Dr. Darrel Enck-Wanzer

Dr. Darrel Enck-Wanzer

Curriculum Vitae 

 Department of Speech Communication
University of Georgia
  142 Terrell Hall
Athens, GA 30602
(706) 542-3259
(706) 542-3245 (fax)
http://retorico.info

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Speech Communication, Fall 2007 -

Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Instructor, Dept. of Communication Studies, 2005 - 2007

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Associat Inst., Dept. of Communication and Culture, 1999 - 2005
Associate Inst., Latino Studies Program 2003

EDUCATION

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Ph.D., Communication and Culture, 2007
Dissertation: " The Intersectional Rhetoric of the Young Lords: Social Movement, Ideographs, Demand, and the Radical Democratic Imaginary" (Director: John Louis Lucaites)
Minor: Political Theory

M.A., Communication and Culture, 2001

Univeristy of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
B.A., Communication 1999


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Rhetorical Theory, Critical Rhetoric, Latino/a Studies, Race/Ethnicity and Rhetoric, Radical/Protest/Social Movement Rhetoric, Democratic Theory and Practice, Cultural Studies


BOOK

Enck-Wanzer, Darrell. Ed. The Young Lords: A Reader. New York: New York University Press, forthcoming (2008).

 

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE

Enck-Wanzer, Darrel. (2006, May). Trashing the System: Social Movement, Intersectional Rhetoric, and Collective Agency in the Young Lords Organization's Garbage Offensive. Quarterly Journal of Speech, Vol. 92, No. 2, pp. 174-201.

 

INVITED ARTICLES & BOOK REVIEWS

Enck-Wanzer, Darrel. (forthcoming) A Radical Democratic Style? Tradition, Hybridity, and Intersectionality. Invited for special issue of Rhetoric & Public Affairs on "Democratic Style," edited by Jeremy Engels.

Enck-Wanzer, Darrel. (2005, May). Review of Stephen John Hartnett, Incarceration Nation: Investigative Prison Poems of Hope and Terror. In Quarterly Journal of Speech, Vol. 91, No. 2, pp. 220-22.

 

PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP

"Radicals in Black and Brown: ¡Palante! People's Power and Common Cause in the Black Panthers and the Young Lords Organization." Exhibit in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Acting as lead advisor for this archival project, a role that includes researching and witing materials and co-hosting a symposium at the exhibit opening. The exhibit will travel nationally after its initial run. Co-directed by Joseph Jordan *UNC), Johanna Fernandez (Carnegie-Mellon), and Charles Jones (Georgia State). January 27 0 March 4, 2007.

 

ARTICLES IN PROGRESS

Enck-Wanzer, Darrel. Crafting <the People's> <Revolution>: The Young Lords Organization's People's Church and Intersectional Ideographs. (Artical manuscript; in progress.)

Enck-Wanzer, Darrel. "We Refuse to Cave In": Feminism and Collective Memory in the New York Young Lords. (Articl manuscript; in progress.)

Enck-Wanzer, Darrel and Nathaniel Córdova. Turning Polictial: Narratives of Conversion and Redemption in the Young Lords and Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation. (Article manuscript; in progress.)

 

INVITED TALKS

"El Grito de Lares: Puerto Rican Independence on the Island and in the U.S."; public lecture for Latino Heritage Month; Eastern Illinios University, Department of Cummunication Studies. September 23, 2006.

"Defining 'the People's' Revolution: The Young Lords and Radical Democratic Imaginaries"; departmental colloquium; Eastern Illinois University, Department of Communication Studies. April 19, 2006.

"Imag(ining) the People's Revolution in El Barrio: Fighting Poverty with the Young Lords at the 'People's Church'"; public lecture for Communication Day 2006; Eastern Illinois University, Department of Communication Studies. Februrary 22, 2006.

"El Grito de Lares: Puerto Rican Struggles Against Colonialism"; public lecture for Latino Heritage Month; Eastern Illinois University, Department of Communication Studies. September 23, 2005.

"Trashing the System: Social Movement and Democratic Space in the Young Lords Organization's Garbage Offensive"; research presentation for the Lausanne Graduate Fellowship competition; Willamette University. March 2, 2005.

"'One Struggle, Many Fronts': Latino Movements"; invited lecture open to the public and part of the Martin Luther King celebrations; Indiana University, Latino Cultural Center (La Casa). January 18, 2005. Portions have been broadcast on WFIU, and NPR-affiliated public radio station (Bloomington, IN).

"'The Vote or the Gun': Democratic Pedagogy and the New York Young Lords"; lecture for a mixed undergraduate and graduate student course in Latinos and education taught by Dr. John Nieto-Phillips; Indiana University, Latino Studies Program. November 8, 2004.

"Trashing the System: Social Movement and the Guerrilla Rhetoric in/and the Young Lords Organization's Garbage Offensive"; lecture for Robert Gunderson Award in Public Culture; Indiana University, Department of Communication and Culture. September 17, 2004.

"Trashing 'the System': The Young Lords' Introduction to Radical Democratic Politics"; public lecture in Latino Studies; Indiana University, Latino Studies Program. November 5, 2003.

 

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS

"Latina/o Critical/Cultural Studies in Communication." Precovention Seminar at the 92nd Annual National Communication Association Convention (Seminar Division), San Antonio, Texas. Seminar organizer (with Nathaniel Córdova). November 2006.

"Turning Political: The Rhetoric of Demand and Conversion Narratives of the YLP and ALKQN" (with Nathaniel Córdova). 92nd Annual National Communication Association Convention (Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division), San Antonio, Texas. November 2006.

"The New York Young Lords and Radical Democratic Imaginaries." Presentation at the 1st Indiana University/University of Illinois Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies Graduate Colloquium, Urbana, IL. January 14-15, 2006.

"'We Refused to Cave In': Feminism and Collective Memory in the New York Young Lords." Presentation at the 91st Annual National Communication Association Convention (American Studies Division), Boston, Massachusetts. November 2005.

"Social Movement, Intersectional Rhetoric, and the New York Young Lords." Presentation at the 91st Annual National Communication Association Convention (Rhetorical and Communicaiton Theory Division), Boston, Massachusetts. November 2005.

"Feminism in the Ney York Young Lords." Presentation at the Indiana University Latino Graduate Student Association Research Symposium, Bloominton, Indiana. February 26, 2005.

"'I'm Not Gay, But Maybe I Should Be': Gender Trouble and the Revisioning of Puerto Rican Identity in the New York Young Lords." Presentation at Western States Communication Association Convention (Rhetoric and Public Address Interest Group), San Francisco, California. February 2005. Panel Organizer.

"Trashing the System: Social Movement and Guerrilla Rhetoric in/and the Young Lords Organization's Garbage Offensive." Presentation at 90th Annual National Communication Association Convention (Critical and Cultural Studies Division), Chicago, Illinois. November 2004. Panel Organizer.

"The Abject Antilles: Power and its Opposite in the New York Young Lords." Presentation at 90th Annual National Communication Association Convention (Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division), Chicago, Illinois. November 2004.

"The Sublime Object of Democracy: Hanging Chads, the Will of the People, and the Rule of Law in Election 2000." Presentation at 89th Annual National Communication Association Conventiong (Critical and Cultural Studies Division), Miami Beach, Florida. November 2003.

"In Order to Form a Less Perfect Union: (RE)Forming "Union" Discourse Post-9/11." Presentation at 89th Annual National Communication Association Convention (Public Address Division), Miami Beach, Florida. November 2003.

"Doxastic Critique: An Isocratean Alternative to Silence in the Study of Contemporary Oratory." Presentation at 89th Annual National Communication Association Convention (American Society for the History of Rhetorica Division), Miami Beach, Florida. November 2003.

Isocrates and the Anti-Telos of Rhetoric: Rethinking Judgment without Krisis." Presentation at 18th Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, University Park, Pennsylvania. July 2003.

"Watch Out! That Fisherman Has the 'Cuban Boy'! Or, Visual Rhetorics and the Inadequacy of the Liberal Democratic 'Public Sphere.'" Presentation at 87th Annual National Communication Association Convention (Visual Communication Division) Atlanta, Georgia. November 2001.

"The Interation Between the Enactment of Being 'Presidential' and the Enactments of Foreign Danger: Implications for a Democratic (Political) Culture." Presentation at Conference on Rhetoric and Constitution, Montreal, Quebec. September 2000.

"Use of Reasoning in Policy Debate: Case Studies." Presentation at Western States Communication Association Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia. With Glenn Kuper. February 1999.

 

COMPETATIVE GRANTS & AWARDS

Faculty Development Support Grant ($400 ea.) - Eastern Illinois University; Charleston, Illinois. October 2005 and October 2006.

College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant ($300) - Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana. October 2006.

Lausanne Graduate Fellowship Runner-up - Willamette University; Salem, Oregon. March 2005.

Commission on Mulicultural Understanding Award Nominee - Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana. March 2005.

College of Arts and Sciences Grant-in-Aid of Research ($800) - Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana. December 2004.

Robert Gunderson Award in Public Culture ($300) - Indiana University, Department of Communication and Culture; Bloomington, Indiana. April 2004.

Graduate and Professional Student Organization Research Award ($500) - Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana. Spring 2004.

Travel Grants Department of Communication and Culture ($150-$300) - Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana. Fall 2000, Fall 2001, Spring 2003, and Fall 2004.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

ESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Instructor, Fall 2005-present

Persuasion, F 2006

Argumenation and Critical Thinking, F 2005, S 2006, F 2006

Intro. to Communication Studies, Honors, F 2005, S 2006

INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON

Associate Instructor, Fall 1999 - Summer 2005

Media, Culture, and Politics: Race, Rhetoric, and Radical Democracy, Su 2005

Introduction to Latino/a Studies, F 2003

Persuasion, F 2002, Su 2003, Su 2004

Introduction to Communication and Culture, F 2001, S 2002, Su 2002, S 2003

Interpersonal Communication, F 2000, S 2001, Su 2001, S 2004

Public Speaking, F 1999, S 2000, F 2004, S 2005

 

FACULTY & TEACHING PROFESSIONAL -IZATION

Short Course in "Teaching the College Course in Latina/o Discourse to Undergraduates," National Communication Association, Miami Beach, Florida. November 2003.

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Diversity and Learning Conference, St. Louis, Missouri. October 23-27, 2002.

Preparing Future Faculty Mentorship Visit, Arizona State University West (Tempe, AZ). Opportunity to shadoow Communication Studies faculty and meet with University personnel including Dean of College, Department Chair, and most department faculty, March 17-20, 2002.

 

SERVICE

National

Reviewer for the La Raza Caucus and Latina/o Communication Studies Division of the National Communication Association. March 2006.

Vice-Chair-Elect for the La Raza Caucus and Latina/o Communication Studies Division of the National Communication Association. November 2005 to present.

Reviewer for the National Communication Association's La Raza Caucus and Latina/o Communication Studies Division. March 2006.

Webmaster for http://younglords.info, a comprehensive online resourse for information about and materials produced by the Young Lords. Jan. 2005-present.

Secretary for the La Raza Caucus and Latina/o Communication Studies Division of the National Communication Association. November 2004 to November 2005.

Reviewer for the National Communication Association's Great Ideas for Teaching Speech (GIFTS) Division. March 2004.

Reviewer for the National Communication Association's Student Division. March 2003.

 

SERVICE

University

Member of the Latino Heritage Month Planning Committee for Eastern Illinois University. April 2006 - present.

Elected Member of the Women's Studies Social Committee at Eastern Illinois University. November 2005 to present.

Secretary for the Latin American Studies Committee at Eastern Illinois University. September 2005 to present.

Webmaster for http://www.indiana.edu/~lgsa, the website for the Latino Graduate Student Association (LGSA) at Indiana University. Sept. 2004-May 2006.

Graduate Mentor for the Latino Cultural Center (La Casa) at Indiana University. Assisting undergraduates with their academic, personal, leadership, and organization efforts by offering advice, direction, and technical assistance with promotional materials. September 2004 to May 2005.

 

SERVICE

Graduate

Peer Mentor for the Department of Communication and Culture. Assisted during orientation for new Associate Instructors (AIs), allowed AIs to observe my teaching, and offered support and advice throughout the year. Duties also included guest lectures on assorted pedagogical topics during AI orientation and the introductory pedagogy course (C545). August 2002 to May 2005.

Elected Graduate Student Representative to the Faculty of the Department of Communication and Culture. September 2002 to September 2004.

Elected Graduate Student Representative to the Lectures and Colloquia Committee, Department of Communication and Culture. 2001 - 2002.

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

National Communication Association

Puerto Rican Studies Association

Rhetoric Society of America