Tamara N. Stevenson
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- School: Westminster College
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- Department: Speech
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Location:
1840 S 1300 E
Salt Lake City, UT - 84105 - Dates at Westminster College: April 2014 - June 2020
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Would take again: Yes
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Doctor Stevenson is one of those teachers who really encourages students to think for themselves and be creative in their approach. Although she's vague enough in assignment descriptions, she's also generous with her office hours as well as in email to ask questions or get clarification and direction if you need it. There's no grade inflation that happens in her classes though.
Biography
Westminster College - Speech
Interim Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at Westminster College
Higher Education
Tamara N.
Stevenson, Ed.D.
Greater Salt Lake City Area
Tamara N. Stevenson, Ed.D. is an associate professor of communication at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was appointed as the College's interim chief diversity officer, effective March 1, 2019. Stevenson came to Westminster College in 2012. She has developed and taught courses in human, organizational and intercultural communication; civil rights discourses and professional writing. Her professional presentations address multiple dynamics of race, gender, power and privilege, and her research includes the study of racialized and gendered experiences of African-American male and female faculty and spans public policy and higher education.
With more than 10 years’ industry experience in corporate communication, Dr. Stevenson examines the communicative functions and outcomes of K-12 and postsecondary institutions as organizational sites of power through a critical race lens.
Stevenson has been active in college-wide service, including membership on numerous committees and leadership of initiatives. She also served as faculty fellow for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion from 2015–18. In addition to recognition from external organizations — such as the Emerging Diversity Scholar Award from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor’s National Center for Institutional Diversity — she was honored last month with the college’s Unsung Hero Award. Her academic credentials include a doctorate and specialist of arts degree in educational leadership and a graduate certificate in community college leadership from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan, along with a master’s degree in organizational communication and a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Experience
Eastern Michigan University
Adjunct Instructor
Introduction to Adult and Continuing Education
General introductory/prerequisite survey course highlighting the history, adult development theories, access, contemporary issues, and application areas of adult and continuing education (Hybrid Course)Eastern Michigan University
Doctoral Fellow/Teaching Assistant
INSTRUCTIONAL
EDLD 509: Educational Leadership in a Pluralistic Society
EDLD 611: Introduction to Adult and Continuing Education (Online)
EDLD 632: Community College Leadership
ADMINISTRATIVE
Coordinated Educational Leadership Research Symposium, including development of collateral materials, contact with presenters and faculty mentors, procurement of facilities, project assessment, etc.
Co-coordinator, John W. Porter Distinguished Chair in Urban Education Visiting Professor Program (2003-2005), including the development of project materials, faculty/departmental contacts, scheduling of seminars/workshops, etc.
Coordinated Doctoral Student Orientation Program, including development of project materials, contact with students, project assessment.
Wrote and designed doctoral program newsletter (Doctoral Data).Miami University
Visiting Assistant Professor
Courses Taught:
Spring 2012
EDL 204 Sociocultural Studies in Education (undergraduate course in Administration and Curriculum program)
Participant, New Faculty Teaching Enhancement Program
Fall 2011
EDL 667 Diversity, Equity, and Dialogue in Student Affairs and Higher Education (new graduate course in Student Affairs in Higher Education (SAHE) program)
EDL 204 Sociocultural Studies in Education (undergraduate course in Administration and Curriculum program)Westminster College
Postdoctoral Fellow, Speech
Courses Taught:
Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 semesters
• Four (4) sections of SPCH 111 Public Presentations, LE (3cr)
May Term 2013
• COMM 300 Civil Rights Speeches (2cr)Westminster College
Assistant Professor of Communication
Courses Taught:
Spring 2016
COMM 250: Introduction to Human Communication (4cr)
COMM 350: Organizational Communication (4cr)
COMM 365: Intercultural and Global Communication (4cr)
Fall 2015
COMM 250: Introduction to Human Communication (4cr) *New Course
COMM 350: Organizational Communication (4cr)
Spring 2015
COMM 310: Professional Writing (4cr)
COMM 350: Business & Professional (Organizational) Communication (3cr)
COMM 490: Professional Portfolios (3cr)
MED 606: Theories of Education (graduate course)
Fall 2014
COMM 350: Business & Professional (Organizational) Communication (3cr)
COMM 490: Professional Portfolios (3cr)
SPCH 111: Public Presentations, LE (3cr)
MPC 650: Introduction to the Master of Professional Communication Program (1cr)
MPC 655: Intercultural & Global Communication (3cr)
Summer 2014
SPCH 111: Public Presentations, LE (3cr)
May Term 2014
COMM 300 Civil Rights Speeches (2cr)
Spring 2014
Taught four (4) of nine (9) sections of SPCH 111: Public Presentations, LE (3cr); 46 percent of all students enrolled (84 students)
Fall 2013
Taught four (4) of 13 sections of SPCH 111: Public Presentations, LE
(3cr); 32 percent of all students enrolled (75 students)Westminster College
Interim Chief Diversity Officer
Tamara worked at Westminster College as a Interim Chief Diversity Officer
Westminster College
Associate Professor, Communication
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Faculty Fellowship (Fall 2015-Spring 2018)
Schoolcraft College
Adjunct Faculty
Communication/Liberal Arts
15-week course: Fundamentals of Communication (undergraduate general competency course)Baker College
Adjunct Faculty
15-week course: Group Dynamics (undergraduate general competency course)
Education
Wayne State University
Master of Arts
Speech/Organizational Communication/Public Relations
Eastern Michigan University
Doctorate (Ed.D.)
Educational Leadership (Higher Education Administration)
Doctoral Fellow/Candidate, Educational Leadership Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Educational Leadership Graduate Certificate, Community College Leadership Program of Study: Higher Education Administration Title of Dissertation: The Impact of Racial Battle Fatigue and Role Strain on African American Faculty at Public Community CollegesEastern Michigan University
Specialist of Arts
Educational Leadership (Higher Education Administration)
Eastern Michigan University
Adjunct Instructor
Introduction to Adult and Continuing Education General introductory/prerequisite survey course highlighting the history, adult development theories, access, contemporary issues, and application areas of adult and continuing education (Hybrid Course)Eastern Michigan University
Doctoral Fellow/Teaching Assistant
INSTRUCTIONAL EDLD 509: Educational Leadership in a Pluralistic Society EDLD 611: Introduction to Adult and Continuing Education (Online) EDLD 632: Community College Leadership ADMINISTRATIVE Coordinated Educational Leadership Research Symposium, including development of collateral materials, contact with presenters and faculty mentors, procurement of facilities, project assessment, etc. Co-coordinator, John W. Porter Distinguished Chair in Urban Education Visiting Professor Program (2003-2005), including the development of project materials, faculty/departmental contacts, scheduling of seminars/workshops, etc. Coordinated Doctoral Student Orientation Program, including development of project materials, contact with students, project assessment. Wrote and designed doctoral program newsletter (Doctoral Data).
