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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 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
· 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.
· 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.
Teaching Experience
• COMM 30163, Organizational Communication• COMM 30183, Negotiation
• COMM 30103, Argumentation and Debate
• COMM 30970, Independent Study: Crisis in Organizations
• COMM 110, (NDSU) Fundamentals of Public Speaking (15 total sections) / Spring 2012-present
Fall 2012
Fall 2012-present
Spring 2015
Fall 2006-Spring 2012
• COMM 150, (NDSU) Forensics Practice (12 sections) / Fall 2006-Spring 2012
• COMM 312, (NDSU) Oral Performance Studies / Fall 2008, 2010
• COMM 318, (NDSU) Argumentation and Advocacy
• COMM 370, (NDSU) Fundamentals of Public Relations
• COMM 451, (NDSU) Directing Forensics / Spring 2008, 2010, 2011
Spring 2009
Fall 2007, 2009, 2011
Forensics Experience
• Director, Texas Christian University Forensics Team• Director of Forensics, North Dakota State University / 2013-present
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
• 9th Place, Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament and Convention
• 9th Place, Presidents Division II, NFA
• Tournament Director, It’s Not 30-Below Swing
• Tournament Director, Dakotas State Championship, VFL #1 and #3
• National Tab Staff, Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament / 2010
2011
2012
2015
2007-2012
2013
Affiliations/Memberships
• Pi Kappa Delta, Director ND Delta Chapter• Pi Kappa Delta, Director, TX Zeta Chapter / 2006-2012
2012-present
• Pi Kappa Delta, Secretary SD Delta Alumni Chapter / 2011-present
• National Communication Association
• Communication, Speech, Theater Association of ND
• National Forensic Association and American Forensic Association / 2007-present
2006-2012
2006-present
Service
· Curriculum Committee, TCU Department of Communication Studies, Fall 2012-present.
· Organized political debate between candidates for District 10 Senate seat, October 2012.
· National tab room staff, Pi Kappa Delta Tournament and Convention, 2013.
· Reviewer, National Forensic Journal, 2014.
· Reviewer, Western Communication Association, Argumentation and Forensics Division.
· Reviewer, National Communication Association, Religious Communication Division, 2014.
· Reviewer, Journal of the Communication, Speech, & Theater Association of North Dakota, 2014.
· Tournament Director, high school tournaments 2008 and 2009; Dakotas State Championship, Spring 2010; VFL #3, Spring 2011.
· Tournament Director, It’s Not 30-Below Swing, TCU and University of Kentucky, 2014.
· Tournament Host, Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association, Fall 2014.
· Voting member, Valley Forensics League, Fall 2006 – 2012
· NDSU Forensics Team COMM 110 Tutoring Nights, offered every semester 2008-2012
· Judge, Optimist Club Oratorical Contest, 2009, 2010, and 2011
· Reviewer for undergraduate panels, Communication, Speech, Theater Association of North Dakota, Fall 2008
· Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament and Convention Extemporaneous Topics Committee, 2011
· National Forensics Association National Tournament Impromptu Topics Committee, 2012