Marcyrose Chvasta Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of South Florida

Education

Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2002: Speech Communication, Performance Studies emphasis.

     Dissertation Title: Screening Bodies: Live and Mediated Performance. Directed by Ronald J.      Pelias. 

M.A. with Distinction, California State University, Northridge, 1996: Speech Communication, Cultural and Performance Studies emphases.

     Thesis Title: ACTing UP for Efficacy: Performing (at) the Intersection of Social and Cultural      Processes. Directed by Christie A. Logan.

B.A., Arizona State University, 1993: Communication, Intercultural Communication emphasis.

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor: Department of Communication; University of South Florida. 2002-present.

Instructor: Department of Communication; University of South Florida. 2001.

Graduate Teaching Associate: Department of Speech Communication; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. 1996-1998; 1999-2001.

Graduate Research Assistant: Department of Speech Communication; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. 1998-1999.

Graduate Teaching Associate: Department of Speech Communication; California State University, Northridge. 1994-1996.

Graduate Assistant, Readers Theatre Program: Department of Speech Communication; California State University, Northridge. 1994-1996.

Courses

Graduate Study in Communication (graduate seminar)
Communication Research Methods (graduate seminar)
Performing Identity
Performing Nonfiction
Performance Criticism (graduate seminar)
Children’s Literature and Performance
Historical Perspectives on Communication (graduate seminar)
Human Relations through Performance
Performance and Technology (graduate seminar)
Popular Forms of Public Communication
Introduction to Communication as Performance
Performing Culture
Oral Communication (hybrid)
Public Speaking
Readers Theatre

Publications

"Anger, Irony, and Protest: Confronting the Issue of Efficacy, Again." Text and Pereformance Quarterly 26.1 (forthcoming).

"Remembering Praxis: Performance in the Digital Age." Text and Performance Quarterly 25.2 (2005).

“Screening Bodies: Performance and Technology.” Performance/Text/Technology: An Ejournal .1.1 (2004). Online. http://www.cyberdiva.org/PTT/index.html.

“Traveling the Terrain of Screened Realities.” Co-author Deanna Fassett. In Survivor Lessons: Essays on Communication and Reality Television. Eds. Matthew J. Smith and Andrew F. Wood. Jefferson: McFarland Press, 2003. 213-24.

“This is Not about Puppies.” American Communication Journal 6.2 (2003). Online. http://acjournal.org/holdings/vol6/iss3/responses/chvasta.htm.

Rev. of Karaoke Nights: An Ethnographic Rhapsody. Rob Drew. Symbolic Interaction 26.3 (2003). 489-92.

Rev. of A Culture of Secrecy: The Government Versus the People’s Right to Know. Ed. Athan G. Theoharis. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 2.2 (1999): 362-63.

Rev. of AIDS, Social Change, and Theatre: Performance as Protest. Cindy J. Kistenberg. Text and Performance Quarterly 18.3 (1998): 268-70.

Projects in Process

Theories of Performance: Selves, Scenes, Screens. Textbook (with Elizabeth Bell and Stacy Holman Jones) under contract with Sage. Forthcoming 2007.

“Performance and Performativity (via a Nasty Occurrence On-line).” Under review with Text and Performance Quarterly.

Something, Anything, Nothing. Original performance (with Amanda Grove and Laura Borger) in development and looking for a public venue.

Creating Alternative Dialogue: The Women and Work Performance Project. Video Documentary and Essay (with Kate O’Grady, Amanda Grove, and Laura Borger), supported by a New Researcher Grant from the University of South Florida.

“Choosing Performance: Performers, Artists, Scholars and the Academy” (with Stacy Holman Jones) for submission to Women’s Studies in Communication.

 “On-line Journals and the Mediated Life: Performing In-Between Body and Text.” Essay under revision.

“Risk as a Model for Performance Pedagogy.” Essay in progress.

“Regret in/and/of Performance.” Essay in Progress.

Presentations and Programs:

“Tim Miller: Fast and Fierce.” Coordinator and Chair. National Communication Association Annual Convention,  Boston, November 2005.

“Performing from Hatred.” Presenter. National Communication Association Annual Convention,  Boston, November 2005.

“The Elocutionist Goes Digital.” Presenter. National Communication Association Annual Convention,  Boston, November 2005.

“The Engastrimyth Squeaks: Know Thyself.” Presenter. Southern States Communication Association Annual Convention, Baton Rouge, April 2005.

“Communication, Dialogue, and Community—An Exemplar:  Scholars Respond to the HopKins Black Box ‘Across Disciplines’ Program.” Panelist. Southern States Communication Association Convention, Baton Rouge, April 2005.

“Theoretical Considerations in Mediated Performance.” Invited Lecture for Performance and Technology Graduate Seminar. Hofstra University. 26 April 2004.

“Performance Process and Digital Strategies.” Discussant. Southern States Communication Association. Tampa, April 2004.

“Alternative Performance Production and Documentation.” Coordinator. Southern States Communication Association. Tampa, April 2004.

“Chicken Ethnographers, Bold Documentarians.” Co-presenter with Stacy Holman Jones. Southern States Communication Association. Tampa, April 2004.

“Contributed Performances.” Chair. Southern States Communication Association. Tampa, April 2004.

“Performing Culture.” Invited Lecture for Storytelling Undergraduate Course. Bowling Green State University. 26 March 2004.

“Methodological Issues in Mediated Performance.” Invited Lecture for Humanistic Methods Graduate Seminar. Bowling Green State University. 25 March 2004.

“Screening Bodies: Performance and Technology.” Keynote Speech. Virtual Conference of the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society. Bowling Green State University. 25-26 March 2004.

“Virtual Autography: On Becoming On-line.” Essay (with Michael LeVan). National Communication Association Annual Convention, November, 2003.

“Straight Man.” Excerpt from the novel by Richard Russo. Adapter, Director, Performer. Part of a panel on performing the academy. National Communication Association Annual Convention, November, 2003.

“Performance, Social Resistance, and Utopian Desire.” Coordinator, Chair, Discussant. Southern States Communication Association. Birmingham, AL. April, 2003.

“Conceptualizing Risk in Performance.” National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA. November, 2002.

“Regrets in/and/of Performance.” Co-coordinator (with Patricia English) and Chair. National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA. November, 2002.

“‘I do Believe in Ghosts . . .’: Anticipatory Regret and Performance.” National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA. November, 2002.

“Queering/Querying Superheroes.” Chair. National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA. November, 2002.

“Regulating Gender Performances: Masculinity and Sexualities.” Discussant. Southern States Communication Association. Winston-Salem, NC. April, 2002.

“Tube-rculosis: Media Consumption.” National Communication Association. Atlanta, GA. November, 2001.

“A Roundtable Discussion on the Possibilities and Pitfalls of Interactive Performance as a Method of Research.” Discussant. National Communication Association Annual Convention. Seattle, WA. November 2000.

“Screening Bodies.” Video Installation. Sixth Annual Performance Studies International Conference. Tempe, AZ. March, 2000.

“Live and Mediated Performance: A Medi(t)ation.” Selected Top Paper by the Performance Studies Division. National Communication Association Annual Convention. Chicago, IL. November, 1999.

“Bodily Arguments: Risky Sites/Cites.” Coordinator and Chair. Central/Southern States Communication Association Joint Annual Convention. St. Louis, MO. April, 1999.

“On-line Ontologies and Technological Bodies.” (Listed in program as “Human Agency and Secret Agents.”) National Communication Association Annual Convention. New York, NY. November, 1998.

“It’s In to be Out: On the Possibility of Bankrupting the Dominant Culture.” National Communication Association Annual Convention. New York, NY. November, 1998.

“CRTNET on ‘Sextext’: The Power of Signification.” Central States Communication Association Annual Convention. Chicago, IL. April, 1998.

“Metanarrative Redevelopment via the Manipulation of Presence/Absence.” Central States Communication Association Annual Convention. Chicago, IL. April, 1998.

“Misery is Our Friend . . . or, Finding a Friend in Misery: Postmodern Theories and Performative Praxis.” Central States Communication Association Annual Convention. Chicago, IL. April, 1998.

“Performance and Ideology.” Coordinator and Chair. Central States Communication Association Annual Convention. Chicago, IL. April, 1998.

“An Affront in a Storefront Window: The Performativity and Potentiality of Response to Political Art.” ASSAULT: Radicalism in Aesthetics and Politics. Duke University, Durham, NC. November, 1996.

simuLAcra. Performer. Western States Communication Association Annual Convention. Pasadena, CA. February, 1996.

“`Seeing is Believing’ and Other Trite yet Revolutionary Thoughts.” Not Outside the Text: A Graduate Colloquium on Textual Studies. Sponsored by the Department of Speech Communication, California State University, Northridge. Van Nuys, CA. December, 1995.

Performance (Selected Listing)

“The Engastrimyth Squeaks: Know Thyself.” Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies 1.1 (2005). <http://liminalities.net>

“Straight Talk.” Audio (with Michael LeVan). Underscore: A Performance Collective. <http://underscore-collective.net>. December 2004.

Shock and Autonomy. Collaborative on-line and live performance project by digital performance collective Underscore. Live showing/webcast at Hofstra University. 2 May 2004. Archived at <http://shockandautonomy.hofstra.edu>.

Geek Love. Assistant Director to Elyse Pineau. Adapted from Katherine Dunn’s novel by Elyse Pineau. Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. April, 2000.

Screening Bodies. Co-writer (with Michael LeVan) and director. Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. November, 1999.

Hey, Who Put Their Bio in My Region?: (Dis)Connections. Director. Invited performance. Prairie QuestFest: Performance Studies Colloquium and Festival. Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon, IL. March, 1999.

 Resisting Dys-Course. Co-director. One-person show written, co-directed, and performed by Keith Pounds. Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. April, 1999.

A Mother’s Love. Lead performer. Written by Stacie Craig and directed by Penny Alspaugh. Christian H. Moe Laboratory Theater, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. July-August, 1998.

“Trial.” Performer. Written and directed by John Pea. Performance Studies Sampler. Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. May, 1998.

(Re)Joyce. Performed “Mrs. Riordan” and “Bloom.” Based on the works of James Joyce. Compiled and directed by Keith Pounds. Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. November, 1997.

Alias Grace. Performed “Mrs. Jordan” and “Mrs. Alderman Parkinson.” Adapted from

Margaret Atwood’s novel and directed by Elyse Pineau. Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. October, 1997.

“Myopia.” Choreographer and performer. Graduate Student Spotlight Hour. Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. September, 1997.

“What’s in a Name?” Personal narrative. Performance Studies Sampler. Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. May, 1997.

Censor. Performer. Co-directed by Ronald J. Pelias and C. Turner Steckline. Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. March, 1997.

Censor. Performer. Co-directed by Ronald J. Pelias and C. Turner Steckline. Invited performance, Otis J. Aggertt Memorial Interpretation Festival, Indiana State University, Terre Haute. February, 1997.

Lint. Performer. Written by Rebecca Wolniewicz. Co-directed by Sabrina Robinson-Neill and Rebecca Wolniewicz. Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. October, 1996.

The Unfair Sex. Performer. Written and Directed by Peter Marston. California State University, Northridge. November, 1995.

“Earthquake Envy.” Personal narrative. Invited performance. California State University, Northridge. February, 1995.

Service

Department:

Co-host and Coordinator [with Stacy Holman Jones and Elizabeth Bell]. Biannual Visiting Artist Program [Spiderwoman Theater, Tim Miller, Elizabeth Whitney]. Department of Communication. 2004-present.

Member, Search Committee, Health Communication position. 2004-05.

Faculty Coordinator (with Stacy Holman Jones) for Communication Day. 2004.

Guest Critic. “The Bad Beginning,” adapted and directed by Elizabeth Bell. 28 March 2004.

Faculty Advisor to USF chapter of National Communication Association Undergraduate Honor Society, Lambda Pi Eta. 2002-present.

Member, Undergraduate Committee. Department of Communication. University of South Florida. 2001-2004; 2005-2006.

Member, SPR Committee. Department of Communication. University of South Florida. 2002; 2004.

Department Colloquium. “How to Do Things with Performance,” with Elizabeth Bell and Stacy Holman Jones. 24 October 2001.

Guest Lecture. “Introduction to Performance Studies.” SPC 6001. 15 November 2001

Department Colloquium. “Communication and Technology,” with Gil Rodman and Jane Jorgenson. 28 November 2001.

University:

Committee Member. College of Arts and Sciences Computing Committee. 2004-present.

Guest Lecturer. “Risk in/and/of Performance.” Languages of the Stage. Department of Theatre. Fall 2004; Spring 2005.

Reviewer, Internal Grant Awards, College of Arts and Sciences. University of South Florida. Fall 2003-Spring 2004.

Guest Lecturer. “Performance a la Performance Studies.” Languages of the Stage. Department of Theatre. Fall 2003.

Guest Lecture. “Introduction to Performance Studies.” Languages of the Stage, Department of Theatre. Spring 2003.

Guest Lecturer. “Risk and Performance.” Learning Community’s Languages of the Stage. University of South Florida. Fall 2002.

Guest Lecturer. “Performing from the Everyday to the Aesthetic.” Learning Community’s Languages of the Stage. University of South Florida. Fall 2001.

Regional Field:

Chair. Performance Studies Division. Southern States Communication Association. 2005.

Hosting Committee. Southern States Communication Association Conference.  April 2004.

Vice-Chair Elect. Performance Studies Division. Southern States Communication Association. [Performances Studies Division Planner, SSCA Conference, Tampa, FL, 2004].

Southern Representative for Performance Studies Division. National Communication Association. November 2002-present.

National Field:

Co-founder and Co-editor (with Michael LeVan). Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies [First peer-review, multimedia,  online journal for performance studies.] Launched Summer 2005.

Member, Short Course Committee for Performance Studies Division. National Communication Association. 2003-05.

Member, Nominating Committee for Performance Studies Division. National Communication Association. 2003-04.

Co-editor. “Performance in Review.” Text and Performance Quarterly. 2003-07.

Host/Designer, The Lucky Dip: A Performance Menagerie http://www.cas.usf.edu/~mchvasta/luckydip.htm. 2002-present.

Editorial Board, Women’s Studies in Communication. 2001-present.

Assistant to the Guest Editor, “Special Issue: The Personal and Political in Solo Performance,” Text and Performance Quarterly 20.1 (2000).

Awards/Scholarships/Honors

Faculty Recognition Award. Department of Communication. Graduate Communication Association. 2005.

Undergraduate Appreciation Award [for Teaching and Advising]. Department of Communication. Communication Council. 2004.

Humanities Institute Grant. Spiderwoman Theater Residency. $1,000.00. January-February, 2004.

University Lecture Series Grant. Spiderwoman Theater Residency. $10,000.00. January-February, 2004.

New Researcher Grant. “Creating Alternative Dialogue: The Women and Work Performance Project.” $8,269. April 2003-April 2004.

Hub Award [for Teaching and Advising]. Department of Communication. Graduating Master’s Students. 2003.

Thomas Pace Outstanding Teacher Award. Department of Speech Communication. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. 2000-01.

Marion Kleinau Theatre Award for Excellence  in Performance Studies. Department of Speech Communication. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. 2000.

Top Competitive Paper, Performance Studies Division, National Communication Association Annual Convention. 1999.

Charles Mudd Award, Outstanding Graduate Scholarship, Department of Speech Communication. California State University, Northridge. 1996.

Dean’s Award, Outstanding Graduate Student, School of Health and Human Services. California State University, Northridge. 1996.

Finalist, President’s Associates’ Outstanding University Graduate Student. California State University, Northridge. 1996.

Richard B. Aronstam Award, Academic Achievement and Department Service, Department of Speech Communication. California State University, Northridge. 1996.

Kent Joel Snyder Scholarship, Academic Achievement, Department of Speech Communication. California State University, Northridge. 1995.