Daphne Bui Wales
Senior Lecturer
CONTACT
Office: 402 Davis Hall
Phone: 401-874-9417
E-mail: daphnewales@mail.uri.edu
- M.A., Communication Studies
- University of Hartford, 1998
- B.A., Communication Studies
- The University of Rhode Island, 1990
- A.S., Business
- Massachusetts Bay Community College, 1986
Undergraduate
- COM100: Communication Fundamentals
- COM 209: Great American Speeches
- COM210: Persuasion
- COM251: Small Group Communication
- COM221: Interpersonal Communication
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
"The Commodification of Culture: An examination of Rap Music", Wales, D.W. presentation at Diversity Week, 2002.
BIO
After working in the public sector in the field of health communication and administration Ms. Wales entered the field of Communication Studies. Her focus is on public address, small group communication, theory, intercultural communication and music. Teaching areas include introductory communication classes centering on rhetorical address, interpersonal and small group communication and undergraduate communication research.
Academic and research interests include community development especially as it pertains to sustainable living, media criticism and music as political and cultural expression. Currently examining sustainable living and global challenges which confront the economic and historical paradigms of the 21st century.
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