A notable gender scholar and co-author of textbooks used in Missouri State communication classes will be on campus next week to discuss campus sexual assaults and the communication of consent — an issue facing college students across the world. Communication of consent on college campuses Dr. Diana K. Ivy will be featured in an Oct. 5 colloquium. She is a communication … [Read more...] about Meet the author: Scholar who penned MSU textbooks to speak about consent, gender issues
Communication department instructor Heather Walters was presented two awards at the 2015 National Speech and Debate Association Leadership Awards Banquet in Dallas, Texas, last June, for her coaching efforts with the Greenwood Laboratory School debate team. Awards earned for successful leadership, recruitment efforts Walters, also assistant director of MSU’s debate team, … [Read more...] about Communication instructor awarded for debate team leadership
Drs Eric Morris and Elizabeth Dudash-Buskirk will revive Missouri State's public discourse forum MSUTalks! during this year's Public Affairs Week in September. The communication professors will lead the Sept. 16 discussion on the question, "What defines a healthy community?" It is the first in a series of audience-participation debates slated for campus this year. Debates … [Read more...] about MSUTalks! forum encourages audience to participate in debate
Congratulations to Dr. Char Berquist for being featured in the September 2015 issue of Mind's Eye. Her work is also being highlighted on the Research web page and on the Missouri State homepage. What are the results of juvenile mediation services? Berquist, the director of MSU's Center for Dispute Resolution, studies the long-term effects of the mediation services offered … [Read more...] about Berquist research shows CDR programs working
The National Communication Association has selected a paper co-authored by College of Arts and Letters Dean Dr. Gloria Galanes for the 2015 Article of the Year award in the Communication as Social Construction Division. How are student identities constructed? Written by Drs. Heather Carmack, of James Madison University, and Galanes, the article, "More than Just Good Grades: … [Read more...] about COAL dean’s journal article wins NCA award