Dr. Colleen Garside

Rank:

• Instructor

Education:

• M.Ed., University of Central Oklahoma, 1983
• Ph.D., University of Utah (ABD), 2005

Classes taught at WSU:

• Introduction to public speaking (Comm. 1020)
• Introduction to interpersonal and small group communication (Comm. 1050)
• Intercultural communication (Comm. 3080)
• Methods of teaching speech in the secondary school (Comm. 4850)
• Theory and literature of interpersonal communication (Comm. 3050) 

Other campus involvement:

• Ski Club adviser
• Golden Key National Honor Society adviser
• Faculty Senate parliamentarian

Areas of academic interest:

• Communication across the curriculum, specifically teaching and learning issues
• Feminism and gender studies
• Communication education
• Instructional communication
• Intercultural communication education

Publications:

• 2002: Seeing the forest through the trees: A challenge facing Communication Across the Curriculum Programs, Communication Education. 
• 1998: Can we talk: The role of oral communication in the learning process. In P. Gruba (Ed.), Australian Communication Skills Conference Proceedings: Melbourne, Australia.
• 1996: Look who’s talking: A comparison of lecture and group discussion teaching strategies in developing critical thinking skills. Communication Education, 45, 212-227.

Presentations:

• Assessing oral performance across the curriculum: Ideas and practices from the social sciences. Presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, New York, November 1998.
• Values in alternative argument spheres: Communication across the curriculum programs. Presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, New York, November 1998.
• The critical role of using discussion to promote student learning and critical thinking. Presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, New York, November 1998.
• An examination of effective and ineffective practices in the educational experience of physically challenged students. Presented at the annual convention of the NCA, Seattle, Wash., November 2000.

Memberships:

• National Communication Association
• Western States Communication Association
• Central States Communication Association
• Professional Ski Instructors of America
• Community Common Ground

Other places of employment:

• Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
• University of Central Oklahoma

Philosophy of life:

• Live, learn, laugh and love!

Personal information

• I love to ski, play tennis, and go dancing. I also learned to snowboard. It’s much easier on my knees than skiing, but I need to get beyond the body-bashing phase! So, at the next convention, bring your “boards” or your racket for some daytime activities, and then we’ll tear up the dance floor at night! I also love lobster, watermelon and cotton candy.

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