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Vita TonyPalmeri.Com Media Rants Palmeri Updates I am an associate professor in the UW-Oshkosh Department of Communication. I served as chair of the department from 1997-2003. I teach the following courses: Communication in Contemporary Society (96-118) Foundations of Speech Communication Theory (96-337) History of American Public Address (96-422) Rhetorical Criticism (96-427) The Rhetoric of Rock Music (96-428) Fundamentals of Speech Communication (96-111)

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Anthony J. Palmeri

Tony Palmeri

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212 W. Parkway Ave. Oshkosh, WI 54901 (920) 235-1116 (920) 203-9749 (cell)	Department of Communication University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI 54901 (920) 424-7045 FAX: (920) 424-1279 Palmeri@uwosh.edu

 

Education:

• 1984 - 1987: PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, American Public Address

Dissertation: Walter J. Ong's Perspectives on Rhetorical Theory

• 1983-1984: M.A., Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
• 1979-1983: B.A. St. John's University, Queens, NY. Rhetoric and Public Address

Professional Teaching Experience:

• 1997-Present: Associate Professor of Communication, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Courses Taught: Fundamentals of Speech Communication, Communication in Contemporary Society, Rhetorical Criticism, Foundations of Speech Communication, History of American Public Address, Seminar in Modern Rhetorical Theory, The Rhetoric of Rock Music, Freedom of Speech in the United States
• 1989-1996: Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
• 1987-1989: Visiting Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Courses Taught: Human Communication, Advanced Public Speaking, Technical Communication, Persuasion
• 1984-1987: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Courses Taught: Fundamentals of Speech Communication
• 1985-1986: Adjunct Instructor, University of Detroit, Detroit, MI. Courses Taught: Fundamentals of Speech Communication
• 1983-1984: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. Courses Taught: Fundamentals of Speech Communication

Publications:

• A number of Online essays can be found at The Tone and the Media Rants Archive.
• "Media Activism in a 'Conservative' City: Modeling Citizenship." In Social Justice and Communication Scholarship (Omar Swartz, Ed.). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006: 149-174.
• "Deconstructing Don Kettl." Wisconsin Political Scientist, Fall 2004, 3-4.
• "On The Patriot Act: Same Old Story" (Placed on the Bill of Rights Defense Committee Website in April of 2004; a talk originally presented at a UW Oshkosh Campus Green Party forum on May 8, 2003).
• "Northeast Wisconsin's Iron Triangle." Wisconsin Political Scientist, Summer 2003, 16-17.
• "The War in Afghanistan: Dominant News Frames." Wisconsin Political Scientist, Spring 2002, 8-9.
• "On Cultural Studies and Radical Politics: Movements, Critique of Capitalism, and Rhetoric." Journal of Communication Inquiry, 21(2), 1997, 35-44. (refereed)
• "Fostering Social Justice in an Electronic Age: The Teacher as Public Intellectual." Journal of Communication Inquiry, 20(1), 1996, 3-17. (refereed)
• "Attitudes Toward Counternature (With Notes on Nurturing a Poetic Psychosis)" (Tim Thompson, co-author). Extensions of the Burkeian System (J. Chesebro, ed.). The U. Of Alabama P, 1993: 269-284. (refereed)
• "Ramism, Ong, and Modern Rhetoric." Media, Consciousness, and Culture (B. Gronbeck, T. Farrell, P. Soukup, eds.). SAGE Publications, 1991: 50-63. (refereed)
• "Television and the Ollie North Hearings: The De-Polemicizing of Congress." Michigan Association of Speech Communication Journal, 26, 1991: 43-57. (refereed)
• "Rhetoric and Racial Conflict: A Midterm Exam." Journal of the Wisconsin Communication Association, 22, 1991: 11-21. (refereed)
• "In Search of the Ideal Communicator: Bloom, Hirsch, and the Absence of Rhetoric." The Gallatin Review, 10(1), 1991: 79-92 (refereed)
• "John Cougar Mellencamp and the Dilemma of Contemporary Protest Rock." Speaker and Gavel, Spring, 1990. (refereed)
• "Change in Corporate Culture: A Q-Sort Analysis of Mangers in a Major Utility Company" (with David E. Schneider). Journal of the Michigan Association of Speech Communication, 1988. (refereed)
• "Pike's Tagmemic Heuristic: An Aid to the Discovery of Ideas." Journal of the Michigan Association of Speech Communication, 1986. (refereed)

Book Reviews:

• John Kenneth Galbraith's Domestic Blind Spot (Review of John Kenneth Galbraith's Name Dropping). Unpublished review.
• Leasing the Ivory Tower: The Corporate Takeover of Academia (Larry Soley), Z Magazine, 1996.
• Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (John Taylor Gatto), Communication Education, 1995.
• Who Will Tell The People: The Betrayal of American Democracy (William Grieder). Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1994.
• Communication Ethics: Methods of Analysis (Michael Pritchard and James Jaksa). Communication Education, 1990.

Professional Papers:

• George W. Bush: Father, Freedom Fighter, Figurehead. National Communication Association, Miami Beach, November 2003.
• The USA PATRIOT Act in Historical Context. League of Women Voters Forum, Oshkosh, November 2003.
• Administrative Regulation of Student Expression. Central States Communication Association, Omaha, April 2003.
• Kenneth Burke and Criticism as Activism. National Communication Association, Chicago, November 1999.
• The New Journalism?: A Burkeian Analysis of The Drudge Report. Joint Meeting of the Central and Southern States Communication Associations, St. Louis, April 1999.
• Miss-Identification: Sexual Politics and the Clinton Crisis. National Communication Association, New York, November 1998.
• Ebonics and Politics: A Burkeian Analysis. National Communication Association, Chicago 1997.
• No Remedy: How Academic Culture Corrupts Burke. Speech Communication Association, San Diego, November 1996.
• Frank Zappa's Battle With The PMRC: The Comic Frame and Burlesque in the Fight Against Fascism. Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, April 1996.
• Teachers as Public Intellectuals. Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, November 1995.
• Frank Zappa: Crap Detection as a Way of Life. Midwest Popular Culture Association, Indianapolis, October 1995.
• Reading Siddhartha: Goading Students With Hierarchy. Central States Communication Association, Indianapolis, April 1995.
• Teaching Rhetorical Studies: Dramatism as Liberator and Oppressor. Central States Communication Association, Oklahoma City, April 1994.
• Orality, Literacy, and Malcolm X. Speech Communication Association, Miami, November 1993.
• McLuhan and Ethics: Individualism and Conformity in an Electronic Age. Speech Communication Association, Miami, November 1993.
• On Being Burkeian. Speech Communication Association, Chicago, November 1992.
• Teaching American Public Address: The Ethical Dimension. Michigan Association of Speech Communication, East Lansing, October 1992.
• Using Malcolm X Type Speakers in the Basic Course. Central States Communication Association (State Showcase Panel), Cleveland, April, 1992; Wisconsin Communication Association, Madison, May 1991.
• Relating to New Media: The Orality/Literacy Dimension. Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, November 1991.
• George Bush's War Speech as a Symptom of Our Identification With Fascism. Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, November 1991.
• Barriers on the Way to Burke's "Better Life." Central States Communication Association, Chicago, April 1991.
• George Bush: Print President in an Electronic Age. Central States Communication Association (State Showcase Panel), April, 1991; Michigan Association of Speech Communication, Boyne Highlands, October 1990.
• Malcolm X: A Problem For Western Public Speaking Theory. Speech Communication Association, Chicago, November 1990.
• On Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Cultural Diversity. Wisconsin Communication Association, LaCrosse, May 1990.
• Technology and Perfection: Bursting Burke's Culture Bubble. Central States Communication Association, Detroit, April, 1990.
• Response to the Exxon Valdez: The Futility of Debunking. Central States Communication Association, Detroit, April, 1990.
• John Cougar Mellencamp and the Rhetoric of 1980s Protest Music. Central States Communication Association, Detroit, April, 1990.
• Black and White Rhetorical Styles in the Classroom. Central States Communication Association (State Showcase Panel), Detroit, April, 1990; Michigan Association of Speech Communication, Lansing, October, 1990.
• The Metarhetoric of Walter J. Ong. Speech Communication Association, San Francisco, November, 1989.
• Some Successful Public Speaking Assignments. Michigan Association of Speech Communication, Lansing, October, 1989.
• Rhetoric, Romance, and Rappin': The Meaning of Rap Music for Contemporary Rhetoric and Culture. Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, November, 1988.
• Black and White Rhetorical Styles in the Classroom. Michigan Association of Speech Communication, East Lansing, October, 1989.
• John Cougar Mellencamp: Reagan Rhetoric in Rebel Form. Central States Speech Association, Kansas City, April, 1989.
• Television and the Ollie North Hearings: The De-Polemicizing of Congress. Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, November, 1988.
• In Search of the Ideal Communicator: Allan Bloom, E.D. Hirsch, and the Absence of Rhetoric. Michigan Association of Speech Communication, Flint, October, 1988.
• Division, Unity, and Consciousness Raising: Burke and Ong on Technology. Central States Speech Association, Schaumburg, Illinois, April, 1988. ERIC #ED 293165.
• The Pre-Ramus Bases of the Thought of Walter J. Ong, S.J. Speech Communication Association, Boston, November, 1987.
• Teacher Training Workshop: The Instructor as Persuasive Communicator. Michigan Association of Speech Communication, Grand Rapids, October, 1987.
• Walter J. Ong's Perspectives on Rhetoric. Eastern Communication Association, Syracuse, May, 1987. ERIC #ED 283225.
• Change in Corporate Culture: A Q-Sort Analysis of Michigan Bell Telephone. (Co-author). Central States Speech Association, St. Louis, April, 1987.
• Classical Conceptions of Ethics in Persuasion. Michigan Association of Speech Communication, Battle Creek, October, 1985.
• The Urban University Audience: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity. Midwest Basic Course Directors' Conference, Detroit, February, 1987.
• Business Leaders, College Students, and the Humanities: A Boundary Spanning/Consistency Approach. Michigan Association of Speech Communication, Ann Arbor, October, 1986.
• Conflicting Rhetorical Visions: Geraldine Ferraro's 1984 Vice-Presidential Campaign. Central States Speech Association, Cincinnati, April, 1986.
• A Dramatistic Approach to the Ferraro Candidacy. Michigan Association of Speech Communication, Battle Creek, October, 1985.
• Teaching Organization. Michigan Association of Speech Communication, East Lansing, October, 1984.

Grants:

• Faculty Development Program, UW-Oshkosh, 1990-91. Project Funded: "Malcolm X: A Problem For Western Public Speaking Theory"
• Axe-Houghton Foundation, 875 3rd Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022; $4,000 to cover expenses involved in the planning and preparation of an annual public speaking contest for students enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology, 1989. (With Sarah Collins and William J. Daniels)
• Faculty Research Fund, College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology; $400 to study "The Rhetorical Techniques of Rap Music Artists in Philadelphia, PA," 1989.

Administrative Experience:

1997-2003: Department Chairperson, Department of Communication, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Supervise almost 40 faculty and academic staff; coordinate budget and scheduling; plan agenda for monthly meetings; sit as department representative at Humanities Division meetings; sit on department Executive Committee; coordinate Search and Screen activities for 4 areas (Speech Communication, RTVF, Theater, Communicative Disorders); update department web page; organize brown bag sharing of ideas sessions; schedule hearings to discuss important department issues in depth; coordinate in-depth program review; prepare annual report; attend orientations for first year students; orient new faculty and staff.

1991-1992: Coordinator, Speech Communication Area of the UW Oshkosh Department of Communication.

1998-2003: President, UW Oshkosh chapter of The Association of University of Wisconsin Professionals (TAUWP), a Wisconsin Federation of Teachers local union.

2000-2001: President, UW Oshkosh Faculty Senate.

University and Professional Service:

• President, Wisconsin Communication Association (2006-2007)
• Committees: Constitution and Bylaws (1998-2001), ad-hoc General Education Reform (1997-1998), Honorary Degree (1998), Commencement (1990-1996), Division of Academic Support Faculty Advisory Committee (1994-2000), American Studies Committee (1994-1995).
• Faculty Senate: Elected in 1997; re-elected in 2000
• Northeast Wisconsin Alliance for Continuing Education (NEWACE) Social Action Theater: Associate Director from 1993-1997.
• Community/University Human Relations Council: Steering Committee, 1996-2000; Co-chair Celebration Subcommittee; on Martin Luther King Day Celebration Committee; Chair Committee that selects annual "Diversity Award" recipient.
• UW Oshkosh Graduation Commencement Announcer from 1990-1996. Also coached Senior Graduation Speaker from 1990-1996.
• Faculty Advisor: Communication Club (1991-Present), Students for Nader (2000), Grassroots Collective (1993-1996) and Students For A New Progressive Party (1995-1996).
• UW Oshkosh Residence Life Citizenship Panel: Invited member, 1997-1998.

Community Service:

• Green Party Nominee for Wisconsin Assembly District 54 Seat, 2004.
• Democratic Party Nominee for Wisconsin Assembly District 54 Seat, 1996.
• Member, Wisconsin Federation of Teachers Committee on Political Education, 1998.
• Commentator, WOSH Radio "Monday Morning Focus Group," 1997-1998.
• Have written numerous op-ed pieces for the Oshkosh Northwestern.
• Facilitated a community forum on youth violence, "Troubled Times For Our Youth," May 18, 1999. Forum was held at the Oshkosh Park Plaza Hotel and broadcast live on WOSH-1490 radio.

Lectures:

• The Engaged University: The Ideas of Ernest Boyer, UW Oshkosh forum sponsored by Chancellor Rick Wells, January 2002.
• Dubya's Inaugural Address: Linked to the Wrong One-Termer, UW Oshkosh Learning in Retirement Group, January 21, 2001.
• The Other Side Of Leadership. UWO LEAD Program, October 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.
• Media Coverage Of Elections. UWO Learning In Retirement Group, May 2000.
• Socialism: 21st Century Devil Term? Colloqium On The 21st Century (Professor Wayne Mannebach, Facilitator), Menasha, WI, February 2000.
• Academic As Public Intellectuals: Implications For Rational Decision Making. Colloquium On Rational Decision Making (Professor Wayne Mannebach, Facilitator), Menasha, WI, February 1999.
• Making Sense of Political/Corporate Messages. Kiwanis Mid-Morning Group, August 1998.
• Life in Cuba. Oshkosh Rotary Club, May 1998.
• Leadership in a Democracy. Residence Life Retreat, October 1998 and October 1997.
• Corporate Control of Media. Bill Willers (UWO Professor of Biology) course, June 1997.
• How To Watch And Respond To News. Business and Professional Womens' Association, Appleton, April 1997
• The Istook Amendment. American Civil Liberties Forum, April 1997.
• Malcolm X: The Prison Years. Oshkosh Correctional Institution, February 1996.
• Public Speaking Workshop. Oshkosh Correctional Institution, October 1996.
• Reading the Newspaper. Lakeview Elementary School, March 1996.

Television Production Experience:

2004-Present: Co-Host (with Cheryl Hentz), "Eye on Oshkosh" (Oshkosh Cable Access Television)

1999-2004; 1992-1995: Executive Producer/ Co-Host (with former Oshkosh Mayor James Mather) of "Commentary," a public affairs program airing on UW Oshkosh Titan-Television and available on the basic Time/Warner Oshkosh cable package.

1995-1996: Executive Producer/Co-Host (with former Oshkosh Mayor James Mather) of "Politics Today," a public affairs program airing on Oshkosh Cable Access Television.

1994-1995: Executive Producer/Co-Host (with Dr. Mashoed Bailie) of "Concerning You Wisconsin," a public affairs program airing on Oshkosh Cable Access Television.

1993: Executive Producer and Co-Host (with Winnebago County Supervisor Ron Montgomery) of "Battleground," a public affairs program airing on Oshkosh Cable Access Television.

1992: Executive Producer and Host, "The Community/University Human Relations Council Forum," a public affairs program airing on UW Oshkosh Titan Television.

Awards:

2005: UW Oshkosh Barbara K. Sniffen Award For Outstanding Faculty Service

2004: Named Andrew M. Weaver "Communication Educator of the Year" by the Wisconsin Communication Association.

2003: Honorable Mention, National Videographer Awards, for "UW Oshkosh Public Affairs" (Commentary)

2001/2000: Award of Distinction, National Communicator Awards (for Commentary)

References Available On Request.