Dr. Jay R. Moorman Department Head Webster Hall, Room 362 417-625-3105 E-Mail - moorman-j@mssu.edu

Spring 2008 Office Hours: Monday - 8:30-12 Tuesday -9:15-11 Wednesday - 8:30-12 Thursday - 9:15-11 Friday -

The Department Head is Dr. J.R. Moorman who teaches Speech Communication. He came to Speech Communication by way of studies in sociology; he has a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Sociology, both from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, his Ph.D in Speech Communication is also from SIU. Dr. Moorman has taught English to Chinese students in Taiwan and has taught and been an academic advisor at Southern Illinois University. He has worked in manufacturing, in sales, and in management, and brings a diversified background to his teaching.

Spring 2008 Courses:

Comm 100 Oral Communication
Comm 245 Media Career Exploration
Comm 300 Organizational Communication
Comm 330 - Advanced Communication Practicum
Comm 345 Internship in Communication

Courses Taught At MSSU:
Comm 100 Oral Communication
Comm 101 Intro to Human Communications
Comm 205 Listening
Comm 215 Interpersonal Communication
Comm 245 Media Career Exploration
Comm 300 Organizational Communication
Comm 305 Intercultural Communication
Comm 307 Professional Interviewing
Comm 330 - Advanced Communication Practicum
Comm 340 Research in Communications
Comm 345 Internship in Communication
Comm 400 Advanced Organizational Communication
Comm 420 Mass Communication Theory
Comm 492 Communication Issues

Research Interests:
China, Taiwan, Pacific Rim Cultures
Organizational Change

Professional Memberships:
National Communication Association
Institute of General Semantics
Phi Sigma Iota - International Foreign Language Honor Society
Central States Communication Association
Phi Kappa Phi
Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri
National Communication Association

Honors/Awards/Recognition
Selected as Teacher of the Year by the students in the Communications Department for 1996-1997.
Selected for Who s Who Among America s Teachers, 1996, 1999, 2000.
Selected as Teacher of the Year by the students in the Communications Department for 1993-1994.
Selected for departmental recognition as an outstanding teacher for 1991-1992.
Selected as Instructor of the New Student in the University. Project AHEAD workshop, 1982.

Publications & Presentations

• Presentation for the Independent Living Center on Interviewing, March, 1999
• Council on International Educational Exchange Participant/Presented in Vietnam, July - August 1998.
• "Organizational Communication in the Year 2000" Presentations in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore to managers of Fortune 500 companies, Pasona Japan, May-June 1997.
• "Student Communication Clubs," Presenter at Central States Communication Association annual meeting, April 1997.
•  Teamwork in the Classroom.  Presenter for Speech Communication Association National Convention, November 1996
• Directing Internship Programs and on Teaching Training Courses. Participant in Speech Communication Association Workshops, November 1996
•  Strategic Interviewing , Pasona, Japan. Presentations in Taiwan to managers of Fortune 500 multinational companies, August 1996
•  Integrating media as an experiential learning tool: a practical guide to processing and debriefing.  Panel organizer/presenter for Speech Communication Association National Convention, November 1995
• Speech Communication Association Workshop on Mediation and Arbitration. Participant in November 1995
• Interviewing Discourse, Discovery, and Democracy. Presenter at Eastern Communication Association Conference in Washington, D.C., April 1994
• "The use of media as an experiential learning tool in communication pedagogy." Panel organizer/presenter for Speech Communication Association National Convention, January 1994
• "The use of video in the rhetoric course." Panel organizer/presenter for Speech Communication Association Convention, November 1993
• Workshop on Departmental Leadership. Participant in Speech Communication Association, November 1993
• Workshop on Teaching Research Methods. Participant in Speech Communication Association, November 1992
• "Portrayals of Women on Television in the 1980's." Conference presentation (with David Atkin). Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference. August 1990
• "Ready for Prime Time: Network Series Devoted to Working Women in the 1980s." with D. Atkin & C. Lin. Sex Roles, 1991. Vol. 25 Nos 11/12 (691-699).
• "Ecology and the Welfare State, A Two-Day Conference." Sociology Club printed in Telos, 52, 1982. (international)

 

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