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Member of the Editorial Review Board (selects editor for RSA journal) of the Rhetoric Society
of America, 1994.
Board of Directors, Rhetoric Society of America, 1993-1996.
Vice-President, Cross-Examination Debate Association, 1989-1990.
4. International Service
External Reviewer for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Reviewed research grant proposal by Robert Danisch on Neopragmatism (December 2007).
External Reviewer for the Israel Science Foundation. Reviewed research grant proposal for a
project on using the Internet to explore the Parasocial Contact Hypothesis (February 2009).
5. Community Service [Examples of Recent Activities]
Interviewed frequently by local print, radio, and television media on popular culture issues and
political communication. Recent examples include:
Guest for an hour show on “Politics in the Classroom” with Kelly Guest on KTLK talk radio on
March 4, 2006.
Guest on “Access Minnesota” radio show about political debates, September 2, 2006.
Television interview (1/10/07) for WCCO TV on labeling decades and how such labels influence
our perceptions and memories of periods of time.
Guest on Minnesota Public Radio’s “Midmorning Show,” April 26, 2007, for hour-long
discussion of NBC releasing Virginia Tech killer’s self-promotional materials.
Studio Guest, KSTP-TV, July 31, 2004. Appeared on “At Issue” to discuss the Democratic
National Convention and media influence on perceptions of John Kerry.
Studio Guest, WCCO-TV, March 28, 2004. Debated the case of Elk Grove v. Newdow being
heard by the Supreme Court concerning the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.
“Nation has heard this line before.” Op Ed Commentary published in Minneapolis Star Tribune,
February 13, 2004, p. A15.
Guest, “Midmorning” show on Minnesota Public Radio on “The Changing Meaning of
Marriage.” February 16, 2004.
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