Articles

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Self-Study Leveraging: The QPC Model for Comprehensive Academic Program Review. (with Kathy Booker), Accountability and Organizational Leadership (2009)

The past twenty years have brought about a paradigm shift in higher education. During that...

 

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Shaping the Future: Strategic Planning for Small Colleges and Universities. (with Rand Ziegler), Becoming a Learning Focused Organization: Organizational Distinctiveness and Effectiveness (2005)

This paper addresses the importance of strategic planning as a precursor to assessing organizational performance...

 

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An exploratory investigation of jealousy in the family (with Krystyna S. Aune), Journal of Family Communication (2001)

A self-report instrument assessed an incident in which respondents experienced a threat to their relationship...

 

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Appropriate Relational Messages in Direct Selling Interaction: Should Salespeople Adapt to Buyers' Communicator Style? (with Gary Higgins), Journal of Business Communication (1997)

Study One determined that buyers are more interested in the task, rather than the social,...

 

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Effect of Relationship Length on the Experience, Expression, and Perceived Appropriateness of Jealousy. (with Aune K. Strzyzewski), Journal of Social Psychology (1997)

The effect of relationship length on the perceived appropriateness and intensity of the experience and...

 

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Food for thought: Teacher immediacy, student learning and curvilinearity (with Elisa Rowell and John W. Bowers), Communication Education (1995)

Discusses the relationship between teacher nonverbal immediacy and student cognitive, affective, and behavioral learning. Theoretical...

 

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Parent-adolescent conflict: A developmental approach., Western Journal of Communication (1994)

Presents the results of a study which predicted patterns of parent-adolescent conflict across early, middle,...

 

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Adolescence: Three Phases and not so Much Diversity., Contemporary Psychology (1993)

Originally published in Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 1993, Vol 38(4), 373-374. Reviews the...

 

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Conflict strategies adolescents use with their parents: Testing the Cognitive Communicator Characteristics Model. (with D. B. Buller), Journal of Language and Social Psychology (1991)

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Experience and expression of jealousy: Comparison between friends and romantics. (with Krystyna S. Aune), Psychological Reports (1991)

Administered 2 versions of a survey to 186 college students to assess the differences between...

 

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Interpersonal Deception: I. Deceivers’ Reactions to Receivers’ Suspicions and Probing., Communication Monographs (1991)

Investigates mutual influence in deception in a study on the effectiveness of probing as a...

 

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Parent-adolescent conflict: Similarities and differences across gender composition of dyads., Advances in interpersonal communication research: Proceedings of the Western States Communication Association interpersonal communication interest group (1991)

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Compliance Gaining on Prime Time Family Programs (with Margaret Haefner), Southern Communication Journal (1990)

Studies compliance gaining behaviors among characters in 18 prime time television programs. Finds that situation...

 

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Interpersonal interaction on television: Family conflict and jealousy on prime time (with Krystyna Strzyzewski), Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media (1990)

Researchers concerned with the influence of television content on the perceptions and ensuing interpersonal interaction...

 

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Satisfaction with sexual communication in marriage: Links to sexual satisfaction and dyadic adjustment. (with W. R. Cupach), Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (1990)

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The effect of probing on deceivers and truthtellers (with D. B. Buller, R. K. Aune, and K. Strzyzewski), Journal of Nonverbal Behavior (1989)

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Presentations

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Hot Topic #1 - Access and Student Success, Presentations of the Provost (2010)

This presentation is the first in a series of Hot Topic discussion platforms used (a)...

 

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Hot Topic #2 - Local Impact, Global Reach, Presentations of the Provost (2010)

This presentation is the second in a series of Hot Topic discussion platforms used (a)...

 

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What's love got to do with it? Could it lead us to the "Great Colleagues" triangle?, Presentations of the Provost (2010)

I used this presentation to close a two day Provost Advisory Council (PAC) off-campus retreat...

 

Professional Blog Posts

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Academic Honor Societies Promote Both the Access and Quality Agendas, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2012)

Finally, more people are making the connection: We must link access and quality in higher...

 

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Let’s Ease the Tension Between Access and Quality in Higher Education, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2012)
 

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Worried about “credit creep” legislation? Improve Access and Degree Completion with Mission Driven, Market Smart Approach, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2012)
 

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Are We Returning to “Multi-culturalism”? How Best to Describe “Local Impact, Global Reach” Initiatives, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2012)
 

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Layering on Learning Helps It Stick, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2012)

To me, Mendillo’s more provocative point was to call to question whether high school students...

 

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Giving More than We Get Civic Engagement Programs Inspire a Lifetime of Service, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)

This is the time of year when people make a special effort to be of...

 

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Doing the Right Thing - The 5 C’s of Leadership in Higher Education, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)

We have received substantial evidence recently that the Ivory Tower is not immune to the...

 

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Quality, Access, and Diversity: Inextricably Linked, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)

There is an inextricable link among the higher-education values of “quality, access, and diversity.”

 

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Cooking Up High Quality AND a Varied Menu, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)

"So many people have opinions about what counts as quality higher education that we need...

 

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Turn teacher preparation “right side up” Clinical Practice and Innovative Partnerships Promote Access to Quality Education, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)

"Reaching what the Lumina Foundation calls Goal 2025 requires a strong collective push and a...

 

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When It Comes to Quality, Parents ARE Paying Attention, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)

"The recent U.S. News & World Report rankings have a lot of people thinking about...

 

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Moving Beyond the Core Wars What Matters Most: Blending Theory and Practice to Produce Essential Learning Outcomes, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)

"Sometimes we academics are our own worst enemy. At a time when we should be...

 

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Restore International Education Funding to Align with U.S. Higher-Ed Goals, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)

"As Congress approaches another budgeting cycle, we must all support the call to restore Title...

 

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College Completion Effort Should Leverage Institutions with High Success Rates, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)

"As we think about the blend of strategies to improve access to quality higher education,...

 

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Quality: The Indispensable Word in the Push for “Access to Higher Education”, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)

"I believe that there are three essential questions for all institutions to ask and answer..."

 

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Welcome, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)

Welcome message from Provost Comstock's first blog post.

 

Conference Papers

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Managing Diversity: Establishing an Agenda for Organizational Change, International Communication Association conference (2001)

Managing organizational diversity requires managing change. Contemporary organizational leaders must prepare people to adapt to...