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Department of Communication Studies

Joanne Mundorf

Joanne Mundorf

Senior Lecturer

CONTACT
Office: 306 Davis Hall
Phone: 401-874-9414
E-mail: jmundorf@gmail.com

EDUCATION
M.A., Communication Studies
The University of Rhode Island, 2003
M.A., Art History
The University of Chicago, 1985
B.A. Dual Degree
Art History and German, 1980
COURSES RECENTLY TAUGHT
Undergraduate
  • COM100: Collaboration with two Grand Challenges courses
  • COM100: Communication Fundamentals
  • COM202: Public Speaking
  • COM210: Rhetoric of Persuasion
  • COM310: Visual Communication (online)
  • COM361: Intercultural Communication (online)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

Panelist. (2010, October). Institutional Journeys to Open Source & Sakai, NorthEast Regional Computing Program, Norwood, MA.

Guest Lecturer. (2010, September). Women in Business, Student Organization, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

Presenter. (2010, Fall). URI Sakai JForums. Three Workshops. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

Presenter. (2009, Summer). Introduction to Sakai Two Workshops. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

BIO
Joanne Mundorf is a Lecturer in the Communication Studies Department. Her primary research interests are intercultural, visual and mass media. She has teaching experience in intercultural, visual, interpersonal, persuasion, media, both face-to-face and online. She was part of the transition committee from WebCT to SAKAI ,and continues to be active as an online teaching peer mentor. Joanne is a member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research.

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