Education
Ph.D.
  Speech Communication (1994) Pennsylvania State University
M.A.   Speech Communication (1992 Pennsylvania State University
B.A.
    Oral Communication (1988) University of Central Oklahoma

Professional Experienc
e
West Texas A&M University
Associate Professor of Communication  (2002 – present) Organizational Communication, Organizational Communication Consulting, Focus Group Research, Research Methods, Quantitative Research Methods, Presidential Rhetoric, Argumentation and Debate, Small Group Communication, Honors I, and Legal Communication.

Missouri Western State College
Associate Professor of Communication Studies, (2000 – 2002, Assistant Professor 1994 – 2000).  Oral Communication, Honors Oral Communication, Forensics, Mass Media, Argumentation and Debate, Persuasion, Small Group Communication, Honors Colloquium, Road to the White House, and  Presentational Communication.

Director of Forensics, Fall, 1994 – Spring,  2001. 

Reported Research
Masters Thesis
"Narratives and Power: Women Speak Out Against Pornography." Unpublished Master’s Thesis, Pennsylvania State University,Professor Stephen Browne, Advisor

Doctoral Dissertation
"Women Speak: Personal Testimony as Public Argument."  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Pennsylvania StateUniversity, Professor Stephen Browne, Advisor


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