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Teaching Interpersonal Communication

A GuidebookSecond Edition ©2015 Alicia Alexander; Elizabeth J. Natalle

With new author Alicia Alexander joining Elizabeth J. Natalle, two award-winning educators provide all the tools instructors need to develop, teach, and manage a successful interpersonal communication course. Updated throughout, new and seasoned instructors alike will benefit from the new chapter de...
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Teaching Interpersonal Communication by Alicia Alexander; Elizabeth J. Natalle - Second Edition, 2015 from Macmillan Student Store

With new author Alicia Alexander joining Elizabeth J. Natalle, two award-winning educators provide all the tools instructors need to develop, teach, and manage a successful interpersonal communication course. Updated throughout, new and seasoned instructors alike will benefit from the new chapter dedicated to teaching online as well as the practical advice, scholarly insight, and suggestions for integrating research and practice into the classroom found throughout the book.

Features

Instructional strategies and tips offer constructive methods for organizing the course and content, handling classroom challenges, establishing effective assignments, incorporating technology, and developing meaningful forms of assessment.

An annotated bibliography of over 80 historic and current works of scholarship that gives readers further avenues for expanding their knowledge of interpersonal communication.

Advice from seasoned interpersonal communication teachers brings real world classroom experiences and strategies to readers.

New to This Edition

New Chapter 6, Teaching Online Courses in Interpersonal Communication, provides in-depth advice and strategies on the benefits of teaching online, how to set up an online course, how to manage assignments, conduct grading, engage learners, and deal with the unique challenges teaching online can present.

Comprehensive updates throughout the guide offer new examples on dealing with classroom issues (such as student use of social media), updated articles and theory for teaching the course, and tactics for coordinating a large interpersonal program from new co-author Alicia Alexander.

"Teaching Interpersonal Communication offers the right mix of important topics and issues, from how students should be treated, to the value of learning and the responsibilities of both teacher and student in that process. I really appreciate [the authors'] belief that in understanding the origin and intersection of ideas, we can better help students work through their own misunderstandings of the content, and follow their curiosities. The book's friendly advice will surely ease the anxiety that many teachers feel no matter what the content area might be."
Loretta, Pecchioni, Louisiana State University (of the first edition)

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Alicia Alexander

Dr. Alicia Alexander is the Associate Professor, TA Coordinator, and Basic Course Director at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Dr. Alexander received her doctorate in interpersonal communication from the University of Texas at Austin. She enjoys teaching courses in family communication, interpersonal communication, public speaking, and communication education. In 2009 she was the recipient of the Teaching Distinction Award, a university-wide teaching award at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Dr. Alexander's research interests focus primarily on interpersonal communication among family members and between romantic partners. She is particularly concerned with understanding how people overcome adversity in their relationships through talk and various forms of relationship repair. Her research also focuses on the way people talk about and express their emotions in close relationships. Her latest research centers on communication education and interpersonal communication issues in the classroom. Dr. Alexander has received five "Top Paper" awards at the National Communication and International Communication Association annual conferences for her scholarly work in interpersonal communication. Her research has been published in journals such as Communication Monographs, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Communication Research, Communication Research Reports, and Communication Teacher.

Elizabeth J. Natalle

Elizabeth J. Natalle is Associate Professor at University of North Carolina, Greensboro, as well as Director of the International Exchange Program with Vaxjo University in Sweden. She serves on both the Honors Program and Women’s and Gender Studies Program faculty. In 2003 she was a recipient of the UNCG College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award. In addition to her vast teaching experience, Natalle also serves as a professional consultant, helping individuals such as state government managers, corporate managers, hospital social workers, city employees, student officers in university organizations, attorneys, university faculty and staff, speech and hearing clinicians, and employees of the Federal Judiciary improve their interpersonal communication skills. With regard to research, Natalle has devoted much of her time to gendered communication processes, including conflict management, workplace relationships, and cultural comparisons. Her publications have appeared in journals such as Western Journal of Communication, Communication Education, Women’s Studies in Communication, and Management Communication Quarterly.