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Courses I Offer
My area of expertise is interpersonal communication. As such, most of my course offerings are related to interpersonal relationships in some form or fashion. Each semester, I teach Interpersonal Communication. In the Fall of '08, I will teach The Dark Side of Close Relationships. I also teach Public Speaking every semester. Click the links to take you to descriptions of each of the courses I teach. If you have questions about any of my courses, or would like a sample syllabus, please don't hesitate to contact me.

| SPCH 2300-Public Speaking |     | SPCH 3350-Interpersonal Communication |     | Dark Side of Close Relationships |

Advising
As part of my participation as a faculty member in the Department of Communication, I offer academic advising to students regarding the fulfillment of the requirements for their major or minor in a Communication emphasis. I also offer academic advising to Communication students with respect to their general education core requirements. I also take particular care to help our transfer students make a smooth transition from their former institutions to ETSU. If you are a transfer student in Speech and need either major advising or transfer GenEd advising come by and see me.

Below you will find a few links to help make decisions about what courses you should think about taking. Note, though, that the documents posted are based on the 2007-2008 catalog year, and if you entered the university before that and you have not made a catalog change, you will need to consult the course catalog from the year you started at ETSU. If you would like to discuss academic advising, or would like to make an appointment for advising, please feel free to contact me.

In addition to general academic advising, I love working with hardworking, driven, dedicated students who wish to pursue their own research. I am available for discussions if you are an Honors scholar in need of a thesis advisor, a McNair Scholar in need of a faculty mentor, a Communication Masters student in need of an advisor, or any student who wishes to pursue your own research questions about human behavior. I offer independent study and directed reading sections to undergraduates who wish to conduct independent research projects for conferences or who wish to obtain hands on experience doing social scientific research. If you wish to inquire about enrolling in an independent study or directed reading section, please feel free to contact me.

| '07-'08 Gen. Ed Requirements |     | '07-'08 Speech Major Checklist |     | Speech Major Curriculum |     | Link to Course Catalogs |



Student Groups
Students who wish to get involved with communication-related organizations have an abundance of opportunity. There are student organizations in the Public Relations, Advertising, and Broadcast divisions. I have also begun to start the ball rolling in an attempt to get the Student Speech Communication Association reinstated on campus. Regardless of your communication emphasis, the Department of Communication has recently reinstated the campus chapter the National Communication Association's Honors Society. Any student who is majoring in a communication field might be interested to read about the eligibility requirements for induction.

| Student Speech Communication Association (SSCA) |     | Lambda Delta Alpha (LDA) - ETSU Chapter of LPH |

| Lambda Pi Eta (LPH) - Comm. National Honor Society |



Resources for Students
Students often have questions about where to find information, how to format correctly in APA, how to get someone to look at a draft of a writing assignment before a due date. Below are some links that I think students might find helpful in their scholarly pursuits.

| The Writing and Communication Center at ETSU |

| Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL) |

| APA's Online Guide for Formatting Electronic Sources |