Research Interests:

My main area of research interest is intercultural communication. Specifically I research how immigrant/ethnic groups respond to pressures to assimilate to dominant cultural norms. My research in this area has predominantly been spent studying Muslims in France nd Western Europe. I am also interested in, and researching the conflict style patterns and behaviors of Muslims in Europe and the United States. Another research thread if the development and maintenance of identity among the Muslim populations in Europe and the United States. My final, and most recently emerging area of research is the effect(s) of religiosity on intercultural communication.

Selection of Recent & Reoccurring Courses:

IPC 210 (Interpersonal Communication in International Contexts), IPC 408 (Intercultural Communication, IPC 307 (Organizational Communication), CS 640 (Humanistic Methods) and CS 657 (Intercultural Communication)

Selected Publications:

Croucher, S. M. (2007 in press). France and Islam: The failure of French cultural adaptation. New York: Hampton Press.

Croucher, S. M., Steele, E. L., & Oomen, D. (2008 in press). A comparison between first and subsequent generation Muslim immigrants in France. In T. L. Sandel (Ed.), Cultural adaptation across generational lines: An analysis from multiple contexts. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Croucher, S. M. (2007 in press). Communication theory and intercollegiate forensics: The missing research void within forensics research. National Forensics Journal.

Spencer, A. T., & Croucher, S. M. (2008 in press) Spiral of silence and ETA: An analysis of the perceptions of French and Spanish Basque and non-Basque. International Communication Gazette.

Croucher, S. M., (2006). Organizational identity, culture and Student motivation among intercollegiate forensics competitors. National Forensics Journal, 24(1), 1-16.

Croucher, S. M. (2006). The impact of external pressures on an ethnic community: The case of Montréal's Quartier Chinois and Muslim-French immigrants. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 35(3), 235-251.       

Croucher, S. M. (2005). Cultural adaptation and the situation of French immigrants: A case study analysis of French immigration and cultural adaptation. International Journal of Communication, 15(1-2), 147-164.

Croucher, S. M. (2004). I uh know what like you are saying: An analysis of discourse markers in limited preparation events. National Forensics Journal, 41(4), 38-52.

Honors and Awards:

Top Overall Paper - Freedom and Prejudice Conference - October 2006 - Istanbul, Turkey

Top Overall Paper in the Argumentation and Forensics Division of the National Communication Association - 2007

Top Overall Paper in the Argumentation and Forensics Division of the National Communication Association - 2003

Top Overall Student and Division Paper at the Southern States Communication Association Convention - 2006

University of Oklahoma Top Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year - 2005