SABRINA N. MARSH

PhD, Department of CommunicationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Email: sabrina.n.marsh@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 2012

Master of Arts in Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2008

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, Grinnell College, May 1996

DISSERTATION

Religious Women in Modern American Social Reform: Evangeline Booth, Aimee Semple McPherson, Dorothy Day and the Rhetorical Invention of Humanitarian Authority

In the early-twentieth century, the rise of “scientific,” state-centered social welfare public philosophies directly and dramatically challenged the older, Victorian ideals of charity, and with them the role religious women played in developing charitable social service. Despite the challenges brought by this rise of a “modern” scientific age, women religious leaders used their positions as directors of significant service organizations to reinvent justifications for participating in the humanitarian public sphere as religious leaders. This dissertation compares the rhetorics of Booth (the American Commander of the Salvation Army), McPherson (founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel), and Day (co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement), each case a distinct reinvention what it meant to be a woman, what it meant to be religious, and above all what it meant to be a leader in the humanitarian public sphere.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Article “‘The Odds and Ends of Things’: Dorothy Day’s Catholic Worker Columns and the

Prudent Translation of Catholic Social Teachings,” Rhetoric Society Quarterly. September 2012. Winner of the 2013 Charles Kneupper Award.

Book Chapter “Feral Horses: Logos, Pathos and the Definition of Christian Dominion,” with Jane

Bloodworth Rowe, in Arguments about Animal Ethics, edited by Greg Goodale and Jason Edward Black (Lexington Books). 2010.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2013 Charles Kneupper Award. This award is given annually to recognize the essay published in that year's volume of Rhetoric Society Quarterly that the editorial board and the editor consider the most significant contribution to scholarship in rhetoric.

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Outstanding Article Award, Department of Communication, University of Illinois, 2012-2013. This award recognizes the most outstanding article or book chapter written by a graduate student without faculty co-authors.

Research Completion Fellowship, Department of Communication, University of Illinois, Summer 2010.

“Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent By Their Students,” University of Illinois. Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Summer 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Summer 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010 (all semesters possible).

Elizabeth Winter Young Fellow, University of Illinois, Summer 2007.College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign, 2006-07.First Place, Toastmasters International, Chicago Central North Divisional Humorous

Speech Contest, November 2005.

TEACHING POSITIONS

Adjunct Professor, Saint Louis University, School for Professional Studies 2015-presentAdjunct Professor, Saint Louis University, 2010-presentAdjunct Professor, Fontbonne University, 2011Peer Leader, Oral/Written Communication, University of Illinois, 2008-09Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication, University of Illinois, 2008-10Teaching Assistant, Department of Speech Communication, Unit One/Allen Hall,

University of Illinois, 2007-2008Teaching Assistant, Department of Speech Communication, University of Illinois,

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COURSES TAUGHT

Persuasion in Professional Communication, Saint Louis University, School for Professional Studies (1 section, enrollment 24)Advanced undergraduate communication course studying persuasion theory and research.

Communication Theory, Saint Louis University (1 section, enrollment 35)Undergraduate course surveying theories of human communication. Required for communication majors.

Argumentation, University of Illinois (2 sections, enrollment 50) Advanced undergraduate communication course studying theories of argument and practice of formal debates.

Oral and Written Communication, University of Illinois (2 sections, enrollment 40) Required combined writing and public speaking-intensive course for first-year students.

Effective Principles of Public Speaking, University of Illinois (2 sections, enrollment 50)Introduction to public speaking principles, ethics, and practices.

Public Speaking, Fontbonne University (2 sections, enrollment 40)Introduction to public speaking principles, ethics, and practices.

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Public Speaking, Saint Louis University (1 section, enrollment 22)Introduction to public speaking principles, ethics, and practices which incorporate online evaluation technologies.

Honors Public Speaking, Saint Louis University (1 section, enrollment 6)Honors version of public speaking including supervision of student research projects.

Small Group Presentation, Saint Louis University (1 section, enrollment 25)Required one-credit class introducing principles and practices of public speaking for engineering majors.

Intern Supervision, University of IllinoisOne-on-one direction of Communication interns assisting in classroom instruction.

James Scholar Honors Project Supervision, University of IllinoisDirection of multiple honors projects in Communication courses.

CONFERENCES

2015–Workshop participant, “Rhetoric and Religion,” Rhetoric Society of America Institute.

2014–Individual paper, “The American Salvation Army's ‘Fight Against Alcohol’ as a Fight for American ‘Enlightenment’: Evangeline Booth's 1920s and 30s Prohibition Rhetoric at the Intersection of Religion, Science, and Nationalism,” Rhetoric Society of America.

2013–Panelist, “Building Connections Between Strategic and Critical Communication Pedagogies,” National Communication Association.

2013–Workshop participant, “Religion and American Public Argument,” Rhetoric Society of America Institute.

2012–Individual paper, “Crafting Modern Social Reform: Evangeline Booth, Aimee Semple McPherson, Dorothy Day and the Rhetorical Combination of Religion and Science During the Interwar Period,” Rhetoric Society of America.

2011–Panel chair. “Top Student Papers in History of Rhetoric I,” National Communication Association.

2011–Panel chair, “Top Student Papers in History of Rhetoric II,” National Communication Association.

2011–Workshop submission, “Crafting ‘Humanitarian’ Social Reform: Evangeline Booth, Aimee Semple McPherson, Dorothy Day and the Rhetorical Combination of Religion and Science,” Rhetoric Society of America Institute.

2010–Individual paper, “Feeding Migrants, Reviving America: Aimee Semple McPherson’s 1920s and 30s Rhetoric of Relief,” National Communication Association.

2010–Individual paper, “’Vital Religion’ and the Needs of War: Pragmatic Argument and Religious Duty in Evangeline Booth’s Salvation Army Leadership,” Rhetoric Society of America.

2009–Individual paper, “'To Our Readers. . . the Catholic Church has a Social Program': Exploring the Discourse of Change in Dorothy Day’s Catholic Worker Writings,” National Communication Association.

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2009–Individual paper, “Patriotism as Preparedness and Preparedness as War: Definitional Argumentation and Performance in Theodore Roosevelt’s ‘Americanism,’” National Communication Association.

2009–Individual paper, “Aristotle’s Rhetoric and the Search for Political Friendship: Proposal for a New Direction,” National Communication Association.

2008–Co-authored paper, “The Form of Peace: Kant’s Political Imaginary in Perpetual Peace,” (co-authored with Ned O’Gorman, University of Illinois), National Communication Association.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS

Research Assistant to John Murphy, University of Illinois, 2008-09Research Assistant to Cara Finnegan, University of Illinois, 2007-08

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE

Assessment Team for Oral Communication Learning Goals, Fontbonne University, 2012.Individual Paper Submission Reviewer, Public Address Division, National

Communication Association, 2012.Capricious Grading Committee, Department of Speech Communication, University of

Illinois, 2007-08.Assistant Director of Student Services, North Park Theological Seminary, 2005-2006.

AFFILIATIONS

National Communication Association, Member, 2008-present.Rhetoric Society of America, Member, 2010-present.Rhetorical Studies Reading Group, Illinois Project for Research in the Humanities,

2006-09.Toastmasters International, 2005-2006.

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