Assistant Professor
(619) 594-4945 (office)
(610) 594-0704 (fax)
klindema@mail.sdsu.edu
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~klindema/
EDUCATION
Ph.D,
Emphasis: Performance
Studies, Organizational Communication, Critical/ Qualitative Methods
Dissertation: Living
Out of Bounds, Pushing Toward Normalcy: (Auto)Ethnographic Performances of
Disability and Masculinity in Wheelchair
Chairs:
Dr. Linda M.
Park-Fuller, Dr.
Committee:
Dr. Maria T. Allison
M.A.,
Eastern
Emphasis:
Written Communication
Chair: Professor Clayton Eshleman
Committee: Dr. Janet Kauffman, Dr. Annette Martin
M.S.,
Emphasis:
Rhetoric and Organizational
Communication
Chair:
Dr. Robert C. Chandler
Committee: Dr. Mary Anne Moffitt, Dr. David Allen
B.S., Eastern Michigan University, 1988-1992, cum laude
First
Major: Communication/Theatre Arts
Second
Major: Writing
Minor:
Literature
TEACHING POSITIONS AND RANKS HELD
August 2006-present. Direct the basic course, overseeing curriculum development and supervisor Graduate Teaching Assistants. Teach basic and advanced graduate and undergraduate communication classes in performance studies, communication theory and methods, and organizational communication.
August 2002-August 2006. Taught basic and advanced communication classes in performance studies, communication theory and methods, and organizational communication.
September 1998-August 2002. Taught basic and advanced communication classes and coached the Speech and Debate team, instructing students in the writing and performance of speeches and literature.
August 1998-December 1999. Taught basic and intermediate English Composition and Communication classes.
August 1997-August 1998. Taught basic and advanced English Composition and Literature classes.
June 1997-June 1998. Developed and taught four writing and performance workshops for underprivileged high school students.
Sept. 1995-April 1996. Taught basic and remedial English Composition classes.
July 1994-July 1997. Served as instructor for a combination of six sessions focusing on speech writing, public speaking, and oral interpretation, and developed curriculum for two such sessions.
August 1993-May 1995. Taught basic Communication classes and coached the Forensics team.
TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS
Curriculum
Development
COMM 103 Oral Communication.
Enhanced course material by increasing the focus on conceptual aspects of communication. Enhanced interactivity of large lecture sections by incorporating the use of Classroom Response System devices (“clickers”) and social media like facebook and twitter. Enhanced class assignments by more closely aligning the subject matter and types of speeches required with SDSU General Education objectives in the Communication and Critical Thinking area.
COMM 601 Graduate Seminar in Theory and Research Methods. San Diego State
University. Enhanced course material by writing learning objectives for each major assignment, adding an additional critical thinking paper assignment, and revising grading rubrics to better reflect course content and learning objectives.
COMM 750 Graduate Seminar in Performance Studies.
Developed course materials in constructing a graduate-level seminar that focuses on the enactment of cultural identities in play, ritual, and other communication contexts, with special attention paid to issues of social justice through a focus on marginalized populations like homeless and disabled persons.
COM 442 Identity, Performance, and Human Communication.
Developed course materials in an upper-level undergraduate class focusing on performance and ethnographic research that has since become a regularly-offered part of the communication curriculum at ASU.
COM 400 Performance of Organizational Culture.
Developed course materials to construct a special-topics class that merged interests of business students with the qualitative study of human communication in organizations.
Teaching Innovations
· Substantially enhanced curricular design by integrating a Classroom Response System (“clickers”) to increase student participation and accountability in the large lecture.
· Incorporated broader considerations of diversity into Communication 103, including research on communication and disability.
· Incorporated the use social media applications facebook and twitter into curriculum design of Communication 103.
Teaching Awards
· Graduate and Professional Student Association Teaching Excellence Award, Arizona State University, 2005-2006
· Outstanding Ph.D. Student Teacher, Arizona State University, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, 2004-2005
Guest Lectures
· “Performance Studies: An Introduction” (Guest Lecture in COMM 601, Introduction to Communication Theory and Research, San Diego State University, Fall, 2008)
· “Performance Studies: An Introduction” (Guest Lecture in COMM 601, Introduction to Communication Theory and Research, San Diego State University, Spring, 2008)
· “Performance Studies: An Introduction” (Guest Lecture in COMM 601, Introduction to Communication Theory and Research, San Diego State University, Fall, 2007)
·
“Ethnography: Disciplinary Origins and
Practices” (Guest Lecture in COMM 601, Introduction to Communication Theory and
Research,
· “Performance Studies: An Introduction” (Guest Lecture in COMM 601, Introduction to Communication Theory and Research, San Diego State University, Fall, 2006)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Articles in Refereed
Journals
Lindemann, K. (forthcoming). Cleaning up my (Father’s) mess: Narrative containments of “leaky” masculinities. Qualitative Inquiry, 16.
Lindemann, K. (in press). Self-reflection and our sporting lives: Communication research in the community of sport. Electronic Journal of Communication.
Lindemann, K. & Cherney, J.L. (2008). Communicating in and through “Murderball”: Masculinity and disability in wheelchair rugby. Western Journal of Communication,
72, 107-125. Lead article.
Lindemann, K. (2008). “I can’t be standing up out there”: Communicative performances of (dis)ability in wheelchair rugby. Text and Performance Quarterly, 28, 98-115.
Lindemann, K. (2007). A tough sell: Stigma as souvenir in the contested performances of San Francisco’s homeless Street Sheet vendors. Text and Performance Quarterly, 27,
41-57.
Lindemann, K. (2005). Live(s) online: Narrative performance, presence, and community in LiveJournal.com. Text and Performance Quarterly, 25, 354-372.
Lindemann, K. (2004). Tales of an amateur magician: Embodying grief, loss, and masculinity through performative writing. Kaleidoscope, 3(1), 63-69.
Lindemann, K. (2002). Pseudonyms, performance and pedagogy: performing original literature in forensics. National Forensics Journal, 20(1), 45-48.
Chapters in Refereed Books
Cherney, J.L. & Lindemann, K. (2009). Sporting Images of Disability: Murderball and
the Rehabilitation of Identity. In
Lindemann, K. (2007). Connection, collaboration, and community: Effective classroom
discussion and lecturing. In
Hugenberg, B., Morreale, S.P., Worley, D. Hugenberg,
Refereed Papers
Presented at Professional Conferences
Lindemann, K. (2009). Position(ing) meanings: Communicative transformations in
understandings of health, fitness, and spirituality in the popular practice of yoga. Qualitative Inquiry International Congress, Urbana, IL.
Lindemann, K. (2009). Audience and efficacy in online performance: A theoretical
consideration of hypertext personal
narratives. Western States Communication Association
Convention, Phoenix, AZ. Top Three Paper, Performance Studies
Division.
Lindemann, K. (2008). Cleaning up my (Father’s) mess: Narrative containments of “leaky”
masculinities. National Communication Association National Convention. San Diego, CA. Top Four Paper, Ethnography Division. 2008 Norman K. Denzin Qualitative Research Award Winner.
Lindemann, K. (2008). My ghost brother: Social science and the poetics of inquiry.
Qualitative
Inquiry International Congress, Urbana, IL.
Lindemann, K. (2008). Hardly working: Masculinity, autoethnography, and the study of
organizational life. Qualitative Inquiry International Congress, Urbana, IL.
Lindemann, K. (2007). Masculinity, disability, and access(ability): Alternative ethnographic
practices in the study of disabled sexualities in wheelchair rugby. Qualitative Inquiry International Congress, Urbana, IL.
Lindemann, K. & Renegar, V. (2006). Play,
pleasure, and hypertext resistance: Internet
conspiracy theory and “The Real Story” of United Airlines Flight 93.
National Communication Association
National Convention. San Antonio, TX
Lindemann, K. (2006). “Just like any type of business transaction”?: Homeless newspaper
vending as organizational identification and boundary spanning activity. Western States Communication Association Convention, Palm Springs, CA. Top Paper, Organizational Communication Division.
Lindemann, K. (2005). “Playing” with emotion labor: (Re)Theorizing emotional dissonance
as resistance. National Communication Association National Convention, Boston, MA.
Lindemann, K. (2005). Aggression, regression, and spectacular failures: Performative
excesses of masculinity as irony in
the films of Neil LaBute. Western States
Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, CA. Top Four Paper, Top Student Paper,
Performance Studies Division.
Lindemann, K. (2003). “Real” men and “Murderball”: The performance of masculinity as
organizational culture in wheelchair rugby. National Communication Association National Conference. Miami Beach, FL. Invited participant at pre-conference seminar on sport and communication.
Lindemann, K. (2004). “Murderball” as organizational socialization: The transformative
performances of masculinity in wheelchair rugby. National Communication Association National Convention. Chicago, IL. Top Overall Paper, Disability Issues Caucus.
Lindemann, K. (2004). Lives online: Performing identity and community in
LiveJournal.com. National Communication Association National Convention. Chicago, IL. Top Four Paper, Performance Studies Division.
Lindemann, K. (2004). Memory as performative subject position(ing): The ethnographer as
“enterprising subject” in representations of masculinity and disability. National Communication Association National Convention. Chicago, IL.
Lindemann, K. (2004). A tough sell: Stigma as souvenir in the contested performances of
San Francisco’s homeless Street Sheet vendors. Western States Communication Association Convention. Albuquerque, NM. Top Overall Paper, Performance Studies Division.
Lindemann, K. (2004). Play, pleasure and consumption of “patriotic” resistance and
grieving: Conspiracy theory, the internet and the “real” story of United Airlines flight 93. Western States Communication Association Convention. Albuquerque, NM.
Lindemann, K. (2003 ). Balancing act: An autoethnographic inquiry into yoga,
spirituality and fieldwork. National Communication Association National Conference. Miami Beach, FL.
Armijo, L.M., & Lindemann, K. (2002). The people of the shadows: Self-reflexivity and
verisimilitude in an ethnographic performance of boundary management among the homeless. National Communication Association National Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Lindemann, K. (2001). Ethnographic performance in "Punching Out": A readers' theatre
adaptation of the auto factory poems of Jim Daniels. National Communication Association National Convention, Atlanta, GA.
Lindemann, K. (1997). Against language, beyond language: The poetics of Rosmarie
Waldrop. Reconcilable (In)Differences: The Marriage Between Theorists and Writers, University of Denver, Denver, CO.
Refereed
Presentations on Competitively-Selected Panels at Professional Conferences
Lindemann, K. (2009). Dog
days, late mournings: Performing grief in the canine context. National Communication Association National
Convention, Chicago, IL.
Lindemann, K. (2008).
Access(ing) ability: Family narratives of masculinity, disability, and work. National Communication Association National
Convention,
Lindemann, K. (2008). “What’s
the worst that can happen, I break my neck again?” The communicative framing of
health and injury in wheelchair recreational sport. National Communication
Association National Convention, San Diego, CA.
Lindemann, K. (2008). Plan F:
Performing unconventional understandings of disability. National Communication Association National Convention, San Diego,
CA.
Lindemann, K. (2007).
Pedagogy, pets, and play: Learning with Linda. National Communication Association National Convention, Chicago,
IL.
Lindemann, K. (2007). Social
justice pedagogy: Performance of disability as a site of resistance. Western States Communication Association,
Seattle, WA, February, 2007.
Lindemann, K. (2006).
Virtually embodied or virtual embodiment: Conceptualizing audience and community
in digitally mediated performances. National
Communication Association National
Convention,
San Antonio, TX.
Lindemann, K. (2006). Empowerment and power: Narratives of disability and the
(re)production of hegemonic masculinity in wheelchair rugby. National Communication Association National
Convention,
San Antonio, TX.
Lindemann, K. (2006).
Performing (dis)ability in the classroom: Pedagogy, performativity, and (con)tensions.
National Communication Association
National Convention,
Lindemann, K. (2006). Ethically performing the other:
Ethnography and activism in the classroom. Western
States Communication Association Convention,
Lindemann, K. (2005). Colon:
performing the pause(s) in masculinity and health. National Communication Association National Convention, Boston, MA.
Lindemann, K. (2005). “I am
them and they are me”: Performativity, sport, and contestations of gender in
Title IX. National Communication
Association National Convention,
Lindemann, K. (2005).
Negotiating a “third space” between performance studies and organizational communication.
Western States Communication Association
Convention,
Lindemann, K. (2004). Masculinity and sexuality in academic
organizations: The phallus as institutional “member” in Francine Prose’s Blue Angel. National Communication
Association National
Convention. Chicago,
IL.
Lindemann,
K. (February, 2003). Performing scholarly research: Adapting and performing the
postmodern other. Western States
Communication Association Conference. Salt Lake City, UT.
Dybvig, K.C., &
Lindemann, K. (November, 2002). Personality and forensics: An analysis of argumentativeness
among forensics students. National
Communication Association National
Convention,
New Orleans, LA.
Lindemann, K. (2002).
Access(ing) (dis)ability: Autoethnography and performative writing in the exploration
of Goffman’s associative stigma.
Tucson,
AZ.
Lindemann, K. (November,
2000). Pseudonyms, performance and pedagogy: Performing original literature in
forensics. National Communication Association National Convention,
Lindemann, K. (1995). Voices
from the heartland: A Burkean perspective on “patriotism” during the Persian
Gulf War. Central States Communication Association 63rd Annual
Convention,
Indianapolis,
IN.
Zeidler, T., & Lindemann,
K. (1995). It's all a blur: Performing genres in college forensics. Central
States Communication Association 63rd Annual Convention, Indianapolis, IN.
Book Reviews
Lindemann, K. (2006) Review of Murderball. Disability Studies Quarterly, 26. Available online at http://www.dsq-sds-archives.org/_articles_html/2006/spring/rev-
lindemann.asp.
Lindemann, K. (2005). Review of Contesting Identities: Sports in American Film. Journal of Communication, 55(2), 406-408.
Scholarly Awards
·
Top Three
Paper, Performance Studies Division, Western States Communication
Association, 2009.
·
Norman K. Denzin Qualitative Research Award,
· Top Four Paper, Ethnography Division, National Communication Association, 2008
·
The
· Top Paper, Organizational Communication Division, Western States Communication Association, 2006
· Top Four Paper, Performance Studies Division, Western States Communication Association, 2005
·
Outstanding
Ph.D. Student Researcher,
· Top Overall Paper, Disability Issues Caucus, National Communication Association, 2004
· Top Four Paper, Performance Studies Division, National Communication Association, 2004
· Top Overall Paper, Performance Studies Division, Western States Communication Association, 2004
·
Dessie E. Larsen Performance
Studies Graduate Fellowship,
Arizona State University, 2002-2003
Funded Research Grants
Lindemann, K. (Fall 2006) International Narratives of
Disability: The Role of Communication in Physical Rehabilitation Through Sport
Recreation.
$4625.
Lindemann, K. (Fall 2005). Men and “Murderball”: Performance
of Masculinity as Organizational Culture.
Association. $1,600.
Peer-Reviewed Performance Productions
“Life on Mars.” Writer/Director. The Empty Space Theatre, Arizona State University,
Tempe, AZ, April, 2004.
“Stopping bullies isn’t magic: Real stories from the
playground.” Adapter/Director. Just Kids Day.
“People of the Shadows: A Performance Exploring Boundary Management Among the Homeless.” Adapter/Director. The Empty Space Theatre, Hugh Downs School of Human
Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, April 2002 (based on the research of Lisa M. Armijo)
“Punching Out.” Adapter/Director. The Empty Space Theatre, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, April 27-29, 2001.
Various performances with Talk to Us, an interactive theatre troupe associated with the University of Michigan Housing and Residence Life. Playwright-in-Residence.
September 1996-May 1998.
Performances
“Navigating the Cruise,” The Empty Space Theatre, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Feb. 7-9, 2003. [Dr. Linda M. Park-
Fuller, director and adapter]
“Tales of (A) (Self)Contortion(ist): Embodying Grief, Loss and Masculinity or The Amateur Magician.” From Personal to Global: Exploring Alternative
Methods of Communication Research, The Empty Space Theatre, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Nov. 15-16, 2002.
Member, 2001-2002: Phoenix Rising Playback Theatre [directors: Linda Park-Fuller and Paula Mistovich Rennick]
“Hal, The Incredible
Disappearing
“Observation.” Writer/Director/Performer.
Slurs and Blurs Performance Festival,
The Green Room, Ypsilanti, MI, June, 1996.
SERVICE FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND THE COMMUNITY
Service for the
University, College, and
Committee Assignments
·
University
Senate, Substitute Senator (Fall 2009) representing the College of
Professional Studies and Fine Arts
·
Graduate
Committee, School of Communication, San Diego
State University, 2006-present
·
Part-Time
Faculty Selection Committee,
School of Communication, San Diego State University, 2006-present
·
Scholarships
Committee, School of Communication, San Diego
State University, 2007-present
·
Search
Committee, Intercultural Communication, School of Communication, San Diego
State University, 2007-2008
·
Undergraduate
Petitions Committee, School of Communication, San Diego
State University, 2006-2008
·
Media
Coordinator, School of Communication, San Diego
State University, 2006-2008
Service for the
University, College, and
Elected Offices
·
Graduate
Student Association Vice-President of Professional Programs,
2002-2003,
·
Graduate
and Professional Student Association Assembly Representative for the
·
Co-Chair,
ASU Communication Ph.D. Students Association, 2002-2004,
Committee Assignments
·
Director
Search Committee Ph.D. Representative,
·
Steering committee member, Social Science Graduate Research Symposium, April, 2004,
·
Co-Director, International Playback Theatre
Symposium, February, 2005,
Other Service
· Webmaster, Empty Space Theatre, ASU, Fall, 2002-2004
·
“Managing Your Time, Managing Your Classes.”
Presentation for incoming graduate teaching assistants. August, 2002.
·
‘“Just Do It”: Publishing Your Work as a
Graduate Student.” With Karen K. Myers. Brown Bag presentation for graduate
students. Fall, 2004.
Service for
Professional Journals
Editorial Boards
Associate Editor, Text and Performance Quarterly, 2008-present
Manuscript Reviewer
Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Volume 29, 2010
Communication Theory, Volume 20, 2010
Text and Performance Quarterly, Volume 29, 2008
Western Journal of Communication, Volume 72, 2008
Western Journal of Communication, Volume 67, 2003
Service for
Professional Organizations
Elected Offices
Chair,
Disability Issues Caucus, National Communication Association, 2009-2010
Western
Regional Representative, Performance Studies Division, National Communication
Association, 2006-2007, 2008-2009
Chair,
Performance Studies Division, Western States Communication Association, 2006-2007
Vice-Chair,
Performance Studies Division, Western States Communication Association, 2005-2006
Secretary, Performance Studies Division,
Western States Communication Association, 2003-2005
Committees
Member, Awards Committee, Ethnography
Division, National Communication Association, 2007-2008
Member, Awards Committee, Performance
Studies Division, National Communication Association, 2006-2007
Manuscript Reviewer
Ethnography Division, National
Communication Association, 2004-present
Disability Issues Caucus, National
Communication Association, 2005-present
Performance Studies Division,
Western States Communication Association, 2004-present
Student Caucus, National
Communication Association, 2005
Convention Panel Chair
Lindemann, K. (2007). Top Paper
Panel, Disability
Issues Caucus, National Communication, Association,
Chicago, IL.
Lindemann, K. (2005). Top Paper Panel, Disability
Issues Caucus, National Communication, Association,
Boston, MA.
Convention Panel Respondent
Lindemann, K. (2009). Drag Racing, Hanging Out, and
Working Out: Cultural and Social Capital in Sports Communities. Ethnography Division,
National
Communication
Association, Chicago, IL.
Lindemann, K. (2009). Perspectives
From the Borderlands of “Invisible” Disability: Exploring Ablebodiness and
Communication Hierarchies. Western States
Communication
Association Convention,
Phoenix, AZ.
Lindemann, K. (2008). Ethnographic Border Encounters:
Border Patrols, Urban Crime, and Arrest. Ethnography Division, National
Communication Association,
San Diego, CA.
Lindemann, K. (2007). Sporting
Identities. Ethnography Division, National Communication, Association, Chicago, IL.
Lindemann, K. (2006).Top Papers in
Performance Studies, Western States
Communication Association, Palm Springs, CA.
Lindemann, K. (2000). “You Talkin’ To Me: Developing
Interpersonal Communication Skills at Forensics Tournaments, Argumentation and
Forensics Division, National
Communication,
Association,
Seattle, 2000
Convention Panel Organizer
Lindemann, K. (2001). Challenge and
Change: Addressing Social Issues and Encouraging Public Debate Through Readers’
Theatre, Theatre Division, National Communication,
Association, Atlanta, GA.
Service for the
Community
Invited Presentations to Community and Civic
Organizations
·
“Effective Public Speaking.” Training for
managers in the Maricopa County State Government.
·
“Stopping bullies isn’t magic: Real stories from
the playground.” Adapted and directed a performance of real-life stories of
bullying in Phoenix-area elementary schools. Just Kids Day.
Invited Media Commentary
·
Rodgers, L. (2005, July 2) “Live 8 Benefit Up
Against
·
Matlock, S. (2002, November 21). “Rhyme’s
Reason.” The State Press, p. 1, 3.
Asked to comment on the popularity of poetry slams.
·
Pancrazio, A.C. (2002, August 18) “Marilyn
Monroe Once a Guest, Now a Theme at a Hotel.”
Media stories about scholarly work
·
Thompson, T. (2004, April 15). “Mars Attacks!” The State Press Magazine, p. 10.
Coverage of original performance, Life on
Mars.
Service Awards
·
Service
Award, ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association,
2003-2004
·
Service
Award, ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association,
2002-2003
Participation in
Professional Association
National Communication Association (2001-present)
Western States Communication Association (2002-present)
International Communication Association (2004-2007)
Society for Disability Studies (2004-2005)
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (2006-2007)