Lin Allen

Lin Suzanne Allen grew up on a farm in American Falls, Idaho. One winter morning the sixth grader departed from the local train depot with her parents to visit New York and the nation’s capital. Sealed in her memory of that trip is Arlington’s eternal flame. Allen’s interest in studying heroes and legacy continued in high school where she participated in debate, played the role of mother of a soldier missing in action in The death and life of Larry Benson, and performed dramatic readings of Luigi Pirandello’s War.

The summer following high school graduation, Allen enrolled in The Foreign Study League, where students visited six European countries, with a curriculum based on “Comparative Cultures and Governments.”

She holds a B.A. degree in Speech & Drama from Idaho State University, where she studied John Kennedy’s speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association; an M.A. in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied the discourse of the American Revolution and nativist rhetoric including Maria Monk’s Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery; and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric from the University of Oregon, where she studied Graceland.

Dr. Allen served as Director of Forensics for Idaho State University and taught in the Greenspun School of Communication at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she received a grant to analyze Dallas’ Sixth Floor Window in her research on the Kennedy legacy.

She joined UNC’S faculty in 1992, where her highlights include teaching a Study Abroad course in Athens, developing MetaMock, a forum joining Drama and Law, and team-

teaching a Scientific Communication course with Biology Professors Dr. Scott Franklin and Cameron Duke.

Allen’s Sabbatical Research includes the study of Supreme Court cases including Association of Molecular Pathologists v Myriad Genetics and Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

In Summer 2024 Allen completed a virtual presentation and paper for ECAH (European Conference on Arts and Humanities) analyzing the Supreme Court case Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v Goldsmith. In Spring 2025 Allen completed a virtual presentation and paper for ACAH (Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities): “Polymorph Wants a Cracker: Is AI an Inventor or ‘Stochastic Parrot’ Hacker?”

As of January 2026, she has received acceptance to present research at ACAH 2026,

paper coauthored with Dr. Sheila Yeh, Dean of UNC Libraries:

“Apocryphal Assumptions About Artistry and Artificial Intelligence: a Case Analysis of Anderson V. Stability AI Ltd.”

Their next research project focuses on Gen Alpha and AI.

• Ph. D., University of Oregon, Speech Communication
• M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Communication Arts
• B.A., Idaho State University, Speech and Drama

• Professor, Communication Studies, UNC
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Greenspun School of Communication, UNLV
• Graduate Assistant, University of Oregon
• Director of Forensics, Instructor Speech & Drama, Idaho State University
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Other Experience

• American Scientific Affiliation Regional Board
• Community Action Agency
• Regional Coordinator, Attorney General’s Campaign
• CASA Volunteer
• DRUG COURT Volunteer
• Faculty-in-Residence
• IMF Advisory Board Member
• Legislative Assembly Member, NCA
• Partners of the AMERICAS Vice President & President
• ST Peter Parish Lector

Scientific Communication; Supreme Court Argument Analysis; Rhetorical Theory and Criticism

Edwards, D., Allen, L. (2019). In Thomas G. Endres (Ed.), “Let’s Talk (Cake)shop:  Artistic Adventure or Civil Rights Censure in Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission (pp. 25-29). Greeley, CO: Society for the Academic Study of Social Imagery. http://digscholarship.unco.edu/sassi/

Edwards, D., Allen, L. (2019). In Thomas G. Endres (Ed.), Let’s Talk (Cake)shop: Artistic Adventure or Civil Rights Censure in Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission (vol. March 2019, pp. 25-29). Greeley, Colorado: Society for the Academic Study of Social Imagery. http://digscholarship.unco.edu/sassi

Allen, L., Edwards, D. (2018). In Thomas G. Endres (Ed.), “From Excalibur to Epic Allure:  Recalibrating Redemption” (2572-4320 ed., pp. 11-16). Greeley, CO: The Image of Redemption in Literature, Media, and Society, UNC. http://digscholarship.unco.edu/sassi/

Allen, L., Edwards, D. (2018). In Lin Allen, JMComm Editor-in-Chief (Ed.), “The Merlion in Wedlock:  Present at the (Axial) Creation in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission” (7th ed., pp. 94-99). Singapore: GSTF. www.globalstf.org

Edwards, D., Allen, L. (2018). “A Band of Angles” (pp. 34-40). Greeley, CO: The Image of Redemption in Literature, Media, and Society, UNC.

Edwards, D., Allen, L. (2018). In Thomas G. Endres (Ed.), A Band of Angles (vol. March 2018, pp. 34-40). Greeley, Colorado: Society for the Academic Study of Social Imagery. http://digscholarship.unco.edu/sassi/

Edwards, D., Allen, L. (2017). Alces in Wonderland. Image of Rebirth in Literature, Media and Society (pp. 24-29). Society for the Academic Study of Social Imagery Conference.

Allen, L. (2017). The Merlion in Ethni-CITY:  Present at the (East-Asian Pride) Creation in Lee v Tam. Singapore: GSTF.

Allen, L. (2017). Aquiel v Acquiescence:  Courting Coalescents. Greeley, CO: HEFLC. https://digscholarship.unco.edu/2017.html

Edwards, D., Allen, L. (2017). Alces in Wonderland. Greeley, CO: Society for the Academic Study of Social Imagery.

Allen, L. (2016). Starsuasion:  Flipping the Finals Frontier. Greeley, CO: HEFLC Proceedings.

Allen, L. (2016). The Merlion in Water:  Present At The (ANILCA) Creation in Sturgeon v Frost. Singapore: JMComm Conference Proceedings /GSTF.

Editorials:

Allen, L. (2018). In Lin Allen, JMComm Editor-in-Chief (Ed.), “Journalism Liberates” (7th ed., pp. iii). Singapore: GSTF. www.globalstf.org

Allen, L. (2016). Editorial:  “Journalism Snaps”. Singapore: GSTF.

Allen, L. (2015). Editorial:  “Journalism Morphs”. Singapore: GSTF.

Allen, L. (2017). Editorial:  “Journalism Prides”. Singapore: GSTF.

Artistic and Professional Performances & Exhibits

Allen, L., “”Oh the Places You’ll Glow”  Revelation 21:  1-4,” COMM 605 class (Rhetorical Criticism), Mari Michener Gallery, UNC. (October 2, 2017).

Allen, L., “Banned Books:  “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater”,” Michener Library, Greeley, Colorado. (September 26, 2017).

Allen, L., “El Movimiento,” University Libraries, UNC, Michener Library. (September 7, 2017).

Allen, L., “Women’s History Month Read-In,” Readers participating in Women’s History Month Read-In, Michener Library, Greeley, Colorado. (March 30, 2017).

Allen, L., “Black History Month Read In,” Michener Library, UNC. (February 16, 2017).

Allen, L., “Pre-Inaugural Read-In,” Michener Library, UNC. (January 19, 2017).