EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Communication, University of Illinois, 1974

 

 

• M.A. in Broadcast Communication Arts, San Francisco State College, 1966-1968

 

 

• Junior College Standard Teaching Credential

 

 

• B.A. in Speech and Theatre, Brooklyn College, 1961-1965

 

 

EXPERIENCE

• Professor, Department of Communication, University of Southern Maine, September, 1991 - present

 

 

• Acting chairperson, Department of Communication, University of Southern Maine, Spring, 1995

 

 

• Chairperson, Department of Communication, University of Southern Maine, September, 1987 - 1991

 

 

• Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Southern Maine, 1984 - 1991

 

 

• Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Southern Maine, 1979-1984

 

 

• Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, University of Connecticut, 1974-1979

Courses Taught

Numerous Independent Studies:

Co-coordinator.

Northern New England Undergraduate

Communication Colloquium, 1989

Research Assistant.

University of Illinois, Department of

Psychology, with W. Brewer

Teaching Assistant.

University of Illinois, Department of

Speech-Communication

Student Evaluations.

Consistently Above Average to Excellent

Honors

• The Russell Chair, 2009 - 2011
  
• Awarded recognition for STELLAR scholarship and teaching, USM  quadrennial review, 2007
• Awarded a Center for Technology-Enhanced Learning (CTEL) Development  Grant, 2007,  to develop the course, Research Methods, for online delivery
  
• Semi-Finalist for the Provost Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (2006-2007)
  
• Awarded recognition for STELLAR scholarship and teaching, USM  quadrennial review, 2003
• Nominated for the Ehrlich Award for connecting scholarship and community outreach
• Aitken, J. E. & Shedletsky, L. J. Teaching online courses with electronic discussion. Received a "Top Competitive Paper" award at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Portland, Maine, April, 2001
• Faculty Associate of the Center for Teaching, University of Southern Maine, 1997 - 1999
• University Program Investment Fund--"Developing a Computer Mediated Communication Course for Distance Learning," 1994-1995
• Visiting Research Professor of Communication and Journalism, The University of New Mexico, 1994
• WSCA Scholars' Views, 1991
• Achievement Award, 1988, University of Southern Maine
• Achievement Award, 1987, University of Southern Maine
• Visiting Research Fellow, The University of Sussex, England, Spring, 1984
• Visiting Research Fellow, University College London, England, Spring, 1984
• Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1983
• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow
• Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1980
• Top Three Paper at the Western Speech Communication Association
• Fellow of the Visiting Faculty Program, Yale University
• Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, Department of Psychology, research with T. Bever
• University Fellow, University of Illinois
• Tuition Scholarship, San Francisco State College
• Kappa Tau Alpha
• Grant: University of Maine, Orono, Leadership in Educational Equity Project
• Top Three Paper: "Mutual Understanding as a Basis for Fighting" was selected for the Distinguished Papers panel of the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western Speech Communication Association

Grants/Contracts

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant, $24,600, to develop a hybrid-online major in communication, 2009 - 2010
  
• Center for Technology-Enhanced Learning Grant, 2007
• Maine Science and Technology Foundation: CONTRACT NUMBER 6646202

The Maine School and Library Network Training Project

I took part in conceiving of the proposal and curriculum, and did some of the training. I constructed and maintained the home page. Contract for $122,400 for the period July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997.

We were responsible for training over 700 K-12 teachers, librarians and administrators in use of the Internet.

DISSERTATION

Shedletsky, L. J. Effects of some clause variables on memory-scanning (Doctoral

dissertation, University of Illinois, 1974). Dissertation Abstracts International, 1975, 35 No. 11 (University Microfilm No. 75-11, 626)

Shedletsky, L. J. A content analysis to determine the structure of radio commercials in the light of the

motivated sequence (Masters thesis, San Franciso State College, 1968). (Worldcat, Accession No: OCLC: 6703919)

The National Communication Association's Communication Teacher Resources Online, November, 1999 -

Co-Editor

The National Communication Association's  Communication Teacher Resources Online , November, 1998 - November, 1999

Associate Editor

The National Communication Association's The Speech Communication Teacher On-Line, May 1998 - November, 1998

WWW Citations of my Work

Journal Articles

Aitken, J. E., & Shedletsky, L. J. (2002, July). Using electronic discussion to teach communication courses. Communication

Education, Vol. 51 (3), 325-331.

Aitken, J. E., & Shedletsky, L. J. (2001, May). Administrative strategies for successful

adoption of computer technology. Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, Vol. 30 (2), pp. 39-49.

Shedletsky. L., & Aitken, J. E. (2001, July). The Paradoxes of Online Academic Work, Communication Education,

Special Issue on "Technological Advances in Communication Education: Problems and Opportunities," Vol. 50 (3), pp. 206-217.

Shedletsky, L. (2000). The Online Double Bind: Mixed Messages About Online Teaching & Scholarship.

The Maine Scholar. Vol. 13, pp. 163 - 173.

Shedletsky, L. J., & Aitken, J. E. (1998). Teaching intrapersonal communication with the World-Wide Web.

(ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 426 426)

Aitken, J. E., & Shedletsky, L. (1998). On-line strategy to teach intimate and safer sex communication skills.

(ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 426 425)

Shedletsky, L. (1997). A lot of teachers who can, don't. The Speech Communication Teacher.

Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 14-15.

Shedletsky, L. (1997). Communication technology: Using e-mail and the World Wide Web

 in the communication course. The Speech Communication Teacher. Vol. 11.

Shedletsky, L. (1996, Spring). Teaching as experiential learning. Thought & Action.

Vol XII, No 1, pp. 131-140. Available by CLICKING HERE

http://www.usm.maine.edu/~com/neapaper.htm

Shedletsky, L. (1995-1996). Teaching with computer-mediated communication. The Speech

Communication Teacher, Vol. 10. Available by CLICKING HERE

Shedletsky, L. (1993). Minding computer-mediated communication: CMC as experiential

learning.

Educational Technology, Vol. 33, No. 12, 5-10.

Shedletsky, L. (1993, April). Computer-mediated communication to facilitate seminar participation

and active thinking. Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de

Communication.[Special Issue], Vol. 3, No.2.(CIOS members can find the paper at: EJC/REChttp://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v3n293.htm)

Shedletsky, L. J. (1990). Cognitive style, family handedness, and degree of laterality account for

inconsistent sex differences in direction of gaze. In J. Neuliep (Ed.), Handbook of replication research in the behavioral and social sciences. [Special Issue.] Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, Vol. 5, No. 4, 403-430.

Shedletsky, L. J. (1990). The language journal: Reflections. In W. Callender, M. Vishneau, &

            K. Nelson.  (Eds.).  The joy of learning (pp. 123-133).  (Russell Chair Monograph).

  Portland, ME:  University of Southern Maine.

Shedletsky, L. J. When does fighting communicate mutual understanding? The Maine Scholar, Vol. 1, No.

1, 207-218, 1988.

Review of Blaine Goss, Processing communication: Information processing in intrapersonal

Communication . Communication Research and Theory Network, October, 1987.

Review of Michael Stubbs, Discourse analysis: The sociolinguistic analysis of natural language.

Communication Education, May,1986.

Shedletsky, L. J. Cerebral asymmetry for aspects of sentence processing: A replication and extension.

Communication Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 1, 1983.

Shedletsky, L. J. The relationship between sex differences in cerebral organization and nonverbal behavior,

Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring, 1982.

Shedletsky, L. J. Cerebral asymmetry for aspects of sentence processing, Communication Quarterly, Vol.

29, No. 1, Winter, 1981.

Review of P. Watzlawick, The language of change: Elements of therapeutic communication. The

Quarterly Journal of Speech, 67 (No. 5), 1981.

Shedletsky, L. J. Can we use our brains to define communication? The Encoder, Vol. 8, No. 1, Fall,

1980.

Review of Bandler and Grinder, The structure of magic, I. Grinder and Bandler, The structure of

magic, II. The Quarterly Journal of Speech, 65 (No. 4), 1979.

Shedletsky, L. J. Reconstruction from memory: A psycholinguistic exercise in speech-communication,

Michigan Speech Association Journal, Vol. 14, 1979.

Books, Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries

Shedletsky, L. and Aitken, J. (2002). Intrapersonal Communication, Interpersonal Communication,

 and Computer-Mediated Communication: A Synergetic Collaboration. In: P. Comeaux

 (Ed.). Communication and Collaboration in the Online Classroom: Examples and Applications,

 Anker Publishing.

Shedletsky. L. (2001) "A Lot of Teachers Who Can, Don't," Reprinted in Lucas, S., Selections from

the Speech Communication Teacher, 1996-1999, McGraw-Hill.

Aitken, J., and Shedletsky, L. (Eds.). (1995). Intrapersonal Communication Processes. Speech

Communication Association and Hayden-McNeil.

Shedletsky, L. (1995). Where do we locate 'intrapersonal communication' within the cognitive

domain? In J. Aitken and L. Shedletsky (Eds.), Intrapersonal Communication Processes.

Speech Communication Association and Hayden-McNeil.

Shedletsky, L. J. (1993). Accused of Sexual Harassment. In G. Kreps (Ed.), Sexual Harassment:

Communication Implications. (pp. 81-89). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Shedletsky, L. J. (1991). Cognitive style, family handedness, and degree of laterality account for

inconsistent sex differences in direction of gaze. In J. Neuliep (Ed.), Replication research in the

social sciences. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

Shedletsky, L. J. (1989). What evidence do we have for the psychological reality of nonconscious

processing? In C. Roberts and K. Watson (Eds.), Intrapersonal Communication Processes: Original essays. Spectra, Inc.

Shedletsky, L. J. (1989). Meaning and mind: An Intrapersonal Approach to Human Communication.

Published by the Speech Communication Association and ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills.

Conference Papers

Shedletsky, L., Ouillette, T., & Monfort, T. Introducing Senior Citizens to the Internet and Successful Mentoring.

 Paper presented at the Eastern Communication Association, panel on Instructional Practices, Portland, Maine, April, 2001.

Aitken, J. E., & Shedletsky. L., Teaching Online Courses with Electronic Discussion. Paper presented at

 the Eastern Communication Association, panel on Instructional Practices, Portland, Maine, April, 2001.

Shedletsky, L. Co-editing a New On-Line Publication: Communication Teacher Resources On-Line.

Paper presented at the National Communication Association, panel on Publishing On-Line, Chicago, 1999.

Shedletsky, L. and Aitken, J. Teaching an Intrapersonal Communication Course Collaboratively, Paper

presented at the National Communication Association, panel on The Internet and Pedagogy, Chicago, November, 1999.

Shedletsky, L. Computer-Mediated Communication Research, Paper presented at the National

Communication Association, panel on Computer-Mediated Pedagogy, New York, November, 1998.

Shedletsky. L., Amoroso, H. C, Jr., Cahn, L., MacDonald, T., and Pattenaude, R. The Promises and the

Challenges Behind Educational Telecomputing in Higher Education, Round Table Discussion, National Communication Association, New York, November, 1998.

Shedletsky, L. and Aitken, J., Teaching Intrapersonal Communication with the World Wide Web: Cognitive

Technology, Paper for Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, World Conference of the World Wide Web, Internet and Intranet, November 7-12, 1998, Orlando, Florida. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 426 426).

Aitken, J., and Shedletsky, L. On-Line Strategy to Teach Intimate and Safer Sex Communication Skills,

(Round Table Discussion -- The Internet: Issues and Insights about Sexuality), Organization for the Study of Communication, Language & Gender, Portland, Maine, October, 1998.

Shedletsky, L. Learning to Use CMC to Research Gender, Feminism, and Computer Anxiety: Students

Present their Work, Panel organized and chaired at the Organization for the Study of Communication,

Language & Gender, Portland, Maine, October, 1998.

STUDENTS PRESENT THEIR WORK

Shedletsky, L., & Amoroso, H. C., Jr., Global Computing and its Implications, Paper presented at the

National Communication Association, Chicago, Illiniois, November, 1997.

Shedletsky, L. Communication Technology: Using E-Mail and the World Wide Web in the Communication

Course. Paper presented at the Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore, Maryland, April, 1997.

MacDonald, T., Shedletsky, L., & Amoroso, H. C., Jr.Computer Networking: A Second Try at Training K-12

Educators for a New Technology. Paper presented at the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY, October, 1993.

Amoroso, H., MacDonald, T., & Shedletsky, L. (in alphabetical order) Computer Networking: Training K-

12 Educators for a New Technology. Paper presented at the New England Educational Research

Organization, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April, 1993.

Shedletsky, L. Teaching K-12 Educators Computer Networking. The Eastern Communication Association,

New Haven, CT, April, 1993.

Shedletsky, L. J. Computer-mediated communication to facilitate seminar participation and active

thinking. Paper presented at the Western States Communication Association, Boise, Idaho, 1992.

Shedletsky, L. J. The nature of experience in experience-based learning: Some implications. Paper

presented at the Eastern Communication Association, Portland, Maine, 1992.

Shedletsky, L. J. Accounting for inconsistent sex differences in cognition: The case of reflective

thought. Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Dublin, Ireland, June, 1990.

Shedletsky, L. J. Listening as a sex-related cognitive behavior. Paper presented at the International

Listening Association, Atlanta, Georgia, March, 1989.

Shedletsky, L. J. Cognitive style, sex, and direction of gaze: In search of extraneous variables.

Paper presented at the Western Speech Communication Association, San Diego, California, 1988.

Shedletsky, L. J. Mutual understanding as a basis for fighting. Paper presented at the World

Communication Association, Norwich, England, 1987.

Shedletsky, L. J. When does fighting communicate mutual understanding? Paper presented at Social

Psychology and Language, Bristol, England, 1987.

Shedletsky, L. J. Cognitive style, sex and direction of gaze. Paper presented at the Third International

Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Dublin, Ireland, 1987.

Shedletsky, L. J. Mutual understanding as a basis for fighting. Paper selected for the Distinguished Papers

panel at the Western Speech Communication Association, Language Behavior Interest Group, Tucson,

Arizona, 1986.

Shedletsky, L. J. Sex differences in lateral eye movement and scanning during verbal and visual processing.

Paper presented at the Western Speech Communication Association, Language Behavior Interest Group, Tucson, Arizona, 1986.

Shedletsky, L. J. Sex differences in eye movement and scanning. Paper presented at the International

Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Groningen, The Netherlands, 1984.

Shedletsky, L. J. Sex differences in tactile spatial sensitivity. Paper presented at the International

Communication Association, Boston, May, 1982.

Shedletsky, L. J. Sex differences in cerebral organization and nonverbal behavior: Some controversial

issues. Paper presented at the Eastern Communication Association, Hartford, Connecticut, May, 1982.

Shedletsky, L. J. Sentence structure and accessing information. Paper presented at the Summer

Conference on Language and Discourse Processes, Michigan State University, 1982.

Shedletsky, L. J., and Brokenshire, M. Sex differences in brain organization for tactile size judgment. Paper

presented at the Western Speech Communication Association, San Jose, California, February, 1981.

Shedletsky, L. J. Brain research and the verbal communication/ nonverbal communication

dichotomy. Paper presented at the Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April, 1981.

Shedletsky, L. J. Sex and the functional organization of the brain. Paper accepted for presentation at the

International Communication Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May, 1981.

Shedletsky, L. J. Sentence structure and accessing information. In Using Information. Papers contributed

to the tenth mid-year meeting of the American Society for Information Science, 1981.

Shedletsky, L. J. Cerebral asymmetry for aspects of language processing. Paper presented at the Top

Three session of the Western Speech Communication Association, Portland, Oregon, February, 1980.

Shedletsky, L. J., Degree of encoding elaboration and the functional organization of the brain. Paper

presented at the International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico, May, 1980.

Shedletsky, L. J. Cerebral asymmetry, sentence structure, mode of response, and recognition latency.

Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May, 1979.

Shedletsky, L. J. Memory-scanning of a complex sentence just heard. Paper presented at the

International Communication Association, Berlin, Germany, June, 1977.

Shedletsky, L. J. How is the memory search of a two-clause complex sentence in immediate memory carried

out? Paper presented at the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, November, 1976.

Invited Papers, Conference & Professional Organization Work

Faculty Advisor, Chris Curtis, “The Relevance of Shared Knowledge in Conversation: Thirty-two years of Marital Discourse,” presented at

     Thinking Matters, University of Southern Maine, April 23rd, 2004.

Invited to chair “Voices from the Periphery: Communication and the Nontraditional Student,” Thinking Matters, University of Southern Maine, April 23rd, 2004.

Invited to present at the Roundtable, “The Character of Our Conversation,” University of Southern Maine,  Thinking Matters, April 22nd, 2004.

Invited to present at Profs in Print, Phi Kappa Phi, on my book, Human Communication on the Internet, April 1, 2004.

Seminar Series: Intrapersonal Communication, National Communication Association, Chicago, 1999.

Short Course: Teaching Communication Courses with the World Wide Web: Cognitive Technology,

National Communication Association, Chicago, 1999.

Invited to speak at the session, Outstanding Teaching Ideas from the National Communication

Association's The Speech Communication Teacher, to introduce Communication Teacher Resources

Online, New York, November, 1998.

Editorial Board, The  Speech  Communication  Teacher , 1996 - 1998, Editor, Joan Aitken, University of

Missouri.

Reviewer for Western Journal of Communication, 1998, Editor, Leah R. Vande Berg, California State

University, Sacramento.

Editorial Board,  Research and Reflection: A Journal of Educational Praxis

Reviewer for Communication Yearbook, Volume 19, 1994-95.

With Amoroso, H., & MacDonald, T., proposed and chaired a panel for the Eastern Communication

Association convention, Instructing K-12 Teachers in Computer Networking & K-12 Instructional

Practices in Computer Networking: Linking Teachers and Students to the Global Village,New Haven, CT, April, 1993.

Shedletsky, L., and Lederman, L. Co-proposed and ran a round table discussion on, Learning How to Learn:

The Debriefing Process as Intrapersonal Communication. Sponsored by the Commission on

Experiential Learning, Speech Communication Association, Chicago, November, 1992.

Reviewer for Journal of Business Communication, 1991-1992; 1992-1993.

Invited to referee manuscripts submitted to the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western States

Communication Association for the 1992 conference.

Proposed, Organized, and chaired the panel, "Issues in Teaching Theories of Communication," for the

Western States Communication Association, Boise, Idaho, 1992.

Shedletsky, L. J. What is the relationship between communication practice and theory? A position

paper presented at the 1991 Speech Communication Association seminar, "Research Directions in Experiential Learning: Integrating Practice & Theory," Atlanta, Georgia.

Reviewer for Communication Research, 1991.

Shedletsky, L. J. Where do we locate 'communication' within the cognitive domain?. Paper presented at

the Scholars' Views panel, Western States Communication Association, Phoenix, 1991.

Reviewer for Allyn & Bacon (Mark Knapp and Anita Vangelisti's Interpersonal communication and

human relationships), 1990.

Shedletsky, L. J. Individual differences in cognition: Cognitive style, family handedness, and degree

of laterality account for inconsistent sex differences in direction of gaze. A position paper presented at the 1989 Speech Communication Association seminar:"Current Theoretical Perspectives and Methodologies in Intrapersonal Communication", San Francisco, California.

Shedletsky, L. J. A critique of three papers on language and social interaction. Paper presented at the

Speech Communication Association, San Francisco, 1989.

Committee on Goals and Questions for the Commission on Intrapersonal Communication Processes in

response to the SCA Task Force on Goals and Questions, 1989.

Selected to present The language journal: Reflections, Great Ideas for Teaching Speech: A

Resource Exchange, Speech Communication Association, San Francisco, November, 1989.

Selected to present Intrapersonal communication activities: Representing experience, Great Ideas

for Teaching Speech: A Resource Exchange, Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, 1988.

Selected to present Reconstruction from memory: A psycholinguistic exercise in speech-

communication, Great Ideas for Teaching Speech: A Resource Exchange, Speech Communication

Association, Boston, 1987.

Chair of the panel, Top Ranked Papers, Language Behavior Interest Group, Western Speech

Communication Association, Salt Lake City Utah, 1987.

Chair of the panel, Top Papers in Intrapersonal Communication Processes, Speech Communication

Association, Boston, 1987.

Named chair of the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western Speech Communication Association,

1987-1988, to organize the meeting for San Diego, California.

Invited to referee manuscripts submitted to the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western Speech

Communication Association for the 1987 conference.

Shedletsky, L. J. Critique of five papers on teaching intrapersonal communication. Paper presented at

the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois, November, 1986.

Elected Vice-Chair of the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western Speech Communication

 Association, 1986.

Invited to referee manuscripts submitted to the Language Behavior Interest Group for the 1986 meeting

of the Western Speech Communication Association in Tucson, Arizona.

Renamed Representative to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1985 - 1988.

Shedletsky, L. J. Defining intrapersonal communication. A position paper presented at the 1985

Speech Communication Association's seminar: "Intrapersonal Communication, Theory, Research, and Practice," Denver, Colorado.

Invited to select papers for the 1983 meeting of the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western

Speech Communication Association and to chair one of its panel sessions, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Named by the Speech Communication Association as Representative to the American Association for the

Advancement of Science, Section T, "Information, Communication, and Computing," 1982 - 1985.

Invited to select papers for the 1985 meeting of the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western

Speech Communication Association and to act as Respondent on a panel session.

Consultant to the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Consulting Editor to Communication Quarterly

Invited lecture: Some problems with left-right thinking about male and female brains. University of Maine,

Orono, 1984.

Invited lecture: Sex and brain organization. Graduate/Faculty Research Seminar in Cognitive Studies.

University of Sussex, Brighton, England, 1984.

Invited lecture: Sex differences and brain organization for verbal and spatial tasks: Research

problems. Graduate/Faculty Research Seminar in Linguistics, University of London, 1984.

Shedletsky, L. J. Sex differences in cerebral organization and nonverbal behavior: Some controversial

issues. Invited for presentation at the 1982 meeting of the Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico.

Shedletsky, L. J. Critique of the Top Three papers on language behavior. Paper presented at

the Top Three session of the Western Speech Communication Association, Denver, Colorado,

February, 1982.

 Workshops Conducted

Shedletsky, L. J.  (accepted).  How am I doing: Anonymity, Contingent Teaching, and Discussion.  Inaugural Conference on

           Classroom Response Systems: Innovations and Best Practices,  Louisville, Kentucky, November, 2008.

Using Technology in Teaching and Learning:
 Third Annual USM CTEL Showcase,  "Comparing Online and Face-to-Face Discussion,"
          April 10, 2008,  with Wayne Griffin & Alice Goodwin (students).

Using CLICKER technology in the classroom, Fall, 2006

Faculty Associate of the Center for Teaching, University of Southern Maine, 1997 - 1999

 Workshops for faculty and staff on:

• POWEPOINT
• COMPOSER
• WS-FTP
• NETSCAPE
• and others

With Whittenburg and Amoroso, Gender Issues and Other Things on the Internet, Women in Management,

Portland, ME, April, 1995.

Teaching the College Course in Intrapersonal Communication, Speech Communication Association Short

Courses, New Orleans, November, 1994.

Communication Resource Consultant to Professor Henry Amoroso, Associate Professor of Education, in

two workshops:

(1) "Enhancing communication with young disabled readers," International Reading Association, 1988;

(2) "Toward a theory of listening transactions in adult literacy education," International Listening Association, 1989.

Language and cognition in the communication classroom: A psycholinguistic approach, Western

Speech Communication Association, Denver, February, 1982.

Group discussion: The nominal group technique, Maine Audubon Society and Freeport Historical Society,

January, 1982.

University & Community Service

1. Presentation: Assessment/Feedback: Reveries, Puzzlements and Dumb Ideas from the Abyss. At the General Education Council, April 10, 2009.
   
2. Interview on Home Dad,  WMPG radio, Portland, Me., May 20th, 2008.
3. Interview on Home Dad,  WMPG community television, Portland, Me., May 20th, 2008.
   
4. Faculty/Student Panel Discussion: Teaching & Learning Online (audio),  Second Annual USM Showcase: Using Technology in Teaching and Learning, April, 2007
   
5. Clicking In: A Way to Improve Class Interaction, CTEL Workshop for Faculty, March 15 and 22, 2007
6. Faculty advisor, Thinking Matters, "The Undergraduate Attention Span," presented by Charlotte Dench, April, 2007
   
7. Clicking In: A Way to Improve Class Interaction, CTEL Workshop for Faculty, October 26 & 30, 2006
   
8. Internet for Seniors (Osher LifeLong Learning Institute) taught every fall
   
9. IT User Services Committee, to hire an Assistant Director for University Computing Support to help users with their  technology needs, Keith Witherell, chair, Summer, 2006
   
10. Lifeline Advisory Board, 2006
    
11. Represented the Department of Communication and Media Studies to request a hire, 2005 and 2006
    
12. Faculty advisor, Thinking Matters, "Discourse Analysis: Locating Social Movement Frames at the G8 Summit Protests," presented by Sara Trafton, April, 2006
13. Convocation, "Dialogues in the Disciplines," series of panel presentations,  2005-2006
    
14. Strategic Planning Committee, Lifeline, 2005-2006
    
15. Faculty advisor, Thinking Matters, "Gender Communication: Default Assumptions," presented by Benjamin Nutter, April, 2005
16. Faculty advisor, Thinking Matters, "Meaning and Communication," presented by Heather Elliott, April, 2005
17. Chair of Panel, Thinking Matters," Understanding Barriers in Communication," Thinking Matters, April, 2005
18. Sun Journal Interview, "Sold on Cells," April 4, 2004
    
19. Profs in Print, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Human Communication on the Internet, April 1, 2004
    
20. Faculty advisor,  Thinking Matters, "The relevance of shared knowledge in conversation: Thirty-two years of marital discourse," presented by Christine Curtis, April, 2004
    
21. Chair of Panel, "Voices from the Periphery: Communication and the Nontraditional Student," Thinking Matters, April, 2004
    
22. Roundtable: The Character of Our Conversation, Thinking Matters, April, 2004
    
23. Presentation: "The Influence of the Internet on the Presidential Campaign," Office of the President and USM Libraries, November, 2005
    
24. Maine Scholar Advisory Board, 2003 - 2005
    
25. Participated in the IT/IS Organization and Process Review, 9-23-2003
    
26. Presentation--USM Showcase: Using Technology in Teaching and Learning, "Teaching via ITV and Videoconferencing," 4-13-06
27. Chaired Dave Pierson's Peer Review, Spring, 2006
    
28. District Technology Advisory Committee (Portland Public Schools)
29. Created and Maintained (until 2004) the Home Page for the Department of Communication       
    
30. Created and Maintained the Home Page for USM's Lifeline
31. Libra Committee, School of Business, Joel Gold, Chair, Fall, 1998
32. Center for Teaching, Computer Workshops, with Ron Levere and Barbara Stebbins, 1997-1999:
• Create a Home Page for Your Course-Level I
• Create a Home Page for Your Course-Level II
• Using Presentation Software to Enhance Instruction: PowerPoint, Demonstration and Training (Level I)
• Using Presentation Software to Enhance Instruction (PowerPoint Level II)
33. Consultant to the MAINE COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM, Fall, 1998,
Naira (Nonny) B. Soifer, Esq., Director
34. The Technology Committee, College of Education, 1994-1996, Libby Cohen, Chair
35. Acting Chairperson, Department of Communication, Spring, 1995
36. Center for Teaching Workshop: Teaching Strategies for Effective Group Work
37. Chairperson, Department of Communication, 1987 - 1991
38. Core Council
39. Chair of the Task Force on Humanities (Core Curriculum)
40. Task Force on Critical Thinking (subcommittee of the Core Council)
41. Honors Program Committee
42. Women's Studies Committee (Curriculum Subcommittee)
43. Dean Evaluation Committee
44. Women's Studies Council
45. Ad Hoc Committee to Design a New Structure for Women's Studies
46. Clinical Research Review Committee
47. Faculty Senate
48. Acting Chair, Department of Communication
49. Convocation Committee
50. Curriculum Review Committee

Professional Membership

1. National Communication Association
2. Associate of Comserve and the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship

References

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