Skip to main content Dr. Rebekah L Fox
- Professor at Department of Communication Studies, College of Fine Arts & Communication
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Member, General Education Council.
2024 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Forest Science.
October 2024 - Present.
- Observer of teaching effectiveness, Observer of Teaching Effectiveness.
September 9, 2024 - Present.
- College of Fine Arts and Communication Education Abroad Program.
June 2024 - Present.
- Chair, Political Communication Search Committee.
June 2024 - Present.
- Member, Principal Investigators (PI) Council.
2023 - Present.
- Member, Administrative Committee Member-Southern States Communication Association.
2023 - Present.
- Editor, Southern Communication Journal.
2023 - Present.
- Member, Science minor group.
2023 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Fire.
2023 - Present.
- Member, PhD Feasibility Committee.
2022 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Southern States Communication Association-Theodore Clevenger Undergraduate Honors Conference.
2022 - Present.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Communication and Democracy.
2022 - Present.
- Member, Steering Committee Member, Learning From Unintended Outcomes, National Aviation and Fire Resource Center, United States Forest Service.
2019 - Present.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Texas Speech Communication Journal.
2018 - Present.
- Member, Personnel Committee.
2016 - Present.
- Member, Capital Area Fire Adapted Communities Coalition, Education and Outreach Task Force.
2015 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Freedom of Speech Division, Southern States Communication Association.
2011 - Present.
- Member, COMM 3302 (Rhetorical Criticism) Assessment/Curriculum Committee.
2009 - Present.
2025
- Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee Rep.
2023 - 2025.
2024
- Member, Teaching Effectiveness Committee.
2015 - 2024.
- Reviewer / Referee, Communication Teacher.
2015 - 2024.
- Chair, Media Criticism Search Committee.
June 2024 - December 2024.
- Member, Presidential Debate Committee.
January 2024 - April 2024.
- co-Organizer, University Distinguished Lecture, Why Presidential Debates Might Matter in a Democracy, Dr. Kathryn Olson, September 16th.
January 2024 - April 2024.
- Member, Travis County Fire Adapted Communities Coalition, Wildfire Preparedness Symposium.
June 2024 - March 3, 2024.
2023
- Reviewer / Referee, Southern States Communication Association--Theodore Clevenger Undergraduate Honors Conference.
2023.
- Member, Finance Committee Member-Southern States Communication Association.
2023.
- alternate representative, General Education Council Representative.
2023.
- Member, First Year Experience Subcommittee.
2022 - 2023.
- Member, Committee Member, Learning From Unintended Outcomes Curriculum Review Committee, September 2022-Present.
2022 - 2023.
- Reviewer / Referee, Management Communication Quarterly.
2020 - 2023.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Communication Teacher.
2016 - 2023.
- Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication.
2015 - 2023.
- Undergraduate Marshal, Texas State University Commencement.
December 8, 2023.
- Attendee, Communication Studies Advisory Council.
December 1, 2023.
- Chair, Department of Communication Studies, Senior Lecturer and Event Planner Position.
November 2023.
- Reviewer / Referee, External Reviewer for Tenure and Promotion, University of Mississippi Department of Writing & Rhetoric.
September 13, 2023.
- Participant, New Student Orientation at the Performing Arts Center.
August 16, 2023.
- Participant, Let’s Taco ‘Bout Wildfire Symposium.
May 3, 2023.
- Chair, Chair and Respondent, Activism and Culture Across Contexts, Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr., Undergraduate Honors Conference, Southern States Communication Association Annual Conference.
April 14, 2023.
- Reviewer / Referee, Examining Challenges, Crises, and Disasters: Perspectives from Applied Communication, Southern States Communication Association Annual Conference.
April 13, 2023.
2022
- Member, Library Online Resource Grant Review Committee.
2022.
- Member, Annual Review Subcommittee.
2022.
- Member, Personnel Committee Annual Review Subcommittee Policy Review Group.
2022.
- Chair, Southern States Communication Association, Freedom of Speech Division.
2022.
- Chair, Chair, Issues of Access and Influence, Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference, 92nd Annual Conference of the Southern States Communication Association, April, 6-10, 2022.
2022.
- Chair, Chair, Top Competitive Papers in Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Speech Division, 92nd Annual Conference of the Southern States Communication Association, April, 6-10, 2022.
2022.
- Respondant, To the Future and Beyond: Resisting Traditional Methods of Communication Instruction, Instructional Development Division, 92nd Annual Conference of the Southern States Communication Association, April, 6-10, 2022.
2022.
- Editor, Frontiers in Communication-The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, Frontiers in Communication.
2021 - 2022.
- Graduate Student Mentor, Bethany Ortiz.
2020 - 2022.
- Graduate Student Mentor, Gabriella Garza.
2020 - 2022.
- Graduate Student Mentor, Kyle Chitwood.
2020 - 2022.
- Member, Pandemic Sensemaking Team Member, Human Performance & Innovation and Organizational Learning (HP&IOL), United States Forest Service.
2020 - 2022.
- Reviewer / Referee, Work and Occupations.
2017 - 2022.
- Member, Library Committee.
2016 - 2022.
- Organizer, Criss Cole on Campus: Collaborative Learning with the Visually Impaired in a College Preparation Experience.
2014 - 2022.
- Member, Advisor/Interviewer, Listening to Dispatch, Large Scale Interview and Analysis Project for Region 6 of the United States Forest Service, October-December 2022.
October 2022 - December 2022.
- Juror, Hays County District Court.
October 2022.
- Member, Interview Panel Member, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Travis County Fire Marshal’s Office, February 28th-March 3rd, 2022.
March 2022.
- Interim Department Chair, Department of Communication Studies-Interim Chair.
October 2021 - January 2022.
2021
- Member, COVID-19 Communication Work Group.
2020 - 2021.
- Graduate Student Mentor, Maya Blitch.
2020 - 2021.
- Organizer, AccessABILITY: Confronting Assumptions About Difference, Diversity and Inclusion Series.
October 23, 2020 - 2021.
- Methods Coach, Co-Search.
2019 - 2021.
- Participant, Bobcat Day.
October 16, 2021.
- Participant, Graduate Fair.
October 11, 2021.
- Reviewer / Referee, Indiana University-Purdue University Division of Liberal Arts, Candidate Pamela Morris.
July 28, 2021.
- Moderator, 16th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit & 6th Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference.
May 27, 2021.
- Moderator, 16th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit & 6th Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference.
May 27, 2021.
- Moderator, 16th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit & 6th Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference.
May 27, 2021.
- Moderator, 16th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit & 6th Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference.
May 25, 2021.
- Moderator, 16th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit & 6th Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference.
May 25, 2021.
- Chair, Southern States Communication Association Freedom of Speech Division.
April 2021.
- Chair, Southern States Communication Association.
April 8, 2021.
2020
- Textbook Reviewer, Communication and the Natural World.
2020.
- Member, Human Performance & Innovation and Organizational Learning (HP&IOL), United States Forest Service.
2020.
- Member, Tenure and Promotion Review Committee.
2017 - 2020.
- Advisory Board Member, Communication Research Center, Texas State University.
March 2014 - 2020.
- Evaluator, Teaching Observation for Dr. Manu Pokharel.
May 7, 2020.
- Member, Presidential Award for Service Selection Committee.
February 2020.
- Member, Presidential Award for Service Selection Committee.
February 2020.
2019
- Member, Annual Review Sub-Committee.
2019.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Communication Law Review.
2019.
- Reviewer / Referee, Book: Rhetorical Criticism: Perspectives in Action.
2019.
- Chair, Environmental Risks and Ecological Futures: Visual Representations of Human-Nature Crises in Horror Films, Environmental Communication Division/Mass Communication Division.
2019.
- Secretary, Free Speech Division, Southern States Communication Association.
2019.
- Speaker, Risk Management 101, Region 8, United States Forest Service.
June 2019 - 2019.
- Chair, Communication in Crisis and Conflict. Applied Communication Division.
April 2019 - 2019.
- Invited Focus Group Member, Communication and Work Environment, Human Performance Innovation and Organizational Learning, United States Forest Service.
February 2019 - 2019.
- Chair, Center for Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity.
2018 - 2019.
- Co-Chair, Instructional Communication Position Search Committee.
2018 - 2019.
- Chair, Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career Researh Award/Southern States Communication Association.
2018 - 2019.
- Organizer, Austin-Travis County fire Marchal's Office Communicaiton Graduate Student Internship.
2016 - 2019.
- Member, Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career Research Award, Southern States Communication.
2016 - 2019.
- Organizer, Central Texas Wildfire Survival Symposium.
2016 - 2019.
- Member, Doctoral Planning committee.
2014 - 2019.
- Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Research on Women and Gender.
2011 - 2019.
- Evaluator, Teaching Observation for Dr. Kristen Farris.
October 7, 2019.
- Speaker, Guest Attendee, United States Forest Service, Risk Management Council, Annual Meeting.
May 2019.
2018
- Participant, Human Resources Communicaiton Focus Group.
2018.
- Grant Reviewer, Health Multidisciplinary Internal Research Grant (MIRG).
2018.
- Speaker, Risk Management Council/United States Forest Service.
2018.
- Chair, Discourses of Difference and Diversity Job Search.
2017 - 2018.
- Member, Communication Week Planning Committee.
2016 - 2018.
2017
- Member, Substitute Member-Fine Arts and Communicaiton College Tenure and Review Committee.
2017.
- Reviewer / Referee, Social Norms and Mores: Papers on Health Communication, Applied Communication Division, Southern States Communication Association 87th Annual Convention.
2017.
- Member, Library Online Resource Grant Committee.
2017.
- Reviewer / Referee, "Consuming the World: Eating and Drinking in Culture, History, and Environment," Global Environment, produced by the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society.
2017.
- Reviewer / Referee, Social Norms and Mores: Papers on Health Communication, Applied Communication Division, Southern States Communication Association 87th Annual Convention.
2017.
- Member, Department Chair Search Committee.
2016 - 2017.
- Member, Texas Sate Total wellness Adivsory Council.
2014 - 2017.
- Reviewer / Referee, Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
2014 - 2017.
- Member, Fire Risk Management Safety Liaison Team Member, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Region (6).
September 5, 2017 - September 21, 2017.
- Reviewer / Referee, Academic Review of the Thirtymile Accident Investigation Narrative Supplement.
March 30, 2017 - May 30, 2017.
2016
- Participant, University Bobcat Day Communicaiton Studies Representative.
2016.
- Participant, Texas State Bobcat Day.
2016.
- Chair, Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Freedom of Speech Division: Tall Tales and Rabble Rousers.
2016.
- Reviewer / Referee, Southern States Communicaiton Association, Applied Communication Division.
2016.
- Participant, 18th Annual Texas Fire Marshals’ Conference.
2016.
- Participant, Performing Ethical and Effective Research.
2016.
- Member, Advisory Board Member Center for Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity CoSearch Weekend.
2014 - 2016.
- Member, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Southern Region 2016 Fire Risk Management Safety Liaison Team Leader, Southern Region (8).
November 29, 2016 - December 14, 2016.
2015
- Participant, International Associaiton of Wildland Fire, Smoke Alarm and CO2 Detector Door to Door Give-Away.
2015.
- Coordinator / Organizer, International Association of Wildland Fire, “Managing Fire, Understanding Ourselves: Human Dimensions in Safety and Wildland Fire, 13th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit & 4th Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference.
2014 - 2015.
- Editor, Communication Law Review.
2011 - 2015.
- Co-Advisor, Lambda Pi Eta.
2009 - 2015.
2014
- Undergraduate Marshal, Commencement.
2014.
- Proposal Reviewer, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University.
2014.
- Judge, Graduate Research Paper Contest, Sixth International Student Research Contest.
2014.
- Proposal Reviewer, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University.
2014.
- Ad-hoc committee member, Headlight Group, Department of Communication Studies.
2014.
- Member, 13th Int’l Wildland Fire Safety Summit & 4th Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference Program Committee.
2014.
- Reviewer / Referee, Environmental Conflict.
2014.
- Chair, Free Speech Division, Southern States Communication Association.
2013 - 2014.
- Chair, Franklyn S. Haiman, Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression Selection Committee.
2013 - 2014.
- Member, Performing Arts Center Grand Opening Planning Committee.
2012 - 2014.
- Member, Franklyn S. Haiman, Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression Selection Committee.
2012 - 2014.
- Member, Southern States Communication Association, James Madison Prize Review Committee.
2009 - 2014.
- Invited Lecturer, Professional Communication Workshop: Preparing and Presenting Creative Work. Communication Design Senior Exit Review Class.
November 7, 2014.
- Invited Presenter, Graduate College Research Presentation, Conference Presentation Planning and Delivery.
October 24, 2014.
- Chair, Top Student Paper Panel, Freedom of Speech Division. Southern States Communication Association Annual Convention.
April 2014.
- Chair, Top Paper Panel, Freedom of Speech Division. Southern States Communication Association Annual Convention.
April 2014.
2013
- Chair, Freedom of Speech Division, Southern States Communication Association.
2013.
- Invited Presenter, Graduate College Research Presentation, Conference Presentation Planning and Delivery.
October 11, 2013.
- Editor, Proceedings of 4th Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference.
July 1, 2013 - July 4, 2013.
- Selected Attendee, The Communication Mind of 2020, Communication Summit, College of Fine Arts and Communication, Texas State University-San Marcos.
January 2013.
2012
- Judge, Dan Love Public Speaking Festival.
2012.
- Vice-Chair, Freedom of Speech Division, Southern States Communication Association.
2012.
- Member, National Communication Association, Student Club of the Year Award selection committee.
2012.
- Judge, Dan Love Public Speaking Festival.
2010 - 2012.
- Chair and Respondent, Roundtable on Research in Progress 11: The Rhetoric of Politics, Policies, and COMMunity. National Communication Association Annual Convention.
November 15, 2012 - November 18, 2012.
- Reviewer / Referee, National Communication Association, Research Roundtables.
August 2012.
- Selected Attendee, Cramer Fire Staff Ride, Salmon Challis National Forest.
June 26, 2012 - June 27, 2012.
- Chair, Pushing the Envelope of Free Expression, Panel Sponsored by the Freedom of Speech Division, Southern States Communication Association Conference.
April 11, 2012 - April 15, 2012.
2011
- Proposal Reviewer, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University.
2011.
- Member, Organizational Communication/Empirical Methods Search Committee.
2011.
- Judge, Dan Love Public Speaking Festival.
2011.
- Member, Steering Committee for the 11th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit.
2011.
- Member, National Communication Association, Environmental Communication Division Profile Committee.
2011.
- Reviewer / Referee, Environmental Communication Division, National Communication Association Annual Conference.
2011.
- Member, Health Communication Curriculum Committee.
2009 - 2011.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Communicaiton Law Review.
2006 - 2011.
- Guest Speaker, McCoy College of Business Student Ambassadors Program.
October 21, 2011.
- Editor, Proceedings of the 11th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit.
April 2011.
- Editor, Proceedings of the 3rd Human Dimensions of Wildland fire Conference.
April 17, 2011 - April 19, 2011.
- Chair, Free Speech Division, Southern States Communication Association, Elected at the Annual Conference.
March 2011.
- Reviewer / Referee, International Association of Wildland Fire, 11th Annual Wildland fire Safety Summit.
January 2011.
2010
- Co-Presenter, Graduate Level Literacy and Orality, Writing Workshop for Texas State.
2010.
- Member, Abernathy Scholarship Committee.
2009 - 2010.
- University, Communication Studies Graduate Students.
September 9, 2010.
2009
- Member, Human Rights Committee.
2008 - 2009.
- Chair, Human Rights Committee.
2006 - 2009.
2008
- Reviewer / Referee, Health Services Research and Development, National Meeting.
2008.
- Community Service Supervisor, Youth Service Bureau.
2006 - 2008.
- Debate Judge, Purdue University.
2004 - 2008.
2006
- Faculty Representative, Communication Graduate Student Association.
2005 - 2006.
- Member, New Professor in Rhetorical Studies Search Committee, Department of Communication.
July 2006 - December 2006.
- Attendee, 1st Conference of China Public Health Communication, Tsinghua University in Beijing.
October 2006.
2004
- Volunteer, Meal Provider.
2003 - 2004.
- Ex-officio member, Graduate Committee, Department of Communication, University of Arkansas.
2002 - 2004.
- Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA).
2002 - 2004.
- Debate Judge, University of Arkansas.
2001 - 2004.
2003
- Faculty Advisor, Graduate Students in Communication, University of Arkansas.
2003.
- Faculty Advisor, Arkansas Union Society (Forensics), University of Arkansas.
2003.
2002
- Volunteer, Project for Victims of Family Violence.
2001 - 2002.
