Unpublished papers

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Paper presented at National Communication Association, Seattle, WA.

Paper, "Utilizing Current Newspaper Articles as a Textbook Supplement in Upper Division Communication Courses," Annual Central States Communication Association meeting.

Paper, "Working to and from Personal Experience in a Business Communication Course," Speech Communication Association Convention, Miami FL.

Ph.D. thesis: "Wesleyan Ways of Speaking: Transforming Experience through Sunday School talk."

Outside teaching activities

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Took six students to National Communication Association meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, and presented a panel, "But you disability is all in your head: Using communication theory to assess and confront lingering stigma associated with mental illness," November 2001.

Valentine banquet speaker, "Love Letters," Manteno Church of the Nazarene.

Retreat speaker, "Family Communication," Mayfield Church of the Nazarene.

Speaker, M.O.P.S. Banquet, "Bridging Gender Differences," Manteno Church of the Nazarene.

Professional activities

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Speaker, "Incorporating service learning as a tool to connect college students to the cause of reducing stigma toward marginalized others," Annual National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Chicago, Illinois.

Panel chair, "Engaging in Community Through Service: Implementation and Administration of Service-Learning in Communication Departments," and "The Disabled Student and the Communication Classroom," National Communication Association, Seattle, WA.

Two papers presented at National Communication Association, Chicago, November 1999: "Learning the Grammar of Faith: Transforming Experience Through Sunday School Talk" and "Using Symbolic Convergence Theory to Assess Students' Rhetorical Visions and Fantasy Themes Held Toward Campus Counseling Services."

Speaker, Kankakee Youth for Christ annual banquet.

Organized and chaired a panel presentation and presented a paper at CSCA (with former colleagues from University of Illinois) regarding teaching communication ethics in such a way as to preserve diversity while rejecting relativism, Indianapolis, IN.

Recitals, fine art exhibits

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Item:

Original drama presented at 100th Anniversary of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

Community service

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Editor of the new children's PR magazine, The Paw Print, an official publication of the Speech Communication Association.

Personal recognitions

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Received the annual award from the Kankakee County Mental Health Council for the Community Member's Vision and Contribution Toward Reduction of Stigma for Persons with Mental Illness.