This site is designed to help you find a viable route through Jim's Communication Maze, ascend great heights, and select the most helpful path to guide you during one of his classes. Additionally, there are pages that should help you come to know Jim better. You can reach each site directly by clicking on the links. Be sure to bookmark your favorites and visit often.
KEY COMM DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES, RESOURCES, STUDENT PAGES
LINKS RELATIVE TO ALL JIM's CLASSES
* Jim's primary teaching responsibilities and his philosophy of teaching
* Includes Handout City (APA StyleWizard, Writing Standard Guide, APA within papers guide,
and exam/quiz challenge procedures)
* Everything you ever wanted to know about Jim!
*Some additional insights into who Jim is and the things he does in the classroom
* Advice and tips for conquering Jim's exams!
* Tips from former students about how to do well in Jim's courses
YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT!!! :)
Specific Course Sites
James Madison University (JMU)
SCOM 270 Introduction to Health Communication
SCOM 313 Special Topics: Doctor-Patient Interaction Syllabus
SCOM 383 Communication Research Methodologies Syllabus
University of Houston (UH) Health Communication
Undergraduate Health Communication Concentration
Undergraduate Health Communication Minor
Graduate Health Communication Concentration
COMM 3300 Health Communication
COMM 3301 Doctor-Patient Interaction
COMM 3352 Small Group Process
COMM 4397 Health Literacy
COMM 6300 Research Methods
COMM 6302 Communication Theory
COMM 6334 Family Communication
COMM 6335 Health Communication
COMM 7397 Health Literacy
COMM 7397 Provider-Patient Interaction
CMUN 101 Public Speaking
CMUN 224 Organizational Communication
CMUN 237 Small Group Communication
CMUN 246 Naturalistic Methods of Communication Research
CMUN 248 Measuring & Observing
CMUN 296 Health Communication
CMUN 313 Communication Theory & Research Methods (changed to CMUN 248)
CMUN 372 Special Topics: Organizational Communication among Non-profit Groups
University of Tulsa Courses (prewebsite and available upon request)
COMM 3103 Communication Theories
COMM 3113 Inquiry in Communication
COMM 3323 Interpersonal Communication
COMM 3913 Organizational Communication
COMM 3923 Communication Within Organizations
COMM 4613 Internship in Communication
COMM 4973 Seminar in Health Communication
Ohio University, Belmont (renamed OU East and Athens campuses; prewebsite)
INCO 103 Public Speaking
INCO 205 Small Group Communication
INCO 234 Communication Theories
INCO 470 Health Communication
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI; prewebsite)
C110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
C325 Interviewing Practices
Selected Supporting Documents, Jim's Research
Copy of Health Communication Course Survey,
Accompanying Data Tables & Appendices
For Query, Wright, Bylund, & Mattson (2007)
Survey Factor Analysis Tables
SELECTED INFO CONCERNING JIM'S UH JVSoC THESIS
STUDENTS AND HIS RESEARCH
(PI, Toni Siriko, M.A., now at the University of Oklahoma) Demographic Table Now Available, 2/10/2006. Detailed report now available written primarily for other social scientists and grad students, 6/13/06. Results are now available.
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Focusing on disclosure of alternate sexual orientation to parents.
PI, Mat Boudreaux, M.A.
(Project Completed, Summary Results Available 04/2007)
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Focusing on communication competence, social support, and coping among cancer survivors
PI, Sarah E. Bible, M.A.
(Thesis Completed; Additional Data Collection underway with 88 responses received thus far, 9/2006; IRB authorization to expand the sample size obtained, Fall 07)
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Focusing on developing a measure of online communication competence & social support
PI, Tammy Salo, M.A. (Thesis Defended 12/2007; Summary Results to be posted by 9/2008).
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Focusing on the evaluation of The Women's Health Fund health promotion campaign materials
PI, Kellie Duran Cutsinger, M.A.
(Phase I Data Collection Completed, 5/11/2006; Phase II data collection completed, 04/2007. Thesis Defended 05/2007, results to be posted.
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Focusing on communication competence, social support, coping, and disclosure among battered women
PI, Corinne O'Brien, M.A.
(Data Collection Complete. Thesis defended, 12/2006. Complete Summary Results Available 09/2008).
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Examining message board narratives among families having children with disabilities
PI, Kelcey Rieger, M.A.
(Data Analysis completed, 05/2007. Thesis defended 05/2007, results to be posted by 09/2008)
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Assessing the merits of the Effective Decisional Communications Model (EDCOM) among African Americans across chronic health conditions
PI, Felicia York-Wyatt, M.A.
Data Collection Complete. Thesis defended, 05/2007. Results to be posted by 09/2008.
Thesis Study: Exploring communication competence, social support, perceived coping, and religious coping in lay caregivers for patients with Alzheimer’s Disease in Hispanic families.
PI: Mindy Weathers, M.A. Thesis Defended, May 2008.
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Examining televised advertisement influences on eating habits and disorder risk, as well as body image identity: A multimethodological analysis among ethnically diverse college women
PI, Amanda Martinez, M.A.
Data collection complete. Thesis defended, 05/2007.
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Exploring communication competence, social Support, job satisfaction, and burnout among academic advisors at local community colleges (forthcoming).
PI, Kat Law, M.A.
Thesis defended, 08/2008.
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Media campaigns and health literacy:Effects on self-efficacy, provider-patient communication competence and dietary management skills of African American diabetics (forthcoming).
PI, Bridgette N. Hall, M.A.
Thesis defended, 08/2008.
Augstina Fernandez-Moya (co-chair, pending). Topic: Assessing corporate social responsibility among selected North American and Argentinian organizations. Thesis statement approved, Spring 2008.
