| Bio: |
Since the fall of 2001, I have been on the communication faculty in the School of Communication and the Arts at Marist College. Aside from teaching the introductory communication course--Communication Principles--and Interpersonal Communication, I also teach Gender, Culture and Communication, a course dual-listed with the Women's Studies program. I also created a special topics course in Fall 2003 titled Social & Psychological Perspectives of Computer Mediated Communication, and, most recently, created a special topics course in Nonverbal Communication in the Spring of 2010 & 2011. On the graduate school level, in 2005 I created and am continually teaching the online graduate course in Interpersonal Communication.
In-between my being an undergrad at Marist and returning as a faculty member, I taught a myriad of courses as a teaching assistant at Rutgers University (Ph.D.--2001) and as an adjunct professor at William Paterson University in New Jersey. I also worked in the Office of Public Information-College Relations at William Paterson and worked in a mid-sized public relations firm in New York City.
Teaching Experience:
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Communication Principles (9/01-5/05; 8/06-5/08)
Gender, Culture, and Communication (9/01-12/05; 1/07-5/12)
Interpersonal Communication--undergraduate level
(1/02 Winter-session, 1/04-5/12)
Special Topics Course: Social & Psychological Perspectives of Computer Mediated Communication (9/03-12/03)
Interpersonal Communication--graduate level (8/05-10/05; 8/06-10/06; 8/07-10/07; 8/08-10/08; 8/09-10/09; 8/10-10/10; 8/11-10/11)
Special Topics Course: Nonverbal Communication (1/10-5/10; 1/11-5/11)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication
Interpersonal Communication (1/01-5/01)
Nonverbal Communication (9/00-12/00)
Public Speaking (1/00-5/00)
Interpersonal Communication (9/99-12/99)
Public Speaking (1/99-5/99)
Interpersonal Communication (9/98-12/98)
Introduction to Communication and Information (9/97-5/98)
Grader, Department of Communication
Introduction to Communication and Information (1/01-5/01)
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Communication
Press in a Free Society (9/00-12/00)
Communication in Action (9/99-12/99)
Communication Research (9/98-12/98)
Mass Communication (7/98-8/98)
Interpersonal Communication (1/98-5/98)
Communication in Action (1/97-5/97)
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| Publications: |
Roper, S. L. & Ferris, S. P. (2006). MOOs as virtual communities: A case study of the �DragonWings� MOO. In Dr. Subhasish Dasgupta�s (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities.
Roper, S. L. & Kindred, J. (2005, November). �IM here: Reflections on virtual office hours.� First Monday, 10(11). Available at http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_11/roper/index.html.
Kindred, J., & Roper, S. L. (2004). Making connections via Instant Messenger (IM): Student use of IM to maintain personal relationships. Qualitative Research Reports, 5, 48-54.
Ferris, S.P., & Roper, S.L. (Summer 2002). Same and mixed-gender intimacy in a virtual environment. Qualitative Research Reports, 3(3), 47-55.
Agosto, D., Platzner, R., & Roper, S. L. (2000). In retrospect: One semester, three stories. In the Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Annual Teaching/Learning Conference.
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| Conferences & Workshops: |
"Big Sexy": An examination of plus size reality, presented at the Women & Society Conference, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 2011.
"Webkinz" and the gendering of artifacts, presented at the National Women's Studies Associations Conference, Denver, CO, November 2010.
A Little �TLC�: Depictions of Motherhood and the Working Mom as a "Learning� Experience, presented at the Women & Society Conference, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 2009.
Gendered Artifacts on �Webkinz�, presented at the Women & Society Conference, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 2008.
Gender representations in "Second Life." Presented at the Annual National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
The �Circle of Life� has speed bumps: A look at expectations of fertility for long-term couples. Presented at the New York State Communication Association Conference, Kerhonkson, NY, October 2007.
Bigger is not always better: An examination of mediated representations of gender. Presented at the Women & Society Conference, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 2007.
�'Believe me, if I could, I would have already!': An Examination of Conception, Infertility and Support Among Women Online,� presented at the Eastern Communication Association Convention, Providence, RI, April 2007.
�'Faculty, Students, and Administrators, Lend me your Internet Connection': An Exploration of College Learning Environments and the Blurring of 'In-Class� Time,' presented at the Eastern Communication Association Convention, Providence, RI, April 2007.
�Grappling with the question 'So when are you going to have a baby' while trying to conceive,� presented at the Women & Society Conference, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, November 2006.
�Gender in a box: Representations of femininity and masculinity in family comic strips.� Presented at the New York State Communication Association Conference, Kerhonkson, NY, October 2006.
�Stripping down gender: Gender representations in family comic strips,� presented at the Women & Society Conference, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 2005.
�IM here: An exploratory look at virtual office hours,� presented at the International Communication Association Convention, New York, NY, May 2005.
�Pedagogy in Cyberspace: A Roundtable Discussion on the Evolving Online Teaching Environment,� presented at the Eastern Communication Association�s 96th Annual Convention, Pittsburgh, PA, with Missy Alexander, Jenny Kindred, and Sharmila Pixy Ferris, May 2005.
�I Am What I Want You to See: Identity and the Instant Messenger Away Message,� presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL, November 2003.
Town Hall Debate on �Resolved: that greater use of online learning should be encouraged in the Communication discipline� with Ron Jacobs, Fran Mindel, and Maureen Minielli presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL, November 2003.
�S/he: Gender in a Virtual Environment,� presented at the Women & Society Conference, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, November 2003.
�Making Connections Via Instant Messenger (IM): Student Use of IM in the Maintenance of Personal Relationships,� presented at the National Communication Association Conference, November 2002.
"S/he: Gender in a Virtual Environment," presented at the Women & Society conference, June 2002.
Putting it together: Gender construction in an online environment, presented at the National Women's Studies Association Conference, June 2002.
S/He: Gender in a virtual environment, presented at the Women & Society Conference, June 2002.
Cyber-education in communication, a Table Talk Series presented at the National Communication Association Conference, November 2001.
Lending a helping paw: Therapeutic healing from our four-legged friends, presented at the New York State Communication Association Conference, October 2001.
Cyber-education in communication, a Table Talk Series presented at the National Communication Association Conference, November 2000.
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