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Curriculum Vita

VALERIE BARKER

October 2011

University Address:

 

School of Journalism and Media Studies

College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts

San Diego State University

5500 Campanile Drive

San Diego, CA 92182-4561

valeriebarker@valeriebarker.net

 

Education:

 

Ph.D.

Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara. Intergroup/intercultural Communication, 2001. Committee: Howard Giles (Chair), David Seibold, John Lammers, Russell Rumberger (Education)

 

M.S.

School of Communication, San Diego State University. Mass Communication, 1996. Committee: David Dozier (Chair), Glen Broom, Martha Lauzen, Richard Hough (Sociology)

 

Post-graduate Certificate in Education (Teaching Credential)

University of Lancaster, Great Britain, 1976

 

B.Sc (Honours)

University of London, Great Britain, Sociology, 1975

 

Awards:

  1. Top Paper Award, International Communication Association, Intergroup Communication Division (2011)
  2. Top Paper Award, International Communication Association, Intergroup Communication Division (2010)
  3. Top Paper Award, National Communication Association, Applied Communication Division (2008)
  4. Top Paper Award, International Communication Association, Intergroup Division (2007)
  5. Top Paper Award, Eastern Communication Association, Applied Communication Group (2006)
  6. Top Paper Award, International Communication Association, Intergroup Division (2005)
  7. Top Paper Award, International Communication Association, Intergroup Division (2004)
  8. Top Paper Award, International Communication Association, Intercultural Division (2003)
  9. James J. Bradac Award for Excellence in Research (2001)
  10. Top paper award, National Communication Association, Commission on Communication and Aging (2001)
  11. Top student paper award, International Communication Association, Instructional and Development Division (2001)
  12. Top paper award, National Communication Association, Group Communication Division (2000)                                                                                                
  13. Copley Foundation Scholarship Award (1995)

In Progress:

 

Barker, V.  Social Browsing on Facebook: Online intergroup surveillance and contact.

 

Barker V.  Research methods in mediated communication: A workbook.

 

In Press:

 

Barker V. (in press). A generational comparison of social networking site use: The influence of age and social identity. International Journal of Aging and Human Development.

 

Publications:

 

Barker V., & Ota, H. (2011). Mixi diary vs. Facebook pictures: Collective self-esteem and social networking site use among Japanese and Caucasian American females. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 40, 39-63.

 

Dorjee, T. Giles, H. Barker, V. (2011). Diasporic Communication: Cultural Deviance and Accommodation among Tibetan Exiles in India. Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 32 343-350.

 

Barker, V. (2009). Older Adolescents' Motivations for Use of SNS: The Influence of Gender, Group Identity and Collective Self-esteem. Cyberpsychology & Behavior, 12, 209-213.

 

Abrams, J., Barker, V., & Giles, H. (2009). An examination of the validity of the Subjective Vitality Questionnaire. Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 1, 59-72.

 

Barker, V. (2008). English-only movements. The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

 

Barker, V. (2007). Young adults' reactions to grandparent painful self-disclosure: The influence of grandparent sex and overall motivations for communication. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 64, 195-215.

 

Barker, V., Giles, H., & Harwood, J. (2004). Inter- and intragroup perspectives on intergenerational communication. In J. F. Nussbaum & J. Coupland (Eds.), Handbook of communication and aging (2nd. Ed.) (pp. 139-166). Mahwah, NJ: LEA.

 

Barker, V., & Giles, H. (2004). Supporting English-only policies and socially

limiting immigrants and minorities: A structural equation model. Language and Communication. 24, 77-95

 

Barker, V., & Giles, H. (2003). Integrating the communicative predicament and enhancement of aging models: The case of older Native Americans. Health Communication. 15, 255-275.

 

Barker, V., & Giles, H. (2002). Who Supports the English-only movement?: Evidence for misconceptions about Latino group vitality. Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 23(5), 353-370.

 

Barker, V., Giles, H., Noels, K., Duck, J., Hecht, M., & Clément, R. (2001). The English-only movement: A communication analysis of changing perceptions of language vitality. Journal of Communication, 51(1), 3-37.

 

Barker, V., Abrams J. R., Tiyaamornwong, V., Seibold, D. R., Duggan, A., Park, H. S., et al. (2000). New contexts for relational communication in groups. Small Group Research, 31, 470-503.

 

COPPAC Publications

 

 Stoitsova, T., Choi, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., & Hajek, C. (2009). Reported
compliance in police-civilian encounters: The roles of accommodation and
trust in Bulgaria and the United States. Journal of Psychological Research,
1, 99-116.

 

Choi, C., Hajek, C., Barker, V., & Giles, H.  (2009). Reported compliance with police in Mongolia and the United States.  Mongolian Journal of International Affairs, 15-16, 176-201.

 

Hajek, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., Lin, M-C., Zhang, Y-B., Hummert, M-L. (2008). Expressed Trust and compliance in police-civilian encounters: The role of communication accommodation in Chinese and American settings. Chinese Journal of Communication, 2, 168-180.

 

Hajek, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., Makoni, S., & Choi.  (2008). Reported compliance in police-civilian encounters: The roles of accommodation and trust in Zimbabwe and the United States.  Communicatio: South African Journal of Communication Theory and Research, 34, 173-187.

 

 Hajek, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., Demirtas-Madran, H. A., Pecchioni, L., & Choi, C. (2008). Perceptions of trust, compliance, and officer accommodation in police-civilian intergroup encounters: A Russian, Turkish, and American cross-national analysis. Journal of Russian Communication. 1, 127-148

 

Barker, V. Giles, H., Hajek, C., Ota, H., Noels, K., Lim, T-S., & Somera, L. (2008). Police-civilian Interaction, compliance, accommodation, and trust in an intergroup context: International data. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 1,93-112.

 

Giles, H., Hajek, C., Barker, V., Chen, M-L., Zhang, B.Y., Hummert, M.L., & Anderson, M.A. (2007). Accommodation and institutional talk: Communicative dimensions of police-civilian interactions. In A. Weatherall, B. Watson, & Gallois, G. (Eds.), Language, discourse and social psychology (pp. 131-159). Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan.

 

Hajek, C., Barker, V., Giles, H., Louw, J., Pecchioni, L., Makoni, S., & Myers, P. (2006). Communication dynamics of police-civilian encounters: American and African interethnic data. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 35, 161-182.

 

Giles, H., Fortman, J., Dailey, R., Barker, V., Hajek, C., Anderson, M.C., & Rule, N.O. (2006). Communication accommodation: Law enforcement and the public. In R. M. Dailey & B. A. Le Poire (Eds.), Applied interpersonal communication matters: Family, health, and community relations (pp. 241-269). New York: Peter Lang

 

Conference Papers:

 

Social Networking Site Research

 

Barker, V. (2011, May). A Generational Comparison of Social Networking Site Use: The Influence of Age and Social Identity. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA.

 

Barker V., & Ota, H. (2011, February). Mixi diary vs. Facebook pictures: Collective self-esteem and social networking site use among Japanese and Caucasian American females. Paper presented at the meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Monterey, CA.

 

Barker, V. (2009, May). Older Adolescents' Motivations for Use of SNS: The Influence of Gender, Group Identity and Collective Self-esteem.  Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

 

Barker, V. (2008, May). Older Adolescents' motivations for use of social networking sites: The influence of group Identification and collective self-esteem. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.

 

Intergroup Work

 

Dorjee, T. Giles, H. Barker, V. (2011, May). Diasporic Communication: Cultural Deviance and Accommodation among Tibetan Exiles in India. Paper to be presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA.

 

Barker, V. (2005, November). The Influence of Young Adult Grandchildren's Perceptions of Grandparent Emotional Disclosure and Contextual Age on Perceived Grandparent Painful Self-Disclosure. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.

 

Barker, V. (2005, May). The Influence of Mother Identity and Lifestyle Attributes on Mothers' Active Use of Parenting Magazines. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, New York, NY.

 

Barker, V. (2004, November). The influence of mother identity and mother lifestyle attributes on modern mothers' active use of parenting magazines: A structural equation model. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

 

Barker, V. (2004, May). Grandparents' painful self-disclosure: What do young adult grandchildren think? Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

 

Barker, V. (2003, November). Painful self-disclosure and communication privacy management among older adults. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL.

 

Barker, V., & Giles, H. (2003, May). A structural equation model of support for English-only policies and social limitation of immigrants and minorities.  Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA

 

Barker, V., & Giles, H. (2002, November). ). The English-only Movement: An Analysis of Changing Latino Group Vitality. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

 

Barker, V., & Giles, H. (2001, November). Integrating the communicative predicament and enhancement of aging models. The case of older Native Americans. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Barker, V. (2001, May). Painful self-disclosure as communication boundary management among older women. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington DC.

 

Organizational and Group Communication

 

Barker, V. & Lammers, J. C. (2001, May). The influence of perceptions of organizational communication practices and organizational climate on perceptions of organizational outcome. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington DC.

 

Barker, V., & Lammers, J. C. (2000, November). Cultural values, management practices, and climate: Communication in cross-national organizations. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Seattle, WA.

 

Barker, V., & Lammers, J. C. (2000, May). Cultural values, management practices, and climate: Communication in a cross-national organization in Africa. Paper presented at the meeting of the West Coast Group Processes Conference, May, 2000, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

Barker, V., Abrams J. R., Tiyaamornwong, V., Seibold, D. R., Duggan, A., Park, H. S., et al. (2000, November). New contexts for relational communication in groups. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Seattle, WA.

 

Master's Research

 

Barker, V., & Dozier, D. M. (1996, August). The paradox of parenting magazines. Paper presented at the AEJMC annual conference, Anaheim, CA.

 

COPPAC Conference Papers

 

Pearce, K., Giles, H. Barker, V. & Choi, C. (2010, May). The Roles of Communication and Trust in Reported Compliance With Police in Armenia and the United States. Paper to be presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Singapore

 

Choi, C., Hajek, C., Barker, V., & Giles, H. (2009, November). Reported Compliance with Police in Mongolia and the United States. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

 

Stoitstova, T., Choi, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., & Hajek, C.  Reported compliance in police-civilian encounters: The roles of accommodation and trust in Bulgaria and the United States. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.

 

Hajek, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., Makoni, A., Choi, C. (2008, November). Reported Compliance in Police-Civilian Encounters: The Roles of Accommodation and Trust in Zimbabwe and the United States. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA.

 

Giles, H., Barker, V., Hajek, C., Noels, K., Lim, T-S., Ota, H., & Somera, L-B. (2007, May). Compliance, accommodation, and trust in an intergroup context: International Data. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

 

Giles, H., Hajek, C., Barker, V., Lin, M-C, Zhang, Y. B., Hummert, & M. L., Chernikoff- Anderson, M. (2006, June). Police-Civilian Interaction: Accommodative language and police-civilian interactions across cultures. Paper presented at the annual Language and Social Psychology Conference (ICLASP 10), Bonn, Germany.

 

Hayek, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., Louw-Potgieter, J., Pecchioni, L., Sinfree, M., & Myers, P. Communicative Dynamics of Police-Civilian (2006, May). Encounters: African and American Interethnic Data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany.

 

Hayek, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., Lin, M-C, Hummert, M. L., & Chernikoff-Anderson, M. (2006, April) Applied communicative dimensions of police-civilian interaction:

Comparative data from Taiwan, the PRC, and the United States.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Giles, H., Fortman, J., Dailey, R., Barker, V., Hajek, C., & Anderson, M.C (2005, May). Law enforcement and the public: The role of intergroup accommodation. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, New York, NY.

 

Papers for Non-Academic Audiences:

 

Barker et al. (2008). Police communication: Why does it matter? Communication Currents.

 

Barker, V. (2007). Dialogue. Goodrich Aerostructures.

 

Barker, V. (2000). Mindful communication in cross-cultural organizations.

 

Barker, V. (2000). Conflict management in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural organizations.

 

Barker, V. (2000). Organizational vision in inter-disciplinary and intercultural health settings.

 

Book Reviews:

 

Giles, H., & Barker, V. (2002). [Review of the book The war with diversity: US language policy in an age of anxiety]. Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 22, 433-435.

 

Giles, H. & Barker, V. (2001). [Review of the book Intergenerational communication across the lifespan]. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 5, 428-433.

 

Barker, V. (2000). [Review of the book Being an older woman: A study in the social production of identity]. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 19, 261-264.

Grants:

Linguistic Minorities Research Institute, UCSB (1999)

 

Teaching Experience:

 

Lecturer, San Diego State University

 

Undergraduate classes:

 

JMS 489: Research Methods in Mediated Communication, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring, 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011

 

JMS 408 Media and Society, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Fall 2009, Spring 2010

 

Com 371: Intercultural Communication. Spring 2002 & 2003

 

Aichi Shukutoku University Student Visitors, Intercultural Communication Presentation, American Language Institute, SDSU. August 2007

 

Graduate classes:

 

Com 600A: Introduction to Graduate Studies, Fall 2001, 2002, 2006.

 

JMS 600B: Graduate Seminar in Research Methods -- Spring 2001, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2005, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009.

 

Com 620: Graduate Seminar in Quantitative Research Methods, Spring 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008.

 

Comm 708: Graduate Seminar in Mass Media and Society, Spring 2007.

 

Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara

 

COM 194 Intercultural Research: The English-only movement as a response to changing linguistic vitality (Professor Howard Giles). Fall, 2000, winter, 2001 & spring, 2001.

 

COM 129 Intergroup Communication: Guest lecture -- "Elder sexuality: An Intergroup Approach. Spring, 2000. (Professor Howard Giles).

 

COM 89 Communication Theory. Winter, Spring 1998; Winter, Spring, 1999 (Professor Dorothy Mullin).

 

COM 88 Communication Research Methods. Fall, 1998 (Professor Dorothy Mullin).

 

COM 1 Introduction to Communication. Fall 1997 (Professor Barbara Wilson).

 

Instructor, Glover's Court College of Further Education, Preston, Great Britain:

 

A-Level Sociology, 1976-1980.

 

Teacher, Lostock Hall High School, Preston, Great Britain

 

Social Studies 1976-1988

 

Research Experience:

 

University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Research Affiliate, COPPAC, University of California, Santa Barbara 2003 - Present

 

Research Assistant - Linguistic Minorities Research Institute Grant, 2000/1. (Professor Howard Giles)

 

Research Assistant - USAID grant, 1999-2000. (Professor John Lammers)

 

San Diego State University

 

Research Associate - Excellence Study, 1995. (Professor David Dozier)

Service:

 

San Diego State University

 

Chair Comprehensive Exam Committees (20+)

Comprehensive Exam Committees (Endless)

Thesis Committees: Behrouzian, Berwin-Shaw, Birdsell, Columbo, Hopp, Karthikeyan,

Kobayashi, Locascio, Meader, Siano, Vogelaar, Whaley

Undergraduate Special Study Supervision

 

Graduate Special Study Supervision

 

Graduate Committee

 

Graduation Ceremony, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011

 

University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Rupe Chair Job Search Committee, 1998

Awards Committee, 1999

Development Committee, 2000

 

ICA

 

Task Force on the English-only Movement, 1999-2000

Reviewer, Intergroup Division and Theme Sessions

 

NCA

 

Panel Chair, Organizational Communication, San Francisco, 2010

 

Peer Review

 

  1. Behavior & Information Technology -- Ad hoc reviewer
  2. Computers and Education -- Ad hoc reviewer
  3. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking -- Reviewer
  4. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations -- Special issue, guest reviewer
  5. Human Communication Research -- Ad hoc reviewer
  6. Journal of Communication -- Ad hoc reviewer
  7. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication -- Ad hoc reviewer
  8. Journal of Language and Social Psychology -- Ad hoc reviewer
  9. Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development -- Ad hoc reviewer
  10. Personality and Social Psychology Review -- Ad hoc reviewer
  11. Social Science Quarterly -- Ad hoc reviewer

Doctoral Examiner -- University of Queensland, Australia

 

Examination of a Doctor of Philosophy Thesis - Michael Meehan (31129008)

 

 

Proposal Evaluator -- Austrian Science Fund

Applicant: Dr, Natalia WÄCHTER (University of Vienna)

Project title: The Construction of Identity on SNS: Transcending boundaries between public and private

Professional Association Memberships:

 

International Communication Association (Intergroup Communication/Intercultural

Communication/ Mass Communication)

National Communication Association - (Communication & Aging; International/Intercultural; Mass Communication)

Affiliations:

Center on Police Practices and Communication (COPPAC)

 

 

 

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