1. Education

May 1995	Ph. D., College of Communications and Information Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington
June 1992	M. A., Department of Speech Communication, University of Georgia
June 1990	B. A., Department of Speech Communication, University of Georgia

2. Academic History

2009-Present	Full Professor, University of Georgia
2004-2009	Associate Professor, University of Georgia
1998-2004	Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
1995-1998	Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University

3. Scholarly Activities
   1. Publications
      1. Books Authored

         Orbe, M. & Harris, T. M. (2008, 2nd ed.). Interracial Communication: Theory To Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

         Orbe, M. & Harris, T. M. (2001). Interracial Communication: Theory To Practice. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.

      2. Books Edited             None
      3. Chapters in Books

      Harris, T. M. & Harris, J. K. (in-press). Religious Concepts in Health Beliefs among African American Women: Implications for Health Care, Policy, and Promotion. In Margaret Wills (ed.), Speaking Of Spirituality: Perspectives on Health from the Religious to the Numinous. Hampton Press.

      Harris, T. M. & Coleman, M. (in-progress). A Cultural Framework for Understanding Behavior Genetics. In Frank Columbus’ Behavior Genetics: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

      Harris, T. M. & Abbott, B. (in-progress). Reframing the Rhetorics of Race Through Classroom Discourse. Chapter submission to Deborah Brunson and Linda Lampl’s Interracial Communication Reader.

      Harris, T. M. (2008). Deconstructing the Myth of the Dysfunctional  Black Family in the Film Soul Food. In Lawrence Rubin (Ed.). Food for Thought: Essays on Eating and Culture (pp. 211-224). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers: Jefferson, NC.
                 
      Harris, T. M. (2008). 21st Century Representations of Race in Television Programming. In John Hartwell Moore (ed., 3 vol.), Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (pp. 124-129.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA.

      Harris, T. M., Groscurth, C., & Trego, A. (2007). Coloring Outside the Lines: Unmasking Performances of White Identity through Classroom Role-Play. In Leda M. Cooks and Jennifer S. Simpson (Ed.). Whiteness, Performance, Pedagogy: Dis/Placing Race (pp.169-191). Lexington Books (a division of Rowman & Littlefield).

      Condit, C. M., Parrott, R. L., & Harris, T. M. (2006). Lay people’s resources for dealing with behavior genetics. In Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman, & Nancy Press, Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation (pp. 286-308). The John Hopkins University Press.

      Harris, T. & Kalbfleisch, P. (2004).  Interracial dating: The implications of race for initiating a romantic relationship. In R. L. Jackson (Ed.). African American Communication and Identities: Essential Readings (pp. 125-136). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Reprint of Harris & Kalbfleisch in 2000).

      Harris, T. (2004). Interrogating the representation of African American female identity in the films “Waiting to Exhale” and “Set It Off.”  In R. L. Jackson, R. L. (Ed.), African American Communication and Identities: Essential Readings (189-198). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Reprint of Harris in 2000).

      Kalbfleisch, P. J., Bonnell, K., & Harris, T. M. (1996). Media portrayals of women's menstrual health issues. Chapter published in R. Parrott and C. Condit Evaluating Women’s Heath Messages (pp. 279-292). Champagne, Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

      4. Monographs              None
      5. Journal Articles

   *Asterisk notes convention papers submitted for publication and/or published
   Harris, T. M. &  Weber, K. (revise-and-resubmit). Reversal of Privilege: Deconstructing Privilege and Power in the film White Man’s Burden. Communication Law Review.

   *Harris, T. M. & Trego, A. (in-press). Something Old, Something New: Cinematic Representations of Interracial Romance in the 21st Century. International and Intercultural Communication Annual.

   *Harris, T. M., Keeley, B., Barrientos, S., Gronnvoll, M., Landau, J., Groscurth, C., Shen, L., Cheng, Y-Y., & Cisneros, D. (2009). A Religious Framework as a Lens for Understanding the Intersection of Genetics, Health, and Disease. American Journal of Medical Genetics,151C, 22-30.

   Condit, C. M., Gronnvoll, M., Landau, J., Shen, L., Wright, L., & Harris, T. M. (in-press). Believing in both genetic determinism and behavioral action: A materialist framework and implications. Public Understanding of Science.

   Lynch, J., Bevan, B., Achter, P., Harris, T., & Condit, C.M. (2008).  A preliminary study of how multiple exposures to messages about genetics impact on lay attitudes toward racial and genetic discrimination.  New Society and Genetics, 27(1), 43-56.

   *Harris, T. M. (2007). Black Feminist Thought and Cultural Contracts: Theoretical Frameworks for Understanding Professional Identity Negotiation in the Academy. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. 2007(10), 55-64.

   *Harris, T. M, Weiner, J., & Parrott, R. (2006). Human genes and race in the age of “The X-Files.” American Journal of Health Studies, 20, 85-91.

   *Parrott, R. L., Silk, K., Dorgan, K., Condit, C. & Harris, T. M. (2005). Risk Comprehension and Judgments of Statistical Evidentiary Appeals: When a Picture is Not Worth a Thousand Words. Human Communication Research, 31(3), 423-452.

   *Miller, A. & Harris, T. M. (2005). Communicating to Develop White Racial Identity in an Interracial Communication Class. Communication Education, 54(3), 233-242.

   *Bates, B. R., & Harris, T. M. (2004). The Tuskegee study of untreated syphilis and public perceptions of biomedical research: A focus group study. Journal of the National Medical Association, 96(8), 1051-1064.

   Parrott, R., Condit, C., & Harris, T. M. (2004). Culture’s role in Shaping Perceptions of Genetic Discrimination and Genetic Racism. Journal of National Medical Association.

   Condit, C. M., Parrott, R. L.,  Harris, T. M., Lynch, J., & Dubriwny, T. (2004). The role of “genetics” in popular understandings of race in the United States.  Public Understanding of Science, 13, 249-272.

   Bates, B.R., Poirot, K., Harris, T.M., Achter, P.J., & Condit, C.M. (2004). Evaluating direct-to-consumer marketing of race-based pharmacogenomics: A focus group study of public understandings of applied genomic medication. Journal of Health Communication, 9, 541-559.

   *Harris, T. M., Miller, A., & Trego, A. (2004). A co-cultural examination of community building in the interracial communication classroom. Journal of Intergroup Relations,31, 39-63.

   Parrott, R., Krieger, J. R., A., Silk, K., Harris, T. M., Condit, C. M. (2004). Behavioral Health Outcomes Associated with Religious Faith and Media Exposure about Human Genetics. Health Communication, 16, 29-46. 

   Harris, T. M., Parrott, R. L., & K. Dorgan (2004). Talking about Human Genetics within Religious Frameworks. Health Communication, 16, 105-116.

   Parrott, R., Silk, K., Weiner, Condit, C., Harris, T. M., & Bernhardt, J. (2004). Deriving Lay Models of Uncertainty about Genes' Role in Illness Causation to Guide Communication about Human Genetics. Journal of Communication, 54, 105-122.

   Parrott, R. L., Silk, K., Dillow, M. R., Harris, T. M. & Condit, C. M. (2004).  Development and validation of tools to assess genetic discrimination and genetically based racism. Journal of the National Medical Association, 97(7), 980-90.

   Harris, T. M. (2003).  Impacting Student Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Race in the Interracial Communication Course. Communication Education, 52, 311-317.

   Bevan, J. L., Lynch, J. A., Dubriwny, T. N., Harris, T. M., Achter, P. J., Reeder, A., & Condit, C. (2003). Informed Lay Preferences for Delivery of Racially Varied Pharmacogenomics. Genetics in Medicine, 5, 393-399.

   Condit, C., Templeton, A., Bates, B., Bevan, J. & Harris, T. M. (2003). An exploration of attitudinal barriers to delivery of race-targeted pharmacogenomics among informed lay persons. Genetics in Medicine, 5, 385-392. 

   Bates, B., Templeton, R., Achter, P., Harris, T. M., & Condit, C. M. (2003). What Does “A Gene for Heart Disease” Mean? A Focus Group Study of Public Understandings of Genetic Risk Factors.  American Journal of Medical Genetics, 119A(2), 156-161.

   Dorgan, K. A., Williams, S., Parrott, R., and, Harris, T. M. (2003). Hope and Despair in Pandora’s Box:  Perceiving Reproductive Reward and Risk of Genetics Technologies and Information. Women's Studies in Communication, 26, 88-117.

   Condit, C. M., Parrott, R., & Harris, T. M. (2002). Lay Understanding of the Relationship Between Race and Genetics. Public Understanding of Science, 11, 373-387.

   *Harris, T. M. (2001). Student reactions to the visual texts “the color of fear” and “rosewood” in the interracial classroom. Howard Journal of Communications, 12(2), 101-117.

   *Harris, T. M. & P. Kalbfleisch (2000). Interracial Dating: The Implications of Race Within Romantic Relationships. Howard Journal of Communications, 11(1), 49-64.

   *Harris, T. M. & D. Donmoyer (2000). Is Art Imitating Life?: The Construction of Gender and Racial Identity in Imitation of Life. Women’s Studies In Communication, 23(1), 91-110.

   Harris, T. M. (1999). Interrogating the Representation of African American Female Identity in the Films Waiting to Exhale and Set It Off. Popular Culture Review, 10(2), 43-53.

   *Harris, T. M. (1998, April). Waiting to Exhale and Set It Off: Dialectical Tensions in Cinematic Portrayals of African American Women. Encore, 38, 22-24.

   *Harris, T. M. & P. S. Hill (1998). “Waiting to Exhale” or “Breath(ing) Again”: A Search for Identity, Empowerment, and Love in the 1990's. Women and Language, Fall, 11(2), 9-20.

   *Parrott, R., Lemieux, R., Harris, T., & Travillion, L. (1997). Interfacing Interpersonal and Mediated Communication in Personal Ads: Active and Strategic Self-Disclosure. Southern Communication Journal, 62(4), 319-332.

   6. Bulletins                     None
   7. Abstracts                    None
   8. Book Reviews and Critical Review Essays

   Harris, T. M. (1999). Bringing Ethnicity, Class, Gender, and Age from the Margins to the Center, Critical Review Essay in Communication Theory, 10(2), 251-257.

   9. Works submitted but not yet accepted
   10. Works in progress but not yet submitted

   Silk, K., Parrott, R., Weiner, Condit, C., Harris, T. M., & Bernhardt, J. Assessing Public Perceptions of Genetic Determinism For Potential as an Audience Segmentation Strategy.

   Bates, B. & Harris, T. M. “I've got a responsibility to the people of this community”: Pam Grier and the politics of Blaxploitation.  

   Harris, T. M., Brown-Givens, S., & Dorgan, K. Understanding Standpoint Theory Through the Experiences of African American Graduate Students “Surviving” at a Predominately White University.

   Harris, T. M., Parrott, R. L., & Dorgan, K. Epistemologies Surrounding Human Genetics and God: Implications for Communicating Genetic Information to the Lay Public.  

   Parrott, R., Krieger, J. R., Kundrat, A., Silk, K., Harris, T. M., Condit, C. M. Religious Faith as a Factor in Public Attitudes about Human Genetics: Implications for Communicating about Self and Response Efficacy.

   2. Grants and Fellowships Received

   Harris, T. M. (2009-2010). Service-Learning Fellow in the Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Georgia, ($2,500.00).

   Harris, T. M. (2008-2009). Recipient of the Scholarship of Engagement Award from the University of Georgia’s Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach.

   Harris, T. M. (2002-2003). Institute for Behavioral Research Mentoring Fellow ($3,000), University of Georgia.

   Harris, T. M. (2006-2009). Co-Investigator, Lay and Expert Models of Gene-Environment Interactions (NIH 1R01 HG003961-01). Three-year $1 million dollar grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health. Co-Investigator responsibilities include conducting in-depth interviews, qualitative analysis of transcripts, help with the advisory board, and various other tasks. The goal of this grant and related projects is to describe lay Americans' understandings about the gene-environment interaction in common diseases. Specifically, interview methods were used to develop mental maps of low-income urban and rual African American and White Georgians' models of the relationship between genes and environment in heart disease, lung cancer, and diabetes.

   Harris, T. M. (2005-2008). Co-Investigator, Southern Center for Communication, Health and Poverty (5P01CD000242). Three-year $3.5 million grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create a new center aimed at improving the health of the poor and near poor living in the South through better health communication and marketing. Area coordinator for Qualitative research methods.
    
   Harris, T. M. (2005). Understanding the Role of Religious Frameworks in Race and Ethnic Disparities in U. S. Health Care. Awarded a Senior UGARF through the Center for Humanities and Arts ($3,800.00) to explore the influence of religious frameworks on how individuals understand, make sense of, and deal with issues that subsequently compromise their health.

   Harris, T. M. (1999-2003). Co-Investigator, Communicating Genetics Information to the Lay Public, ($778,000), Centers for Disease Control grant. Roxanne Parrott was the Principal Investigator. Responsibilities included assisting in the recruitment of participants for focus groups, assembling and coordinating steering committee members and pertinent meetings, moderating focus groups, analyzing data, and publishing written reports in peer-reviewed journals.

   Harris, T. M. (2001-2004). Race and Public Communication about Human Variation, ($903,176). Funding by the National Institutes of Health: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project, National Center for Human Genome Research. Celeste Condit was the Pricipal Investigator. Co-Investigator responsibilities included, but were not limited to, recruiting participants for focus groups and surveys, developing advisory board committee, survey development, and analyzing daa, and publishing written reports in peer-reviewed journals.

   Duncan, V., Garner, T., Harris, T. M., & Brooks, D. (1999-2000). Recipients of the NCA Diversity Initiative grant for the Communication Minority Mentoring Program for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students interested in or currently studying in the field of Speech Communication.

   3. Recognitions and Outstanding Achievements

   2009-2010 Service-Learning Fellow in the Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Georgia.

   2008 Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Science.
   
   2005 Recipient of the Georgia Board of Regents’ 2005 Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning ($5,000.00 award).
    
   Top Faculty paper for “Media Exposure and Attitudes About Human Genetic Research.” Southern States Communication Association, 2003. Co-authored with Kami Silk, Roxanne Parrott, and Celeste Condit.

   Top Student paper for “Contact, Cultivation, or Dependency: Three Competing Explanations for the Formation of Our Interracial Dating Attitudes.” Southern States Communication Association, 2003. Co-authored with Norman Wong.

   Top Student Paper for “Informed Lay Preferences for Delivery of Racially Varied Pharmacogenomics.” Eastern Communication Association Conference, 2003. Co-authored with Jennifer Bevan, John Lynch, Tasha Dubriwny, Paul Achter, Amy Reeder, and Celeste M. Condit.  

   Outstanding Teacher (Fall 2001) recognition by University of Georgia’s Student Government Association (SGA).

   “2001 Image Award” (2001). University of Georgia Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 

   Outstanding Teacher (2001). University of Georgia’s Student Government Association.
    
   Outstanding Teacher (2000). University of Georgia’s Student Government Association.

   Top Ranked Panel Proposal Award (April 1999). Instructional Development Division of Southern States Communication Association.

   “Recognition of Scholarship and Publication” (1999). African American Communication and Culture Commission and the Black Caucus, National Communication Association.
              
   Mortar Board National Honor Society (Spring 1998). Undergraduates for Excellence in Teaching and Dedication to the Pursuit of Education, Bowling Green State University.
              
   "Teaching Assistant of the Year" (1993, $200). Teaching Excellence, College of Communications, University of Kentucky.

   4. Areas in which research is done
      1. Interracial Communication
      2. Genes, Health Communication, Race, and Religious Frameworks
      3. Pedagogy, Race, and Communication
   5. Supervision of student research
   6. Editorship (Also Listed As Professional Service)

   Editorial Board:
   Communication Education
   Journal of Rural Community Psychology
   Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

   Ad Hoc Reviewer:
   Genetics in Medicine
   Communication Quarterly
   Communication Theory
   Communication Yearbook
   Critical Studies in Mass Communication
   Electronic Journal of Communication
   Howard Journal of Communications
   International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
   Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
   Southern Communication Journal
   Women’s Studies in Communication Journal

   7. Convention papers and invited presentations
      1. Refereed Convention Papers

      Condit, C., Gronnvoll, M., Landau, J., Shen, L., Harris, T. M., Wright, L., & Cheng, Y-Y. (2007). Believing in genetic determinism and behavioral action: Data and speculations on the implications of a materialist open-network theory of discourse. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Chicago, IL 

      *Harris, T. M. & Trego, A. (2006). Something Old, Something New: Cinematic Representations of Interracial Romance in the 21st Century. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, San Antonio, TX. 

      Harris, T M. (2006). Addressing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health through the Development of Culturally Sensitive Health Intervention Models. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, San Antonio, TX. 

      Condit, C. M., Gronnvoll, M, Landau, J., Groscurth, C. R., Harris, T. M., Shen, L., & Wright, L. “Low-Income Americans’ Understandings of the Relationship of Genes and Behavior in Producing Health Outcomes.” Paper accepted by the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, New Orleans, October 9-13, 2006

      Condit, C. M., Harris, T. M., Shen, L., Gronnvoll, M., Groscurth, C. R., Landau, J., Avery, R., & Wright, L. (2006). Non-Fatalism-Enhancing Messages and Lay Models of Gene-Environment Interaction. Lecture presented as part of the Southern Center for Communication, Health & Poverty’s presentation to the National Advisory Board at the annual National Advisory Board meeting for Health Protection Research Initiative grantees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, May 17-19, 2006

      Harris, T. M., Groscurth, C., & Trego, A. (2005). “The Crayola Activity”: A Pedagogical Strategy for College Student Enlightenment about Racial/Ethnic Difference. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Boston, MA.

      Groscurth, C. R. & Harris, T. M. (2005). “Understanding White Identity Development: A Dialogic Approach.” Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Boston, MA.
                 
      Harris, T. M. (2005). “Unchained Memories: Transmitting Family and/or Cultural Identities Through Oral Presentations of Slave Narratives. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Boston, MA

      Reid, S. & Harris, T. M. (2005). “‘Black Buck Got Loose in the Big House’”: Race and Representation of the Interracial Relationship in the Film ‘O.’ Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Boston, MA

      Harris, T. M., Trego, A., Stargell, C., & Condit, C. M. (2004). Public Discourse, Private Thoughts: The Function of Racial Identity in Discussions about Genes and Race. Paper presented at the International/Intercultural Communication conference in New Orleans, LA.

      Harris, T. M., Miller, A., & Trego, A. (2003). “An Examination of Boundary Management and Community Building in the Interracial Communication Classroom.” Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Miami, FL.

      Harris, T. M., Samp, J., Bates, B. & Edwards, E. (2003). “A Comparison of Student Attitudes Towards Race Relations.” Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Miami, FL.

      Harris, T. M., Silk, K., Parrott, R., & Condit, C. (2003). Media Exposure and Attitudes About Human Genetic Research. Southern States Communication Association, “Top Faculty Paper,” Birmingham, AL.

      Bevan, J. L.,  Lynch, J. A., Dubriwny, T. N., Harris, T. M.,  Achter, P. J., Reeder, A. L., & Celeste M. Condit, (2003). Informed Lay Preferences for Delivery of Racially Varied Pharmacogenomics. Eastern Communication Association Conference, “Top Student Paper,” Washington, D.C.

      Bates, B., Poirot, K., Harris, T. M., Achter, P. J. & Condit, C. M. (2003)  Evaluating Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Race-Based Pharmacogenomics: A Focus Group Study of Public Understandings of Applied Genomic Medication. Eastern Communication Association Conference, Washington, D.C.

      Silk, K., Parrott, R., Weiner, Condit, C., Harris, T. M., & Bernhardt, J. (2002). Assessing Public Perceptions of Genetic Determinism For Potential as an Audience Segmentation Strategy. National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

      Dorgan, K. A., Williams, S., Parrott, R., and, Harris, T. M. (2002). Hope and Despair in Pandora’s Box:  Perceiving Reproductive Reward and Risk of Genetics Technologies and Information. National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

      Harris, T. M. & Martin, S. (2002) Religious Concepts in Health Beliefs Among African American Women: Implications For Health Care, Policy, And Promotion. National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

      Bates, B. R., Templeton, A., Achter,  P. J., Harris, T. M., & Condit, C. M. (2002). A Focus Group Study Of Public Understanding Of Genetic Risk Factors: The Case Of A Gene For Heart Disease.

      Harris, T. M. & Coleman, C. (2001). Students, Race, and the College Classroom: A Qualitative Study of Student Perceptions of An Interracial Communication Course. National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA.

      Harris, T. M., Brown-Givens, Sonja, & K. Dorgan (2001). Coping from the Margins: African American Graduate Students Communicating About Coping at a Predominately White University. Southern States Communication Association, Lexington, KY.

      Harris, T. M., Parrott, R. L., & Watson, L. S. (2000). The Influence of Religion and Spirituality on Attitudes Toward Human Genetic Research. National Communication Association, in Seattle, WA.

      Harris, T. M. (1999). Reactions to Visual Texts in the Interracial Classroom. National Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

      Harris, T. M. (1999). A Cluster Analysis of “Windows” in Essence Magazine. National Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

      Harris, T. M. & R. Cantu (1999). Cooking is Life Food For the Soul: The Cultural Maintenance of Family in the Films Soul Food and Eat, Drink, Man, Woman. National Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

      Harris, T. M. (1998). Dialectical Tensions Between Family and Individual Identities in the Movie Soul Food. National Communication Association, New York, NY.

      Harris, T. M. (1998). Portrayals of African American Women in 1990's Sitcoms. Central States Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

      Harris, T. M. (1997). Black Sitcom of the 1990's: Friend or Foe? 50th Anniversary Sitcom Conference, Bowling Green, OH.

      Harris, T. M. (1997). A Place to Call Home: The System of Communication Among African American Sorority Members on a Predominantly White College Campus. National Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

      Harris, T. M. (1997). Ethnic and Racial Identity in the Classroom: Ebonics as a Transitional Language System in Speech Communication. National Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

      Harris, T. M. (1997). African American Identity and Black Feminist Theory in Communication Research. National Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

      Harris, T. M. (1997). Is it Real? Or Memorex?: Cinematic Portrayals of African American Women “Waiting To Exhale” and “Set(ting) It Off.” National Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

      Harris, T. M. (1997). Lethal Weapon Four, Advertising Genocide: The Application of the Asocial Elaboration Theory to Malt Liquor Ads. Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, Missouri.

      Harris, T. M. & P. Kalbfleisch (1997). Interracial Dating: The Implications of Race Within Romantic Relationships. International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.

      Harris, T. M. (1996). “Waiting to Exhale” or “Breath(ing) Again”: A Search for Identity, Empowerment, and Love in the 1990's. 23rd Annual Conference of the Midwest Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, Bowling Green, OH.

      Harris, T. M. (1995). The Outsider Within: Neglect of the Many Facets of the African American Woman. Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, Texas.

      Harris, T. M. (1995). Interracial Dating: The Implications of Race within Romantic Relationships. First Annual Black Graduate and Professional Student Association Symposium, Lexington, KY.

      Kalbfleisch, P. J., Bonnell, K., & Harris, T. M. (1994). Media portrayals of women's menstrual health issues. Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

      Harris, T. M. (1994). Date Initiation: A Q-Sort Analysis of Dating Behaviors in Same Race and Interracial Intimate Relationships. Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

      Harris, T. M. and Parrott, R. (1994). A persuasive campaign against the underrepresentation of People of Color in the Nation's Law Schools. Southern States Communication Association, Norfolk, VA.

      Harris, T. M. (1994). The Psychosocial Plight of the African American Student on a Predominantly White University Campus: A Mentoring Program for Undergraduate and Graduate Students. Southern States Communication Association, Norfolk, VA.

      Harris, T. M. (1992). A Campaign for Cultural Diversity Within Law Schools, Faculty, and Law Firms Across the Nation: Affirmative Action Revisited. Southern States Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

      Harris, T. M. (1992). A campaign for cultural diversity within law schools, faculty, and law firms across the nation continued: Affirmative action revisited: Can the dream become a reality? International and Intercultural Communication Association, Miami, FLA.

      Parker, R., Vaughn, L., Harris, T. M., Rewalt, D., & Travillion, L. (1992). An Exploration of Crying as a Communication Construct. Speech Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

      Parrott, R., Harris, T. M., Travillion, L., & Lemieux, R. (1992). Interfacing Interpersonal and Mediated Communication in Personal Ads: Active and Strategic Self-Disclosure. Speech Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

      Harris, T. M. (1990). Rules metatheory in understanding human communication behavior. Southern States Communication Association Convention, Birmingham, AL. 

      2. Invited lectures and presentations

      Harris, T. M. (2008) City of Tallahassee’s Mayor’s Race Summit (April). Removing the Social Barriers to Interracial Romantic Relationships. Diversity Workshop presentation and facilitation.

      Harris, T. M. (2007). Deconstructing the Use of Religious Frameworks in Conceptualizations of Health and Healing. Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care pre-conference, Nashville, TN, November 1.

      Harris, T. M. (2006). City of Tallahassee’s Mayor’s Race Summit, October, Tallahassee, FL. Does Race Really Matter: Understanding the Importance of Effective Interracial Communication. Diversity Workshop implementation and facilitation.

      Harris, T. M. (2006) City of Tallahassee’s Mayor’s Race Summit (October). Removing the Social Barriers to Interracial Romantic Relationships. Diversity Workshop implementation and facilitation.

      Condit, C. M., Harris, T. M., Shen, L., Gronnvoll, M., Groscurth, C. R., Landau, J., Avery, R., & Wright, L. (2006). Non-Fatalism-Enhancing Messages and Lay Models of Gene-Environment Interaction. Lecture presented as part of the invited lecture of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant to the Southern Center for Communication, Health & Poverty, Department of Speech Communication Colloquia, Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., March 28, 2006.

      Harris, T. M. (2003). Linguistic Strategies Used in Discourse About Genes and Race, ELSI Consortium at NIH, Baltimore, MD.

      Harris, T. M. (2002). Building Interracial Alliances: Bridging the Gap of Ignorance in World of Intolerance, Ohlone College (CA).

      Harris, T. M. (2002). “Waiting to Exhale” or “Breath(ing) Again”: A Search for Identity, Empowerment, and Love in the 1990's, Savannah State College.

      Harris, T. M. (2002). Building Interracial Bridges: Understanding Racial Differences in Various Social Contexts, Vanderbilt University.

      Harris, T. M. (2002). Student Reactions to the Visual Texts 'The Color of Fear' and 'Rosewood' in the Interracial Classroom, Vanderbilt University

      Harris, T. M. (2001). Presentation on Interracial Communication. Wayne State University
       
      Harris, T. M. (2001). First National Conference on Stepping, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Virginia Tech.

      Harris, T. M. (2000). Seminar on Interracial Communication. Towson University

4. Instruction (Courses taught):

University of Georgia
SPCM 2300	Business and Professional Communication
SPCM 2550H	Honors Interpersonal Communication
SPCM 3820	Interracial Communication
SPCM 4500	Advanced Interpersonal Communication
SPCM 4800	Intercultural Communication
SPCM 4820	African American Relational
SPCM 8990	Media, Communication, and Culture
SPCM 8990	Interracial Communication

Honors Undergraduate Advising – Major Professor

Blair Cash – B. A., Fall 2007

Graduate Advising – Major Professor

Angie Nowicki – M. A., Spring 2009
Marcus Coleman – Ph. D., Current
Chris Groscurth – Ph. D., Spring 2008                                  
Janise Blackshear  - M. A., Spring 2007
Tonia East - M. A., Spring 2002
Keisha Edwards - M. A., Spring 2001 (Co-Chair)

Graduate Advising – Committee Member

Tim Worley – M. A., Spring 2009
Todd Goen – Ph. D., Current
Monica Scales – Ph. D., Summer 2007
Keisha Edwards – Ph. D., Fall 2006
Rita Van Zant  - Ph. D., Current
Jennifer Bevan – Ph. D., Spring 2003
Kathi Wilson – Ph. D., Fall 2002
Sonya Brown – Ph. D., Spring 2002
Kelly Dorgan – Ph. D., Spring 2001
Samantha Barrientos – M. A., Summer 2007
Brooke Chapman – M. A., Summer 2002
Lauren Collins – M. A., Spring 2001
Caroline Haynie – M. A., Fall 2001
Carolyn Buttram – M. A., Spring 2000           
Daniel Larkins  - M. A., (CHFD), Spring 2005
Davia Lassiter – M. A., (Grady School of Journalism), Spring 2006

Bowling Green State University

Colleen Coleman, Ph. D.
Elizabeth Cross, M. A.
Patricia Hill, Ph. D.,
John Howard, Ph. D.
Davina Jones, Ph. D.
Adrian Karch, Ph. D.
Laura Mason, Ph. D.
James Miller, Ph. D.
Sue Wenzloff, Ph. D.

Undergraduate Advising

FALL ’08	Undergraduate Independent Studies (service-learning project)
1998-2007	Academic Advisor to 20-25 students per year
SPRING ‘08	4 Undergraduate Independent Studies, 1 Internship, 1 Honors Credit; 2 8050s
FALL ‘07	1 Graduate Student Independent Study, 5 Undergraduate Independent Studies
SUMMER ’07	4 Undergraduate Independent studies, 3 Undergraduate Internships
SPRING ‘07	2 Undergraduate Internships
FALL ‘06	Undergraduate Independent Studies
SPRING ‘06	1 Undergraduate Internship, 2 Undergraduate Independent Studies
SUMMER ‘05	1 Undergraduate Internship
FALL ‘05	2 Undergraduate Independent Studies, 1 Undergraduate Internship
SPRING ‘03	3 Undergraduate Independent Studies, 2 Graduate Student Independent Studies (Interracial Communication)
SPRING ‘02	14 Undergraduate Independent Studies; 1 Internship (All students assisted in either (1) transcribing focus group video tapes from NIH grant, (2) collecting data for research project on race, culture, and pedagogy, or (3) coding data on race, genetics, and discourse in same-race contexts)
FALL ‘01	2 Undergraduate Internships; 2 Honors Independent Studies, 1 Undergraduate Independent Study
SUMMER ‘01	3 Undergraduate Independent Studies
SPRING ‘01	2 Undergraduate Internships; 1 Honors Independent Study; 2-8050s
SPRING ‘00	3 Undergraduate Independent Studies; 2 Graduate Independent Studies; 1-8050
FALL ‘99	3 Graduate Independent Studies; 1-8050

Organization Advisor

University of Georgia’s chapter of the NAACP (2000-2001)

6. Service to the profession (Also listed under Editorship)

• Member, Review Panel for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), P50 Supported Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities 
• Legislative Assembly Representative to NCA for the International and Intercultural Division, 2010-2011
• Chair, International and Intercultural Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2009-2010
• Vice Chair, International and Intercultural Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2008- present
• Vice Chair-Elect, International and Intercultural Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2007-2008
• Associate Editor, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication (2007 – present)
• Editorial Board, Communication Education
• Editorial Board, Journal of Rural Community Psychology  
• Reviewer, Communication Quarterly
• Reviewer, Communication Theory
• Reviewer, Communication Yearbook
• Reviewer, Critical Studies in Mass Communication
• Reviewer, Electronic Journal of Communication
• Reviewer, Howard Journal of Communications
• Reviewer International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
• Reviewer, Journal of Personal and Social Relationships
• Reviewer, Southern Communication Journal
• Reviewer, Women’s Studies in Communication Journal
• Chair, Donald. H. Ecroyd Award for Outstanding Teaching In Higher Education (2002-2004) 
• Committee Member, Donald. H. Ecroyd Award for Outstanding Teaching In Higher Education (2001-2002)          
• Chair, Intercultural Division of Central States Communication Association (1998-1999).
• Second-Vice Chair, Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee, Southern States Communication Association (current)

6. Other service
   1. To the university

Committee

• Creative Research Medal Selection Committee, (FY 2009-2011)
• Honorary Degree Committee (Fall 2005-2008)
• Franklin Taskforce on Diversity & Inclusion (Fall 2007 - present)
• Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies Faculty with UGA’s Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy (Fall 2007)
• Search Committee (Spring 2007), Director of the Institute for African American Studies
• Academic Honesty Hearing Panel (Fall 1999-2002)
• Qualitative Interest Group (QUIG) (Fall 1998-2000)

Member of Leadership Team

Center for Research & Educational Development (RED), University of Georgia (Fall, 2006 – present)

Student/Faculty Relations

• Student/Faculty Enrichment Fund (Fall 1999-present). Regularly sponsor social events that are funded by UGA. These events are designed to foster positive interpersonal interactions between faculty and undergraduate students in a non-classroom environment.
• Advisor to UGA’s NAACP 
• Academic Honesty Hearing Panel 
• Qualitative Interest Group (QUIG)
• Facilitator (April 7, 2003). “It’s Not What You Said But How You Said It: Breaking the Barriers to Interracial Communication.” UGA residence hall presentation.
• Presenter (Mar. 26, 2003). “Student Reactions to the Visual Texts The Color of Fear and Rosewood in the interracial classroom. Research presented to the UNCA.
• Presenter (Feb. 24, 2003). Slavery Reparations in the 21st Century. UGA residence hall presentation.
• Facilitator (Feb. 21, 2002). Color Struck. Program sponsored by the African American Honor Society Abnee Foo Ku.
• Facilitator (Mar. 13, 2001). The Art of Interpersonal Communication. Presentation to UGA’s Housing Staff and Class Advocates.
• Guest Lecturer (Feb. 20, 2002). Communication and Diversity in the Workplace. Lecture for SPCM 2300.
• Presenter (Nov. 27, 2001). How to Communicate Effectively in the Workplace. Presentation to UGA’s Housing Staff and Class Advocates.
• Lecturer (Oct. 10, 2001). The Importance of Interracial Communication on the University Campus. Presentation to UGA’s Inter-Fraternity Council’s (IFC) freshmen pledge class.
• Facilitator (April 17, 2001). “The Demise of the Black Presence at UGA.” Minority faculty, staff, and student discussion on the issue of presence on the university campus, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
• Series lecturer (Mar. 28, 2001). Remembering the Past to Impact the Future. Lecture for UGA’s NAACP Spring Lecture Series.
• Guest Lecturer (Mar. 27, 20001). The Art of Interpersonal Communication. UGA Residence Hall presentation.
• Program Facilitator (Nov. 21, 2000) for Café Hour. Student sponsored program.
• Guest Lecturer (2000). Waiting to Exhale and Set It Off: Dialectical Tensions in Cinematic Portrayals of African American Women. Women’s Studies Lecture Series.
• Program Facilitator (2000). Race, Media, and Communication. Program for UGA Chapter of NAACP.  
• Guest Presenter (2000) Interracial Communication: Theory to Practice. UGA’s Christian Faculty Forum.
• Guest Lecture (1999). Lecture on Interracial Communication, Graduate course on Multicultural Counseling in the Department of Counseling Education
• Facilitator (1999). Crayola Activity: Stereotypes, Prejudice as Barriers to Effective Interracial Communication, (Oct. 18, 1999). Presentation in UGA residence hall.
• Facilitator (1999). White Lies in Black Lives. Presentation in UGA residence hall.
• Guest Speaker (1999). National Association of Black Journalists’ induction ceremony

2. To the department
   • Basic Course Director (2007 – 2009)
   • HCP Area Chair (Fall 2005 – Summer 2007
   • Advisor, Undergraduate National Communication Association (UNCA) (2003-2005)
   • Advisor, Speech Communication Honors Organization Lambda Pi Eta (2003-2005)
   • Member, Executive Committee
   • Member, Internship Committee
   • Member, Merit Pay Document
   • Member, Several faculty search committees
   • Lecturer (Nov. 2001), Presentation to UNCA
   • Independent Study Director (26 undergraduates) – Post-Tenure
   • Internship Director (9 undergraduates) – Post-Tenure
   • Honors Independent Study Director (2 undergraduates) – Post-Tenure      
   • Independent Study Director (1 graduate students) – Post-Tenure