Dr. Kevin Sauter has been a faculty member at the University of St. Thomas since 1982, retiring after 38 years in 2020. He continues to teach occasional courses for the department, both online and in face-to-face settings. He is the Faculty Director of the Undergraduate Communication Research Conference (UCRC), one of the oldest and most prestigious UG Communication research conferences in the country, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2023. Dr. Sauter is also an active consultant to companies and non-profits in the areas of public speaking, persuasion, and popular culture.
A Month of Sundays: Going to Mass while we travel the world. Kevin and Susan Sauter, 2015. Available on Amazon Books and iBook (for Mac).
Sauter E. and Sauter K. The Myth of the Perfect Place: Creating a Voyeuristic Utopia in House Hunters International, Submitted to the Midwest Popular Culture Journal, October 2019.
Sauter K. Advice Column: The Bold Sabbatical, Chronicle of Higher Education, May 9, 2017.
Sauter, K. and Sauter, E. You’re Under Arrest!: Dark Tourism and Narratives of National Identity, Presented at the National Popular Culture Association Convention, Washington DC, April, 2019
Sauter, K and Sauter E. Taking Your Daughter to Work: A Conversation between two Generations of Rhetorical Scholars. Rhetoric Society of America Bi-Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 2018.
Sauter, K and Sauter E. Creating community in foreign spaces: American retirees in Cuenca Ecuador. 30th Annual Ethnographic & Qualitative National Research Conference (EQRC), Las Vegas NV. February 2018.
Sauter, K and Sauter E. The Retired American Expat: Creating Community in Cuenca Ecuador, National Conference of the Popular Culture/American Culture Association, San Diego CA, April 2017
Sauter, K. and Sauter, E. Assessing the Student Lens: Visual Representations of Post Apartheid South Africa, Popular Culture National Convention, New Orleans LA., April 2, 2015.
Sauter, K. The American ex-pat retiree: Encouraging the move abroad, Presented at the National Popular Culture Association Convention, Chicago Illinois, April 2014
Sauter E. and Sauter K. The Myth of the Perfect Place: Creating a Voyeuristic Utopia in House Hunters International, Submitted to the Midwest Popular Culture Journal, October 2019.
Sauter K. Advice Column: The Bold Sabbatical, Chronicle of Higher Education, May 9, 2017.
Sauter, K. and Sauter, E. You’re Under Arrest!: Dark Tourism and Narratives of National Identity, Presented at the National Popular Culture Association Convention, Washington DC, April, 2019
Sauter, K and Sauter E. Taking Your Daughter to Work: A Conversation between two Generations of Rhetorical Scholars. Rhetoric Society of America Bi-Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 2018.
Sauter, K and Sauter E. Creating community in foreign spaces: American retirees in Cuenca Ecuador. 30th Annual Ethnographic & Qualitative National Research Conference (EQRC), Las Vegas NV. February 2018.
Sauter, K and Sauter E. The Retired American Expat: Creating Community in Cuenca Ecuador, National Conference of the Popular Culture/American Culture Association, San Diego CA, April 2017
Sauter, K. and Sauter, E. Assessing the Student Lens: Visual Representations of Post Apartheid South Africa, Popular Culture National Convention, New Orleans LA., April 2, 2015.
Sauter, K. The American ex-pat retiree: Encouraging the move abroad, Presented at the National Popular Culture Association Convention, Chicago Illinois, April 2014
2014-15 President’s Civic Engagement Award Steward Award, Campus Compact Minnesota, April 2015
2014-15 Faculty Service-Learning and Community Engagement Award, University of St. Thomas, May 2015
Gerald and Henrietta Rauenhorst Foundation Solutions Initiative Grant ($52,000) to develop interactive website to match UST faculty members and community partners for service-learning projects.
Year-long Sabbaticals awarded in the academic years 1994-95; 2001-02; 2008-09 and 2017. Maximum Sabbatical Assistance grants also awarded each year. Most recent project involved traveling around the world conducting research on project titled A Month of Sundays, an exploration of the role of Catholic Liturgy in identity development and cultural reflection. Project for 2017 sabbatical was The American ex-pat retiree: making connections through communication.
Global Citizenship Award, selected by the International Program Matrix, based on a faculty nomination, to receive the UST faculty global citizenship award. 2005-06.
Finalist, Professor of the Year, 2005-06. Selected as one of three finalists for the Professor of the Year, based on faculty nominations.
2014-15 Faculty Service-Learning and Community Engagement Award, University of St. Thomas, May 2015
Gerald and Henrietta Rauenhorst Foundation Solutions Initiative Grant ($52,000) to develop interactive website to match UST faculty members and community partners for service-learning projects.
Year-long Sabbaticals awarded in the academic years 1994-95; 2001-02; 2008-09 and 2017. Maximum Sabbatical Assistance grants also awarded each year. Most recent project involved traveling around the world conducting research on project titled A Month of Sundays, an exploration of the role of Catholic Liturgy in identity development and cultural reflection. Project for 2017 sabbatical was The American ex-pat retiree: making connections through communication.
Global Citizenship Award, selected by the International Program Matrix, based on a faculty nomination, to receive the UST faculty global citizenship award. 2005-06.
Finalist, Professor of the Year, 2005-06. Selected as one of three finalists for the Professor of the Year, based on faculty nominations.