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LEONARD JERALD SHEDLETSKY
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E DUCATION
Ph.D. in Communication, University of Illinois, 1974
M.A. in Broadcast Communication Arts, San Francisco State College, 1966-1968
Junior College Standard Teaching Credential
B.A. in Speech and Theatre, Brooklyn College, 1961-1965
E XPERIENCE
Professor, Department of Communication, University of Southern Maine, September, 1991 - present
Acting chairperson, Department of Communication, University of Southern Maine, Spring, 1995
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Chairperson, Department of Communication, University of Southern Maine, September, 1987 - 1991
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Southern Maine, 1984 - 1991
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Southern Maine, 1979-1984
Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, University of Connecticut, 1974-1979
C ourses Taught
[Introduction to Communication][Intrapersonal Communication] [Meaning and Communication] [Communication & Cognition] [Theories of Language] [Research Methods in Communication] [Women & Men
Here are some examples of how I am using technology in my online teaching:
(1) a presentation for Research Methods
(2) a presentation for Introduction to Communication
(3) a large bandwidth movie presentation for Introduction to Communication
(4) a video introduction to a new course on Discussion, fall, 2010
(5) struggling to get discussion going in Introduction to Communication
N umerous Independent Studies:
Attitude Theory, Family Therapy, Style and Transformational Grammar, Sentence Perception, Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship, Communication Theory, Cerebral Asymmetry, Small Group
Process, Pragmatics (Discourse Analysis), Metaphor, Computer-Mediated Communication, Gender Identity, Discourse and Interpersonal Communication, Data Collection and Statistical Analysis of
Data on Communicating Gender, Critical Thinking in Online vs. Classroom Discussion and many others.
Co-coordinator.
Northern New England Undergraduate
Communication Colloquium, 1989
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Research Assistant.
University of Illinois, Department of
Psychology, with W. Brewer
Teaching Assistant.
University of Illinois, Department of
Speech-Communication
Student Evaluations.
Consistently Above Average to Excellent
H onors
The Russell Chair, 2009 - 2011
Awarded recognition for STELLAR scholarship and teaching, USM quadrennial review, 2007
Awarded a Center for Technology-Enhanced Learning (CTEL) Development Grant, 2007, to develop the course, Research Methods, for online delivery
Semi-Finalist for the Provost Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (2006-2007)
Awarded recognition for STELLAR scholarship and teaching, USM quadrennial review, 2003
Nominated for the Ehrlich Award for connecting scholarship and community outreach
Aitken, J. E. & Shedletsky, L. J. Teaching online courses with electronic discussion. Received a "Top Competitive Paper" award at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication
Association, Portland, Maine, April, 2001
Faculty Associate of the Center for Teaching, University of Southern Maine, 1997 - 1999
University Program Investment Fund--"Developing a Computer Mediated Communication Course for Distance Learning," 1994-1995
Visiting Research Professor of Communication and Journalism, The University of New Mexico, 1994
WSCA Scholars' Views, 1991
Achievement Award, 1988, University of Southern Maine
Achievement Award, 1987, University of Southern Maine
Visiting Research Fellow, The University of Sussex, England, Spring, 1984
Visiting Research Fellow, University College London, England, Spring, 1984
Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1983
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow
Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1980
Top Three Paper at the Western Speech Communication Association
Fellow of the Visiting Faculty Program, Yale University
Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, Department of Psychology, research with T. Bever
University Fellow, University of Illinois
Tuition Scholarship, San Francisco State College
Kappa Tau Alpha
Grant: University of Maine, Orono, Leadership in Educational Equity Project
Top Three Paper: "Mutual Understanding as a Basis for Fighting" was selected for the Distinguished Papers panel of the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western Speech
Communication Association
Grants/Contracts
Convocation Grant, "A Round Table with Students who have been Introduced to Concept Mapping and Argument Development with Webspiration," April 6, 2011.
Emerging Technology Grant, $8,350, "Visual Learning, Concept Mapping and Visual Deliberation: Strategies to Improve Knowledge about Argument Development, Critical
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Thinking, and Writing." The Center for Technology Enhanced Learning (CTEL) FY 2012.
Center for Technology-Enhanced Learning Grant, Gadgets, Gear, and Gurus, $1,700, to bring a consultant from Columbia University to do two workshops, September 27, 2010:
Workshop 1: Multimedia Simulations and Case Studies for Teaching & Learning: http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/portfolio/simulations/
Workshop 2: The Intersection of Education, Research, and Community through Digital Tools: http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/triangle/
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant, $24,600, to develop a hybrid-online major in communication, 2009 - 2010
With support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant, I received consulting for online teaching from Columbia University, Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, 2009.
Visited Columbia University in November, 2009.
Center for Technology-Enhanced Learning Grant, 2007
Maine Science and Technology Foundation: CONTRACT NUMBER 6646202
The Maine School and Library Network Training Project
Design Team
I took part in conceiving of the proposal and curriculum, and did some of the training. I constructed and maintained the home page. Contract for $122,400 for the period July 1, 1996 to June 30,
1997.
MSLN HOME PAGE
We were responsible for training over 700 K-12 teachers, librarians and administrators in use of the Internet.
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP
D ISSERTATION
Shedletsky, L. J. Effects of some clause variables on memory-scanning (Doctoral
dissertation, University of Illinois, 1974). Dissertation Abstracts International, 1975, 35 No. 11 (University Micro lm No. 75-11, 626)
Shedletsky, L. J. A content analysis to determine the structure of radio commercials in the light of the
motivated sequence (Masters thesis, San Franciso State College, 1968). (Worldcat, Accession No: OCLC: 6703919)
M E
anaging ditor
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The National Communication Association's Communication Teacher Resources Online, November, 1999 -
CE o- ditor
The National Communication Association's Communication Teacher Resources Online, November, 1998 - November, 1999
A E
ssociate ditor
The National Communication Association's The Speech Communication Teacher On-Line, May 1998 - November, 1998
WC WW itations of my Work
Citations
1 2 345
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J ournal Articles
Shedletsky, L. (submitted, May, 2011). Undergraduates Mentoring Older Adults. Academic Exchange Quarterly.
Shedletsky, L. J. (2009). How Am I Doing? Anonymity, Contingent Teaching, and Discussion. In The Proceedings of The Inaugural Conference on Classroom Response Systems: Innovations and
Best Practices,
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, November, 2008.
Aitken, J. E., & Shedletsky, L. J. (2008). The Internet and a Theory of Meaning-Making for Communication Harmony. China Media Research, Vol. 4 (4), 39 - 49.
Shedletsky, L. J. (2006). Internet Training for Older Adult Learners: An Intergenerational Mentoring Approach, The LLI Review, Vol. 1, 34 - 43.
Aitken, J. E., & Shedletsky, L. J. (2002, July). Using electronic discussion to teach communication courses. Communication
Education, Vol. 51 (3), 325-331.
Aitken, J. E., & Shedletsky, L. J. (2001, May). Administrative strategies for successful
adoption of computer technology. Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, Vol. 30 (2), pp. 39-49.
Shedletsky. L., & Aitken, J. E. (2001, July). The Paradoxes of Online Academic Work, Communication Education, Special Issue on "Technological Advances in Communication Education:
Problems and Opportunities,"
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Vol. 50 (3), pp. 206-217.
Shedletsky, L. (2000). The Online Double Bind: Mixed Messages About Online Teaching & Scholarship.
The Maine Scholar. Vol. 13, pp. 163 - 173.
Shedletsky, L. J., & Aitken, J. E. (1998). Teaching intrapersonal communication with the World-Wide Web.
(ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 426 426)
Aitken, J. E., & Shedletsky, L. (1998). On-line strategy to teach intimate and safer sex communication skills.
(ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 426 425)
Shedletsky, L. (1997). A lot of teachers who can, don't. The Speech Communication Teacher.
Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 14-15.
Shedletsky, L. (1997). Communication technology: Using e-mail and the World Wide Web
in the communication course. The Speech Communication Teacher. Vol. 11.
Shedletsky, L. (1996, Spring). Teaching as experiential learning. Thought & Action.
Vol XII, No 1, pp. 131-140. Available by CLICKING HERE
http://www.usm.maine.edu/~com/neapaper.htm
Shedletsky, L. (1995-1996). Teaching with computer-mediated communication. The Speech
Communication Teacher, Vol. 10. Available by CLICKING HERE
Shedletsky, L. (1993). Minding computer-mediated communication: CMC as experiential
learning. Educational Technology, Vol. 33, No. 12, 5-10.
Shedletsky, L. (1993, April). Computer-mediated communication to facilitate seminar participation
and active thinking. Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de
Communication.[Special Issue], Vol. 3, No.2.(CIOS members can nd the paper at: EJC/REChttp://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v3n293.htm)
Shedletsky, L. J. (1990). Cognitive style, family handedness, and degree of laterality account for
inconsistent sex differences in direction of gaze. In J. Neuliep (Ed.), Handbook of replication research in the behavioral and social sciences. [Special Issue.] Journal of Social Behavior and
Personality, Vol. 5, No. 4, 403-430.
Shedletsky, L. J. (1990). The language journal: Re ections. In W. Callender, M. Vishneau, &
K. Nelson. (Eds.). The joy of learning (pp. 123-133). (Russell Chair Monograph).
Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine.
Shedletsky, L. J. When does ghting communicate mutual understanding? The Maine Scholar, Vol. 1, No.
1, 207-218, 1988.
Review of Blaine Goss, Processing communication: Information processing in intrapersonal
Communication . Communication Research and Theory Network, October, 1987.
Review of Michael Stubbs, Discourse analysis: The sociolinguistic analysis of natural language.
Communication Education, May,1986.
Shedletsky, L. J. Cerebral asymmetry for aspects of sentence processing: A replication and extension.
Communication Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 1, 1983.
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Shedletsky, L. J. The relationship between sex differences in cerebral organization and nonverbal behavior,
Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring, 1982.
Shedletsky, L. J. Cerebral asymmetry for aspects of sentence processing, Communication Quarterly, Vol.
29, No. 1, Winter, 1981.
Review of P. Watzlawick, The language of change: Elements of therapeutic communication. The
Quarterly Journal of Speech, 67 (No. 5), 1981.
Shedletsky, L. J. Can we use our brains to de ne communication? The Encoder, Vol. 8, No. 1, Fall,
1980.
Review of Bandler and Grinder, The structure of magic, I. Grinder and Bandler, The structure of
magic, II. The Quarterly Journal of Speech, 65 (No. 4), 1979.
Shedletsky, L. J. Reconstruction from memory: A psycholinguistic exercise in speech-communication,
Michigan Speech Association Journal, Vol. 14, 1979.
B ooks, Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries
Shedletsky, L. and Aitken, J. E. (Eds.). (2010). Cases on Online Discussion and Interaction: Experiences and Outcomes. Hershey, PA:
IGI-Global.
Shedletsky, L. (2010). Critical Thinking in Discussion: Online versus Face-to-Face. In D. Russell (Ed.). Cases on Collaboration in Virtual
Environments: Processes and Interactions. Hershey, PA.: Information Science Reference.
Shedletsky, L. (2009). Interaction Analysis. In H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Shedletsky, L. (2008). Cognition. The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK:
Blackwell Publishing. see at: International Encyclopedia
Shedletsky, L. and Aitken, J. (2004). Human Communication on the Internet. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon/Longman.
[See a review of HCI in The Journal of Intercultural Communication, 7(2004) pp. 87-90]
[See a review of HCI in Journalism Studies, Vol. 7, Issue 4, August, 2006, pp. 660-663]
Shedletsky, L. and Aitken, J. (2002). Intrapersonal Communication, Interpersonal Communication,
and Computer-Mediated Communication: A Synergetic Collaboration. In: P. Comeaux
(Ed.). Communication and Collaboration in the Online Classroom: Examples and Applications,
Anker Publishing.
Shedletsky. L. (2001) "A Lot of Teachers Who Can, Don't," Reprinted in Lucas, S., Selections from
the Speech Communication Teacher, 1996-1999, McGraw-Hill.
Aitken, J., and Shedletsky, L. (Eds.). (1995). Intrapersonal Communication Processes. Speech
Communication Association and Hayden-McNeil.
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Shedletsky, L. (1995). Where do we locate 'intrapersonal communication' within the cognitive
domain? In J. Aitken and L. Shedletsky (Eds.), Intrapersonal Communication Processes.
Speech Communication Association and Hayden-McNeil.
Shedletsky, L. J. (1993). Accused of Sexual Harassment. In G. Kreps (Ed.), Sexual Harassment:
Communication Implications. (pp. 81-89). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Shedletsky, L. J. (1991). Cognitive style, family handedness, and degree of laterality account for
inconsistent sex differences in direction of gaze. In J. Neuliep (Ed.), Replication research in the
social sciences. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Shedletsky, L. J. (1989). What evidence do we have for the psychological reality of nonconscious
processing? In C. Roberts and K. Watson (Eds.), Intrapersonal Communication Processes: Original essays. Spectra, Inc.
Shedletsky, L. J. (1989). Meaning and mind: An Intrapersonal Approach to Human Communication.
Published by the Speech Communication Association and ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills.
C onference Papers
Submitted Spring, 2011: Shedletsky, Broida & Goodwin, Can We Improve the Quality and Quantity of Online Discussion with Rubrics and Peer Rating?
The 17th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning, seven studies, (Nov, 2011).
Shedletsky, L., and Goodwin, A. Can we improve the quality & quantity of online discussion with rubrics and peer rating?
Second New England Regional Sloan-C Conference on Online Learning, six studies, Portland, Maine, April, 2011.
Shedletsky, L., Ouillette, T., & Monfort, T. Introducing Senior Citizens to the Internet and Successful Mentoring.
Paper presented at the Eastern Communication Association, panel on Instructional Practices, Portland, Maine, April, 2001.
Aitken, J. E., & Shedletsky. L., Teaching Online Courses with Electronic Discussion. Paper presented at
the Eastern Communication Association, panel on Instructional Practices, Portland, Maine, April, 2001.
Shedletsky, L. Co-editing a New On-Line Publication: Communication Teacher Resources On-Line.
Paper presented at the National Communication Association, panel on Publishing On-Line, Chicago, 1999.
Shedletsky, L. and Aitken, J. Teaching an Intrapersonal Communication Course Collaboratively, Paper
presented at the National Communication Association, panel on The Internet and Pedagogy, Chicago, November, 1999.
Shedletsky, L. Computer-Mediated Communication Research, Paper presented at the National
Communication Association, panel on Computer-Mediated Pedagogy, New York, November, 1998.
Shedletsky. L., Amoroso, H. C, Jr., Cahn, L., MacDonald, T., and Pattenaude, R. The Promises and the
Challenges Behind Educational Telecomputing in Higher Education, Round Table Discussion, National Communication Association, New York, November, 1998.
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Shedletsky, L. and Aitken, J., Teaching Intrapersonal Communication with the World Wide Web: Cognitive
Technology, Paper for Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, World Conference of the World Wide Web, Internet and Intranet, November 7-12, 1998, Orlando, Florida.
(ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 426 426).
Aitken, J., and Shedletsky, L. On-Line Strategy to Teach Intimate and Safer Sex Communication Skills,
(Round Table Discussion -- The Internet: Issues and Insights about Sexuality), Organization for the Study of Communication, Language & Gender, Portland, Maine, October, 1998.
Shedletsky, L. Learning to Use CMC to Research Gender, Feminism, and Computer Anxiety: Students
Present their Work, Panel organized and chaired at the Organization for the Study of Communication,
Language & Gender, Portland, Maine, October, 1998.
STUDENTS PRESENT THEIR WORK
Shedletsky, L., & Amoroso, H. C., Jr., Global Computing and its Implications, Paper presented at the
National Communication Association, Chicago, Illiniois, November, 1997.
Shedletsky, L. Communication Technology: Using E-Mail and the World Wide Web in the Communication
Course. Paper presented at the Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore, Maryland, April, 1997.
MacDonald, T., Shedletsky, L., & Amoroso, H. C., Jr.Computer Networking: A Second Try at Training K-12
Educators for a New Technology. Paper presented at the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY, October, 1993.
Amoroso, H., MacDonald, T., & Shedletsky, L. (in alphabetical order) Computer Networking: Training K-
12 Educators for a New Technology. Paper presented at the New England Educational Research
Organization, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April, 1993.
Shedletsky, L. Teaching K-12 Educators Computer Networking. The Eastern Communication Association,
New Haven, CT, April, 1993.
Shedletsky, L. J. Computer-mediated communication to facilitate seminar participation and active
thinking. Paper presented at the Western States Communication Association, Boise, Idaho, 1992.
Shedletsky, L. J. The nature of experience in experience-based learning: Some implications. Paper
presented at the Eastern Communication Association, Portland, Maine, 1992.
Shedletsky, L. J. Accounting for inconsistent sex differences in cognition: The case of re ective
thought. Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Dublin, Ireland, June, 1990.
Shedletsky, L. J. Listening as a sex-related cognitive behavior. Paper presented at the International
Listening Association, Atlanta, Georgia, March, 1989.
Shedletsky, L. J. Cognitive style, sex, and direction of gaze: In search of extraneous variables.
Paper presented at the Western Speech Communication Association, San Diego, California, 1988.
Shedletsky, L. J. Mutual understanding as a basis for ghting. Paper presented at the World
Communication Association, Norwich, England, 1987.
Shedletsky, L. J. When does ghting communicate mutual understanding? Paper presented at Social
Psychology and Language, Bristol, England, 1987.
Shedletsky, L. J. Cognitive style, sex and direction of gaze. Paper presented at the Third International
Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Dublin, Ireland, 1987.
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Shedletsky, L. J. Mutual understanding as a basis for ghting. Paper selected for the Distinguished Papers
panel at the Western Speech Communication Association, Language Behavior Interest Group, Tucson,
Arizona, 1986.
Shedletsky, L. J. Sex differences in lateral eye movement and scanning during verbal and visual processing.
Paper presented at the Western Speech Communication Association, Language Behavior Interest Group, Tucson, Arizona, 1986.
Shedletsky, L. J. Sex differences in eye movement and scanning. Paper presented at the International
Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Groningen, The Netherlands, 1984.
Shedletsky, L. J. Sex differences in tactile spatial sensitivity. Paper presented at the International
Communication Association, Boston, May, 1982.
Shedletsky, L. J. Sex differences in cerebral organization and nonverbal behavior: Some controversial
issues. Paper presented at the Eastern Communication Association, Hartford, Connecticut, May, 1982.
Shedletsky, L. J. Sentence structure and accessing information. Paper presented at the Summer
Conference on Language and Discourse Processes, Michigan State University, 1982.
Shedletsky, L. J., and Brokenshire, M. Sex differences in brain organization for tactile size judgment. Paper
presented at the Western Speech Communication Association, San Jose, California, February, 1981.
Shedletsky, L. J. Brain research and the verbal communication/ nonverbal communication
dichotomy. Paper presented at the Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April, 1981.
Shedletsky, L. J. Sex and the functional organization of the brain. Paper accepted for presentation at the
International Communication Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May, 1981.
Shedletsky, L. J. Sentence structure and accessing information. In Using Information. Papers contributed
to the tenth mid-year meeting of the American Society for Information Science, 1981.
Shedletsky, L. J. Cerebral asymmetry for aspects of language processing. Paper presented at the Top
Three session of the Western Speech Communication Association, Portland, Oregon, February, 1980.
Shedletsky, L. J., Degree of encoding elaboration and the functional organization of the brain. Paper
presented at the International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico, May, 1980.
Shedletsky, L. J. Cerebral asymmetry, sentence structure, mode of response, and recognition latency.
Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May, 1979.
Shedletsky, L. J. Memory-scanning of a complex sentence just heard. Paper presented at the
International Communication Association, Berlin, Germany, June, 1977.
Shedletsky, L. J. How is the memory search of a two-clause complex sentence in immediate memory carried
out? Paper presented at the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, November, 1976.
I nvited Papers, Conference & Professional Organization Work
Webinar, IGI-Global, Producing Increased Interaction and Critical Thinking in the College Classroom: In Search of Authentic Online Discussion, April 18, 2011.
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Faculty Advisor (and moderator of the session), Adam Gray & Preston Hughes, "Consolidation of Responsibility" presented at Thinking Matters, University of Southern Maine, April 29th, 2011.
Russsell Chair Event 4. The State of Discussion in Education. April 29, 2011, University of Southern Maine.
Russell Chair Event 3. Students talk about Discussion. Part I. Part II. November 15, 2010, University of Southern Maine.
Russell Chair Event 2. Discussion and Self Talk. March 31st, 2010, University of Southern Maine.
Russell Chair Event 1. Discussion Online vs. Face-to-Face. November 4, 2009, University of Southern Maine.
Guest Presentation. Does Online Discussion Produce Increased Interaction and Critical Thinking? Columbia University, Center for New
Media Teaching and Learning, October 3, 2008.
Organized and ran the Roundtable, "Service learning: Undergraduate mentors & OLLI students," presented at
Thinking Matters, University of Southern Maine, April 17th, 2008.
Faculty Advisor, Laura Woods & Alice Goodwin, Does online discussion produce increased interaction and critical thinking? presented at
Thinking Matters, University of Southern Maine, April 18th, 2008.
The Older Learner Newsletter of the American Society on Aging (Summer, 2006). "How to Produce Learning-Related Websites That Are Accessible for Elders."
The Older Learner, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp 3.
Review of the chapter: "Computer Conferencing and Distance Learning," (2008). The Handbook of Computer Networks. John Wiley
& Sons.
Review of the chapter: "Computer Conferencing: Protocols and Applications," (2008). The Handbook of Computer Networks. John Wiley
& Sons.
Review of the chapter: "Video Conferencing," (2008). The Handbook of Computer Networks. John Wiley & Sons.
Invited to open the University College, University of Maine System, Faculty Institute 2004, Augusta, Maine, May 13th, Seven Principles of Good Practice: Successes and Challenges.
Faculty Advisor, Chris Curtis, The Relevance of Shared Knowledge in Conversation: Thirty-two years of Marital Discourse, presented at
Thinking Matters, University of Southern Maine, April 23rd, 2004.
Invited to chair Voices from the Periphery: Communication and the Nontraditional Student, Thinking Matters, University of Southern Maine, April 23rd, 2004.
Invited to present at the Roundtable, The Character of Our Conversation, University of Southern Maine, Thinking Matters, April 22nd, 2004.
Invited to present at Profs in Print, Phi Kappa Phi, on my book, Human Communication on the Internet, April 1, 2004.
Seminar Series: Intrapersonal Communication, National Communication Association, Chicago, 1999.
Short Course: Teaching Communication Courses with the World Wide Web: Cognitive Technology,
National Communication Association, Chicago, 1999.
Invited to speak at the session, Outstanding Teaching Ideas from the National Communication
Association's The Speech Communication Teacher, to introduce Communication Teacher Resources
Online, New York, November, 1998.
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Editorial Board, The Speech Communication Teacher, 1996 - 1998, Editor, Joan Aitken, University of
Missouri.
Reviewer for Western Journal of Communication, 1998, Editor, Leah R. Vande Berg, California State
University, Sacramento.
Editorial Board, Research and Re ection: A Journal of Educational Praxis
Reviewer for Communication Yearbook, Volume 19, 1994-95.
With Amoroso, H., & MacDonald, T., proposed and chaired a panel for the Eastern Communication
Association convention, Instructing K-12 Teachers in Computer Networking & K-12 Instructional
Practices in Computer Networking: Linking Teachers and Students to the Global Village,New Haven, CT, April, 1993.
Shedletsky, L., and Lederman, L. Co-proposed and ran a round table discussion on, Learning How to Learn:
The Debrie ng Process as Intrapersonal Communication. Sponsored by the Commission on
Experiential Learning, Speech Communication Association, Chicago, November, 1992.
Reviewer for Journal of Business Communication, 1991-1992; 1992-1993.
Invited to referee manuscripts submitted to the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western States
Communication Association for the 1992 conference.
Proposed, Organized, and chaired the panel, "Issues in Teaching Theories of Communication," for the
Western States Communication Association, Boise, Idaho, 1992.
Shedletsky, L. J. What is the relationship between communication practice and theory? A position
paper presented at the 1991 Speech Communication Association seminar, "Research Directions in Experiential Learning: Integrating Practice & Theory," Atlanta, Georgia.
Reviewer for Communication Research, 1991.
Shedletsky, L. J. Where do we locate 'communication' within the cognitive domain?. Paper presented at
the Scholars' Views panel, Western States Communication Association, Phoenix, 1991.
Reviewer for Allyn & Bacon (Mark Knapp and Anita Vangelisti's Interpersonal communication and
human relationships), 1990.
Shedletsky, L. J. Individual differences in cognition: Cognitive style, family handedness, and degree
of laterality account for inconsistent sex differences in direction of gaze. A position paper presented at the 1989 Speech Communication Association seminar:"Current Theoretical Perspectives
and Methodologies in Intrapersonal Communication", San Francisco, California.
Shedletsky, L. J. A critique of three papers on language and social interaction. Paper presented at the
Speech Communication Association, San Francisco, 1989.
Committee on Goals and Questions for the Commission on Intrapersonal Communication Processes in
response to the SCA Task Force on Goals and Questions, 1989.
Selected to present The language journal: Re ections, Great Ideas for Teaching Speech: A
Resource Exchange, Speech Communication Association, San Francisco, November, 1989.
Selected to present Intrapersonal communication activities: Representing experience, Great Ideas
for Teaching Speech: A Resource Exchange, Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, 1988.
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Selected to present Reconstruction from memory: A psycholinguistic exercise in speech-
communication, Great Ideas for Teaching Speech: A Resource Exchange, Speech Communication
Association, Boston, 1987.
Chair of the panel, Top Ranked Papers, Language Behavior Interest Group, Western Speech
Communication Association, Salt Lake City Utah, 1987.
Chair of the panel, Top Papers in Intrapersonal Communication Processes, Speech Communication
Association, Boston, 1987.
Named chair of the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western Speech Communication Association,
1987-1988, to organize the meeting for San Diego, California.
Invited to referee manuscripts submitted to the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western Speech
Communication Association for the 1987 conference.
Shedletsky, L. J. Critique of ve papers on teaching intrapersonal communication. Paper presented at
the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois, November, 1986.
Elected Vice-Chair of the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western Speech Communication
Association, 1986.
Invited to referee manuscripts submitted to the Language Behavior Interest Group for the 1986 meeting
of the Western Speech Communication Association in Tucson, Arizona.
Renamed Representative to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1985 - 1988.
Shedletsky, L. J. De ning intrapersonal communication. A position paper presented at the 1985
Speech Communication Association's seminar: "Intrapersonal Communication, Theory, Research, and Practice," Denver, Colorado.
Invited to select papers for the 1983 meeting of the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western
Speech Communication Association and to chair one of its panel sessions, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Named by the Speech Communication Association as Representative to the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Section T, "Information, Communication, and Computing," 1982 - 1985.
Invited to select papers for the 1985 meeting of the Language Behavior Interest Group of the Western
Speech Communication Association and to act as Respondent on a panel session.
Consultant to the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Consulting Editor to Communication Quarterly
Invited lecture: Some problems with left-right thinking about male and female brains. University of Maine,
Orono, 1984.
Invited lecture: Sex and brain organization. Graduate/Faculty Research Seminar in Cognitive Studies.
University of Sussex, Brighton, England, 1984.
Invited lecture: Sex differences and brain organization for verbal and spatial tasks: Research
problems. Graduate/Faculty Research Seminar in Linguistics, University of London, 1984.
Shedletsky, L. J. Sex differences in cerebral organization and nonverbal behavior: Some controversial
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issues. Invited for presentation at the 1982 meeting of the Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico.
Shedletsky, L. J. Critique of the Top Three papers on language behavior. Paper presented at
the Top Three session of the Western Speech Communication Association, Denver, Colorado,
February, 1982.
W orkshops Conducted
Shedletsky, L. J. How am I doing: Anonymity, Contingent Teaching, and Discussion. Inaugural Conference on
Classroom Response Systems: Innovations and Best Practices, Louisville, Kentucky, November, 2008.
Using Technology in Teaching and Learning: Third Annual USM CTEL Showcase, "Comparing Online and Face-to-Face Discussion,"
April 10, 2008, with Wayne Grif n & Alice Goodwin (students).
Using CLICKER technology in the classroom, Fall, 2006
Faculty Associate of the Center for Teaching, University of Southern Maine, 1997 - 1999
Workshops for faculty and staff on:
POWEPOINT
COMPOSER
WS-FTP
NETSCAPE
and others
With Whittenburg and Amoroso, Gender Issues and Other Things on the Internet, Women in Management,
Portland, ME, April, 1995.
Teaching the College Course in Intrapersonal Communication, Speech Communication Association Short
Courses, New Orleans, November, 1994.
Communication Resource Consultant to Professor Henry Amoroso, Associate Professor of Education, in
two workshops:
(1) "Enhancing communication with young disabled readers," International Reading Association, 1988;
(2) "Toward a theory of listening transactions in adult literacy education," International Listening Association, 1989.
Language and cognition in the communication classroom: A psycholinguistic approach, Western
Speech Communication Association, Denver, February, 1982.
Group discussion: The nominal group technique, Maine Audubon Society and Freeport Historical Society,
January, 1982.
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U niversity & Community Service
1. Blog for IGI-Global, Social Technologies and Human Computer Interaction, Fall, 2010-present.
2. ONLINE SYMPOSIUM, IGI_Global, Producing Increased Interaction and Critical Thinking in the College Classroom: In Search of Authentic Online Discussion, April, 2011.
3. Faculty advisor, Thinking Matters, "The Consolidation of Responsibiltiy: The State of Discussion," proposal submitted, presention by Adam Gray and Preston Hughes, April, 2011.
4. Annual Fall Open House for prospective students and their families, the Costello Sports Complex on the Gorham campus, October, 2010.
5. Committee Member: Online and Blended Course Evaluation Working Group, Spring, 2009 - Spring, 2010
6. Presentation: Assessment/Feedback: Reveries, Puzzlements and Dumb Ideas from the Abyss. At the General Education Council, April 10, 2009.
7. Interview on Home Dad, WMPG radio, Portland, Me., May 20th, 2008.
8. Interview on Home Dad, WMPG community television, Portland, Me., May 20th, 2008.
9. Faculty/Student Panel Discussion: Teaching & Learning Online (audio), Second Annual USM Showcase: Using Technology in Teaching and Learning, April, 2007
10. Clicking In: A Way to Improve Class Interaction, CTEL Workshop for Faculty, March 15 and 22, 2007
11. Faculty advisor, Thinking Matters, "The Undergraduate Attention Span," presented by Charlotte Dench, April, 2007
12. Clicking In: A Way to Improve Class Interaction, CTEL Workshop for Faculty, October 26 & 30, 2006
13. Internet for Seniors (Osher LifeLong Learning Institute) taught every fall
14. IT User Services Committee, to hire an Assistant Director for University Computing Support to help users with their technology needs, Keith Witherell, chair, Summer, 2006
15. Lifeline Advisory Board, 2006
16. Represented the Department of Communication and Media Studies to request a hire, 2005 and 2006
17. Faculty advisor, Thinking Matters, "Discourse Analysis: Locating Social Movement Frames at the G8 Summit Protests," presented by Sara Trafton, April, 2006
18. Convocation, "Dialogues in the Disciplines," series of panel presentations, 2005-2006
19. Strategic Planning Committee, Lifeline, 2005-2006
20. Faculty advisor, Thinking Matters, "Gender Communication: Default Assumptions," presented by Benjamin Nutter, April, 2005
21. Faculty advisor, Thinking Matters, "Meaning and Communication," presented by Heather Elliott, April, 2005
22. Chair of Panel, Thinking Matters," Understanding Barriers in Communication," Thinking Matters, April, 2005
23. Sun Journal Interview, "Sold on Cells," April 4, 2004
24. Profs in Print, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Human Communication on the Internet, April 1, 2004
25. Faculty advisor, Thinking Matters, "The relevance of shared knowledge in conversation: Thirty-two years of marital discourse," presented by Christine Curtis, April, 2004
26. Chair of Panel, "Voices from the Periphery: Communication and the Nontraditional Student," Thinking Matters, April, 2004
27. Roundtable: The Character of Our Conversation, Thinking Matters, April, 2004
28. Presentation: "The In uence of the Internet on the Presidential Campaign," Of ce of the President and USM Libraries, November, 2005
29. Maine Scholar Advisory Board, 2003 - 2005
30. Participated in the IT/IS Organization and Process Review, 9-23-2003
31. Presentation--USM Showcase: Using Technology in Teaching and Learning, "Teaching via ITV and Videoconferencing," 4-13-06
32. Chaired Dave Pierson's Peer Review, Spring, 2006
33. District Technology Advisory Committee (Portland Public Schools)
34. Created and Maintained (until 2004) the Home Page for the Department of Communication
35. Created and Maintained the Home Page for USM's Lifeline
36. Libra Committee, School of Business, Joel Gold, Chair, Fall, 1998
37. Center for Teaching, Computer Workshops, with Ron Levere and Barbara Stebbins, 1997-1999:
Create a Home Page for Your Course-Level I
Create a Home Page for Your Course-Level II
Using Presentation Software to Enhance Instruction: PowerPoint, Demonstration and Training (Level I)
Using Presentation Software to Enhance Instruction (PowerPoint Level II)
38. Consultant to the MAINE COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM, Fall, 1998,
Naira (Nonny) B. Soifer, Esq., Director
39. The Technology Committee, College of Education, 1994-1996, Libby Cohen, Chair
40. Acting Chairperson, Department of Communication, Spring, 1995
41. Center for Teaching Workshop: Teaching Strategies for Effective Group Work
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42. Chairperson, Department of Communication, 1987 - 1991
43. Core Council
44. Chair of the Task Force on Humanities (Core Curriculum)
45. Task Force on Critical Thinking (subcommittee of the Core Council)
46. Honors Program Committee
47. Women's Studies Committee (Curriculum Subcommittee)
48. Dean Evaluation Committee
49. Women's Studies Council
50. Ad Hoc Committee to Design a New Structure for Women's Studies
51. Clinical Research Review Committee
52. Faculty Senate
53. Acting Chair, Department of Communication
54. Convocation Committee
55. Curriculum Review Committee
P rofessional Membership
1. National Communication Association
2. Associate of Comserve and the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
R eferences
Upon Request
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