CURRICULUM VITAE

Jacquelyn A. Poapst
Assistant Director, George Mason Debate Team
Instructor, George Mason University Department of Communication
Director, George Mason Debate Institute

Mailing Address:
4627 Hummingbird Lane tel: 267.393.1604
Fairfax, VA 22033

Email Address:
jpoapst@gmu.edu

Education:
 Ph.D. George Mason University, Communication, degree expected August 2018
 M.A. George Mason University, Strategic Communication, 2015
 B.S. Liberty University, Criminology, 2012

Dissertation:
“Living in the cracks on the road to progress: A Baudrilladian interpolation of activism within
structural antagonisms”

This work will expound upon a Baudrillardian concept often ignored within the canon,
reversibility – to extrapolate what the true potential for activism is within a social structure that
predominantly prospers off of civil society remaining the same, thus increasing the likelihood of
crackdown or “squashing” of activist’s radical potential. I will also draw from prominent
thinkers in the field of cultural studies, semiotics and queer activism, ranging from Roland
Barthes description of cultural “myths” to J. Halberstam’s understanding of symbolic rupture.

Dissertation Committee:
Dr. Timothy Gibson (chair), Dr. Anne Nicotera, Dr. Richard Craig, Dr. Jessica Scarlata

Awards and Honors:

 Frank Harrison Award for Excellence in Coaching, Awarded by the United States Navy,
2018
 Top Paper Panel, CEDA Division, NCA 2017
 Top Paper, CEDA Division, NCA 2015
 Outstanding M.A. Student of the Year, George Mason University, 2015
 Top Paper, CEDA Division, NCA 2013

Professional Experience
George Mason University, Department of Communication, Fairfax, VA
 Assistant Director of Debate, Fall 2016-Present
 Instructor, Gender and Communication, Fall 2018
  Instructor, Theories of Argumentation, Spring 2018
 Instructor, Foundations of Media Theory, Fall 2017
 Instructor, Theories of Argumentation, Spring 2017
 Instructor, Debate Theory and Practice, Fall 2016
 Instructor, Theories of Argumentation, Spring 2016
 Instructor, Debate Theory and Practice, Fall 2015
 Instructor, Interpersonal and Group Interaction, Fall 2014
 Graduate Assistant, George Mason Debate, Fall 2012-Spring 2016

George Mason Debate Institute, Fairfax, VA

 Institute and Residential Director, 2014-Present
 Policy Instructor and Curriculum Coordinator, 2015-2016
 Lincoln Douglas Instructor and Curriculum Coordinator, 2013-2014
 Policy Instructor, 2012
 Residential Director, 2012

Ivy Christian College, College of Humanities, Fairfax, VA

 Instructor, Argumentation and Debate, Summer 2014

Liberty Debate Institute, Lynchburg, VA

 Residential Activities Director, 2011
 Policy Teaching Assistant, 2009-2011

Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

 Administrative Assistant, 2009-2011

Publications and Presentations:

 Jackie Poapst, Decoding Climate Change: A Semiotic Analysis of the 2016-2017
Collegiate Policy Debate Resolution, Presented at NCA 2017, Top Paper Panel in the
CEDA Division
 Adrienne Brovero, Jackie Poapst, David Cram Helwich, John Katsulas, William E.
Mosley-Jensen, Danielle Verney O’Gorman, Patrick Waldinger, Debate and
Argumentation: Always Relevant, Presented at NCA 2017
 Jackie Poapst, Ben Voth, Jacob Justice, Kristiana Baez, William E. Mosley-Jensen,
Jordan Foley, John Koch, Patrick Waldinger, The Topic Writing and Selection Process:
Navigating Trump, Presented at NCA 2017
 Jackie Poapst & Allison Harper (2017) Reflections on the 2014 celebration of women in
debate tournament at George Mason University, Argumentation and Advocacy, 53:2,
127-137, DOI: 10.1080/00028533.2017.1305000
 Heather Woods, Jackie Poapst, Kristiana Baez, Nicole Castro, Emily Winderman,
Communicating the Body, Presented at SSCA, 2017
 Jackie Poapst, This is not an Archive, it's an Anthem: Analyzing Queer Activist
Ideologies, Presented at NCA 2016
 Jackie Poapst, Can Debate Realize Its Civic Calling? Theorizing Debate and Civic
Engagement, Panel Chair, Presented at NCA 2016
  Jackie Poapst, The Basic Course: Developing Novice Debate Curriculum, Panel
Presenter, Presented at NCA 2016
 Jackie Poapst, But Diddy Made Me Do It: Hip-hop as a White Excuse for Anti-Blackness,
Presented at NCA, 2015
 Rebecca Steiner, Theodore Albiniak, Deven E. Cooper, Kiranjeet Kaur Dhillon, Allison
Harper, Ashley W. Moore, Jackie Poapst, Mary Lynn Sandoz, Sarah T. Partlow Lefevre,
Erika M. Thomas, Denise Vaughan, Embracing Diversity in Debate: A Discussion of
Intersectional Harassment Including Ideas for Prevention and Responses, Presented at
NCA, 2015
 Jackie Poapst, Iranian AIDS Movements and Homonationalism: Embracing
Opportunities to Understand Western Progressivism, Presented at NCA, 2015
 Jackie Poapst, Teaching Novice International Debaters: Overcoming Barriers to
Effective Intercultural Pedagogy, Presented at NCA, 2015
 Jackie Poapst, Women in Collegiate Policy Debate: Embracing the Opportunity to Break
up the Good Ol’Boys Club, Presented at NCA, 2015, Awarded Top Paper in the CEDA
Division
 Jackie Poapst, How to Win Novices and Influence Debate Teams: A Former Novice’s
Ideal Approach, Presented at NCA, 2014
 Jackie Poapst & Alllison Harper, Debate Like a Girl: An Analysis of the George Mason
Celebration of Women in Debate Tournament, Presented at Penn State Communication
Conference, 2014
 Allison Harper, James McVey, Jackie Poapst, The Model Judge: Using Multiple
Regression Analysis to Identify Characteristics of Highly Preferred Judges in Policy
Debate, Presented at NCA, 2013, Awarded Top Paper in the CEDA Division

Lectures:
 Postmodernism and You, Summer 2017
 Semiotics, Structuralism and Post-structuralism, Summer 2017
 Constructing a Novice Curriculum: A Coaches Workshop, Summer 2015-2016
 Ethos, Pathos, Logos and the Debater, Summer 2012-2017
 A History of Abjection: Queer Theory and Mourning, Summer 2016
 Activism and the Young Debater, Summer 2016
 Understanding, Accepting, and Valuing Difference, Summer 2012-2017
 Deleuzing your Mind, Summer 2016
 Antiblackness Introduction, Summer 2015
 Psychoanalysis: A Primer, Summer 2015
 Nuclear Conflict Escalation, Threat Construction, and Deterrence, Summer 2014
 Feminism: Through the Waves, Summer 2014
 Critical Theory and Biopolitics, Summer 2013
 Communicating Terrorism, Summer 2012
 Queer Theory: An Introduction, Summer 2012

Academic Service:
 American Debate Association National Championship Tournament Coordinator, 2017
 CEDA Division, NCA Reviewer, 2017