Rank:

• Professor

Education:

• Ph.D., Ohio University, 1972; Majors: Interpersonal communication, cognitive processing, attitude change/Minors: Experimental design, statistical procedures/ Dissertation: An experimental test of the differences in the distractibility of males and females in competing aural message situations
• M.A., Bowling Green State University, 1965; Major: Public address/ Minor: Media production
• B.S., Bowling Green State University, 1964; Major: Speech/ Minor: Math
  

Classes taught at WSU:

• Introduction to communication for majors
• Principles of public speaking
• Communication in human relations
• Listening
• Approaches to meaningful communication
• Communication theory
• Senior seminar
• Group decision-making via computers
• Data-gathering and analysis
• Persuasion
• Research methods
  

Publications:

• How Audiences Listen: Critical Information for the Public Speaker, Columbia, MO, Kaia Publishing, 1999.
  
• Consultant to ABCNews 20-20 on listening -- segment with my interview aired 1/12/98 and 8/17/98.
  
• "Are Home Offices Feasible in a University?: Faculty Perceptions of a Home Office Experiment," with Kathy Edwards, Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, No. 3, Sept. 1997, pp 155-162..
  
• And Then I was Surprised by What You Said: The Impact of Love and Listening on community, Columbia, MO, Kaia Publishing, 1997.
  
• "Experiences with Asynchronous GDSS on Campus," published in the conference proceedings for the Group Systems Fifth Annual User's Conference, Tucson, AZ, June, 94.
  
• Listening Learning to Value, published for use in my classes, original in 1993, most recent update in 1995.
  
• Listening Models and procedures, published for use in my classes, original in 1988, most recent update 1997.
  
• "Something happened on the way to the experiment: Phenomenological methodologies in listening research," in the conference proceedings from the 10-year Conference on the Assessment of Listening Research, 1991
  
• "The use of PSI in large course instruction," published in the report on the Lilly Conference on Large Course Instruction, 1978, with W. Smith.
  
• "An observation of some inconsistencies in the Brown-Carlson listening test," Illinois Speech and Theatre Association Journal 30:1, pp. 19-22, 1976.
  
• "Some thoughts on the teaching of listening and materials to assist in same," Illinois Speech and Theatre Association Journal 30:1, pp. 31-36, 1976.
  
• A review of time-compressed speech: An anthology and bibliography in three volumes, by Sam Duker, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Jan. 1976.
  
• "The University of New Hampshire statistical question retrieval facility," published in the Belmont Conference Proceedings, with Geeslin, Cerny, Cobb, Miaoulis, and Warren, August 1975.
  
• "Some suggestions for the teaching of listening based on recent research in attention," The Speech Teacher 24:4, pp. 386-389, 1975.
  
• "Distractibility of males and females in competing aural message situations," Human Communication Research 2:1, pp. 79-82, 1975.
  

Recent presentations:

• "Listening to Fear," at the International Listening Association Convention, Albuquerque, NM, March 12, 1999.
  
• "Using Coordinated Movement to Facilitate Learning and Creativity," at the Odyssey of the Mind Second International Creativity Conference, San Antonio, TX, Oct, 1998.
  
• "Using Coordinated Movement to Facilitate Listening and Learning," at the International Listening Association Convention, Kansas City, Missouri, March 19, 1998.
  
• "Facilitating Learning and Creativity Through Effective Listening," at the International Listening Association Convention, Kansas City, Missouri, March 21, 1998
  
• "Supporting ILA Research" workshop coordinator for session at the International Listening Association Convention, Kansas City, Missouri, March 20, 1998.
  
• "How Values Support Quality Listening," National Communication Association, Chicago, Nov., 1997.
  
• "Using Educational Kinesiology to Facilitate Listening" at the International Listening Association Convention, Mobile, AL, March, 1997.
  
• "Working with the ILA Homepage and Discussion List" with Michael Purdy, Margaret Fitch-Hauser and Barbara Nixon at the International Listening Association Convention, Mobile, AL, March, 1997.
  
• "Exploring the Impact of Communication Technology on Listening" at the International Listening Association Convention, Mobile, AL, March, 1997.
  
• Designed and Coordinated ILA Research Pre-Conference on what is known and needs to be known about the ILA Definition of Listening, Mobile, AL, March, 1997.
  
• "Using Educational Kinesiology to Facilitate Learning," WSU Teaching Learning Fair, Ogden, UT, Feb, 1997.
  
• "The values that support quality listening," at The International Listening Association Convention; Sacramento, Calif, March 1996.
  
• "Lessons learned about listening from using Email" at The International Listening Association Convention Sacramento, Calif., March 1996.
  
• "Some contributions to our thinking about listening competencies," at the ILA Research Preconference Sacramento, Calif., March 1996.
  
• "The Impact of learning to Listen Effectively on Creative Behavior" at the Odyssey of the Mind First International Creativity Conference, Washington, D.C., Oct. 12, 1996.
  
• "Position on the definition of listening," at the International Listening Association Research preconference, Little Rock, Ark., March 1995.
  
• "Experiences with asynchronous GDSS on campus," at the Group Systems Fifth Annual User's Conference, Tucson, Ariz, March 1994.
  
• "When the university literally runs out of space: Designing home and campus offices into a network" at the Western Speech Communication Association Convention, February 1994.
  
• "The faculty perspective on the home office experiment," at the Western Speech Communication Association Convention, February 1994.
  
• "Variables affecting E-mail style," at the Rocky Mountain Language Association Convention, September 1992.
  

Memberships:

• International Listening Association
• ILA Research Chair 1995-98
• ILA Chair of nominating committee - 1996-97
• ILA 2nd VP 1998-99
• ILA 1st VP Elect 1999-2000
• ILA 1st VP 2000-2001
• ILA President 2001-2002
• ILA Immediate Past President 2002-2003
• National Communication Association
• Western Speech Communication Association
• Rocky Mountain Language Association
• RMLA chair of research committee 1994-96
• Group Decisions Systems Software Association
  

Other places of employment:

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, associate professor of interpersonal communication, 1977-1981
  
• University of New Hampshire, assistant professor of interpersonal communication, 1972-1977

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