Sarah Steimel

Education

Certificate. Weber State University, UT, In Progress (Summer 2014-Present)
Institutional Certificate in Technical Writing currently in progress.

Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, October 2011
            Primary Areas: Organizational Communication
            Secondary Area: Rhetoric and Culture
M.A. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, May 2007
                  Primary Area: Speech Communication
                  Secondary Area: Statistics

B.B.A. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, May 2005
                  Primary Area: Economics
                  Secondary Area: Communication Studies

Classes Taught

Weber State University
Comm 1020: Public Speaking [2 sections; 1 face-to-face, 1 online]
Comm 3000: Communication Theory [4 sections]
Comm 3100: Small Group Facilitation and Leadership [1 section]
Comm 3150: Communication Research Methods [7 sections]
Comm 3550: Organizational Communication [1 section]
Comm 4800: Independent Study [1 project]
MPC 6450: Advanced Organizational Communication [1 section]
MPC 6700: Research Methods for Professional Communication [1 section]
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Standardized Courses
  - COMM 311: Business and Professional Communication [4 sections]
  - COMM 380x: Gender and Communication (Online Class) [2 sections]
  - Independently Developed Courses
    - COMM 209: Public Speaking [2 sections]
    - COMM 380: Gender and Communication [2 sections]
    - COMM 386: Organizational Communication [2 sections]
    - Teaching Assistant/Grader
      - Comm 430: Political Communication [1 section]
Kansas State University
SPCH 105: Public Speaking (for Engineering, Science & Technical Majors) [11 sections]
SPCH 106: Public Speaking (for all Majors) [2 sections]
- Manhattan Area Technical College
- COMM 115: Intro to Communication [3 sections]

Publications

Steimel, S. J. (2013). Community partners' assessment of service learning in an interpersonal and small group. Communication course. Communication Teacher, 1-15. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17404622.2013.798017#.UZ5B6KLiisY

Steimel, S. (2013). Connecting with volunteers: Memorable messages and volunteer identification. Communication Research Reports, 30(1), 12-21. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08824096.2012.746220#.UZ5B2KLiisY

Vorell, M., & Steimel, S. (2013). Socializing the nomad: Problematizing the linear socialization model in regards to profession specific temporary workers. Ohio Communication Journal, 50, 151-180.

Steimel, S. J. (2010). Refugees as people: The portrayal of refugees in American human interest stories. Journal of Refugee Studies, 23(2), 219-237. https://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/2/219.abstract

Steimel, S. (2010). Dialectic tensions experienced by resettled Sudanese refugees in mediating organizations. International Journal of Communication, 4, 117-138. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/commstudiespapers/27/

Steimel, S. (2009). Refugees in the news: A representative anecdote of identification/division in refugee media coverage. Kentucky Journal of Communication, 28(1), 55-75. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/commstudiespapers/30/

Lucas, K., & Steimel, S. J. (2009). Creating and responding to the gen(d)eralized other: Women miners' community-constructed identities. Women's Studies in Communication, 32(3), 320-347. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07491409.2009.10162393

Master of Professional Communication Program Director

Elizabeth Hall 346
801-626-6535
sarahsteimel@weber.edu