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Colloquium Series

 

Mission Statement | Upcoming Colloquia | Past Colloquia

The Department of Communication is committed to an intellectual exchange of ideas regarding the strategic use of discourse in the public sphere. As part of that commitment, it offers a research colloquium series that creates a forum for invited scholars to share current original research with graduate students and faculty.

The colloquium series highlights the Department's constant engagement with high-quality scholarship and intellectual discussion (Read the full Colloquium Series Mission Statement).

 

All colloquia are scheduled from 12 - 1 p.m. in 0200 Skinner (unless noted otherwise).

Spring 2006

April 7 Dr. Jon Nussbaum, The Pennsylvania State University

Title: "Life Span Communication and Quality of Life"

Jon Nussbaum (Ph.D., Purdue University) specializes in the communicative behavior of individuals across the life span emphasizing older adults. He currently researches how older adults interact within the health care delivery system and how relationships are shaped during the aging process. He is the editor of the Journal of Communication, was a Fulbright scholar in the U.K., and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association.

May 5 Dr. Dan Canary, Arizona State University

Title: "Does Fairness Affect how People Maintain Their Relationships"

Dan Canary (Ph.D., University of Southern California) is Professor of Human Communication at Arizona State University. Dr. Canary has co-authored or edited 10 books and over 50 articles, book chapters, and essays. Dan is a Past President of the International Network for Personal Relationships and recent Editor, Western Journal of Communication. Also, Professor Canary serves as a member on several editorial boards of journals that publish research on relationships and communication.

Past Colloquia Speakers

Carolina Acosta-Alzuru University of Georgia
James R. Andrews Indiana University
Erica Austin Washington State University
Bruce Berger University of Alabama
Cynthia Burggraf University of Delaware
Karlyn Kohrs Campbell University of Minnesota
Joseph Cappella Univeristy of Wisconsin
Clive Chandler University of Cape Town
Guo-Ming Chen University of Delaware
James Chesebro NCA National Office
Stanley Deetz Rutgers University
Caron Chess Rutgers University
James Dillard University of Wisconsin
Bonnie Dow University of Georgia
Lisa Flores University of Utah
Vicki Freimuth Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Eytan Gilboa Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Howard Giles University of California-Santa Barbara
Daena Goldsmith University of Illinois
John Greene Purdue University
Ekaterina Haskins Boston College
Beth Haslett University of Delaware
Robert Heath University of Houston
Dale Herbeck Boston College
Randy Hirokawa University of Iowa
J. Michael Hogan The Pennsylvania State University
Craig Hullett University of Wisconsin
Sally Jackson University of Arizona
Stan Kaplowitz Michigan State University
Michael Leff Northwestern University
Maxwell McCombs University of Texas
Robert McPhee Arizona State University
James May St. Olaf College
Charles E. Morris III Vanderbilt University
Dennis Mumby University of North Carolina
John M. Murhpy University of Georgia
Priscilla Murphy Temple University
John Oetzel University of New Mexico
Barbara O'Keefe University of Illinois
Charles Pavitt University of Delaware
John Durham Peters University of Iowa
Michael Pfau University of Oklahoma
Gerry Philipsen University of Washington
Marshall Scott Poole Texas A&M University
Andrea Press University of Illinois
Linda Putnam Texas A&M University
David Roskos-Ewoldsen University of Alabama
Karen Miller Russell University of Georgia
Edward Schiappa University of Minnesota
Lee Sigelman George Washington University
Cynthia Coleman Sillars Georgia State University
Mitchell Stephens New York University
Cynthia Stohl Purdue University
Nancy Struever Johns Hopkins University
Mary Stuckey Georgia State University
Angharad Valdivia University of Illinois
Mary Vavrus University of Minnesota
Eric King Watts Wake Forest University
Kirt Wilson University of Minnesota
Julia Wood University of North Carolina

Please follow the links below to the colloquium series pages for previous academic years.

Colloquium Series 2004/2005

Colloquium Series 2003/2004

Colloquium Series 2002/2003

Colloquium Series 2001/2002

Colloquium Series 2000/2001

 


 

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