Kathryn B. Golsan

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Assistant Adjunct Professor

Kathryn B. Golsan
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Kathryn B. Golsan

she, her, hers

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Kathryn earned her Master’s degree in instructional/interpersonal communication at Kent State University and a Ph.D. in communication pedagogy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Her areas of specialty include introductory communication course pedagogy, critical communication pedagogy, communication education, and instructional communication.

Her current research explores liberatory modalities for teacher pedagogy/training, critical communication pedagogy, mentoring relationships, and critical assessment practices and curriculum design built with/from difference, inclusion, and social justice. Kathryn has published (with C. Kyle Rudick and Kyle Cheesewright) the pedagogical guide Teaching From the Heart: Critical Communication Pedagogy in the Communication Classroom (Cognella Academic Publishing), as well as articles about critical communication pedagogy in the Journal of Communication Pedagogy, Communication Teacher, Communication Education. Kathryn is currently the Associate Editor for the journal Communication Teacher. She enjoys binging television shows, playing video and board games, and training her blue heeler/border collie dog, Rosie.

Education

Kathryn’s areas of pedagogy focus on fostering dialogic/socially just relationships with students, particularly in the introductory communication course. Her primary teaching interests include communication education and instructional communication, multi-paradigmatic research methods, and intercultural communication.

Teaching Interests

Critical Communication Pedagogy, Communication Education, Instructional Communication, Communication Pedagogy, Social Justice Pedagogy, Diversity and Difference.