CHARLES C. HOWARD

MASTER OF ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, 1986, Fayetteville, Arkansas

BACHELOR OF ARTS, COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS, 1984, Clarksville, Arkansas
 

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Associate Professor  Tarleton State University          1998-
Assistant Professor      Tarleton State University       1991-’98
    Stephenville, Texas

Teaching Assistant     University of Kansas                1987-'91
   Lawrence, Kansas

Instructor                    Westark Community College  1986-'87
   Ft. Smith, Arkansas

Teaching Assistant       University of Arkansas              1984-'86
   Fayetteville, Arkansas

Taught Business and Professional Speaking, Interpersonal Communication, Honors  Courses, Debate, Persuasive Speaking, Public Relations, Communication Law. Introduction to Rhetoric and Social Influence, Persuasive Speaking for the  Professions,  Public Speaking, and Fundamentals of Communication

 
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Faculty   Junior Statesman Summer School  Summer 2000-2001
Yale University    Summer 1998
Taught Public Speaking and the Law

Faculty   AGEIS Camp, University of the Ozarks Summer, 1996

Visiting Fellow Wolfson College, Cambridge University Summer, 1994

RESEARCH

Articles and Book Chapters

Howard, Charles C. (1998) “Whispering Campaigns: An Analogy of Al Smith and John   Kennedy’s Responses to Attacks on their Religion.” Kansas Speech Journal, 57, 1-7.

Howard, Charles C. (1995) "A Texas Woman Who Fought for Women: The Story of Sarah T.  Hughes," Law Day Stories, American Bar Association Special Committee on Youth,  Education for Citizenship.

Howard, Charles and Diana B. Prentice, "Bill Clinton's Campaigns for Governor of Arkansas:  Prelude to the Presidency." Clinton on the Stump, State, and Stage: The Rhetorical Road  to the White House edited by Stephen A. Smith (Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas  Press, 1994).

Prentice, Diana, Charles C. Howard, Susan Stanfield and Larry Reynolds (1991) "The Effects of  Presidential Debate Formats on Clash: A Comparative Analysis." Argumentation and  Advocacy, 27, 126?136.

Howard, Charles C. (1988) "J. William Fulbright's Rhetorical Reaction to Attacks by the Far  Right." Journal of Communication Studies, 6 16?20.

Reference Book Contributions

“Harlan Fiske Stone,” “Hugo Black,” “Obscenity,” “Miller vs. California,” “Fred Vinson,”
“Actus Reas,” & “Mens Rea,” in The Encyclopedia of American Law (Facts on File: Publication expected Fall 2001)

“Woody Guthrie,” in The Encyclopedia of Propaganda (Pasadena, CA: Salem Press)   [in Press]

“Organized Crime in the Sixties” in The Sixties in America edited by Carl Singleton (Pasadena,  CA: Salem Press, 1999)

“John Henry Faulk,” “Stephen King,” “Hustler Magazine,” & “Penthouse Magazine.” in Ready  Reference: Censorship edited by Lawrence Amey, Carl Jensen, & Timothy Hall  (Pasadena CA: Salem Press, 1997)
 
Workbooks

Contributor to Lincoln?Douglas Debates: A College Teacher's Guide   (Washington D.C.:  C?SPAN, 1994).

Howard Charles C.  (1991) "Ethics in Public Speaking," in Public Speaking Competence:  Theory and Practice Eds. Mary Lee  Hummert, Carol Benoit, and Terry Helmick (New York: McGraw?Hill). Reprinted in Handbook of Speaker?Audience  Communication, Eds. Mary Lee Hummert and Karla Jensen (New  York: McGraw?Hill, 1992). Reprinted in Handbook of Personal Communication, Eds. Mary Lee Hummert and Susan Redding Emel  (New York: McGraw?Hill, 1993).

Book Reviews

Review of Robert Justin Goldstein’s “Flag Burning and Free Speech,” in American Journal of         Legal History (in press)

Review of Paul Vanderham’s “James Joyce and Censorship,” in American Journal of Legal  History  43 (1999) 91-932

Review of Richard Abel's "Speech and Respect," in Free Speech Yearbook 1995 33 (1996)  174?175.

Review of Peter Kane's  "Errors, Lies and Libel" in Free Speech Yearbook 30 (1992) 231?232.

Review of Donna Demac's "Liberty Denied," in Free Speech Yearbook 29 (1991) 136?137.

Review of Rodney Smolla's "Jerry Falwell V. Larry Flynt: The First Amendment on Trial," in  Free Speech Yearbook 27 (1989) 189? 190.

Review of Steve A. Smith's "Myth, Media and the Southern Mind," in Journal of    Communication Studies, 6 (1988) 22.

Review of Kaarle Nordenstreng's "The Mass Media Declaration of UNESCO," in Free Speech  Yearbook 24 (1985) 161.
 

Convention Papers and Presentations: National

"The Bubba President: Political Cartoons and the Candidacy of Bill  Clinton," presented at  the  Speech Communication  Association Convention. San Antonio, TX November  18?21, 1995.

Respondent to Jeffrey K. Tulis paper, "Revising the Rhetorical Presidency: Clinton's   Experience," at the Program in  Presidential Rhetoric Conference on The Future of the
Rhetorical Presidency. Texas A. & M. University March 5, 1995.

"The Old South and the New Senate: Carol Mosley Bruan and the U.D.C. Flag Debate,"   presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention. New Orleans, LA  Nov. 22, 1994.

"Mandatory Debate Participation and First Amendment Issues,"  presented at the Speech  Communication Association Convention. Chicago, IL Oct. 30, 1992.

"Sacred Symbols: The History of Flag Law Up to Texas v. Johnson," presented at the Speech  Communication Association Convention. Chicago, IL November 3, 1990.

“Political Communication and the Western Myth: An Analysis of the Campaigns of Reagan and  Goldwater," presented at the International Communication Association Convention,  Chicago, IL May 23, 1986.

Regional Conventions

“City of Erie et al vs. PAP’s,” to be presented at the Southern States Communication Association  Convention, Lexington, KY April 4-8, 2001

 “Roberts vs. Jaycees,” presented at the Southern States Communication Association, Convention, St. Louis, MO April 8, 1999.

“What Community? What Responsibilities?” presented at the Southern States Communication Association Convention, St. Louis, MO April 10, 1999.

“Free Speech and Sexual Harassment: The Case of DeAngeles vs. El Paso Municipal Police  Officers Association,” presented at the Southern States Communication   Association Convention, San Antonio, TX April 4, 1998
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"Widmar v. Vincent: Clash of First Amendment Issues at UMKC," presented at the Central  States Communication Association Convention, St. Louis, MO April 1997.

"Herndon v. Lowery," presented at the Southern Speech Communication Association   Convention. Savannah, GA April, 1997.

"Montesquieu and Free Speech: An Impact on the Founders?" presented at the Southern Speech  Communication Association Convention. New Orleans, LA April 5?9, 1995.

"Mortification as Apologia: The Use of Confession as Rhetorical Strategy," presented at the  Southern Speech Communication  Association Convention. New Orleans, LA April 5?9,  1995.

“Artistic Expression and Religious Doctrine: Religious Programs in  Public High Schools After  Mergans," presented at the  Southern States Communication Association Convention.  Norfolk, VA April 8, 1994.

“Freedom of Speech and Birth Control Movement: A Historical  Examination," presented at the  SSCA/CSSA Convention in  Lexington, KY  April 17, 1993.

"Values in Conflict: Racism, Free Expression and Group Libel," presented at the Southern States  Communication Association  Convention, Louisville, KY April 9, 1989.

“Women Against Pornography: The Battle to Redefine First Amendment  Freedoms in a   Feminist Perspective," presented at the Southern States Communication Association  Convention, St. Louis, MO  April 9, 1987.

"Women's Images in Comic Strips: Female Archetypes in Humorous Comic Strips," presented at  the Southern States Communication Association Convention, Houston, TX April 3, 1986.

“Evolution to Creationism: Arkansas' Experience with  Establishment," presented at the   Southern States Communication Association Convention, Houston, TX April 3, 1986.

State Conventions

“Power and Pornography: Catherine MacKinnon's Attack on the First Amendment," presented at  the Texas Speech Communication Association Convention. Dallas, TX  Oct. 13?15,  1994.

 "Unforgiven as Mythic Debunking: Another Side of the Frontier," presented at the Texas Speech  Communication Association Convention. Dallas, TX Oct. 13?15, 1994.

“Extremism in the Defense of Liberty: A Rhetorical Analysis of the  Far Right in the 1960's,"  presented at the Kansas State Speech Convention, Topeka, KS May 11, 1989.
 
"Populism and Paranoia in Arkansas Politics: The Rhetoric of Tommy  Robinson," presented at  the Arkansas Speech Communication  Association Convention, Little Rock, AR   September 6, 1986.

“J. William Fulbright's Rhetorical Reaction to Attacks by the Far  Right," presented at the  Arkansas Political Science Association Convention, Little Rock, AR February 21, 1986.

Short Courses

"Teaching the Honors Section of the Basic Course," presented at the Speech Communication  Association Convention, San Antonio, and TX  November 20, 1995 (with Dr. Ellen Reid  Gold).

“Teaching the College Course in Political Debates," presented at the Speech Communication  Association Convention, San Francisco, CA November 18, 1989 (with Dr. Diana   Prentice).

Sponsored Research

Conducted focus groups on presidential debates in 1992 on a grant from the Commission on Presidential Debates. Dr. Diana Prentice-Carlin, Principal investigator.

Areas of Continuing Research

Book on the History of Texas oratory. Advanced contract signed  with Texas A. & M. Press,  Co?edited with Roseann Kincannon.
 

SERVICE

Professional Service

Southern States Communication Association

-Chair, Rhetoric and Public Address Division (2002-2003)

-Chair, Freedom of Speech Division, (1999-2000)

-Vice Chair & Program Planner, Freedom of Speech Division, (1998-’99)

-Associate Editor, Communication Law Review (1998- )

-Chair, Nominating Committee,  (1997-’98)

-Member, Nominating Committee,  (1994?'98).

-Chair of the Freedom of Speech Division (1992?'93).

?Vice?Chair of the Freedom and Responsibility of Speech Division (1991?'92)

?Chairman of the Nominating Committee,  (1989?'90)

?Secretary of the Freedom and Responsibility of Speech Division,   S.S.C.A. (1987?'89)

American Communication Association

?Editorial Board of the AMERICAN COMMUNICATION JOURNAL an online publication of  the American Communication Association (1996?)

-Chair of Speakers Bureau (1994- 1998)

National Communication Association

?Member, Free Speech Yearbook Editor Nominating Committee, 1993.

Member:

  Southern States Communication Association,
      American Communication Association
 Southwestern Association of Pre-Law Advisors

Texas Council of Faculty Senates

Western Region Vice President  (1998-2000)
Planner fall 1998 and spring 1999 Programs

Texas A & M University System Service

-Academy for Educator Development (2002-2007)

-Respondent, Student Presentations on Presidential Libraries, Texas A&M University, May 31,  1999.

-Member, Task Force on the Treatment of Intellectual Property Associated with Technology-  Mediated Instruction (1998-’99), Chair Sub-committee on Intellectual Property.

University Service

-Seminar for Debate High School Debate Coaches (April 16, 2002)

-Academic Freedom, Responsibility and Tenure Committee (2001-2004)

-Tarleton State University’s Pre-Law Advisor (2000- )

-Faculty Advisor to Pi Alpha Delta  (2000- )

-Presented, “Friday Night Lights: To Pray or Not to Pray,” to the Tarleton State University Honors Society Brown Bag Lunch Symposium, March 8, 2000.

-Presented, “A Judicial State?” to the Tarleton State University Honors Society Brown Bag Lunch  Symposium,  Jan. 28, 1999.

-University Curriculum Committee (1998-’99)

-Member, Book Store Advisory Committee (1998-’99)

-Member, Search Committee for Asst. Vice President for Academic Affairs for Research and Sponsored Projects. (1998)

-Presented “A Ghetto of Discourse: Talking About the Things We Can’t Talk About,” to the  Tarleton State University Honors Society Brown Bag Lunch Symposium, Feb. 11, 1998.

-Presented “Wake Up America--The Anti-Free Speech Riot of 1949,” to the Tarleton State  University History Club, February 26, 1997.

-Presented “Post Mortem on the 1996 Elections, “ at the Tarleton Presidential Honors Society  Brown Bag Lunch Symposium, Nov. 20, 1996 (with Dr. Malcolm Cross)

-Presented “Barbara Jordan: A Voice of Conscience,” at the Tarleton Multicultural Affairs  Brown Bag Luncheon, January 30, 1996 (with Roseann Kincannon)

?Faculty Senate, Tarleton State University (1995? 1999)
-President [1997?'98]
As Faculty Senate President I was ex-officio member of the following committees:
-Academic Council
-Calendar Committee
-Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Committee
-University Planning Council
-University Self-Study Steering Committee
-Faculty Senate Representative SAC Self-Study, Education Program Committee

-Presented “The Politics of Paranoia: The Pseudo-Debate Over Crime,” to the Tarleton   Presidential Honors Society Brown Bag Lunch Symposium, Nov. 9, 1994.

?University Research Committee, Tarleton State University (1994?1998) (1999-2000)

?Presented, "Freedom of Speech and the Rhetoric of Victimage," to the Tarleton Presidential  Honors Society Brown Bag Lunch  Symposium, Feb. 23, 1994.

?Search Committee for Chairman, Department of Fine Arts and Speech,   (1992?'93)

-Honors Council, Tarleton State Univ. (1992?

?Presented "Rusting of the First Amendment," to Tarleton Presidential Honors Society, April 15,   1992.

?Academic Standards Committee, Tarleton State University (1992? '93)

?Co?Chair, TSU Forum Debate Series, (1991?

Community Service

-Alternate Delegate, State Democratic Convention (2000)

-Stephenville City Board of Adjustment (1999-)

-Guest Speaker, Hico High School, First Amendment and Students, (1998)

-Director of Lincoln-Douglas Debates for regional U.I.L. High School Tournament,  (1992-1998, 2000-2001 ).

-Guest, National Public Radio of Wisconsin “Conversations with Tom Clark,” September 5, 1996, on the topic of presidential debates.
 

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

-Audited CIS 4153 Interactive and Applied Multimedia, spring 1999, taught by Prof. Dennis
 Jones.

-C?SPAN Advanced Seminar for Professors, Washington D.C., June 13?14, 1994.

-C?SPAN Seminar for Professors, Washington D.C.,  January 10?11, 1994.

-S.C.A. Short course, "Teaching the College Course in Business and Professional Communication," S.C.A. Convention, Atlanta, GA  1991.