Daniel James Lair
Department of Communication
University of Utah
255 S Central Campus Drive, Room LNCO 2400
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Office: 1-801-581-7267
Home: 1-801-582-3582
EDUCATION
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The University of Montana
September 2000 to May 2002
M.A. in Communication Studies
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Carroll College
September 1992 to May 1996
B.A. in Political Science and English Writing
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
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2002 – current: Teaching Fellow, University of Utah
Courses Taught:
COMM 1010 Elements of Speech Communication
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2000 – 2002: Teaching Assistant, The University of Montana
Courses Taught:
COMM 111: Introduction to Public Speaking
COMM 360: Forensics/Honors
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2001 – 2002: Research Assistant, The University of Montana
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1996 – 1997: Assistant Director of Debate, Whitman College
THESES
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Daniel Lair, “‘Just Trying to Spread the Groove:’ Creating and Sustaining
Community Online at Phishhook.com” (2002), Unpublished Master’s thesis, The
University of Montana.
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Daniel Lair, “Women, Nature, and Ben: An Ecofeminist Critique of Ben Jonson’s
Poetry” (2002), Unpublished undergraduate Honors thesis, Carroll College.
PUBLICATIONS
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George Cheney, Dan Lair, and Rebecca Gill, “Communication and Trends at
Work at the Turn of the 21st Century: A Book Review Essay,” Management
Communication Quarterly, 15 (2002): 632-641.
MANUSCRIPTS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW
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George Cheney, Charles Conrad, Lars Christensen, and Dan Lair, “Strategy in
Organizational Discourse: Interpretations Old and New,” in David Grant, Cynthia
Hardy, Cliff Oswick, Nelson Phillips, and Linda Putnam, eds., Handbook of
Organizational Discourse (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, in progress).
George Cheney, Lars Christensen, Theodore Zorn, and Shiv Ganesh (with Dan
Lair), “Chapter 15: Message Analysis,” in Organizational Communication in an
Age of Globalization: Issues, Reflections, and Practices (Prospect Heights, IL:
Waveland Press, in press).
HONORS AND AWARDS
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Departmental nominee, Outstanding Master’s thesis, 2002, The University of
Montana.
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Departmental recognition for teaching excellence in COMM 360:
Forensics/Honors, 2002, The University of Montana
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2nd place, 1995 National Parliamentary Debate Association National
Championship Tournament
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3rd place, Impromptu Speaking, 1995 National Individual Events Tournament
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Honors Scholar, 1992 to 1996, Carroll College
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
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Graduate student representative to the faculty, Department of Communication
Studies, The University of Montana, 2001-2002.
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Communication Specialist, Montana Advanced Trial Advocacy Program, May
2002.
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“Communication Skills for Leaders,” a training seminar developed and presented
to the Emerging Leaders Track at The University of Montana’s Center for
Leadership Development, March 2001.
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“Customer Service and Co-Worker Communication,” training seminar copresented to Residence Life staff at the University of Montana, December 2000
[service as a part of course requirement].
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Focus group facilitator, National Endowment for the Humanities’ Regional
Humanities Center Meeting, November 2001 [service as a part of course
requirement].
OTHER EMPLOYMENT/EXPERIENCE
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Member of research team for Jerry Benson, PhD dissertation research, University
of Utah, July to September 2002.
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Copy editing for George Cheney, Lars Christensen, Theodore Zorn, and Shiv
Ganesh, Organizational Communication in an Age of Globalization: Issues,
Reflections, and Practices (Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, in press), 2002.
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Focus group facilitator for National Fire Sciences Workshop, November 2001
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Copy editing for George Cheney, ed., Organization <->Communication:
Emerging Perspectives, Vol. 7: International and Intercultural Approaches (New
York: Greenwod, in press).