Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

• Ph.D., August 1996
  Major: Interpersonal Communication
  Minors: Organizational Communication and Methodology
  Dissertation: "Adult Narratives of Masculinity and Femininity: The Communication of Sex-Role Socialization and Gendered Identity
  Advisor: William K. Rawlins

• Master of Arts, August, 1991
  Major: Public Affairs/Issue Management
  Minors: Public Communication and Methodology
  Thesis: "The World According to the NRA: Analysis of Two National Rifle Association Public Relations Campaigns"
  Advisor: Steven Vibbert

• Bachelor of Arts with Distinction, May, 1988
  Major: Communication/Public Relations
  Minors: Fine Arts and Management

Administrative Work

• Dean, College of Communication, Rowan University
  July 2010 to present
• Interim Dean, College of Communication, Rowan University
  January 2009 to July 2010
• Chair, Department of Communication Studies, Rowan University
  Summer 2007 to January 2009
• Public Speaking Course Director
  Spring 2005 to Summer 2007
• Interim chair of the Department of Communication Studies
  Fall 2004

Courses Taught

• Rowan University, Glassboro NJ
  September 1998 to Present
  *Public Speaking for the Reticent Student
  *Public Speaking
  *Interpersonal Communication
  *Senior Seminar (Communication and Identity)
  *Senior Seminar (Family Communication)
  *Senior Seminar (Friendship)
  *Senior Seminar (Romantic Relationships)
  *Senior Seminar (Organizational Communication)
  *Senior Seminar (Sex-Role/Gender Socialization)
  *Senior Seminar (Narrative and Communication)
  *Communicating Gender
  *Communication Theory
  *Survey Research Methods
  *Family Communication
  *Small Group Communication
  *Organizational Communication
  *Emotions in Organization (Honors)
  *Intro to Survey Research
  *Small Group Communication
  *Ethical Issues in Human Communication


• University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown PA
  August 1996 to August 1998
  *Public Speaking
  *Intro to Communication Theory
  *Interpersonal Communication
  *Persuasion
  *Senior Project
  


• Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
  August 1995 to January 1996
  *Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
  


• Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
  August 1988 to May 1996
  *Fundamentals in Speech Communication
  *Public Speaking for Technical Majors
  *Internships in Communication
  *Introduction to Public Relations
  *Presentational Speaking for Technical Majors
  *Approaches to the Study of Interpersonal Communication
  

Selected Publications

• Arnold, L. B. (2008) Family Communication: Theory and Research. Boston: Allyn & Bacon
  This text is a combination of single author and edited volume.  For each chapter, I have written an extensive introductory section (15-25 pages) to provide an overview of the research and theory related to that dimension of family communication.  This is followed by 2-3 submitted works (original to this text) reporting research of scholars in the field.  I follow these with a concluding section for each chapter (approximately 10 pages) that brings together the introduction and the submissions.  In addition to these sections, I also authored the first and last chapters of the text, as well as one of the research examples.  


• Arnold, L. B. (2011, anticipated). Delivering empowerment – 10 years out – A follow-up study of an online pregnancy/mothering bulletin board entering its second decade. In M. Moravec, (Ed.) Motherhood Online.  Toronto: Demeter Press.


• Arnold, L. B. (2009).  Review of: Opting Out: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home, by Pamela Stone.  Journal of Family Communication, (9), 2, 131-133..


• Arnold, L. B. (2009).  Locating the self and other in place and time:  An autoethnographic and critical reading of Yellowstone Park past and present. The Review of Communication.9 (3), 257-260.


• Arnold, L. B. (2008). Social support and empowerment for mothers on a pregnancy bulletin board. In L. B. Arnold, (Ed.)  Family Communication: Theories and Research. Boston: Allyn & Bacon 


• Arnold, L. B. (2008). Empowered self.  In A. E. Kinser (Ed.) Feminism and Mothering in the Third Wave: Contemporary Feminist Journeys. Toronto: Demeter Press.


• Arnold, L. B., & Doran, E. (2007). Stop before you hurt the kids: Communicating self-control and self-negation in femininity, mothering, and eating disorders. Women’s Studies in Communication, 30 (1), 310-319.


• Arnold, L. B. (2007). “But that’s not how my family does it!:” Reducing the “weird!” of cultural difference in family communication. In  J. Branche, E. R. Cohn, and J. Mullennix (Eds.)  Diversity Across the Curriculum (pp. 253-258). Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company.


• Arnold, L. B. (2005). Don’t you know what causes that? Advice, celebration, and justification in a large families bulletin board.Communication Studies, 56 (4), 331-351.


• Arnold, L. B. (2003). Delivering empowerment: Women’s narratives about the role of pregnancy bulletin boards. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, 4, 45-52.


• Arnold, L. B. (2002). Public speaking for the reticent speaker -- A course syllabus. In B. Hugenberg & L. W. Hugenberg (Eds.), Teaching Ideas for the Basic Course, sixth Edition.  Dubuque, Iowa:Kendall/Hunt.


• Arnold, L. B. (2002). Public speaking topics: An exercise in awareness.In B. Hugenberg & L. W. Hugenberg (Eds.), Teaching Ideas for the Basic Course, sixth Edition.  Dubuque, Iowa:Kendall/Hunt


• Arnold, L. B. (2000). “What is a feminist?”: Student descriptions.Women and Language, 23 (2), 8-18.


• Arnold, L. B. (1996). Through the narrow pass: Experiencing same-sex friendship in heterosexual(ist) settings.  Communication Studies, 46, 234-244.

Selected Conference Work

• Eastern Communication Association Conference,   Washington, DC, 2011 Competitive paper in Voices of Diversity Interest Group “It’s Cheaper than Therapy: Presence and Absence in a Long-Term Online Mother’s Community – A 10 Year Follow-up,”


• Eastern Communication Association Conference,   Washington, DC, 2011 Participant in Competitive Roundtable Panel “So You Want to be an Administrator? A Roundtable on How to Get There and What to Expect Once You’re There”


• Eastern Communication Association Conference,   Washington, DC, 2011 Paper in Competitive Panel in Voices of Diversity “Facilitating Access for Diverse Audiences: Administration”


• Eastern Communication Association Conference,   Washington, DC, 2011 Chair and moderator for Competitive Panel in Voices of Diversity “P.R.I.D.E: Practical Resources in Diversity Education”


• National Communication Association Conference,   San Francisco, CA, 2010 Paper in Competitive Panel in Disability Caucas “It’s (Not) a Big Deal :Performing “Normality” and “Disability” in the Context of Chronic Pain”


• Eastern Communication Association Conference,  Baltimore, MD, 2010, Paper in Competitive Panel in Voices of Diversity, “Difference, Diversity, and Documentary: Teaching/Learning about Family Diversity through Film”


• Eastern Communication Association Conference,  Baltimore, MD, 2010, Chair and moderator for Competitive Panel in Voices of Diversity, “Focus on the Future: Voices of Diversity”


• National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL, 2009, Paper in Competitive Panel in Family Communication, “Let’s Talk About Sex: Methodological and Theoretical Issues in the Field of Family Sexual Communication”


• National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL, 2009,  Respondent for Competitive Panel in Family Communication, “Young Adults’ Relationships with Family”


• National Communication Association Conference, San Diego, CA, 2008, Respondent for Competitive Panel in Family Communication,  “Mother May I?’ Advances in Mother-in-Law Research”


• National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL, 2007, Respondent for Competitive Panel in Family Communication, “Communicating and Embracing Difference in Families”


• National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL, 2007, Competitive Paper in Basic Course Division, “Evaluating the Basic Course: A Plan for Assessing and Improving Achievement of Programmatic Goals and Objectives” With M. Simone


• Eastern Communication Association Conference, Providence, RI, 2007, Paper in Competitive Panel for Voices of Diversity, “Feminist Scholar, Mother, Woman…. Intersections of Contradiction”


• National Communication Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2006, Paper in Competitive Panel in Applied Communication and First Vice President Panel, “Disabilities and the Family Communication Classroom: A Positive Approach to Managing Conceptual, Theoretical, and Applied Obstacles” With T. Socha


• National Communication Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2006, Respondent for Competitive Paper Panel in Family Communication, “Three Unique and Challenging Topics Related to Children: HIV Status, Transracial Adoption, & Death”


• Eastern Communication Association Conference, Philadelphia PA 2006, Paper in Competitive First Vice President Panel, “Political Performance: Spoken Word Poetry as Social Voice”


• Eastern Communication Association Conference, Philadelphia PA 2006, Respondent for Competitive Panel in Voices of Diversity, “Top Papers in Voices of Diversity”


• National Communication Association Conference, Boston, MA 2005, Competitive Paper in Disability Issues, “Reclaiming the Stigma: An Exploration of Communication about ‘Special Children’”               


• Eastern Communication Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA 2005, Top Paper in Voices of Diversity, “Stop Before You Hurt the Kids: Eating Disorders, Mothering, and Systemic Complexity” With E. Doran


• National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL 2004, Chair of Competitive Panel in Family Communication, “Experiences in Parent-Child Relationships”


• Eastern Communication Association Conference, Boston, MA 2004, Paper in Competitive Panel in Voices of Diversity, "Never Really There: Student-Parents and Computer-Based Learning"


• Eastern Communication Association Conference, Washington, D. C. 2003, Paper in Competitive Panel in Health Communication, "Pharmacists, Physicians, Patients, and Trust: The Impact of OBRA"


• Eastern Communication Association Conference, Washington, D. C. 2003, Participant in Roundtable Panel "NCA Undergraduate Student Organizations: Bringing the Communication Discipline into the 21st Century"


• National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA 2002, Competitive Paper in Family Communication, "Just How Many Kids is a Ton?: Rhetorical Patterns of a Large Families Bulletin Board"


• Eastern Communication Association Conference, New York, NY 2002, Participant in Competitive Panel in Instructional Practices, “Using the Internet to Build Connections”


• Eastern Communication Association Conference, New York, NY 2002, Chair and Paper in Competitive Panel in Voices of Diversity, "Don’t You Know What Causes That?:” The Social Construction and Rhetorical Management of Large Families”


• National Communication Association Conference, Atlanta, GA 2001, Participant in Competitive Panel in Caucus on Disability Issues, “Revisiting Our Roots, Revisiting Stigma: A Roundtable Discussion on Goffman and Disability”


• National Communication Association Conference, Atlanta GA 2001, Chair for Competitive Panel in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Series, “Engaging Roots for Classroom Dialogue: Questions and Contentions as Enlivening and Edifying Pedagogy”


• Eastern Communication Association Conference, Portland, MA, 2001, Competitive Paper in Voices of Diversity, “Delivering” Empowerment: Women’s Narratives about the Role of Pregnancy Bulletin Boards


• Eastern Communication Association Conference, Portland, MA, 2001, Panelist and Chair, Competitive Panel in Instructional Practices "Don’t Shoot the Messenger!:  Issues in Delivering the Bad (and Good) News of Student Grades"


• National Communication Association Conference, Seattle WA, 2000, Paper in Competitive Panel in Family Communication, “`Lurking,’ `Stalking,’ `Participating,’ `Interviewing:’ The Ethical and Methodological Issues of Research on Pregnancy Bulletin Boards”


• Eastern Communication Association Conference, Charleston WV, 2000, Competitive Paper in Voices of Diversity, “Construction, Deconstruction, and Reconstruction of  `Me’: Constancy and Change in Talk about Sex-Role Images and Behaviors”

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