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COMMUNICATION Self Study: 2010-2014 Department of COMMUNICATION Self Study: 2010-2014 CollegeCollege ofof LiberalLiberal ArtsArts DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION SELF-STUDY 2010-2014 Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................4 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................5 Charge to the Peer Review Team ...........................................................................................7 Chapter 1. Department of Communication Overview .........................................................9 Department History ..............................................................................................................9 Mission and Goals ..............................................................................................................10 Department Specialty Areas ............................................................................................11 Strategic Plan .....................................................................................................................12 Administrative Structure ....................................................................................................15 Departmental Committees ...............................................................................................17 Policies and Procedures ....................................................................................................21 Facilities and Resources ....................................................................................................22 Financial Information .........................................................................................................24 Chapter 2. Communication Faculty Profile ..........................................................................25 Demographics and Diversity ............................................................................................25 Scholarly Publication .........................................................................................................29 Awards and Recognition ..................................................................................................33 Grants and Funding ...........................................................................................................34 Salaries .................................................................................................................................36 Chapter 3. Undergraduate Program .....................................................................................38 Program Structure ..............................................................................................................38 Undergraduate Courses in Communication ..................................................................44 Our Students .......................................................................................................................45 Student Clubs .....................................................................................................................47 Advising ...............................................................................................................................47 High-Impact Opportunities for Undergraduate Students ..............................................48 Assessment of Learning Outcomes ..................................................................................52 Chapter 4. Graduate Program ..............................................................................................54 Demographics and Diversity ............................................................................................55 Graduate Recruitment and Admissions ..........................................................................58 Graduate Program and Curriculum ................................................................................61 Graduate Student Advising and Supervision ..................................................................64 Graduate Student Training ...............................................................................................65 Graduate Student Research ............................................................................................67 Graduate Student Placement ..........................................................................................68 Graduate Student Survey .................................................................................................68 Chapter 5. Concluding Observations ...................................................................................70 Appendix A. Communication Department Strategic Plan .................................................76 Appendix B. Communication Department Bylaws ..............................................................83 Appendix C. Communication Department Post Tenure Review Guidelines ....................92 Appendix D. Faculty Bios and Abbreviated Curricula Vitae ..............................................94 Appendix E. Undergraduate Certificate Requirements ....................................................208 Appendix F. Graduate Student Awards ..............................................................................212 Appendix G. Graduate Student Presentations ..................................................................216 Appendix H. Graduate Student Publications .....................................................................239 Appendix I. Graduate Student Placement .........................................................................243 Appendix J. Graduate Student Survey ...............................................................................248 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document represents the combination of the efforts by Department of Commu- nication faculty and staff. Materials for the departmental history, faculty profile, and conclusion were prepared by J. Kevin Barge (Head) and Richard L. Street. Materials for the undergraduate chapter were developed by Nancy Street (Director of Under- graduate Studies). Materials for the graduate chapter were generated by Nathan Crick and Charles Conrad (Director of Graduate Studies). Sandra Maldonado pro- vided valuable assistance in collecting and formatting the data for the report. Sandra Maldonado, Aimee Upton, and Silvia Martinez played an important role in formatting the self-study, selecting photographs, and helping us tell the story of our department in a clear manner. The entire faculty provided feedback on earlier drafts of the self- study and their feedback was incorporated into the final version. 4 | Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Department of Communication celebrates its 30th anniversary as a separate aca- demic unit in 2015. The department was approved as a separate academic unit on April 19, 1985 by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and was subsequent- ly renamed from the Department of Speech Communication to the Department of Communication in 2002. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the B.A. degree in Speech Communication in 1984; the M.A. degree in 1990; and the Ph.D. in 1998. The B.A. and B.S. degrees in telecommunication were transferred from the Department of Journalism to the Department of Communication in 2003. We have experienced tremendous growth over the last 30 years growing from 100 majors and 18 faculty (13 tenured/tenure track and 5 non-tenure to track) in 1984-1985 to 1148 majors, 337 minors, and 29 faculty (22 tenured/tenure-track faculty and 7 non- tenure track faculty) as of Fall 2014. Our last Academic Program Review was conducted in 2006. For purposes of this review, we have chosen to focus on our last five years 2010-2014 as specified by the program review guidelines. During this time period, the department has experienced large increases in our undergraduate program as well as significant fluctuations in the number of tenured/tenure track faculty. Despite these challenges, the Department of Communication has created a strong research and teaching faculty, a focused undergraduate experience that provides a number of high-impact learning opportu- nities to undergraduate students, and a solid graduate program that regularly places its graduates in tenured/tenure-track academic positions as well as positions in busi- ness and industry. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES DURING THIS term contract lecturers earning college, PERIOD university, or national teaching awards. FACULTY UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES The number of Communication faculty de- Our undergraduate program currently is creased by 30% from 2010 to 2013, which the second largest major in the College also resulted in a loss of senior leadership of Liberal Arts with 1148 majors and 337 at the Professor level. The department is minors, meaning that roughly 1/6 college currently adding faculty and has taken majors are Communication majors. We steps to increase the number of Professors offer a B.A. in Communication as well in the department. Despite this turnover, as a B.A. and B.S. in Telecommunica- the current faculty is research active with tion and Media Studies. To manage this tenured/tenure track faculty producing growth the department has expanded 169 articles, 14 books, 5 edited volumes, its advising department and added ad- and 56 book chapters over the last five ditional T/TT and APT faculty. Nonetheless, years. In a comparative analysis with 10 our student to faculty ratio is high at 54:1
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