Amorette Hinderaker
Convener of Debates, TCU  P.O. Box 298045, Fort Worth, TX 76129
Phone: (817) 257-6660  E-Mail: a.hinderaker@tcu.edu
Education
Ph.D. North Dakota State University (2013).
Dissertation: Leaving the Family: Exit from Totalistic Organizations. Recipient: E. James
Ubbelohde Award, 2012.
M.A.
North Dakota State University (2009).
Thesis: I hope the call me on a mission: Assimilation into the missionary system of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Recipient: Top Master’s Student Award, NDSU 2008.
B.A.
South Dakota State University (1997).
Major: Mass Communication. Minors: Political Science, Communication Studies.
Professional Experience
• Development Specialist, Grand Junction (CO) Economic Partnership
2003-2005
• Development Manager, Colorado West Mental Health (Grand
Junction, CO)
1999-2003
• Grants Administrator/Planning Technician, Sweetwater County,
WY (Green River, WY)
1997-1998
• Editor, Volga Tribune (Volga, SD)
1995-1997
Publications
• Littlefield, R. S., & Hinderaker, A. (2012). Constructing Social Reality: An Examination of
Contemporary Perceptions of 20th Century Forensic Leadership. The Forensic of Pi Kappa
Delta.
• Hinderaker, A. (2014). Severing Primary Ties: Exit from Totalistic Organizations. Western
Journal of Communicaiton.
• Hinderaker, A., & O’Connor, A. (2015). The Long Road Out: Exit Stories from the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Communication Studies.
Scholarly Work in Progress
• Taylor, S. H., Young, J., Summer, S., Garner, J., & Hinderaker. Entering the Fold: Exploring
the Encounter Stage of Socialization in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Revise
and Resubmit, Journal of Communication and Religion.
• Garner, J. & Hinderaker, A. Leaving Religious Organizations. Intended submission to NCA
2015 and journal for publication.
• Hinderaker, A. And the Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick: Media Narratives of Faith
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Healing. Intended submission to Journal of Media and Religion.
• Hinderaker, A. & Howe, W. Whispering Dissent: Anonymous Dissent in a Faith Organization.
Presented at the National Communication Association 2014 National Convention, Chicago, IL
Intended submission to Journal of Communication and Religion.
• Hinderaker, A. Questioning the Question: A Rhetorical Paradigm for Competitive
Communication Analysis. Intended submission to The Forensic.
• Hinderaker, A. Narratives of the Ordain Women Movement.
Conference Presentations
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Hinderaker, A. (2014, November). Whispering Dissent: Anonymous Dissent in a Faith Organization.
Paper to be presented at the 100th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association,
Chicago, IL.
Hinderaker, A. (2013, November). Leaving the family: Exit from totalistic organizations. Paper
presented at the 99th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Washington,
D.C.
Hinderaker, A. (2013, November). Making connections between forensic praxis and the communication
discipline: Advocating a theoretical coaching and competition paradigm. Panel chaired at the 99th Annual
Convention of the National Communication Association, Washington, D.C. Panelists: Bill, T.,
Haarstad, N., Johnson, J., Wachs, A.
Hinderaker, A. [Dis]Connections. Respondent to panel at the 99th Annual Convention of the
National Communication Association, Washington, D.C.
Hinderaker, A. (2011, November). Graduate student directed forensics programs: A panel discussion on
maintaining team voice without faculty position support. Panel chaired at the 97th Annual Convention of
the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. Panelists: Dunn, S., Haarstad, N.,
Holbrook, D., Schultz, J.
Hinderaker, A. (2011, November). And the prayer of faith shall save the sick: Media as portrayer and
creator of uncertainty in high-profile faith healing cases. Paper presented at the 97th Annual Convention
of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Hinderaker, A. (2011, February). Corporate religion: Religious identification inducements in Fortune 500
companies. Paper presented at the Science, Religion and Lunch Seminar of North Dakota State
University, Fargo, ND.
Hinderaker, A. (2010, March). Hinderaker, A. The road out: Exit from the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. Paper presented at the Science, Religion and Lunch Seminar of North Dakota
State University, Fargo, ND.
Hinderaker, A., & Haarstad, N. (2010, September). Conflict rhetoric and a political identity of oppression
in the Declare Yourself youth voter campaign. Paper presented at the 2010 Communication, Speech, and
Theater Association of North Dakota Convention, Mandan, ND.
Hinderaker, A. (2010, September). Creating and maintaining unwritten rules in intercollegiate forensics: A
symbolic convergence perspective. Paper presented at the 2010 Communication, Speech, and Theater
Association of North Dakota Convention, Mandan, ND.
Hinderaker, A. (2009, November). I hope they call me on a mission: Assimilation into the missionary system
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Paper presented at the 95th Annual Convention of the
National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Hinderaker, A. (2009, November) The road out: Exit from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. Paper presented at the 95th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association,
Chicago, IL.
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Hinderaker, A. (2009, September). Argument by myth: Presence of the bootstrap myth in Brigham Young’s
discourse. Paper presented at the 2009 Communication, Speech, and Theater Association of North
Dakota Convention, Mandan, ND.
Burns, M., Hinderaker, A., & Farrell, L. (2009, September). Becoming a bison and assimilating into the
herd: An action research approach to improving student engagement at NDSU. Paper presented at the
2009 Communication, Speech, and Theater Association of North Dakota Convention, Mandan, ND.
Hinderaker, A. (2008, November). The Mormon jeremiad: The rhetorical legacy of Mormonism in Mitt
Romney’s Frontiers of Freedom speech. Paper presented at the 94th Annual Convention of the National
Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
Hinderaker, A. (2008, November). Pulling yourself up by the bootstraps: The great American myth of rags
to riches in the 2008 campaign rhetoric of Barack Obama. Paper presented at the 94th Annual
Convention of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
Hinderaker, A. (2008, September). Portrayal of Joseph Smith as a mythic hero in Mormon discourse.
Paper presented at the 2008 Communication, Speech, and Theater Association of North Dakota
Convention, Mandan, ND.
Hinderaker, A. & Haarstad, N. (2007, September). Who’s afraid of the big bad library: teaching your
debaters to research like pros. Paper presented at the 2007 Communication, Speech, and Theater
Association of North Dakota Convention, Mandan, ND.
Littlefield, R.S. & Hinderaker, A. (2007, November). Significant forensics leaders in the 20th century.
Paper presented at the 93rd Annual Convention of the National Communication Association,
Chicago, IL.
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Teaching Experience
• COMM 30163, Organizational Communication
• COMM 30183, Negotiation
• COMM 30103, Argumentation and Debate
• COMM 30970, Independent Study: Crisis in Organizations
Spring 2012-present
Fall 2012
Fall 2012-present
Spring 2015
• COMM 110, (NDSU) Fundamentals of Public Speaking (15 total
sections)
Fall 2006-Spring 2012
• COMM 150, (NDSU) Forensics Practice (12 sections)
Fall 2006-Spring 2012
• COMM 312, (NDSU) Oral Performance Studies
• COMM 318, (NDSU) Argumentation and Advocacy
• COMM 370, (NDSU) Fundamentals of Public Relations
• COMM 451, (NDSU) Directing Forensics
Fall 2008, 2010
Spring 2008, 2010, 2011
Spring 2009
Fall 2007, 2009, 2011
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Forensics Experience
• Director, Texas Christian University Forensics Team
2013-present
• Director of Forensics, North Dakota State University
2006-2012
• Coach Member of Pi Kappa Delta, National Forensics Association,
American Forensics Association, and National Parliamentary Debate
Association
2006-present
• 8th Place, President’s Division II, NFA
2010
• 9th Place, Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament and Convention
2011
• 9th Place, Presidents Division II, NFA
2012
• Tournament Director, It’s Not 30-Below Swing
2015
• Tournament Director, Dakotas State Championship, VFL #1 and #3
2007-2012
• National Tab Staff, Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament
2013
Affiliations/Memberships
• Pi Kappa Delta, Director ND Delta Chapter
2006-2012
• Pi Kappa Delta, Director, TX Zeta Chapter
2012-present
• Pi Kappa Delta, Secretary SD Delta Alumni Chapter
2011-present
• National Communication Association
2007-present
• Communication, Speech, Theater Association of ND
• National Forensic Association and American Forensic Association
2006-2012
2006-present
Service
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Curriculum Committee, TCU Department of Communication Studies, Fall 2012-present.
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Organized political debate between candidates for District 10 Senate seat, October 2012.
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National tab room staff, Pi Kappa Delta Tournament and Convention, 2013.
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Reviewer, National Forensic Journal, 2014.
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Reviewer, Western Communication Association, Argumentation and Forensics Division.
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Reviewer, National Communication Association, Religious Communication Division, 2014.
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Reviewer, Journal of the Communication, Speech, & Theater Association of North Dakota, 2014.
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Tournament Director, high school tournaments 2008 and 2009; Dakotas State Championship,
Spring 2010; VFL #3, Spring 2011.
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Tournament Director, It’s Not 30-Below Swing, TCU and University of Kentucky, 2014.
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Tournament Host, Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association, Fall 2014.
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Voting member, Valley Forensics League, Fall 2006 – 2012
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NDSU Forensics Team COMM 110 Tutoring Nights, offered every semester 2008-2012
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Judge, Optimist Club Oratorical Contest, 2009, 2010, and 2011
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Reviewer for undergraduate panels, Communication, Speech, Theater Association of North Dakota,
Fall 2008
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Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament and Convention Extemporaneous Topics Committee, 2011
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National Forensics Association National Tournament Impromptu Topics Committee, 2012