Erik Garrett, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor

Awards and Honors

(2005) Bruce Kendall Award Honorable Mention (for excellence in teaching) Purdue University Communication Department

(2005) Scholarship for National Communication Association Doctoral Honor's Seminar Division of Communication Theory, Norman, OK

(2005) Monroe Scholar Designation, Purdue University Communication Department

(2005) Chancellor's List

(2004) Top 3 Student Paper, Philosophy and Communication Division, International Communication Association

(1995-2000) Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

(1998) First Ever Triple Major, Lewis University

(1998) De LaSalle Medallion for Service, Lewis University

(1998) Nominee Oxford University Rhodes Scholarship, Lewis University (1st student nominated for the award from the university)

(1998) Distinguished Scholar Honors Designation, Lewis University (1st student to receive this designation)

(1998) Outstanding Senior Philosophy Department Award, Lewis University

(1997) St. Miguel Cordero Award, Lewis University (award for outstanding commitment to service and academics)

Professional Offices

Board Member at Large, Society of Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, 2009-2011

Executive Member at Large, Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologits, 2009

Chair and Legislative Assembly Representative for the Semiotics Division, National Communication Association, 2008-2009

Vice-Chair Elect for the Semiotics Division, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 2007

Publications

Articles

"Existential Identity Questions." Encyclopedia of Identity, forthcoming

Cantrill, J., Durfee, J., Garrett, E. & Rochester, G. (2007.) Exploring a sense of self-in-place to explain the impulse for urban sprawl.  Environmental Communication:  A Journal of Nature and Culture 1(2), 123-145.