CurriculumVitae
BrianA.Lain
GAB320D
565-4534
brian.lain@unt.edu/comm.unt.edu
Education:
Ph.D.
DepartmentofCommunicationStudies,UniversityofIowa
(DissertationTitle:RememberingInternment:TheFunctionofJapaneseAmerican
RhetoricsinMulticulturalAmerica)
OutstandingDissertationAward,2005,CriticalandCulturalStudiesDivision,
NationalCommunicationAssociation
Advisor:BarbaraA.Biesecker,DegreeCompleted2005.
M.A.
DepartmentofSpeech-Communication,WayneStateUniversity
(ThesisTitle:TheRhetoricalStrategyoftheMumonkan)
Advisor:SandyBerkowitz.Degreecompleted1997.
B.A.
DepartmentofAnthropology,WakeForestUniversity
(GraduatedCumLaudeMajorinAnthropology,MinorinReligion,May1993.)
Employment:
2011-Present:AssociateProfessor/DirectorofDebate,UniversityofNorthTexas(seeDebate
SupportingMaterialsSummaryindigitalappendix)
2005-2011:AssistantProfessor/DirectorofDebate,UniversityofNorthTexas
2002-2005:Instructor/DirectorofDebate,UniversityofNorthTexas
2001-2002:ResearchAssistantforProf.BarbaraA.Biesecker,UniversityofIowa
1999-2002:GraduateInstructor,RhetoricDepartment,UniversityofIowa
2000-2001:AssistantDirector,UniversityofIowa’sSpeakingCenter,RhetoricDepartment
2000-2001:ResearchAssistantforProf.TakisPoulakos,UniversityofIowa
Spring2001:Instructor,DepartmentofRhetoric,DrakeUniversity,DesMoines,IA
1997-2002:GraduateInstructor,DepartmentofCommunicationStudies,UniversityofIowa.
1997-1999:GraduateDebateAssistant,A.CraigBairdDebateForum,UniversityofIowa 1996-1997:CoordinatorofForensics,A.CraigBairdDebateForum,IowaCity,IA
1995-1996:AssistantDebateCoach,EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,GA
1995-1996:AssistantDebateCoach,PaceAcademy,Atlanta,GA
1993-1995:GraduateAssistant/DebateCoach,WayneStateUniversity,Detroit,MI
Summer,1989-2000:Instructor,EmoryNationalDebateInstitute,Atlanta,GA;Dartmouth
DebateInstitute,Hanover,NH;WayneStateUniversityDebateInstitute,Detroit,MI;Wake
ForestDebateWorkshop,Winston-Salem,N.C.
Summer,1989-1993:Researcher/ComputerLayoutEditor,Debater'sResearchGuide,Wake
ForestUniversity,Winston-Salem,N.C.
Publications/Articles:
Peer-ReviewedJournals:
Zompetti,J.P.,&Lain,B.(2005).KritikingasArgumentativePraxis.SpeakerandGavel,42,1327.
Lain,B.(2002).PerformingJapaneseAmericanCitizenship:TheCaseofCongressional
ReparationsHearings(pp.55-84).AnImperfectWorld:ResonancefromtheNation’s
Violence,InternationalAssociationofAsianStudies2002RaceRelationsMonograph
Series.Moorehead,KY:MooreheadStateUniv.
Lain,B.(2001).MovingWallsacrosstheCommonGroundoftheJapaneseAmericanNational
Museum:AnExaminationofaNationalMinorityMuseum’sStrategyofConnecting
AmericanandJapaneseValues(pp.133-168).NAAS/NAHLS/NANAS/IAAS2001Culture
MonographSeries.Moorehead,KY:MooreheadStateUniv.
ChaptersinEditedCollections/SpecialIssues:
Hingstman,D.,etal.(2010).DevelopmentandAdvancementintheCoachingProfession:A
ReportonProfessionalDebateCoachingPositionsandBenchmarksfortheProfession.In
A.Louden(Ed.)NavigatingOpportunity:PolicyDebateinthe21stCentury.NewYork,
IdebatePress.
Lain,B.(2004).PanoramicMemories:Realism,Agency,andtheRemembranceofJapanese
AmericanInternment(pp.229-236).InG.Hauser,&A.Grim(Eds.),Rhetorical
Democracy:DiscursivePracticesofCivicEngagement.LawrenceErlbaumAssoc.:
Mahwah,NJ.
Lain,B.(1996).Verb,That'sWhat'sHappening:KritikingTheoryandPractice(pp.A12-A16).The
Shock,TheShame,TheHorror:JuvenileCrime:Debater'sResearchGuide.WinstonSalem,NC:WakeForestUniversityPress.
Borchers,T.,&Lain,B.(1995).SpecialIssue:69thAnnualDiscussionandDebateSourceBook:
1995-96HighSchoolDebateTopic:ChinaPolicy(pp.7-77).InR.G.Fawcett(Ed.),The
ForensicQuarterly,69(2).KansasCity,MO:NationalFederationofStateHighSchool
Associations.
Lain,B.(1994).TakingaNewRoutetotheTournament:WhattheInformationSuperhighway
MeansforDebateandEvidence(pp.A6-A9).ImmigrationRegulation:Borderline
Policies:Debater'sResearchGuide1994.Winston-Salem,NC:WakeForestUniversity
Press.
Stafford,S.,&Lain,B.(1994).HitchhikingontheInformationSuperhighway:Researchonthe
Net(pp.A10-A15).ImmigrationRegulation:BorderlinePolicies:Debater'sResearch
Guide1994.Winston-Salem,NC:WakeForestUniversityPress.
Scruggs,L.,&Lain,B.(1991).AResearchPrimer(pp.A9-A13).AddressingHomelessness:Social
Servicesinthe1990s:Debater'sResearchGuide.Winston-Salem,NC:WakeForest
UniversityPress.
ConferenceProceedings:
Lain,B.(2014).“RethinkingtheHistoryoftheJapanese-U.S.ExchangeTour:EarlyTours,Early
Topics,andEarlyTraffic.”InDisturbingArgument:SelectedWorksfromthe18th
NCA/AFAAltaConferenceonArgumentation,(pp.426-431).C.Palczewski,(Ed.)New
York:TaylorandFrancis.
Lain,B.(2010).SpeakerPoints,Wins,andLosses:AHistoryoftheEvolutionofAcademicDebate
anditsPlacewithinCommunicationStudies.(pp.274-280)InD.S.Gouran(Ed.),The
FunctionsofArgumentandSocialContextSelectedpapersfromthe16thBiennial
ConferenceonArgumentation,Alta,UT.
Lain,B.,&Treat,S.(2010).Authors,Audiences,andArgument:ABC’sLOSTandNarrative
StructureAfter9/11.(pp.281-288)InD.S.Gouran(Ed.),TheFunctionsofArgumentand
SocialContextSelectedpapersfromthe16thBiennialConferenceonArgumentation,
Alta,UT.
Lain,B.(2008).CitizenshipandDetentionintheWaronTerror:WhattheAmerican
GovernmentLearnedFromManzanar(AndAppliedinGuantanamo)(pp.152-157).InT.
Suzuki,T.Kaito,&A.Kubota(Eds.),Argumentation,theLaw,andJustice:Proceedingsof
the3rdTokyoConferenceonArgumentation.ChuoUniversity:TokyoJapan.
Lain,B.(2006).Identifying(with)thePlaceofPower:RecognitioninArguments(pp.135-141).
InP.Riley(Ed.),EngagingArgument:ProceedingsofthefourteenthNCA/AFAConference
onArgumentation,AltaUT.
Lain,B.(2006).RememberingProtest,ProtestingMemory:TheHistoriesandUsesofJapanese
AmericanInternmentResistance(pp.434-442).InC.A.Willard(Ed.),CriticalProblemsin
Argumentation:ProceedingsfromtheThirteenthNCA/AFAConferenceon
Argumentation,Alta,UT.
Lain,B.(2004).AmericanUsesofJapaneseAmericanMemory:HowInternmentNarrativesAre
PutintoDiscourse.PreceedingsfromtheSecondTokyoConferenceonArgumentation,
Tokyo,Japan.
Lain,B.(2001).TheTraumaofMulticulturalism:EthnicandNationalMemoryPracticesinthe
JapaneseAmericanNationalMuseum(pp.661-667).InG.T.Goodnight(Ed.),Arguing
CommunicationandCulture.SelectedPapersfromtheTwelfthNCA/AFAConferenceon
Argumentation.Annandale,VA:NCAPress.
Lain,B.(1998).LiberationPedagogy:AddressingOppressionthroughDebateArgument(pp.
420-425).InJ.F.Klump(Ed.),ArgumentinaTimeofChange:Definitions,Frameworks,
andCritiques,ProceedingsoftheTenthNCA/AFAConferenceonArgumentation.
Annandale,VA:NCAPress.
ArticlesSubmitted(indicatepeer-reviewedjournalarticle,editedcollection,etc.):
Lain,B.Hlavacik,M,Ivanovic,M,&Ontiveros-Kersch,B.(2015).RecoveringDebateCoachas
CivicFigure:HighlyActiveDebateCoaches,TheirParticipationinCivicOutreach
Activities,andRewardPerceptions.UnderreviewwithProceedingsoftheNineteenth
NCA/AFAConferenceonArgumentation.Annandale,VA:NCAPress.
Hlavacik,M,Lain,B,Ivanovic,M,&Ontiveros-Kersch,B.(2015).AReportofSurveyDatato
GroundtheDiscussionofDebateandCivicEngagement.UnderreviewatPennState
Pressforspecialvolumeondebateandciviceducation.
Lain,B.&Oliver,L.(2015).MakingDebateNormal:DifferentAudiencesandDebate’s
PedagogicalMission.UnderreviewatContemporaryArgumentationandDebate.
LiteraryReadings,Performances,ProductionsandProfessionalActivities:
Lain,B.(2015).“DevelopingAStudent-CenteredPedagogy:ATeacher'sSurvivalGuide.”
KeynoteatUNT’sTeachingExcellenceSeminar,January15,
2015.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuLDJTj5WFw&feature=youtu.be
Lain,B.(2014).Keynote.UNTFallStudentConvocation.August21,2014.
http://facultysuccess.unt.edu/events/2014-new-student-convocation
Lain,B.(2014).Keynote.UNTCollegeofArtsandSciencesAmbassadorInduction,April14,
2014.
Lain,B.(2014).RhetoricandtheEndofTimes.”Invitedpresentationon“TimeandRhetoric:
EnvisioningtheFutureoftheField”PanelpresentedbyRhetoricandPublicAddress
Division.SouthernStatesCommunicationAssociationAnnualConvention,NewOrleans,
LA.
Lain,B.(2013).“TeachingRhetoricandMarxism.”Invitedpresentationon“Connectingto
RhetoricandMarxism:ACriticalTributetoJamesArntAune”Panelpresentedby
RhetoricandPublicAffairsDivisionatNationalCommunicationAssociationAnnual
Convention,Washington,DC.
Lain,B.(April2013).“WhowastheWinnerofthe2012PresidentialDebates?”Invitedpaperin
specialdouble-sessionon“ConsequentialRhetoric:LookingBacktotheFutureofthe
2012PresidentialCampaign”atSouthernStatesCommunicationAssociation
Convention,Louisville,KY.
Lain,B.(April24,2012).MediatedPrimaries.Partofthe“UNTSpeaksOut”SpeakerSeries,
hostedbyUNTLibraries.Presentationavailableat:
http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83788
Lain,B.(November2004).EmergingScholarsandtheCriticalandCulturalStudiesDivision.
WithEyesWideOpen:MovingandLooking,EvaluatingCriticalCulturalStudies.
SponsoredbytheCriticalandCulturalStudiesDivision.PaperpresentedatNCA
Convention,Chicago,IL.
Lain,B.(April2002).ResistingRealismandRememberingInternment:PhotographerMasumi
Hayashi’s‘AmericanConcentrationCamps.InvitedasPartof“TheBestoftheBig10”
SpecialPanelseries.PaperpresentedatCentralStatesCommunicationAssociation
Conference,Milwaukee,WI.
Lain,B.(September2001).VisualRhetoricsofWitnessing:Representation,War,andTrauma
(LeadersA.SusanOwenandPeterEhrenhaus).SeminaratVisualRhetoricsConference,
Bloomington,IN.
Lain,B.(April17,2001).TheJapaneseAmericanNationalMuseumandVisualRhetoric.Invited
lecturepresentedatCommunicationStudiesUpperLevelCourse:Topicsin
Communication:VisualRhetoric.
Lain,B.(August2000).DebatingKritiksandDebatingDisadvantages.InvitedlecturesatSpecial
ConferenceonDebateHeldatKandaUniversityofInternationalStudies,Chiba,Japan.
Lain,B.(June2000).ProtectingPrivacyKritiksorKritikingPrivacy?InvitedlectureatEmory
NationalDebateInstitute,Atlanta,GA.
Lain,B.(April2000).ThePostsandPedagogy:GettingitintheClassroomandAcrosstothe
Students.PanelpresentedatCentralStatesCommunicationAssociationConvention,
Detroit,MI.
Lain,B.(November1999).EnactingKritikingThroughPermutations:TextsthatProtectand
TextsthatProduce.SpecialPanelon“Kritiks:TheStateoftheArt.”Invitedpaper
presentedatNCAConvention,Chicago,IL.
Lain,B.(June1999).CritiquingtheEducationProcessorAllIeverneededtoknowaboutKritiksI
learnedinSummerMovies.LecturepresentedatNationalSummerInstitutein
Forensics,IowaCity,IA.
Lain,B.(November1998).CritiquesandPermutations:ARoundtableDiscussion.Panel
presentedatNCAConvention,NewYork,NY.November1998.
Lain,B.(June1997).EnvironmentalismandKritikingEcology.LecturespresentedatNational
SummerInstituteinForensics,IowaCity,IA.
Lain,B.(July1996).TheJuvenileCourtSystem:TheLegalAngle.Lecturepresentedat
DartmouthDebateInstitute,Hanover,NH.
Lain,B.(September1994).DebatingImmigrationReform.LecturepresentedatMcMonagle
DebateWorkshop,Detroit,MI.
Inter/nationalAwards,Honors,Recognitions:
2012USDebateAmbassador,CommitteeonInternationalDiscussionandDebate(AU.S.tourof
Japandutiesincludedlecturesseminarleading,andlogisticscoordinating.)
2010CommunityHero.DallasUrbanDebateAlliancesponsoroftheDallasUrbanDebate
League.(Inauguralwinnerofawardwhichrecognizescontributionsofcommunity
memberstoDallasDebate).
WinnerOutstandingDissertationoftheYear,2005,CriticalandCulturalStudiesDivisionofthe
NationalCommunicationAssociation.
Winner,IowaUniversity’sOutstandingTeachingAssistantAward,2002.(GivenbytheCouncil
onTeaching,UniversityofIowa.IncludesStipend.)
WinnerOutstandingDissertationoftheYear,2005,CriticalandCulturalStudiesDivisionofthe
NationalCommunicationAssociation.
Winner,IowaUniversity’sOutstandingTeachingAssistantAward,2002.(GivenbytheCouncil
onTeaching,UniversityofIowa.IncludesStipend.)
Participant,CommitteeonInternationalDiscussionandDebateTourofJapan,1995.(AU.S.
tourofJapan,dutiesincludeaudiencedebating,lecturing,spreadinggoodwill.)
PresidentialDebateAward.WayneStateUniversityGraduateSchool,1994.
PresidentialScholarship.WakeForestUniversity,1988-1992.
GrantActivity(indicategrantstatus[funded,pending,orunfunded];granttotal,and
candidate’sownportioninthecaseofmulti-authorship):
August2013-May2014,UNT’sNextGenCourseRedesign.Intramuralteachinggrantfor
$13,000toredesignandimplementexperientiallearning,integrativecoursedesign,and
enhancedassessmentmethodsinComm2140:RhetoricandArgument.
August2004:ResearchTriptoparticipateinCommemorationofDroppingofAtomicBombin
NagasakiandHiroshima.SponsoredbyTsudaCollege.HiroshimaandNagasaki,Japan.
UniversityofIowa’sHarshbargerAward.2001,2000,1999,1998.
ConferencePresentations:
Competitivelyselectedconferencepresentations
Lain,B.Hlavacik,M,Ivanovic,M.&Ontiveros-Kersch,B.(August2015).“RecoveringDebate
CoachasCivicFigure:HighlyActiveDebateCoaches,TheirParticipationinCivic
OutreachActivities,andRewardPerceptions.”PaperpresentedatNCA/AFAConference
onArgumentation,Alta,UT.
Hlavacik,M.Lain,B.Ivanovic,M.&Ontiveros-Kersch,B.(March2015).“ASurveyofScopeand
PerceivedValueofDebateOutreachandCivicEngagementattheCollegeLevel.”Paper
presentedatPennStateDebateandCivicEducationConference,StateCollege,PA.
Lain,B.&Oliver,L.(November2014)."MakingDebateNormal:EarlyTexasTeacherEducation
andDebate,ExchangesbetweenLocalandNationalGoals.”PaperpresentedatNational
CommunicationAssociation(NCA)Convention,Chicago,IL.
Lain,B.(November2013).“PuttingthePublicbackinDebate.”PaperpresentedatPaper
presentedatNationalCommunicationAssociation(NCA)Convention,Washington,DC.
Lain,B.(April2013).WhowastheWinnerofthe2012PresidentialDebates?”Paperpresented
atSouthernStatesCommunicationAssociationConvention,Louisville,KY.
Lain,B.(August2013).“RethinkingtheHistoryoftheJapanese-U.S.ExchangeTour:EarlyTours,
EarlyTopics,andEarlyTraffic.PaperpresentedatNCA/AFAConferenceon
Argumentation,Alta,UT.
Lain,B.(April2012).“LostChildrenorWhymyGPSwon’ttellmehowtoendanelection
season.”SouthernStatesCommunicationAssociationConvention,SanAntonio,TX.
Lain,B.(November2011).SandandBarbedWire:ReclaimingandForgettingtheJapanese
AmericanInternment.PaperpresentedatNationalCommunicationAssociation(NCA)
Convention,NewOrleans,LA.
Lain,B.(May2010).CommemoratingHonor,AcknowledgingInjustice:TheUniversaland
ParticularonDisplayattheJapaneseAmericanMemorialtoPatriotism.Paper
Presentedat14thBiennialConferenceofRhetoricSocietyofAmerica,Minneapolis,MN.
Lain,B.(May2010).GownsandHope:GenderonDisplayintheNorthTexasRegion.Paper
Presentedat14thBiennialConferenceofRhetoricSocietyofAmerica,Minneapolis,MN.
Lain,B.(November2009).Gender,Leadership,andVisualDisplay:GownsoftheFirstLadiesof
Texas.PaperpresentedatNationalCommunicationAssociation(NCA)Convention,
Chicago,Illinois.
Lain,B.(November2009).TheImportanceofStudyingInternment:Producingan'Untold'
MulticulturalStoryanditsEffectontheImaginedCommunity.PaperpresentedatNCA
Convention,Chicago,Illinois.
Lain,B.(November2009).ForgettingtheJapaneseAmericanMemorialtoPatriotismandthe
LegacyofDetentionMemory.PaperpresentedatNCAConvention,Chicago,Illinois.
Lain,B.(August2009).SpeakerPoints,Wins,andLosses:AHistoryoftheEvolutionofAcademic
DebateanditsPlacewithinCommunicationStudies.PaperpresentedatNCA/AFA
ConferenceonArgumentation,Alta,UT.
Lain,B.,&Treat,S.(August2009).Authors,Audiences,andArgument:ABC’sLOSTandNarrative
StructureAfter9/11.PaperpresentedatNCA/AFAConferenceonArgumentation,Alta,
UT.
Lain,B.(November2008).Passingthe‘CupPoems’:GuantanamoDetaineesSpeakfromInside
theWire.PaperpresentedatNCAConvention,SanDiego,CA.
Lain,B.(November2008).CitizenshipandDetention.HowBushLearnedtheLessonsof
InternmentandAppliedtheminGuantanamo.PaperpresentedatNCAConvention,San
Diego,CA.
Lain,B.(November2008).CommemoratingHonor,AcknowledgingInjustice:TheJapanese
AmericanMemorialtoPatriotism.PaperpresentedatNCAConvention,SanDiego,CA.
Lain,B.(August2008).CitizenshipandDetentionintheWaronTerror:WhattheAmerican
GovernmentLearnedFromManzanar(AndAppliedinGuantanamo).Paperpresented
atThirdTokyoConferenceonArgumentation,ChuoUniversity:TokyoJapan.
Lain,B.(November2007).TheProtectionofSpace:Debate,Homeland,andInternment.Paper
presentedatNCAConvention,Chicago,IL.
Lain,B.(February2007).Race,Citizenship,andDetentioninWartime:LessonsfromManzanar
toGuantanamoandBeyond.PaperpresentedatFourthAnnualCenterfortheStudyof
CitizenshipConference,WayneStateUniversity,Detroit,MI.
Lain,B.(November2006).JapaneseAmericanAutobiography’sUseinContemporaryNational
Crises:FarewelltoManzanarandAmericanIdentityPolitics.PaperpresentedatNCA
Convention,SanAntonio,TX.
Lain,B.(April2006).RenewalthroughSpectacle:GuantanamoasFormativeofContemporary
AmericanCulture.PaperpresentedatSouthernSpeechCommunicationAssociation
Convention,Dallas,TX.
Lain,B.(November2005).Constructinga‘NationalVernacular’throughLegalArgument:The
CaseofJapaneseAmericanRemembrances.PaperpresentedatNCAConvention,
Boston,MA.
Lain,B.(November2005).VisualMemoriesoftheJapaneseAmericanInternment:Photographic
RealismandPanoramicPerspectivesonAmerica’sConcentrationCamps.Paper
presentedatNCAConvention,Boston,MA..
Lain,B.(August2005).TheTenureTrackDirectorofForensicsandtheMentoringofGraduate
Students.InvitedPresentationSponsoredbythePresidentoftheAmericanForensics
Association.NCA/AFAConferenceonArgumentation,Alta,UT.
Lain,B.(August2005).Identifying(with)thePlaceofPower:RecognitioninArgumentsfor
Reparation.PaperpresentedatNCA/AFAConferenceonArgumentation,Alta,UT.
Lain,B.(November2004).GiorgioAgambenandNorthTexas.SpecialPanel:CriticalRemnants:
OpeningZonesofIndistinctionBetweenGiorgioAgambenandAcademicDebate.Paper
presentedatNCAConvention,Chicago,IL.
Lain,B.(November2004).TheEffectivityoftheHyphen:JapaneseAmericanMemoryin
MulticulturalAmerica.
http://convention.allacademic.com/nca2004/view_paper_info.html?pub_id=13187&par
t_id1=11158&discussion_panel=fPaperpresentedatNCAConvention,Chicago,IL.
Lain,B.(August,2004).AmericanUsesofJapaneseAmericanMemory:HowInternment
NarrativesArePutintoDiscourse.PaperpresentedatSecondTokyoConferenceon
Argumentation,Tokyo,Japan.
Lain,B.(November2003).MulticulturalCitizenshipEducation:NationalConsubstantialityBased
onDifference.PaperpresentedatNCAConvention,Miami,FL.
Lain,B.(August2003).RememberingProtest,ProtestingMemory:TheHistoriesandUsesof
JapaneseAmericanInternmentResistance.PaperpresentedatNCA/AFAConferenceon
Argumentation,Alta,UT.
Lain,B.(November2002).Rhetoric,Recognition,andContrition:TheCaseofJapaneseAmerican
Reparations.PaperpresentedatNCAConvention,NewOrleans,LA.
Lain,B.(November2002).PerformingMemory:ReparationsHearingsandJapaneseAmerican
Citizenship.PaperpresentedatNCAConvention,NewOrleans,LA.
Lain,B.(May2002).PanoramicMemories:Realism,Agency,andtheRemembranceofJapanese
AmericanInternment.PaperpresentedatRhetoricSocietyofAmericaConference,Las
Vegas,NV.
Lain,B.(February2002).PerformingJapaneseAmericanCitizenship:TheCaseofCongressional
ReparationsHearings.PaperpresentedatNationalJointConferenceofNational
AssociationofAfricanAmericanStudies/NationalAssociationofHispanic&Latino
Studies/NationalAssociationofNativeAmericanStudies/InternationalAssociationof
AsianStudies,Houston,TX.
Lain,B.(November2001).TemporalityintheJapaneseAmericanNationalMuseum.Paper
presentedatNCAConvention,Atlanta,GA.
Lain,B.(September2001).ThePoliticsofPlace(ment):TheBarracksinLosAngeles.Paper
presentedatVisualRhetoricsConference,Bloomington,IN.
Lain,B.(August2001).TheTraumaofMulticulturalism:EthnicandNationalMemoryPractices
intheJapaneseAmericanNationalMuseum.PaperpresentedatNCA/AFAConference
onArgumentation,Alta,UT.
Lain,B.(February2001).MovingWallsacrosstheCommonGroundoftheJapaneseAmerican
NationalMuseum:AnExaminationofaNationalMinorityMuseum’sStrategyof
ConnectingAmericanandJapaneseValues.PaperpresentedatNationalJoint
ConferenceofNationalAssociationofAfricanAmericanStudies/NationalAssociationof
Hispanic&LatinoStudies/NationalAssociationofNativeAmericanStudies/
InternationalAssociationofAsianStudies,Houston,TX.
Lain,B.(August2000).IdeologicalArgumentBothWithinandAcrossBorders:TheCaseof
ReparationsandTreatmentofAmericansofJapaneseDescent.Paperpresentedat
TokyoConferenceonArgumentation,Tokyo,Japan.
Lain,B.(August2000).TeachingPhilosophyThroughDebate:TheAmericanExperiencewith
Deontology,Kritiks,andPermutationsandImplicationsFortheFuture.Paperpresented
atTokyoConferenceonArgumentation,Tokyo,Japan.
Lain,B.(April2000).ArticulationandMcGee’sIdeograph.SpecialPanel“McGee’sIdeograph:
Used,Transformed,orDiscarded?ApproachesfortheNextMillennium.”Paper
presentedatCentralStatesCommunicationAssociationConvention,Detroit,MI.
Lain,B.(November1999).RhetoricasaLinkBetweenMarxissantIdeologiekritikand
FoucauldianPower.PaperpresentedatNCAConvention,Chicago,IL.
Lain,B.&Prather,D.(November1999).TheGood,TheBad,andtheAlly:ALookatSubjectivity,
Sexuality,andMasculinePowerinPrimeTime’sAllyMcBeal.PaperpresentedatNCA
Convention,Chicago,IL.
Lain,B.(November1999).PerformingJudgmentandJudgingPerformance:TheFutureof
Forensics.PaperpresentedatNCAConvention,Chicago,IL.
Lain,B.(November1998).Text,Context,andInter(Con)textuality:AFragmented/Praxical
EnactmentofSocialTheoria.PaperpresentedatNCAConvention,NewYork,NY.
Lain,B.(April1998).ConfrontingtheMasterNarrativeofColonization:AnEcofeministAgenda.
PaperpresentedatCentralStatesCommunicationAssociationConvention,Chicago,IL.
Lain,B.(November1997).AttackingPolicy-MakingfromWithin:Perms,Counterperms,andthe
FiatofKritiking.PaperpresentedatNCAConvention,Chicago,IL.
Lain,B.(August1997).LiberationPedagogy:AddressingOppressionthroughDebateArguments.
PaperpresentedatSCA/AFAConferenceonArgumentation,Alta,UT.
Lain,B.(April1996).ParadigmsinKonflict:PolicyMaking,Kritiking,andtheFiatofKritiking.
PaperpresentedatCentralStatesSpeechCommunicationAssociationConvention,St.
Paul,MN.
Lain,B.(November1994).TheInfluenceofBuddhismonJapaneseRhetoric.Paperpresentedat
SpeechCommunicationAssociationConvention,NewOrleans,LA.
Dutiesaschairorrespondentonconferencepanels
Respondent,“OneHundredYearsofProgress…ButareWeGoingintheRightDirection?The
Woolbert–HuntDebatesRevisited.”NationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL
November2014.
Chair,“RhetoricalAnalysisofPoliticalSpeech.”SouthernStatesCommunicationAssociation,
NewOrleans,LA,April2014.
Respondent,“TheAgencyoftheImage:TheorizingHowImagesWorkintheWorld,”National
CommunicationAssociation,Washington,DC,November2013.
Respondent,“PoliticsofRepresentations:CriticalStudiesofVisualTextandTechnology,”
NationalCommunicationAssociation,Washington,DC,November2013.
Chair,“InternationalDebate:TheCIDDPresentstheBritishNationalDebateTeam,”National
CommunicationAssociation,Orlando,FL,November2012.
Respondent,“VisualCommunicationandImage:FromPresidentialPetstoMcDonald’s”
NationalCommunicationAssociation,Orlando,FL,November2012.
Chair.“TheOngoingCustoms,Challenges,andChangesofSouthernCommunication:
DisciplinaryHistoryThroughaNewLens.”SouthernStatesCommunicationAssociation
Convention,SanAntonio,TX,April2012.
Respondent,“TopPapersinVisualCommunication.”NationalCommunicationAssociation,New
Orleans,LA.November2011.
Chair,“TopPapersinVisualCommunication.”NationalCommunicationAssociation,San
Francisco,CA.November2010.
Chair.“VisualCommunicationConcepts.”NationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,Il.
November2009.
Respondent.”ExaminingContemporarySocialMovements:TheRoleofUnconventional
RhetoricalStrategiesforPoliticalActivism.”NationalCommunicationAssociation,San
Diego,CA.November2008.
Chair.“EconomicUpheavalandNationBuildingintheSocialImaginary.”National
CommunicationAssociation,SanDiego,CA.November2008.
Respondent.“ChangesinFemaleCulturalFigures:AmericanHeroes,Celebrities,andMothers.”
NationalCommunicationAssociation.November2007.
Respondent.“ConflictRhetoric.”NewPerspectivesAcrossDiverseFields.UniversityofNorth
TexasCommunicationStudiesStudentConference.April2007.
Respondent.“ProductionandConsumptioninVisualStudies:MakingImages,Consuming
DiscoursesandChangingtheImage-Economy.”NationalCommunicationAssociation,
SanAntonio,TX.November2006.
ChairandRespondent.“ExaminingthePastRhetoricalStrugglesoftheDisenfranchisedwith
andagainstGlobalizationasaSiteforMovingForwardandBack.”Sponsoredbythe
CriticalandCulturalStudiesDivision.NationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.
November2004.
Chair.“IllusiveMappings:Identity,Laborand(In)JusticeinCyberspace.”Sponsoredbythe
CriticalandCulturalStudiesDivision.NationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.
November2004.
ChairandRespondent.“Ideology,Power,Rhetoric:Challenges,Responses,andAddendumsto
RhetoricalTheory.”SponsoredbytheRhetoricalTheoryDivision.TexasSpeech
CommunicationAssociationConference,Dallas,TX.October2004.
Chair.“TheWaronTerrorism.”SecondTokyoConferenceonArgumentation,Tokyo,Japan.
August3-5,2004.
ChairandRespondent.“VisualRhetoric.”NewVoices,NewPerspectives.Communication
StudiesStudentConference.UniversityofNorthTexas,Denton,TX.April10,2004.
ChairandRespondent.“LifeDuringWartime:TransformationsinAmericanCitizenshipAfter
9/11.”SponsoredbytheAmericanStudiesDivision.NationalCommunication
AssociationConference,Miami,FL.November2003.
Chair.“ChallengestoTheory,Object,andMethodinCommunicationScholarship.”Sponsored
bytheStudentSection.NationalCommunicationAssociationConference,Miami,FL.
November2003.
Chair.“SpeakingofLeapingForward...TheSpeakingCenterandPublicSpeakingInstruction.”
MidwesternWritingCentersAssociationConference,IowaCity,IA.September2001.
Chair.“PerformingJudgmentandJudgingPerformance:TheFutureofForensics.”National
CommunicationAssociationConference,Chicago,IL.November1999.
Chair.“Text,Context,andInter(Con)textuality:AFragmented/PraxicalEnactmentofSocial
Theoria.”NationalCommunicationAssociationConference,NewYork,NY.November
1998.
UNTAwards,Honors,Recognitions:
2014‘FessorGrahamAward.UniversityofNorthTexas(The’FessorGrahamAwardisthe
highesthonorbestowedbythestudentbodyatUNT.Theawardrecognizesonefaculty
membereachyearforoutstandingandunselfishservicebeyondthecallofdutyto
students.ItisnamedforthelateProfessorFloydGraham,whotaughtatUNTformore
than40years.http://facultysuccess.unt.edu/fessor-graham)
2014President’sHonorRollforCommunityOutreach.UniversityofNorthTexas.
Teaching:
Graduate:
CourseRedesign(2011)Communication5080.IntroductiontoGraduateStudy.Graduate
seminar,RequiredofallM.AandM.S.students,UniversityofNorthTexas
NewCourseDevelopment(2007).GraduateSeminaronWarRhetoric.Graduatelevelcourse
basedcurrentreadingsontheWaronTerrorism.Developedattherequestof
Dept.ofCommunicationStudiesfacultyatUNT.
NewCourseDevelopment(2005).GraduateSeminaronVisualRhetoric.Graduatelevelcourse
basedonresearchinvisualculture.DevelopedattherequestofDept.of
CommunicationStudiesfacultyatUNT.
NewCourseDevelopment(2003).Ideology,Power,Rhetoric.Graduateleveltheorycourse
basedonreadingsinMarxism,poststructuralism,andlinguistics.Developedat
therequestofDept.ofCommunicationStudiesfacultyatUNT.
RhetoricalMethods(UNT)
Undergraduate:
NewCourseDevelopment(2009)PublicAddressfrom1960-Present.Undergraduatesurveyof
Americanhistorypresentedthroughpublicaddress.
RhetoricandPolitics(UNT)
RhetoricalCriticism(UNT)
Rhetoric,Ideology,andCulture(UNT)
SeminarinVisualRhetoric(UNT)
PublicAddressStudies(UNT)
RhetoricalTheory(UNT)
DebateandArgumentation(UNT)
NewCourseDevelopment(2004).RhetoricandArgument/AdvocatinginPublic.Sophomore
level,largelecturecoursedesignedtostudythetheoryandpracticeofargumentation.
DevelopedattherequestofDept.ofCommunicationStudiesfacultyatUNT.Redesigned
forNextGenerationClassification2012.AddedtotheUniversityCore2014.
Rhetoric10:006–Advancedintroductoryspeakingandreading(UI)
Rhetoric73–Advancedintroductorypublicspeaking(Drake)
TheoryandPracticeofArgument(UI)
DirectingForensics(UI)
BusinessandProfessionalSpeaking(UI)
CommunicationandPublicAffairs(UI)
ElementsofDebate(UI)
Rhetoric10:001&10:002–Introductoryspeaking,writing,andreadingclasswithafocuson
argumentandresearch(UI)
Modelcoursedevelopment.(2001).SpeakingandReadingCoursebasedonControversyand
RhetoricCurriculum.Co-developedwithD.Prather.SubmittedtoDougTrank,Rhetoric
DepartmentChairandChairofCurriculumCommittee.
Coursedevelopment.(2000).Writing,Speaking,andReadingCourseco-developedwithJ.
McGoverntoimplementtheRhetoricDepartment’sControversyCurriculum.Submitted
toMelissaDeem,ChairofTextbookCommittee.
Speech211–ArgumentationandDebate(WSU)
Speech101–BeginningPublicSpeaking(WSU)
SpecialProblemsCourses:
ZombieRhetorics(2014).UndergraduateTopicsClass.UniversityofNorthTexas
CourseDevelopment(2005).
RhetoricandPsychoanalysis(2013).GraduateleveltheorycoursebasedonreadingsofJacques
Lacan.DevelopedatrequestofM.S.students.
SeminaronVisualRhetoric.(2007)Seniorlevel,undergraduatecoursedesignedtoadvance
studentsknowledgeofresearchandscholarshiponvisualculture.
ThesisandDissertationDirectorships:
Sloss,Eric.(2014)HomelessAbjectionandtheUncanny‘Place’oftheNational.Denton,Texas.
Imagination(UniversityofGeorgiaGraduateStudent,Winner,BestThesis2014)
Kaszynski,Elizabeth.TheMythofEmmetropia:PerceptioninRhetoricalStudies.Denton,Texas.
UNTDigitalLibrary.http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149616/.Accessed
September3,2015.(IndianaUniversity,Doctoralcandidate2015)
Castleberry,Garret.IncorporatingFlowforaComic[Book]CorrectiveofRhetcon.Denton,
Texas.UNTDigitalLibrary.http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28405/.
AccessedSeptember3,2015.(UniversityofOklahoma,Ph.D.2015,Faculty,Oklahoma
CityCollege)
Wachsmann,EmilyBrook.SocialMovements,Subjectivity,andSolidarity:WitnessingRhetoricof
theInternationalSolidarityMovement.Denton,Texas.UNTDigital
Library.http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12211/.AccessedSeptember3,
2015.(DoctoralStudent,UniversityofTexasatAustin,Winner,BestThesis2010)
Kimball,K.Y.(2008).Milkmachines:Exploringthebreastfeedingapparatus(OrderNo.
1458658).AvailablefromDissertations&Theses@UniversityofNorthTexas;ProQuest
Dissertations&ThesesGlobal.(304538383).Retrievedfrom
http://search.proquest.com/docview/304538383?accountid=7113(CurrentlyAdjunct
Instructor,UNT,Winner,BestThesis2008)
Register,D.(2007).Programminghomelandsecurity:Citizenpreparednessandthethreatof
terrorism(OrderNo.1449435).AvailablefromDissertations&Theses@Universityof
NorthTexas;ProQuestDissertations&ThesesGlobal.(304812316).Retrievedfrom
http://search.proquest.com/docview/304812316?accountid=7113.(CurrentlyAssistant
DirectorofDebate,BardCollege)
Saindon,BrentAllen.TowardaPost-StructuralMonumentality.Denton,Texas.UNTDigital
Library.http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5346/.AccessedSeptember3,
2015.(Instructor,Davis&ElkinsCollege,WV,Univ.ofPittsburghPh.D,WinnerBest
Thesis2007)
May,MatthewS.Deleuze,FemininityandtheSpecterofPoststructuralPolitics:Variationson
theMaterialityofRhetoric.Denton,Texas.UNTDigital
Library.http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4691/.AccessedSeptember3,
2015.(Minnesota,Ph.D.2009,TexasA&MFaculty)
Downing,Emily.Livingwiths(k)in:Ananalysisoftattooremoval..Denton,Texas.UNTDigital
Library.http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4622/.AccessedSeptember3,
2015.(IndianaUniversityPh.D.2011,RegisCollegeFaculty,WinnerBestThesis2004).
ComprehensiveExams(includesinternshipsandspecialprojects)
NaderHaddad(2005,currentlyDirectorofDebateandAssociateProfessor,EastLosAngeles
College)
ChristineSnowden(2004,currentlydirectorofSylvanLearningCenter,Dallas,TX)
MajaBajac-Carter(2010,currentlyDoctoralcandidate,KentStateUniv.)
AlyssaLucas-Bolin(2013,currentlyAssociateDirectorofDebate,USC,winneroutstanding
TeachingAssistant2012)
LauraManinger(2014)
DerekZiegler(Winner,OutstandingGraduateScholarship2014)
CollinRoark(AssistantDirectorofDebate,TrinityUniversity,WinnerInternshipoftheYear,
2014)
NouraElwazani(DoctoralCandidateTexasWomensUniversity,WinnerOutstanding
ComprehensiveExam,2014)
Service:
TotheProfession:
Member,NominatingCommittee,NationalCommunicationAssociation,2014-2015.
Chair,VisualCommunicationDivisionAwardsCommittee,2012-2013.
Member,LegislativeAssembly,NationalCommunicationDivision,2011-2013.
Member,NominatingCommittee,NationalCommunicationDivision,2011-2012.
Chair,VisualCommunicationDivision.NationalCommunicationAssociation.2009-2010
Chair,CommitteeonInternationalDiscussionandDebate,NationalCommunication
Association,2010-2011.
Member,ProfessionalReviewBoard.Cross-ExaminationDebateAssociation,2009-2014.
Member,CommitteeonInternationalDiscussionandDebate.NationalCommunication
Association,2008-2011.
Vice-Chair,VisualCommunicationDivision.NationalCommunicationAssociation.2008-2010.
Secretary.VisualCommunicationStudiesDivision.NationalCommunicationAssociation.
2007-2008.
AFAWestRepresentative.NationalDebateTournamentCommittee.2006-2008.
Secretary.VisualCommunicationDivision.NationalCommunicationAssociation.2006-2007.
Secretary.CriticalCulturalStudiesDivision.NationalCommunicationAssociation.2004-2005.
ProfessionalDevelopmentCommitteeMember.AmericanForensicAssociation.2002-2003.
ProductionandPageLayoutDirector.MichiganAssociationofSpeechCommunicationJournal,
1994.
TotheCollege/University:
FacultyCo-Chair,UniversityUndergraduateCurriculumCommittee(2015-2016).
Co-Chair,FacultyParticipationCommittee,UNTQEP“CareerConnect”(2015-2016)
Chair,StudentInputandParticipationCommittee,UNTQEP2016(Summer2015)
CollegeofArtsandSciences,UndergraduateCurriculumCommittee(2012-2015,Chair20142015)
QualityEnhancementPlan(QEP)LeadershipCommitteeforSACS-COCReaccreditation,20132016.
AdhocGrievanceCommitteemember,CollegeofArtsandSciences,Summer2015
TotheDepartment:
Chair,PersonnelAfairsCommittee(member2013-2015,chair2014-2017).
Chair,JohnS.GossettMemorialScholarshipCommittee,2009-present.
GraduateStandardsCommittee2002-2005
GraduateStudentConferenceCommittee2002-2004
ResearchPresentationCommittee2004-2007(Chair2006-2007)
DevelopmentCommittee2004-2013(Chair2008-2012)
ExecutiveCommittee2006-2007,2009-2010
AssistantDirectorofDebateSearchCommittee2007-2008(Chair)
RhetoricalStudiesTenureTrackSearchCommittee2012-2013(Chair)
RhetoricalStudiesTenureTrackSearchCommittee2013-2014(Chair)
TotheCommunity
BoardMember,DallasUrbanDebateAlliance,2012-present
PublicDebatesHosted/Moderated
Moderator.ThisHousewouldbanprivategunownership.October11,2013.PartofBritish
NationalDebateTourSponsoredbytheCommitteeonInternationalDiscussionand
Debate.
Organizer,Moderator.UNTStudentGovernmentPresidentialDebates.March26,2013.
Organizer,Moderator.Debate-A-Palooza2012(20differentpublicdebatesinonedayatthe
UniversityofNorthTexas,Keynote,Job-DavidWells,hostof“TheWellsReport”660The
Answer).December1,2012.
Moderator.ThisHousewouldabolishtheElectoralCollege.October2,2012.PartofBritish
NationalDebateTourSponsoredbytheCommitteeonInternationalDiscussionand
Debate.
Organizer,Moderator.Debate-A-Palooza2012(34differentpublicdebatesinonedayatthe
UniversityofNorthTexas,Keynote,Dr.TracyMcFarland,NationalDebateCoaches
Association“EducatoroftheYear”2012).April28,2012.
Organizer,Moderator.UNTStudentGovernmentPresidentialDebates.March29,2012.
Organizer,Moderator.Debate-A-Palooza2011(20differentdebatesinonedayatthe
UniversityofNorthTexas,Keynotespeaker,CongressmanMichaelBurgess).December
3,2011.
Moderator.ThisHousewouldcappoliticalpartyspendinginelections.October11,2011.Part
ofBritishNationalDebateTourSponsoredbytheCommitteeonInternational
DiscussionandDebate.
Moderator.UNTStudentGovernmentPresidentDebates.March24,2010.
Moderator.ThisHousewouldtieallaidtothedevelopmentofwomen’srights.October28,
2010.PartofBritishNationalDebateTourSponsoredbytheCommitteeon
InternationalDiscussionandDebate.
Moderator.HealthCareReformDebate.October12,2010.
Moderator.BigCoalPublicDebate.November19,2009.Co-SponsoredwithUNTInternational.PartofInternationalEducationWeekatUNT,focusedonUNT’sOne
Book,OneCommunityseries.(seeSamplePublicDebateMaterialsinDebateSupporting
Materialsdigitalappendix)
Moderator,ThisHousebelievestheUKshouldregretitsinvolvementinAmerica’sWaron
Terror.October30,2009.PartofBritishNationalDebateTourSponsoredbythe
CommitteeonInternationalDiscussionandDebate.
Moderator.WhyIntelligentDesignisWorthFightingFor,September20,2008.Co-sponsored
bytheUNTCenterfortheStudyofInterdisciplinarityandtheDepartmentofPhilosophy
andReligionStudies.FeaturingDr.SteveFuller,UniversityofWarwick.
SpecialNewsCommentatorfor2004PresidentialDebates.ABCNewsRadiowithSam
Donaldson,NewYork,NY.October2004.
Organizer.Resolved:thereshouldn’tbeaStudentGovtatUNT.October9,2003.
OrganizerandModerator.Resolved:ThatCapitalPunishmentisImmoral.February20,2003.
OrganizerandModerator,ResolvedtheVaginaMonologuesDecreaseViolenceAgainst
Women.February12,2003.
OrganizerandModerator.Resolved:AWarinIraqisJustified.October31,2002.Participants,
MikeGirouard,ScottyGottbreht,NiravPatel,andJohnPrieurIII.
CoordinatorPublicAudienceDebate.CommunicationWeek,WayneStateUniversity,1995.
Tothedebatecommunity
Judge.GeorgeBushEconomicDebates,GeorgeBushInstitute.Dallas,TX.October19-20,2013.
FinalRoundJudge.TexasForensicAssociation,StateTournament,PolicyDebateDivision.
SouthGrandPrairieHighSchool,March2013
PolicyDebateDivisionDirector.MeanGreenWorkshops,2003-2015.
TabRoomStaff.St/Mark’sHighSchool:TheHeartofTexasInvitational;ForensicsTournament,
Dallas,TX.2002-2015.
TournamentCoordinator.WilliamDeMougeotDebates.UniversityofNorthTexas,2002-2015.
TournamentCoordinator,DallasUrbanDebateLeagueCityChampionship,2008,2009.
TournamentDirector,UILDistrict7-5ADebateTournament,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007.
Coordinators:BethBrockman,TerrieRambo,CarolynKiesewetter,MarthaCrep,David
Huston.
DebateTabRoomDirector.BrindleyHighSchoolTournament.UniversityofNorthernIowa,
2001.
AssistantTabRoomDirector.IowaHighSchoolForensicsAssociationAnnualLincoln-Douglas
Tournament,1997-1999.
PolicyDebateTabRoomDirector.HarvardHighSchoolDebateTournament,1996-1998.
AssistantandJudge.ChicagoDebateCommission(aninnercitydebateleagueformedforhigh
schoolsintheChicagoarea),1996-1997.
CoachesWorkshopInstructorandPolicyDebateInstructor.DuncanvilleHighSchool’sSpeech
DepartmentForensicWorkshop,August2002.BarbaraTGarnerCoordinator.
Coordinator.InternationalDebatesAgainstBritishandRussianNationalTeams.A.CraigBaird
DebateForum,1996-1998.
InternationalServiceasDebateInstructor
DebateWorkshopInstructor.KandaUniversityDebateWorkshop.KandaUniversityof
InternationalStudies,Chiba,Japan.August2008.
DebateWorkshopInstructor.TsudaCollegeDebateWorkshop.TsudaCollege,TsudaJapan.
August2004.