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Scott Titsworth
Education: Ph.D. (Instructional Communication) University of Nebraska; M.A. (Rhetoric and Argumentation) Southwest Missouri State University; B.A. (Rhetoric and Public Address) Emporia State University.
Professional Experience: Assistant Professor, Minnesota State University Moorhead; Graduate Assistant and Assistant Basic Course Director, University of Nebraska; Instructor, Truman State University; Instructor and Interim Director of Debate, Emporia State University; Graduate Assistant, Southwest Missouri State University. Vice Chair, Basic Course Division, Vice Chair-Elect, Instructional Developmental Division, Past Chair, Communication Needs of Students At Risk Commission, National Communication Association; Past Chair, Communication Education Interest Group, Central States Communication Association. Past editor of the Basic Communication Course Annual and reviewer for Communication Education, Communication Studies, and Southern Communication Journal.
Publications: Articles published in Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Communication Education, Communication Studies, Basic Communication Course Annual, Contemporary Educational Psychology, and Argument and Advocacy. Co-author of Human Communication (McGraw Hill) Public Speaking: A Guide for the Engaged Communicator, and A Style Manual for Communication Studies (McGraw Hill). Co-author of book chapters in Teaching Ideas in the Basic Communication Course (Vol. 3) and Teaching communication: Theory, research, and methods (2nd ed.). Author of three instructor's manuals/test item banks for basic communication texts and the website for Case Studies in Interpersonal Communication (Wadsworth).
Honors: Top Three paper for the Instructional and Developmental Communication Division, ICA 2004; Top Three Paper in Applied Communication, NCA 2001; Top paper in Communication Education, CSCA 2001; Top three paper in Communication Education, CSCA 2001; Top three paper in Communication Education, CSCA 2000; Top three paper in Health Communication, CSCA 2000; Gustav Friedrich Award for top student paper in Communication Education, CSCA 1998; Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, CSCA 1999; Outstanding Senior in Communication, Emporia State University, 1991; Debater of the Year, Emporia State University, 1998.
Research Interests: The base of my research explores various lecture cues used by teachers that promote student notetaking, cognitive learning, and heightened affect. I am currently initiating projects exploring the topics of speech evaluation, strategies of speech preparation used by students, and the role of academic service learning in students' identity construction.
Teaching Specialization: Introduction to Communication, Teaching Methods in Communication, and quantitative methodology.
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