gregory a. cranmer

[Updated as of 1/1/2018]

Gregory A. Cranmer

Assistant Professor of Sport Communication

Department of Communication

Clemson University

407 Strode Tower

Clemson, SC, 29634

Office: 305B Daniel Hall

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (609) 709-2736

EDUCATION

Ph. D., Department of Communication Studies, August 2015.

West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Dissertation: Exploring the Anticipatory Socialization Stage of Division I Student-

Athletes: The Content, Characteristics, and Functions of Memorable Messages.

Primary Area: Sport Communication

Secondary Area: Organizational Communication

Methodology: Quantitative and Qualitative

Advisor: Dr. Scott A. Myers

Committee: Dr. Alan K. Goodboy, Dr. Matthew M. Martin, Dr. Keith D. Weber, & Dr.

Dana Brooks

M.A., Communication Theory and Research, 2012


Thesis: Color-Blind: The Effects of Reporter Race on Framing

Advisor: Dr. Nicholas D. Bowman

Committee: Dr. Keith D. Weber & Dr. Rebecca M. Chory

B.A., Religious Studies, 2011


Certifications

Certified in Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR), 2015

AWARDS

Research awards

Emerging Scholar Award for the Communication & Sport Division (National Communication

Association), 2017

Judee K. Burgoon Doctoral Student Research Award, 2015

Curriculum Vitae

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Top research papers

National Communication Association

Communication & Sport Division: 2017 (x2)

Eastern Communication Association

Organizational Communication Interest Group: 2014, 2015

Applied Communication Interest Group: 2015, 2017

Instructional Communication Interest Group: 2014

Fellowships

Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute Fellow, 2017-Current

Endowments

William E. Vehse Endowment for Graduate Students, 2014

GRANTS

Awarded Grants (N = 2)

Principal Investigator: Factors affecting high school football players’ intent to report

concussion symptomology: An application of the Health Disclosure Decision-Making Model,

$1,960.00 grant awarded by Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute.

Principal Investigator: The Psycho-Social Antecedents of Concussion Symptom Reporting in

High School Football Players, $1,413.88 grant awarded by Columbus State University.

Rejected Grants (N = 2)

Co-Investigator: Maximizing and Maintaining the Benefits of Sports Participation and

Engagement for Adolescent Girls, $3,697 grant applied for from the Robert H. Brooks Sports

Science Institute.

Co-Investigator: Brooks Sports and Social Science Mobile Research Lab, $39,665.00 grant

applied for from Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute.

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SCHOLARSHIP

Refereed articles (N = 28)

Cranmer, G. A., & LaBelle, S. (In press). An application of the disclosure decision-making

model to understand high school football players’ disclosures of concussion symptoms.

International Journal of Sport Communication.

Cranmer, G. A., & Sanderson, J. (In press). “Rough week for testosterone”: Public commentary

around the Ivy League’s decision to restrict tackle football in practice. Western Journal of

Communication.

Myers, S. A., Cranmer, G. A., Goldman, Z. W., Sollitto, M., Gillen, H., & Ball, H. (2018). The

appropriateness, importance, and frequency of seeking information from organizational

peers. International Journal of Business Communication, 55, 30-43.

doi:10.1177/2329488415573928

Cranmer, G. A., Buckner, M. M., Pham, N., & Jordan, B. (2017). “I disagree”: An exploration

of triggering events, messages, and success of athletes’ dissent. Communication & Sport.

Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/2167479517731334

Cranmer, G. A. (2017). An application of socialization resources theory: Collegiate student-

athletes’ team socialization as a function of their social exchanges with coaches and

teammates. Communication & Sport. Advance Online Publication.

doi:10.1177/2167479517714458

Cranmer, G. A., Brann, M., & Weber, K. D. (2017). Quantifying coach confirmation: The

development and preliminary validation of the coach confirmation instrument.

Communication & Sport, 5, 751-769. doi:10.1177/2167479516660037

Cranmer, G. A., Anzur, C. K., & Sollitto, M. (2017). Memorable messages of social support

that former high school athletes received from their head coaches. Communication &

Sport, 5, 604-621. doi:10.1177/2167479516641934

Cranmer, G. A. (2017). A communicative approach to sport socialization: The functions of

memorable messages during Division-I student-athletes’ socialization. International

Journal of Sport Communication, 10, 233-257. doi:10.1123/IJSC.2017-0031

Cranmer, G. A., & Myers, S. A. (2017). Exploring Division-I student-athletes’ memorable

messages from their anticipatory socialization. Communication Quarterly, 65, 125-143.

doi:10.1080/01463373.2016.1197292

Cranmer, G. A., & Buckner, M. (2017). High school athletes’ relationships with head coaches

and teammates as predictors of their expressions of upward and lateral dissent.

Communication Studies, 68, 37-55. doi:10.1080/10510974.2016.1254096

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Cranmer, G. A., Bowman, N. D., & Goldman, Z. W. (2017). A preliminary study of racialized

brawn and brain framing effects. Communication Research Reports, 34, 78-83.

doi:10.1080/08824096.2016.1224165

Cranmer, G. A., Goldman, Z. W., & Booth-Butterfield, M. (2017). The mediated relationship

between received support and job satisfaction: An initial application of socialization

resources theory. Western Journal of Communication, 81, 64-86.

doi:10.1080/10570314.2016.1231931

Goldman, Z. W., Cranmer, G. A., Sollitto, M., Labelle, S., & Lancaster, A. L. (2017). What do

college students want? A prioritization of instructional behaviors and characteristics.

Communication Education, 66, 280-298. doi:10.1080/03634523.2016.1265135

Linvill, D., & Cranmer, G. A. (2017). Students’ perceptions of teacher clarity: The role of

cognitive traits. Communication Research Reports, 34, 344-349.

doi:10.1080/08824096.2017.1356279

Cranmer, G. A., Brann, M., & Weber, K. D. (2016). “Challenge me!”: Using confirmation

theory to understand coach confirmation as an effective coaching behavior.

Communication & Sport. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/2167479516684755

Cranmer, G. A. (2016). A continuation of sport teams from an organizational perspective:

Predictors of athlete-coach leader-member exchange. Communication & Sport, 4, 43-61.

doi:10.1177/2167479514542151

Cranmer, G. A., Brann, M., & Anzur, C. K. (2016). Putting coach confirmation theory into

practice: How to confirm youth and high school athletes and coach more effectively.

Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 29(6), 25-29.

doi:10.1080/08924562.2016.1231098

Cranmer, G. A., Lancaster, A. L., & Harris, T. M. (2016). Shot in black and white: Visualized

racial framing within ESPN’s The Body Issue. International Journal of Sport

Communication, 9, 209-228. doi:10.1123/IJSC.2015-0126

Cranmer, G. A., & Brann, M. (2015). “It makes me feel like I am an important part of this

team”: An exploratory study of coach confirmation. International Journal of Sport

Communication, 8, 193-211. doi:10.1123/IJSC.2014-0078

Cranmer, G. A., & Myers, S. A. (2015). Sports teams as organizations: A leader-member

exchange perspective of player communication with coaches and teammates.

Communication & Sport, 3, 100-118. doi:10.1177/2167479513520487

Cranmer, G. A., & Goodboy, A. K. (2015). Power play: Coach power use and athletes’

communicative evaluations and responses. Western Journal of Communication, 79, 614-

633. doi:10.1080/10570314.2015.1069389

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Cranmer, G. A., & Sollitto, M. (2015). Sport support: Received social support as a predictor of

athlete satisfaction. Communication Research Reports, 32, 253-264.

doi:10.1080/08824096

Sollitto, M., & Cranmer, G. A. (2015). The relationship between aggressive communication

traits and organizational assimilation. International Journal of Business Communication.

Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/2329488415613339

Cranmer, G. A., & Harris, T. M. (2015). “White-side, strong-side”: A critical examination of

race and leadership in Remember the Titans. Howard Journal of Communications, 26,

153-171. doi:10.1080/10646175.2014.985807

Cranmer, G. A., & Martin, M. M. (2015). An examination of aggression and adaption traits

with moral foundations theory. Communication Research Reports, 32, 360-366.

doi:10.1080/08824096.2015.1089848

Myers, S. A., Sollitto, M., Cranmer, G. A., Goldman, Z. W., Ball, H., & Gillen, H. G. (2015).

“It’s all about getting the job done”: Information acquisition among restaurant workers.

Journal of the Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri, 45, 23-35.

Cranmer, G. A., Brann, M., & Bowman, N. D. (2014). Male athletes, female aesthetics: The

continued ambivalence toward female athletes in ESPN’s The Body Issue. International

Journal of Sport Communication, 7, 145-165. doi:10.1123/IJSC.2014-0021

Cranmer, G. A., Bowman, N. D., Chory, R. M., & Weber, K. D. (2014). Color-blind: Race as

an antecedent condition of brawn and brain framing of Heisman finalists in newspaper

coverage. Howard Journal of Communications, 25, 171-191.

doi:10.1080/10646175.2014.890979

Books (N = 1)

Cranmer, G. A. (Contracted). Athletic coaching: A communication perspective. Peter Lang.

Edited book chapters (N = 6)

Cranmer, G. A., Yeargin, R., & Spinda, J. (In press). Life after signing: The recruiting process

as a resource of college football players’ socialization. In T. L. Rentner & D. P. Burns

(Eds.), You make the call: Case studies in sport communication. New York, NY:

Routledge.

Cranmer, G. A., & Linvill, D. (In press). Call it intuition: Moral foundations theory and

understanding political and social disagreement in a contentious society. In T. Avtgis, A.

Rancer, E. MacGeorge, & C. Liberman (Eds.), Casing communication theory. Dubuque,

IA: Kendall-Hunt.

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Cranmer, G. A. (2017). Level of measurement, ratio. In M. Allen (Ed.), Sage encyclopedia of

communication research methods (pp. 949-951). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Cranmer, G. A. (2017). One-group pretest-posttest design. In M. Allen (Ed.), Sage

encyclopedia of communication research methods (pp. 1124-1126). Thousand Oaks, CA:

Sage.

Cranmer, G. A., & Brann, M. (2016). “Man up!” The potential influence of sport and gender

socialization on athletes’ reactions to injury. In D. Tucker & J. Wrench (Eds.), Casing

sport communication (pp. 273-281). Dubuque, IA; Kendall-Hunt.

Bowman, N. D., & Cranmer, G. A. (2014). Socialmediasport: Theoretical implications for the

reified relationship between spectator and performer. In A. C. Billings & M. Hardin

(Eds.), Routledge handbook of sport and new media (pp. 213-224). New York, NY:

Routledge.

Manuscripts In Progress

Cranmer, G. A., Goldman, Z. W., & Houghton, J. D. (Submitted). I can do it myself: The role

of self-leadership and proactivity in organizational newcomers’ socialization. Western

Journal of Communication.

Cranmer, G. A., & Bowman, N. D. (Submitted). Fight of the Century: Parasocial Relationships

& Affective Disposition Theory.

Cranmer, G. A., Gagnon, R., & Mazer, J. P. (In progress). A continued application of

confirmation theory: Division-I student-athletes’ responses to coach confirmation.

Sollitto, M., Cranmer, G. A., & Martin, M. M. (In progress). The relationship between

organizational newcomers’ apprehension and adaptation communication traits and

organizational socialization.

Conference Presentations (N = 37)

Cranmer, G. A., & Mazer, J. P. (2018, May). A continued application of confirmation theory:

Division-I student-athletes’ responses to coach confirmation. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Prague, Czech

Republic.

Lancaster, A. L., Ault, M. K., Cranmer, G. A., & Haislett, R. (2018, May). Generations of

voices: Parents’ memorable messages concerning interactions with law enforcement

officers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication

Association, Prague, Czech Republic.

Curriculum Vitae


Cranmer, G. A. (2017, November). An application of socialization resources theory: Collegiate

student-athletes’ team socialization as a function of their social exchanges with coaches

and teammates. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication

Association, Dallas, TX. Top five paper, Communication & Sport Division.

Sanderson, J., & Cranmer, G. A. (2017, November). “Rough week for testosterone”: Public

commentary around the Ivy League’s decision to restrict tackle football in practice.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association,

Dallas, TX. Top five paper, Communication & Sport Division.

Cranmer, G. A., & LaBelle, S. (2017, November). An application of the disclosure decision-

making model to understand high school football players’ disclosures of concussion

symptoms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication

Association, Dallas, TX.

Cranmer, G. A., Goldman, Z. W., & Houghton, J. D. (2017, November). I can do it myself: The

role of self-leadership and proactivity in organizational newcomers’ socialization. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Cranmer, G. A., & Spinda, J. (2017, November). Coaches’ use of confirmation during the

preparation for a Division-I football game. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

National Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Cranmer, G. A., Buckner, M., Pham, N., & Jordan, B. (2017, April). “I disagree”: An

exploration of triggering events of athlete dissent. Paper presented at the annual meeting

of the Eastern Communication Association, Boston, MA. Top Paper, Applied

Communication Interest Group.

Cranmer, G. A., & Buckner, M. (2017, April). High school athletes’ relationships with head

coaches and teammates as predictors of their expressions of upward and lateral dissent.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication

Association, Greenville SC.

Cranmer, G. A., & Myers, S. A. (2016, November). Exploring Division-I student-athletes’

memorable messages from their anticipatory socialization. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Cranmer, G. A., Anzur, C. K., & Sollitto, M. (2016, April). Memorable messages of social

support that former high school athletes received from their head coaches. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore,

MD.

Cranmer, G. A., Goldman, Z. W., & Booth-Butterfield, M. (2015, November). Organizational

assimilation and satisfaction as a function of received social support in workplace

friendships: An exploratory application of Socialization Resources Theory. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Las Vegas,

NV.

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Cranmer, G. A., Weber, K., & Brann, M. (2015, November). “Challenge me!” The

development and validation of the Coach Confirmation Instrument & implications for

athlete experience and confirmation theory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV.

Cranmer, G. A., & Lancaster, A. L. (2015, May). Shot in black and white: Visualized brawn

and brain framing within ESPN’s The Body Issue. Paper presented at the annual meeting

of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Cranmer, G. A., & Brann, M. (2015, April). “It makes me feel like I am an important part of

this team”: An exploratory study of coach confirmation. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA. Top Paper,

Applied Communication Interest Group.

Sollitto, M., & Cranmer, G. A. (2015, April). The Effect of Aggressive Communication Traits

on Organizational Assimilation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern

Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA. Top Paper, Organizational


Cranmer, G. A., & Goodboy, A. K. (2015, April). Power play: Coach power use and athletes’

communicative evaluations and responses. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Myers, S. A., Gillen, H., Sollitto, M., Cranmer, G. A., Goldman, Z. W., & Ball, H. (2015,

April). The appropriateness, importance, and frequency of seeking information from

organizational peers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States

Communication Association, Madison, WI.

Goldman, Z. W., Cranmer, G. A., Sollitto, M., Labelle, S., & Lancaster, A., (2014, November).

My ideal professor: Examining student preferences for effective teaching behaviors.


Chicago, IL.

Cranmer, G. A. (2014, November). A continuation of sport teams from an organizational

perspective: Predictors of athlete-coach leader-member exchange. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Cranmer, G. A., & Sollitto, M. (2014, November). Sport support: Coach social support as a

predictor of athlete satisfaction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National

Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Cranmer, G. A., & Myers, S. A. (2014, April). Sports teams as organizations: A leader-member

exchange perspective of player communication with coaches and teammates. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence,

RI. Top Paper, Organizational Communication Interest Group.

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Sollitto, M., Cranmer, G. A., & Martin, M. M. (2014, April). Apprehensive and adaptive

communication traits as predictors of organizational assimilation. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.

Myers, S. A., Sollitto, M., Cranmer, G. A., Goldman, Z. W., Ball, H, & Gillen, H. G. (2014,

April). “It’s all about getting the job done:” Information acquisition among restaurant

workers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication

Association, Providence, RI.

Cranmer, G. A., & Booth-Butterfield, M. (2014, April). Organizational assimilation and

citizenship behaviors as a function of social support in workplace friendships. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence,

RI.

Sollitto, M., Cranmer, G. A., LaBelle, S., Goldman, Z. W., Martin, M. M., & Thomas, M.

(2014, April). The relationships between student self-disclosure, out of class

communication and Leader-Member Exchange. Paper presented at the annual meeting of

the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI. Top four paper, Instructional


Cranmer, G. A., & Harris, T. M. (2014, April). “White-side, strong-side”: A critical

examination of race and leadership in Remember the Titans. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Cranmer, G. A., Bowman, N. D., & Brann, M. (2013, November). Male athletes and female

aesthetics: The systematic deathletefication of female athletes in ESPN’s The Body Issue.


Washington, DC.

Cranmer, G. A., & Martin, M. M. (2013, November). The moral communicator: An

examination of adaption and aggression traits with moral foundations. Paper presented at

the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Cranmer, G. A., Bowman, N. D., & Goldman, Z. (2013, June). “Big run or smart gun”: The

effects of consuming brawn and brain frames on audience members’ behaviors and

attitudes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication

Association, London, England.

Cranmer, G. A., Bowman, N. D., Chory, R. M., & Weber, K. D. (2013, April). Color-blind:

Race as an antecedent condition of brawn and brain framing of Heisman finalists in

newspaper coverage. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern

Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

Goldman, Z., Westerman, D., Bowman, N. D., & Cranmer, G. A. (2013, April).

Communication privacy management theory and message perception: Exploring the role

of public and private spheres on Facebook. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

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Cranmer, G. A. (2013, March). The moral communicator: An examination of adaption &

aggression traits with moral foundations. Paper presented at the annual West Virginia

University Research Horizons Day, Morgantown, WV.

Cranmer, G. A., Bowman, N. D., & Brann, M. (2012, November). “He’s athletic, she’s hot”:

The visual framing of athletes in ESPN’s The Body Issue. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the National Communication Association, Orlando, FL.

Bowman, N. D., & Cranmer, G. A. (2012, November). Three dimensions of video games: The

influence agency, demand, and perspective on performance at, presence in, and

enjoyment of video games. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National

Communication Association, Orlando, FL.

Gillen, H. G., Martin, M. M., Thomas, M. L., Cranmer, G. A., & Seifert, J. (2012, November).

Affection exchange theory in mother-child relationships. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the National Communication Association, Orlando, FL.

Goldman, Z., Cranmer, G. A., & Neville, E. (2012, April). Teacher’s ink: Student perceptions

of instructors with tattoos. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern

Communication Association, Boston, MA.

Conference panels

Cranmer, G. A., Lancaster, A. L., & Beall, L. (2017, March). Working, playing, and praying:

Nontraditional applications and integrations of organizational communication research.

Panel presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association,

Boston, MA.

Cranmer, G. A., Billings, A. C., Johnson, Z., Pratt, A., & Jay, S. (2016, November). Innovative

strategies for instructional design and delivery of sport communication. Panel presented

at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Cranmer, G. A., Cox, S. A., & Goldman, Z. W. (2016, April). Pedagogical strategies in the

organizational communication classroom. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the

Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore, MD.

Undergraduate teaching materials

Cranmer, G. A. (2014). Human communication in the public context: Communication 104.

Littleton, MA: Tapestry Press. [Course Workbook]

Cranmer, G. A. (2013). A theoretical overview and introduction to nonverbal communication in

a mediated context. In Z. W. Goldman (Ed.), Nonverbal communication in human

interaction: Communication 308. Littleton, MA: Tapestry Press. [Course Workbook

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TEACHING

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor, Clemson University, 2016-Current

Courses Taught in Person

COMM 2500: Public Speaking

An introduction to the basic principles of public speaking. Students deliver a

variety of speeches using library research services. Computer laboratory

assignments require students to conduct online research, generate word processing

documentation and graphic support for their presentations.

COMM 3010: Communication Theory

Students explore the breadth and depth of theories within the major frameworks

of the communication studies discipline.

COMM 3100: Quantitative Research Methods in Communication

Explores methods of quantitative communication inquiry, including

theory/research relationship, conducting studies, and utilizing statistical software.

Methods may include experiments, surveys, and content analysis.

COMM 3240: Sport, Communication and Society

Covers the cultural influence of communication about sports on society. Explores

how communication enables cultural meaning and values to become associated

and established within sports. Exposes students to the ways that factors such as

race, gender and nationalism manifest and perpetuate via communication about

sports.

COMM 3250: Survey of Sports Communication

Covers fundamentals of communicating in a sports environment. Includes the

basics of communicating for print and broadcast news, as well as communicating

for sports information. Also covers ethical considerations in sports

communication.

COMM 4250: Advanced Sports Communication

Combination seminar and primary research class that explores contemporary

sports communication issues. Students write position papers on seminar topics

and conduct primary research on sports communication topics of their choice.

COMM 4280: Interpersonal/Family Communication and Sport

Examines how communication functions in interpersonal and family contexts as it

pertains to sports. Exposes students to positive and negative communication

behavior with athletes, coaches, and families. Challenges students to identify

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ways that sports can be healthy, rather than destructive, communicative topic for

families and interpersonal relationships.

COMM 8100: Communication Research Methods I

Explores methods of social scientific research methodologies. Methods range

from experimental designs to survey and cross sectional designs. Final projects

will include the employment of one or more methodologies to create a

communication-based research proposal.

Courses Taught Online

COMM 3250: Survey of Sports Communication

Covers fundamentals of communicating in a sports environment. Includes the

basics of communicating for print and broadcast news, as well as communicating

for sports information. Also covers ethical considerations in sports

communication.

Adjunct Professor, West Virginia University, 2016

COMM 693b: Norms and Rules in Organizations, 2016

A graduate course on the theories, components, and organizational processes

associated with organizational culture.

Assistant Professor, Columbus State University, 2015-2016


COMM 1110: Communication/Public Speaking





COMM 2110: Inter-Ethnic Communication

A study of the theoretical and practical issues related to inter-ethnic and

multicultural communication among residents of the United States. This course

introduces students to critical concepts to analyze how culture, identity, and the

meanings of "difference" are reflected, shaped, and negotiated in and through our

everyday communication practices.

COMM 4145: Organizational Communication

Emphasizes communication concepts and principles as they pertain to the

workplace. Topics include corporate culture, interview and selection, performance

feedback, team building, conflict management, and diversity management.

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COMM 1110: Communication/Public Speaking





COMM 2110: Inter-Ethnic Communication

A study of the theoretical and practical issues related to inter-ethnic and

multicultural communication among residents of the United States. This course

introduces students to critical concepts to analyze how culture, identity, and the

meanings of "difference" are reflected, shaped, and negotiated in and through our

everyday communication practices.

COMM 3157. Qualitative Communication Research

Qualitative Research Methods in the study of human communication covers

conceptual issues of qualitative inquiry, research design, gathering, analyzing and

interpreting qualitative data, writing up qualitative research and combining

qualitative and qualitative research.


Emphasizes communication concepts and principles as they pertain to the

workplace. Topics include corporate culture, interview and selection, performance

feedback, team building, conflict management, and diversity management.

Course Coordinator, West Virginia University, 2013-2014

COMM 104: Public Communication, 2013

Determined course textbooks; designed course workbook; created tests, power

points, and assignments; managed multiple lecturers; and recruited and trained

undergraduate grading assistants across various sections of this course.

COMM 306: Organizational Communication, 2014

Determined course textbooks; created tests, power points, and assignments;

managed multiple lecturers; and recruited and trained undergraduate grading

assistants across various sections of this course.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, West Virginia University, 2012-2015


COMM 102: Interpersonal Communication

Introduction to interpersonal communication with emphasis upon application of

one to one communication in a variety of social contexts.

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COMM 104: Public Communication

Introduction to principles of communication in the one-to-many context.

Emphasis is given to the creation and refutation of arguments.

COMM 105: Introduction to Mass Media

Introduction and critical examination of mass media with special emphasis on

ways in which social, economic, and psychological factors influence the structure,

functions, and effects of the media.

COMM 293J: Sport and Communication

Introduction to the field of sport communication with an emphasis on the

communicative processes of producing, consuming, organizing, and enacting

sport from various theoretical perspectives.


Introduction to the communication processes and problems in business and

nonbusiness organizations and institutions with attention to practical application.

COMM 308: Nonverbal Communication

Introduction to the effects of human nonverbal behavior on human

communication with an emphasis on specific nonverbal behaviors, including

touch, time, environmental contexts, physical appearance cues, and social

communication cues.

COMM 316: Intercultural Communication

Introduction to the similarities and differences between cultures with regard to

norms, values, and practices in verbal and nonverbal communication.

COMM 406: Advanced Organizational Communication

An advanced course that examines communication in superior/subordinate and

peer relationships with an emphasis on application of communication theory to

complex organizations and issues of employee voice.


COMM 104: Public Communication

Introduction to principles of communication in the one-to-many context.

Emphasis is given to the creation and refutation of arguments.

COMM 105: Introduction to Mass Media

Introduction and critical examination of mass media with special emphasis on

ways in which social, economic, and psychological factors influence the structure,

functions, and effects of the media.


Introduction to the communication processes and problems in business and

nonbusiness organizations and institutions with attention to practical application.

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COMM 308: Nonverbal Communication

Introduction to the effects of human nonverbal behavior on human

communication with an emphasis on specific nonverbal behaviors, including

touch, time, environmental contexts, physical appearance cues, and social

communication cues.

Graduate Assistant, West Virginia University, 2011-2012

COMM 100: Introduction to Communication

Introduction to the human communication process with emphasis on the

principles, variables, and social contexts of communication across various sub-

fields of communication including, organizational, interpersonal, mass, new

media, group, health, instructional, nonverbal, intercultural, and strategic

communication.

COMM 102: Interpersonal Communication

Introduction to interpersonal communication with emphasis upon application of

one to one communication in a variety of social contexts.

Invited Lectures

Clemson University Summer Scholars Honorarium, June 8 & 22, 2017

As part of a summer program for gifted high school students, Clemson University hosted

a series of week-long educational programs on sport communication during June, 2017. I

taught two, two-and-a-half hour lectures on interpersonal communication within sport,

with a specific focus on the topics of effective coaching, athlete wellbeing, and athlete-

parent communication.

Clemson Engineering Design Applications and Research (CEDAR), May 23, 2017

As part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, CEDAR hosted a “Summer

School on Engineering and Systems Design Research Methods” during May 14-26, 2017.

The students of this program were competitively selected and from various universities

throughout the country. I taught a four-hour lecture on the development, validation, and

use of self-report measures and surveys, with a specific focus on the social elements

relevant to the functioning of engineering teams and group work.

SERVICE

Professional service

Journal Reviewer (N = 25)

Invited Reviewer, Communication & Sport, 2014, 2015, 2016 (x5), 2017 (x5)

Invited Reviewer, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2015

Invited Reviewer, International Journal of Sport Psychology, 2015

Invited Reviewer, Western Journal of Communication, 2018

Invited Reviewer, Communication Quarterly, 2017

Curriculum Vitae


Invited Reviewer, Communication Research Reports, 2016, 2017 (x2)

Invited Reviewer, Journal of Family Communication, 2016

Invited Reviewer, Journal of Media Psychology, 2016 (x2), 2017 (x2)

Invited Reviewer, Social Science & Medicine, 2017

International Association for Communication and Sport (IACS)

Paper/Panel Reviewer, 2016


Volunteer Usher, 2012-2014

Communication & Sport Division

Secretary, 2018-Current

Awards Committee, 2018

Paper Reviewer, 2016-2017

Instruction and Development Division

Panel Chair, 2015

Paper Reviewer, 2015

Eastern Communication Association

Organizational Communication Interest Group

Interest Group Chair, 2017

Interest Group Secretary, 2014-2016

Panel Respondent, 2015-2016

Panel Chair, 2015, 2017


Applied Communication Interest Group


Panel Respondent, 2017

Instructional Communication Interest Group


Communication and Technology Interest Group

Panel Chair, 2013

Undergraduate Honors Conference


Curriculum Vitae


University service

Clemson University

Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute Faculty Fellow, 2017-Present

The Institute provides experiential learning opportunities through academic

programs, research, sports organizations and support for service and outreach

programs. Through all of its activities, the Institute seeks to prepare people to

perform at the highest levels within sports industries, as well as provide an acute

understanding of the significance of sport in modern society. A fellow attends

quarterly meetings, assists with the promotion of the Institute, and facilitates the

collaboration between departments, professionals, and the Institute.

Vickery Hall Freshmen Immersion Program, June 28, 2017

As part of their orientation of new student-athletes, Clemson University’s Vickery

Hall hosted a faculty panel on academic success and adjusting to the transition

into college. I partook in this panel because of my expertise with the anticipatory

socialization of college student-athletes and experience with teaching student-

athletes.

Consultant for Paw Journey, 2016-2017

A personal and professional development program for student-athletes who play

football. My role required working closely with Jeff Davis (Assistant Athletic

Director of Player Relations) to develop program assessment tools and content

for the Paw Journey prior to and after its launch in the Spring of 2017.

Columbus State University

Athletic Council Committee Member, 2015-2016

Institutional Review Board Member, 2015-2016

Real Talk: The State of Race Relations at CSU, Moderator, 2016

A campus dialogue event jointly produced by Kappa Alpha Psi and Sigma Nu to

promote racial integration and cooperation on campus.

College service

Columbus State University, College of Arts

Awards Committee Member, 2015-2016

Grants Committee Member, 2015-2016

Teaching & Service Committee Member, 2016

Curriculum Vitae


Department service

Clemson University, Department of Communication

Advisor, Lambda Pi Eta, 2016-Current

Graduate Committee, 2017-2018

Tenure Line Search Committee Member, 2017

Committee for Proposed Refinement and Clarification of TPR, 2017

Teaching and Assessment Committee, 2016

Columbus State University, Department of Communication

Advisor, Lambda Pi Eta, 2015-2016

Strategic Plan Committee, Students’ Needs and Quality of Life, 2015-2016

Search Committee Public Relations Track, (Full Member), 2016

Search Committee Integrated Media Track, (Auditor & NCA Job Fair Booth), 2015

Senior Assessment Interviews, 2015-2016

West Virginia University, Department of Communication Studies

Graduate Student Advisor, Lambda Pi Eta, 2013-2015

Graduate Student Advisor, Undergraduate Communication Association, 2013-2015

Speaker, First Year Academy, 2013-2014

Committee Member, Departmental Committee on Issues of Quality of Life, 2013

Professional memberships

International Communication Association


Eastern Communication Association (Life Member)

Southern States Communication Association

Heterodox Academy

GRADUATE ADVISING & COMMITTEES

Committee Member

Student: James Righter

Degree/Program: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation/Thesis: Engineering Design Leadership within Undergraduate Design Teams

Curriculum Vitae


CONSULTING

Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Women’s Basketball Officiating Training Orientation, July

21, 2017

As part of their annual orientation for officials of women’s basketball, the ACC

conference provided several training lectures to their officials. I taught a two-hour

presentation on effective communication, including the topics of diffusing aggressive

communication, communicating clearly, and managing teams of officials.

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