Oral Communication


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Oral Communication

Program Committee


Jim Helmer, Ph.D., Oral Communication Center Coordinator; Lecturer in Oral Communication

jhelmer@hamilton.edu
James Helmer earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. Although much of his work has focused on organizational communication, Helmer considers himself a generalist interested in the whole range of communication behaviors through which people create and sustain relationships and social structures.  He has published in Qualitative Sociology, The Journal of Popular Culture, The Southern Journal of Speech Communication, and The Speech Communication Annual.  Helmer lived and taught in London for one year and has taught public speaking in a maximum security prison.  At Hamilton, Helmer teaches oral communication courses through the Department of Communication and the Oral Communication Center.  He also is the coordinator of the Oral Communication Center.


Susan Mason, M.S., Lecturer in and Director of the Program in Teacher Education and the Program in Oral Communication

smason@hamilton.edu
Mason, who came to Hamilton in 1991, is responsible for planning, implementing, and assessing all activities associated with Hamilton's minor in education studies. As director of the Oral Communication Center she works with faculty and students to meet the discipline-specific communication requirements of the College's new curriculum.  When possible, she teaches courses on group interactions and organizational communication in the Department of Rhetoric and Communication Department.   As a consultant she also designs and delivers communication management skills seminars for a variety of profit and nonprofit organizations.

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