Stephen F. Austin State University - Communication
Teaching Assistant
Taught courses in the Department of Communication, including:
Communication Theory (Teaching Assistant, with recitations)
Fundamentals of Speech Communication (stand alone course)
Persuasion (Teaching Assistant)
Introduction to Organizational Communication (Teaching Assistant, with recitations)
Interviewing: Principles and Practices (stand alone course)
Assistant Professor
Taught courses in the Communication Studies program, including:
Public Speaking
Small Group Communication
Professional Communication
Advanced Topics in Organizational Communication
Also team-taught (with Dr. Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey)
Research Methods in Communication
The Dark Side of Communication
Assistant Professor
Teaching courses in the Communication Studies Program, including:
Public Speaking
Organizational Communication
Communication Theory
Interviewing
Leadership
Small Group Communication
Event Planning
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Organizational Communication
Research Assistant, Show Us Your Heart: Point of Decision Grassroots and Media Campaign to Increase Organ Donor Registrations. $825,000 award (grant # D71HS08577-01-00) by Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Division of Transplantation. Tyler R. Harrison (Purdue University) PI.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Organizational Communication
Teaching Assistant
Taught courses in the Department of Communication, including:
Communication Theory (Teaching Assistant, with recitations)
Fundamentals of Speech Communication (stand alone course)
Persuasion (Teaching Assistant)
Introduction to Organizational Communication (Teaching Assistant, with recitations)
Interviewing: Principles and Practices (stand alone course)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Communication Studies, History (Dual Major)
Health Communication
Many problems can occur between family members at the end of a patient’s life, resulting in conflict that others—the nurses, patient advocates, clergy, and social workers involved in the case—must resolve. This article explores the strategies used by those individuals to resolve conflict. Using grounded practical theory as a theoretical and methodological framework, qualitative interviews (n = 71) revealed how they manage family conflict at the end of life. The management styles include reframing, refocusing, referring, reconciling, and reflecting (the “5 Rs”). These strategies provide a conflict management typology for those who work with families during end-of-life situations.
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