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Assistant Professor of Communication and Co-Director of Forensics
• M.S., Human Resource Education and Workforce Development, Louisiana State University
• M.A., Communication Studies, Louisiana State University
• B.S., English Education, Indiana University at South Bend
Personal Statement:
My scholarly interests are quite diverse including late Classical Chinese rhetorical texts and practices, health communication strategies, and intrapersonal communication in organizations. While seemingly unrelated, most of my research is concerned with power and powerlessness in different contexts and communication’s capacity to ameliorate these disparities. My scholarship also displays my capacity to use different methodologies to discover nuances of power. In addition, I carry my interest in communication to my students in the classroom. I believe that I help my students see possible continuities, not just the dissimilarities, of communication in different contexts.
Research and teaching interests:
• Argumentation and Debate
• Chinese Philosophy and Rhetoric
• Health Communication
• Lifespan Communication
• Quantitative Research Methods
Courses:
• COMM 1010: Public Speaking
• COMM 2050: Argumentation and Debate
• COMM 2500: Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 3020: Intercultural Communication
• COMM 4110: Communication Theory
• COMM 4310: Globalization and International Communication
Selected publications:
Kelley, T. L. & Croghan, J. M. (2008). Visualizing success: Imagined interactions in organizational communication. In J. M.
Honeycutt(Ed.), Imagine that: Current advances in imagined interactions research. New York: Hampton Press.
Kelley (Croghan), T. L., Croghan, J. M., Foster, J., Haynes, A., & Pickett, J. (2008). Workbook. For P. E. Nelson, S. Titsworth, & J. C. Pearson, iSpeak: Public speaking for contemporary life, 2nd Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Treat, S., Grano, D. A., & Croghan, J. M. (2008). The Shadow knows: The symbolic divergence of fantasy in the “Golden Age of Radio.” Accepted by the Journal of Radio Studies.
Pecchioni, L. L., & Croghan, J. M. (2002). Young adults’ stereotypes of older adults with their grandparents as the targets. Journal of Communication, 52, pp. 715-730.
Treat, S., & Croghan, J. M. (2001). “Rhetorical imperialism and Sun Tzu’s Art of War: A
response to Comb’s rhetoric of parsimony,” [peer-reviewed Forum Article]. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 87, pp. 429-435.
Selected Conference Presentations:
Croghan, J. M., Kelley, T. L., & Gattie, T. (2007). The role of message strategy, age, and imagined interactions on supervisor-subordinate communication. Paper presented for the Division on Communication and Social Cognition Division at the National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Croghan, J. M., & Kelley, T. L. (2004). The angry, grey manager: Effects of message strategy and age stereotypes on the functions of imagined interactions. Paper presented for the Communication and Social Cognition Division at the National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Grano, D. A., & Croghan, J. M. (2003). Methodological and humanizing topoi in Louisiana's “cancer alley” dispute.” Paper presented for the Rhetoric and Public Address Division at the Southern States Communication Association Convention, Raleigh-Durham, NC.
Croghan, J. M. (2002). Kenneth Burke and the Dao. Paper presented at the Triennial Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Pecchioni, L. L., & Croghan, J. M. (2000). Young Adults’ Stereotypes of the Elderly with their Grandparents as the Targets. (Top competitive paper panel: Instructional and Developmental Division). Paper presented at International Communication Association Convention, Acapulco, Mexico.
