 June 1992.*
First Author-Co-Authored Conference Presentations
(*) Competitive Conference Papers.
(**) Competitive Panel Presentations
National and International
Noemi Marin and Laura Lengel, “The Politics of Privilege: Rapport, Privacy and Vulnerability,”
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OSCLG Conference, Ft. Mitchell, KY, October 2003.*
Noemi Marin and Laura Lengel, “Internationalizing Higher Education through and Intercultural
Communication and Technology Initiative,” 1 st Annual Bowling Green State University Research
Conference, November 7-8, 2002.**
Noemi Marin and Laura Lengel, “Internationalizing Faculty Development in Southeastern Europe:
Technology and Education for Civil Society,” Competitive Research selected for IIENetwork
Research Symposium, sponsored by Institute of International Education and the Center for
Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 11-13, 2002. *
Noemi Marin and James Klumpp, “Identification, the Critical Intellectual, and the Building of
Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of George Konrad,” Rhetoric and Public
Address Division, Western States Communication Association Convention, Sacramento, California,
27 Feb. 2000.*
Conference Participation –Chair, Respondent, Organizer, Discussant
Seminar, International Argumentation Conference, FAU, Feb, 2006.
Romanian Discussion Group, MLA, San Diego, December 2003.
Panel, Globalization, Information Control, and Social Power: Regional Updates from Africa,
Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, National Communication Association, Miami
Beach, November 20-23, 2003.
Respondent, Who, What, Where, When, and …Why?:Adoption Case Studies in Technology,” National
Communication Association, Miami Beach, November 20-23, 2003.
NCA Preconvention Thematic Conference, Applied Discourse of Citizenship: The Dialogue on
Public Intellectuals, National Communication Association, Miami Beach, November 20-23, 2003.
NCA Panel, Looking for New Roots in the New Europe: Communication Technology and Central and
Eastern Europe, National Communication Association Convention, Atlanta, November 3, 2001.
Roundtable Participant, Re-Energizing Our Roots: The Application of Intercultural Theory and
Research in Real World Settings, IICD Division, National Communication Association Annual
Convention, Atlanta, November 1, 2001.
FCA Panel Organizer, Rhetorical Theories Revisited: New Ways To Address Old Issues [Panel
Undergraduate Students-Papers on Rhetorical Theory] Florida Communication Association 71 st
Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL October 19, 2001.
Panel on Cinema in China, Latin American Media, and HTML in Romania,
6 th International Conference, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 20, 2001.
Roundtable Participant, 6 th International Conference, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester,
NY, July 21, 2001.
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Chair, Presenter, Rhetorical Approach to Romanian Political Discourse Before and After the 1989
Revolution, Georgia Political Science Association Convention, Savannah, Georgia, 19 February
1999.
Chair and Presenter, Pre-Conference Seminar on Eastern and Central Europe: 10 Years Later,
National Communication Association, National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 3 November 1999.**
Chair and Presenter, Culture, Rhetoric in Transit, and Intellectuals= Responsibilities after 1989,
Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 5 June 1998.
Moderator and Presenter, The Rhetoric of the Promise Keepers, Fourth Annual University of
Maryland-Pennsylvania State University Graduate Student Conference, College Park,
Maryland, 21 February 1998.
Chair and Presenter, Romania and Its Political Discourse, Fourth Symposium on Romanian Studies,
University of California, at Los Angeles, California, 28 May 1997.
f. COMPETITIVE GRANTS
Morrow Fund, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Communication,
2006-Research Grant
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Summer Research Stipend, FAU 2005
Florida Atlantic University Research Division Travel Grant for Participation at International History
of Rhetoric Society Congress, Los Angeles, July 2005.
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Summer Research Stipend, FAU 2003
Research Grant (Laura Lengel and Noemi Marin), Institute of International Education, Competitive
Panel, Research Grant Program 2002 AChallenges in Internationalizing Higher Education in
Southeastern Europe: Policy and Practice.@ July 2002 (Symposium Participation Included)
Florida Atlantic University Research Division Travel Grant for Participation at International
Conference on Argumentation and Dialogue in Technological Era, Swiss-Italian University, Lugano,
July 2002.
Goldhaber Travel Grant, University of Maryland, College Park, October 1997.
g. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Executive Editor, Journal of Literacy and Technology, Academic Journal online,
http://www.literacyandtechnology.org, 2005-2008
Reviewer, World Literature Journal, 2006; 2004.
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Reviewer, Advances in the History of Rhetoric, 2005
Book Review Editor, The Journal of Literacy and Technology, online 2000-2005.
http://www.literacyandtechnology.org
Member, Editorial Board, Advances in the History of Rhetoric, 2003-2005.
Member, Editorial Board, Jurnalism si Comunicare (Journalism and Communication) Journal/U of
Bucharest, 2005-current
Presenter, Research Symposium IIENetwork Higher Education Research Symposium Sponsored by
the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Khassandhra, Greece 11 October 2002
Reviewer, National Communication Association, Human Communication and Technology Division,
2003, 2004.
Reviewer, National Communication Association, Human Communication and Technology Division,
2005.
Planner, Co-Chair (with Mary Weimann) for Programming for Human Communication and
Technology Division, National Communication Association, Chicago, 2004.
Short Course Instructor, National Communication Association: Computer-Mediated Communication
Short Course, with Dr. C. Thurlow and Dr. L. Lengel, Chicago, November 2004.
Short Course Instructor, National Communication Association: Computer-Mediated Communication
Short Course, with Dr. Laura Lengel, , Miami Beach, November 2003.
Invited Lecturer, Fulbright International Summer Institute, Bulgaria, August 2003- Course on
Computer Mediated Communication http://www.fisi-bg.com.
Invited Lecturer, Fulbright International Summer Institute, Bulgaria, 2004-Course on Intercultural
Communication. http://www.fisi-bg.com.
TEACHING - ADVISING
a. ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS: TEACHING/ADVISING
Nomination, Distinguished Teaching of the Year Award, College Level, 2005-FAU
Appointed Graduate Faculty, FAU Division of Research, 2005-2010.
Nominated finalist, College of Arts and Letters for Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, Florida
Atlantic University, 2003.
Outstanding Teacher Award, Panhellenic Association, University of Maryland, College Park, Fall
1998.
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Distinguished Teaching Assistant, Center of Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland, 1998-99.
Outstanding Teacher Award, Panhellenic Association, University of Maryland, College Park, Fall
1997.
Distinguished Teaching Assistant, Center of Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland, 1997-98.
Dean’s List of Outstanding Teachers, University of Maryland, University College, Fall 1998.
b. SEMINARS, WORKSHOP AND GUEST LECTURES
Seminar Co-Leader (Michael Lane Bruner and Noemi Marin) Seminar on “Rhetoric in Transition”,
International Argumentation Conference, Wake Forest-Florida Atlantic University, February, 2006.
“Eastern and Central European Propaganda-Romania and Hungary ” (with Dr. Laszlo Komlosi, U of
Pec, Hungary), Propaganda and Persuasion Class (Prof. David C. Williams, February 16, 2006).
Invited Lecturer, Intercultural Graduate Workshop, Dr. Lynda Dee Dixon, Bowling Green State
Univ. May 2005.
“Rhetorical Invention and Kenneth Burke”- Rhetorical Criticism Class (Prof. H. Ross), November 18,
2003
Lecturer, Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Workshop, Florida Atlantic University, May 2005.
Instructor Specialist, International Instructional Grant, Bowling Green State Univ, May 2005.
Lecturer, Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Workshop, Florida Atlantic University, June 2004.
Research Workshop-Lecturer “Tools for Strengthening Internationalization and Networking”-
Institute of Internationalizing Education- Thessaloniki, Greece, December 2003*
Research Workshop– Guest Lecturer “Tools for Strengthening Internationalization and Networking”-
Institute of Internationalizing Education- Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003*
Organizer, Presenter, and Co-Chair (with David Park) Pre-convention Thematic Conference,
“Applied Discourse of Citizenship: Extending the Dialogue on Public Intellectuals” National
Communication Association Convention, Miami Beach, November 19, 2003.
Seminar Leader, National Communication Association Annual Convention, Seminar Series;
Fall of Communism and the Impact of Democracy on Global Discourse: Ten Years After,@ Chicago,
November 3, 1999.
Invited Address, Intercultural Communication Course, University of Maryland, College Park: Dr.
Andrew Wolvin, March 1999.
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Training Workshop, ACommunication and Tutoring,@ Athletics Department, Don Pearman,
Academic Program Director, University of Maryland, College Park, 8 December 1998.
Invited Address, Residence Life Program, Chestertown Hall, R.A. Swap Das, University of
Maryland, College Park, Fall 1997.
Invited Address, Intercultural Communication Course, Dr. Rebecca Litke, California State
University, Northridge, Spring 1995.
Invited Address, Performance Studies Course, Dr. Christie Logan, California State University,
Northridge, Spring 1994.
Invited Address, Women's Studies Course, Dr. Elizabeth Berry, California State University,
Northridge, Spring 1993.
c. COURSES TAUGHT - Communication and Literature and Languages
COMMUNICATION
Graduate Courses
Public Matters II (Ph.D. Program Course - 2003, 2004-FAU)
Public Intellectuals in Post-Communist Eastern Europe: Rhetoric of Resistance and Dissent (new
course 2005- Ph. D. Comparative Studies Course, FAU)
Rhetorical Criticism (2004- FAU)
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory (2003, 2004-FAU)
Graduate Seminar on Communication Education and Research for Teaching Assistants (FAU,
2003/4)
Rhetoric and Eastern European Democracy and Revolution-Course under preparation
Undergraduate Courses
Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Communication: Principles and Practice
Communication: Principles and Practice, Honors Students
Introduction to Human Communication and Rhetoric
Rhetorical Criticism
Classical Rhetorical Theory
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Communication Online
Communication, Gender and Language
Conflict and Negotiation
Small Group Communication
Interpersonal Communication
Public Speaking for Foreign Students
American Cultural Communication*
* Course Newly Developed
LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES
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College Courses-1985-1999
Romanian Language and Literature (UCLA)
English Language and Literature*
Beginning English Language and Culture*
Intermediate English Language and Culture*
Advanced English Language and Culture*
Introduction to English Literature*
Conversational Skills for Civil Aviation *
Fundamentals of Radiotelephony for Foreign Students*
Spanish Language and Literature*
Beginning Spanish Language & Culture*
Intermediate Spanish Language & Culture*
Advanced Spanish Language & Culture*
Advanced Conversation and Composition for Civil Aviation*
* Courses taught in Romania at the Romanian Civil Aviation College, Bucharest.
Instructional Grants
Instructional International Grant- Frontera Project, Invited Consultant, Bowling Green State
University, May 2005.
Defended Dissertations and Theses: Committee Member
Ph. D. - Beverly Lomer, 2006
Ph. D. - Caren Neile, 2003
Defended Theses: Chair
M.A. Katja Bougayeva- 2006
Defended M.A. Non-Thesis Option: Chair
M.A. Kimberly Stiles 2005
M.A. Lauren Schmier 2005
M.A. Corina Montiel 2004
SERVICE
a. UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Member, Research and Other Creative Activities, College of Arts and Letters, FAU, 2005-2006
Chair, Search for Associate Position in Rhetoric and Culture, Department of Communication,
2003-2004
Member, Search Committee, Intercultural Position, Department of Communication, 2004-2005
Coordinator, Teaching Assistants, Department of Communication, 2003-2004
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Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Communication, 2003-2004
Member, Ph.D. Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University,
2002-2003.
Member, Advisory Board, Florida Atlantic Comparative Studies Journal, 2002-present
Coordinator, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Gender and Communication, Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton, Spring 2005.
Coordinator, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Classical Rhetoric, Florida Atlantic University,
Boca Raton, Spring 2004.
Coordinator, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Gender and Communication, Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton, Spring 2003.
Member, Undergraduate Students Committee, Department of Communication, Florida Atlantic
University, 2001-2002
Coordinator, Undergraduate Symposium on Gender, Rhetoric and Culture, Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton, Spring 2002
Coordinator, Undergraduate Colloquium Coordinator, Rhetorical Criticism Course SPC 4680, Florida
Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fall 2000
b. SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Co-President, Human Communication and Technology Division, National Communication
Association, Term 2004-2005
Member of Legislative Assembly, National Communication Association, HCTD Representative,
2005-2007
Co-Chair, Planning , Human Communication and Technology Division, National Communication
Association, Term 2003-2004
Local Committee Officer-Ushers’ Committee Chair-National Communication Association
Convention, Miami Beach, 2003 –Recognized-National Communication Association Program
Book Review Editor, The Journal of Literacy and Technology
Online journal.
Co-Chair, Publication, Human Communication and Technology Division, National Communication
Association, Term 2002-2003
Romanian Studies Discussion Group Executive Committee, Chair, Modern Language Association,
December, 2003
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Co-Chair Membership, Human Communication and Technology Commission, National
Communication Association, Term 2001-2002
Romanian Studies Discussion Group Executive Committee, Secretary, Modern Language
Association, 2001-2003
Undergraduate Program Committee, Member, Department of Communication, University of
Maryland, College Park 1998
Graduate Students Departmental Representative, University of Maryland, College Park, 1997
Graduate Students Association Representative, University of Maryland, College Park, 1996
Graduate Students Exchange Committee, Member, Second Penn State-Maryland Graduate Student
Conference, College Park, Maryland, February 1996
c. ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL/RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - FAU
Invited Fulbright Speaker (Dr. Sergji Garbscek, University of Ljubljiana) on International Education
in Eastern Europe, April 10, 2003. Organized, Coordinated, and Chaired
Graduate Assistants’ Research Symposium on Communication Education- co-sponsored with Allyn
and Bacon and Dept of Communication, Fall 2003-Organized, Coordinated, and Chaired
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Summer Research Stipend, FAU 2005
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Summer Research Stipend, FAU 2003
National Communication Association, Certificate of Appreciation for Human Communication and
Technology Division Officer, November 2005
National Communication Association, Certificate of Appreciation for Human Communication and
Technology Division Officer, November 2004
National Communication Association, Certificate of Appreciation for Local Committee, Miami
Beach, Novermber 2003
National Communication Association, Certificate of Appreciation for Human Communication and
Technology Division Officer, November 2003
Ph.D. Comparative Studies Program, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Certificate of
Appreciation, Florida Atlantic University, June 2004
University of Maryland, University College, Diversity Initiatives, Certificate of Appreciation, 2001
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California State University, Northridge, Charles Mudd Award ,1994
California State University, Northridge, Academic Achievement Award , 1994
California State University, Northridge President's Associates Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Nomination , June 1994
University of California, Los Angeles, Certificate of Appreciation, June, 1994
California State University, Northridge, Department of Communication, Mary McEdwards Award for
Continuing Education, May 1993
California State University, Northridge, Academic Achievement Award , June 1993
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND CERTIFICATION
Native fluency: Romanian
Near-native fluency: English, French
Speaking, reading knowledge: English, French, Spanish
Reading knowledge: Italian
Certified in: English, Romanian, French, Spanish
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
National Communication Association (NCA): Sustaining Member
National Communication Association:
NCA Legislative Assembly Member, 2005-2007
National Communication Association:
Co-President Human Communication and Technology Division (HCTD) 2004-2005
Officer, HCTD 2001-2006
Rhetorical Society of America (RSA): Member
International Society for the History of Rhetoric (ISHR): Member
American Society for the History of Rhetoric (ASHR): Member
International Communication Association (ICA): Member
Modern Language Association (MLA): Member
Modern Language Association (MLA): Officer (2001-2003)
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Romanian Studies Academic Association (RSAA): Member
Western States Communication Association (WSCA): Member
Eastern Communication Association (ECA): Member
Southern States Communication Association (SSCA): Member
Florida Communication Association (FCA): Member
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS): Member
Institute for Internationalizing Education (IIE): Member
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