Course Projection

Fall, 2009

Interpersonal Communication Theory
Dr. Donovan-Kicken
This survey course provides an overview of theories and research relevant to verbal and nonverbal communication in interpersonal relationships.

Nonverbal Communication
Dr. René Dailey
To be determined

Interpersonal Seminar to be announced
Dr. Matt McGlone
To be determined

Rhetoric and Psychoanalysis
Dr. Josh Gunn
This course consists of two parts. Part one is a survey of the various schools of psychoanalysis, beginning with Freud, traveling through the British School, Jung, Kleinian object-relations theory and American ego-psychology, and finally, ending in the challenging work of Lacan and his critics (e.g., Irigaray, Kristeva). The second part of the course explores the ways in which scholars have wed or related psychoanalysis and/to the object of rhetoric, from narratology and mythic criticism, to Lacanian tropology and the cultural criticism of Zizek, to the "ontologization of trope" in the political theory of Ernesto Laclau. The course is intended as starting point for further exploration. Although it will succeed in helping participants to read what is said in the previous sentences, this course should not be taken in the illusory pursuit of mastery.

Media and Public Opinion
Dr. Talia Stroud
To be determined

Rhetoric and Social Style
Dr. Barry Brummett
A broad-based consideration of social style (including dress, grooming, posture, entertainment, vehicles, living arrangements, etc.) as a system of communication at the intersection of culture and commodification, with special attention to the expressive and practical functions of such symbolic displays.

Rhetorical of Social Movements
Dr. Dana Cloud
A survey course covering the range of U.S. social movements from the 19th century to the present, including the labor movement, women's rights movements, abolition and civil rights, gay and lesbian rights, etc. Consideration of primary documents, theoretical and critical issues, and debates between "old" and "new" social movements scholars.

Narrative Communication in Organizations
Dr. Larry Browning
This class will focus on organizational communication as narratives. Rationality represents the science of organizations especially the desire to have a controllable, predictable system. Narrativity and storytelling represent the unfolding of lived experience that the predictable, rational system cannot account for-including the organization's unforeseen, dramatic, and memorable events. The strongest single counterpoint to the scientific study of organizations is to view them as sites for narratives, as places where the stories people tell about work and lives is central to who they are. Because stories are so tied to our basic identities, our memberships, our commitments, and our ways of understanding, we are constantly interested in telling our stories and listening to the stories of others. This prima facie evidence of story's importance drives the organization of this course. We will take several cuts at narratives: narratives in organizations, narratives about organizations, narratives for organizations, the use of narratives to discover underlying knowledge, etc.

Advanced Computer Mediated Communication II: Groups
Dr. Jorge Peña
To be determined

New Organizational Technologies
Dr. Keri Stephens
To be determined