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Dr. Suzanne M. Enck

University of North Texas

Communication Studies

(940) 565-8094

Email: Suzanne.Enck@unt.edu

Education

PhD, Indiana University, 2005.

Major: Communication and Culture

Degree Specialization: Rhetorical Studies; American Studies

Dissertation Title: Site Unseen: Women's Agency in Contemporary American Constructions of Domestic Violence

MA, Ball State University, 1995.

Major: Speech

Dissertation Title: Leading the Antifeminist Movement: A Feminist Criticism of Beverly LaHaye's Rhetoric

BA, Miami University, 1994.

Major: Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs Philosphy

Professional Positions

Uncategorized

Instructor, Illinois State University. (Present).

Speech Instructor, Indiana University. (Present).

Assistant Professor, Eastern Illinois University. (2005 – 2009).

Coordinator, Eastern Illinois University. (2007 – 2008).

Associate Instructor, Indiana University. (1999 – 2005).

Administrative Coordinator, Illinois State University. (1997 – 1999).

Assistant Director, Illinois State University. (1996 – 1999).

Lecturer, Oakland Community College. (1996 – 1996).

Director, Oakland University. (1995 – 1996).

Lecturer, Oakland University. (1995 – 1996).

Graduate Teaching Instructor, Ball State University. (1994 – 1995).

Speech Coach, Ball State University. (1994 – 1995).

Professional Memberships

National Organization for Women. (Present).

Rhetoric Society of America. (2016 – Present).

National Communication Association. (1999 – Present).

Southern States Communication Association. (2011 – 2015).

National Women's Studies Association. (2008 – 2010).

Development Activities Attended

Workshop,"SpeakOut: Summer Institute for Democratic Education and Culture," SpeakOut: Summer Institute for Democratic Education and Culture, United States of America. (June 24, 2023 – June 27, 2023).

Conference Attendance,"UNT Equity & Diversity Conference," University of North Texas, TX, United States of America. (2022 – March 23, 2022).

Workshop,"Art of Participatory Leadership," University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Workshop,"NCA Institute for Faculty Development," National Communication Association, United States of America. (July 16, 2022 – July 21, 2022).

Conference Attendance,"Academic Chairpersons Conference," Academic Chairpersons Conference, United States of America. (April 9, 2022 – April 11, 2022).

Workshop,"Rhetoric & Sexual Violence Workshop," Rhetoric Society of America, United States of America. (June 1, 2021 – June 4, 2021).

Workshop,"Equity Now!: Institute on Racial Equity in Higher Education," Equity Now!: Institute on Racial Equity in Higher Education, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Workshop,"Inclusion, Equity, and Community Building Series," University of North Texas, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Workshop,"SpeakOut: Summer Institute for Democratic Education and Culture," SpeakOut: Summer Institute for Democratic Education and Culture, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (July 13, 2020 – July 16, 2020).

Awards and Honors

Biennial National Sunshine Peace Award; $5000, Sunshine Lady Foundation. (2004 – Present).

Nominated for: Francine Merritt Award for Contributions to the Lives of Women in Communication, National Communication Association’s Women’s Caucus. (2022 – 2022).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas

COMM 3440, Public Address Studies, 2 courses.

COMM 4040, Rhetorical Theory, 5 courses.

COMM 4140, Gender and Communication, 10 courses.

COMM 4220, Gender and Communication, 7 courses.

COMM 4240, Rhetoric and Popular Culture, 6 courses.

COMM 4545, Rhetorics of Protest, Movement(s) and Resistance, 1 course.

COMM 4849, Topics in Rhetorical Studies, 5 courses.

COMM 4900, Special Problems, 2 courses.

COMM 4951, Honors College Capstone Thesis, 1 course.

COMM 5085, Pedagogy and Communication, 1 course.

COMM 5340, Rhetorical Methods, 2 courses.

COMM 5345, Rhetorical Theory, 5 courses.

COMM 5445, Feminist Criticism, 8 courses.

COMM 5480, Practicum, 1 course.

COMM 5481, Graduate Internship, 7 courses.

COMM 5745, Rhetorics of Protest, Social Movement(s) and Resistance, 1 course.

COMM 5840, Seminar in Rhetorical Studies, 4 courses.

COMM 5900, Special Problems, 2 courses.

COMM 5910, Special Problems, 1 course.

COMM 5930, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, 8 courses.

COMM 5950, Master's Thesis, 5 courses.

WGST 5950, Master's Thesis, 2 courses.

Directed Student Learning

Major Professor, Communication Studies. (2023 – Present).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Women's and Gender Studies. (2023 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"“Taylor Swift’s Feminist Worldmaking"," Communication Studies. (2023 – Present).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair,"“‘Let’s See That Fucking Hairline, Bitch’: On Drew Afualo’s Use of Humor as Affective Killjoy Praxis, Feminist Agency and Digital Community-Building”," Communication Studies. (2023 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Graduate School - Federation of North Texas Area Universities. (2016 – Present).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Women's and Gender Studies. (2023 – March 2024).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Women's and Gender Studies. (2023 – 2023).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Communication Studies. (2022 – 2022).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Women's and Gender Studies. (2022 – 2022).

Major Professor, Communication Studies. (2021 – 2022).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Guahån: A (de)Colonial Borderland," Communication Studies. (2020 – 2022).

Major Professor, Communication Studies. (2020 – 2021).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Communication Studies. (2020 – 2021).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"“Calling All Advocates: Public Pedagogies of Rape Prevention”," Women's and Gender Studies. (2020 – 2021).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Communication Studies. (2019 – 2020).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"“In the Near Future”: Decolonial Perspectives on Subjectivity in Her and Ex Machina”," Women's and Gender Studies. (2019 – 2020).

Major Professor, Communication Studies. (2018 – 2020).

Major Professor, Communication Studies. (2015 – 2020).

Major Professor, Communication Studies. (2017 – 2019).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Questioning Texas History: Raced and Gendered Ideologies in Texas History Education," Communication Studies. (August 2018 – December 2018).

Major Professor, Communication Studies. (2018).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader,"Comprehensive Exams," Communication Studies. (2018).

Internship Advisor, Communication Studies. (June 2018 – October 2018).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Witness or Whiteness?: Perry/Clinton Appeals to Objective Democracy," Communication Studies. (December 2017).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader,"Comprehensive Exams," Communication Studies. (2017).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Maximal Proposition, Environmental Melodrama, and the Rhetoric of Local Movements: A Study of The Anti-Fracking Movement in Denton, Texas”," Communication Studies. (2017).

Major Professor, Communication Studies. (2016 – 2017).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Presence and Visual Argument in Antidepressant Direct-To-Consumer Advertisements," Communication Studies. (July 2016 – December 2016).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Queer Archiving in the Tenderloin," Communication Studies. (2016).

Internship Advisor,"Internship,". (2016).

Major Professor, Communication Studies. (2016).

Other,"Consulting Internship,". (2015).

Other,"Social Media Internship,". (2015).

Internship Advisor,"Internship,". (2015).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Communication Studies. (2015).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader,"Comprehensive Exams," Communication Studies. (2015 – January 2015).

Other,"Comprehensive Exams,". (2014).

Internship Advisor,"GLBT Outreach Internship,". (2014).

Major Professor, Communication Studies. (2014).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Communication Studies. (2014).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Homelessness and the Location of America Identity," Communication Studies. (2014).

Other. (2013).

Internship Advisor. (2013).

Internship Advisor,"Pedagogy Internship,". (2013).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Communication Studies. (2013).

Supervised Research,"Paper Dolls (Rape Pedagogy Perfromance),". (2013).

Other. (2012).

Master's Thesis Committee Member. (2012).

Supervised Research. (2012).

Other. (2011 – 2012).

Other. (2011).

Internship Advisor. (2011).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Booty Calls, Rage, and Racialized/Sexualized Subjects TMZ's Coverage of Rihanna and Chris Brown,". (2011).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Beyond Suzie Wong? An Analysis of Sandra Oh's Portrayal in Grey's Anatomy,". (2011).

Other. (2010 – 2011).

Supervised Research. (2010 – 2011).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Taking Out the Trash: Films as Equipment for Living,". (2009).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Constructing the Middle-aged Woman,". (2009).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Stepping Outside the Sacred Circle: Narratives of Violence and Disempowerment of the Contemporary Indian Woman,". (2008).

Awards and Honors

College of Arts & Sciences – Teaching Excellence Award, UNT College of Arts & Sciences. (2014 – 2014).

Teaching Excellence Award, University of North Texas College of Arts & Sciences. (2014 – 2014).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter

Enck, S. M. (2014). "Resisting Gendered Violence through the Classroom: A Feminist Activist Approach to Communication Studies,". Communication Activism Pedagogy, eds. Lawrence R. Frey and David L. Palmer. Hampton Press. http://www.hamptonpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=978-1-61289-134-7

Enck, S. M., Murray, S. (2010). "How to Hook a Hottie": Teenage Boys, Hegemonic Masculinity, and CosmoGirl! Magazine. Mediated Boyhood: Boys, Teens, and Tweens in Popular Culture and Media, ed. Annette Wannamaker. Peter Lang. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc139467/m1/1/

Enck, S. M. (2009). "Seeing Family Violence Differently: Shifting Perspectives from Social Science to Rhetorical,". Family Violence: Communication Processes, eds. Dudley D. Cahn and Sally A. Lloyd. State University of New York Press. https://www.academia.edu/1102445/Seeing_Family_Violence_Differently_Shifting_Perspectives_from_Social_Science_to_Rhetorical

Enck, S. M. (2004). "Beyond the Burning Bed: The Life, Trial, and Aftermath of Francine Hughes". Famous American Crimes and Trials, Volume 4, ed. Steve Chermak and Frankie Bailey. Praeger.

Book Review

Enck, S. M. (2020). Book Review, The Mark of Criminality: Rhetoric, Race, and Gangsta Rap in the War-on-Crime Era by Bryan J. McCann. Rhetoric & Public Affairs. 23(2), 412-415.

Enck, S. M. (2009). Book Review, Welfare Reform and Sexual Regulation by Anna Marie Smith. American Studies.

Enck, S. M. (2008). Book Review, LGBT Studies and Queer Theory: New Conflicts, Collaborations, and Contested Terrain, eds. Karen Lovaas, John P. Elia, and Gust A. Jep. Journal of GLBT Family Studies.

Enck, S. M. (2005). Book Review, Domestic Violence and the Politics of Privacy by Kristin A. Kelly. Journal of International Women's Studies.

Journal Article

Enck, S. M. (2022). Privacy, precarity, and political change: Connecting gendered violence to reproductive injustice. Quarterly Journal of Speech. 108(4), 431-435.

Moyer, L. M., Enck, S. M. (2018). Is my grief too public for you? The digitalization of grief on Facebook. Death Studies.

Enck, S. M. (2018). Listening for Intimate Partner Violence: A Call for Empathic Empowerment. Women's Studies in Communication. 41(2), 100-103.

Enck, S. M. (2018). Accountability Amidst the ‘Me Too’ Reckoning: Kevin Spacey’s Homopatriarchal Apologia. 5(2), 80-86.

Enck, S. M. (2016). The Praxis of Rhetorical Attitudinizing: Productive Criticism as Civic Engagement. Review of Communication. 16(1), 92-94. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15358593.2016.1183905?journalCode=rroc20

Enck, S. M., Morrissey, M. E. (2015). If Orange Is the New Black, I Must Be Color Blind: Comic Framings of Post-Racism in the Prison-Industrial Complex. Critical Studies in Media Communication. 32(5), . http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15295036.2015.1086489?journalCode=rcsm20

Enck, S. M. (2015). Planning a Gender Fair as a Semester-Long Final Project. Communication Teacher. 29(2), 1-8. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17404622.2014.1003950

Drescher, L. H., Enck, S. M. (2015). The Literacy of Pain: An Autoethnographic Account of Negotiating Immediacy Skills in the Face of Death. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research. 4(3), 27-50. http://dcqr.ucpress.edu/content/4/3/27

Enck, S. M., McDaniel, B. A. (2015). “I Want Something Better for My Life”: Personal Narratives of Incarcerated Women and Performances of Agency. Text and Perfomance Quarterly. 35(1), 43-61. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10462937.2014.975271#.VfB6z4peMm8

Enck, S. M., McDaniel, B. A. (2012). Playing With Fire: Cycles of Domestic Violence in Eminem and Rihanna's ''Love the Way You Lie''. Communication, Culture & Critique. 5(4), 618-644. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1753-9137.2012.01147.x

Enck-Wanzer, S. M. (2009). All's Fair in Love and Sport: Black Masculinity, Domestic Violence, and the Media. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. 6(1), 1-18. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14791420802632087#.VfB70IpeMm8

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Denton County Friends of the Family Board of Directors’ development training, “Responding to Gendered Violence: An Intersectional Foundation", Denton County Friends of the Family, Corinth, TX, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Enck, S. M. (Presenter), Auburn University’s “Gender Roles and Close Relationships”, “Media Ecologies of Gender Binaries and Violence", Auburn University, Virtual, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Enck, S. M. (Presenter), Denton County Friends of the Family’s staff, volunteer, and internship training, “Cultural Humility and Intercultural Communication", Denton County Friends of the Family, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Enck, S. M. (Presenter), Morrissey, M. E. (Presenter), University of North Texas’ Women’s and Gender Studies Disciplining Gender & Sexuality serie, Studying Gender and Sexuality with a Rhetorical Lens, University of North Texas’ Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), 30th Public Address Conference (Embodying Justice), “Femicides and Transnational Justice", Boulder, CO, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Enck, S. (Author & Presenter), Penn State Communication Arts & Sciences’ Undergraduate Symposium, “Applying to Graduate School", National Communication Association, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Communication Week, “It’s Complicated: Critiquing the Media We Love Without Ruining Pleasure", Texas State University Department of Communication Studies, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Enck, S. M. (Discussant), University of Virginia’s “Women and Television” course, “Race, Gender, Violence, and Incarceration in the Media", United States of America. (2017).

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Family Law Student Association Conference, “Framing Domestic Violence: Criminalizing Abuse in U.S. Public Culture", Texas A&M School of Law, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), "How Ray Rice Discourse Distracts us From Domestic Violence", UNT Women’s & Gender Studies Lecture Series, United States of America. (2014 – 2014).

Keynote/Plenary Address

Carter, C. L. (Chair), Enck, S. M. (Presenter), Holmes, M. K. (Presenter), Williams, O. (Presenter), Mediating Change Conference, Plenary: Ethics of Community Media Making and Activist Research, Department of Media Arts, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), "No More: Dispelling the Culture of Victim Blaming” anti-violence forum, “Rethinking Rape Pedagogy: Media Literacy and Unlearning Rape Culture", Baylor University Communication Organization of Minority Students, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Lecture

Enck, S. M. (Presenter), “Gender Roles and Close Relationships” class at Auburn University, "Media Representations, Gender, and Violence", Auburn University, Virtual, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Enck, S. M. (Presenter), “Gender Roles and Close Relationships” class at Auburn University, “Media Representations, Gender, and Violence", Auburn University, Virtual, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Oral Presentation

Enck-Wanzer, (Author), 97th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Activist Scholarship in Domestic Violence and Women's Prisons, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2011).

Panel Presentation

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 108th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, “Projects, Portfolios, and Papers: Alternatives to the MA Thesis", National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 108th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, “What Is the PLACE of Consent? A Critical Conversation on Intimacy, Power, and Communication", National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 108th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, “Abolitionism and Communication Studies: A Framework for Community Advocacy and Liberation", National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), Living in a Post-Roe World, Living in a Post-Roe World, UNT Debate and UNT’s Women’s & Gender Studies Program, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 107th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, NCA’s Women’s Caucus: 50 and Forward, National Communication Association, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), Reproductive Justice Forum, Reproductive Justice Forum, UNT Debate and UNT’s Women’s & Gender Studies Program, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Ledford, J. M. (Panelist), 105th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, “Literacies of Survival: Teaching the Social Movements Course,”, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Enck, S. M. (Co-Chair), 104th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, “Advocacy Planning Session: Building Intersectional Feminist Coalition", National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), 104th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Associati, “Feminist Communication Research and the Reproductive Justice Movement", National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), 104th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, , “Playing Both Sides of the Fence: Empowering Incarcerated Women and Seeking Community Investment", National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Enck, S. M. (Discussant), 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, “Ask an Activist”, National Communication Association, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 102nd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Feminist Perspectives on Hillary Clinton and the 2016 Election: A Roundtable, National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 102nd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, The Stanford Rape Case: A Civic Calling to Dismantle Rape Culture, National Communication Association, Philadephia, PA, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 101st Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, "Where Are We Headed?": Assessing the State of Rhetorical Studies, National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2015).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 101st Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, hallenging the Trope Linking Criminality and Blackness, Embracing Opportunities for Reflection and Awareness, National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2015).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 101st Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Sexual Violence on Campus: A Call to Communication Scholars to Intervene, National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2015).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 101st Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, The Lessons We Learn: Pedagogical Praxis and Incarceration, National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2015).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), Southern States Communication Association Conference, Fostering Social Justice Aims Through Communication Activism Pedagogy, Southern States Communication Association, Tampa, FL, United States of America. (2015).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 100th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Challenging the Prison Industrial Complex through Feminist Pedagogy and Activism: Building Communities of Change with Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals, National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2014).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), Southern States Communication Association Conference, Joining Research, Teaching, and Service in Struggles Against the Texas Prison-Industrial-Complex: Empowering Incarcerated Women, Southern States Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2014).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 99th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Robert L. Ivie: The Man, The Myth, The Trickster (double-panel tribute to the scholarship of Robert L. Ivie), National Communication Association, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2013).

Enck, S. M. (Panelist), 99th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Steubenville’s Teachable Moments: Engendering Feminist Activism in a Rape Culture Through Connection, Critique, and Communicatio, National Communication Association, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2013).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), Hale, B. (Author & Presenter), New Voices, New Perspectives Conference, Engaging Students Through the Gender Fair: Or, Activism in the Classroom and Beyond, University of North Texas Department of Communication Studies, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2012).

Enck-Wanzer, (Panelist), 97th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Activism in the 3rd Wave: Establishing New Voice(s) in the Feminist Movement, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2011).

Enck-Wanzer, (Panelist), 96th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, "Feminist Pedagogy in the Communication Classroom: Gender and Violence: Dominance, Resistance, and the Cultural Production of Meaning", National Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2010).

Enck-Wanzer, (Panelist), 95th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, "The Status of Feminist Criticism,", National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2009).

Enck-Wanzer, S. M. (Coordinator/Organizer), 95th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, "The Status of Feminist Criticism", National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2009 – 2009).

Enck-Wanzer, (Coordinator/Organizer), 94th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Communication Studies Scholars' Contributions to Women's and/or Gender Studies Programs, National Communication Association, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2008).

Enck-Wanzer, (Panelist), 94th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, It Happens to Other People: Class Implications of Representing Domestic Violence, National Communication Association, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2008).

Enck-Wanzer, (Panelist), 93rd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Teaching a Class on Class: Pedagogical Reflections on the Rhetorics of Social Mobility, National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2007).

Enck-Wanzer, (Panelist), 93rd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Thinking and Teaching Gender and Communication: Facilitating Conversation Across Theory and Pedagogy, National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2007).

Enck-Wanzer, (Panelist), 89th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Beyond the Ivory Tower: Encouraging Student Activism and Commitment to the Community, National Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL, United States of America. (2003).

Paper

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Hlavacik, M. J. (Author & Presenter), National Communication Association, The Place of Women in the Suburbs: Red, Wine, and Blue’s Political Rhetoric of Suburban Womanhood, National Communication Association, New Orleans, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Enck, S. M. (Presenter), 19th Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America, “Narrating Vulnerability: Balancing Precarity and Hope in Carceral Spaces,”, Rhetoric Society of America, Portland, OR, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Southern Colloquium on Rhetoric: Rhetoric & Trauma, 1968-2018, “Disentangling Gender Violence Activism from the Pernicious Legacies of Imperialist White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy", Fayetteville, AR, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Enck, S. M. (Author), Texas A&M Gender & Citizenship Conference, “Do You Belong Here?": Differential Belonging and Cultural Citizenship for Incarcerated Women, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Moyer, L. (Author & Presenter), Enck, S. M. (Author), 77th Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, “#deceased: Maintaining post-death bonds on Facebook, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (2015 – 2015).

Morrissey, M. E., Enck, S. M., National Communication Association Conference, White Has Always Been The New Black: The Comic Trappings of Whiteness in Orange Is the New Black., NCA, Chicago, IL. (2014 – 2014).

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), McDaniel, B. A. (Author & Presenter), Southern States Communication Association Conference, Consequences of the "Cult of True Womanhood": Re-Narrating Choice and Agency for Incarcerated Women," Blake Aaron McDaniel and Suzanne Enck, Southern Speech Communication Association annual conference., Southern States Communication Association, Louisville, KY, United States of America. (2013).

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), McDaniel, B. A. (Author & Presenter), Southern States Communication Association Conference, "Playing with Fire: Race, Gender, and Domestic Violence in Eminem and Rihanna's 'Love the Way You Lie,'", Southern States Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2012).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 14th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture & The Humanities, "Framing Domestic Violence Legally: Crime Metaphors in US Public Culture,", Association for the Study of Law, Culture & The Humanities, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2011).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author), Shaunfield, S. (Author & Presenter), 97th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, "What's So Funny (Or Feminist) About Cancer? Voicing Challenges to Biomedical Discourse in the 'Big C'", National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2011 – 2011).

Enck, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Rhetoric Society of America biannual conference, Legislating Bodies in Pain: Policy-making, Feminist Jurisprudence, and Rhetorical Constructions of Abuse, Rhetoric Society of America, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2010).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 13th Biennial Conference of the Rhetorical Society of America, "The Plague of Domestic Violence: Pathologized Women and the Structured Absence of Men", Rhetoric Society of America, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2008).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Metaphors of Abuse: The Interplicitness of Domestic Violence in Film, Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2007).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), Women and Girls in Georgia Conference (Gender & Violence), Crime in the News: Representations of Domestic Violence in the Georgia Press, Athens, GA, United States of America. (2007).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 92nd Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, All's Fair in Love and Sport: Black Masculinity, Domestic Violence, and Abusive Athletes, National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2006).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 91st Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Criminalizing Abuse: Representing Domestic Violence Through the Framework of Individual Rights and Responsibilitie, National Communication Association, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2005).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 91st Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Theorizing Metaphor’s Interplicity and the War on "Domestic Violence", National Communication Association, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2005).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 90th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Recalcitrance and Presence in Feminists for Life: Beyond "Life" and "Choice" in the Abortion Debates, National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2004).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 90th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Seeing Domestic Violence: Gender, State Legibility, and Metis in the Violence Against Women Act, National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2004).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 4th Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference, Girls Just Want to Have Fun: Feminism(s) Then and N.O.W., Columbus, OH, United States of America. (2003).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 89th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, engeance and Violence on the Silver Screen: Engaging Feminist Criticism and the Privatization of Abuse, National Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL, United States of America. (2003).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 88th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Feminism(s) and Christianity: A Burkean Search for the Comic Corrective, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2002).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 88th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, To be a Woman Before the Law: Envisioning a Rhetorical Corrective to Feminist Jurisprudence, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2002).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 87th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Beyond "The Burning Bed": Representations of Domestic Violence in the Hollywood Cinema, National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2001).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 87th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, It’s in Your Jeans: A Burkean Analysis of A Natural History of Rape, National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2001).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Abuse on the Field/Abuse in the Home: Scapegoating of the Black Male Athlete, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America. (2001).

Enck-Wanzer, (Author & Presenter), 86th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, The New Scarlet Letter: AIDS Panic in an Age of Barebacking, National Communication Association, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2000).

Scholarly Meeting Contribution

Enck, S. M. (Chair), 31st Public Address Conference (New Futures), “Race and Sexuality in Education Policy" - Chair, Public Address Conference, Lawrence, KS, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

Theatre - Direct play. Enck, S. M., "The Vagina Monologues," Eastern Illinois University - Women's Studies Program, Charleston, IL, United States of America. (2008).

Media Contributions

Internet

"Domestic violence takes a deadly toll in Dallas and Tarrant counties," Texas Standard. (January 5, 2022).

"What is critical race theory? North Texas professors explain the highly debated topic"," WFAA. (June 21, 2021).

"Episode 4 - Summer of ’69: From Stonewall to Apollo 11 to Woodstock, a look at the society-shaking events of 50 years ago," UNT Pod. (August 12, 2019).

"UNT Office of Provost - Spotlight on Faculty Success,". (October 2018).

Magazine

""Pop Music’s ‘Good Girls’ Complex"," Rewire News Group. (February 6, 2014).

Newspaper

"UNT communication studies students put on 15th gender fair, educate the public about gender topics," NTDaily. (November 29, 2018).

"Baylor panel discusses how to dispel ‘victim shaming’," Baylor Lariat. (March 29, 2017).

"Gender Fair Emphasizes Communication and Change," NTDaily. (April 28, 2016).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship

Enck-Wanzer, S. M. (Principal), "John H. Edwards Fellowship," Sponsored by Indiana University, State, $17000 Funded. (2002 – 2003).

Grant - Research

Enck-Wanzer, S. M. (Principal), "Research Activity Travel Award," Sponsored by Eastern Illinois University, State, $400 Funded. (2008 – 2008).

Enck-Wanzer, S. M. (Principal), "Council on Faculty Research Grant," Sponsored by Eastern Illinois University, State, $1200 Funded. (2007 – 2007).

Enck-Wanzer, S. M. (Principal), "Research Activity Travel Award," Sponsored by Eastern Illinois University, State, $400 Funded. (2007 – 2007).

Enck-Wanzer, S. M. (Principal), "Research Activity Travel Award," Sponsored by Eastern Illinois University, State, $400 Funded. (2006 – 2006).

Grant - Teaching

Enck, S. M. (Principal), "Transformative Instruction Initiative Fellow," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $3000 Funded. (2010 – 2010).

Enck-Wanzer, S. M., "Faculty Development Support Grant," Sponsored by Eastern Illinois University, State, $400 Funded. (2008 – 2008).

Enck-Wanzer, S. M., "Faculty Development Support Grant," Sponsored by Eastern Illinois University, State, $400 Funded. (2006 – 2006).

Enck-Wanzer, S. M., "Faculty Development Support Grant," Sponsored by Eastern Illinois University, State, $400 Funded. (2005 – 2005).

Uncategorized

Enck, S. M. (Other), ""Peer Mentoring: Writing-to-Publication Workshop"," Sponsored by University of North Texas: Mentoring Micro-Grant, $1250. (2013 – 2014).

Enck, S. M. (Principal), "Living Their Stories: Interrogating Cycles of Victimization, Incarceration, and Healing," Sponsored by Organization for Research on Women and Communication, $1000. (2011 – 2012).

Enck, S. M. (Principal), "Telling Their Stories: Interrupting Abuse in the Lives of Incarcerated Women," Sponsored by University of North Texas: Research Initiation Grant, $7450. (2011 – 2011).

Enck, S. M. (Principal), "Telling Their Stories: Writing Abuse out of the Lives of Incarcerated Women," Sponsored by University of North Texas: Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, $5000. (2011 – 2011).

Enck, S. M. (Principal), "Rhetorics of Abuse: Metaphors of Domestic Violence," Sponsored by University of North Texas: Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, $5000. (2010 – 2010).

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Scholar-Activist Award, National Communication Association’s Critical & Cultural Studies Division. (2016).

Top Paper in Gender Studies Division, Southern States Communication Association. (2013).

Top Paper in Popular Culture Division, Southern States Communication Association. (2012 – 2012).

Top Papers Recognition in Critical and Cultural Studies Division, National Communication Association’s Critical & Cultural Studies Division. (2004 – 2004).

Virginia LaFollette Gunderson Award for Best Essay in American Studies (cash award $300 and invited lecture), Indiana University - American Studies Program. (2003 – 2003).

Top Papers Panel for Kenneth Burke Society, National Communication Association's Kenneth Burke Society. (2002 – 2002).

Virginia Gunderson Award for Best Essay in Communication & Culture (cash award $1000), Indiana University - Communication & Culture Department. (2002 – 2002).

Top Papers Panel in Mass Communication, Central States Communication Association. (2001 – 2001).

Top Papers Panel in Feminist and Women Studies, National Communication Association's Feminist & Women Studies Division. (2000 – 2000).

Nominated for: Virginia Gunderson Award for Best Essay in Communication & Culture, Indiana University -- Department of Communication and Culture. (2000 – 2000).

Service

University Service

Task Force Member, CLASS Reorganization Task Force. (August 2023 – Present).

Task Force Member, Workload Equity Task Force. (2023 – Present).

Committee Member, UNT Foundation Awards Selection Committee. (2021 – Present).

Committee Member, Communication Studies - Graduate Standards Committee. (August 2020 – Present).

Committee Member, Curriculum Committee - Communication Studies, University of North Texas. (2020 – Present).

Chairperson, Women’s & Gender Studies Program - Lecturer Search Committee. (2019 – Present).

Chairperson, Policy Committee - Women’s & Gender Studies Program. (2018 – Present).

Faculty Advisor, Communication Organization of Graduate Students. (2016 – Present).

Co-Chair, 3MT-Thesis Competition Coordinating & Training. (2022 – 2023).

Committee Member, Search Committee member, Executive Dean for College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences (CLASS). (2022 – 2023).

Task Force Chair, CLASS Inclusive Excellence committee. (2020 – 2023).

Committee Member, Teaching Evaluation Committee. (2014 – 2023).

Committee Chair, Women’s & Gender Studies Program Steering Committee. (2014 – 2023).

Task Force Member, “Unlikely Allies in the Academy” –Allied Relationships Across Race. (2018 – 2022).

Committee Member, Green Dot - Power Based Personal Violence Prevention Committee. (2017 – 2022).

Committee Member, Committee on the Education & Prevention of Sexual Assault & Interpersonal Violence. (2014 – 2022).

Member, Performance Studies, Social Justice, Digital Communication/ Communication Studies tenure-track search. (2020 – 2021).

Member, UNiTy Program. (2020 – 2020).

Member, Women’s Faculty Network Mentor & Equity Advocates. (2019 – 2020).

Committee Member, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Faculty Council. (2017 – 2020).

Chairperson, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. (2017 – 2020).

Other, UNT Communication Studies. (2015 – 2020).

Chairperson, Graduate Standards Committee - Communication Studies. (2015 – July 2020).

Committee Member, Mediating Change Conference Planning Committee. (April 2018 – 2019).

Chairperson, Women’s & Gender Studies Program Executive Committee. (2017 – 2019).

Discussant, “Unlikely Allies in the Academy” –Allied Relationships Across Race. (June 2018 – December 2018).

Committee Member, English Department Search Committee (tenure-track rhetoric search). (October 2017 – 2018).

Faculty Advisor, Communication Organization of Graduate Students. (2016 – 2018).

Committee Chair, Graduate Standards Committee -- Communication Studies, University of North Texas. (2012 – 2018).

Committee Member, Personnel Affairs Committee - Communication Studies, University of North Texas. (2016 – June 2018).

Committee Member, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee - Communication Studies, University of North Texas. (2017 – May 2018).

Committee Member, Curriculum Committee - Communication Studies, University of North Texas. (2016 – 2017).

Committee Chair, Curriculum Committee - Communication Studies, University of North Texas. (2015 – 2016).

Committee Member, Executive Committee - Communication Studies, University of North Texas. (2012 – 2015).

Committee Member, Teaching Evaluation Committee - Communication Studies, University of North Texas. (2009 – 2015).

Faculty Advisor, Lambda Pi Eta -Communication Studies, University of North Texas. (2010 – 2013).

Committee Member, Graduate Standards Committee -- Communication Studies, University of North Texas. (2009 – 2012).

Committee Chair, Graduate Program Review Committee. (2008 – 2009).

Other, Graduate Curriculum Committee. (2007 – 2009).

Other, Executive Committee. (2006 – 2009).

Other, University Orientation Committee. (2006 – 2009).

Other, Scholarship & Awards Committee. (2005 – 2009).

Committee Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (2005 – 2009).

Other, Center for Global Diversity Task Force. (2007 – 2008).

Other, New Faculty Orientation Committee. (2007 – 2008).

Committee Chair, Rhetoric and Public Advocacy. (2007 – 2008).

Other, Take Back the Night. (2007 – 2008).

Other, Women's History and Awareness Month Planning Committee. (2007 – 2008).

Other, Women's Studies. (2006 – 2008).

Departmental Contest Coordinator. (2005 – 2008).

Committee Chair, Student Activities Committee. (2005 – 2008).

Other, Argumentation and Rhetoric, Search Committee. (2007 – 2007).

Other, Forensics, Search Committee. (2007 – 2007).

Other. (2006 – 2007).

Other, Organizational Communication/Training & Development. (2006 – 2007).

Other, Persuasion. (2005 – 2007).

Committee Chair, Social Committee. (2005 – 2006).

Other, American Studies Program Director Search. (2004 – 2005).

Take Back the Night Leadership Group. (2002 – 2005).

Other, Department of Communication and Culture. (2000 – 2005).

Other, Preparing Future Faculty Conference. (2004 – 2004).

Other, Graduate Affairs Committee. (2002 – 2004).

Other, Preparing Future Faculty. (2003 – 2003).

Other, Student Division. (2003 – 2003).

Other, Preparing Future Faculty Mentorship. (2002 – 2002).

Other, Dept. of Communication and Culture. (2000 – 2002).

Professional Service

Chairperson, NCA’s Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division. (2022 – Present).

Committee Member, National Communication Association - Leadership Development Committee. (2021 – Present).

Other, National Communication Association Legislative Assembly. (2021 – Present).

Program Organizer, NCA’s First Vice President Planning Team. (2020 – Present).

Committee Chair, NCA Feminist & Women Studies Division. (November 2018 – Present).

Adjudicator, Feminist & Women Studies Division, National Communication Association. (2016 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Southern Communication Journal. (2016 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Women's Studies in Communication. (2013 – Present).

Other, Feminist & Women's Studies Division. (2005 – Present).

Other, National Communication Association. (2021 – 2023).

Other, Rhetoric Society of America. (2022 – 2022).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, National Communication Association - Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division. (2019 – 2019).

Reviewer, Book, Rowman & Littlefield Press. (2019).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Text & Performance Quarterly. (2018 – 2019).

Adjudicator, NCA Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award Committee. (2017 – 2019).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Critical Studies in Media Communication. (2015 – 2019).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Communication, Culture, & Critique. (2012 – 2019).

Other, Critical and Cultural Studies Division. (2006 – 2019).

Chairperson, NCA’s Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar A. (November 2018 – November 2019).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Feminist Media Studies. (2018).

Adjudicator, NCA’s Critical & Cultural Studies Division’s Scholar-Activist Award. (2018 – 2018).

Reviewer, Book, University of California Press. (2018).

Committee Member, Bonnie Ritter Feminist Book Award (NCA Feminist & Women Studies Division). (2016 – 2018).

Other, NCA Women’s Caucus and Feminist & Women Studies Division. (2010 – 2018).

Program Organizer, Feminist & Women Studies Division - National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT. (November 2017 – November 2018).

External T&P Letter Writer, Florida International University - Department of Communication in the School of Communication + Journalism. (2017).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, NCA Research in Progress Division. (2017).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, & Queer Communication Studies Division. (2007 – 2017).

Reviewer, Book, Penn State University Press. (2016).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Sociological Spectrum. (2015).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Men & Masculinities. (2014).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Quarterly Journal of Speech. (2014).

Reviewer, Book, Oxford University Press. (2013).

Editorial Review Board Member, Western Journal of Communication. (2012 – 2012).

Other, Resolana. (2010 – 2012).

Officer, President/Elect/Past, Women's Caucus, National Communication Association. (2006 – 2010).

Other, Rhetorical Theory Division. (2009 – 2009).

Other, Housing, Outreach, Prevention, Education (HOPE) Domestic Violence Prevention Program, Charleston, IL. (2006 – 2009).

Other, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Charleston, IL. (2006 – 2009).

Other, Sexual Assault Counseling & Information Service (SACIS), Charleston, IL. (2006 – 2009).

Task Force Member, University Professionals of Illinois (UPI), Eastern Illinois University -- Communication Task Force. (2006 – 2009).

Other, Unmasking Sexual Violence Campaign, Charleston, IL. (2006 – 2009).

Committee Chair, Housing Advisory Committee, Charleston, IL. (2005 – 2009).

Other, University Professionals of Illinois (UPI), Eastern Illinois University. (2007 – 2008).

Chairperson, V-Day, Charleston, IL. (2007 – 2008).

Reviewer, Book, State University of New York Press. (2007).

Board of Directors, Fundraising Committee. (2006 – 2007).

Other, Middle Way House Domestic Violence Shelter and Rape Crisis Center, Bloomington, IN. (2005).

Other, Bloomington Women's Equity Commission, Bloomington, IN. (2003 – 2005).

Other, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. (2003 – 2005).

Other, Middle Way House Domestic Violence Shelter and Rape Crisis Center, Bloomington, IN. (1999 – 2005).

Other, Great Ideas For Teaching Speech Division. (2004 – 2004).

Other, Middle Way House Domestic Violence Shelter and Rape Crisis Center, Bloomington, IN. (2002 – 2004).

Other, Middle Way House Domestic Violence Shelter and Rape Crisis Center, Bloomington, IN. (2001 – 2003).

National Organization for Women (NOW) Local Chapter, Steering Committee, Bloomington, IN. (2001 – 2002).

McLean County AIDS Task Force, Program Services Fundraising Committee, Normal, IL. (1997 – 1999).

Other, A Better Way Domestic Violence Shelter, Muncie, IN. (1994 – 1995).

Public Service

Officer, Secretary, Denton County Friends of the Family. (2019 – Present).

Board Member, Denton County Friends of the Family. (2017 – Present).

Officer, Treasurer, Denton Feminist & Queer Collective, Denton, TX. (2016 – Present).

Workshop Organizer, Resolana. (2010 – 2015).

Awards and Honors

Nominated for: UNT Foundation Community Engagement Award, UNT Foundation. (2021 – 2021).

Nominated for: UNT Foundation Community Engagement Award, UNT Foundation. (March 2021 – 2021).

Denton County “Woman of Influence", Denton County Magazine. (September 2020 – October 2020).

Nominated for: Outstanding Scholar-Activist Award, National Communication Association’s Critical & Cultural Studies Division. (2016 – 2016).

President’s Community Engagement Honor Roll, University of North Texas - Office of the President. (2013 – 2013).

Top Faculty Service Award, University of North Texas - Committee of Graduate Students, Communication Studies. (2012 – 2012).

Vagina Warrior, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance. (2012).

Top Faculty Service Award, University of North Texas - Committee of Graduate Students, Communication Studies. (2011 – 2011).

Achievement and Contribution Award, Eastern Illinois University. (2008).

Vagina Warrior, V-Day Committee. (2005).

City of Bloomington Heart and Hand Award, Bloomington Volunteer Network. (2004 – 2004).