Faculty Profile

Suzanne Enck

Title
Chair
Department
Communication Studies
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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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





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
COMM 4951.001, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2024 
COMM 5950.760, Master's Thesis, Spring 2024 
COMM 4545.001, Rhetorics of Protest, Movement(s) and Resistance, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    COMM 4140.001, Gender and Communication, Fall 2023 
                    

                    COMM 5745.001, Rhetorics of Protest, Social Movement(s) and Resistance, Fall 2023  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5910.700, Special Problems, Spring 2023 
                    

                    COMM 4849.001, Topics in Rhetorical Studies, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5445.001, Feminist Criticism, Fall 2022  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5950.760, Master's Thesis, Spring 2022 
                    

                    COMM 5930.700, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Spring 2022 
                    

                    COMM 4240.001, Rhetoric and Popular Culture, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5950.750, Master's Thesis, Fall 2021 
                    

                    COMM 5840.001, Seminar in Rhetorical Studies, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    WGST 5950.001, Master's Thesis, Spring 2021 
                    

                    COMM 5930.700, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Spring 2021 
                    

                    COMM 4240.001, Rhetoric and Popular Culture, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5445.001, Feminist Criticism, Fall 2020  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5445.601, Feminist Criticism, Fall 2020  SPOT
                    

                    WGST 5950.002, Master's Thesis, Fall 2020 
                    

                    COMM 4240.001, Rhetoric and Popular Culture, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5840.001, Seminar in Rhetorical Studies, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5840.601, Seminar in Rhetorical Studies, Spring 2020 
                    

                    COMM 4849.001, Topics in Rhetorical Studies, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5345.001, Rhetorical Theory, Fall 2019  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5481.711, Graduate Internship, Summer 2019 
                    

                    COMM 5481.711, Graduate Internship, Spring 2019 
                    

                    COMM 5445.001, Feminist Criticism, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5445.601, Feminist Criticism, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4140.001, Gender and Communication, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5930.711, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Fall 2018 
                    

                    COMM 4240.001, Rhetoric and Popular Culture, Summer 5W2 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4140.001, Gender and Communication, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4849.001, Topics in Rhetorical Studies, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5481.711, Graduate Internship, Fall 2017 
                    

                    COMM 5930.711, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Fall 2017 
                    

                    COMM 5345.001, Rhetorical Theory, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4240.001, Rhetoric and Popular Culture, Summer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4140.001, Gender and Communication, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5340.001, Rhetorical Methods, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5445.001, Feminist Criticism, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5930.711, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Fall 2016 
                    

                    COMM 4240.001, Rhetoric and Popular Culture, Summer 5W2 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4140.001, Gender and Communication, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5950.761, Master's Thesis, Spring 2016 
                    

                    COMM 4849.001, Topics in Rhetorical Studies, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5481.711, Graduate Internship, Fall 2015 
                    

                    COMM 5930.711, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Fall 2015 
                    

                    COMM 5345.001, Rhetorical Theory, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4040.001, Rhetorical Theory, Summer 5W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5445.001, Feminist Criticism, Spring 2015 
                    

                    COMM 4040.001, Rhetorical Theory, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4140.001, Gender and Communication, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5340.001, Rhetorical Methods, Fall 2014 
                    

                    COMM 5900.711, Special Problems, Fall 2014 
                    

                    COMM 4140.001, Gender and Communication, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5481.711, Graduate Internship, Spring 2014 
                    

                    COMM 4040.001, Rhetorical Theory, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4140.001, Gender and Communication, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5345.001, Rhetorical Theory, Fall 2013 
                    

                    COMM 4849.001, Topics in Rhetorical Studies, Summer 3W1 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5445.001, Feminist Criticism, Spring 2013 
                    

                    COMM 4140.001, Gender and Communication, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5481.711, Graduate Internship, Spring 2013 
                    

                    COMM 4140.001, Gender and Communication, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5085.001, Pedagogy and Communication, Fall 2012 
                    

                    COMM 5480.711, Practicum, Fall 2012 
                    

                    COMM 5900.711, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2012 
                    

                    COMM 4220.001, Gender and Communication, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5930.711, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Spring 2012 
                    

                    COMM 4040.001, Rhetorical Theory, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4220.001, Gender and Communication, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5481.711, Graduate Internship, Fall 2011 
                    

                    COMM 5345.001, Rhetorical Theory, Fall 2011 
                    

                    COMM 4220.001, Gender and Communication, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 3440.001, Public Address Studies, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5930.711, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Spring 2011 
                    

                    COMM 4220.001, Gender and Communication, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5950.761, Master's Thesis, Fall 2010 
                    

                    COMM 5840.001, Seminar in Rhetorical Studies, Fall 2010 
                    

                    COMM 4900.711, Special Problems, Fall 2010 
                    

                    COMM 4220.001, Gender and Communication, Summer 5W1 2010 
                    

                    COMM 4900.711, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2010 
                    

                    COMM 4220.001, Gender and Communication, Spring 2010 
                    

                    COMM 3440.001, Public Address Studies, Spring 2010 
                    

                    COMM 4220.001, Gender and Communication, Fall 2009 
                    

                    COMM 4040.001, Rhetorical Theory, Fall 2009 

          


          
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  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
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



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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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).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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