CHRISTINE S. DAVIS PH.D. CURRICULUM VITA - UNC ... Drs. Art Bochner, Eric Eisenberg, Ken Cissna, Robert Friedman Dissertation: A Future with Hope: The Social Construction of Hope,

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CHRISTINE S. DAVIS, PH.D.

CURRICULUM VITA

Professor

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Department of Communication Studies

9201 University City Blvd.

Charlotte, NC 28223

Office: Colvard 5001

Office Phone: 704-687-0760

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: http://clas-pages.uncc.edu/christine-

davis/

Website: http://www.christinesdavis.com

EDUCATION University of South Florida

Ph.D., Communication, 2005

Advisor: Dr. Carolyn Ellis

Committee: Drs. Art Bochner, Eric Eisenberg, Ken Cissna, Robert Friedman

Dissertation: A Future with Hope: The Social Construction of Hope, Help, and Dialogic Reconciliation

in a Community Children’s Mental Health System of Care

University of North Carolina - Greensboro

Advisor: Drs. H. L. (Buddy) Goodall, Pete Kellett

M.A., Communication Studies, 1999

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

B.A., Communication, 1979

ACADEMIC POSITIONS Fall 2015-Present: Professor, Dept. of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at

Charlotte

Fall 2010-2015: Associate Professor with Tenure, Dept. of Communication Studies, University of North

Carolina at Charlotte

Fall 2010-2015: Graduate Program Coordinator, Dept. of Communication Studies, University of North


Fall 2005-Fall 2010: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication Studies, University of North


August 2004-August 2005: Visiting Assistant in Research (visiting research faculty position), Dept. of

Children and Families, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South

Florida

Fall 2003-Spring 2005: Graduate Instructor, Dept. of Communication, University of South Florida

February 2002-August 2004: Technical Analyst, Dept. of Children and Families, Louis de la Parte

Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida

AFFILIATE POSITIONS

Spring 2007-Present: Core Faculty, Health Psychology Ph.D. Program, University of North Carolina at

Charlotte

Fall 2008-Present: Core Faculty, Gerontology Program, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Spring 2009-Present: Participating Faculty, Health Services Research Doctoral Program, University of

North Carolina at Charlotte

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2007-Present: Adjunct Research Scientist, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,

Carolinas Rehabilitation Research, Carolinas Healthcare System

Fall 2004-Spring 2005: Instructor and Course Coordinator, Medical School, University of South Florida

Fall 2002: Graduate Instructor, Dept. of Physical Education, Wellness Leadership Program, University

of South Florida

SCHOLARSHIP

RESEARCH INTERESTS Health Communication, with an emphasis on mental health, disability, aging, end-of-life

communication, family communication, interpersonal communication, group communication.

Research Methods, with an emphasis on narratives, ethnography, autoethnography.

PUBLICATIONS

Books: Davis, C.S., & Lachlan, K. (Under contract, 2017). Straight talk about communication research methods

(3rd Ed.). Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt.

Davis, C. S., & Crane, J. L. (Under contract, 2017). Crossing over: Media and mortality in the Dead

Zone. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Davis, C. S., & Breede, D.C. (Under contract, 2017). Living death: Communication at end of life. Walnut

Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Davis, C. S. (Under contract, 2016). Communication in focus groups: Understanding process and

discourse. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Davis, C. S. (2013). Conversations about qualitative communication research: Behind the scenes with

leading scholars. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Davis, C. S. (2013). Communicating hope: An ethnography of a children’s mental health care team.

Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Davis, C.S., Powell, H., & Lachlan, K. (2012). Straight talk about communication research methods (2nd

Ed.). Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt.

Davis, C.S. (2010). Death: The Beginning of a Relationship. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Davis, C.S., Gallardo, H.P., & Lachlan, K. (2010). Straight talk about communication research methods.

Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt.

Peer Reviewed Articles:

Hammond, F. M.., Davis, C. S., Cook, J., & Hirsch, M. A. (2015). A conceptual model of irritability

following Traumatic Brain Injury: A qualitative, participatory research study. Journal of Head

Trauma Rehabilitation.

Davis, C. S., & Breede, D.C. (2015). Holistic ethnography: Embodiment, emotion, contemplation, and

dialogue in ethnographic fieldwork. Journal of Contemplative Inquiry, 2(1), 77-99.

Davis, C. S., & Crane, J. L. (2014, Online ahead of print). A dialogue with (un)death: Horror films as a

discursive attempt to construct a relationship with the dead. Journal of Loss and Trauma.

Davis, C. S., & Warren-Findlow, J. (2012). The mystery of the troubled breast: Examining cancer and

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social support through fictional narrative ethnography. Qualitative Communication Research,

1(3), 291-314.

Hammond, F. M., Davis, C. S., Cook, J. R., Philbrick, P. & Hirsch, M. A. (2012). Relational dimension

of irritability following Traumatic Brain Injury: A qualitative analysis. Brain Injury, 26(11),

1287-1296. doi: 10.3109/02699052.2012.706352.

Link, J. N., Kropf, M., Hirsch, M. A., Hammond, F. M., Karlawish, J., Schur, L., Kruse, D., & Davis,

C.S. (2012). Assessing voting competence and political knowledge: Comparing individuals with

Traumatic Brain Injuries and “average” college students. Election Law Journal, 11(1), 1-18. doi:

10.1089/elj.2011.0121

[Listed on the Law and Neuroscience Bibliography maintained by the MacArthur Foundation

Research Network on Law and Neuroscience.]

Davis, C. S., & Warren-Findlow, J. (2011). Coping with trauma through fictional narrative ethnography:

A primer. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 16(6), 563-572. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2011.578022

Hammond. F., Davis, C.S., Whiteside, O., Philbrick, P., & Hirsch, M.A. (2011). Marital adjustment and

stability following Traumatic Brain Injury: A pilot qualitative analysis of spouse perspectives.

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 26(1), 69-78. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e318205174d

Davis, C.S., Delynko, K.M., & Cook, J. (2010). Oral History of McCreesh Place, Apartment building for

(formerly) homeless men: Advancing the warp and balancing the weave. Cultural Studies-

Critical Methodologies, 10(6), 508-519.

Davis, C.S. (2009). A family jigsaw puzzle: Secrets and gaps. International Review of Qualitative

Research, 1(4), 433-452.

Davis, C. S. (2008). A funeral liturgy: Death rituals as symbolic communication. Journal of Loss and

Trauma, 13(5), 406-421.

Davis, C. S. (2008). Dueling narratives: How peer leaders use narrative to frame meaning in community

mental health care teams. Small Group Research: An International Journal of Theory,

Investigation, and Application, 39(6), 706-727.

Davis, C. S. (2008). Final stories: The ultimate sensemaking frame. Storytelling, Self, and Society, 4, 1-

19.

Furman, R., Langer, C. L., Davis, C. S., Gallardo, H., & Kulkarni, S. (2007). Expressive research and

reflective poetry as qualitative inquiry: A study of adolescent identity. Qualitative Research, 3(7),

301-315.

Davis, C. S. (2006) Sylvia's story: Narrative, storytelling, and power in a children's community mental

health system of care. Qualitative Inquiry, 12(6), 1-24.

Davis, C. S. (2005). Home. Qualitative Inquiry 11(2), 392-409.

Davis, C. S., & Salkin, K. A. (2005). Sister and friends: Multivocality in a relational model of sibling

disability. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Special issue on disability studies and

ethnography (34)2, 206-234.

[Ranked as one of the 50 Most-Frequently-Read Articles in Journal of Contemporary

Ethnography, 2006]

Reprinted in: L. C. Lederman (2007). Beyond these walls: Readings in health communication.

Oxford University Press.

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Cited in: L. C. Ledermans (2010). Health communication: The first 25 years. In J. W. Chesebro

(Ed.). A century of transformation: Studies in honor of the 100th anniversary of the

Eastern Communication Association (pp. 236-254). New York: Oxford University Press.

Green, S., Davis, C.S., Karshmer, E., Marsh, P., & Straight, B. (2005). Living stigma: The impact of

labeling, stereotyping, separation, status loss and discrimination in the lives of individuals with

disabilities and their families. Sociological Inquiry 75(2), 197-215.

Patterson, S. G., Davis, C., Schmitzer, J., Foster, E., Baglia, J., Balducci, L., & Ellis, C. (2004). Spiritual

dimensions of cancer care. Journal of Cancer Integrative Medicine 2(2), 85-93.

Davis, C. S. (2003). A dialogic farewell: Enhancing the “I-Thou” quality of a parent-child relationship.

Journal of Loss and Trauma, 8(3), 201-215.

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters: Davis, C. S. (2014). Liminal families: Foster and kinship-care mothers’ performance of family. In A.

Kinser, K. Freehling-Burton, & T. Hawkes (Eds). Performing Motherhood (pp. 185-205).

Demeter Press.

Davis, C. S., Mayo, J., Piecora., B., & Wimberley, T. (2012). The social construction of hope through

strengths-based communication strategies: A children's mental health approach. In M. Pitts & T.

Socha (Eds.), Positive Communication in Health and Wellness (pp. 63-81). New York: Peter

Lang.

Davis, C. S., Dollard, N., & Vergon, K. (2009). The role of communication in child-parent-provider

interaction in a children's mental health system of care. In T. J. Socha and G.H. Stamp (Eds.),

Parents and children communicating with society: Managing relationships outside of the home

(pp. 133-153). New York: Routledge.

Davis, C. S. (2007). The social construction of life, death, and disability in the Terri Schiavo Case. In J.L.

Werth and T. Lillie (Eds.), End of Life Issues and Persons with Disabilities (pp. 167-182). Austin,

TX: Pro-ED.

Davis, C. S. (2003) Maintaining faith. In J. Keyton & P. Shockley-Zalabak (Eds.). Case Studies for

Organizational Communication: Understanding Communication Processes. Los Angeles:

Roxbury Publishing.

Reprinted in: Davis, C. S. (2006) Maintaining faith. In J. Keyton & P. Shockley-Zalabak (Eds.).

Case Studies for Organizational Communication: Understanding Communication Processes (2nd

Ed.)( pp. 176-188). Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing.

Invited Journal Articles: Davis, C. S. (2010). Book reviews (Introduction to book review section). Southern Communication

Journal: Special Issue on Qualitative Research, 75(4), 452-466. doi:

10.1080/1041794x.2010.504456

Invited Book Chapters: Davis, C. S., & Quinlan, M. M. (2016, in press). Chapter 7: Living in a fat body: Stigma, acceptance, and

biodiversity in American culture. In J. Yamasaki, P. Geist-Martin, & B. F. Sharf (Eds.),

Communicating health: Personal, cultural and political complexities. Independence KY:

Wadsworth.

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Davis, C. S. (2012). Dr. Bud: The unconquerable soul. In Bud Goodall Festschrift. Arizona State

University: Innovative Inquiry Initiative.

Rosenzweig, J., Armstrong, M., Davis, C.S., & Malsch, A. (2008). Finding voice: Promoting work-life

integration through communication competence. In J. Rosenzweig & E. M. Brennan, (Eds.),

Families supporting families of children with emotional or behavioral disorders: Achieving work-

life integration in the community, (pp. 303-324).

Davis, C. S., & Ellis, C. (2008). Autoethnographic introspection in ethnographic fiction: A method of

inquiry. In P. Liamputtong & J. Rumbold (Eds.), Knowing Differently: An Introduction to

Experiential and Arts-Based Research Methods, (pp. 99-117). Nova Sciences.

Davis, C. S., & Ellis, C. (2008). Emergent methods in autoethnography: Autoethnographic narrative and

the multiethnographic turn. In S. Hesse-Biber (Ed.). The Handbook of Emergent Methods.

Guilford Publications.

Encyclopedia: J. Matthes, R. Potter, & C. Davis (Eds.). (In press, 2017). International encyclopedia of communication:

Methods of communication research. Wiley-Blackwell.

Marsh, J. S., & Davis, C. S. (In press, 2017). Ethnodrama. In J. Matthes, R. Potter, & C. Davis (Eds.).

International encyclopedia of communication: Methods of communication research. Wiley-

Blackwell.

Davis, C. S. (2008). Critical action research. In L. Given (Ed.). The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative

Research Methods. Sage.

Davis, C. S. (2008). Empowerment. In L. Given (Ed.). The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research

Methods. Sage.

Davis, C. S. (2008). Hypothesis. In L. Given (Ed.). The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research

Methods. Sage.

Davis, C. S., & Ellis, C. (2008). Interactive focus groups. In L. Given (Ed.). The Sage Encyclopedia of

Qualitative Research Methods. Sage.

Davis, C. S. (2008). Liminal perspective. In L. Given (Ed.). The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative

Research Methods. Sage.

Davis, C. S. (2008). Representation. In L. Given (Ed.). The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research

Methods. Sage.

Proceedings: Davis, C. S., Sikand, C., Mayo, J., Kobres, M., & Dollard, N. (2007). A typology and narrative

illustration of procedures for following a strengths-based approach in a children’s mental health

system of care. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. M. Friedman (Eds.), The 19th annual

research conference proceedings, A system of care for children’s mental health: expanding the

research base. Tampa: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health

Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Davis, C. S., & Martaus, S. (2006). Continuous quality improvement: Using a service-learning, peer-

mentoring approach to ensure System of Care and wraparound fidelity. In C. Newman, C.

Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. M. Friedman (Eds.), The 18th annual research conference proceedings,

A system of care for children’s mental health: expanding the research base, (pp. 349-352).

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Tampa: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute,

Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Davis, C. S., Dollard, N., Vergon, K (2005). Negotiating practice: The use of communication to construct

family-centered care in a community mental health system of care. In C. Newman, C. Liberton,

K. Kutash, & R. M. Friedman (Eds.), The 17th annual research conference proceedings, A system

of care for children’s mental health: expanding the research base. Tampa: University of South

Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for

Children’s Mental Health.

Davis, C. S., & Dollard, N. (2004). THINK team observation: A mixed methods approach to assess

service delivery in a community mental health system of care. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K.

Kutash, & R. M. Friedman (Eds.), The 16th annual research conference proceedings, A system of

care for children’s mental health: expanding the research base. Tampa: University of South

Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for

Children’s Mental Health.

Research Reports : Davis, C. S., Massey, O. T., Armstrong, M., Vergon, K. S., & Smith, R. B. (2008). Refinement of an

instrument to measure mental health literacy among caregivers and providers and a qualitative

examination of interventions to enhance mental health literacy. Tampa, FL: Louis de la Parte

Florida Mental Health Institute. University of South Florida.

Epps. C.S., Armstrong, M., Davis, C.S., Massey, T.O., McNeish, R., & Smith, R.B. (2007). Development

and testing of an instrument to measure mental health literacy. Tampa, FL: Louis de la Parte

Florida Mental Health Institute. University of South Florida.

Smith, R. B., Armstrong, M., & Davis, C. S. (2006). The Effect of Health Knowledge and Literacy on

Utilization, Cost, Service Quality, and Quality of Life in Children and Adult Medicaid Mental

Health Consumers. Tampa, FL: Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute. University of

South Florida.

Hernandez, M., Worthington, J., & Davis, C.S. (2005). Measuring fidelity to wraparound and system of

care principles: the System of Care Practice Review. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida,

The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute. Making children's mental health services

successful, 223-2.

Davis, C. S., Dollard, N., Vergon, K., & McEwan, B. A. (2004). Community partnerships: Forming

strong planning coalitions in Hillsborough County. Tampa, FL: Louis de la Parte Florida Mental

Health Institute, University of South Florida. (FMHI Publication #225) [available online:

http://www.pubs.fmhi.usf.edu]

Published Abstracts:

Davis, C.; Hirsch, M.A.; Hammond, F.M.; & Cook J. (2010). Irritability and traumatic brain injury: A

community-based participatory research exploration (Abstract). Brain Injury. 24(3), 210.

Davis, C.; Nelson, J.; Hirsch, M.A.; Hammond, F.M;, Karlawish, J.; Schur, L.; Kruse, D.; & Ball, A.

(2010). An exploratory examination of political empowerment and voting among individuals with

TBI (Abstract). Brain Injury. 24(3), 208.

Hirsch, M.A.; Hammond, F.M.; Cook, J.; Davis, C.; Philbrick, P.; & Bickett A. (2010). A model for

conducting community-based participatory research with individuals with traumatic brain injury:

Challenges and opportunities (Abstract). Brain Injury. 24(3), 215.

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Davis, C.; Hirsch, M.A.; Hammond, F.M.; Philbrick, P.; Cook, J.; & Leonhardt, D. (2010). Participatory

research, power, and voice among persons with traumatic brain injury (Abstract). Brain

Injury. 24(3), 312-313.

WORKS UNDER REVIEW

Crane, J. L., & Davis, C. S. (Under review). Killing me softly: The love-death dialectic in music. Under

review by Qualitative Inquiry.

Davis, C. S., Breede, D. C., Warren-Findlow, J., Young, R., & Solomon, I. (Revise and resubmit). Decay

and resurrection: Ghosts of Old Westview Cemetery. Under second review by Southern

Communication Journal.

Davis, C. S., Quinlan, M., & Baker, D. K. (Revise and resubmit). Constructing the dead: Retrospective

sensemaking in eulogies. Under second review by Death Studies.

Beverly, S. K., Davis, C. S., Hernandez, J., Wyman, A. J., & Asimos, A. W. (Under review). FiTS (First

Time Seizure): A Qualitative Exploration of Patient Experience with Electroencephalograms

(EEGs) in the ED. Under review by Journal of Qualitative Health Research.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Breede, D. C., Davis, C. S., &Warren-Findlow, J. Rhetoric of Absence on South Carolina Antebellum

Tourism Sites. Revising to submit to Journal of International and Intercultural Communication.

Davis, C. S., Hirsch, M. A., Hammond, F. F., & Cook, J. R. Community based participatory research,

power, and voice: Participatory homeostasis in CBPR among persons with Traumatic Brain

Injury. Revising to submit to Action Research Journal.

Davis, C. S., Ellis, C., Myerson, M., Poole, M., & Smith-Sullivan, K. The menopause club: Five hot

middle aged women talk about their bodies. Revising to submit to Journal of Loss and Trauma.

Davis, C. S., Tapp, H., Hammond, F., Hirsch, M. A., Cook, J. R. Hernandez de Urquita, B., Smith, H.,

Furuseth, O., Brucato, J., Tyson, A., & Jilg, A. Dulin, M., Measuring Fidelity to Community

Based Participatory Research: Evaluating the CBPR-ness of a Community Advisory Board.

Revising to submit to Journal of Evaluation Research.

Snider, M. J., Davis, C. S., Shukraft, A., King, L., Sonda, J. D., & Hicks, L. The unthinkable performance

of motherhood in the context of a dying child. Writing in progress.

Snider, M. J., Davis, C. S., Shukraft, A., King, L., Sonda, J. D., & Hicks, L. Heterotopias: Spaces and

places of care. Writing in progress.

Snider, M. J., Davis, C. S., Shukraft, A., King, L., Sonda, J., & Hicks, L. Toward a dialogic ethics of

care: Ethnography of communication in a Pediatric Palliative Care Team. Writing in progress.

Davis, C.S., Basalik, D., Massey, O., Armstrong, M., & Smith, R. Measuring mental health literacy

among caregivers of children with SED: Scale development and initial findings. Collecting

additional data to submit to Journal of Applied Communication Research.

Stokes, A. Q., Basalik, D., & Davis, C. S. The effect of direct-to-consumer advertisements on health

literacy. In analysis stage.

Davis, C. S., & Armstrong, M. The role of social support in children’s mental health treatment team

meetings. In analysis stage.

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Davis, C. S., & Armstrong, M. A discourse analysis of health literacy messages in children’s mental

health treatment team meetings. In analysis stage.

PRESENTATIONS

Peer Reviewed:

Crane, J. L., & Davis, C. S. (November 2015). Experimental Tourism: Mapping and Performing Las

Vegas. Accepted presentation at Short Course Division, National Communication Association

annual convention, Las Vegas, NV.

Davis, C. S. (November 2015). Charles H. Woolbert Award 2014: Carolyn Ellis and Arthur P. Bochner's

"Authoethnography, Personal Narrative, and Reflexivity: Researcher as Subject" Invited

presentation at Short Course Division, National Communication Association annual convention,

Las Vegas, NV.

Davis, C. S. (November 2015). Embracing the discursive opportunity of focus groups: A communication

approach. Accepted presentation at Short Course Division, National Communication Association


Davis, C. S., & Lachlan, K. (November 2015). Straight Talk about Teaching Communication Research

Methods. Accepted presentation at Short Course Division, National Communication Association


Crane, J. L., & Davis, C. S. (May 2015). Storytelling and terror: Ethnography, culture, and the narrative

management of death. Presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign-

Urbana, IL.

Breede, D. B., & Davis, C. S. (April 2015). Motherlines: Family stories and female identity. Presented at

the Southern States Communication Association annual convention, Tampa, FL.

Crane, J. L., & Davis, C. S. (April 2015). From Tristan und Isolde to MaryLou and Jimmy: The love-

death dialectic in music. Presented at the Southern States Communication Association annual

convention, Tampa, FL.

Davis, C. S., Lachlan, K., & Pailthorpe, B. (November 2014). Straight Talk about Teaching

Communication Research Methods. Presented at Short Course Division, National

Communication Association annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Davis, C.S., Braithwaite, D. O., Denzin, N. K., DeSantis, A. D., Ellis, C. S., Pelias, R., Philipsen, G. F.,

Poulos, C. N., Snider, M., Thomas, R., & Tracy, S. J. (November 2013). Connecting Qualitative

Communication Scholarship through the (Scholarly) Generations. Presented at Ethnography

Division, National Communication Association annual convention, Washington, D.C.

Davis, C. S., & Crane, J. L. (November 2013). A Dialogue with Death: Horror Films as a Discursive

Attempt to Construct a Relationship with the Dead. Presented at Communication as Social

Construction Division, National Communication Association annual convention, Washington,

D.C.

Quinlan, M., & Davis, C. S. (November 2013). Constructing the dead: Retrospective sensemaking in

eulogies. Presented at Communication as Social Construction Division, National Communication

Association annual convention, Washington, D. C.

Davis, C. S., Tapp, H., Hammond, F., Hirsch, M. A., Cook, J. R., Hernandez de Urquita, B., Smith, H.,

Furuseth, O., Brucato, J., Tyson, A., Jilg, A., & Dulin, M. (November 2013). Measuring Fidelity

to Community Based Participatory Research: Evaluating the CBPR-ness of a Community

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Advisory Board. Presented at Applied Communication Division, National Communication


Davis, C. S., Breede, D.C., & Warren-Findlow, J. (November 2013). (Dis)Embodied Ethnography: On

Fieldwork and Field Work. Presented at Ethnography Division, National Communication


Davis, C. S., Lachlan, K., & Powell, H. (November 2013). Straight Talk about Teaching Communication

Research Methods. Presented at Short Course Division, National Communication Association

annual convention, Washington, D. C.

Davis, C. S., & Boylorn, R. (November 2013). Writing and Autoethnography as a Method of Inquiry.

Presented at Ethnography Division Preconference, National Communication Association annual

convention, Washington, D. C.

Young, R. L., Fairbairn, S., Davis, C. S. (April 2013). Connecting the Past and Present to Preserve the

Future: Workshop on Writing Motherline Stories. Presented at the 2013 Southern Gerontological

Society Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.

Breede, D. C., Davis, C. S., &Warren-Findlow, J. (2013). The absence of slavery in an apartheid South:

Revisionism , representation, and rhetoric in the New South. Presented at the 2013 Southern

States Communication Association annual convention, Rhetoric and Public Address Division,

Louisville, KY.

Breede, D. C., Davis, C. S., &Warren-Findlow, J. (April 2013). Lettering gender: The rhetoric of

absence and revolutionary womanhood. Presented at the 2013 Southern States Communication

Association annual convention, Gender Studies Division, Louisville, KY.

Breede, D. C., Davis, C. S., &Warren-Findlow, J. (April 2013). Lettering our lives: Gender

representations and grave markers. Presented at the 2013 Southern States Communication

Association annual convention, Ethnography Interest Group, Louisville, KY.

Davis, C. S. (April 2013). Chair of Making the strange familiar. Presented at the 2013 Southern States

Communication Association annual convention, Ethnography Interest Group, Louisville, KY.

Davis, C. S. (April 2013). Conversation in Qualitative Communication Scholarship. TOP PAPER in

Ethnography Interest Group. Presented at the 2013 Southern States Communication Association

annual convention, Ethnography Interest Group, Louisville, KY.

Davis, C. S., & Wilson, J. N. (November 2012). Roundtable: Partnering for professional trajectories for

masters students. Presented at 2012 National Communication Association annual convention,

Orlando, FL.

Davis, C. S., Chair, Articulating the hyphen in ethnographic inquiry, Ethnography Division. 2012

National Communication Association annual convention, Orlando, FL.

Davis, C. S., Chair, Social Construction of Health Risk: Bad mothers, drug wars, and psychiatric

medications. Communication as Social Construction Division. 2012 National Communication

Association annual convention, Orlando, FL.

Davis, C. S. Best Practices and Tips for Teaching Ethnographic Research Methods, Presented at 2012

Southern States Communication Association annual convention, San Antonio, TX.

Davis, C. S. Living in the Land of the Shadow of Death: Old Westview Cemetery, Presented at 2012

Southern States Communication Association annual convention, San Antonio, TX.

Davis, C. S. (2012). Death: The beginning of a relationship. Presented at UNC-Charlotte’s College of

Liberal Arts and Sciences “Personally Speaking” Series, Charlotte, NC.

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Davis, C. S. & Lachlan, K. (2011). Short Course: “Straight talk about teaching communication research

methods.” Presented at 2011 National Communication Association annual convention, New

Orleans, LA.

Tapp, H., Davis, C., Smith, H., Tyson, A., Brucato, J., Urquieta de Hernandez, B., Mowrer, L., Jilg, A., &

Dulin, M. (2011) Evaluation of Partnerships and Group Participation among a Transdisciplinary

Community Based Participatory Research Team. Presented at American Public Health

Association annual meeting, Washington, D. C.

Davis, C. S. You are what you eat: Cooking and female identity construction in families. Presented at

2011 Southern States Communication Association annual convention, Little Rock, AR.

Link, J. N., Kropf, M., Hirsch, M. A., Hammond, F. M., Karlawish, J., Schur, L., Kruse, D., & Davis,

C.S. (2010). Comparing Voting Competency: Political Knowledge and Political Empowerment of

Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors and Average College Students. Presented at 2010 Midwest

Political Science Association conference, Chicago, IL.

Davis, C. S., Anchia, M., Howard, A. &Mette, C., (2010). Motherline stories: How family stories

construct female identity. Presented at 2010 National Communication Association annual

convention, San Francisco, CA.

Davis, C. S., Lachlan, K., & Long, S. D. (2010). Short Course: “Straight talk about teaching

communication research methods.” Presented at 2010 National Communication Association

annual convention, San Francisco, CA. (40 attendees)

Davis, C. S., & Armstrong, M. A. (2010). Development of an intervention to improve health literacy

messages in children’s mental health. Presented as poster session at 2010 National Health

Literacy Symposium, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

Davis, C. S., Warren-Findlow, J., & Myers, C. (2010). African American Spouses with Hypertension

(AASH): Co-construction of liminal health spaces in dyadic communication. Presented at 2010

National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media, Center for Disease

Control, Atlanta, GA.

Davis, C.; Hirsch, M.A.; Hammond, F.M.; & Cook J. (2010). Irritability and traumatic brain injury: A

community-based participatory research exploration. Presented at: International Brain Injury

Association Conference, Washington, D. C., March 2010.

Davis, C.; Nelson, J.; Hirsch, M.A.; Hammond, F.M;, Karlawish, J.; Schur, L.; Kruse, D.; & Ball, A.

(2010). An exploratory examination of political empowerment and voting among individuals with

TBI. Presented at: International Brain Injury Association Conference, Washington, D. C., March

2010.

Hirsch, M.A.; Hammond, F.M.; Cook, J.; Davis, C.; Philbrick, P.; & Bickett A. (2010). A model for

conducting community-based participatory research with individuals with traumatic brain injury:

Challenges and opportunities. Presented at: International Brain Injury Association Conference,

Washington, D. C., March 2010.

Davis, C.; Hirsch, M.A.; Hammond, F.M.; Philbrick, P.; Cook, J.; & Leonhardt, D. (2010). Participatory

research, power, and voice among persons with traumatic brain injury. Presented at: International

Brain Injury Association Conference, Washington, D. C., March 2010.

Davis, C. S., Lachlan, K., & Long, S. D. (2009). Short Course: “Straight talk about teaching

communication research methods.” Presented at 2009 National Communication Association

annual convention, Chicago, IL. (25 attendees)

Davis, C. S. (2009). Review of Drummond, Diary of Gastric Bypass Surgery. Presented at 2009 Southern

States Association annual convention, Norfolk, VA.

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Davis, C. S. (2009). Semantic network and discourse analysis of child and family treatment team

meetings: The effect of communication on caregiver mental health literacy. Presented at 2009

Southern States Association annual convention, Norfolk, VA.

Davis, C. S. (2009). Social construction and civility in the classroom. Presented at 2009 Southern States

Association annual convention, Norfolk, VA.

Davis, C. S. (2008). Surrogate parents and their performance of the everyday life of family. Presented at

the 11th Annual International Conference on Language and Social Psychology, Tucson, AZ, July

2008.

Armstrong, M., Davis, C.S., & Vergon, K., (2008). An examination of the role of social support as a

coping strategy for parents with a child with serious mental health problems. Presented at the 11th

International Conference on Social Stress Research, Santa Fe, NM, May/June, 2008.

Davis, C.S. (2008). Ode to Final Negotiations and a tribute to the work of Carolyn Ellis. Presented at the

2008 Southern States Communication Association annual convention, Savannah, GA.

Davis, C.S., & Sharpe, D. (2008). From couch to 5K: Social construction of the bodily aesthetic as the

(im)perfect body becomes physical capital. Presented at the 2008 Southern States Communication

Association annual convention, Savannah, GA.

Davis, C.S., Cook, J., Mastley, K., & Creason, D. (2008). Oral history of McCreech Place: Stories of

intersections, connections, and frictions. Presented at the 2008 Southern States Communication

Association annual convention, Savannah, GA.

Davis, C.S. (2007). My life in writing. Presented at the 2007 National Communication Association

national convention, Chicago, IL.

Davis, C. S. (2007). A content analysis of health literacy moments in children’s mental health treatment

team meetings. Presented at the 2007 Carolinas Communication Association annual convention,

Boone, NC.

Stamp, R., & Davis, C.S. (2007). Challenges and rewards of applied health communication projects:

Perspectives of faculty and student researchers. Presented at the 2007 Southern States

Communication Association annual convention, Louisville, KY.

Davis, C.S., Smith, R., & Armstrong, M. (2007). Health literacy among caregivers of children with

Severe Emotional Disturbances (SED): A case for a multidimensional and communication

competence view. Presented at the 2007 Southern States Communication Association annual

convention, Louisville, KY.

Davis, C.S., Smith, R., & Armstrong, M. (2007). Mental health literacy among caregivers of children

with SED. Poster Presentation at the 20th annual conference on a System of Care for Children's

Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, Research and Training Center for Children's

Mental Health, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Davis, C.S., Hammond, F., Cook, J., & Hirsch, M. (2006). Participatory action research as

empowerment discourse for people with TBI. Presented at the 2006 National Communication

Association national convention, San Antonio, TX.

Davis, C.S., Ellis, C., Myerson, M., Poole, M., & Smith-Sullivan, K. (2006). The menopause club: Five

hot middle-aged women sitting around talking about their bodies. Presented at the 2006 National

Communication Association national convention, San Antonio, TX.

Davis, C. S., Sikand, C., Mayo, J., Kobres, M., & Dollard, N. (2006). A typology and narrative


system of care. Training Institute, 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes, Developing

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Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and their

Families: Early Intervention, The National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental

Health, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, Orlando, FL.

Davis, C.S., Smith, R., & Armstrong, M. (2006). Mental health literacy among caregivers of children

with SED. Poster Presentation, 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes, Developing

Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and their

Families: Early Intervention, The National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental

Health, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, Orlando, FL.

Davis, C.S. (2006). When is helping not helping, and when is helping hoping? Presented at the Second

International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Davis, C. S. (2006). A future with hope: The social construction of hope, help, and dialogic

reconciliation in a community mental health system of care. Presented at the Southern States

Communication Association national convention, Dallas, TX.

Davis, C. S., Sikand, C., Mayo, J., Kobres, M., & Dollard, N. (2006). A typology and narrative


system of care. Presented at the 19th annual conference on a System of Care for Children's



Davis, C. S. (2005). A Family Jigsaw Story: The Ethics of Revealing Secrets. Presented at the National

Communication Association convention, Boston, MA.

Davis, C. S. (2005). Surrogate families: Creation of family in kinship, foster, and adopted families of

children with Serious Emotional Disturbances. Presented at the National Communication

Association convention, Boston, MA.

Davis, C. S. (2005). Death and the construction of humanness. Presented at the National Communication

Association convention, Boston, MA. (Session organizer)

Davis, C. S. (2005). Narrative, storytelling, and relational communication in community mental health.

Presented at the National Communication Association Annual convention, Ethnography Division,

Boston, MA.

Davis, C. S., & Martaus, S. (2005). Sustainability and Quality Improvement: Measuring Wraparound

Fidelity in a Peer Mentoring Program. Presented at the 18th annual conference on a System of

Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, Research and Training Center

for Children's Mental Health, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida,

Tampa, Florida.

Davis, C. S., Vergon, K., & Dollard, N. (2005). Wraparound Fidelity and Team Composition, Meeting

Characteristics, and Family and Child Outcomes. Poster session. Presented at the 18th annual

conference on a System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base,

Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health, Florida Mental Health Institute,

University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Davis, C. S. (2005). A future with hope. Presented at the Southern States Communication Association

convention, Baton Rogue, Louisiana.

Davis, C. S. (2005). Death and the construction of humanness. Presented at the Southern States

Communication Association convention, Baton Rogue, Louisiana.

Davis, C. S., & Martaus, S. (2005). Sustainability and Quality Improvement: Measuring Wraparound

Fidelity in a Peer Mentoring Program. Florida statewide conference on behavioral health:

Recover and Resilience--Bridging the Divide to Support Families, Tampa, Florida.

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Davis, C. S. (2004). Introspective fiction as method. Presented at the National Communication

Association convention, Chicago, Illinois.

Davis, C. S., & Salkin, K. A. (2004). Sister and friends: Multivocality in a relational model of sibling

disability. Presented at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago, Illinois.

Davis, C.S., & Mayo, J. (2004). A narrative approach to the look and feel of wraparound team meetings.

Poster presentation, 2004 Training Institutes, Developing Local Systems of Care for Children and

Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and their Families: Early Intervention, The National

Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health, Georgetown University Center for

Child and Human Development, San Francisco, CA.

Davis, C.S., & Lane, M. (2004). Creating a powerful and targeted family support plan through ‘well-

formed outcomes’. Poster presentation, 2004 Training Institutes, Developing Local Systems of

Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and their Families: Early

Intervention, The National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health,

Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, San Francisco, CA.

Dollard. N., Davis, C. S., & Hernandez, M. (2004). Using the Team Observation Form to improve

individualized care. Intensive workshop, 2004 Training Institutes, Developing Local Systems of

Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and their Families: Early

Intervention, The National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health,


Hernandez, M., Davis, C. S., & Dollard. N. (2004). Using the System of Care Practice Review to

improve individualized care. Intensive workshop, 2004 Training Institutes, Developing Local

Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and their Families:

Early Intervention, The National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health,


Vergon, T. L., Davis, C. S., & Dollard, N. (2004). Intergenerational caregiving: Elders caring for

children with SED. Poster presentation at the Winter 2004 System of Care Community Meeting,

San Antonio, Texas.

Davis, C. S. (2004). Training curriculum: Strategic communication for effective wraparound facilitation.

Poster presentation. 17th annual conference on a System of Care for Children's Mental Health:

Expanding the Research Base, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health,

Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Davis, C. S., Dollard, N., & Vergon, T. L. (2004). The use of communication to construct family

centered care in wraparound teams. 17th annual conference on a System of Care for Children's



Davis, C. S. (2004). Narrative, storytelling, and relational communication in community mental health.

“Top Papers in Language and Social Interaction” panel at the Southern States Communication

Association Annual convention, Tampa, Florida.

Davis, C. S. (2004). Competing narratives: How peer leaders use narrative to facilitate change in

community mental health care groups. Presented at the Southern States Communication

Association Annual convention, Tampa, Florida.

Davis, C. S. (2003). Home. Presented at the National Communication Association Convention, Miami,

Florida.

Davis, C. S. (2003). Final stories: The ultimate sensemaking frame. Presented at the National

Communication Association Convention, Miami, Florida.

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Davis, C. S. (2003). Disability narratives: Disability dialectics in interpersonal relationships. Presented

at the National Communication Association Convention, Miami, Florida.

Davis, C. S. (2003). Home. Presented at the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Conference,

Atlanta, Georgia.

Davis, C. S., Dollard, N., & Vergon, T. (2003). The reconstruction of meaning in creating a system of

care in community mental health care. Presented as “Top Papers in Health Communication”

panel at the Eastern Communication Association Conference. Washington, D. C.

Burton, B., Davis, C. S., Dollard, N., Elrod, B., & Vergon, T.L. (2003). Intergenerational caregiving:

University-Community Partnerships improving systems of care for grandparents caring for

grandchildren. Presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the Association for Gerontology in

Higher Education. St. Petersburg, Florida.

Hernandez, M., Davis, C. S., Gomez, A., Stephens, R.L. & Dollard, N. (2003). Systemic approaches to

evaluation in systems of care: Use of Team Observation Form and System of Care Practice

Review to change systems and improve practice. Presented at the 16th annual conference on a

System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, Research and

Training Center for Children's Mental Health, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of

South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Davis, C. S., Vergon, T.L., & Dollard, N. (2003). The use of a mixed methods approach to assess service

delivery in a community mental health system of care. Presented at the Southeastern Evaluation

Association Conference. Tallahassee, Florida.

Davis, C. S. (2002). A reflexive death. Presented at the Florida Communication Association Conference.

St. Petersburg, Florida.

Davis, C. S. (2002). A funeral liturgy: Death rituals as symbolic communication. Presented at the

Society for Symbolic Interaction Division, National Communication Association Convention.

New Orleans, Louisiana.

Davis, C. S. (2002). Dialogue and farewell behavior. Presented at the Southern States Communication

Association annual convention, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Davis, C. S. (2002). Death: The beginning of a relationship. Poster presentation at the Graduate Student

Research Symposium, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Recipient of poster award,

Humanities Division.

Davis, C. S. (2001). Death: The beginning of a relationship. Presented at the National Communication

Association Convention. Atlanta, Georgia.

Davis, C. S. (2001). A dialogic approach to creative change. Presented at the National Communication

Association Convention. Atlanta, Georgia.

Davis, C. S. (1999). The rhetorical model in Plato’s Phaedrus used as an example for management

coaching. Presented at the Association of Management/International Association of Management

Annual International Conference. San Diego, California.

Invited :

Breede, D. B., & Davis, C. S. (2014). Material culture, material methods: Interpretive research at Hobcaw

Barony and beyond. Presented at Clemson University’s 2014 Hobcaw Research Symposium,

Georgetown, S.C., May, 2014.

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Davis, C. S. (2014). “Compassionate Communication at End of Life: Construction of an Interhuman

Connection,” Luncheon Speaker, UNCG Gerontology Research Network, March, 2014.

Davis, C. S. (2014). “Conversations in Qualitative Communication Research,” Guest Speaker for

Graduate Qualitative Communication Research course, Ball State University, Department of

Communication Studies, March 2014.

Davis, C. S. (2014). “Qualitative Research Methods,” Coastal Carolina University Communication

Studies Colloquium, February 2014.

Davis, C. S. (2014). “Conversations in Qualitative Communication Research,” Guest Speaker for

Graduate Qualitative Communication Research course, Coastal Carolina University, Department

of Communication Studies, February 2014.

Davis, C. S. (2012). “Compassionate Communication: Creating an Interhuman Connection in the Face of

Death,” Hospice and Palliative Care, Charlotte Region, Nursing Staff (100 attendees), November

2012.

Davis, C. S. (2012). “Death: The Beginning of a Relationship,” Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses’s

Association, Piedmont Chapter, June 2012.

Davis, C. S. (2008). Communication and voice in voting behavior among people with Traumatic Brain

Injury. Presented at the Voting and Disability Symposium, sponsored by Carolinas Healthcare

System and UNC-Charlotte, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, April 28, 2008.

Davis, C.S. (2008). Critical discourse analysis. Presented at the UNC-Charlotte Academy for Qualitative

Research, Charlotte, NC, March 19, 2008.

Davis, C.S., & Gallardo, H.P. (2007). Panel discussion on Health Communication program and research.

Presented at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Conference, Wilmington,

NC, September 13, 2007.

Davis, C.S. (2006). A Postmodern, Interpretive, Systems Theory, Symbolic Interaction, Social

Construction, Interdisciplinary Approach to Health Communication. Presented at the

Interdisciplinary Health Psychology Speaker Series, University of North Carolina at Charlotte,

October 5, 2006.

Davis, C.S. (2006). Qualitative Research Methods. Presented at Carolinas Medical Center, Workshop for

Medical Interns and Residents, September 20 and 27, 2006.

Davis, C. S. (2006). Panel moderator: Our research values: Ethical dilemmas in language and social

interaction research. Presented at the Southern States Communication Association national

convention, Dallas, TX.

Davis, C. S., & Dollard, N. (2005). Integrating the Team Observation Form and System of Care Practice

Review to Provide Action-Oriented Feedback to Improve Services for Children and Families.

Intensive workshop. Presented at the 18th annual conference on a System of Care for Children's



Davis, C. S. (2005). Sylvia’s Story. Presented at Research Colloquium, Department of Communication

Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Dollard. N., Davis, C. S., & Hernandez, M. (2004). Using the Team Observation Form and the System

of Care Practice Review to improve services and test theories of change. Intensive workshop.

17th annual conference on a System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the

Research Base, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health, Florida Mental

Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

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Davis, C. S. (2003). Effective wraparound meeting facilitation skills. Presented at System of Care

Values and Principles: The Wraparound Process annual conference. Tampa, Florida.

Davis, C. S. (2003). The Team Observation project as part of the THINK quality improvement

measures. Presented at the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists

Conference. Tampa, Florida.

Davis, C. S. (2002). Effective wraparound meeting facilitation skills. Presented at System of Care

Values and Principles: The Wraparound Process annual conference. Tampa, Florida.

Davis, C. S. (2000). Family stories: Connecting with the past and present to preserve the future.

Presented at the North Carolina Division of Aging Nutrition Service Provider Conference.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina.


Presented at the AHEC Regional Conference. Winston-Salem, North Carolina.


Presented at the National Association of Interfaith Caregivers, National Caregiver Assembly.

Lake Junaluska. North Carolina.

GRANTS

Completed Research Support

National: National Institutes of Health, Consultant on Community Based Participatory Research Process Evaluation

(PI: Dr. Michael Dulin, Carolinas Healthcare System; Dr. Owen J. Furuseth, Ph.D., Associate Provost for

Metropolitan Studies & Extended Academic Programs, UNC-Charlotte; Dr. Heather Smith, Associate

Professor, Dept. of Geography, UNC-Charlotte): Recovery Act Limited Competition: NCMHD

Community Participation in Health Disparities Intervention Research Planning Phase (R24), 2009-2010.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Recovery Act

Funds for Administrative Supplements (NOT-OD-09-056) for Grant # 5R21HD055202-02, Voting

Empowerment Study among People with Traumatic Brain Injury; $21,015; Investigator (PI: Mark Hirsch,

Ph.D., Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation, Carolinas Medical Center), October 1, 2009-September 30,

2010.

National Institutes of Health; Co-PI (PI: Mark Hirsch, Ph.D., Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation,

Carolinas Medical Center); Voting Empowerment Study Among People with Traumatic Brain Injury

(TBI); R21; $54,900, 2007-2009.

Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA), Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute,

Researcher, Development of an Instrument to Measure Mental Health Caregiver Literacy, $15,600,

2006/2007.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Faith in Action Grant, for Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-

Salem, Program Manager; $15,000; Interfaith Care Team ongoing funds; 1999.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Faith in Action Grant, for Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-

Salem, Program Manager; $25,000; Interfaith Care Team program start-up; 1997.

University:

UNCC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Small Research Grant ($1,000), 11/01/12 – 12/31/13, “An

Ethnographic Exploration of a Pediatric Palliative Care Team”

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UNCC Faculty Research Grant ($6,000). 01/01/12 – 6/30/13, “End of Life Communication: Giving

Meaning to Living,” to collect data for a book project.

UNCC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Small Grant, 01/01/12 – 6/30/12. “Conversations about

Qualitative Research in Communication Studies,” to collect data for book project. ($1,000). PI.

UNCC Chancellor’s Diversity Mini-Grant Proposal (2011). Understanding and transforming through

discourse. Co-PIs: Dr. Christine Davis and Margaret Quinlan to bring Dr. Carolyn Ellis, Professor of

Communication and Sociology, University of South Florida, to UNCC to give a colloquium

“Collaborative Witnessing in Oral Histories and Holocaust Testimonies.” ($1,000). Additional support

provided by Center for Applied Ethics and Center for Graduate Life.

UNCC, Continuing Education, Extension, and Summer Programs, Research on Feasibility of Conducting

Online Instruction of Communication Research Methods, $500; 2010.

UNCC Center for Humanities and Technology Research Grant for Supplemental Funding for

Reassignment of Duties Leave, 2008.

UNCC, Reassignment of Duties Leave, 2008.

UNCC Faculty Research Grant; PI; An Exploratory Discourse and Semantic Network Analysis of Mental

Health Literacy Communication Among Caregivers and Providers of Children with Mental Illness;

$6,000; 18-month grant; 2008/2009.

UNCC Faculty Research Grant; PI; Mental Health Literacy, Knowledge, and Communication

Competence among Caregivers of Children with Mental Illness; $3,500; 18-month grant; 2006/2007.

Center for Hospice, Palliative Care, and End of Life Studies, University of South Florida, Research

Assistantship Grant, PI, Hospice Narratives: The Role of End-of-Life Communication in the Social

Construction of Humanness among Terminally Ill Hospice Patients, $12,000, 2002-2003.

Local:

Co-PI, Davis, C. S., Breede, D., & Warren-Findlow, J., 7/1/12 – 4/1/13, Belle W. Baruch Foundation,

“Slave Cemetery Research at Hobcaw Barony.”

Role: PI; Gaston County Dept. of Health, Gastonia, NC: Testing of Alternative H1N1 Flu Shot Messages.

9/2009-2/2010. Percent of effort: 3.1%. $7,000.

Vantage Golf Tournament, Charity Grant Program, for Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem,

Program Manager; $50,000; Senior Center creation; 1999.

Winston-Salem Foundation, for Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, Program Manager;

$15,000; Senior Center Feasibility Study; 1999.

North Carolina Smart Start Program, for Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, Program

Manager; $7,500 yearly; Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support; 1999.


Manager; $10,000 yearly; Intergenerational Program – ongoing funds; 1997, 1998, 1999.


Manager; $2,500 yearly; Health Communication Program – ongoing funds; 1997, 1998, 1999.

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GRANTS NOT FUNDED

National: AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality), Consultant (Dr. Michael Dulin, M.D., PI). Patient

Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) Evaluation. Submitted 11/09.

National Institutes of Health, PI: Development and Testing of Alternative Interventions to Improve Mental

Health Literacy Communication Among Caregivers, Case Managers, and Other Providers of Children

with Severe Emotional Disturbances. February 2010 submission.

2010 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2). An In-depth Analysis of Relational

Communication in Family Systems of People with Traumatic Brain Injury: Theory Construction and

Development of a Communication Intervention. $1,500,000. Submitted 11/09.

Role: Consultant; National Institutes of Health, PI: Mason Haber, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at

Charlotte. How wraparound processes influence outcomes of adolescents with serious emotional

disturbances (SED) and how they can meet the needs of transition age youth. R15, submitted October

2009. Percent of effort: 8.33%. $315,482.

National Institutes of Health, Investigator (PI: Mark Hirsch, Ph.D., Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation,

Carolinas Medical Center): Power over Parkinson’s: The experience of participation in a community-

based exercise program for persons with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. R21, submitted May 2009.

National Institutes of Health, PI: Development and Testing of Alternative Interventions to Improve Mental

Health Literacy Communication Among Caregivers, Case Managers, and Other Providers of Children

with Severe Emotional Disturbances. ARRA Challenge Grant, $902,539; submitted April 2009. Scored

July 2009: Priority score 35; Percentile 6%.

National Institutes of Health, Investigator (PI: Art Blume, Ph.D., UNCC, Dept. of Psychology):

Assessing the Impact of Different Alcoholic Beverage Container Labels on College Student Drinking

Behaviors. ARRA Challenge Grant; submitted April 2009.

W. T. Grant Foundation, Co-Investigator (Co-PI: Neil Jordan, Northwestern; Co-PI: Mary Armstrong,

Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute); Understanding the Acquisition, Interpretation, and Use

of Research Evidence in Policy and Practice in Children’s Mental Health, letter of intent submitted May

2009.

Department of Defense; PI; An Exploratory Examination of Family Communication among Families with

a Member with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). New Investigator Award, $300,000; submitted October

2007.

National Institutes of Health; Project Director (PI: Mary Armstrong, Ph.D., Louis de la Parte Florida

Mental Health Institute); The Effect of Social Support among Caregivers of Children with SED; R21,

$350,000, 3-year grant; submitted November 2006.

National Institutes of Health; PI; Psychometric Testing of an Instrument to Measure Mental Health

Caregiver Literacy/Knowledge; $50,000; 1-year grant; submitted June 2006.

National Institutes of Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR); Researcher (PI: Flora Hammond,

Ph.D., Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation); The Effect of a Community Exercise Program among People

with Spinal Cord Injury; R21; $104,950; 3-year grant; submitted May 2006.

National Institutes of Health; PI; Development of an Instrument to Measure Mental Health Caregiver

Literacy/Knowledge; $184,847; 2-year grant; R03; submitted October 2005.

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Local: UNCC-CMC Collaborative, Co-PI (Dawn Neumann, CMC Co-PI). A Preliminary Discourse Analysis of

Interpersonal Communication Patterns, Marital Stability, and Marital Satisfaction in Couples with TBI.

$26,226. Submitted 10/09.

OTHER ACADEMIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Dept. of Children and

Families

Visiting Assistant in Research (visiting research faculty position), August 2004 – August 2005.

Technical Analyst, February 2002 – August 2004.

THINK (Tampa Hillsborough Integrated Network for Kids) Team Observation Study Project Director,

System of Care Practice Review (SOCPR) Project Director, Wraparound Facilitation Trainer, Early

Childhood QI Peer Review Program Project Director

Managed and analyzed two separate qualitative/quantitative studies

Conducted numerous training sessions on wraparound team meeting facilitation

Developed 50-page training manual on wraparound team facilitation

Planned and facilitated retreat and planning sessions for area agencies

Conducted additional ad hoc research, training, and facilitation projects

Contributed to NIMH grant application on the role of social support in system of care teams

Managed medical school communication training in conjunction with the Department of

Communication Studies.

Created and managed QI Peer Review Process in patient-centered communication for community

service providers

Developed and taught graduate level course in patient-centered communication involving students

and community service providers in service learning

University of South Florida Center for Hospice, Palliative Care, and End-of-Life Studies

Graduate Research Assistant, Conducted study on “Hospice Narratives: The Role of End-of-Life

Communication in the Social Construction of Humanness among Terminally Ill Hospice Patients,”

2002/2003.

Hospice of the Florida Suncoast (Largo, Florida)

Graduate Research Assistant, Conducted “Quality Improvement Project,” Spring 2003-Fall 2003.

LifePath Hospice (Tampa, Florida)

Graduate Research Assistant, Wrote NIH grant proposal for “Needs Assessment for Terminally Ill

Latino Patients and Families,” Fall 2002-Spring 2003.

The University of South Florida, Communication Dept.

Small Group Facilitator, Research Symposium on “Spirituality and Cancer,” February 2001.

The University of South Florida Medical Center, Tampa, Florida, in conjunction with USF

Communication Dept.

Communication Lab Preceptor, “Communicating with Patients,” Fall 2001, Fall 2003, Spring 2004.

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TEACHING

TEACHING INTERESTS Health Communication: Communication and Aging; End of Life Communication; Body Politic;

Healthcare Groups and Teams

Research Methods: Qualitative Research Methods; Narrative Ethnography

TEACHING AWARDS Regional finalist (one of 15 in U.S.), The National Society of Collegiate Scholars’ 2008 Inspire Integrity

Awards Faculty of the Year Award, nominated by UNCC student.

ACADEMIC TEACHING The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dept. of Communication Studies: Assistant Professor;

Associate Professor.

(Undergraduate) Health Communication: Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Summer 2009, Summer 2010

(Undergraduate) Communication Research Methods: Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring

2007, Fall 2007, Summer 2009; Fall 2009; Spring 2010, Summer 2010, Summer 2014, Fall 2014

(Undergraduate) Communication and Aging: Fall 2007

(Undergraduate) Healthcare Narratives: Spring 2008

(Undergraduate) End-of-Life Communication: Spring 2009, Fall 2010

(Graduate) Communication and Aging: Fall 2009

(Graduate) Healthcare Narratives: Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2011; Fall 2013

(Graduate) Health Communication Focus Groups: Spring 2007; Fall 2011

(Graduate) End-of-Life Communication: Spring 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2014

(Graduate) Communication Research Methods: Spring 2010; Spring 2012, Spring 2014

(Graduate) Professional Seminar in Communication Studies: Fall 2012

The University of South Florida, Dept. of Communication: Graduate Instructor.

Health Communication Practicum: Fall 2004, Spring 2005 (graduate-level course cross-listed with

Dept. of Communication, College of Public Health, and College of Nursing, in conjunction with the

Florida Mental Health Institute)

Health Communication: Fall 2003, Spring 2004

Interpersonal Communication: Fall 2003, Spring 2004

The University of South Florida, Medical School: Instructor and Course Coordinator.

Physical Diagnosis I, Medical Communication: Fall/Spring 2004/05

Physical Diagnosis II, Advanced Medical Communication: Fall/Spring 2004/05

The University of South Florida, Physical Education Dept., Wellness Leadership Program: Graduate

Instructor.

Wellness Communication: Fall 2002

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Communication Studies Department: Adjunct

Instructor, 2000, Full Time Lecturer, 2000-2001.

Business and Professional Communication: Spring 2000, Summer 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 2001,

Summer 2001

Organizational Communication: Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 2001

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Research Methods: Fall 2000

Relational Communication: Spring 2001, Summer 2001

Strategic Communication: Spring 2001

STUDENT MENTORING

In Progress :

Communication Studies Students:

Fall 2015, Supervise MA student Brittany Wilson in Independent Study, research on focus groups.

Fall 2015, Supervise graduate Research Assistant Debra Basalik.

Chair, MA capstone committee for Debbie Basalik, Communication Studies MA student, 2015 –

present.

Thesis committee for Jeff Brucato, 2011- present.

Capstone committee chairperson for Nicole Heschong, 2013 – present.

Students from Other Departments:

Chair, dissertation committee for Debbie Basalik, Health Psychology Ph.D. student, 2013 – present.

Completed:

Thesis committee chairperson for Meghan Snider, 2013 – 2015.

Fall 2014/Spring 2015, Supervise graduate Research Assistants Brittany Pailthorpe and Robin

Cavin.

Spring 2014/Fall 2014/Spring 2015, Supervise MA student Meghan Snider in Independent Study,

research on Levine Children’s Hospital, Communication in a Pediatric Palliative Care Team.

Dissertation committee for Sandra Milling, Health Psychology Ph.D. student, 2013 – 2014

Dissertation committee for Michael Villaneuva, Health Psychology PhD student, 2009- 2014.

Thesis committee chairperson for Rachael Thomas, 2013 – 2014

Spring 2014, Supervise graduate Research Assistant Rachael Thomas.

Fall 2013/Spring 2014, Supervise Graduate Research Assistant Anne Deekens.

Outside member, dissertation committee for Judith E. Walsh, Public Policy Ph.D. student, 2013-

2014.

Comprehensive examination committee for Jennifer Nan Wilson, 2014.

Thesis committee chairperson for Regina Young, 2011- Fall 2013.

Fall 2012/Spring 2013, Supervised graduate Research Assistant Emily Tamilin.

Spring 2013, Supervised graduate Research Assistant Meghan Snider.

Directed project committee chairperson for Sarah Burton, 2012 – 2013

Thesis committee for Sherri Fairbairn, 2011- 2012.

Spring 2012, Supervise Independent study undergraduate student Regina Davis.

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Fall 2011/Spring 2012, Supervised graduate Research Assistant Brian Richards.

Dissertation committee for Linda McWhorter, PhD Health Psychology student, 2008-2012.

Thesis committee chairperson for Danna Jones, MA student, 2008-2012

Directed project committee chairperson for Julia Nelson, MA student, 2008-2012

Comprehensive examination committee chairperson for Brian Richards, 2012

Spring 2011, Supervise Independent study undergraduate student Kayla Talbert.

Graduate faculty representative, doctoral committee, Beverly McIntyre, Curriculum and Instruction,

2010.

Thesis committee for Caroline Mette, MA Gerontology student, 2009-2011.

Fall 2010, Supervised Independent study undergraduate students Marcus Owens, Jacqueline Rivera,

Eddie Terrell, Bianca Lee, Megan Metcalf.

Spring 2010, Supervised Independent study undergraduate students Tiffany Wilson, Kevin

Hamilton, Qiana McDuffie.

Thesis committee chairperson for Jemi Johnson, 2007- 2010. Thesis: “The Social Construction of

Identity in a Battered Women’s Shelter.”

Fall 2009/Spring 2010/Fall 2010/Spring 2011, Supervised graduate Research Assistant Jeff Brucato.

Fall 2009, Supervised Independent study undergraduate students Marcus Owens, Jennifer Brown,

Shireen Bedi.

Spring 2009, Supervised Independent study graduate student Julia Nelson and undergraduate

student Kristen McMahon.

Thesis committee for Karol Karlow, MA Gerontology student, 2009.

Fall 2008/Spring 2009, Supervised graduate Research Assistant Rebecca Potts.

Supervised nursing M.S. student Deborah Sharpe for graduate research practicum, 2007/08.

Supervised nursing M.S. student Richelle Shuford for graduate research practicum, 2007/08.

Spring 2008, Supervised Independent study undergraduate students Ashley Stewart, Jessica Penny,

Allison Restivo

Spring/Summer//Fall 2007, Supervised Independent Study graduate students Dawn Creason and

Kristi Mastley on oral history project for McCreech Place apartments for homeless men.

Directed project committee chairperson for Kristi Mastley, 2006/2007.

Thesis committee chairperson for Cathy Cook, 2006/2007.

Thesis committee chairperson for Melissa Shaffner, 2006/2007.

Thesis committee chairperson for Rebecca Stamp, 2006/2007.

Directed project committee for Melissa Chambers, 2006/2007.

Fall 2006, Supervised M.A. Research Assistant Cathy Cook in research on aging. Student co-

authored paper from research.

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Spring 2006, Supervised M.A. Research Assistant Rebecca Stamp in research on mental health

literacy. Student co-authored paper from research, and co-presented paper on experience at

Southern States Communication Association annual convention 2007.

Spring 2007, Supervised Independent Study undergraduate students Boevi Lawson, Rebecca Glenn,

Andrew Reinken, Molly Hilb on various research projects.

Fall 2006, Supervised Independent study graduate student Rebecca Stamp in research on mental

health literacy.

Fall 2006, Supervised Independent Study graduate student Dawn Creason in research on narrative

autoethnography.

Spring 2006, Supervised Independent Study undergraduate student Allison Julian in research on

mental health literacy. Student co-authored paper from research.

Spring 2006, Supervised Independent Study undergraduate student Monica Strawzewski in research

on mental health literacy. Student co-authored paper from research.

Spring 2006, M.A. student Laura Vaughan’s paper written in my Healthcare Narratives class won

honorable mention in UNCC Health Services Research Academy, Masters Student Paper Award.

SERVICE

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Graduate Program Directors Advisory Council, UNCC, 2013 - 2014.

University Graduate Council, UNCC, 2012- 2014.

Member, Institutional Research Board, UNCC, 2010- 2014.

New Faculty Mentor, UNCC, 2011-2012.

Member, Thesis Committee, MA Public Health students Gloria Repuesto, Lesly Staley, Jennifer

Gardner, 2007/2008/2009.

Member, Dissertation Committee, Health Psychology PhD students Linda McWhorter, 2008-2012,

Michael Villaneuva, 2009- present.

Graduate Faculty Representative, Doctoral Committee, Sabarish Babu, Computer Science, UNC-

Charlotte, 2006/2007; Beverly McIntyre, Curriculum and Instruction, UNC-Charlotte, 2010; Judy

Walsh, Public Policy, UNC-Charlotte, 2013- 2014.

Paper Awards Review Committee, Academy for Health Services Research, UNC-Charlotte, 2007, 2008,

2009, 2010.

Participating Faculty, Health Services Research Doctoral Program.

Executive board member, Webmaster and Communication committee, Academy for Health Services

Research, UNC- Charlotte, 2007-2009. Board chairperson 2009-2010.

Executive Board, Academy of Qualitative Research, UNC- Charlotte, 2006-2009.

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Presenter, Interdisciplinary Health Psychology Speaker Series, UNC-Charlotte, “A Post-Modern,

Interpretive, Systems Theory, Symbolic Interaction, Social Construction, Interdisciplinary Approach

to Health Communication,” October 5, 2006.

COLLEGE SERVICE

Faculty Ombudsperson, Health Psychology Ph.D. Program, 2013 - 2014

“Personally Speaking” Faculty Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UNC-Charlotte, 2012

– 2014.

Presenter, Death: The beginning of a relationship. Presented at UNC-Charlotte’s College of Liberal

Arts and Sciences “Personally Speaking” Series, Charlotte, NC, 2012.

Faculty Research Grants Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UNC-Charlotte, 2010-

2012.

College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Council, UNC-Charlotte, 2007/2008, Alternate 2008-2011.

Conducted qualitative assessment of Health Psychology Ph.D. program for APA accreditation process,

2008.

Core Faculty, Health Psychology Ph.D. program, Gerontology Program.

DEPARTMENT SERVICE

Fall 2015: Assistant Professor in Health Communication Recruiting Committee, Dept. of

Communication, UNC-Charlotte.

Fall 2010-Present: Advisor, Communication Studies Graduate Student Association.

Fall 2012, Wrote nomination of Dr. Margaret Quinlan for Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career

Researcher Award to Southern States Communication Association.

Spring 2012-Fall 2012: Comprehensive Chair Review Committee.

Fall 2010-Spring 2012; Fall 2013 – Spring 2014: Departmental Review (Reappointment, Promotion,

and Tenure) Committee, Dept. of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at

Charlotte.

Fall 2010-Present: Graduate Program Coordinator, Dept. of Communication Studies, University of

North Carolina at Charlotte.

Ph.D. feasibility committee, Dept. of Communication Studies, UNC-Charlotte, 2009-2010.

Peer review of teaching for Dr. Margaret Quinlan, Assistant Professor; Department of Communication

Studies, UNC-Charlotte, Spring 2010.

Conducted peer review of teaching for Dr. Min Jiang, Assistant Professor; Department of

Communication Studies, UNC-Charlotte, Spring 2009.

Faculty Advisor, Health Communication Student Organization, Spring 2009-Fall 2010.

Member, 2008/09, Assistant Professor in Health Communication Recruiting Committee, Dept. of

Communication, UNC-Charlotte, Fall 2008/Spring 2009.

Member, 2008, Assistant Professor in Health Communication Recruiting Committee, Dept. of

Communication, UNC-Charlotte, Spring 2008.

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Curriculum Review Committee, Graduate Program, Department of Communication Studies, UNC-

Charlotte, 2007.

Conducted peer review of teaching for Tim Horne, lecturer; Department of Communication Studies,

UNC-Charlotte, Fall 2007.

Faculty Advisory Committee, Department of Communication Studies, UNC-Charlotte, 2006/2007.

Drafted revisions to Faculty Workload Policy, 2007.

With assistance from undergraduate students, revised and created flyer and promotional materials for

graduate program and Health Communication track for both graduate and undergraduate students.

Conducted peer review of teaching for Sandi Hanson, lecturer; Department of Communication

Studies, UNC-Charlotte, Fall 2006.

Member, 2006, Assistant/Associate Professor in Public Relations Recruiting Committee, Dept. of

Communication, UNCC.

Graduate Student Member, 2003-2004, Assistant Professor in Health Communication Search

Committee, University of South Florida, Dept. of Communication.

Co-president, 2002-2003, Graduate Communication Association, University of South Florida, Dept.

of Communication.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Consultant, Carolinas Healthcare, “Moving towards shared decision making among pediatric

patients with minor head trauma and their providers within a regional pediatric trauma center.”

Focus Group Study, 2015.

Consultant, Carolinas Healthcare, Emergency Medicine, First Time Seizures Focus Group Study,

2013-2014.

Presenter, Central United Methodist Church, “End of Life Communication,” January 4, 11, 18,

2012.

Presenter, “End of Life Communication,” Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region, November

2012.

Presenter, “End of Life Communication,” Hospice & Palliative Care Nurse Association, Piedmont

Chapter, June 2012.

PAR Process Evaluator, Carolinas Healthcare System, NIH health disparities grant, 2008-2011.

PAR Process Evaluator, Carolinas Healthcare System, Robert Woods Johnson Foundation

community diversity grant, 2008-2011.

Presenter, United Methodist Clergy Salisbury District meeting, Kannapolis, North Carolina,

“Overcoming Spit-Wad Sermons: Delivering Dynamic Sermons Using Good Communication

Skills,” January 2008.

Presenter, Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County, North Carolina, workshop on “Myers-Briggs

Type Indicator,” January 2008.

Adjunct Research Scientist, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Carolinas

Rehabilitation Research, Carolinas Healthcare System.

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Faculty member, System of Care Professional Training Consortium, Louis de la Parte Florida

Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, 2007-Present.

Presenter, Carolinas Medical Center, workshop for medical interns and residents on “Qualitative

Research Methods,” September 20 and 27, 2006.

Co-trainer, March 7, 2006, Strengths-Based Training for Formulation of Family Support Plan,

Targeted Case Management for at-risk Children

Member, 2005-2007, Community Collaborative Committee, Communication and Social Marketing

Team, Logic Model Strategic Planning Team, Mecklenburg (County) CARES Children's Mental

Health System of Care Program.

Member, Research Team, 2005-2010, Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation, Carolinas Medical

Center, Research on: Participatory Action Research among Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

and their Families and Healthcare Providers; Voting Behavior among People with Traumatic Brain

Injury; Relational Factors among Spouses and People with Traumatic Brain Injury.

Member, Research Team, 2005-2008, FL AHCA (Agency for Health Care Administration) Health

Literacy among Children's Mental Health Caregivers.

Member, Research Team, 2006-2007, Gaston County Women’s Planning Clinic, Health

Communication and Literacy.

Volunteer, Meals on Wheels of Cabarrus County, 2007-present.

Member, Health Cabinet, Central United Methodist Church, Concord, NC, 2006-2010.

Stephen Ministry Leader, Central United Methodist Church, Concord, NC, 2008-2010.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

External Reviewer for Promotion and Tenure, Leanne Chang Li-Yuan, Ph.D., The National

University of Singapore (NUS), 2014.

External Reviewer for Promotion to Full, Robert Westerfelhaus, Ph.D., Associate Professor,

Department of Communication, College of Charleston, 2014.

Presenter, “Qualitative Research Methods,” Ball State University, Spring 2014.

Presenter, “Qualitative Research Methods,” Coastal Carolina University, Spring 2014.

Chair, Communication as Social Construction Division, National Communication Association, 2014-

2015 (Vice Chair Elect in 2012; Vice Chair in 2013).

NIH Reviewer, Early Career Reviewer Program, Study Sections Community-Level Health

Promotion Study Section [CLHP]; Community Influences on Health Behavior Study Section

[CIHB]; Health Disparities and Equity Promotion Study Section [HDEP]; Language and

Communication Study Section [LCOM], 2013 – present.

Coordinator, Jarrard Undergraduate Paper Award Review Committee, Carolinas Communication

Association, 2013.

Review Committee, “It’s a Way of Life” Bud Goodall and Nick Trujillo Qualitative Research

Award, 2013, 2014.

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Paper Reader/Reviewer; 2013 Southern States Communication Association Annual Convention,

Ethnography Interest Group.

Paper Reader/Reviewer, 2012 National Communication Association, Communication as Social

Interaction Division.

External Reviewer for Promotion and Tenure for Amber Reinhart, Department of Communication,

University of Missouri – St Louis, 2012.

External Reviewer for Post-Tenure Review of Teaching Effectiveness, Douglas Ferguson, Ph.D.,

Professor, Department of Communication, College of Charleston, 2010.

Facilitator for Ethnography Division Pre-conference session, “Raising our Ethnographic Voices:

Ethics, Justice, and Vulnerability,” 2011 National Communication Association annual convention,

New Orleans, LA.

Paper Reader/Reviewer; 2011 National Communication Association Annual Convention,

Ethnography Interest Group.

Reviewer, Book Chapter Award, Ethnography Interest Group, National Communication

Association.

Paper Reader/Reviewer; 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Southern States Communication Association

Annual Convention, Ethnography Interest Group.

Paper reader/Reviewer; 2010 Southern States Communication Association Annual Convention,

Applied Communication Interest Group.

Secretary, Communication as Social Construction Division, National Communication Association,

2009-2012.

Awards Committee, Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career Research Award, Southern States

Communication Association, 2009-2012. Chair, 2012.

Grant reviewer, National Institutes of Health, ARRA Federal Stimulus Grants, 2009.

Grant reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2009.

Paper Reviewer, 2008 National Communication Association Annual Convention, Health

Communication Division.

Paper Reviewer, 2007 National Communication Association Annual Convention, Scholar to Scholar

Division.

Panel Chair/Respondent, “Empowerment Stories in Interpersonal Interaction,” Language and Social

Interaction Division, 2007 Southern States Communication Association annual convention,

Louisville, KY.

Vice Chair and Program Planner, 2007-2008 Southern States Communication Association Annual

Convention, Ethnography Interest Group.

Paper Reader/Reviewer; 2007 Southern States Communication Association Annual Convention,

Language and Social Interaction Division.

Manager, Autoethnography listserv, international listserv with over 300 members from the U.S., the

U.K., and Australia, focusing on discussion and dissemination of information about ethnography

and autoethnography, 2004-present.

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Paper Reader/Reviewer, 2007 National Communication Association Annual Convention, Disability

Issues Caucus

Paper Reader/Reviewer, 2007 National Communication Association Annual Convention, Health

Communication Division

Paper Reader/Reviewer, 2007 National Communication Association Annual Convention,

Ethnography Division

Paper Reader/Reviewer; Program Planner, 2006 Southern States Communication Association

Annual Convention, Language and Social Interaction Division.

Paper Reader/Reviewer, 2005, National Communication Association Annual Convention, Boston,

MA, Disability Issues Caucus.

Vice-Chair, 2005-2006; Chair 2006-2007, Immediate Past-Chair and Nominating Committee, 2007-

2008; Southern States Communication Association, Language and Social Interaction Division.

EDITORIAL SERVICE

Associate Editor, International Encyclopedia of Communication; Sub-Disciplinary Encyclopedia of

Communication (Communication Research Methods: Qualitative Research Methods), International

Communication Association: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-2015.

Reviewer, Communication Yearbook, 2015.

Reviewer, Handbook of Research Methods in Early Childhood Education, Information Age

Publishing, 2012.

Reviewer, second edition of Norman K. Denzin’s Interpretive Biography, Sage, 2012.

Editorial Board, Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2010- present.

Editorial Board, Qualitative Communication Research, 2011- present.

Editorial board, Kaleidoscope, 2003- present.

Book review editor, Southern Communication Journal, special issue on Qualitative Research,

2008/9 (issue date 2010).

Reviewer, Iowa Journal of Communication, special issue on Autoethnography, 2007/08.

Ad hoc reviewer:

o Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2011- present.

o Personal Health textbook for Flat World Knowledge.

o Health Promotion, 2011.

o Carolinas Communication Annual, 2009.

o Communication Theory, 2009.

o Southern Communication Journal, 2008.

o Western Journal of Communication, 2008.

o Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2003-2010.

o Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2008.

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o Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2008- present

o Symbolic Interaction, 2008.

o Health Communication, 2007 - present

o SAGE Publications, 2007.

o MIT Press, 2006.

o Roxbury Press, 2004, 2005.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

HONORS AND AWARDS

Southern States Communication Association: Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career Researcher

Award, 2008.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Health Services Research Academy: Junior Investigator

Award Runner-Up, 2006.

Carolinas Communication Association: Ray Camp Award for the Most Outstanding Research Paper

in 2005, 2005.

University of South Florida, Department of Communication: Arthur P. Bochner Award for

Outstanding Achievement in Doctoral Studies, 2004.

University of South Florida: Provost Graduate Teaching Commendation, 2004.

Southern States Communication Association: Bostrom Award Nominee, 2004.

Carl Couch Center, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction: Norman K. Denzin Qualitative

Research Award, 2003.

THINK Grant: Outstanding Evaluation Process for Team Meeting Observation, 2003.

Center for Hospice, Palliative Care, and End of Life Studies, University of South Florida: Graduate

Research Assistantship Grant, 2002/2003.

College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of South Florida:

Best Poster Award, Humanities Division, Spring 2002.

University of South Florida: University Graduate Fellowship, 2001/2002.

OTHER

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

ChangeWorks Coaching and Consulting: Owner, 1996 -- 2005

Self employed as a Training and Development consultant. Offered workshops to corporate clients on:

Time Management

Supervisory and Management Skills

Communication Skills (Interpersonal and Public Speaking)

Personal Goal Setting

Personal Leadership

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Organizational Goal Setting

Creative Problem Solving

MBTI (Personality Type) and Customer Satisfaction, Communication, Sales, and Team Building

Also offered:

Strategic planning and goal setting retreats

Business planning assistance and coaching

Personal and Executive coaching

Community Needs Assessment for Non-Profit Organizations

Design and Implementation of “Best Practices Community Conference” for Non-Profit

Organizations

Clients included THINKids, Stokes Partnership for Children, The Shepherd’s Center of Greater

Winston-Salem, The Winston-Salem Journal, Automotive Fasteners, The Shepherd’s Center of

Kernersville, Design Factory International, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Members

Credit Union, Cannon & Co., Advance Chiropractic, Dynamark Security Systems, and Sides

Chiropractic.

Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem: Executive Director, 1997 - 2000

The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem is an interfaith ministry for older adults. As Executive

Director, I was the leader, manager, and administrator of the organization, and as such, was responsible

for planning, directing, organizing, developing, and administering all activities. During my tenure, the

number of volunteers increased 33%, membership donors increased 50%, programs increased 44%, the

number of clients served increased 75%, and revenues and budget increased 120%. In 2 ½ years, I

successfully obtained $127,500 in grants, $95,000 of which was new money for the organization.

Horace Kelly and Associates/The Customer Center, Inc.: Research Assistant - Project Director -

Analyst - Senior Analyst - Vice President - Executive Vice President/ General Manager, Owner -1980 --

1996

Conducted both quantitative and qualitative applied research studies for clients. Purchased HORACE

KELLY AND ASSOCIATES in 1989; changed name to The Customer Center; grew company from 6

employees to 20 full time and 40 part time employees; brought all production functions in-house

(previously subcontracted); increased client base by 200%; increased revenues by 53% (to $1.8 million).

Company was well known in several industries (agribusiness, animal health, healthcare, and

advertising) as a company that offered quality and service in marketing research consulting. Clients

were Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies in key industries. Sold company in June 1996. Clients

included Pfizer, Merck, American Cyanamid, Ciba-Geigy, Monsanto, DuPont, Rhone Poulenc, Ball

Seed Co., USDA, and Growmark.

CERTIFICATIONS

Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner certification, 1995.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner certification, 1997.

MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) Certification, 1991.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

NIH Grant Workshop, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2009.

Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTEL), University of North Carolina at Charlotte:

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o Motivating Students, Spring 2006

o Introduction to Rubrics, Spring 2006

Teaching Effectiveness Workshops, University of South Florida Center for 21st Century Teaching

Excellence:

o Active Learning Strategies, Fall 2003

o Creating a Teaching Portfolio, Fall 2003

Duke Certificate Program in Nonprofit Management, courses in Grantwriting, Planned Giving,

Annual Giving, 1997-1999.

The Grantsmanship Center, Grantwriting Workshop, 1997.

AFFILIATIONS

National Communication Association (Secretary, Vice Chair, Chair of Communication as Social

Interaction division)

Southern States Communication Association (Language and Social Interaction Division past chair,

Ethnography Interest Group past chair)

Academy for Qualitative Research (former board member), University of North Carolina at

Charlotte

Academy for Health Services Research (former board member, chair), University of North Carolina

at Charlotte

Documents

CHRISTINE S. DAVIS PH.D. CURRICULUM VITA - UNC ... Drs. Art Bochner, Eric Eisenberg, Ken Cissna, Robert Friedman Dissertation: A Future with Hope: The Social Construction of Hope,