Donald Smith


Faculty Member
Donald C Smith
Title: Professor
College: College of Business
Dept: Communication & Marketing
Phone:203.932.7207
Email: dcsmith@newhaven.edu

Office:

300 Boston Post Rd.
West Haven Ct. 06516


Education

Ph.D. Communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1987

(with an additional minor concentration from the School of Management in Organizational Theory and Design)

M.S. Communication, Emerson College, Boston, 1981

B.A. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, 1980 

Published Books and Articles

  • (2008) "Teaching Managers to Relate: Using Employee feedback to Boost Commitment and Morale at Work," proceedings, Applied Business Research Conference, Orlando.
  • (2007) "Lessons from Katrina: Crisis Communication and Rhetorical Protocol," Journal of College Teaching and Learning, June, Volume 4, number 6.
  • (2006) 'A Universal Perspective on Communication: what Every International Business Manager Should Know," International Business and Economics Research Journal, Dec. Volume 5, number 12, pages 15-18.
  • (2003-06) A Family Guide to Academic Advising, National Center for the Freshman-Year Experience, University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, S.C. (cosponsored by the National Academy of Academic Advisors and 114,000 + copies sold to date. The editor has scheduled a Spanish version of this work for 2008).
  • (2006) "Language, Choice and the Power of Definition: A Rational Understanding of Gender and Communication in the 21st Century," paper presented at the Oxford Round Table, Oxford University, England, March.
  • (2005) Asking People to Measure Up: A Strategic Approach to the Performance Appraisal Interview, presented at the Australia/New Zealand Communication Association Conference, Christchurch, N.Z.
  • (2003) Communication, Management, and the Role of the Expert Spectator: Adapting to co-cultures in the workplace, Proceedings of the Australia/New Zealand Communication Association Conference held in Brisbane, July.

Courses Taught

CO100 Introduction to Human Communication
          Public Relations
CO300 Persuasion
CO400 Organizational Communication
CO410 Management Communication Seminar
CO399 Media Campaigns Analysis
          Popular Music as Intercultural Communication
CO109 Communication for Management and Business
          Communication in the Internet Age
          American Cinema as Intercultural Communication
          Persuasion in Professional and Collegiate Sports
CO205 Intercultural Communication
           Seminar in Communication and Emotion
           Small Group Communication
           the Communication Module for Executive MBA students.  

Other

2005   Who's Who Among America's Teachers

2000    Inducted into National Forensic Association Hall of Fame

2000    UNH FYP Faculty Award - given for outstanding care and commitment to first-year students.

1993    Certificate of Merit for Services as Local Arrangements Coordinator for the Eastern Communication Association Conference in New Haven, CT.

1993    Listed in 24th Edition of Marquis' Who's Who in the East

'76-'79 Intercollegiate Forensics Competitor.  Competed in debate and nearly all individual events.  Won 300+ public speaking awards, more than any competitor in intercollegiate history.  Record stood for six years. 

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1-800 DIAL-UNH or 1-800-342-5864
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