In Teaching Communication Across Disciplines for Professional Development, Civic Engagement, and Beyond, contributors discuss key topics of merging communication across disciplines, teaching and research across disciplines, communication and student identity, and directions and transformation of teaching communication across disciplines. A cross-disciplinary approach is offered as a resolution to provide an avenue for the integration of a broad education that prepares students for global citizenship and civic engagement. Ultimately, this book argues that positioning communication as a theoretically rich process of social interaction and meaning with attention to rhetorical sensitivity can expand the vision of communication across the disciplines as merely skills-based. This increased demand for communication expertise opens opportunities for exploration, growth, community development, and cross-disciplinary alliances. Scholars of communication, English, and education will find this book of particular interest.
Joanna G. Burchfield is assistant professor of communication instruction for the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida. April A. Kedrowicz is associate professor of communication at North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine.
Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Joanna G. Burchfield and April A. Kedrowicz Section 1 Chapter 1: It's Not Like Learning to Drive a Car Juliane Mora Chapter 2: Public Relations and Politics: Navigating Communication Across the Curriculum as Communication Scholars Kelly Norris Martin and Amy L. Housley Gaffney Chapter 3: Creating Sustainable Communication Across Disciplines Programs through Evaluation, Reflection, and Research Stephanie Norander Chapter 4: Grounded Practical Theory for Researching and Teaching Communication Across Disciplines Grace E. Peters and Heidi L. Muller Chapter 5: Communication And Media/Technology Affordances in the Ways We Teach and Communicate Across Boundaries Patrice M. Buzzanell and Carla B. Zoltowski Section 2 Chapter 6: Life Projects: A Versatile, Motivating Conduit for Developing Communication Competence in Cross-Disciplinary Communication Instruction Tasha R. Dunn Chapter 7: Speaking Across Disciplines: Creating Specialized Sections of Oral Communication General Education Courses Melissa A. Lucas, Raphael Mazzone, Cassondra Pope, Christine Masterson Schaaf, and Katlin Gray Chapter 8: Student Evolution: Communication Tourist to Native Practitioner Joanna G. Burchfield and Jamie M. Chilton Chapter 9: Communication Becomes You: Enhancing Veterinary Practice through Integrated Communication Instruction April A. Kedrowicz Chapter 10: Bringing Communication Curriculum to a Business School: Creating an Accredited, Undergraduate Certificate Program in Business and Professional Communication Allison M. Alford and Christina Iluzada Chapter 11: Leading Multidisciplinary Medical Sciences Leadership Teams Through Communication Lindsay J. Della, Mary Z. Ashlock, Gerard P. Rabalais, Staci W. Saner, and Elyssa Q. Smith Chapter 12: Center Alliance: Transforming Communication Practices in the Mathematics Classroom Luke LeFebvre, R. Dustin Florence, and Mai Dao Section 3 Chapter 13: Critical Autoethnography as a Critical Labor Yusaku Yajima Chapter 14: Transforming the Discipline and Democracy through an Integrated Approach to Communication Education Leila Brammer Chapter 15: Laying a Foundation for Care and Repair: A Case for a Civic Turn in Career Technical and Vocational Education Kathleen F. McConnell Chapter 16: Something Very Fishy (SVF): Avenues of Communication to Inspire Engagement with Climate and Marine Science Meghnaa Tallapragada, Randi J. Sims, Tokea G. Payton, Kara R. Titus, Kelly E. Bridgeford, Kylie M. Smith, Melissa Fuentes, Kathy L. Prosser, Michael J. Childress Chapter 17: Justice-based Public Pedagogy of Care: The Organizing Work of the Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) Mohan J. Dutta, Satveer Kaur-Gill, Nga Hau Christine Elers, Md Mahbubur Rahman, Pooja Jayan, Indranil Mandal, Venessa Pokaia, and Selina Metuamate About the Contributors
