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CURRICULUM VITAE

LYNN H. TURNER OFFICE ADDRESS HOME ADDRESS Marquette University 861 E. Silver Spring Drive Department of Communication Studies Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53217 Johnston Hall, Room 118 (414) 962-8456 P.O. Box 1881 E-mail: lturner5@wi.rr.com Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-1881 (414) 288-6351 (phone) (414) 288 3923 (FAX) lynn.turner@marquette.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1989 Communication Studies Department

Major Area of Study: Interpersonal Communication Minor Areas: Quantitative Methods

Research Design Social Cognition

Dissertation Title: "The Relationship between Communication and Marital Uncertainty"

M.A. University of Iowa, 1970

Department of Communication and Theatre Arts Major Areas of Study: Acting and Directing Minor Areas: Stagecraft and Speech

B.A. University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, 1967

Department of Speech and Theatre Major Areas of Study: Speech and Theatre Minor Areas: English and Education (Secondary Credential)

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ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2005-present Full Professor, (full-time), Communication Studies Department, Marquette University 1993-2005 Associate Professor, (full-time), Communication Studies Department, Marquette University 1985-1993 Assistant Professor, (full-time), Communication Studies

Department, Marquette University 1984-1985 Instructor, (part-time), Continuing Education Program, and

Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University 1982-1984 Research Assistant, Communication Studies Department,

Northwestern University (Conducted library research, and data analysis by computer, assisted in two large undergraduate lecture courses: Theories of Interpersonal Communication and Introduction to Research Methods and taught Introduction to Interpersonal Communication)

1978-1982 Instructor (full-time), Speech Department, Iowa State

University 1978 Instructor, Des Moines Area Community College, Boone,

Iowa campus 1975-1978 Teacher Colo, Iowa, Community Jr. Sr. High School.

Responsible for English, drama, speech and media. Two year recipient and administrator of Iowa Arts Council Artists-In-The-Schools grants. Member curriculum revision committee.

1974-1975 Tutor (part-time), Main Street School, Ames, Iowa. Taught

film-making, puppetry, women's studies, and advised students. Worked through the VISTA program as a locally recruited volunteer.

1970-1974 Teacher, West Branch, Iowa Community High School.

Responsible for high school English electives, a media program, and the speech and dramatic arts program. Member of state accrediting team. Responsible for visiting an institution, observing their program, and making written recommendations to the state.

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ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS NCA Chair of the Family Division of NCA, 2001 Vice-Chair, 2000 Immediate Past-Chair, 2002 Chair of the Brommel Award Committee, NCA, 2003 Member, 2001, 2002 OSCLG Conference Sponsor and Coordinator, October, 2002, 1991, 1987 President, 1992-1994 Vice President, 1988-1992 Member-at-Large, Executive Council, 1986-1987 CSCA Past-President, 2005-2006 President, 2004-2005 President-Elect, (Program planner for 2004 convention) 2003-2004 Vice-President, 2002-2003 Executive Director, 1997-2000 MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY Acting Department Chair, Spring, 2007-2008, Summer, 1996, 1995, 1992 Director Interdisciplinary Family Studies Minor, Marquette University 2000-present Director Basic Course, College of Communication, Marquette University 2001-2003 Acting Director of the Institute for Family Studies, Marquette University (with John Pustejovsky), 1992-1993 Director, Graduate Program, College of Communication, Marquette University 1994- 1997 HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS Inducted into the Wise Women’s Council (Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender), October, 2007

Recipient of the College of Communication (Marquette University) Outstanding Research Award, May, 2007

Research (with Richard West) spotlighted at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, New York City, April, 2004

Recipient (with Patricia Sullivan) of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender Outstanding Article Award for “The Zoe Baird spectacle: Silences, sins, and status,” October, 2000

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Teaching spotlighted at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, November, 1999

Recipient of the College of Communication (Marquette University) Outstanding Research Award, May, 1998

Recipient (with Patricia Sullivan) of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender Outstanding Book Award for From the Margins to the Center (1996, Praeger), October, 1997

Selected for participation in The Institute for Family Studies (Marquette University) Interdisciplinary Family Seminar, for the project “An analysis of family theme and communication behavior,” January, 1990

Listed in Who's Who in Women's Studies in Wisconsin, 1987

RESEARCH INTERESTS Gender and Communication/Feminist Theory Family Communication Interpersonal Communication Communication Theory SCHOLARSHIP Books Scholarly Books Turner, Lynn H. and West, Richard (Eds.), (2006). The family communication sourcebook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Buzzanell, Patrice, Sterk, Helen, and Turner, Lynn H. (Eds.).(2004). Gender in applied communication contexts. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Sullivan, Patricia A. and Turner, Lynn H. (1996). From the margins to the center: Contemporary women and political communication. Westport, CT: Praeger. Turner, Lynn H. and Sterk, Helen, (Eds.), (1994). Differences that make a difference: Examining the assumptions in gender research. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey. Perry, Linda A. M., Turner, Lynn H., and Sterk, Helen, (Eds.), (1992). Constructing and reconstructing gender: An analysis of the links among communication, language and gender. Buffalo, NY: State University of New York Press.

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Textbooks

West, Richard and Turner, Lynn H. (2007). Introducing communication theory: Analysis and application, 3rd Edition. New York: McGraw Hill.

West, Richard and Turner, Lynn H. (2003). Introducing

communication theory: Analysis and application, 2nd Edition. New York: McGraw Hill.

West, Richard and Turner, Lynn H. (2000). Introducing communication theory: Analysis and application. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.

Turner, Lynn H. and West, Richard (2006). Perspectives on family communication. 3rd Edition. New York: McGraw Hill.

Turner, Lynn H. and West, Richard (2001). Perspectives on family communication. 2nd Edition. New York: McGraw Hill.

Turner, Lynn H. and West, Richard (1998). Perspectives on family communication. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.

West, Richard and Turner, Lynn H. (2006). Understanding interpersonal communication: Making choices in changing times. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Pearson, Judy C., West, Richard L., and Turner, Lynn H. (1995). Gender and communication 3rd Edition. Madison, WI: Brown and Benchmark.

• Pearson, Judy C., Turner, Lynn H. and Todd-Mancillas, William, (1991). Gender and communication 2nd Edition. Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown.

Refereed Publications

Sotirin, Patty., Buzzanell, Patrice.M., & Turner, Lynn H. (2007). Colonizing family: A Feminist critique of family management texts. Journal of Family Communication, 7, 245-263.

Turner, Lynn H. and Shuter, Robert. (2004). African American and

European American women's visions of workplace conflict: A metaphorical analysis. Howard Journal of Communications, 15, 35-52. Buzzanell, Patrice and Turner, Lynn H. (2003). Emotion work revealed by job loss discourse: Backgrounding-foregrounding of feelings, construction of normalcy, and (re)instituting of traditional masculinities. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 31, 27-57. Sullivan, Patricia and Turner, Lynn H. (1999). The Zoe Baird spectacle: Silences, sins, and status. Western Journal of Communication, 63, 413-432.

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Shuter, Robert and Turner, Lynn H. (1997). African American and European American women in the workplace: Perceptions of conflict communication. Management Communication Quarterly, 11, 74-96. Turner, Lynn H., Dindia, Kathryn, and Pearson, Judy C. (1995). An investigation of female/male verbal behaviors in same-sex and mixed sex conversations. Communication Reports, 8, 86-96. Turner, Lynn H. (1992). An analysis of words coined by women and men: Reflections on the muted group theory and Gilligan's model. Women and Language, 15, 21-26. Turner, Lynn H. (1990). The relationship between communication and marital uncertainty: Is "her" marriage different from "his" marriage? Women's Studies in Communication, 13, 57-83. Turner, Lynn H. and Henzl, Sally A. (1987). Influence attempts in organizational conflict: The effects of biological sex, psychological gender, and power position. Management Communication Quarterly, 1, 32-57. Arnston, Paul and Turner, Lynn H. (1987). Sex role socialization: Children's enactments of their parents' behaviors in a regulative and interpersonal context. Western Journal of Speech Communication, 51, 3, 304-316. Book Chapters

Buzzanell, P.M., Meisenbach, R., Remke, R., Sterk, H., & Turner, L.H. (in press). Positioning gender as fundamental in applied communication research: Taking a feminist turn. In L. Frey and K. Cissna (Eds.), Handbook of applied communication. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Turner, Lynn H., and West, Richard (2006). Theories of relational communication. In K. Galvin and P. Cooper (Eds.), Making connections 4th Edition (pp. 20-34). Los Angeles: Roxbury. Turner, Lynn H., and West, Richard (2006). Understudied relationships in family communication research: Expanding the social recipe. In K. Floyd and M.T. Morman (Eds.), Widening the family circle: New research on family communication (pp. 193-206). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Penington, Barbara, and Turner, Lynn H. (2004). Playground or training ground?: Communication between mothers and adolescent daughters. In P. Buzzanell, H. Sterk, and L.H. Turner (Eds.), Gender in applied communication contexts (pp. 275-294). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Buzzanell, Patrice M., Sterk, H., and Turner, Lynn H. (2004). Introduction: Challenging common sense. In P. Buzzanell, H. Sterk, and L.H. Turner (Eds.), Gender in applied communication contexts (pp. xiii-xxii). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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Turner, Lynn H. (2003). Theories of relational communication. In K. Galvin and P. Cooper (Eds.), Making connections 3rd Edition (pp. 20-32). Los Angeles: Roxbury. Turner, Lynn H. (1998). Teaching theoretical perspectives in the gender and communication classroom: From biology to hegemony in Coach. In L. Longmire and L. Merrill (Eds.), Untying the tongue: Gender, power, and the word (pp. 113-122). Westport, CT: Greenwood. Turner, Lynn H. (1997). Return to life: Communicating in families of the holocaust. In L. Perry and P. Geist (Eds.), Courage of conviction: Women's words, women's wisdom (pp. 221-234). Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing. Sterk, Helen and Turner, Lynn H. (1996). Anthony's silence: An examination of the intersection of sex, gender and race in Designing Women. In P. Siegel (Ed.), Outsiders looking in: A communication perspective on the Hill/Thomas hearings (pp. 249-264). Cresskill: New Jersey: Hampton Press. West, Richard and Turner, Lynn H. (1995). Homosexual parent-child communication: Developing a descriptive base. In T. Socha and G. Stamp (Eds.), Parents, children and communication: Frontiers of theory and research (pp. 147-169). Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., Inc. Sterk, Helen M. and Turner, Lynn H. (1994). Gender, communication, and community. In L. Turner and H. Sterk (Eds.),Differences that make a difference: Examining the assumptions in gender research (pp. 213-221). Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey. Turner, Lynn H. and Sterk, Helen M. (1994). Introduction: Examining “difference.” In L. Turner and H. Sterk (Eds.),Differences that make a difference: Examining the assumptions in gender research (pp. xi-xvi). Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey. Turner, Lynn H. (1993) Integrating gender issues in the interpersonal communication classroom: Reclaiming women's talk. In Cynthia Berryman-Fink, Deborah Ballard-Reisch, and Lisa Newman. (Eds.) Communication and Sex Role Socialization. Hamden, CT: Garland Publishing. Henzl, Sally A. and Turner, Lynn H. (1987). Rationalizing conflict choices: Do men and women speak the same language? (pp. 175-188) In Lawrence Nadler, Marjorie Nadler and William Todd-Mancillas (Eds.) Advances in gender and communication research. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. Additional Publications Turner, Lynn H. and West, Richard (2003). Breaking through silence: Increasing voice for diverse families in communication research. Journal of Family Communication, 3, 181-186.

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Turner, Lynn H. (2003). Family decision-making. In J.J. Ponzetti, Jr. (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family, 2nd Edition (pp. 394-397). New York: Thomson-Gale. Turner, Lynn H. (1989). Communicating "family" on television. Lore, 39, 25-26. Turner, Lynn H. and Henzl, Sally A., Language utilized in rationalizing conflict decisions: Is there a different voice? (In ERIC database) Book Reviews Turner, Lynn H. (2006). Review of Ellingson, Laura L. (2005). Communicating in the clinic: Negotiating frontstage and backstage teamwork Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. Women and Language, 29, 53. Turner, Lynn H. (1997). Review of Baxter, Leslie & Montgomery, Barbara (1996). Relating: Dialogues and dialectics New York: Guilford. Communication Quarterly, 45, 87-89. Turner, Lynn H. (1996). Review of Wood, Julia T. (Ed.) (1996) Gendered relationships Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company. Personal Relationship Issues, 3, 26. Research in Progress

A chapter examining the communication interface between the schools and gay and lesbian-led families (With Richard West) Accepted for inclusion in T. Socha and G. Stamp (Eds.), Interfacing Outside of Home: Parents and Children Communicating with Society

An essay examining Latinos’ approach to workplace conflict (With Robert Shuter) To be submitted to The Howard Journal of Communications A text providing an introduction to the field of communication (With Richard West) Under contract with Wadsworth A continuing analysis of the effects of job loss on family communication. (With Patrice Buzzanell) A continuing investigation of women, welfare, and grass-roots communication (With Patricia Sullivan) A book examining the rhetoric of feminisms (With Patricia Sullivan and Patrice Buzzanell)

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Conventions and Conferences Selected Refereed Papers and Panels: Turner, Lynn H. panelist for Roundtable on Women and Leadership in the Academy: Crossroads and Intersections, Challenges and Opportunities at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, Rhode Island, April, 2007. Shuter, Robert and Turner, Lynn H. Understanding Conflict Communication and Community Building in the Workplace Between African Americans, European

Americans, and Hispanic Americans. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, Texas, November, 2006.

Buzzanell, Patrice, Meisenbach, Remke, Robyn, Sterk, Helen, and Turner, Lynn H.

Positioning Gender as Fundamental in Applied Communication Research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, Texas, November, 2006.

Turner, Lynn H. panelist for Roundtable on Forging a Jesuit-Feminist Ethic at the first

meeting of the Jesuit Feminist Pedagogy Conference, Fairfield, CT, October, 2006.

Turner, Lynn H. panelist for Roundtable on the Feminist Standstill? at the annual

meeting of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, St. Louis, Missouri, October, 2006.

Turner, Lynn H. Uncommon sense about gender and communication. Paper

presented at the annual National Communication Association convention, Miami Beach, Florida, November, 2003. (Presented as a “Master Class” solo panel).

Turner, Lynn H. panelist for Preconference: “So You Want to Write a Book

(…And Have it Published and Sell)?” at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Miami Beach, November, 2003.

Turner, Lynn H. panelist for Preconference: “Family Communication

Scholarship: Rethinking, Retooling and Reframing” at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, November, 2002.

Turner, Lynn H. Measuring the construct of relational uncertainty in marriage. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 2001.

Buzzanell, Patrice, M., Rosback, Katherine, Sotirin, Patricia, J., Sullivan, Patricia

A., and Turner, Lynn H. Communication and the corporate colonization of the family. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Seattle, November, 2000.

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Turner, Lynn H. panelist for Preconference: “The State of Family Communication

Education: building for the Future” at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, November, 1999.

Turner, Lynn H. Putting our research where our rhetoric is: An analysis of homosexual parent-child communication. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, May, 1999.

Turner, Lynn H. and Buzzanell, Patrice M. Emotion work in job loss: A gendered

perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, 1997.

Sullivan, Patricia A. and Turner, Lynn H. The Zoe Baird Spectacle: Silences, sins,

and Status. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, 1997. Top 4 paper

Turner, Lynn H. Teaching family theory through service learning. Paper presented

at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Miami Beach, November, 1996.

Turner, Lynn H. Understanding the meaning of family: Including gay and lesbian

families in the definition. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Miami Beach, November,1996.

Sullivan, Patricia A. and Turner, Lynn H. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Campaign ’96,

and rhetorical stunting. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Miami Beach, November, 1996.

Chryslee, Gail, J., Foss, Karen A., Griffin, Cindy L., Hallstein, D. Lynn, Marty, Debian L.,Turner, Lynn H., and Sullivan, Patricia A. Audacious acts and rhetorical rebellions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, November, 1995

Turner, Lynn H. and Sullivan, Patricia A. Does a single woman have a family?:

Janet Reno and the public definition. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, November, 1995

Turner, Lynn H. and Shuter, Robert. African American and European American women's visions of workplace conflict: A metaphorical analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, November, 1995 Turner, Lynn H. and Shuter, Robert. Ethnology of conflict patterns: African American

and white women in the workplace. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Miami Beach, May, 1992.

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Turner, Lynn H. Beauty and the Bundys: An analysis of the feminine ideal portrayed on “Married with Children.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Communication Association, San Antonio, April, 1992. Buzzanell, Patrice and Turner, Lynn H., Communicative needs in job loss phases:

Toward a theory of individual-family linkages. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, November, 1991.

Turner, Lynn H. and Buzzanell, Patrice, Women and men in job loss: An investigation

of attributions and accounts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Milwaukee, October, 1991.

Turner, Lynn H., Dindia, Katherine, and Pearson, Judy C., An investigation of

female/male verbal behaviors in same-sex and mixed-sex conversations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago, May, 1991.

Turner, Lynn H. and Porter, Greg, The interpersonal and ethical dimensions of "Married

with Children." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago, May, 1991.

Turner, Lynn H. and Buzzanell, Patrice, Stories about job loss: Testing a theory of

family and organizational communication. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago, May, 1991.

Turner, Lynn H. Return to life after the Holocaust: Communication in survivor families.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, November, 1990.

Turner, Lynn H., Integrating gender issues in the interpersonal communication

classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Reno, October, 1990.

Turner, Lynn H., Communication in marriage: Distinguishing between relational and

individual uncertainty. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dublin, Ireland, June, 1990.

Turner, Lynn H. and Willer, Lynda, To talk or not to talk? The effects of career

disruption on family communication. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, San Francisco, November, 1989.

Turner, Lynn H., The relationship between communication and marital uncertainty: Is

her marriage different from his marriage? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Cincinnati, October, 1989.

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Turner, Lynn H., A Thematic analysis of words coined by males and females: A pilot study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Speech Association, Kansas City, April, 1989. Top 3 paper.

Turner, Lynn H., Examining the dualities that guide communication research. Paper

presented at the annual Conference on Research in Gender and Communication, Eugene, Oregon, March, 1989.

Turner, Lynn H., Teaching the family communication course with a simulated family.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, November, 1988.

Turner, Lynn H., Communication and family violence. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, November, 1988.

Turner, Lynn H., The images of workplace romance on daytime network serial drama.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, San Diego, October, 1988.

Turner, Lynn H. and Henzl, Sally A., Language used to rationalize decision making:

Two empirical tests of Gilligan's theory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, May, 1988.

Turner, Lynn H., Communication patterns in marital conflict: An examination of

conceptual models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, May, 1988.

Turner, Lynn H., Examining the construct of family theme: Theoretical and operational

definitions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Speech Association, St. Louis, April, 1987.

Turner, Lynn H., An analysis of family theme in "The Cosby Show" and "Family Ties"

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association, Montreal, March, 1987.

Turner, Lynn H., The effects of body image on language usage. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, November, 1986.

Turner, Lynn H., and Sterk, Helen, Dominance and leadership behaviors: A function of

trait or situation? Paper presented at the annual conference of Communication, Language and Gender, Washington, D.C., October, 1986.

Turner, Lynn H., Family Typologies: A critical review. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Denver, November, 1985. Top 5 paper.

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Henzl, Sally A. and Turner, Lynn H., Rationalizing conflict choices: Do men and women speak the same language? Paper presented at the annual meeting of Communication, Language and Gender, Lincoln, Nebraska, October, 1985.

Turner, Lynn H., and Henzl, Sally A., Influence attempts in organizational conflict: The

effects of biological sex, psychological gender, and power position. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Hawaii, May, 1985.

Arnston, Paul and Turner, Lynn H., Sex role socialization: Children's enactments of

their parents' behaviors in a regulative and interpersonal context. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Hawaii, May, 1985. Top 5 paper.

Turner, Lynn H., and Henzl, Sally A., Student perceptions of the basic course: What

they think of what we do. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, November, 1984.

Turner, Lynn H., and Henzl, Sally A., Language utilized in rationalizing conflict

decisions: Is there a different voice? Paper presented at the annual meeting of Communication Language and Gender, Oxford, Ohio, October, 1984.

Henzl, Sally A. and Turner, Lynn H., Conflict strategy choice: The effects of gender,

power, and sex of target. Paper presented at the annual Communication Theory and Methodology Mini-Conference, Champaign, Illinois, April, 1984.

Pearson, Judy C., and Turner, Lynn H., The personal report of communication

apprehension: Predictive validity and behavior correlates. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Eastern Speech Communication Association, Philadelphia, March, 1984.

Turner, Lynn H., and Pearson, Judy C., The relationship among self-reported

psychological sex-type, self-reported communication apprehension, and perceived communication anxiety. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Western Speech Communication Association, Seattle, February, 1984. Top 3 paper.

Turner, Lynn H., Women, men, and conflict management: When do the differences

make a difference? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Washington, D.C., November, 1983.

Turner, Lynn H., Family communication: Toward the development of androgyny. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Speech Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April, 1982. Top 3 paper.

Pearson, Judy C. and Turner, Lynn H., The relationship between psychological sex-type

and communication apprehension. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Speech Communication Association, Denver, February, 1982.

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Panel Respondent/Chair: Respondent, “Understanding and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect” at the Annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, April, 2007. Respondent, “Top Four Papers in Family Communication” at the annual meeting

of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, November, 2002. Respondent, “(Re)Constructing Work-Family Research: From Problematics to

‘Communication in Action’” at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, November, 2002.

Respondent, “Integrating Diversity into Family Communication Research” at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Seattle,

November, 2000. Respondent, “Family Stories as Sites of Meaning, Performance, and Theory” at

The annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New York, November, 1998. Chair, “Hacking up the Learning Process: A Roundtable Discussion on

Computer-Mediated Communication in the Academy” at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New York, November, 1998.

Chair, “Computer mediated Communication: The Centrality of Communication Scholarship in Theory and Teaching” at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, November, 1997. Chair and respondent, "Graduate Students Grappling with Theory"

at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April, 1996.

Chair and respondent, competitive panel on voicing women's experiences, sponsored

by the Organization for Research on Women and Communication at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Albuquerque, February, 1993.

Chair and respondent, Competitive panel on women's spirituality,

sponsored by the Feminist and Women's Studies Division and the Religious Speech Communication Association at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, November, 1991.

Respondent, Competitive panel on family communication, sponsored

by the Commission on Family Communication at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, November, 1991.

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Chair, panel "Raising good children in a media culture" at the Conference on Moral Imagination, Media, and the Shape of Public Culture, sponsored by Marquette University, Milwaukee, October, 1988.

Respondent, Competitive papers on the basic speech communication course,

sponsored by the Basic Course Committee at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Louisville, November, 1982.

Short Courses: Teaching the college course in family communication (with Richard West) taught at the

annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Miami Beach, November, 2003.

Teaching the college course in communication theory (with Richard West) taught at the

annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, November, 2002.

Teaching the college course in family communication (with Richard West) taught at the

annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 2001.

Teaching the college course in communication theory (with Richard West) taught at the

annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Seattle, November, 2000.

Teaching the college course in family communication (with Richard West) taught at the

annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New York, November, 1998.

GRANTS Recipient of The Diederich College of Communication’s (Marquette University) Diederich Scholarship, Spring, 2007 Recipient of Marquette University Urban Center's Curriculum Development grant for preparing a class on communication in the urban family, Summer, 1996 ($2500) Recipient of Marquette University Graduate College Research grants: Spring, 1997 ($250 contributing to expenses related to beginning the analysis of grass-roots political organizing) Fall, 1996 ($500 for travel to present research on political women’s communication) Spring, 1996 ($250 contributing toward the expenses involved in reproducing photos for my book on political women’s communication)

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Fall, 1991 ($300 contributing toward my expenses while hosting the OSCLG national conference at Marquette) Spring, 1991 ($400 to defray the costs of traveling to Ireland to present my research at an international conference) Spring, 1989 ($400 to defray the costs of traveling to Oregon to present my research at a national conference) Spring, 1987 ($400 contributing to the costs of hosting the OSCLG national conference at Marquette) Summer, 1986, ($400 to support research assistance on a project examining

dominance and gender) Recipient of faculty development research grants from the College of Communication (Marquette University): Spring, 2004 (travel to work on critical localism project) Summer, 2002 ($500 contributing to research assistance in preparing guest edited issue of Journal of Family Communication) Spring, 1997 ($500 contributing to research on women’s leadership) Spring, 1996 ($300 to pay for photo fees for book with Praeger)

Spring, 1992 ($200 to pay an indexer for book with SUNY Press) Spring, 1991 ($500 for paying research participants for a project on family

communication after job loss) Spring, 1990 ($455 to defray the costs of travel to San Diego for an editors

conference for a book with SUNY Press) Spring, 1989 ($270 to pay coders for work on research on female/male verbal

behaviors) Recipient of the College of Communication, Journalism, and Performing Arts Research grant for the project "An analysis of uncertainty increases in marriage and their effects on communication," Fall, 1990 Co-Sponsor of grants from the Wisconsin Humanities Committee ($17,500) and the Milwaukee Jewish Council, Inc. ($25,500) responsible for funding the exhibit "Return to Life: The Holocaust Survivors" displayed at Marquette University, December, 1989 - January, 1990 Recipient of The Institute for Family Studies (Marquette University) Summer Research grant for the project "Measuring the family communication climate: Developing and testing an instrument" Summer, 1989 ($4,125) MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS National Communication Association Central States Communication Association Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender International Communication Association

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COURSES TAUGHT Marquette/NU/ISU Interpersonal Communication Provided theoretical understanding

and practical skills related to communication in a variety of personal relationships. Developed critical-analytic skills in the areas of self-disclosure, empathy, conflict management, clarity, and behavioral flexibility among others. Emphasized the interrelationship between communication behavior and relationship development.

Marquette/ISU Small Group Communication Increased understanding of theories

of small group processes. Facilitated development of the communication skills which enhance effective group discussion. Focused on analysis of group process as a diagnostic tool for prescribing appropriate communication skills such as: openness, clarifying feedback, support, critical examination, among others. Included participation in a semester-long task group.

Marquette Gender and Communication Organized around the following

questions: 1) How do we define "gender" and "communication?" 2) How does language convey images of women and men? 3) Are there usage differences between women's and men's communication? 4) Are differences influenced by context (i.e. interpersonal, organizational, etc.) 5) What theories explain our findings? Presented the current social science research in answering the above questions.

Marquette Family Communication (new class that I introduced) Outlined

communication phenomena in the context of the family. Developed an understanding of the ways in which members of a family system interact verbally and nonverbally and thus exert mutual influence. Included theoretical and practical approaches for increased understanding of and enhanced satisfaction with family communication dynamics. Included participation in a semester-long role-play family.

Marquette/ISU Introduction to Speech Communication Introduced the principles of

communication in interpersonal, small group, and public contexts. Presented theoretical explanations and practical skills for effective communication.

Marquette Seminar on Interpersonal Communication: Behaving Badly

Analyzed messages that are considered “negative” or undesirable in interpersonal communication. Used a variety of theories to examine whether these messages are, in fact, negative and discussed how they might produce benefits in interpersonal relationships.

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Marquette Seminar on Language and the Family Analyzed the messages sent through language and the media about the status of the family in our culture. Utilized theoretical frameworks to examine the language we use to describe the family.

Marquette Introduction to Communication Theory (grad) Introduced the major

theoretical approaches in communication research (especially those that operate within a social scientific perspective). Provided analytic tools for evaluating theory. Introduced our program at Marquette as well as the range of content, theory and method that is covered in the term "communication research."

Marquette Methods of Theory Construction (grad) Introduced the basic

concepts and problems associated with theory construction in the behavioral sciences in general and in the field of communication in particular. Provided information about the metatheoretical positions most often taken in communication theory. Developed a theoretical position and provided critical skills for analyzing it.

Marquette Theory and Methods in the Study of Marital and Family

Communication (grad) Organized around the following questions: 1) How are marital and family communication issues conceptually distinct from issues of interpersonal communication? 2) What are the major compelling issues currently being examined in family communication? 3) How do practitioners study communication in families and what are the strengths and weaknesses of these methods? and 4) What theories are useful to us in explaining family interaction?

Marquette Social Cognition, Communication, and Relational Development

(grad) Reviewed and examined the literature focused on the intersection of cognition, communication, and relational development. Concentrated on theoretical foundations, methodological issues and practical applications of this research area. Provided critical and analytical tools for critiquing the extant literature. Resulted in a seminar paper that reported on the analysis of original data.

Marquette Theories of Persuasion (grad) Reviewed and examined literature

In the social sciences and rhetorical studies concerned with theories of persuasion. Provided critical and analytical tools for critiquing and applying the theories. Conducted as a seminar with strong student participation.

Marquette Relational Dialectics in Communication (grad) Reviewed and examined literature concerned with dialectics as a theoretical

Framework for understanding relational development and maintenance. Supervised students as they conducted original

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research in the area. Marquette Introduction to Communication Theory and Research Introduced

students to the basic tenets of theoretical thinking. Examined how theory and research work together in the process of knowledge generation and testing. Explored several key theories advanced to explain communication behaviors.

ISU/MU Introduction to Public Speaking Designed to instruct students in the

composition and delivery of various types of speeches including the speech to inform, persuade, entertain and speeches for specific occasions. Attention was given to preparation concerns such as research and organization as well as delivery concerns including visual aids, projection, articulation, vocal variety, among others.

NU (Kellogg) Communication Workshop (grad) Designed for the career-minded

student. Focused on oral communication skills most useful in an organizational context. Emphasized interview skills, presentational skills, the preparation and use of audio-visual materials, group and team-building skills, among others.

SERVICE NCA: Member, Legislative Assembly, 2001, 2002 Member, Nominating Committee, 2002 Editorial Service: Guest Editor (with Richard West), Journal of Family Communication, Special Issue

on communication and diversity in the contemporary family, 2003 Associate Editor for Communication Monographs, 2005 to present Associate Editor for Journal of Religion and Communication, 2003-2006 Associate Editor for Communication Studies, 2001-2007 Associate Editor for Journal of Family Communication, 2000 to present Associate Editor for Women and Language, 1996 to present Manuscript Referee for special issue of Women’s Studies in Communication, 2007 Manuscript Referee for Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2006 to present Manuscript Referee for Communication Teacher, 2006 to present Manuscript Referee for Western Journal of Communication, 1997 to present Manuscript Referee for Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 1990-1995 Manuscript Referee for Management Communication Quarterly, 1988-1995 Assistant Editor, Iowa Journal of Speech Communication, 1980-1982

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Book Manuscript Reviewer for ABLongman Publishing, St. Martin's

Press, Houghton Mifflin, Erlbaum, SUNY Press, Oxford Press, Sage, and Southern Illinois University Press

National Presentations: Summer Scholar, West Virginia University, June, 2008 (scheduled) Presented two lectures for the Calvin College Lecture Series (Why Families are Not Like Organizations” and “When Parents Come Out to Their Kids: Lesbian Led Families”) , March, 2007 Presenter (“How to teach Interpersonal Communication”), Teaching Assistant Training, University of Georgia, August, 2006 Keynote Speaker (with Richard West, “What’s the value of Communication Theory?”) Wittenberg University WittSem Program, October, 2005 Teacher, Hope Summer Institute, Summer, 2004 (Communication theory) Teacher, Hope Summer Institute, Summer, 2003 (Gender and communication) Presenter at the Yale Institute for Women in Politics, 1997 Marquette University Service: Service on Student Committees Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Committees as Chair: Chair Interdisciplinary Ph.D. committee, 2001- present (Marmy Clason) Chair Interdisciplinary Ph.D. committee, 1997-2001 (Barbara Penington) Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Committees as Member: Member Interdisciplinary Ph.D. committee, 2007 (Stacy Barnes) Member Interdisciplinary Ph.D. committee, 1992-1995 (Eileen Sherman) Member Interdisciplinary Ph.D. committee, 1992-1994 (Fernando Zabala) M.A. Committees as Chair: Chair M.A. Thesis committee, 2006-2007 (Elizabeth Kennedy) Chair M.A. Thesis committee, 1999-2003 (Beverly Hubbard) Chair M.A. Thesis committee, 2001-2002 (Rucha Ambikar) Chair M.A. Thesis committee, 2001-2002 (Elizabeth Crisp) Chair M.A. Thesis committee, 1995-1996 (Eve Jimenez) Chair M.A. Thesis committee, 1994-1997 (Joseph Rosentreter) Chair M.A. Thesis committee, 1994-1995 (Lee Ann Kahlor) Chair M.A. Thesis committee, 1993-1994 (Lori Kornely) M.A. Committees as Member: Member M.A. Thesis committee, 2006-2007 (Jeanine McMillen)

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Member M.A. Thesis committee, 2002-2003 (Mary Lohr) Member M.A. Thesis committee, 1999-2001 (Tracy Stockwell) Member M.A. Thesis committee, 1997-1999 (Marie Trimborn-Kaye) Member M.A. Thesis committee, 1996-2000 (Lisa Marie Wright) Member M.A. Thesis committee, 1996-1997 (Joanne Schliz) Member M.A. Thesis committee, 1995-present (Shawn Adams) Member M.A. Thesis committee, 1995-1996 (Toni Coleman) Member M.A. Thesis committee, 1995-1996 (Jennifer Lundberg) Member M.A. Thesis committee, 1994-1995 (Cheryl Coan) Member M.A. Thesis committee, 1993-1994 (Jessica Finstad) Member M.A. Thesis committee, 1993-1994 (Taj Sheriff) University Committee Assignments Member University Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2000-2007 Member AMUW Humanistic Chair Committee, 1999-2006 Member Sabbatical Review Committee, 1999-2003 Member Disability Task Force, 1993-1996 Member Equal Opportunity Advisory Council, 1994-1996 Member North Central Accrediting Editorial Committee, 1991-1992 Member COF Sub-committee on Faculty Welfare, 1991-1999 Member Assessment Sub-committee, Marquette 2000, 1991-1993 Member Advisory Board for Marquette University's Institute for

Family Studies, 1986-1992 Member University Presidential Interview Committee, 1990 University Presentations and Workshops Women in the Family. A presentation for the Women’s Leadership Conference at Marquette University, March, 2007. Communication in Gay- and Lesbian-led families. A presentation for the Conversations About…series, Marquette University, April, 2007. Interpersonal Influence: Improving Your Credibility. A presentation for the administrators of Marquette University, December, 1995 Women and Men: Will we ever speak the same language? A presentation for the Association of Marquette University Women, September, 1994. Gender and Communication. A presentation for the Marquette University Advancement Office, October, 1992 Speaker Parents' Dinner MU Preview Program, June, 1992 Participant Marquette's May "Blitz" Program, May, 1992 Effective Communicating. A presentation for the Financial Aid Office, Marquette University, August, 1991 Understanding the organizational climate. A presentation for the Admissions Office of Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, August, 1990 Positive communication and marketing. A workshop facilitated for the Admissions Office of Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI August, 1989 Effective communication patterns. A lecture given for the Dental College Faculty, Marquette University, October, 1988

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Do women and men speak the same language? A lecture given for the Brown Bag lunch series, Marquette University, April, 1988 Male/Female communication. A lecture given for the Introduction to Women's Studies class, Marquette University, November, 1987-1999 College Service: Chair Dean Search Committee, 2005-2006 Chair College Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2000-2004, 2005-2006 Member College Reconstruction Committee, 1997 Member Graduate Reconstruction Committee, 1996 Chair Dean Search Committee, 1994-1995 Member Freedom of Speech Committee, 1993-1996 Member College Graduate Committee, 1988-2001 Member Freshman Orientation Committee, 1991 and 1992 Representative Freshman Frontier Reception Program, 1991 and 1992 Acting Master of Arts Director, Summer 1990 and 1991 (Developed

graduate student handbook) Representative Admissions Orientation Program, 1990 Scholarship Essay Contest Referee, 1987-1990 Member Library Acquisition Committee, 1986-1988 Member Grade Appeals Committee, 1985-1986 Department Service: Chair, Dean Hugo Hellman Awards Committee, 2004, 2001, 1999, 1995, 1992, 1991 Member Catalog Revision Team, 1988-1989 Faculty Sponsor for the Communication Studies Seminar Series,

1985-1988 Student Adviser, 1985-present Community Service: Selected presentations What does Family mean? A presentation for the Unitarian Church North, September,

2002. Communicating Spirituality. A presentation for the Unitarian Church North, Summer

Services, July, 1996 Family Communication. A presentation for the Unitarian Church North, Summer

Services, July, 1995 Women and men in marriage and friendship. A presentation for the Marquette

University Women's Council, April, 1992 Women and men communicating: Is there a "gender-ation" gap? Appearance on

"Milwaukee's Talking" WISN, Channel 12, Milwaukee, WI, March, 1992 Women and men communicating in the workplace. A presentation for the West Allis

Rotary Club, West Allis, WI, September, 1991 Communicating in the family. A radio interview on WISN Radio, Milwaukee, WI, June,

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1990 Communication between parents and children. A presentation for the Parent Education

Workshop, Marquette University, November, 1989 The image of the family on prime-time situation comedies: From the 50s to the 80s. A

speech given at the Milwaukee Public Museum in conjunction with the Mother and Child touring exhibit, April, 1989

Marital uncertainty. A lecture given for the Interpersonal Communication Theory graduate class at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, March, 1989

"Genlets": An analysis of words coined by males and females. A presentation given for the faculty and graduate students in Communication Studies at the University of Northern Illinois, March, 1988

Communicating your own managerial style. A workshop given at the Milwaukee Woman to Woman Conference, October, 1987

Family theme on TV sitcoms. A lecture given for the Rhetoric of Popular Culture graduate class, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, April, 1987

Communication and leadership in task groups. A workshop given for the Unitarian Church North, Mequon, Wisconsin, November, 1986

Conflict management techniques. A lecture given for the Milwaukee Medical Clinic, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 1986

He says/She says. A program given for the North Shore Unitarian Church, Deerfield, Illinois, June, 1985

Conflict management for couples. A speech delivered for the Communication Residential College, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, February, 1984

Man Talk/Woman Talk: Toward androgynous language. A speech delivered for the Iowa State University Summer Lecture Series, Ames, Iowa, June, 1982

Gender differences in communication. A radio interview, WOI, Ames, Iowa, March, 1982

Reducing anxiety and organizing speeches. A workshop for the Story Country Sexual Assault Care Center, Ames, Iowa, May 1981