JOHN M

JOHN M. (JAY) ALLISON, JR.

EDUCATION

1988	Ph.D.	Speech Communication	Louisiana State University
1985	M.A.	Speech Communication	University of North Carolina
1980	B. A.	Speech/English Education	University of South Florida

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006 – present	Chair, Associate Professor, & Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication Studies University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2005- present	Assistant Chair, Associate Professor, Director of Performance Studies, & Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
1995 – present	Associate Professor, Director of Performance Studies & Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
1989 – 1995	Assistant Professor & Director of Performance Studies, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
1987 – 1988	Visiting Lecturer, Department of Speech Communication, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
1983 – 1987	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Speech Communication, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1981 – 1983	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Speech Communication, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Membership in professional organizations:

National Communication Association (formerly, Speech Communication Association)

Southern States Communication Association

Texas Speech Communication Association

Society for the Study of Narrative Literature

American Theatre in Higher Education

Offices and committee assignments in professional organizations:

National:

Committee Member, Leslie Irene Coger Award for Distinguished Performance, National Communication Association, 2002-2005; Chair, 2005.
Committee Member, Performance Studies Division Awards Committee, National Communication Association, 2003-2006; Chair 2005.
Nominating Committee Member, Performance Studies Division, Speech Communication Association, 1994, 1996, and 1997; Chair in 1997.
Publications Chair, Interpretation Division, Speech Communication Association, 1987 – 1990.
Executive Committee Member, Interpretation Division, Speech Communication Association, 1987-1990.
Jury Member, “Contributed Papers in Interpretation,” Interpretation Division, Speech Communication Association, 1998-1990.
Jury Member, “Debut Papers in Interpretation, Interpretation Division, Speech Communication Association, 1998-1990.

Regional

Jury Member, Debut Papers and Contributed Papers, Southern States Communication Association, 1999.
Secretary, Performance Studies Division (formerly Interpretation Division), Southern States Communication Association, 1994-1999.

Chair, Interpretation Division, Southern States Communication Association, 1990-1991.
Vice-Chair and Program Planner, Interpretation Division, Southern States Communication Association, 1989-1990.
Secretary, Interpretation Division, Southern States Communication Association, 1988-1989.

State

Chair and Program Planner, Interpretation Division, Texas Speech Communication Association, 1991-1992.
Vice Chair, Interpretation Division, Texas Speech Communication Association, 1990-1991.

Additional responsibilities and other activities:

Editorial Experience:

Editorial Board Member, Text and Performance Quarterly, Fall 1999 – present.

Editorial Board Member, Southern Communication Journal, Fall 1996 – Summer 1999.

Editorial Board Member, Communication Education, October 1994 – December 1996.

Performance in Review Co-Editor, Text and Performance Quarterly, April 1994 – December 1997.

Manuscript Reviewer, Text and Performance Quarterly, 1993, 1994.
Manuscript Reviewer, Communication Education, 1993.

Book Review Co-Editor, Text and Performance Quarterly, January 1992 – December 1994.
Assistant Editor, Literature in Performance, 1985 – 1986.

Editorial Assistant, Literature in Performance, 1982-1983; 1984-1985.

Festivals:

Director, Petit Jean Performance Festival, 1993 – 2004.

Director, University of North Texas Performance Festival, 1990 – 1992.

Co-Director, Azalea Performance Festival, Louisiana State University, 1986.

Student Co-Director, Carolinas Fall Festival, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1983.

Student Director, Celebration of Literature, University of South Florida, 1980.

Other:

Director of Performance Studies, University of North Texas, 1989-2006. Coordinate travel for student participation at national performance festivals and at national, regional, and state communication conventions.

Administrator, Lesa Woody Memorial Scholarship in Oral Interpretation and Performance Studies, University of North Texas, 1989 – present.

Faculty Sponsor, Performance Interest Group (PIGs), University of North Texas, 1989 – 1995; 2000 – 2001.

Honors:

Recipient, “Professing Women Award,” UNT Women’s Studies Program, 1995, 1996, 1998.

Participant, American Association of Higher Education Forum on Exemplary Teaching, AAHE Convention, Washington, D.C., 1995.

Nominee, Minne Stevens Piper Professor Award, University of North Texas, 1993.

Nominee, J. H. Shelton Excellence in Teaching Award, University of North Texas, 1993.

Commendation for work as a mentor, Metamorphosis Program for graduating University of North Texas Women, 1991.

Areas of Expertise:

Performance Studies	Southern Culture & Fiction	Narrative Theory
Phenomenology	Fiction of Raymond Carver
Literary Theory & Criticism	Performance Theory & Criticism

PUBLICATIONS

Dissertation:

Allison, J. M., Jr. (1988). The temporality of mediacy: The time of narrators in short, first-

person fiction. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

Chapters in Books:

Allison, J. M., Jr. (1993). James Wilcox. In J. M. Flora & R. Bain (Eds.), Contemporary

fiction writers of the South (pp. 468-478). New York: Greenwood Press. Peer- reviewed.

Articles:

Allison, J. M., Jr. (2002). The few, the proud, the . . . Rangerettes: Organizational assimilation through acquiescence. Texas Speech Communication Journal, 27, 37-53.

Hall, D. R., Allison, J. M., Jr., Reynolds, J. D., & Spry, C. M. (1995). Realizing the gallery aesthetic: Multiple framing in the gallery tour of Waco, Texas. Texas Speech Communication Journal, 20, 23-35.

Allison, J. M., Jr., & Mitchell, K. S. (1994). Textual Power and the pragmatics of assessing and evaluating ‘powerful’ performances. Communication Education, 43, 205-221. Peer-reviewed.

Allison, J. M., Jr. (1994). Narrative and time: A phenomenological reconsideration. Text and Performance Quarterly, 14, 108-125. Peer-reviewed.

Allison, J. M., Jr. (1986). The rehearsal process: A brief descriptive analysis. The Carolinas Speech Communication Annual, 2, 24-30. Peer-reviewed.

Instructional Aids:

Allison, J. M., Jr., & Wells, C. (2005). Performance and communication.” In K. Anderson (Ed.), Intersections: An introduction to communication studies. Denton, TX: I(t) Work(s).

Allison, J. M., Jr. (2002). Performance of literature coursetext. Denton, TX: I(t) Work(s).

Mitchell, K. S., & Allison, J. M., Jr. (1994). The intertextual performance project. The Speech Communication Teacher, 9(1), 6-7, Peer-reviewed.

Allison, J. M., Jr., & Mitchell, K. S. (1994). The critical performance project. The Speech Communication Teacher, 9(1), 6-7, Peer-reviewed.

Selected Performances:

“Changing Names.” University of North Texas, March 2005.

“Good Country People.” Northaven United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, Fall 2003; University of North Texas, Fall 2003: Petit Jean Performance Festival, November 2003.

“A Blatant Attack on Radical Right Wing Elements at the 1992 Republican National Convention.” Dedication of the HopKins Black Box Theatre, Louisiana State University, February 2002.

“Fat Times Two: Chamber Theatre and Novelization.” Mounted at the University of North Texas, Fall 2001.

“Joseph.” A performance meditation on the lives of fathers. Performed at the Rotunda Theatre, First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Texas, Fall 2001.

“Fat.” Adaptation of a short story by Raymond Carver. Mounted at the University of North Texas, Spring 2001.

“Enoch Emery and the Gorilla.” University of North Texas, Fall 1998; invited performance Petit Jean Performance Festival, Conway, AR, November 1998.

“The Use of Force.” A critical performance based on a short story by William Carlos Williams. University of North Texas, Spring 1993.

“Carver Te(ss)xt.” Mounted at the University of North Texas, Spring 1991; invited performance Ozarks/Flint Hills Performance Festival, Emporia State University, April 1991.

“Second Tree from the Corner.” Adaptation of a short story by E. B. White. University of North Texas, Spring 1991.

“Rangerettes Forever.” University of North Texas, Fall 1990; invited performance Petit Jean Performance Festival, University of Central Arkansas, November 1990; invited performance Ozarks/Flint Hills Performance Festival, April 1991.

“Pigeon Feathers.” Adaptation of a short story by John Updike. University of South Florida, Spring 1980; invited performance Commonwealth Performance Festival, Western Kentucky University, 1980; St. Clements Theatre, Off-off Broadway, New York City, April 1981.