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Deborah Whitt
Chair, Department of Communication Arts, Speech Communication
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Whitt grew up on a farm near Columbus, Nebraska. She received
her B.A. from Wayne State College and taught high school Biology
and Speech in O'Neill, Nebraska before pursuing her M.A. and
Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has been
teaching in the Communication Arts Department at Wayne State
College since 1985.
Whitt's teaching interests include Communication Theory,
Intercultural Communication, Health Communication, Family
Communication, Instructional Communication, and Organizational
Development. She has presented research in "Incorporating
Service Learning into the General Education Speech Communication
Course, " "Fathers Staying Connected: Interviews
with Divorced and Unwed Fathers," "Farm Safety:
An Analysis of Communication Campaigns," "Changes
in Rural Women Roles/Impact on Family Relationships," "The Role of Stepmothers--Past, Present, and Future,"
and "Factors Important to Stepfamily Success." Whitt
has received numerous Instructional and Teaching-Learning
Foundation Grants and was selected as the 2001 Teaching Excellence
Award recipient by the Nebraska State Colleges' Board of Trustees.
She is advisor to the undergraduate Communication Honor Society,
a Children's Storyteller, and Chair of the Communication Arts
Department.
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