John L. PriceJohn.Price@ku.edu

EducationPh.D. in Communication StudiesUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Comprehensive exams defended: October, 2015Tentative defense date: Summer 2017GPA: 3.74

Master of Arts in CommunicationCentral Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan Degree Awarded: May, 2013GPA: 3.82

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - EconomicsCentral Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan Degree Awarded: May, 2010GPA: 3.11

Scholarly Activities

Price, J. L. (March, 2017) Panel participant, Paper Panel on “Monuments, Movements,and Community building in Networked Publics”, Sponsored by the PopularCulture Interest Group for the 2017 Central States Communication AssociationAnnual Convention Minneapolis , Minnesota

Price, J. L. (March, 2017) Panel participant, Panel on “From the Podium to theClassroom: Incorporating Debate and Argumentation skills into CourseCurriculum” Sponsored by the Argumentation and Forensics Interest Group forthe 2017 Central States Communication Association Annual ConventionMinneapolis , Minnesota

Price, J. L. (2016) The Changing Genre of Presidential Crisis Rhetoric: Obama and the2014 Ebola Crisis. Under review at Communication Studies.

Price, J.L. (2016) Recasting a “Hero”:The Obama Administration’s Rhetorical(de)construction of Edward Snowden. Approved for Revise and Resubmit byArgumentation and Advocacy.

Price, J.L. (November, 2016) The Changing Genre of Presidential Crisis Rhetoric:Obama and the 2014 Ebola Crisis. Presented at the NCA 2016 nationalconvention Philadelphia, PA.

Price, J.L. (November, 2016) Panel Participant, Panel on “Navigating the CoachingTaboos of Speech and Debate" Sponsored by the Argumentation and ForensicsInterest Group for the 2016 Central States Communication Association AnnualConvention Grand Rapids, MI

John L. PriceFarmer, D. & Price, J. L. (April, 2016) Burke on the Digital Frontier: God Terms in the

Networked Public of World of Warcraft. Presented at the Central StatesCommunication Association annual convention.

Price, J. L. (November, 2015) Organizational Apologia and Digital riots: The DigitalWorld of Eve Online and Online Brand Communities. Presented at theNational Communication Association annual convention. Las Vegas, NV.

Price, J. L. (November, 2015) Recasting a “Hero”: The Obama Administration’sRhetorical (de)construction of Edward Snowden. Presented at the NationalCommunication Association annual convention. Las Vegas, NV

Price, J. L. (2014). Obama and the 2011 debt ceiling crisis: The American Citizen andthe Deliberative power of the Bully Pulpit. International Society for the Study ofArgumentation Proceedings. Amsterdam.

Price, J. L. (July, 2014). Obama and the 2011 debt ceiling crisis: The American Citizenand the Deliberative power of the Bully Pulpit. Presented at International Societyfor the Study of Argumentation. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Price, J. L. (April, 2013) The Digital Frontier Pushes Back: A Look at the Campaign to Stop SOPA/PIPA. Presented at Central States Communication Association Annual Convention. Kansas City, KS.

Price, J. L. (March, 2012). Panel participant, Panel on “The Power of Narrative: Theimplications of political and cultural stories and the human condition”Presentation at the Annual Central States Communication AssociationConference. Cleveland, Ohio.

Price, J. L. (April, 2011). Respondent, Panel on “Home is Where My Body is: ExploringVideogame Media through Narrative and Simulation Theory,” Presentation atthe Annual Central States Communication Association Conference. Milwaukee,WI.

Price, J. L. (November, 2010). An Analysis of Arguments for and Against the BushAdministration's Policy Concerning Direct Food Aid in the 2005-2007 Congressional Hearings. Presented at The National Communication Association96th annual conference Scholar to Scholar session. San Francisco, Ca.

Teaching Experience

University of Kansas, Graduate Teaching AssistantCourse: COMS 132 Professional Public Speaking Fall 2015-Spring 2016

- Developed comprehensive curriculum for the instruction of new professionals in the basics of professional speaking

John L. Price- Supervised and guided students as they developed nonprofit business proposals

for community beatification. University of Kansas, Graduate Teaching AssistantCourse: COMS 131 Honors Speaker-Audience Communication, Fall 2014-Spring 2015

- Taught basic presentation and speaking skills to students as well as providing a fundamental theoretical foundation of the Communication discipline.

- Discussed and outline basics of argumentation and its use in everyday life.

University of Kansas, Graduate Teaching AssistantCourse: COMS 130 Speaker-Audience Communication, Fall 2012- Present

- Provided introductory lessons on public speaking.- Taught theoretical fundamentals of communication theory.

Central Michigan University, Graduate teaching Assistant Course: COM 101 Introduction to Communication, Fall 2010- Spring 2012

- Provided introductory lessons on public speaking.- Taught theoretical fundamentals of communication theory.

Central Michigan University, Independent Study for Debate PedagogyCourse: COM 267 Introduction to Debate, Fall 2011

- Organized and ran class debates with students - Provided advising support and clarification for course concepts - Developed students’ ability to for snap decisions using impromptu debate and

other formats.

Guest Lecturer

University of Kansas, COMS 539 Argumentation Spring 2015

- Taught students fundamentals of debate tactics and identifying logicalfallacies.

- Lectured on the basics of research and academic journal usage.

Coaching experience

Central Michigan Speech and Debate Team, Assistant CoachAugust 2010 – May 2012

Organized and taught Speech and Debate lectures for intercollegiate forensic competition. In addition, I aided in the management of the team budget and tournament logistics. During this time the team made it to the final round of the 2012 NFA-LD national tournament and won numerous team awards.

Central Michigan Speech and Debate Team, Peer Coach and Team PresidentAugust 2009 – May 2010

During my time as a member of the Speech and Debate Team I assisted new and veteran members of the team in developing and improving their skills. In addition I lead recruitment drives and helped develop philanthropic activities for the team.

John L. PriceCoached Awards

NFA-LD Runner-Up National Debate Champion 2012

NFA Third Place Team Sweepstakes for Debate 2012

Select Speech and Debate Accomplishments

Phi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament 2010Runner Up Tournament Champion in Varsity NPDA debate

Michigan Intercollegiate Speech League State Tournament 2010State Champion in Lincoln Douglas Debate

National Forensic Association Lincoln Douglas National Debate tournament 2008-2009 SeasonDouble Octo round finalist in Lincoln Douglas debate

National Parliamentary Debate Association National Tournament 2009Triple Octo round Finalist in Parliamentary debate

PI Kappa Delta National Tournament 2009Lincoln Douglas debate Finalist

Professional Service

Chair, Central States Communication Association: Argumentation and Forensics Division.April 2014 – April 2015

Vice Chair, Central States Communication Association: Argumentation and Forensics Division.April 2013 – April 2014

Paper Reviewer, Central States Communication Association: Argumentation and Forensics Division.April 2014 - Present

Paper Reviewer, Central States Communication Association: Political CommunicationApril 2015 - Present

Community Involvement

Central Michigan Speech and Debate Team Prison ProjectMount pleasant, Michigan, February-May 2007

John L. PriceTaught inmates the fundamentals of speech writing and public persuasion techniques.Provided feedback and assisted in the development of argumentation skills by inmates.

Non-Professional Leadership Positions

Graduate Student Organization Representative, Communication Studies Department, University of KansasJanuary 2016-May 2016

Team Administrator, Tempo Storm May 2014 – Present

President of the Central Michigan Forensics Team, Pi Kappa Delta August 2009- May 2010

Professional Memberships

National Communication AssociationFebruary 2010-present

Central States Communication AssociationMarch 2011-present

American Forensics AssociationOctober 2011-present

Non-Academic Work Experience

Tempo Storm (AVY Entertainment LLC.), Team Administrator May 2014-Present

- Developed and implemented growth plans for www.tempostrom.com and affiliate YouTube channels

o Increased Tempo Storm YouTube Channel’s watch time over two fold in twelve months.

o Increased TempoStorm.com traffic from an average of 500,000 page views a month to over 9,000,000 in 2015.

- Crafted public relations announcements for the organization.- Worked with community members and professional players to create community

content and guides.- Interacted with sponsors and other industry members such as Google and

Twitter- Hired and managed employees for video production and site development.

John L. Price- Managed day to day operations of the Tempo Storm website, associated

channels, and Social Media for the Tempo Storm family of products. - Worked with a website development team to design and implement new features

to Tempostorm.com and products.