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Michael W. Purdy, PhD Ohio U
University Professor of Communication Studies

Communications Program
Governors State University
University Park, IL. 60466
(708) 534-4081 /7895 (fax)
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PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

    Governors State University, Coordinator, Communication Program (1994- present)
    Governors State University, Division Chair, Communications (1985-1994)
    Governors State University, (tenured) University Professor (1980-present)
    University of Rhode Island, (tenured) Assistant Professor (1972-1980)
    Ohio University, Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant (1970-72)
    Northern Illinois University, Instructor (1968-1970)

 

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE

    Lectures, Training and Workshops Presented

  • Numerous lectures and training workshops on listening, Hospice communication, team concept, conflict management, telephone communication, leadership, communication for seniors, management communication, communication competence, family communication, teaching, etc.
    Provided above areas of training for Lucent, FORD, IBM, State of IL, local schools, community, government, religious and business.

  • Teaching Areas
    Primary:
    Human Communication Theory/Philosophy, Intercultural/International Communication, Web Design & Publishing, Interpersonal Communication/Listening, Communication Technology & Culture. 
    Secondary:
    Persuasion/Argumentation, Conflict Management, and Organizational Communication.

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EDUCATION

State University of New York, Albany; BS in Mathematics.
Kansas State, Emporia; MS in Rhetoric and Public Address; Thesis: "Ronald Reagan's Speaking to    Achieve Image in the 1966 California Gubernatorial Campaign."
Ohio University, Athens; Ph.D. in Interpersonal Communication; Minor in Empirical Research Methods; Dissertation: "Communication and Institution in the Phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty."
Additional hours/workshops in Spanish, Media Communication/Photography, Electronic Imaging, Economics, Cultural Studies, Mindell's Process Work, Contemporary Philosophy (various schools), and Postdoctoral study at Ohio University in cultural philosophy.

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AWARDS

          International Listening Association (ILA) Hall of Fame (for research), 1994.
          ILA President's Awards, 1994, 1995, 1997
          GSU Administrative Merit Award 1986-1987, 1989-90, 1993-4.
          GSU  Professional Advancement Award 1998, 2002

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Planning committee and Website committee, Center for Global Studies, Universidad Rafael Landivar (Guatemala) and other consortium universities.
Editorial Board, International Journal of Listening
Editorial Board, Integralis Journal, online and print 
Editorial Board, Qualitative Research Reports (academic journal)
Ex-Managing Editor, Integrative Explorations Journal 1990-2003

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PUBLICATIONS AND SELECTED PAPERS

Listening in the Everyday Life: A Personal and Professional Approach, with Dr. Borisoff of NYU. University Press of America, second edition, 1997 (1991). Working on 3rd edition.

Two other books in progress A Critical/Cultural Study of Listening in Western Civilization, and A Time for Listening: Communication Equipment for Living  (Working on final chapters).

Working on a phenomenology of olfactory (smell) communication for future presentations and publication.

Media, Communication, and Ethos: Deficiency of Media and the Need for Listening. Paper presented at the V International Conference: Ethos and Globalization, Rafael Landivar University, Guatemala, August 9th to 12th, 2004. To be published in collected papers volume.

Global Dialogue and Internet Education: Right to Listen/Freedom to Listen. Presented (via internet link, live) to the “Symposium and Workshop on Global Education via the Virtual Classroom over the Internet” for the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics conference in Baden–Baden, Germany, August 3, 2004.

A Silver Anniversary Perspective: “Listening 25 years Later,” Qualitative research Critical for understanding listening, A paper presented at the International Listening Association, April, 2004. Ft. Meyers, FL. To be published in anniversary volume of ILA.

Shamanic Processing: Magical consciousness as worldly expression of the integral, published in Integrative Explorations Journal, vol. 7&8, no. 1, March 2003.

Transparency and communication: A dialogical philosophy. A paper presented at the International Jean Gebser Society meeting, for the study of culture and consciousness, in NYC, Oct. 23–25, 03, and submitted for publication in a volume about cultural philosophy.

Service Listening: Listening to the Body, Listening to the Person, published in Communication Post, the official publication of the International Association for Health–Communication Sciences, no. 1, Spring 2002, Sapporo, Japan.

Magical Listening and Community, a paper presented at the International Listening Association, Scottsdale, Az, March 2002.

Listening Democracy, a paper presented at the 30th International Gebser society for the study of culture and consciousness, in Santa Fe, NM, October 2002. And submitted for publication in a volume of papers on Democracy and Consciousness.

Cultural communication and global mediation. A paper presented at The Third Annual Conference of Philosophy Global Political Institutions, Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City. August 14–17, 2002 (and included in a book coming out in 2003).

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Listening as connecting: Listening as serving. Presented by Alan Knowles at the International Association of Health Communication Sciences Conference, Sapporo, Japan, September 21, 2002. To be published in Fall 2002 in The IAHCS Journal.

Service listening: Listening to the body, listening to the person. IAHCS Newsletter (International Association of Health Communication Sciences) Spring, 2002. (co–published in the Listening Post, publication of the International Listening Association, Summer 2002).

Integrating the Magical and Using the Shamanic in Global Education. A paper presented at The Second Annual Conference on Globalization and Education, Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City. August 7–12, 2001 (and included in published proceedings, coming out in 2004)

Move Up, Listen Up: The Listener Wins, article published online at Monster.com. http://content.monster.com/listen/overview/, April 2002.

Listening, Culture and Structures of Consciousness: Ways of Experiencing and Studying Listening. International Journal of Listening, 14, 47-68, 2000.

Consciousness Structures and Modern Communication: Oral, Literate, or What? Integrative Explorations: Journal of Culture and Consciousness, 6:1, August 2000

The End of Death? Conscious Life in Global Cyberspace, article published online in Integralis Journal http://www.ctl.unca.edu/combs/IntegralAge/Cyberspace.htm, (later to be published in the print version of the journal), March 2000.  

Ethics: Communication Consulting and Training. In Bridging Both Worlds: Communication Consulting. University Press of America, 1993.

"Consciousness Structures and the New Communication," paper presented at the New York Speech Communication Association, Ellenville, NY, October 1990, and published in the juried New Dimensions in Communication: Proceedings of the 48th NY State Speech Communication Assoc., 1991).

“Listening and Community: The Role of Listening in Community Formation.” In Journal of the International Listening Association, 5, 1991. 51-67.

"Listening as Formative of Community," paper presented at the New York State Speech Communication Association, Poughkeepsie, New York, October 1989, published in the juried proceedings of the NYSSCA.

"Issues in Qualitative Research," paper presented at ILA pre-conference on Research, Atlanta, February 28, 1989, (published in Perspectives on Listening Research: Planning for the Next Generation, International Listening Association, 1991).

"Listeners and Audiences: Reception Theory and Listening Theory," paper presented at New York State Speech Communication Association, Ellenville, NY, October 1988, published in the juried NY State Speech Communication Assoc. Conference Proceedings.

“Contributions of philosophical hermeneutics to listening research.” Presented as a paper at the International Listening Association, San Diego, CA, 1986, and published in ERIC 1986.

Styles of listening and structures of consciousness. Journal of Communication Therapy. 1. 1, 47-58. (1982).

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Selected Papers

Listening & Democracy: Hearing people. A paper presented at the International Listening Association, April 2004. Ft. Meyers, FL

Wrote a paper on Qualitative research to be read by Dr. Wolvin at the session, "Listening:  OmniPresent But Overlooked" at the National Communication Association, conference in Miami, FL, November 22, 2003. The paper will be submitted for publication next year.

Attended the Fourth International Philosophy Conference on Globalization and Communication, August 11–14, 2003, at Rafael Landivar University in Guatemala City. He presented the paper: “Listening and Western Communication.” He also spoke August 14th at the Guatemala UNICEF meeting on Journalism on the topic: “Communication/listening for journalists creating an informed society.”

Dr. Michael Purdy attended the Third Conference of the International Association of Health Communication Sciences on Health Communication Sciences and Human Life, September 13–14 in Tokyo, Japan, and presented the paper: “Communication and Human Life: A Communication Model for Serving in Healthcare/Welfare.” The paper will be published in the Journal of International Association of Health Communication Sciences this fall. Dr. Purdy also participated on the panel “Problems in health and human life.”

Attended a joint conference of the International Listening Association (ILA) and the World Communication Association in Stockholm, Sweden, July 16th-20, 2003 and presented two papers: “Listening in Service,” and “Medical/Health Care Practices and Effective Human Communication.” He also presented on Qualitative Research on the panel Listening Research in Action, and moderated a connecting conversation: “Gender—How can communication help address 21st century issues? Toward a feminist theory of globalization.” Purdy is also 2nd VP of the ILA.

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Listening and community. Presented paper on the panel Listening and the Public Good at the Eastern Communication Association (Theme: Communication and the Public Good) Washington, DC –– April 25, 2003

Magical Listening and Community, A paper presented to the International Listening Association, Scottsdale, AZ, March 2002.

Shamanic Processing: Magical consciousness as worldly expression of the integral. Paper presented at the XXIX Annual Gebser Conference: Worldly Expressions of the Integral Consciousness, October 19, 2001, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

Framing & Listening: Important Tools for Leaders. Paper presented to the International Listening Association, Chicago, IL, March 2001.

Exploring Your Personal Listening Behavior.  Mike Purdy and Dick Halley, with Klara Pihlajamaki. Paper presented to the International Listening Association, Chicago, IL, March 2001.

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Respondent for Research panel on Reader/Reception Theory, and contributor to Listening Exercises that Work at the International Listening Association, Chicago, IL, March 2001.

Speaker, Panel on Successful Publication and Research, at the International Listening Association, Chicago, IL, March 2001.

Listening and Gender: Stereotypes and Explanations, Paper presented to the International Listening Association, Virginia Beach, VA, March 2000.

Table Talk: Issues in Listening. Organized, chaired and participated in a discussion of how listening fits into the study and discipline of communication. Virginia Beach, VA, March 2000.

The End of Death: Life in Cyberspace. A paper presented at the annual Gebser conference: Global Cybertech and Integral Consciousness, at Governors State U, Oct. 21–23, 1999

Listening and Gender: characteristics of Good and Poor Listeners, Paper presented to the International Listening Association, Albuquerque, NM, March 1999. Submitted for Publication in the International Journal of Listening, July 2002.

A Listening Webcourse: Implications and Possibilities, Presentation at the International Listening Association, Albuquerque, NM, March 1999.

“Listening and Consciousness: Historical Roots,” Paper presented at the International Listening Association, Kansas City, March 1998

“The Work of Jean Gebser” on the panel Civilizational Semiotics” Paper presented at the National Communication Association, Chicago, November 1997

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A Responsibility to Listen, National Communication Association on the panel Quality Listening and Values (also organized by M. Purdy). Paper presented at the National Communication Association, Chicago, November 1997

Many articles to Listening Post, Newsletter of the International Listening Association, including “Who Is Thinking About Listening,” issue. 62, Autumn 1997.

The Impact of Communication Technology on Interpersonal Communication, Keynote Speech at the Midwest International Listening Association Conference, Milwaukee, October 26, 1996.

Mythic Shadows of Technology. Paper presented at the International Jean Gebser Conference, Nov. 6–9, 1996, University of Pennsylvania, California, PA.

“Foundations under attack: Challenges to a rational ground for communication and the need for listening.” Paper presented at the International Listening Association, Sacramento, CA, March 1996.

“The Limits to Human Contact: How Communication Technology Mediates Relationships.” Paper presented at the International Listening Association, Sacramento, CA, March 1996.

“Modern & postmodern: Outa sight, outa mind.” A paper presented to the international Jean Gebser Society, Governors State University, University Park, IL, November 2–4, 1995.

“Ethics in Listening: What’s to say?” Paper presented at the Speech communication Association, San Antonio, TX, November 1995.

 “Listening Ethics: Little Things Mean A Lot.” Paper presented at International Listening Association, Little Rock, AK, March 1995.

“Listening and Consciousness: The Contributions of Jean Gebser.” Presentation at International Listening Association, Little Rock, AK, March 1995.

“Using the Internet for Academics.” Presentation with hands–on demonstration, at International Listening Association, Little Rock, AK, March 1995.

From Classroom to Community: Experiential Education in Classroom and Community Environments: Nontraditional Graduate Education: Meeting the Needs of Working Adults, Using Workshops To Ground and Augment an MA Program in Communication Studies. Paper presented at Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November 1994.

“Computer–Aided Imaging: Integrative Consciousness.” Presentation and demonstration of finished photographic multi–image montage works and work in progress, at International Jean Gebser Conference, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, November 1994.

“Listening and Cultural Studies: Communication in the Modern and Postmodern World,” paper presented at the International Listening Association, Boston, MA, March 1994.

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“Teen-Parent Communication: A Survey, Results, and Recommendations,” paper presented at International Listening Association, Boston, MA, March 1994.

“Communication and Western Consciousness.” Paper presented at the Speech Communication Association, Miami, November 1993.

“Jean Gebser’s Project: What Must We Do Now?  Describing Cultural Experience.”  Presentation at the Jean Gebser Society, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, November 1993; published in Integrative Explorations Journal, Spring 1994.

“Gifts: Great Ideas for Teaching Speech,” presentation at Illinois Speech and Theater Assoc., Decatur, October 1992.

"Qualitative Research Methods: How to Begin," paper and workshop presented at the International Listening Association, Seattle, March 1992.

"Listener Understanding of Messages: A Qualitative Study," paper presented at the International Listening Association, Seattle, March 1992.

"Twins and the Possibility of Communicating (Cross culturally)," paper presented to the New York State Speech Communication Association, Albany, October 1991 (published in the juried Proceedings of the 49th Annual NY State Speech Communication Association Conference, 1993).

"Gender and Listener Characteristics," paper, with Dr. Borisoff (NYU), presented at the International Listening Association, Jacksonville, FL, March 1991.

"Qualitative Research and Listening," paper presented at the International Listening Association, Scottsdale, AZ, March 1988

"Qualitative Research Methodology," paper presented at the International Listening Association, San Diego, CA, March 1986

"Impact of Computers on Schooling," paper presented at the Illinois Social Studies Council's state conference, Chicago, IL, October 1983

"The Power of Media in a Changing Social Reality," paper presented at the 8th Third World Conference, Chicago, March 1982

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INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

    Three trips to India, one personal (`75), one professional to conduct intercultural research (`81), one professional to be group facilitator for interfaith conference on Prayer/Meditation and Nonviolence and to attend the World Fellowship of Religions Conference (Feb.-Mar. 1995).

    Travel to international conferences in Japan (2000, 2003), Sweden (2003) and Guatemala (2001-2005).

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