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Adviser:
Jane Gibson Natt

 

Assistant professor John Sherry and office staff Kim Sole and Vicki Biggs after a run through the fountain


Publications, Honors and Grants

Robin Clair, associate professor, publication of her book, "Expressions of Ethnography: Novel Approaches to Qualitative Methods," by the State University of New York Press.

Mohan Dutta-Bergman, assistant professor, a Top Paper Award from the Human Communication and Technology Division of the National Communication Association for "Internet Access, Community Participation and Community Satisfaction: A Resource-based Perspective."

Patrice Buzzanell, associate professor, has been elected to serve a three-year term as an at-large member of NCA's Legislative Assembly.

Austin Babrow, professor, and C.B. Mills, "Teasing as a means of social influence" in Southern Communication Journal.

Josh Boyd, assistant professor, Central States Communication Association "Outstanding New Teacher" Award.

Melanie Morgan, assistant professor, a Digital Content Development grant of $9,210 from Instructional Computing Services.

Austin Babrow, professor, public lecture sponsored by the School of Communication Studies and the Stocker Professorship, Ohio University, titled "Constructing the uncertainties of bioterror: A study of U.S. news reporting on the anthrax attack of Fall 2001."

John Greene, professor, received the “Distinguished Book Award” from the Communication and Social Cognition Division of NCA for "Message Production: Advances in Communication Theory."

Departures
Bill Rawlins, professor
Carl Botan, professor
Karen Whedbee, assistant professor

 

Department News

Babrow promoted
to full professor 

Austin Babrow has been promoted to the rank of full professor.Austin Babrow

Babrow's research interests include interpersonal communication, persuasion and health communication.

Babrow received the Charles H. Woolbert Research Award from the National Communication Association in 2003.

Austin Babrow, professor, and Marifran Mattson, associate professor, "Theorizing about health communication" in T. Thompson, A. Dorsey, R. Parrot, & K. Miller (Eds.), Handbook of health communication.

Robin Clair, associate professor, named as a faculty director to The Exponent.

Bob Ogles, associate professor, a $16,654.99 Digital Content Development grant from ITAP.

Mohan Dutta-Bergman, assistant professor, a $5,500 spring grants for integrated study abroad programs for "A service-learning experience in rural development: Learning by doing."

Howard Sypher, professor, a $5,000 spring grants for integrated study abroad programs for "An integrated short-term international experience in a full semester class."

Beverly Davenport Sypher, professor, will serve as vice chair and program planner for the Organizational Communication division of NCA this coming year and chair in 2004-05.

Steve Wilson, professor, was elected vice chair of the Interpersonal division of NCA.

Chuck Morris, Ph.D. student, was elected chair-elect for the Spirituality Division and will be reviewing this year for both the Ethics division and the Spirituality division of NCA.

NCA program
Once again, Purdue had a large presence at this year's NCA convention in Miami.

 


Read all about it!!

Department faculty and students were asked to share their expertise in numerous articles in the fall semester. Here is a sampling:

Dan Wilbur on ghost hunting Howard Sypher on technology
Glenn Sparks on Halloween Katerina Tsetsura on media bribery

The Communicator is the official alumni publication of the Department of Communication at Purdue University. It is published twice yearly by students in COM252 under the supervision of adviser Jane Gibson Natt.