Dr. Karolyn Yocum Webster Hall, Room 355 417-625-9679 E-Mail - yocum-k@mssu.edu

Spring 2008 Office Hours: Monday - 11-12, 1-2 Tuesday - 9-11, 12:15-1 Wednesday - 11-12, 1-2 Thursday - 9-11, 12:15-1 Friday - 11-12

Dr. Karolyn Yocum teaches Speech Communication. A nationally known authority on the assessment of outcomes and on teacher education preparation, Dr. Yocum teaches such classes as Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Small Group Communication, and Gender Communication in addition to working with future teachers of speech and drama. Although the majority of her career has been in teaching university classes, she began as a 9-12 public school teacher. Dr. Yocum has a B.S.Ed. and an M.S. from Pittsburg (Kansas) State University, and Ed.S. from Central Missouri State University, and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. She taught at Central Missouri State University before coming to Missouri Southern in 1987.

Spring 2008 Courses:

Comm 100 Oral Communication
Comm 215 Interpersonal Communication
Comm 308 Gender Communication
Comm 401 Nonverbal Communication

Courses Taught At MSSU:
Comm 100 Oral Communication
Comm 215 Interpersonal Communication
Comm 304 Small Group Communication
Comm 308 Gender Communication
Comm 315 Argumentation & Debate
Educ 344 Methods of Teaching Speech Communication
Comm 401 Nonverbal Communication

Research Interests:
Interpersonal and Non-Verbal Communication

Professional Memberships:
National Communication Association
Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri
Delta Kappa Gamma (Honorary fraternity for women teachers)
Pi Kappa Delta (Forensics)
Omicron Delta Kappa (Faculty Member)

Honors/Awards/Recognition

• Chair, SCA Commission on Assessment, 1994-96
• Vice-Chair, SCA Commission on Assessment, 1992-1993
• Loren Reid Award presented by the Speech & Theatre Association of Missouri for the year 1991
• Selected participant, National Assessment Conference sponsored by the Speech Communication Association held in Denver, Colorado, Summer, 1990
• Faculty Travel Grant, MSSC, Fall, 1990-1996
• Awarded "Outstanding University Teacher" by the Speech and Theater Association of Missouri, 1983
• Nominated "Outstanding Teacher" by the Speech and Theater Association of Missouri, 1980, 1984, 1985
• Appointed to the Selection Committee for "The Outstanding Young Teacher" award for the Central States Speech Association, 1982-1983
• Appointed as the Speech and Theater Association of Missouri's representative and oral communication consultant on the Core Competencies and Key Skills Language Arts Committee for the Missouri State Department of Education, 1984-86
• Awarded funded study leave for Ph.D. work from CMSU, 1979
• Awarded faculty travel grant from MSSC, 1986
• Nominated "Outstanding Young Teacher" Central States Speech Association, 1967
• Forensics Coach for National Tournament Awards 1979, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1985
• Forensics coach of numerous individual winners and sweepstakes awards 1962-1985
• Selected member (one of thirty nationally) of the Speech Communication Association "Wingspread" conference study of college and university sophomore exit competencies in Speaking and Listening, 1987
• Selected member of the National Association for Developmental Education (postsecondary), Speaking and Listening Skills, 1987
• Selected member (one of thirty nationally) of the summer conference, sponsored by the Education Policies Board of the Speech Communication Association. This conference addressed K-Post-Secondary speech education curriculum, 1988
• Faculty Travel Grant, MSSC, Summer, 1988
• Elected to the Board of Governors for the Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri, 1988-1991
• Appointed to the STAM Task Force to study oral communication skills in Missouri schools K-12 and get a required course for all high school students, 1989-1991
• Appointed to the Awards Committee of STAM, 1989

Publications & Presentations

• Yocum, Karolyn L.  A Vision for the Future: The Creation of K-12 Standards in the Oral Communication Curriculum,  ERIC, Summer 1996.
• Yocum, Karolyn L. "Assessment at Missouri Southern State College", 1994 SCA Summer Conference Proceedings and Prepared Remarks, SCA: Annandale, Virginia, pp. 265-285.
• Contributor, "The Competent Speaker" Speech Evaluation Form edited by Sherwyn P. Morreale, et.al., Speech Communication Association, 1993.
• Co-Author, "Missouri Southern State College: A Transitional Model", Program Assessment in Speech Communication, Edited by Dr. Ellen Hay, published by SCA, Fall, 1992.
• Contributor, Communication is Life: Essential College Sophomore Speaking and Listening Competencies, Project Director Richard L. Quianthy, published by the Speech Communication Association, 1990.
• Dewitt, Jean, Mary Bozik, Ellen Hay, Judith Litterst, Susan Strokirch and Karolyn Yocum, "Oral Communication Competency and Teacher Certification in the U.S.: Reality and Recommendations", Communication Education, Vol. 40, Number 2, April 1991.
• Contributor to a book featured at the November, 1989 SCA Convention, The Future of Speech Communication Education, edited by Pamela J. Cooper and Kathleen M. Galvin.
• Paper "Promotion and Tenure" for The Second National Conference on Forensics, American Forensics in Perspective, Editor Donn Parson, Sept. 1984.
• "Speaking and Listening Competencies" in Core Competencies and Key Skills for Missouri Schools, published by Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, September, 1986.
• "Preparing Speech Communication Teachers: A Pre-teaching Laboratory School Approach," The Speech Teacher, January, 1975.
• "Criticism and Competition in the Speech Classroom," The Kansas Speech Journal, April, 1965.
• "Use of the One-Act Play in a Beginning Drama Program," The Kansas Speech Journal, November 1965.

 

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