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Education B.A., Missouri Western State College
M.A., Central Missouri State University
Ph.D., Ohio University
Teaching COMM 290: Intercultural Communication
COMM 440: Interpersonal Communication
COMM 441: Organizational Culture
COMM 442: Communication and Conflict Management
COMM 452: Applied Organizational Communication
COMM 650: Business and Professional Communication
COMM 653: Issues in Communication Consultation
Research Interests include performance theory, feminist pedagogy, and service learning.
Selected recent papers and publications: O'Hara, L.L.S., & Meyer, M. (in press). "I never felt more uncomfortable in my life": University students' discursive constructions of "The Lesbian Convention." Invited for publication in
Communication Studies.
Meyer, M., & O'Hara, L.L.S. (in press). When they know who we are: The National Women's Music Festival comes to Ball State University. Accepted for publication in
Gender in Applied Communication Contexts.
Shue. L. (2001). Service learning: Students' transformative journey from communication studies graduate to communication professional.
Southern Communication Journal, 66, 251-266.
Shue, L., & Beck, C.S. (2001). Stepping out of bounds: Performing feminist pedagogy with a dance education community.
Communication Education, 50, 124-143.
O'Hara, L.L.S. (2001, April).
Student narratives of service learning. Presented at the annual conference of the Southern Communication Association.
Shue, L.L. (2000, November).
Ethnography as a vehicle for teaching intercultural understanding. Presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association.
Service
- Member, BSU Professional Affairs Council, 1999-2003 (Secretary, 2001-2003).
- Member, University Core Curriculum Visioning Task Force, 2002-2003.
- Member, BSU Student Center Task Force, 2001-2002.
- Member, BSU Task Force for Service Learning and Civic Engagement, 1999.
- Secretary, CCIM Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2000-2001.
- Member, CCIM Communication Week Planning Committee, 1999-2000.
- Member, CCIM Multicultural Day Committee, 1997-2001.
- Member, Department Library and Instructional Resources Committee, 2000-2002.
- Member, Department Curriculum Planning and Development Committee, 1997-1998.
- Member, Department Social Functions Committee, 1997-1998, 2001-2002.