Research
Interests:
Native
Americans (Cherokee in particular), health communication
(effects of Alzheimer's disease on families, people living
with diabetes 2, and cultural and gender barriers to health
care)
Selection
of Recent & Reoccurring Courses:
Health
Communication (IPC 444); Special Topic: Native American
Communication (IPC 406); Introduction to Communication
Studies (COMS 600); Intercultural Communication (COMS
657); COMS Seminar in Ethnography
Biography:
Lynda
Dee Dixon (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1990) is a member
of the Cherokee Nation (Tahlequah, Oklahoma). At Bowling
Green State University (1996-present), she is a tenured
professor in the Department of Interpersonal Communication
within the School of Communication Studies. She serves
the BGSU as advisor to the Native American Unity Council
that includes community members, graduate and undergraduate
students, faculty, and staff. The Council holds a seminar
each November on Native American issues and hosts a Pow
Wow. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in
health, culture, Native American communication, and organizational
communication. Dixon’s ethnographic/language analysis
research focuses on contemporary American Indian social
issues, health (diabetes; Alzheimer’s disease; and
physician/patient interaction), women’s socio-cultural
issues, and cultural conflict in organizations. Dixon’s
and her co-authors’ research studies have appeared
in journals (such as International/Intercultural Annual,
Intercultural Communication Studies, Human Communication
Studies, and others). As an active citizen in the Cherokee
Nation, she continues to participate in several areas
of CN that include health and education. She is advisor
to several doctoral students in Communication Studies,
funds assistantships for graduate students with her grants
from the Fraternal Order of Eagles for Ohio, includes
graduate students in research projects as assistants and
authors, and is an advisor and committee member for American
Culture Studies students.
Selected
Publications:
O'Hair,
D., Friedrich, G., & Dixon, L, (preparing for 6th
edition 2006, 2005, 2001, 1997, 1995). Strategic communication
in business and the professions (6th5th ed., 4th
ed., 3rd ed., & 2nd ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Burke,
J. A., Earley, M. A., Dixon, L., Wilke, A., & Puczynski,
S. 2006). "Patients with diabetes speak: Exploring
the implications of patients’ perspectives communication
for their diabetes appointments." Health Communication,
19(2).
Fletcher,
B., Shaver, L. Dixon, & Moon, D. (Eds.). (1993). Women
prisoners: A forgotten population. Westport, CT:
Praeger/Greenwood Press.
Hill,
L. B., & Dixon, L. D. (2005). "The intercultural
communication context: Preparation for international public
relations." In M. Parkinson, & D. Ekachai (Eds.), International and intercultural public relations:
A campaign case approach (pp. 66-83). Boston: Allyn
& Bacon.
Dixon,
L. (2004, 2000, 1996). "A house as symbol, a house
as home: Mamaw and her Oklahoma Cherokee family."
In A.Gonzalez, M.Houston, & V. Chen (Eds.), Our
voices (4th, 3rd, & 2nd eds.) (pp. 125-128).
Los Angeles: Roxbury Press.
Dixon,
L. (2004). "A case study of an intercultural health
care visit: An African American woman and her White male
physician." Women and Language, 27, 45-52.
Dixon,
L. (2003). "Interactions between Native American
women and their White male doctor: The stages of a health
care visit at a public health facility." Intercultural
Communication Studies, 12(1), 43-58.
Dixon,
L. D. (2003). "The Cherokee way: A rhetorical analysis
of Principal Chief Chadwick A. 'Corntassel' Smith’s
speech 'Let Us Build One Fire.'” In J. Golden, G.
Bourquist, W. Goldman, & J. M. Sproule, (Eds.), The
Rhetoric of Western Thought (8th ed) (pp.). Dubuque,
IA: Kendall/Hunt.
Hill,
L. B., Dixon, L., & Goss, L. B. (2000). "Intercultural
communication: Trends, problems, and prospects." Intercultural Communication Studies, 10(1), 189-194.
Dixon,
L., & Shaver, P. M. (2000). The cultural perspective
of a public health facility for Oklahoma American Indians:
Architectural changes as organizational rhetoric. In A.Gonzalez
& D. Tanno (Eds.), Rhetoric in intercultural contexts:
International and intercultural communication annual NCA,
22 (pp. 131-145). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Dixon,
L., & Washington, P. (1999). Rap music videos: The
voices of organic intellectuals. TRANS, 4 [online]. Available:
http://www2.uji.es/trans/trans4/CV.html or http://www2.jui.es/trans/trans4/Pat.html
Shaver,
P. M., & Shaver Dixon, L. (1998). “Icons”
of bureaucratic therapy: An application of Eco’s
semiotic methodology in an intercultural health care setting.
Intercultural Communication Studies, 8(2), 115-130.
Kim,
Y., Lujan, P., & Dixon, L. (1998). “I can walk
both ways”: Identity integration of American Indians
in Oklahoma. Human Communication Research, 25(2), 252-274.
Kim,
Y., Lujan, P., & Dixon, L. (1998). Patterns of communication
and interethnic integration: A study of American Indians
in Oklahoma. Canadian Journal of Native Education, 22(1),
120-137.
Shaver,
L. Dixon. (1998). The cultural deprivation of an Oklahoma
Cherokee family. In D. Tanno & A. Gonzalez (Eds.),
Communication and identity across cultures: International
and intercultural communication annual NCA, 20 (pp. 80-99).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Shaver,
L. Dixon. (1997). "The dilemma of Oklahoma Indian
women elders: Women's traditional roles and sociocultural
roles." In H.Noor Al-Deen (Ed.), Cross-cultural
aging in the U.S. (pp. 161-177). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Washington,
P., & Shaver, L. Dixon. (1997). "The language
culture of rap music." In J. Adjaye & A. Andrews
(Eds.), Language, rhythm, and sound (pp. 164-177).
University of Pittsburgh Press.
Shaver,
L. Dixon, & Shaver, P. M. (1995). "Care givers
in communication with HIV patients: A perspectival rhetorical
analysis of health discourse." In L. Fuller &
L.Shilling (Eds.), Communicating about communicable
diseases (pp. 261-276). Amherst, MA: HRD Press.
Shaver,
L. Dixon. (1993). "The relationship between language
culture and recidivism among women offenders." In
B.Fletcher, L. Dixon Shaver, & D. Moon (Eds.), Women
prisoners: A forgotten population (pp. 119-134).
Westport, CT: Praeger/Greenwood Press.
Moon,
D., Fletcher, B., & Shaver, L. Dixon. (1993) "Perspectives
on correctional organizations." In B. Fletcher, L.
Dixon Shaver, & D. Moon (Eds.), Women prisoners:
A forgotten population (pp. 93-110). Westport, CT:
Praeger/Greenwood Press.
Shaver,
P. M., & Shaver, L. Dixon. (1992). Applying perspectival
rhetorical analysis in intercultural consulting: The chromosomal
bivalency model. Intercultural Communication Studies,
2(2), 1-20.
Ragan,
S., & Glenn, L. Dixon. (1990). "Communication
and gynecological health care." In D. O'Hair &
G. Kreps (Eds.), Applied communication theory and
research (pp. 313-330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Awards
& Honors:
Nominated for
award for mentoring, teaching, and research from the Feminist/Women's
Studies Division, National Communication Association,
2003
Nominated for
Outstanding Health Communication Research, an award from
the Health Communication Division, National Communication
Association, 2006
Bowling
Green State University Jerome Library 2000 Friends, Authors,
and Artists recognition for “The Cultural Perspective
of a Public Health Facility for Oklahoma American Indians:
Architectural Changes as Organizational Rhetoric,”
November 2000.
Top
Three Paper (“Patterns of Intra-ethnic and Inter-ethnic
Communication among American Indians in Oklahoma,”
Y. Kim, P. Lujan, & L. Dixon), International and Intercultural
Communication Division, National Communication Association,
New York, November 1998.
Alumni Summer
Research Probationary Faculty Fellowship, Bowling Green
State University, 1997.
Top Three
Paper (“I Can Walk Both Ways: Identity Integration
of American Indians in Oklahoma,” Y. Kim, P. Lujan,
& L. Dixon Shaver), Intercultural and Developmental
Communication Division, International Communication Association,
Chicago, May 1996.
Top Three
Student Papers (“A Case Research: The Socialization
Process of an Employee Entering a State Bureaucracy, L.
Dixon Glenn), Organizational Communication Division, Speech
Communication Association, 1989.
Minority Scholar's
Research Award, Regents for the University of Oklahoma,
1988.
Outstanding
Teaching Award, Department of Communication, University
of Oklahoma, 1988.
Minority
Doctoral Study Award Grant, Oklahoma Regents for Higher
Education, 1987-1989. |
