ElizabethRoot
Associate Professor, Speech Communication
B6 Shepard Hall, Corvallis, Oregon97331
541-737-5390
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION
PhD in Communication, May 2007, University of New Mexico
Dissertation: How the Ideology of English Influences Classroom Interactions in South Korea: Insights from Personal Narratives
Advisors: Dr. Bradford ‘J’ Hall and Dr. Karen Foss
MA in ESL (English as a Second Language), December 1998, University of Minnesota
Thesis: Motivation and Learning Strategies in a Foreign Language Setting: A Look at a Learner
of Korean
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Cohen
BA in Language Arts Secondary Education, May 1992, BethelUniversity
Minor: Music
Summa cum laude
Employment Information:
Associate Professor, 2008-current
Received tenure in 2014
Director of Graduate Studies (2011 – current)
Speech Communication, School of Arts and Communication
OregonStateUniversity, Corvallis, Oregon
Instructor, 2007-2008
American English Institute
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Teaching Assistant, 2003-2007
Department of Communication and Journalism
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Visiting Professor, February – August, 2006
Institute of International Education
KyungHeeUniversity, Seoul, South Korea
Visiting Professor, 1999-2002
Department of Language and Culture
The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, South Korea
Teaching Assistant, 1997-1998
MinnesotaEnglishCenter
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
English as a Second Language Instructor, 1994-1997
Adult Academic Program
School District 218, Robbinsdale, Minnesota
English as a Foreign Language Teacher, 1993-1994
Shandong Institute of Mining
Taian, ShandongProvince, People’s Republic of China
English as a Foreign Language Teacher, 1992-1993
Taiyuan Institute of Technology
Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, People’s Republic of China
TEACHING, ADVISING, AND OTHER ASSIGNMENTS
Instructional Summary:
● Curriculum Development:
New courses developed:
Comm 326, developed Fall 2008
Comm 416, developed Winter 2009
Comm 426/526, developed Spring 2009
Comm 412/512, developed Spring 2009
Comm 599 (Language and Culture), developed Fall 2009
Comm 321, developed Summer 2011
Comm 599 (Interracial Communication), developed Spring 2012
ALS 199, Section 3 (Overcoming Culture Shock: How to Navigate OSU Culture),
developed Fall 2012
Comm 599 (Critical Theorizing in Intercultural Communication), developed
Winter 2014
● Non-Credit Courses and Workshops:
Pre-Academic Language Training Program for Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows.I was invited to teach in this program, sponsored by the American English Institute at the University of Oregon, from June 22 – August 14, 2009. The Humphrey Fellowship Program is a branch of the Fulbright Scholarship Program, run through the US State Department, and is designed for mid-career professionals from designated developing countries. I taught
four different English language classes:Academic Writing, Oral Skills, University Seminar,
and Workplace Communication.
● Invited Lectures:
A Dynamic Approach to Intercultural Communication. Guest lecture given for the SeoulTech Language Education Colloquium, at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, in Seoul, South Korea, September 6, 2012.
Introduction to Intercultural Communication. Guest lecture given in Dr. Jeon Jihyeon’s graduate level course on Intercultural Communication, in the College of Business Administration, at Ewha Womans University, in Seoul, South Korea, September 3, 2012.
Overcoming barriers to effective communication across cultures. Guest lecture given for the Department of Language and Culture, at The Catholic University of Korea, in Bucheon, South Korea, August 30, 2012.
● Graduate Students:
Jeanna Towns (MAIS), committee member, schedule unknown
Madison Parker (MAIS), committee member, schedule unknown
Alexandra Cook (MAIS), committee member, degree to be completed Summer 2015
April Whitney (MAIS), Chair, degree to be completed Fall 2015
Drew Hatlen (MAIS), committee member, degree to be completed Winter 2015
Monica Couvrette (MAIS), Chair, degree to be completed Spring 2016
Ameer Almuaybid (MAIS), committee member, degree to be completed Spring 2016
Christopher Foertsch (Anthropology, MA), committee member, degree to be completed
Spring 2016
Ashlee Tibbets (MA, Forestry), committee member, degree grantedFall 2011
Scott Anderson (MAIS), committee member, degree granted Spring 2012
Chelsea McLennan (MAIS), committee member, degree granted Spring 2012
Forest Ledbetter (MAIS), committee member, degree granted Spring 2012
Jillian Egan (MAIS), Chair, degree granted Summer 2012
Erika Hanna (MAIS), Chair, degree granted Fall 2012
Michelle Huillet (MAIS), committee member, degree granted Spring 2013
Anna Anderson (MAIS), Chair, degree granted Spring 2013
Jeanna Ramos (MAIS), graduate representative, degree granted Spring 2013
Mariana Zaragoza (MAIS), graduate representative, degree granted Spring 2013
Ashley Carron (MAIS), Chair, degree granted Summer 2013
Whitney Ahn (MAIS), committee member, degree granted Spring 2014
Karen Ast (CSSA, MA), committee member, degree granted Spring 2014
Brett Watson (MA, Environmental Sciences), committee member, degree granted Spring
2014
Corrina Ward, (MAIS), committee member, degree granted Spring 2014
Erin Mitchell (PhD, Exercise and Sport Science), degree granted Spring 2015
● Collaborative Efforts:
Culture Partner Program. I created a conversation partnership program in collaboration with the General Education program at INTO OSU, working with Elena Sapp, Melody Slothower, Carly Gerig, and Tracy Jones. This program pairs up students in Comm 426/526 with international students in a Cross-Cultural Communication course taught through INTO. This program was initially developed in Spring 2010 and has been offered every spring term since.
SCHOLARSHIP AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY
Refereed Publications:
Root, E. (2014). Definitions of an intercultural encounter: Insights into “Internationalization
at Home” efforts. The Northwest Journal of Communication, 42(1), 35-60.
Root, E. (2013). Insights into the differences—similarities dialectic in intercultural
communication from university students’ narratives. Intercultural Communication Studies,
22(3), 61-79.
Root, E., Hargrove, T. D., Ngampornchai, A., & Petrunia, M. D. (2013). Identity dialectics of the
intercultural communication instructor: Insights from collaborative autoethnography.
Intercultural Communication Studies, 22(2), 1-18.
Root, E., & Ngampornchai, A. (2012). “I came back as a new human being”: Student
descriptions of intercultural competence acquired through education abroad
experiences.Journal of Studies in International Education. doi:10.1177/1028315312468008
Root, E. (2012). Participation in and opposition to the ideology of English in South Korea:
Insights from personal narratives. Asian EFL Journal, 14(3), 178-213.
Root, E. (2010). Fostering genuine dialogue in the classroom. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 14(4),
78-85.
Root, E. (2009). “I’m just a foreign teacher doing my job”: Ways in which discursive constructions mask an ideology of English in South Korea. NIDA Journal of Language and
Communication, 14(14), 57-80.
Non-Refereed Publications:
Root, E. (2015). The empty woman: Dealing with sadness and loss after a hysterectomy. In J.
Baglia & R. Silverman (Eds.), Pregnancy loss: A narrative collection(pp. 181-194). New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
Root, E. (1999). Motivation and learning strategies in a foreign language setting: A look at a learner of Korean. The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition Working Paper #14. The Regents of the University of Minnesota.
Conference Presentations:
Opposing energies of the interculturalist identity. Research paper accepted for the
NCA (National Communication Association) Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, in November 2015.
Identity awareness for interculturalists: Sharing ways we present and preserve our identities.
Presentation and facilitated discussion at the SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research) Conference in Portland, Oregon, October 23, 2014.
Insights into the differences—similarities dialectic in intercultural communication from university
students’ narratives. Research paper presented at the NCA (National
Communication Association) Conference, Washington D.C., November 23, 2013.
The Professor and Mary Ann: Student expectations of university professors’ gender. Research paper
presented at the NCA (National Communication Association) Conference, Orlando,
Florida, November 16, 2012. Co-authored with Trischa Goodnow.
“I came back as a new human being”: Student descriptions of intercultural competence acquired through
education abroad experiences. Research paper presented at the WSCA (Western States
Communication Association) Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 19, 2012. Co-authored with Anchalee Ngampornchai.
Education in the quest for social change. Panel Presenter atthe WSCA (Western States
Communication Association) Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 20, 2012.
The voice at the front of the room: Identity dialectics of the intercultural communication instructor.
Research paper presented at the NCA (National Communication Association) Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 19, 2011. Co-authored with Tara Hargrove,
Matthew Petrunia, and Anchalee Ngampornchai.
Unsilencing the margins: Organizations and the theatre of empowerment. Panel presenter at the
NCA (National Communication Association) Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana,
November 17, 2011.
The use of narratives to increase intercultural learning: How personal experiences of risk and resilience
can benefit research and teaching. Presenter at the SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research) Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 16, 2011.
Constructing community: Addressing challenges, successes, and positionality in the intercultural
classroom. Panel presenter at the WSCA (Western States Communication Association)
Conference, Monterey, California, February 21, 2011.
How university students define an intercultural encounter: Insights into “Internationalization at Home”
efforts. Research paper presented at the WSCA (Western States Communication
Association) Conference, Monterey, California, February 20, 2011.
NWCA Presidential Panel: Roundtable Discussion on Teaching. Panel presenter at the NWCA
(Northwest Communication Association) Conference, Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, April 9, 2010.
Participation and resistance to the ideology of English: Stories told by Korean students and native-
English speaking teachers. Research paper presented at the NCA (National
Communication Association) Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 12, 2009.
A change in perspective: Personal challenges with conceptualizing cultural privilege.Panel presenter
at the NCA (National Communication Association) Conference, Chicago, Illinois,
November 14, 2009.
Underlying expectations of native-English speaking teachers and South Korean students: Insights from
personal narratives. Research paper presented at the ICA (International Communication
Association) Conference, Chicago, Illinois, May 23, 2009.
The challenges of conceptualizing cultural privilege: Moving toward possible solutions. Panel
presenter at the SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research)
Conference, Cary, North Carolina, April 3, 2009.
Cultural adjustment from the other side: Korean students’ experience with their sojourner-teachers.
Research paper presented at the NCA (National Communication Association)
Conference, San Diego, CA, November 22, 2008.
Cultural adjustment from the student perspective. Research paper presented at the TESOL
(Teaching Englishto Speakers of Other Languages) Conference, New York, NY, April 3,
2008.
The ideology of English in South Korea. Research paper presented at the TESOL (Teaching English
to Speakers of Other Languages) Conference, New York, NY, April 4, 2008.
When teaching “works:” Letting student narratives speak. Research paper presented at the NCA
(National Communication Association) Conference, Chicago, IL, November 15, 2007.
Locating the heart in instructional communication.Research paper presented at the NCA (National
Communication Association) Conference, San Antonio, TX, November 18, 2006.
Getting ahead of the curve: Investigating the impact of location and space in intercultural relationships.
Poster session presenter at the SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research) Conference, Albuquerque, NM, November 2, 2006.
Communicating culture in the classroom: An ethnography. Research paper presented at the WSCA
(Western States Communication Association) Conference, San Francisco, CA, February
22, 2005.
Defining intercultural communicative competence. Research paper presented at the TESOL
(Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 1, 2005.
Sociocultural contexts in teaching: The context of globalization. Research paper presented at the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 1, 2005.
Cat cloning and Genetic Savings and Clone Inc.: Cloaking controversy with rhetorical vision. Research paper accepted for presentation at the ICA (International Communication Association) Conference, New York, NY, May 29, 2005. Co-authored with Adolfo Garcia.
The comparison of motivation between 2nd year Japanese and English majors at Catholic University. Research paper presented at the ALAK (Applied Linguistics Association of Korea) Conference,Seoul, Korea, December 7, 2002. Co-authored with Atsushi Nakano.
The comparison of motivational factors between English and Japanese language majors in Korea. Research paper presented at the ALAK (Applied Linguistics Association of Korea)
Conference,Seoul, Korea, December 8, 2001. Co-authored with Atsushi Nakano.
Components of motivation in a foreign language setting. Research paper presented at the KATE
(Korea Associationof Teachers of English) Conference, Seoul, Korea, June 29, 2001.
The creation of a course: Intercultural communication. Paper presented at the ALAK (Applied
LinguisticsAssociation of Korea) Conference, Seoul, Korea, June 23, 2001.
Motivation in a foreign language setting: A look at a learner of Korean. Research paper presented at
the KOTESOL(Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Conference.
Seoul, Korea, March18, 2000.
SERVICE
University Service:
Departmental Service:
● Member of Curriculum Committee, 2009-2011
● Departmental Representative, Beaver Open House, November 6, 2010
● Member of Hiring Committee for the Media and Cultural Studies position, Winter 2011
● Director of Graduate Studies for the MAIS, Fall 2011 – present
● Member of Scholarship Committee, 2011, 2012
● Member of Hiring Committee for Organizational Communication position, Winter 2012
● Organized 6 presentations for the Colloquium Series every year, Fall 2011 - present
● Member of Travel Committee, Fall 2012
● Presentation.The voice at the front of the room:Identity dialectics of the intercultural communication
Instructor, Speech Communication Colloquium Series, October 14, 2012
● Unit Representative. College of Liberal Arts’ Matriculation Ceremony, April 19, 2012, and
April 16, 2013.
● Member of Hiring Committee for Health/Interpersonal Communication position,
Winter/Spring 2013
● Presentation. To claim “nappy-esque” hair: An autoethnographic exploration of white racial identity,
Speech Communication Colloquium Series, January 25, 2013.
● Respondent and Reviewer. Lambda Pi Eta Student Communication Conference, Oregon State
University, May 11, 2013
● Unit Liaison for website development for CLA, Fall 2013
● Chair of Travel Committee, Fall 2013
● Intercultural Communication Training for Comm 111instructors teaching for INTO, Dec. 16,
2013
● Chair of Travel Committee, Fall 2014
● Member of Hiring Committee for NMC/Speech Communication position, Winter 2015.
● Initiated discussion group on teaching for Speech Comm faculty and instructors,
Winter 2015--ongoing.
● Member of Hiring Committee for visiting Organizational Communication position, Spring
2015.
● Chair of Scholarship Committee, Spring 2015
● Respondent and Reviewer. Lambda Pi Eta Student Communication Conference, Oregon State
University, May 9, 2015
University Service:
● Main speaker, Intercultural Communication Training, Brown Bag Sessions for INTO Staff, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR April 22, 2014.
● Main speaker, Intercultural Communication Training, Faculty Mediators Training, Omsbud Office, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, April 4, 2014.
● Co-presenter with Ron Mize, Cultural Values Training, Global Village Living-Learning Community, INTO OSU, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, February 27, 2014.
● Facilitator of debriefing discussion of the documentary “The Dialogue,” hosted during International Education Week, sponsored by the Office of International Education, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, November 13, 2013.
● Main speaker, Introduction to Intercultural Communication, in Sara Jameson’s WR 214 class, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, October 9, 2013.
● Member, Task Force on Intercultural Initiatives, Student Affairs, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Spring 2013.
● Main speaker, Differences in communication styles: Considerations for the classroom context, workshop facilitated for the OSU Women’s Network,Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, May 23, 2012.
● Main speaker, Understanding different communication styles, a workshop facilitated for the OSU Cross-Cultural Mentorship Program, sponsored by Intercultural Student Services, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, March 6, 2012.
● Guest presenter, Intercultural competence, ADELANTE Leadership Program, The Center for Latina/o Studies and Engagement and Casa Latina/o de OSU, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, February 29, 2012.
● Panel participant, Classroom richness: Domestic and international students learn together, presentation sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, for International Education Week, Office of International Programs, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, November 12, 2012.
● Panel participant, Gender in the classroom, a presentation sponsored by the OSU Women’s Network,Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR,November 3, 2011.
● Invited Wei Xue-Ming, a visiting scholar from Beijing University of Posts and
Telecommunications, to Speech Communication for a year appointment, Winter 2011 – Fall 2011.
● Mentor volunteer, Cross-Cultural Mentorship Program, sponsored by Intercultural Student Services, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 2010-2011
● Main speaker, Overcoming barriers to effective intercultural communication, a workshop facilitated as part of International Education Week, Office of International Programs, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, November 19, 2010.
● Main speaker, A dialectical approach to intercultural communication, a workshop for Pathway Tutors, sponsored by INTO OSU, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, June 29, 2010.
● Member, advisory council for the planning of Intercultural Communication Week, Office of International Programs, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Winter 2009.
Service to the Profession:
●Reviewer, Northwest Communication Association Conference, Spring 2015.
●Reviewer, Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research, Spring 2015.
●Chair for the Intercultural Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association, Winter 2014 – Winter 2015.
●Reviewer, Modern Language Journal, Fall 2014 – Winter 2015.
● Session Chair, Northwest Communication Association Conference, Spring 2014.
● Session Chair, Western Communication Association Conference, Winter 2014.
●Session Chair, National Communication Association Conference, Fall 2013.
●Session Chair, Northwest Communication Association Conference, Spring 2013.
●Reviewer,Journal of theNorthwest Communication Association, Winter 2011, 2013.
●Reviewer,Intercultural Education, Fall 2012.
●Reviewer,Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, Fall 2011, 2012.
●Reviewer, Western States Communication Association Conference, Intercultural Communication Interest Group, Fall 2011, 2012, 2013.
●Respondent, Western States Communication Association Conference, Winter 2012.
●OSU delegate, Legislative Assembly meeting, Western States Communication Association Conference, Winter 2012, 2014.
●Guest lecture, Identity issues in cultural adjustment, Rumaila Education Program, a special program hosting 15 Iraqi students at the American English Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, February 13, 2012.
●Reviewer, National Communication Association Conference, Winter 2012, 2013, 2014.
●Session Chair and Respondent, Western States Communication Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM, Winter 2012.
●Guest lecture, Cultural identity, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, July 22, 2011.
●Guest lecture, The effects of perception in intercultural interactions, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR:July 1, 2009, June 25, 2010, and May 20, 2011.
●Reviewer,Language and Intercultural Communication, Spring, 2011.
AWARDS
National and International Awards:
Top Paper Award, Intercultural Communication Interest Group. Presented at the Western
States Communication Association Conference, Albuquerque, February 19, 2012.
Ralph Cooley Award (Signifies the overall top paper in the division), International and
Intercultural Communication Division. Presented at the National Communication
Association Conference, New Orleans, November 19, 2011.
Top Faculty Paper Award, International and Intercultural Communication Division. Presented
at the National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, November, 2011.
Top Paper Award, Korean American Communication Association. Presented at the National
Communication Association Conference, Chicago, November 12, 2009.
Top Paper Award, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Division. Presented at the National
Communication Association Conference, Chicago, November 15, 2007.
University and Community Awards:
L.L. Stewart Faculty Development Award. Received from the Center of Teaching and Learning,
Oregon State University, March 28, 2011.
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