Carrie Anne Platt
Assistant Professor of Communication
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58102
carrieanne [dot] platt [at] ndsu [dot] edu
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Ph.D. in Communication, 2008 M.A. in Communication, 2006 Annenberg School for Communication University of Southern California
M.A. in Communication, 2004 Wake Forest University
B.A. in Communication Studies and Public Relations, 2002 Carroll College
"Focusing the Family: The Rhetorical Transformation of ‘Family Values’ in Contemporary Cultural Politics”
Committee: Sarah Banet-Weiser; Tom Goodnight; Larry Gross; Sharon Hays Journal Articles Majdik, Zoltan P. & Carrie Anne Platt. Forthcoming. "Selling Certainty: Genetic Complexity and Moral Urgency in Myriad Genetics' BRACAnalysis Campaign." Rhetoric Society Quarterly.
Platt, Carrie Anne. 2011. "Blogging in the Communication Technology Course." Communication Teacher, 25(4): 228-233. Majdik, Zoltan P., Carrie Anne Platt, & Mark Meister. 2011. "Calculating the Weather: Deductive Reasoning and Disciplinary Telos in Cleveland Abbe's Rhetorical Transformation of Meteorology." Quarterly Journal of Speech, 97(1): 74-99. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2010. "Writing in Public: Pedagogical Uses of Blogging in the Communication Course." Electronic Journal of Communication, 20(1&2). Mitra, Ananda, Jennifer Willyard, Carrie Anne Platt, & Michael Parsons. 2005. “Exploring Web Usage and Selection Criteria among Male and Female Students.” Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 10(3). Book Chapters Platt, Carrie Anne. 2010. "Cullen Family Values: Gender and Sexual Politics in the Twilight Series." In Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, and the Vampire Franchise, ed. Melissa Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, and Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, 71-86. New York: Peter Lang. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2009. "Family Values 2.0: The Pedagogical Function of New Media in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate." In Queer Identities/Political Realities, ed. Katherine M. German and Bruce E. Drushel, 41-54. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2007. “Lesbians and Gays in the Military.” In Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality, ed. Amy Lind and Stephanie Brzuzy, 299-305. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Refereed Conference Proceedings Platt, Carrie Anne. 2010. "Translating Religious Arguments for the Public Sphere: Constructing 'Overlapping Consensus' in the Debate over Same-Sex Marriage.” In Proceedings of the 16th SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, ed. Dennis Gouran, 381-388. Washington: National Communication Association. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2009. “Focusing the Family: The Argumentative Evolution of ‘Family Values’ in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate.” In Concerning Argument: Selected Papers from the 15th SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, ed. Scott Jacobs and Mark Zarefsky, 599-608. Washington: National Communication Association. Majdik, Zoltan P. & Carrie Anne Platt. 2010. "Rhizomic Rhetoric in the Key of Aristotle and Vico: Moral Argument in the Institutional Domains of Science and Technology." Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, November 14-17, in San Francisco, California. Majdik, Zoltan P. & Carrie Anne Platt. 2010. "Selling Certainty: Genetic Complexity, Moral Urgency, and the Gendered Body in Myriad Genetics, BRACAnalysis Campaign." Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, November 14-17, in San Francisco, California. Platt, Carrie Anne, Zoltan P. Majdik, & Mark Meister. 2010. "Spending for a Rainy Day: Latent Polysemy and the Rhetoric of Consumerism in Contemporary Weather-casting." Paper presented at the Rhetoric Society of America Conference, May 28-31, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2010. "'We are Pro-Marriage, Not Anti-Gay': The Rhetorical Construction of Tolerance in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate." Paper presented at the Rhetoric Society of America Conference, May 28-31, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2009. "Blogging in the Communication Technology Course." Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, November 12-15, in Chicago, Illinois. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2009. "Cullen Family Values: Gender and Sexual Politics in the Twilight Series." Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, November 12-15, in Chicago, Illinois. DeGreeff, Becky, & Carrie Anne Platt. 2009. "Green-Eyed (Step)Monsters: Parental Figures' Experience of Jealousy in the Stepfamily." Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, November 12-15, in Chicago, Illinois. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2009. "Using Web 2.0 Technologies in the Classroom." Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, November 12-15, in Chicago, Illinois. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2009. “Translating Religious Arguments for the Public Sphere: Constructing 'Overlapping Consensus' in the Debate over Same-Sex Marriage.” Paper presented at the 16th SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, July 30 - August 2, in Alta, Utah. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2009. "Happy Parent #1 Day: Gender as Rhetorical Strategy in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate." Paper presented at the International Communication Association Convention, May 21-25, in Chicago, Illinois. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2009. "Protecting the Technologically Precocious Child: Technologies of Moral Authority in the Media Decency Debate." Paper presented at the International Communication Association Convention, May 21-25, in Chicago, Illinois. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2008. "Focus on the Past: Nostalgia in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate." Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, November 21-24, in San Diego, California. Caucus on LGBTQ Concerns Top Paper Panel. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2008. “Family Values 2.0: The Pedagogical Function of New Media in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate.” Paper presented at the Console-ing Passions Conference, April 24-26, in Santa Barbara, California. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2007. “Nurturing Recruitment through the Army Reserve's ‘Help Them Find Their Strength’ Campaign.” Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, November 15-18, in Chicago, Illinois. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2005. “Opening Up Spaces for Deliberation through Art: The Blurring of Public and Private Suffering in Euripides’ ‘Hecuba’ and ‘The Trojan Women.’” Paper presented at 14th SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, August 4-7, in Alta, Utah. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2004. “A Culture of Thinness: Negotiated and Oppositional Decodings of Eating Disorder Discourse by Anorectics.” Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, November 11-14, in Chicago, Illinois. Platt, Carrie Anne, & Michael J. Hyde. 2004. “The Rhetoric of Anorexia on the World Wide Web.” Panel presentation at the National Communication Association Convention, November 11-14, in Chicago, Illinois. Platt, Carrie Anne. 2003. “The Million You Never Made: A Political Economy Analysis of Righteous Babe Records.” Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, November 19-23, in Miami Beach, Florida. "From Pathology to Glee: LGBT Individuals and Issues in American Popular Culture." Presented for 2011 Coming Out Week, North Dakota State University, October 10, 2011. "Caught in a Bad Romance: Gender and Sexual Politics in the Twilight Series." Presented for the Arts & Humanities Speaker Series, University of North Dakota, November 30, 2010. "Student Perceptions of Online Classes." Presented for the 2010 GPACW/ CT3 Conference, North Dakota State University, October 8, 2010. "Black Hollywood: How Race Operates in the Movie Industry." Presented for 2009-2010 Anti-Racism lecture series, North Dakota State University, November 3, 2009. "Social Media and Public Writing." Presented for the 2009 Collaborative Technology Think Tank (CT3) Social Media Conference, North Dakota State University, October 8, 2009. "Sexism Sells: Gender and Politics in the 2008 Presidential Race." Presented with Erienne Fawcett at the 2009 Women's Week, North Dakota State University, March 4, 2009. "Reel Bad Arabs: Arabs and Arab Americans in Popular Culture." Presented for 2008-2009 Anti-Racism lecture series, North Dakota State University, February 10, 2009. "Is a Diamond Really Forever? Demystifying the Marriage Mystique." Keynote address at the 2009 Women in Action Conference, Concordia College, January 23, 2009. "Effective and Efficient Electronic Communication." Presented to the Fargo United Way, November 24, 2008. "Building a Professional Online Presence." Presented with Virginia Kuhn and Geoffrey Middlebrook, USC Center for Excellence in Teaching forum, April 23, 2008. "Searching and Interviewing for Academic Jobs." Presented with Peter Starr and Frank Manis, USC Center for Excellence in Teaching forum, February 13, 2008. NDSU Advance FORWARD Research Grant (2009, 2010) Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society (Spring 2008) Stark Foundation Research Grant (Summer 2007) USC Teaching Assistant Fellow (2007-2008) Walter R. Fisher Doctoral Fellow (2005-2008) NDSU Undergraduate Courses Digital Media & Society [syllabus] Mass Media & Public Opinion [syllabus] Politics of Popular Culture [syllabus] NDSU Graduate Courses Advanced Qualitative Methods in Communication Research [syllabus] Advanced Research Methods I [syllabus] Advanced Research Methods II [syllabus] Introduction to College Teaching [syllabus] Studying New Media and Technology [syllabus] USC Annenberg Undergraduate Courses Argumentation & Advocacy [syllabus] Communication Technology & Culture [syllabus] Public Speaking [syllabus] Additional Courses Developed Cultural Studies Gender, Sexuality, & Culture Doctoral Committees Aaron Quanbeck Kai Janovsky Western 2010 Najla Ghazi Amundson Becky DeGreeff Master's Committees (Chair) 2011 Christopher Mattix Amber Rasche Master's Committees Sarah Adams Jared Fougner Nigel Haarstad Dina Zavala Petherbridge (EDUC) Nathan Sand Neil Schloesser 2011 Lindsay Bergenheier (SOCI) Dennis Frohlich Jude GeigerAngella Napakol Alicia Phillips Andrea Weber 2010 Ashley M. Fandrich Laura Farrell Erienne Fawcett Whitney Frahm Katie Hedberg Kara Smith (ENGL) Kristina Wenzel 2009 Steven R. Hammer Pamela Leino-Mills Departmental Service Awards and Events Committee, Chair Department of Communication Website, Site Manager University Service NDSU College Teaching Certificate Program Committee Professional Service
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