C&J News Briefs

Patricia Covarrubias
Janet Cramer
Karen A. Foss
Miguel Gandert

Dirk C. Gibson
Dennis Herrick
Stephen W. Littlejohn
Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik

Culture, Communication and Cooperation: Interpersonal Relations and Pronominal Address in a Mexican Organization was written by communication assistant professor Patricia Covarrubias. It is based on an ethnographic study of 550 workers in a Mexican industrial organization in Veracruz.
Originally published in 2002, it was re-issued in paperback in 2005. It can be found at Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, and it can be seen at barnesandnoble.com.

    A new textbook for media history classes has been written by associate professor Janet Cramer and published in 2009.
     Titled Media/History/Society: A Cultural History of U.S. Media, the book challenges readers to think creatively about how the mass media affects Americans. Dr. Cramer explores the roots of U.S. media and the ideas and cultural forces that have shaped the media industry. It emphasizes how media were shaped and changed by social and cultural trends, policies and shifts in perception.
     The book is available from amazon.com and from barnesandnoble.com.

     The first compilation of about 300 theories in the communication academic field was published in 2009, edited by C&J Regents Professor Karen A. Foss and C&J adjunct Stephen Littlejohn. Titled the Encyclopedia of Communication Theory, nearly 200 communication scholars provided entries for the books, including several other C&J faculty members
     It is available from Sage Publications and also from barnesand noble.com and amazon.com.
      Foss also edited Readings in Feminist Rhetorical Theory along with her sister Sonja K. Foss of the University of Colorado, and Cindy L. Griffin of Colorado State University. It features the writings of nine influential feminist theorists: Cheris Kramarae, bell hooks, Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Daly, Starhawk, Paula Gunn Allen, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Sally Miller Gearhart and Sonia Johnson.
      The book is intended as a companion volume to Feminist Theoretical Theories published by Foss, Foss and Griffin in 1999.
      It can be seen at amazon.com or at barnesandnoble.com.

With her husband Stephen W. Littlejohn, a part-time instructor at C&J, Dr. Foss is co-author of the 8th edition of Theories of Human Communication.
Thomson/Wadsworth features the book on its site. It also can be found at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. It is considered the seminal text in the field of communication.

    Journalism professor Miguel Gandert is the co-author with Enrique R. Lamidrid of the award-winning book Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption.
    Through its text and photographs, the book explores one of the great shared festivals of the Pueblo and Hispano communities, known as Los Comanches. Hermanitos Comanchitos won the 2004 Chicago Folklore Prize and it also won a Border Regional Library Association Book Award. Available in hardbound or paperback, it includes a CD with performances of festival songs.
    The book can be found at University of New Mexico Press, and it can be seen at barnesandnoble.com or at amazon.com.
    Gandert also took the photographs and co-authored Nuevo México: Rituals of an Indo-Hispano Homeland. It conveys the colorful and enduring mestizo culture in the upper Rio Grande corridor with Indo-Hispanos performing rituals and dances rooted in the syncretism of garb and gods of the Old and New Spains.
    The book can be found at at barnesandnoble.com or at amazon.com.

    Associate professor Dirk C. Gibson produced a second book on serial murderers, this one titled Serial Murder and Media Circuses.
    In his latest book, Dr. Gibson presents and analyzes the role of communication—rhetoric, journalism and public relations—in the highly charged and emotional atmosphere of serial murders, and he points to the troubling downside of mass press coverage of these horrific crimes.
    The book can be found at Greenwood Publishing Group, and it can be seen at amazon.com or at barnesandnoble.com.
    His earlier book, Clues from Killers: Serial Murder and Crime Scene Messages, was released in 2004 by Praeger Publishers.
    The first book describes the rhetorical behavior of serial murderers. Based on a sample of 500 serial killers, Clues from Killers includes chapters on the Mad Butcher of Cleveland, Jack the Ripper, the Black Dahlia Avenger, and Zodiac.
    Clues from Killers can be found at Greenwood Publishing Group, and it can be seen at amazon.com or at barnesandnoble.com.

      Media Management in the Age of Giants, by journalism lecturer and former newspaper publisher Dennis Herrick, is a primer on how to manage a media company in an industry dominated by conglomerates.
      There is a companion Web site for the book.
      The book blends both theoretical foundations and practical application of management practices. It examines the current media industry in an age when all the rules seem to be changing because of the new phenomena of digital technology, publicly traded media conglomerates, and changing media values and tastes of the public.
      Media Management in the Age of Giants can be seen at amazon.com.

      Assistant professor Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik, a well-known expert on workplace bullying, published her first book in 2009 titled Destructive Organizational Communication: Processes, Consequences & Constructive Ways of Organizing.
      Dr. Lutgen-Sandvik is an editor of the new volume with Beverly Davenpo Sypher.
      Destructive workplace issues such as bullying, racism, stress and harassment are examined by several communication scholars.
      The book is available from barnesandnoble.com and from amazon.com.

      Professor John G. Oetzel has had an intercultural communication textbook published in 2009. Titled Intercultural Communication: A Layered Approach, it was published by Pearson Higher Education.
      The book also is available through amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
      Dr. Oetzel is chair of UNM's Department of Communication & Journalism.
      His other recent books are Managing Intercultural Conflict Effectively, which examines intercultural conflict in personal relationships, work groups, and organizations, and The Sage Handbook of Conflict Communication.
      Both books are published by Sage and they are listed together at http:www.sagepub.com.
      The first book also can be seen at barnesandnoble.com or at amazon.com.
      The Sage Handbook is the first resource to synthesize key theories, research and practices of conflict communication. A number of expert researchers in the field are featured. It can be found at barnesandnoble.com or at amazon.com.

      Communication professor Janice Shuetz produced two books in the 2006-07 academic year.
      Dr. Schuetz was one of two editors for the volume, Perspectives on Argumentation: Essays in Honor of Wayne Brockriede. She also was the author of Communicating the Law: Lessons from Landmark Legal Cases.
      Dr. Schuetz is the author of several books and is this year’s chair of the Undergraduate Communication Committee. Perspectives on Argumentation is a compilation of essays by several communication scholars. Her co-editor is Dr. Robert Trapp of Willamette University. It can be found at barnesandnoble.com or at amazon.com. Communicating the Law examines communication perspectives of several high-profile American legal cases. It can be found at barnesandnoble.com or at amazon.com.
     Another recent book by Dr. Schuetz is Episodes in the Rhetoric of Government-Indian Relations. That book can be viewed at the Greenwood Publishing Group site. The book also can be found at amazon.com and at barnesandnoble.com.

Communication professor Gill Woodall is the coauthor with Judee K. Burgoon and David B. Buller of Nonverbal Communication: The Unspoken Dialogue. The book was issued in hardbound in 1988 and re-issued in paperback in 1994.
The book can be seen at barnesandnoble.com and at amazon.com.