Teaching Communication, Volume I: Foundations

Teaching Communication is an innovative series designed to help communication instructors develop a course for the first time or to guide teacher-trainers as they work with new teachers in formal classroom settings or informal mentoring sessions. Providing theoretically grounded research-based guidelines for teaching communication effectively, each volume in the series provides robust suggestions for what to teach and how to teach various communication topics.

In Volume I: Foundations, editors Deanna D. Sellnow and Michael G. Strawser situate communication education within the context of instructional communication. The book provides a historical overview of communication education and instructional communication, describes instructional communication research methods and pedagogical strategies, and highlights best practices for graduate teaching assistant training and development. The closing chapter considers what historical trends and foundational principles might suggest for future directions in teaching communication, especially within the context of the ever-changing landscape of higher education. This first volume provides readers with a solid knowledge base and a contextual foundation for the other three volumes in the series.

Developed to help novice teachers grow into effective instructors, the Teaching Communication series is an ideal resource for courses and programs in teaching communication.

Deanna D. Sellnow (Ph.D., University of North Dakota) is a professor of strategic communication in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media at the University of Central Florida. She conducts research on strategic instructional risk and crisis communication in a variety of contexts, including natural disasters, health epidemics/pandemics, biosecurity, terrorism, and agricultural biotechnology.

Michael G. Strawser (Ph.D., University of Kentucky) is an associate professor of communication in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media at the University of Central Florida, where he also serves as the program coordinator for the Human Communication and Communication and Conflict programs. Dr. Strawser's research is primarily focused on matters relating to instructional communication and communication education.