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Majors & Degrees

Matthew Ingram

Matthew Bruce Ingram

Matthew Bruce Ingram

Assistant Professor, Director, Center for Teaching & Learning

Department

Center for Teaching and Learning

Education

Ph.D., Communication Studies - The University of Texas at Austin, 2018
M.A., Linguistics - The University of Colorado at Boulder, 2013
B.A., Spanish and Linguistics - Lawrence University, 2010

Contact

Office Location: Karl E. Mundt Library
Phone: 605-256-5270
Email

Ingram's teachign interests include:

  • Organizational Communication
  • Public Speaking Honors
  • Fundamentals of Speech

  • 2016 - Graduate of the Year Award: The University of Texas at Austin

  • 2022 - Advanced Certificate in Effective College Instruction, Association of College and University Educators
  • 2021 - Certificate of Achievement Microcredential in Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning, Association of College and University Educators
  • 2013 - Certificate of Completion Linguistics Institute, Universality and Variability
  • 2011 - Certificate of Completion Linguistics Institute, Language in the World

  • 2022 - Peer-to-Peer Faculty Development Grant (Awarded $250): Dakota State University
  • 2021 - Peer-to-Peer Faculty Development Grant (Awarded $250): Dakota State University
  • 2017 - Graduate School Dissertation Writing Fellowship (Awarded $10,000): The University of Texas at Austin
  • 2013 - Graduate School Recruitment Fellowship (Awarded $10,000): The University of Texas at Austin

  • Maxwell, M. M., & Ingram, M. B. (Est. 2023). Make the case: A structured discussion format for classes. In D. Sellnow and M. Strawser, Teaching communication, volume 4 (TBD). Cognella.
  • Ingram, M. B., & Wallace, I. M. (2022). Making a mark: Transforming everyday work of city arborists into dance. Frontiers in Communication, 7:958646, doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2022.958646
  • Maxwell, M. M., & Ingram, M. B. (2021). How mediators use reformulation practices to de-escalate risky moments. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21319
  • Goldstein, D., Hall, K., & Ingram, M. B. (2020). Trump's comedic gestures as political weapon. In J. McIntosh and N. Mendoza-Denton (Eds.), Language in the Trump era: Scandals and emergencies (pp. 97-123). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887410
  • Ingram, M. B. (2019). YouTube commentaries on trans time-lapse videos: Transforming misgendering stances into pedagogical moments. Somatechnics, 9(1), 32-57. https://doi.org/10.3366/soma.2019.0264
  • Ingram, M. B. (2018). The mimesis of character in political rally speeches: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential campaign (Publication No. 0000-0002-8425-1960) [Doctoral Dissertation, the University of Texas at Austin]. The Texas Scholar Works University of Texas Libraries. http://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/7671
  • Ingram, M. B., & Maxwell, M. M. (2017). A listener's stance-taking in mediation. Mediation Theory and Practice, 2(2), 93-130. https://doi.org/10.1558/mtp.33373
  • Hall, K., Goldstein, D., & Ingram, M. B. (2016). The hands of Donald Trump: Entertainment, gesture, spectacle. Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 6(2), 71-100. https://doi.org/10.14318/hau6.2.009
  • Ingram, M. B., & Bradford, K. (2018). Delivery and style. In M. A. Harrison, J. L. Ford, &J. A. Daly (Eds.). Professional communication skills (8th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson Education.
  • Ingram, M. B. (2014). [Review of the book How to be gay, by David Halperin] E3W Review of Books: Queering the Domestic: LGBTQ and the Family, 14.

  • Ingram, M. B., & Wallace, I. (November 2022). Situational improvisation in dance rehearsal sessions as a means of dance creation. [Panel Participant]. 2022 American Anthropological Association, Seattle, Washington.
  • Konda-Varilek, K., & Ingram, M. B. (September 2022). Discourse journal updates & how YOU can get involved [Conference Presentation]. The Speech Communication Association of South Dakota, Brookings, South Dakota annual meeting.
  • Ingram, M. B. (July 2022). Whose gesture is it anyway? Co-operative transformation of mimetic depictions in improvisational comedy [Poster]. The 7th International Society for Gesture Studies Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Maxwell, M. M. & Ingram, M.B. (November 2021). Make the case: A structured discussion format for classes [Round-Table Discussion]. The 107th annual meeting of the National Communication Association Convention, Seattle, Washington.
  • Ingram, M. B., & Maxwell, M. M. (November 2021). Embodied formulations of mediators during risky moments [Conference Presentation]. The 107th annual meeting of the National Communication Association Convention, Seattle, Washington.
  • Ingram, M. B. (October 2021). A Langarian approach to the living form of gestural depiction [Online Conference Presentation]. The 45th annual meeting of the Semiotic Society of America, Virtual Conference.
  • Ingram, M. B., & Wallace, I. (November 2019). Gestural depiction in dance rehearsals: Choreographing the skilled movements of city arborists [45-minute Conference Presentation]. The 35th meeting of the Visual Research Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Bradford, K., & Ingram, M. B. (October 2018). Integrating smartphones into family dinner conversations [Conference Presentation]. The 8th meeting of the Language and Social Interaction Working Group (LANSI), New York City, NY, United States.
  • Ingram, M. B. (July 2018). How Trump ideologizes difference through multimodal viewpoints [Conference Presentation]. The 8th biannual meeting of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS), Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Ingram, M. B. (July 2018). Mimesis on the campaign trail: How Clinton and Trump personified one another [Conference Paper]. The 8th biannual meeting of the International Society for Gesture Studies, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Alford, A., & Ingram, M. B. (November 2017). Weighted and measured: Stancetaking in baby bump posts on Instagram [Conference Presentation]. The 103rd annual meeting of the National Communication Association Convention, Dallas, Texas, United States.
  • Ingram, M. B. (July 2017). Stance attribution through mimetic enactments in political campaigns [Panel Contribution]. The 15th biannual meeting of the International Pragmatics Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • Ingram, M. B. (December 2016). Trans worldmaking practices on YouTube through gender timeline videos [Conference Presentation]. The 10th meeting of the International Somatechnics Conference, Byron Bay, Australia.
  • Ingram, M. B., & Maxwell, M. M. (November 2016). Mediating bodies: How conflict mediators use bodily practices to achieve institutional goals [Conference Presentation]. The 102nd annual meeting of the National Communication Association Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • Ingram, M. B. (July 2016). Deconstructing the embodied knowledge of city arborists through choreography and co-operative transformation zones [Conference Presentation]. The 19th biannual meeting of the International Society for Gesture Studies, Paris, France.
  • Ingram, M. B. (November 2015). Embodied communicative practices and conflict communication. [Conference Presentation]. The IS Peace: International Symposium on Peace Education, Toluca, Mexico.
  • Ingram, M. B., & Maxwell, M. M. (November 2015). On the physicality of 'pre-disagreements': How speakers project verbal disagreements in the institutional space of conflict mediation [Conference Presentation]. The 101st annual meeting of the National Communication Association Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
  • Ingram, M. B. & Maxwell, M. M. (July 2015). Clashing preference systems in a conflict mediation session: The complexity of working towards progressivity [Conference Presentation]. The 14th biannual meeting of the International Pragmatics Conference, Antwerp, Belgium.
  • Ingram, M. B., & Allison Alford (April 2015). Exploring conflict through global perspectives: The UT Global Ethics and Conflict Resolution Symposium for High School Students [Conference Presentation]. The 2nd annual meeting of the Conflict Conference, Austin, Texas.
  • Ingram, M. B. (March 2013). The multi-functionality of the limp wrist and its usage in a spontaneous interaction [Conference Presentation]. The meeting of the Dialogue in Multilingual, Multimodal, and Multicompetent Communities of Practice Conference, Austin, Texas, United States.
  • Hall, K., & Ingram, M. B. (June 2012). Gorillas, guns, and gays: A sociohistorical account of the limp wrist gesture in U.S. popular culture [Conference Presentation]. The 7th biannual meeting of the International Gender and Language Association Conference, São Leopoldo, Brazil.
  • Ingram, M. B., & Hall, K. (February 2012). Embodying queerness: Transformations of the limp wrist gesture in American comedy [Conference Presentation]. The 19th annual meeting of the Lavender Language and Linguistics Conference, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.