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Communication PRACTITIONER.

COURSES TAUGHT: Argumentation, Intercollegiate Forensic Activities, Introduction to Communication, Problems in Communication Studies, Honors Introduction to Communication, The Theatre Experience& Creative Drama.

(M.A., Eastern Michigan University)

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AREAS OF RESEARCH: Feminist Media Studies, Gender and Communication, Communication Pedagogy.

COURSES TAUGHT: Introduction to Public Speaking, Gender and Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Ethics.

(Ph.D., Wayne State University)

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AREAS OF RESEARCH: New Social Movements, Power, Resistance.

COURSES TAUGHT: Communication Criticism, Communication Ethics, Communication/Race/Power, Political Communication, Rhetoric of Social Movements.

(Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia)

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AREAS OF RESEARCH: Health Communication (family caregivers for people with Alzheimer's disease; patient/physician issues related to diabetes), Intercultural Communication (Native Americans, particularly Cherokees).

COURSES TAUGHT: Health Communication, Native American Communication, Intercultural Communication, Introduction to Communication Studies, Ethnography, Business and Professional Speaking

(Ph.D., University of Oklahoma)

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AREAS OF RESEARCH: Rhetoric and Social Theory, Organizational Communication, Media Ecology.

COURSES TAUGHT:  Rhetorical Criticism, Organizational Communication

(Ph.D. Purdue University).

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AREAS OF RESEARCH: Cultural & Ethnic Identities and Sexual talk in Close Relationships, Gender and Communication.

COURSES TAUGHT: Interpersonal Communication, Sexual Communication, Communication Research Methods, Intercultural Communication.

(Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University)

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AREAS OF RESEARCH: Information Communication Technologies, Critical/Cultural Studies, Feminist and Postcolonial Theories and Communication, Intercultural/International/Global Communication, Media Studies.

COURSES TAUGHT: International Communication, Intercultural Communication, Communication Technoscience and Cyberculture, Qualitative Research Methods.

(Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh)

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AREAS OF RESEARCH: Intercultural Communication, Rhetorical Criticism;

COURSES TAUGHT: Communication and Culture, Intercultural Rhetoric, Leadership in Communication, Rhetoric and Technology, Interpretive Methods In Communication.

(Ph.D., Ohio State University)

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AREAS OF RESEARCH: Nonviolent/Peace Communication, International/Intercultural Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism, Political Rhetoric, Social Movement Rhetoric, Media Criticism and Propaganda.

COURSES TAUGHT: Communication and Conflict, Communication and Gender, Communication and Criticism, Rhetorical Criticism, Rhetoric of Globalization, Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies.

(Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University)

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AREAS OF RESEARCH: Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication, Prejudice and Stigma, Using Communication to Prevent and Respond to Discrimination, Social Support, and Faculty Leadership

COURSES TAUGHT: Persuasion, Communication Theory, Research Methods, Interpersonal Communication, Presentational Speaking, Interviewing, Relational Communication, Health Communication, Race and Communication

(Ph.D., Purdue University)

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AREAS OF RESEARCH: Transnational Communication, Intercultural Communication, Impact of Communication Technology, Internationalizing Education, Environmental Communication.

COURSES TAUGHT: Technology for Transnational Communication, Humanistic Research Methods, International Communication, Intercultural Communication, Gender and Communication, Internationalizing Education through Media and Technology.

(Ph.D., Ohio University)

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AREAS OF RESEARCH: Interpersonal Communication, Relational Maintenance.

COURSES TAUGHT: Interpersonal Communication, Relational Communication. 

(Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin)