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Dr. James F. O'Donnell
Dean of Arts & Humanities
Wayne State College (402) 375-7394
Deborah Whitt
Chair, Department of Communication Arts, Speech Communication
Deborah
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.
Events for Fall 2013 will be posted in late August!
