1st Edition
Microhistories of Communication Studies Mapping the Future of Communication through Local Narratives
Introduction: A Hundred Paths, a Shared Journey Pat J. Gehrke
1. A Well-Trained Tongue: The Origins of the Public Speaking Curriculum at the University of Minnesota, 1890-1910 Phil Feller
2. Herbert A. Wichelns at the Discipline’s Centennial Mark: Re-Reading a Prospectus for Rhetoric As an Independent Discipline Amos Kiewe
3. Lambda Pi Eta: The Founding and Evolution of Communication’s Undergraduate Honor Society from a Systems Perspective Leslie J. Reynard, Audrey W. Allison and Jason B. Munsell
4. The Rhetoric of James J. Murphy: Continuity, Commitment, Community Nicholas J. Crowe and Rachel M. Reznik
5. Anonymity, Confidentiality, Privacy, and Identity: The Ties That Bind and Break in Communication Research Alison Novak
6. Narrative Theory and Criticism: An Overview Toward Clusters and Empathy Robin P. Clair, Stephanie Carlo, Chervin Lam, John Nussman, Canek Phillips, Virginia Sánchez, Elaine Schnabel and Liliya Yakova
7. Exploring Organizational Communication (Micro) History Through Network Connections Scott C. D’Urso, Jeremy P. Fyke and David H. Torres
8. Mapping a History of Applied Communication Research: Themes and Concepts in the Journal of Applied Communication Research Sarah Steimel
9. Forging a Path: Past and Present Scope of Critical Race Theory and Latina/o Critical Race Theory in Communication Studies Claudia Anguiano and Mari Castañeda
10. An LCSD & La Raza Microhistory: The Latina/o Communication Studies Division & La Raza Caucus of the National Communication Association Alberto González, Bernadette M. Calafell and Roberto Avant-Mier
11. Experience Is the Best Teacher: the NCA Experiential Learning in Communication Division Karen M. Roloff
12. Disciplining Communication Study at the University of Illinois at Chicago, 1973-2007 Jordan Stalker
Biography
Pat J. Gehrke is Associate Professor, and Director of Speech Communication and Rhetoric, in the Department of English at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA. He is the author of The Ethics and Politics of Speech (2009) and co-editor of A Century of Communication Studies (2014).
