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Janice Anderson
OFFICE LOCATION: JFT 218
OFFICE PHONE: (845)257-3463
E-MAIL: Andersoj@newpaltz.edu
COURSES TAUGHT:
Organizational Communication
Negotiation
Public Speaking
Intercultural Interaction
EDUCATION:
1984 - PhD The Pennsylvania State University
AWARDS:
National Employment Lawyers Courageous Plaintiff Award
WHY SUNY NEW PALTZ?:
"Like many others, I came to New Paltz because of it's location midway between New York City & Albany. I stay in New Paltz because of the diversity and personality of New Paltz students. They are street smart and engaged in their education.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Organizational Culture, Conflict & Change Processes
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Extensive consulting in communication skills and change process for business and governmental organizations.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
National Communication Association & Eastern Communication Association
RECENT BOOKS:
Communication Skills for Surviving Conflicts at Work; Hampton Press
RECENT ARTICLES:
"Organizational Sharing: The Disciplinary Function of Non-Sense" Atlantic journal of Communication. December 2008.
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Gregory Bray
Program Coordinator, Media Curricula
OFFICE LOCATION: CSB 44
OFFICE PHONE: (845) 257-3434
E-MAIL: Brayg@newpaltz.edu
WEB PAGE:
newpaltz.edu/commmediasociety
Youtube.com/wffvideo
Current.tv/greggbray
COURSES TAUGHT:
Seminar in Production
Portable Video Production
Studio Video Production
Audio Production
Electronic Media Writing
Milestones in Documentary
The Video Producer (Module)
Web Video Distribution (Module)
The Music Video (Module)
EDUCATION:
Doctoral Candidate, Media and Communication, European Graduate School, Saas-Fee Switzerland
M.A. in Media Studies, The New School, New York City
Graduate Certificate in Media Management, The New School, New York City
B.A. in Communication and Media, SUNY New Paltz
A.S. in Communication and Media Arts, Dutchess County Community College
AWARDS:
CINE Golden Eagle Award, A Horse Connection (Prod./Dir.)
Telly Award, A Horse Connection (Prod./Dir.)
InterMedia Silver Globe Award, World Media Festival--Hamburg, Germany (Prod./Dir.)
Certificate of Merit for Cinematic Excellent, Rochester Film Festival for Orpheus X 2007 (Prod./Dir.)
Certificate for Significant Scholarly Activity, Day of Presentation, SUNY New Paltz 2000
Certificate of Appreciation, Make a Difference Day, USA Weekend and Points of Light Foundation 1997
WHY SUNY NEW PALTZ?:
New Paltz, as an environment, provides a strong interdisciplinary experience between the program majors. The faculty and staff are professional and courteous, and the students are truly engaged in today's media trends.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Popular arts and culture, converged mediated platforms in cyberspace, comic books, early cinema, citizen and activist journalism
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Film/Video
Co-Producer with InHolland University, The Netherlands-- Henry Hudson 400th Anniversary--Interactive Web television program developed by students and faculty in from SUNY New Paltz and InHolland. tvents.nl
Producer/Director of original documentary A Horse Connection 2008
Producer/ Director of original narrative short Orpheus X 2007
Producer for Current TV piece, The Ousting of a Pro-Gay Mayor 2007
Radio
Producer for WAMC pieces on Mid-day Magazine
Producer of WAMC pieces for The Best of Our Knowledge
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Broadcast Education Association
National Communication Association
Hudson Valley Sciontists (Sherlockian Society)
RECENT ARTICLES:
"Media in its Age of Convergence and Simulated Inter-activity" (conference paper)
"The Online Portfolio" presented at the Broadcast Education Association 2008
"The Role of Parents and Adolescent Trauma in Smallville" San Diego Comic Con, Comic Arts Conference, 2007
"Weaving the Web Into the Media Curricula at SUNY New Paltz" by Lynn Spangler and Gregory Bray. Published in BEA's "Feedback" July 2007 issue.
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Dudley Cahn
OFFICE LOCATION: JFT-210
OFFICE PHONE: 257-3457
EMAIL: cahnd@newpaltz.edu
WEB PAGE: http://www2.newpaltz.edu/~cahnd
COURSES TAUGHT:
Conflict Management
Nonverbal Communication
Communication Research Methods
EDUCATION:
Ph. D., Wayne State University, M.A. Northwestern University, BA, Western Michigan University.
AWARDS:
Distinguished Book Award from the National Communication Association; Certificate of Appreciation from College President; Senior Fulbright Scholar; Distinguished Service Award from the World Communication Association
WHY SUNY NEW PALTZ?:
New Paltz is part of the SUNY System and in a gorgeous geographical location near NYC.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Interpersonal conflict; Family violence; Perceived Understanding
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Taught at SUNY New Paltz, University of Hawaii, SUNY Albany, and Ferris State University
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
National Communication Association
RECENT BOOKS:
Family Violence: Communication Processes (SUNY Press), Managing Conflict Through Communication (Allyn & Bacon).
RECENT ARTICLES/Chapters in Books:
"An Evolving Communication Perspective on Family Violence" and "A Communication Perspective on Physical Child Abuse" (with A. Swanson) both in Family Violence: Communication Processes. Albany, NY: SUNY, 2009.
Donna Flayhan, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Communication & Media
OFFICE LOCATION: Jacobson Faculty Tower 520
OFFICE PHONE: (845) 257-3511
E-MAIL: flayhand@newpaltz.edu
COURSES TAUGHT at SUNY New Paltz:
Media Research Methods
Media Ethics
Writing for Mult-Media
Introduction to Public Relations
Advanced Public Relations
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Iowa 1997,
MA University of Iowa 1994,
BA University of New Hampshire 1990.
Summa Cum Laude 1990
Phi Beta Kappa 1989
WHY SUNY NEW PALTZ?:
I joined the faculty at SUNY New Paltz in 2004 mainly because it is a public university with intelligent, interesting, and diverse student populations. Also, since it is location in Hudson Valley less than two hours to Manhattan where my research both in public health and media ecology are centered.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Public Health and Cultural Studies: Graduate studies began in 1990. Ph.D.from University of Iowa, worked on NIH funded multi-million dollarlongitudinal study on tobacco use and prevention, trained in public health work and public health campaigns--worked with medical school faculty, sociology faculty, and communication studies faculty in coordinated effort at interdisciplinary public health work on toxins and tobacco, public health information. In late 1990s, directed a grant funded inter-instutional project on low-level carbon monoxide awareness in Baltimore (medical education for medical professionals, sources and symptoms for general public). Also in late 1990s began work on Gulf War Syndrome public health campaign with peer-reviewed internationally publication for medical community along with public health awareness work on Gulf War Syndrome. Edgar Allan Poe and Carbon Monoxide Symptoms. CulturalStudies and Media Ecology 1990-Present.
Most interested nowadays in new communication technologies and social media transforming life on a global scale, and my work with those made sick by toxic exposures (such as 9/11, New Orleans, and the Gulf Wars).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
New York State Communication Association
Media Ecology Association
Mobile Technologies and Public Health
Communication Quarterly
Union of Concerned Scientists
Center for Health, Justice, and the Environment
Council of Europe
RECENT BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS (Cultural Studies and Public Health)
“Early Medium Theory, or, Roots of Technological Determinism in NorthAmerican Communication Theory,” Ed Wachtel and Lance Strate, Editors,
The Legacy of McLuhan, Hampton Press, 2004 (pp. 235-244). (peer-reviewed article)
“Symptoms Described by Edgar Allan Poe in `The Fall of the House of Usher’,”
identified by Donna Flayhan, table 10.1, p. 235 in A. Donnay’s “Carbon Monoxide
as Unrecognized Cause of Neurasthenia: A History,” Carbon Monoxide Toxicity, David G. Penny, Ed., New York: CRC Press, 2000.
RECENT ARTICLES, FILMS, INTERVIES, LECTURES, FORUMS:
“Post 9/11 Health Crisis: Reactions of the Whole Organism, Delayed Reaction of the Culture” Invited Presentation, Institute for General Semantics, Lincoln Law Center, Fordham University Manhattan Campus, November 2008. http://www.generalsemantics.org/misc/2008akmlsymposium/2008_program.pdf
“Addressing the Health Crisis in the Toxic Wake of 9/11” Fordham University, Lincoln Law Center Manhattan Campus, April 2007.
“Social Justice Campaign Techniques in Public Health” Lecturer, Council of Europe’s All Different/All Equal Social Change Workshop, Warsaw, Poland. March, 2007.
The Toxic Clouds of 9/11; A Looming Health Disaster (2006). Partial funded provided to filmmaker by Donna Flayhan’s Lower Manhattan Public Health Project.
“This film is a must have in every public library” Library Journal Review, March 2007
9/11s Toxic Dust (September 10, 2007, A&E Network, Kurtis Productions). Dr. Flayhan is interviewed as Public Health Expert for her work on the Lower Manhattan Public Health Project, Gulf War Syndrome, Sick Building Syndrome, and Toxic synergistic acceleration of disease states.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?date=08/23/07&id=20070823aande01
“Media Frames and Medical Matters Post-9/11 New York” CUNY Journalism Graduate School, Invited Lecture to medical journalism students, Manhattan, November 2007.
“Disasters and Public Health Policy: New York & New Orleans” Sullivan County Community College 9/11 Anniversary Forum, New York, September 11, 2007.
“Don’t Panic, Don’t Tell: Disasters and Post-9/11 Public Health Policy in New York and New Orleans,” New York State Communication Association, Kerhonkson, October, 2007.
“Monopolies of Knowledge and Post-9/11 Public Health,” Monterrey Institute for Technology, Mexico City, Mexico, June 2007.
“Post-Traumatic Culture: Cell Phones and Death,” Monterrey Institute for Technology, Mexico City, Mexico, June 2007.
“No Need for Caution: Mammals at Play,” Monterrey Institute for Technology, Mexico City, Mexico, June 2007.
“The Toxic Aftermath of 9/11: An Emerging Health Crisis” SUNY New Paltz, June 2006
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Anne Goding, MSC
Lecturer
OFFICE LOCATION: CSB 37
OFFICE PHONE: (845) 257-3435
E-MAIL: GodingA@newpaltz.edu
COURSES TAUGHT:
Public Speaking
Small Group Communication
Storytelling & Culture
Communication Among Cultures (online)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Anne Goding has taught at New Paltz since 2001. She is also academic advisor to many pre-major students in Communication & Media. In addition, she participates in the Scholars' Mentorship Program (SMP).
Howard Good
OFFICE LOCATION: CSB 43
OFFICE PHONE: (845) 257-3454
E-MAIL: Goodh@newpaltz.edu
COURSES TAUGHT:
Media Ethics
Press in America
Literature of Journalism
Journalism 1
Special Topics
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's in English, Bard College;
Master's in Journalism, University of Iowa,
Ph.D. in American Culture, University of Michigan
AWARDS:
Nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize in Poetry
and twice for the Best of the Net anthology
WHY SUNY NEW PALTZ?:
The Journalism Program here is small and homey and draws enthusiastic students.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Media ethics, The Image of journalists in popular culture
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Worked as an editor on daily newspapers in Michigan, North Carolina, and North Dakota
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
RECENT BOOKS OR RECENT BOOK CHAPTERS:
Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)
RECENT CREATIVE WORK:
Poetry chapbooks Police and Questions (Right Hand Pointing, 2008) and Last Words (Gold Wake Press, 2008)
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Mary L. Kahl
Associate Professor of Communication & Media
OFFICE LOCATION: JFT 222
MAILING ADDRESS: CSB 51, SUNY-New Paltz, One Hawk Dr.
OFFICE PHONE: 845-257-3451
E-MAIL: kahlm@newpaltz.edu
COURSES TAUGHT:
Political Communication
Communication and Gender
Theories of Persuasion
Presidential Debate Communication
Communication & Dissenting Voices
Contemporary Communication Seminar
Introduction to Communication
Organizational Communication One
EDUCATION:
B.A. with majors in Speech Communication, English
Literature, and Secondary Education. University of
Michigan, 1976. With high honors.
Teaching Certification, University of Michigan, 1976.
M.A. in Speech Communication, Indiana University, 1978.
Ph.D. in Speech Communication, with a minor in Victorian
Studies, Indiana University, 1994.
AWARDS:
Lieber Outstanding Teaching Award, Indiana University,
1982.
Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Eastern Communication
Association, 2000.
Committee of Scholars, Eastern Communication
Association, 2000-present.
WHY SUNY NEW PALTZ:
"New Paltz offers an engaging environment in which to focus
on facilitating quality liberal arts education. I enjoy the
challenges of teaching bright students who are fully
committed to their educational experiences."
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Political discourses: including political campaign debates,
inaugural addresses, political apologia, and other
epideictic discourses of the contemporary presidency.
Gender and communication: including the discourses of
contemporary female politicians, gendered communication
in the university, and the gendered dimensions of public
memory.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Dr. Kahl taught at the University of California-Davis and
at Boston College prior to joining the New Paltz faculty.
She has lectured at the American University in Paris and,
in the U.S., has been invited to speak at Hofstra University,
Rhode Island College, and Southeast Missouri State
University. She has been interviewed about presidential
and political communication issues on the BBC and on NPR.
She serves regularly as an external reviewer of
communication programs throughout the country.
Kahl is a former president of the Eastern Communication
Association, a former member of the National Communication
Association's Legislative Assembly, and a consultant to C-SPAN.She serves on the editorial boards of several regional and
national communication journals. She is currently the Vice
President of the New Paltz Academic Senate and chairs the
Organization Committee.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
National Communication Association
Eastern Communication Association
Rhetoric Society of America
International Society for the Study of Argumentation
New York State Communication Association Organization for Research on Women in Communication
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SCHOLARLY WORK:
"An Analysis of Argument in George Washington's Newburgh
Address: 'Address to the Officers of the Army,' March 15, 1783,"
in Frans H. van Eemeren, et.al., eds., Proceedings of the Sixth
Conference of the International Society for the Study of
Argumentation. Amsterdam: SicSat, 2007.
"'A Subject for Sarcasm and Ridicule': Lessons from the Ladies of Seneca Falls," Keynote Address, New York State Communication Association Convention, 2007.
"The Rhetoric of War and Remembrance: An Analysis of President Bill Clinton's 1994 D-Day Discourses," Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, 7:1, 2006. With M. Leff.
"An Epistolary Epilogue: Learning from Sarah Palin's Vice-Presidential Campaign," in Gender and Political Communication in America: Rhetoric, Representation,
and Display, ed. Janis Edwards. Rowman and Littlefield, 2009. With J. Edwards.
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Bob Miller
OFFICE LOCATION: CSB49
OFFICE PHONE: 3462
E-MAIL: MillerR@newpaltz.edu
COURSES TAUGHT:
Public Speaking
Interpersonal Communication
Media and Society
EDUCATION:
BA Tufts University (magna cum laude)
MA University of Iowa
Robert Miraldi
OFFICE LOCATION: CSB 48
OFFICE PHONE: (845) 257 3460
E-MAIL: miraldir@newpaltz.edu
COURSES TAUGHT:
Mass Media Law
Press in America
Muckraking Journalism
Public Affairs Reporting
Journalism 1.
EDUCATION:
B.A. Political science, SUNY Oneonta, 1972;
M.S. Journalism, Boston University, 1974;
Ph.D. American Studies, NYU, 1985.
AWARDS:
"I have won numerous awards including, Frank Luther Mott Book Award, best journalism-mass communication book in America, 2003; Second Prize, Column writing in New York State, Associated Press, 1999; First prize, Distinguished column writing, New York Newspaper Publishers Association, 1998; Runner-up Finalist, Scripps-Howard National Journalism Awards, Edward Willis Scripps Award for the First Amendment, 1996; Honorable Mention, Intellectual Freedom Award, New York State Library Association, 1996; Runner-up Finalist, Scripps-Howard National Journalism Awards, Edward Willis Scripps Award for the First Amendment, 1994; John Peter Zenger Award, New York State Bar Association, Best commentary on legal issues in New York State, 1994; John Peter Zenger Award, New York State Bar Association, Best commentary on legal issues in New York State, 1993; Fulbright Scholar, Royal University at Utrecht, the Netherlands for Spring 1991; Fellowship, Outstanding Journalism Educators, Poynter Institute for Media Studies, May 1989."
WHY SUNY NEW PALTZ?:
"I came to New Paltz in 1982 because it was in a beautiful region of the state near to my family in New York City. Journalism was a growing program that needed a young energetic professor to help guide its growth. And, moreover, I was a SUNY graduate and I felt that I was coming home to students I knew and could relate to. I am happy to be at a good college, teaching class I love, in a beautiful area, to students who I can still relate to."
RESEARCH INTERESTS: I have been a journalist and an author of books about journalism's history and its role and place. I am currently editing a book of war correspondence of a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and I am also writing a biography of American's most famous investigative journalist.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
"I worked for nearly as a decade as a reporter, editor, and investigative reporter for the Staten Island Advance, a daily newspaper in New York city. I have written extensively for magazines and wrote for eight years a newspaper column about freedom of speech."
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
"I have been actively involved with the Association for Education in Journalism, the America Journalism Historians Association and the Investigative Reporters and Edtiors."
RECENT BOOKS OR RECENT BOOK CHAPTERS:
"My most recent book came out in 2004 and was named the best biography in journalism and mass communication in the country. I edited an anthology in 2005 that collected the best writing of author and journalist Roger Kahn."
RECENT CREATIVE WORK:
"I am currently completing another anthology, this one of a famous former New York Times war correspondent. I have completed a large portion of a biography of the Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Seymour Hersh."
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Elarick J. Persaud
Assistant Professor
OFFICE LOCATION: CSB 42
OFFICE PHONE: (845) 257-2631
E-MAIL: persaude@newpaltz.edu
COURSES TAUGHT:
Communication and Dissenting Voices
Communication Among Cultures
Interpersonal Communication Seminar
Hip Hop Video Analysis
Diversity in Media
Introduction to Criticism
Media and Society
Public Speaking
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. York University
M.A., Sociology, York University
B.A. (Combined Honors) in Sociology and Political Science
AWARDS
John O'Neill Award for Teaching Excellence, York University
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Popular Culture, Critical Mass Communication, Cultural Studies, Theory, The Body, Criminology/Crime, Race and Ethnicity
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association
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OFFICE LOCATION: CSB 41
OFFICE PHONE: 257-3458
E-MAIL: schackmd@newpaltz.edu
COURSES TAUGHT:
Electronic Media Management and Economics
Broadcast and Cable History
Communication Technology
International Media Systems
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Candidate, Mass Communications
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University
M.S., Film
College of Communication
Boston University
B.A. Cum Laude, Sociology (Departmental Honors)
Clark University
AWARDS:
Top 3 Student Paper: International Communications Association, Communication and Technology Division, 2008. Schackman, D. World 2.0: Public and private spheres in Second Life.
First Place, Media and Social Divides competition: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Mass Communication and Society Division, 2006. Bhagdev, N., & Schackman, D.
Digital Desis: New media and the transnational identity of Asian Indians in the U.S.
WHY SUNY NEW PALTZ?:
This is an exciting time in media as traditional business, distribution, and programming models are converging with new technologies, social networking, and user-generated content. This department is making a strong commitment to preparing our production and management students for these new challenges and opportunities. SUNY New Paltz offers students the experience of a small liberal arts campus, and proximity to opportunities in the global media capital New York City.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Media Convergence; New media, globalization, and society; digital media and cultural identity; online communities and virtual worlds.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
After graduating from film school, I worked in the independent and foreign film distribution business in New York City, and also as a freelance film reviewer and story analyst. I worked for over a decade in television programming at National Geographic in New York and Washington, DC, serving in various capacities including Program Acquisitions Manager and Senior Story Editor at National Geographic Television (NGT), and Supervising Producer for National Geographic Channels International (NGCI). From 1993-1995 I developed and co-managed NGT's Cultural Diversity Project awarding grants to filmmakers from under represented groups to produce programs for the Explorer series, one of which received the 1996 Emmy Award for Best Historical Segment. More recently, I served in the Boston area in an AmeriCorps VISTA program dedicated to bridging the digital divide, as Information Management Associate at the Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet, now in Washington, DC), as a VISTA Leader at the CTC VISTA Project, and as Assistant Editor of the Community Technology Review.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
International Communication Association
Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communications
National Communication Association
Broadcast Education Association
Association of Internet Researchers
Media Ecology Association
RECENT PAPER PRESENTATIONS:
Chock, T.M., Schackman, D., Ostrowski, M.M., & Sethi, R.R. It Don't Matter to Me: The Impact of Self-Relevance and Social Distance on Third Person, First Person, and Second Person Effect Judgments. National Communication Association, Communication and Social Cognition Division, San Diego, November 2008.
Chock, T.M., & Schackman, D. "Meth Madness?" Continuous and Post-exposure Judgments of Effects of Fear Messages on Self and Others. International Communication Association, Information Systems Division, Montreal, May 2008.
Schackman, D. World 2.0: Public and Private Spheres in Second Life. International Communication Association, Communication and Technology Division, Montreal, May 2008. Top 3 Student Paper.
Schackman, D. World fusion? Global Communication About Music Videos on YouTube. International Communication Association, Global Communication and Social Change Division, Montreal, May 2008.
Schackman, D. Commons or Gated Community? A Theoretical Explication of Virtual Community and the Example of Craigslist. International Communication Association, Communication and Technology Division, San Francisco, May 2007.
Bhagdev, N., & Schackman, D. Digital Desis: New media and the Transnational Identity of Asian Indians in the U.S. Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Mass Communication and Society Division, San Francisco, August 2006. First Place, Media and Social Divides competition.
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Lynn Spangler
OFFICE LOCATION: JFT 608OFFICE PHONE: (845) 257-3551
FAX: (845) 257-3693
E-MAIL: spanglel@newpaltz.edu
COURSES TAUGHT:
Aesthetics & Criticism of Television
and other media courses
EDUCATION:
Wayne State University; Ph.D. in Mass Communications
AWARDS:
Telly (3)
WHY SUNY NEW PALTZ?
The students are delightful, as is the location.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Television criticism, media effects, documentary production
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Independent video documentary production
Teaching college since 1976
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
BEA, NCA
RECENT WORK:
John Burroughs: A Naturalist in the Industrial Age (2007 educational video documentary)
Television Women from Lucy to Friends: Fifty Years of Sitcoms and Feminism (2003 book)
The Life and Legend of Sojourner Truth (2001 television documentary)
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Patricia A. Sullivan
Professor and Department Chair
OFFICE LOCATION: CSB 50
OFFICE PHONE: (845) 257-3456
E-MAIL: Sullivap@newpaltz.edu
WEB PAGE: www.newpaltz.edu/~sullivap
COURSES TAUGHT:
Theories of Persuasion
Political Communication
Communication and Gender
Contemporary Communication Seminar
Communication and Dissenting Voices
Argumentation
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Iowa (Rhetorical Studies)
B.A. Marquette University (Communication and English)
AWARDS:
Article Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, & Gender (Fall 2000) The Zoe Baird Spectacle: Silences, Sins, and Status. With Lynn H. Turner. The Western Journal of Communication, 1999, 63(4), 413-432.
Book Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, & Gender (Fall 1997) From the Margins to the Center: Contemporary Women and Political Communication. With Lynn H. Turner, Westport, CT: Praeger, 1996.
Article Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, & Gender (Fall 1996) A Relational Approach to Moral Decision Making: The Majority Opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. With Steven R. Goldzwig. The Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1995, 81 (2), 167 190.
WHY SUNY NEW PALTZ?:
"I love having the opportunity to conduct research and teach Communication in a Liberal Arts context. "
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Gender, race, and class in political rhetoric; political apologies; new social movements; political ethics
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
National Communication Association Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender Eastern Communication Association
RECENT BOOKS OR RECENT BOOK CHAPTERS
Robert Francis Kennedy (pp. 238-247). With Steven R. Goldzwig. In American Voices: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Orators (Eds. Bernard K. Duffy and Richard W. Leeman). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005.
Ralph Nader (pp. 330-338). With Steven R. Goldzwig. In American Voices: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Orators (Eds. Bernard K. Duffy and Richard W. Leeman). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005.
New Approaches to Rhetoric. Collection of essays co-edited with Steven R. Goldzwig. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004.
Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes and ‘Tis: A Memoir: American Autobiographical Traditions and Narrative Constructions Of Whiteness (pp. 267-291). With Steven R. Goldzwig. In New Approaches to Rhetoric (Eds. Patricia A. Sullivan & Steven R. Goldzwig). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004.
Seven Lessons from President Clinton's Race Initiative: A Post-Mortem on the Politics of Desire (pp.143-171). With Steven R. Goldzwig. In The Clinton Presidency: A Communication Perspective.(Ed. Robert E. Denton, Jr.). Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003.
Electronic Democracy, Virtual Politics, and Local Communities (pp. 51-73). With Steven R. Goldzwig. In Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron? (Ed.Robert E. Denton, Jr.). Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000.
RECENT ARTICLES:
Narrative and Counternarrative in Mediated Coverage of Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee. With Steven R. Goldzwig. The Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2000, 86 (2), 215-231.
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Jason Wrench
OFFICE LOCATION: CSB 33
OFFICE PHONE: 845-257-3499
E-MAIL: wrenchj@newpaltz.edu
WEB PAGE: www.JasonSWrench.com
COURSES TAUGHT:
CMM 102 – Introduction to Communication Studies
CMM 354 – Communication Research Methods
CMM 360 – Organizational Communication 1
CMM 393 – Instructional Training & Development
CMM 399 – Leadership and Communication
CMM 454 – Organizational Communication Seminar
EDUCATION:
Doctor of Education, Curriculum and Instruction and Communication Studies, 2002
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Masters of Arts Degree, Communication Studies, 1999
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Bachelors of General Studies, Emphasis in Family Communication, 1997
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
AWARDS:
2007- Eastern Communication Association Director of Marketing
2005-2008 Ohio Communication Journal, Editor
2005 Instructional Communication Interest Group Chair, ECA
2002 Phi Kappa Phi Inductee
2002 Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award – International Communication Association’s Instructional Division Award
WHY SUNY NEW PALTZ?:
I came to SUNY New Paltz because of its amazing location and the diversity of both the student body and the teaching faculty.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr. Wrench specializes in workplace learning and performance, or the intersection of instructional communication and organizational communication. His varied research interests include communibiology, computer-mediated communication, empirical research methods, humor, risk/crisis communication, and supervisor-subordinate interactions.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Society for Training and Development
e-Learning Guild
Eastern Communication
National Communication Association
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)
Union Internationale de la Marionnette
Puppeteers of America
RECENT BOOKS OR RECENT BOOK CHAPTERS
Wrench, J. S., Jowi, D., & Goodboy, A. (in press). The directory of communication related mental measures. Washington, DC: National Communication Association.
Wrench, J. S., McCroskey, J. C., & Richmond, V. P. (2008). Human communication in everyday life: Explanations and applications. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Wrench, J. S., Thomas-Maddox, C., Richmond, V. P., & McCroskey, J. C. (2008). Quantitative methods for communication researchers: A hands on approach. New York: Oxford University Press.
McCroskey, J. C., Wrench, J. S., & Richmond, V. P., (2003). Principles of public speaking. Indianapolis, IN: The College Network.
Wrench, J. S. (2001). Intercultural communication: Power in context. Acton, MA: Tapestry Press.
Richmond, V. P., Wrench, J. S., Gorham, J. (2001). Communication, affect, and learning in the classroom. Acton, MA: Tapestry Press.
RECENT ARTICLES:
Wrench, J. S. (in press). Development and validity testing of the Risk Communicator Style Scale. Human Communication.
Wrench, J. S., Brogan, S. M., McCroskey, J. C., & Jowi, D. (2008). The relationships among social phobia, communication apprehension, and willingness to communicate. Human Communication, 11, 409-430.
Wrench, J. S., McCroskey, J. C., Berletch, N., Powley, C., & Wehr, A. (2008). Organizational coaching as instructional communication. Human Communication, 11, 279-292
Wrench, J. S., & Knapp, J. L. (2008). The effects of body image perceptions and sociocommunicative orientations on self-esteem, depression, and identification and involvement in the gay community. Journal of Homosexuality, 55, 471-503.
Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., &
Wrench, J. S. (2008). Advisor-advisee communication three: Graduate students’ perceptions of verbal aggression, credibility, and conflict styles in the advising relationship. Education, 128, 579-587.
Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., Wrench, J. C., Corrigan, M. W., & McCroskey, J. C. (2008). An examination of reliability and validity of the Religious Communication Apprehension Scale. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 37, 1-15.
Wrench, J. S., & Punyanunt-Carter, N. M. (2008). The influence of graduate advisor use of interpersonal humor on graduate students. The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Journal, 28, 54-72.
Wrench, J. S., & Punyanunt-Carter, N. M. (2007). The relationship between computer-mediated-communication competence, apprehension, self-efficacy, perceived confidence, and social presence. Southern Journal of Communication, 72, 355-378.
Wrench, J. S., Millhouse, B., & Sharp, D. (2007). Laughing before takeoff: Humor, sex, and the preflight safety briefing. Human Communication, 10, 381-399.
Porter, H., Wrench, J. S., & Hoskinson, C. (2007). Superior/subordinate relationships: Understanding the effects of a supervisor’s temperament on employee motivation, job satisfaction, perception’s of a superior’s socio-communicative style, and superior’s level of approachability. Communication Quarterly, 55, 129-153.
Wrench, J. S. (2007). The influence of perceived risk knowledge on risk communication. Communication Research Reports, 24, 63-70.
Wrench, J. S., Fiore, A., & Charbonnette-Jordan, C. (2007). The impact of crisis communication on levels of acute-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. Journal of the Wisconsin Communication Association, 26, 30-45.
