Curry (March 2015)
Curriculum Vitae
Heather Curry
Department of Communication
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, CIS 3057
Tampa, FL 33620
[email protected]
233 W. Fern Street
Tampa, FL, 33604
813.297.5540
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate, University of South Florida, Expected May 2015: Communication Studies
Emphasis: philosophy of communication.
Dissertation: A Semiotic Phenomenology of Precarity, Community and Panhandling: What
Doesn’t Kill “Us?”. Directed by Frederick Steier, Michael LeVan
M.A., University of South Florida, 2010: Women’s and Gender Studies
Directed by Gurleen Grewal
B.A., University of South Florida, 2005: Women’s and Gender Studies; English, Creative
Writing
AREAS OF SCHOLARLY INTEREST
Political philosophy, philosophy of communication, rhetoric, community, precarity,
thermodynamics, complexity and open systems theories in communication.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
Accepted for publication. “‘Crowds, piles, melees’: A brief view on politics, the business of
psychiatry, and corporeal metaphor.” Journal of Medicine and the Person
Crawley, Sara L, with Heather Curry, Julie Dumois-Sands, Chelsea Tanner, and Cyrana Wyker.
(2008). “Full-Contact Pedagogy: Lecturing with Questions and Student-Centered Assignments as
Methods for Inciting Self-Reflexivity for Faculty and Students.” Feminist Teacher, 19(1): 13-30.
Book Chapters
Accepted for publication. “A Politics of Contagion as a Liberatory Framework for Social
Policies on Homelessness: An Exploration in Generative Metaphor and Biopolitics.”
Communication and Conflict Transformation, P. Kellett and T. Matyŏk
Manuscripts in Preparation
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1. Competitive Conference Participation
“A Politics of Contagion as a Liberatory Framework for Social Policies on
Homelessness: An Exploration in Generative Metaphor and Biopolitical Thought.” Essay,
Applied Communication Division. Eastern Communication Association, 2015.
“The Discursive and Political Function of Psychiatric Diagnoses in the Neoliberal Global
Moment: Theorizing Mild Traumatic Brain Injury through a Postcolonial Lens.” Essay
with Shomik Chakrabarti.Waterhouse Family Institute Annual Symposium.
Communication, Postcoloniality, and Social Justice: Decolonizing Imaginations,
Villanova, PA, 2015.
“The Gap and the Seam: A Meditation on Politics and Intimacy.” Essay. Division of
Philosophy, National Communication Association, Chicago, 2014. Division Top Student
Paper.
“Intimacy and Overheating in an Urban Streetscape: A Thermodynamic Understanding of
Communication and Marginalization.” Essay. Presented in absentia for the Division of
Philosophy, Southern States Communication Association, New Orleans, 2014.
“Precarity, Community, and Panhandling: Seeking a Theoretical Framework at the Local
Scale.” Division of Philosophy, National Communication Association, Washington, DC,
2013. Division Top Paper.
“An Architecture of Erasure: Exploring Absences, Ruptures, Negotiations and Selfmaking in Families Organizing around Mental Illness.” Panel “Top Papers in
Ethnography.” Division of Ethnography, National Communication Association,
Washington, DC, 2013. Division Top Student Paper.
2. Non-Competitive Conference Participation
“Breastfeeding as Operational Metaphor: Exploring the Possibilities for Greater
Intersubjectivity in Community Research.” Station Presentation. Breastfeeding and
Feminism Conference, 2013.
“Post-Partum Mental Health: The Role of the Post-Partum Doula.” Panel Presentation.
Maternal and Child Health Student Organization Safe and Healthy Childbirth Symposium.
in Tampa, FL, 2011.
“The State of the Child, Communiplexified: A Child-Oriented, Neighborhood-Based
Reflective Process to Change Our Community for the Better in Hillsborough County,
Florida.” Oral Presentation with Allison Pinto. 2nd Annual Communiplexity Summit.
Tampa, FL, 2010.
. “Learning and Teaching Communiplexity.” Oral Presentation with Liz Gutierrez. 2nd
Annual Communiplexity Summit. Tampa, FL, 2010.
“Parents Turned Activists: Personal Childbirth Accounts.” Panel Presentation. Maternal
and Child Health Student Organization Safe and Healthy Childbirth Symposium. Tampa,
FL, 2010.
“Looking at Community Self-Organizing around Matters of Child and Family Health
and Well-being in Hillsborough County: A Preliminary Sensemaking Effort.” Oral
Presentation. 1st Annual Communiplexity Summit. Sarasota, FL, 2009.
“Lessons from Pinkberry: A ‘Swirly Goodness’ Approach to Community Sustainability.”
Oral Presentation with Allison Pinto and Tim Dutton. 1st Annual Social Entrepreneurship
Conference. Garden City, NY, 2008.
“Root Work: Learning the Meaning of Radical Acceptance and Identity Work: A
Contemplation of ‘Motherhood.’” Oral Presentation. Association for Research on
Mothering Conference. Toronto, Canada, 2007.
INVITED GUEST LECTURES
Grieving the Present Past: Encountering the Stories that Haunt Us. Guest Lecturer, Grief, Loss
and Illness, Panel on Women’s Health, University of South Florida. 2014.
The (Im)possible Community: Understanding the Inclusion/Exclusion Paradox. Guest Lecturer,
Community and Communication, University of South Florida. 2014.
A Discussion of Various Birth Choices. Guest lecturer, Women’s Health class, College of Public
Health, University of South Florida. 2012.
A Discussion of Various Birth Choices. Guest lecturer, Women’s Health class, College of Public
Health, University of South Florida. 2010.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Breastfeeding. Guest lecturer, Sex, Health, and Deciss22, 2010.
Beyond Survival: A Discussion of Healing and Forgiveness after Rape, USF Department of
Women’s Studies Colloquia Series: Bringing Contemplative Practice to Feminist Issues. Tampa,
March 18, 2008.
Beyond Survival: A Discussion of Healing and Forgiveness after Rape, USF Department of
Women’s Studies Colloquia Series: Women’s Studies Graduate Students’ Panel on Applications
of Queer Theory. Tampa, 2007.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Breastfeeding. Guest lecturer, Women’s Reproductive Health class,
College of Public Health, University of South Florida. October, 2006
TEACHING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Department of Communication
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication, University of South
Florida, 2011-2014
Communication, Gender and Identity, Instructor of Record (Fall 2013-Spring 2014)
Introduction to Public Speaking (Fall 2011-Spring 2014)
Persuasion (Summer 2013)
Department of English
Adjunct Instructor, Department of English, University of South Florida, 2010-2011
Composition (Fall 2010-Spring 2011)
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of
South Florida, 2008
Transformations in Consciousness: Self in Community (Spring 2010)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2013
Graduate Research Assistant for Aisha Durham, Ph.D., Department of
Communication, University of South Florida
2010-2011
Research Assistant, College of Public Health, Principal Investigators: Ellen
Daley, Ph.D. and Rita DeBate, Ph.D. “Transforming Women’s Health: Exploring
the Oral/Systemic Connection as a New Paradigm to Improve Women’s Health,”
USF Health Interdisciplinary Grant.
2006-2008
Graduate Research Assistant, USF Graduate School, Sustainability Initiative,
housed at Florida Mental Health Institute, Principal Investigators: Allison Pinto,
Ph.D. and Fred Steier, Ph.D. “Communiplexity: Looking at Community,
Complexity, and Sustainability.”
UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS DIRECTOR
Andrea Farinas, University of South Florida, “Autism and the University Experience,” Honors
College, Spring, 2012-2013
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Top Student Paper, Philosophy of Communication Division, National Communication
Association, Chicago, IL, 2014.
Caucus Travel Grant Award for Conference Activities, Women’s Caucus, National
Communication Association, Chicago, IL, 2014.
Graduate Teaching Assistants Outstanding Teaching Award. Department of Communication,
University of South Florida, 2014.
Top Paper, Philosophy of Communication Division, National Communication Association,
Washington, D.C., November, 2013.
John T. Warren Award for Top Student Paper in Ethnography, National Communication
Association, Washington, D.C., November, 2013.
M.A. Comprehensive Exams, Passed with Distinction, Women’s Studies Department, University
of South Florida, April, 2008.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Co-Trainer with Allison Pinto, Ph.D., ICON The Florida Institute for Continuing Professional
Development, Tampa, FL
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS
Eastern States Communication Association 2015
Southern States Communication Association 2013-present
National Communication Association 2012-present
Women’s Caucus, National Communication Association 2014-present
National Women’s Studies Association 2007-2009
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative, August, 2014-present
State of the Child: A Children’s Board and Community Partnership to Reflect on Children’s
Learning Engagement in Hillsborough County, June, 2009-December, 2010.
Participant and Co-Organizer with Allison Pinto, PhD: Infant Mental Health Learning Circles,
September, 2007-January, 2010.
REFERENCES
Fred Steier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication, CIS 3044
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
[email protected]
813.974.2145
Michael LeVan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
[email protected]
813.495.2389
Peter Funke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Government & International Affairs, SOC 374
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
[email protected]
813.974.6859