This curriculum vitae outlines Amanda McGowan's educational and professional background. She earned a PhD in rhetorical criticism from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2015, an MA in communication from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2008, and a BA in political science and communication from the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 2006. She has taught at various universities since 2008 and has published several papers and made many conference presentations on political communication and rhetoric.

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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2015 PhD The University of Southern Mississippi
Primary Area: Rhetorical Criticism
Secondary Areas: Public Advocacy and Political Communication
Dissertation Title: “Encouraging Bipartisanship: Polarization and Civility as
Rhetorical Tools for Ameliorating the U.S. Senate’s Partisan Environment”
Committee Chair: Dr. Wendy Atkins-Sayre
2008 MA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Primary Area: Communication
Secondary Area: Rhetorical Leadership
Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn Olson
2006 BA University of Minnesota-Duluth
Major: Political Science
Major: Communication
Graduated with Honors
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES
2010 Training and Development Certificate (15 credits). Winona State University. Winona,
MN.
2008 Rhetorical Leadership Certificate (15 credits). University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, WI.
TEACHING BACKGROUND
Teaching Assistant/ The University of Southern Mississippi
Instructor of Record Department of Communication Studies
2011-present Hattiesburg, MS
Instructor Winona State University
2008-2011 Department of Communication Studies
Winona, MN
Adjunct Instructor Augsburg College-Rochester Campus
2010 Rochester, MN
Teaching Assistant University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2006-2008 Department of Communication
Milwaukee, WI

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RESEARCH
Published Work
McGowan, A.M. (2014). Cold War Progressives [Review of the book Cold War Progressives: Women’s
Interracial Organizing for Peace and Freedom]. Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 17, 558-561.
doi:10.1353/rap.2014.0032
McGowan, A.M. & Kaiser, K.S. (2014). Discovering civil discourse: Using the online public sphere for
authentic assessment. Communication Teacher, 29, 170-176. doi:10.1080/17404622.2014.911339
McGowan, A.M. (2013). Supreme Court women [Review of the book The rhetoric of Supreme Court women].
Women Studies in Communication, 36, 213-216. doi:10.1080/07491409.2013.796849
McGowan, A.M. & Brown, C.J. (2013). “Your Body, Our Choice”: Personhood USA’s Disciplining
Discourse. Synergy, 4, 95-104.
Conference Presentations
McGowan, A.M. (2015). Legislating in a Polarized Political Environment: U.S. Women Senators and the 2013
Budget Battle. 2015 biennial conference meeting of the International Society for the History of
Rhetoric. Tübingen, Germany.
McGowan, A. M. (2015). Women Shepherding and Creating Policy (panel organizer). 2015 annual meeting
of the Southern States Communication Association, Tampa, FL.
McGowan, A. M. (2015). A Manufactured Crisis: Political Elites in a Polarized Age. 2015 annual meeting of
the Southern States Communication Association, Tampa, FL.
McGowan, A.M. (2014). Obama’s Commitment to Women: “I’m Barack Obama and I Approve this
Message.” 2014 annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association. New Orleans,
LA. Top Student Paper Panel, Political Communication Division.
McGowan, A.M. (2013). Memory and the Rally Against the War on Women. 2013 annual meeting of the
National Communication Association. Washington, DC.
McGowan, A.M. (2013). Social Movements, Stephen Colbert, and the Audience in the Public Sphere. 2013
annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association. Louisville, KY.
McGowan, A.M. (2013). Social Movements, Stephen Colbert, and the Audience in the Public Sphere. The
University of Southern Mississippi Graduate Research Symposium. Hattiesburg, MS.
McGowan, A.M. & Brown, C.J. (2012). Your Bodies, Our Choice: Personhood USA’s Disciplining Discourse.
2012 annual meeting of the National Communication Association. Orlando, FL.
McGowan, A.M. (2012). Exploring Communication and Persuasion Concepts in an Entertaining Context.
2012 annual meeting of the National Communication Association. Orlando, FL.
McGowan, A.M. (2012). Civil discourse the Jon Stewart Way. 2012 annual meeting of the National
Communication Association. Orlando, FL. Top 9 Submission, G.I.F.T.S. Division.
McGowan, A.M. (2012). Fighting for Workplace Equality: Viewed Through a Foucauldian Lens. The
University of Southern Mississippi Graduate Research Symposium. Hattiesburg, MS.
McGowan, A.M. (2011). The Contract with America: Restoring Trust between the American People and their
Representatives. 2011 annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association. Milwaukee,
WI.

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ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Administrative
2012 Administrative Assistant, Dr. Charles Tardy. Hattiesburg, MS.
Research
2014 Research Assistant, Dr. Keith Erickson. Hattiesburg, MS
2014 Research Assistant, Dr. Casey Maugh. Hattiesburg, MS.
2012-2014 Research Assistant, Dr. Wendy Atkins-Sayre. Hattiesburg, MS.
2007-2008 Editorial Assistant, Communication Monographs. Milwaukee, WI
2005-2006 Research Assistant, Dr. Ryan Goei. Duluth, MN.
Teaching
2012-present Business and Professional Speaking
2010 First Year Orientation
2010 Small Group Communication
2006-present Introduction to Oral Communication/Public Speaking
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
2015 College of Arts and Letters Outstanding Graduate Student. The University of Southern
Mississippi. Hattiesburg, MS.
2015 Communication Studies Outstanding Graduate Student. The University of Southern
Mississippi. Hattiesburg, MS.
2014 Political Communication Division Top Student Paper Panel. Southern States Communication
Association Convention. New Orleans, LA.
2013 Rhetorical Approaches to the 2012 Presidential Campaign Seminar invited participant.
Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Institute. Lawrence, KS.
2013 Top Department Paper. Graduate Student Research Symposium. The University of Southern
Mississippi. Hattiesburg, MS.
2012 NCA G.I.F.T.S. Division Top 9 Submission. National Communication Association
Convention. Orlando, FL.
2010 WSU’s National Residence Hall Honorary. Winona State University. Winona, MN.
GRANTS
2015 Institute for Collaborative Research & Engagement. The University of Southern Mississippi’s
College of Arts and Letters. Travel grant for $1,500.
2015 Vice President of Research. The University of Southern Mississippi. Travel grant for $750.
2015 Department of Communication Studies Don George Fund. The University of Southern
Mississippi. Travel grant for $400.

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SERVICE
Department
2014 Guest Speaker, New Graduate Student Orientation, The University of Southern Mississippi.
Hattiesburg, MS.
2013 Member, Director of Forensics Hiring Committee, The University of Southern Mississippi.
Hattiesburg, MS.
2010-2011 Member, Short-term Quality Improvement Plan task group, Winona State University. Winona,
MN.
2010-2011 Member, Academic Committee, Winona State University. Winona, MN.
2010 Member, Gary Evans Scholarship for Communication Studies Committee, Winona State
University. Winona, MN.
2010 Member of a panel on “Graduate School,” Communication Studies Department, Winona State
University. Winona, MN.
2009-2010 Library Liaison for Communication Studies Department, Winona State University. Winona,
MN.
2009-2010 Member, Communication Studies Recruitment and PR Committee, Winona State University.
Winona, MN.
2009 Communication Studies Department Representative, Diversity Recruitment Day, Winona
State University. Winona, MN.
2008-2011 Faculty Participant, Communication Studies Club, Winona State University. Winona, MN.
Discipline
2014 Conference Submission Reviewer, Student Section. National Communication Association.
2013 Conference Submission Reviewer, Connections within Communication Division. National
Communication Association.
2012-2015 Conference Submission Reviewer, Feminist and Women Studies Division. National
Communication Association.
2012-2015 Conference Submission Reviewer, Public Address Division. National Communication
Association.
2012 Conference Submission Reviewer, Rhetoric and Public Address Division. Southern States
Communication Association.
2011-2015 Conference Submission Reviewer, G.I.F.T.S. Division. National Communication Association.
2011 Invited reviewer of critical thinking essays, Shelton State Community College. Tuscaloosa,
AL.
2011 Conference Submission Reviewer, Political Communication Division. National
Communication Association.

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2010 Conference Submission Reviewer, G.I.F.T.S. Division. Central States Communication
Association.
2006 Invited textbook review of S. Duck & D. McMahan’s Basics of communication: A relational
context approach for Sage Publications, Inc.
University
2015 Guest Lecturer on Challenges Arising from the Subject and Purpose using Michael
Bloomberg’s New York City Mosque Speech, Wendy Atkins-Sayre’s Rhetorical Criticism
course, The University of Southern Mississippi. Hattiesburg, MS.
2014 Guest Lecturer on Political Satire: What “Veep” Got Right about the 2013 Government
Shutdown, Steven Venette’s Capstone course, The University of Southern Mississippi.
Hattiesburg, MS.
2014 Guest Lecturer on the Civil Rights Movement as it relates to Public Speaking, Wendy
Atkins-Sayre’s Honors Public Speaking course, The University of Southern Mississippi.
Hattiesburg, MS.
2014 Guest Lecturer on the Freedom Rides and the Rhetorical Situation, Jefferson Walker’s
Capstone course, The University of Southern Mississippi. Hattiesburg, MS.
2011 Guest Lecturer on creative teaching and training techniques, Barb Larsen’s Training and
Development course, Winona State University. Winona, MN.
2011 Member, College of Liberal Arts Scholarship Committee, Winona State University. Winona,
MN.
2011 Member, New Student Orientation Leader Interviewer Committee, Winona State University.
Winona, MN.
2011 Seminar/workshop, “Building Bridges: Gaining Networking skills for Leaders,” Warrior
LEAD Series, Winona State University. Winona, MN.
2010-2011 Academic Advisor, Winona State University. Winona, MN.
2009, 2010 Seminar/workshop, “How to talk with faculty,” Student Development Days session, Winona
State University. Winona, MN.
2009 Faculty Participant, Freshmen Move-in Day, Winona State University. Winona, MN.
2008-2011 Member, American Democracy Project Committee, Winona State University. Winona, MN.
APPLIED COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCE
Communications
2011 Community Columnist, Winona Daily News. Winona, MN.
2008 Communications Intern, Senator Lena C. Taylor for County Executive. Milwaukee, WI.
2006 Legislative Assistant, Minnesota House of Representatives. St. Paul, MN.
2005 University Campaign Coordinator, Carinda Horton for City Council. Duluth, MN.

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Consultant
2009-2010 Campaign Manager, Jeremy Miller for Minnesota State Senate. Winona, MN.
Director
2010 Internship Director, Jeremy Miller for Minnesota State Senate. Winona, MN.
Leadership
2011 Family Selection Committee Chair, Habitat for Humanity. Winona, MN
2009-2011 After Hours Task Force Leader, Winona Area Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals
Planning Committee. Winona, MN
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Training Courses
2012 Legal Parameters of the Professoriate, University of Southern Mississippi. Hattiesburg,
MS.
2011 We the People Training, Winona State University. Winona, MN.
2009 Desire2Learn Technology Training, Winona State University. Winona, MN.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
2011 Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative: GRAD Students at The University of
Southern Mississippi (Common RCR Course), The University of Southern Mississippi.
Hattiesburg, MS.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
International Society for the History of Rhetoric
National Communication Association
Organization for Research on Women and Communication
Rhetoric Society of America
Southern States Communication Association