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 The University of Montana September 2000 to May 2002 M.A. in Communication Studies Carroll College September 1992 to May 1996 B.A. in Political Science and English Writing ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2002 – current: Teaching Fellow, University of Utah Courses Taught: COMM 1010 Elements of Speech Communication 2000 – 2002: Teaching Assistant, The University of Montana Courses Taught: COMM 111: Introduction to Public Speaking COMM 360: Forensics/Honors 2001 – 2002: Research Assistant, The University of Montana 1996 – 1997: Assistant Director of Debate, Whitman College THESES Daniel Lair, “‘Just Trying to Spread the Groove:’ Creating and Sustaining Community Online at Phishhook.com” (2002), Unpublished Master’s thesis, The University of Montana. Daniel Lair, “Women, Nature, and Ben: An Ecofeminist Critique of Ben Jonson’s Poetry” (2002), Unpublished undergraduate Honors thesis, Carroll College. PUBLICATIONS 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 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 Departmental nominee, Outstanding Master’s thesis, 2002, The University of Montana. Departmental recognition for teaching excellence in COMM 360: Forensics/Honors, 2002, The University of Montana 2nd place, 1995 National Parliamentary Debate Association National Championship Tournament 3rd place, Impromptu Speaking, 1995 National Individual Events Tournament Honors Scholar, 1992 to 1996, Carroll College SERVICE ACTIVITIES Graduate student representative to the faculty, Department of Communication Studies, The University of Montana, 2001-2002. Communication Specialist, Montana Advanced Trial Advocacy Program, May 2002. “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. “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]. Focus group facilitator, National Endowment for the Humanities’ Regional Humanities Center Meeting, November 2001 [service as a part of course requirement]. OTHER EMPLOYMENT/EXPERIENCE Member of research team for Jerry Benson, PhD dissertation research, University of Utah, July to September 2002. 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. Focus group facilitator for National Fire Sciences Workshop, November 2001 Copy editing for George Cheney, ed., Organization <->Communication: Emerging Perspectives, Vol. 7: International and Intercultural Approaches (New York: Greenwod, in press).