Communicating in Your Personal, Professional and Public Lives
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Communication is everywhere in our daily lives. Whether we are interacting with a friend or with a supervisor, in today’s society, the ability to communicate effectively is imperative.
Communicating in Your Personal, Professional & Public Lives covers a wide range of relevant topics that provide a solid foundation of communication studies and highlight the importance of communication in every aspect of our lives.
Perfect for communication majors and general studies classes, Communicating in Your Personal, Professional & Public Lives provides valuable material that will improve your ability to communicate effectively in everyday situations.
Available in print and eBook formats, Communicating in Your Personal, Professional & Public Lives:
- Generates Interest! Opening Scenarios provide “real life” examples that directly apply to the material students will learn in each chapter.
- Engages Learners! Discussion Questions and In-Class Activities help readers comprehend what is covered in each chapter.
- Provides Instructor Resources! An Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint™ slides, Chapter Outlines and Test Bank along with additional great teaching tools are provided to adopting instructors.
- Is Media Friendly! An accompanying Media Supplement is filled with video clips from popular television shows and movies, discussion questions for each video, and an analysis of how these video clips apply to the text.
Candice Thomas-Maddox, Ed.D. (West Virginia University) is Professor of Communication Studies at Ohio University Lancaster. She has taught the Intro to Human Communication class for the past 16 years, in addition to teaching classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels in organizational, interpersonal, intercultural, and family communication. Candice has received a variety of teaching awards including the ECA Ecroyd Teaching Award, ECA Teaching Fellows honor, OUL Professor of the Year, and Ohio University’s RHE Outstanding Professor Award. She served as President for the Eastern Communication Association in 2010 and for the Ohio Communication Association from 2006-2008, and she also served as Executive Director for both organizations. Previous co-authored textbooks that Candice has published with Kendall Hunt include Interpersonal Communication: Building Rewarding Relationships and Family Communication: Relationship Foundations. She is also the co-author of Quantitative Research Methods for Communication: A Hands-On Approach.
Sara Chudnovsky Weintraub, Ph.D. (Boston College) is an Associate Professor in the Communication Department at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. She has taught the introductory course in communication for many years, the public speaking course, as well as a wide range of communication courses on the undergraduate and graduate levels. She was the president of the Eastern Communication Association in 2009 and served as a member of the National Communication Association’s (NCA) Educational Policies Board from 2010-2013. In addition, Sara serves on the editorial boards for Communication Quarterly and Communication Research Reports. She has published in the Communication Teacher and also served as a guest editor for a special issue on service-learning and communication. She is currently a member of NCA’s Legislative Assembly and one of six team leaders on NCA’s Learning Outcomes in Communication Project. Finally, she is the 2014 recipient of the Eastern Communication Association’s Donald H. Ecroyd and Carolyn Drummond Ecroyd Award for Teaching Excellence.
Kerry Byrnes-Loinette, Ph.D. (West Virginia University, 2010) is a professor at Collin College, a community college in North Texas that serves over 50,000 students annually. She teaches several courses including public speaking, introduction to human communication, and interpersonal communication. Her research interests include the teacher-student relationship, classroom assessment practices, and families and health issues. Her work has been published in Communication Teacher, Communication Research Reports, and Communication Studies. Kerry is active in the Eastern Communication Association and the National Communication Association and recently participated in the Learning Outcomes in Communication grant project with NCA.
Communication is everywhere in our daily lives. Whether we are interacting with a friend or with a supervisor, in today’s society, the ability to communicate effectively is imperative.
Communicating in Your Personal, Professional & Public Lives covers a wide range of relevant topics that provide a solid foundation of communication studies and highlight the importance of communication in every aspect of our lives.
Perfect for communication majors and general studies classes, Communicating in Your Personal, Professional & Public Lives provides valuable material that will improve your ability to communicate effectively in everyday situations.
Available in print and eBook formats, Communicating in Your Personal, Professional & Public Lives:
- Generates Interest! Opening Scenarios provide “real life” examples that directly apply to the material students will learn in each chapter.
- Engages Learners! Discussion Questions and In-Class Activities help readers comprehend what is covered in each chapter.
- Provides Instructor Resources! An Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint™ slides, Chapter Outlines and Test Bank along with additional great teaching tools are provided to adopting instructors.
- Is Media Friendly! An accompanying Media Supplement is filled with video clips from popular television shows and movies, discussion questions for each video, and an analysis of how these video clips apply to the text.
Candice Thomas-Maddox, Ed.D. (West Virginia University) is Professor of Communication Studies at Ohio University Lancaster. She has taught the Intro to Human Communication class for the past 16 years, in addition to teaching classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels in organizational, interpersonal, intercultural, and family communication. Candice has received a variety of teaching awards including the ECA Ecroyd Teaching Award, ECA Teaching Fellows honor, OUL Professor of the Year, and Ohio University’s RHE Outstanding Professor Award. She served as President for the Eastern Communication Association in 2010 and for the Ohio Communication Association from 2006-2008, and she also served as Executive Director for both organizations. Previous co-authored textbooks that Candice has published with Kendall Hunt include Interpersonal Communication: Building Rewarding Relationships and Family Communication: Relationship Foundations. She is also the co-author of Quantitative Research Methods for Communication: A Hands-On Approach.
Sara Chudnovsky Weintraub, Ph.D. (Boston College) is an Associate Professor in the Communication Department at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. She has taught the introductory course in communication for many years, the public speaking course, as well as a wide range of communication courses on the undergraduate and graduate levels. She was the president of the Eastern Communication Association in 2009 and served as a member of the National Communication Association’s (NCA) Educational Policies Board from 2010-2013. In addition, Sara serves on the editorial boards for Communication Quarterly and Communication Research Reports. She has published in the Communication Teacher and also served as a guest editor for a special issue on service-learning and communication. She is currently a member of NCA’s Legislative Assembly and one of six team leaders on NCA’s Learning Outcomes in Communication Project. Finally, she is the 2014 recipient of the Eastern Communication Association’s Donald H. Ecroyd and Carolyn Drummond Ecroyd Award for Teaching Excellence.
Kerry Byrnes-Loinette, Ph.D. (West Virginia University, 2010) is a professor at Collin College, a community college in North Texas that serves over 50,000 students annually. She teaches several courses including public speaking, introduction to human communication, and interpersonal communication. Her research interests include the teacher-student relationship, classroom assessment practices, and families and health issues. Her work has been published in Communication Teacher, Communication Research Reports, and Communication Studies. Kerry is active in the Eastern Communication Association and the National Communication Association and recently participated in the Learning Outcomes in Communication grant project with NCA.