FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n
Thursday, September 30, 2021<\/p>\n
STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014\u00a0Tarleton State University communication studies Instructor Prairie Endres-Parnell has completed an unusual two-year presidency of the International Society for Educational Biography.<\/p>\n
Endres-Parnell, the organization\u2019s 35th president, never planned on back-to-back one-year terms.\u00a0\u201cWhen COVID-19 emerged, I realized we couldn\u2019t ethically hold an in-person conference, which meant not voting in new leadership, so the executive team all agreed to extend our service.\u201d<\/p>\n
The international group began in 1982 with a call for researchers to value educational biographies. The organization promotes the study of the lives of educators and their contributions to pedagogical theory and practice.<\/p>\n
ISEB will honor the outgoing president at the annual conference Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in St. Louis, Mo.<\/p>\n
Others from Tarleton will present at the conference \u2014 Dr. Delwin Richey, Department of Communication Studies, on \u201cAssault on Laughter: Mark Twain Learning the Lecture Business, 1866-1868\u201d; Dr. Elizabeth Wallace,\u00a0Director, Student Affairs Assessment and Strategic Initiatives, on \u201cExploring the Journey: Being Seen, Unseen, and Seen Again in a Higher Education Context\u201d; and Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason, Dr. Christy Tabors and Dr. Sarah Maben on \u201cAscending Women: Challenging the One-Way Career Path in Higher Education.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of her year at the helm, Endres-Parnell said she is most proud of holding the organization together despite the complications of being international in a global pandemic.<\/p>\n
She joined the Tarleton faculty in 2009, teaching everything from beginning speech courses to persuasion, intercultural communication and communication theory on the Stephenville and Fort Worth campuses.<\/p>\n
She holds an MFA in acting and directing and an MA in communication studies from Texas Tech University. Her research focuses on LGBTQ issues, rhetoric and performativity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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