Stephanie J. Coopman Brief Vita

Brief Vita

STEPHANIE J. COOPMAN

Department of Communication Studies
San José State University
San José, CA 95192-0112
408-924-5366
sjcoopman@gmail.com
www.roguecom.com

EDUCATION

Ph.D.

M.A., Central Michigan U, 1982
Concentration: Interpersonal and Public Communication

B.S., Western Michigan U, 1979
Major: Communication Arts and Sciences
Minor: Sociology

Online Education
Multi-media in the Classroom, San José State U, 2000
Certificate, Online instructor, San José State U, 1998

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

San José State University, Department of Communication Studies
Professor, August 2001 - present
Associate Professor, August 1996 - August 2001
Assistant Professor, August 1990 - August 1996

Courses taught:
      Business Communication
      Communication, Self and Society*
      Contemporary Communication Issues
      Critical Decision Making*
      Ethical Problems in Communication**
      Interpersonal Communication (lower division)*
      Interpersonal Communication (upper division)*
      Internet Communication**
      Interviewing
      Introduction to Communication*
      Language Behavior
      Organizational Communication* (undergraduate)
      Organizational Communication* (graduate)
      Persuasion*
      Psychology of Communication
      Public Speaking*
      Small Group Communication*

*developed and taught in person and online
**developed and taught online

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Coopman, S. J., & Lull, J. (in press). Public speaking: An evolving art. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Coopman, S. J., & Coopman, T. M. (forthcoming). Small group communication: A practical guide for the 21st century. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Coopman, S. J., & Wood, J. (2004). Instructor's resource manual for Everyday Encounters. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Coopman, S. J., & Wood, J. (2004). Student companion for Everyday Encounters. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Coopman, S. J. (2003). Communicating disability: Metaphors of oppression, metaphors of empowerment. In P. Kalbfleisch (Ed.), Communication Yearbook 27 (pp. 337-394). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Coopman, S. J. (2001). Democracy, performance and outcomes in interdisciplinary health care teams. Journal of Business Communication, 38, 261-284.

Coopman, S. J., & Meidlinger, K. (2000). Power, hierarchy and change: The stories of a Catholic parish staff. Management Communication Quarterly, 13, 567-625.

Coopman, S. J., & Applegate, J. L. (2000). Social-cognitive influences on the use of persuasive message strategies among health care team members. American Communication Journal, 3(2). Available at: acjournal.org.

Coopman, S. J., & Meidlinger, K. (1998). Interpersonal stories told by a Catholic parish staff. American Communication Journal, 1(3). Available at: acjournal.org.

Coopman, S. J., Hart, J., Hougland, J., & Billings, D. (1998). Speaking for God: The functions of church leader storytelling in Southern Appalachia in the 1950s. American Communication Journal, 1(2). Available at: acjournal.org.

Coopman, S. J., Hart, J., Allen, M. W., & Haas, J. (1997). Detecting cultural knowledge in organization members' personal construct systems. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 10, 321-338.

Coopman, S. J. (1997). Personal constructs and communication in interpersonal and organizational contexts. In G. Neimeyer & R. Neimeyer (Eds.), Advances in Personal Construct Psychology, (Vol. 4, pp. 101-147). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

RECENT CONVENTION AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Coopman, S. J., (2006, November). Metaphors of disability in the survey of communication course. Paper presented at the National Communication Association convention, San Antonio.

Coopman, S. J., Allen, M. W., & Hart, J. L. (2006, November). Workplace surveillance and privacy boundaries. Paper presented at the National Communication Association convention, San Antonio.

Hart, J. L., & Coopman, S. J. (2006, November). Oprah Winfrey as business speaker and political communicator. Paper presented at the National Communication Association convention, San Antonio.

Coopman, S. J., & Hart, J. L. (2006, September). Getting eHealthy with your favorite celebrity. Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Coopman, S. J. (2006, September). Blogging on, in and around the dialectics of disability. Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Hart, J. L., & Coopman, S. J. (2006, April). Celebrities and eHealth: Expanding the web of influence. Paper presented at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, KY.

Coopman, S. J., & Hart, J. (2005, October). Flashpoints in the evolution of an online professional organization. Paper to be presented at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Chicago.

Coopman, S. J. (2004, November). Navigating NCA's website. Paper presented at the annual National Communication Association convention, Chicago.

Coopman, S. J., Allen, M. W., & Hart, J. (2004, September). Resistance is futile: Assimilating into the surveillance workplace. Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Brighton, England.

Coopman, S. J., Allen, M. W., & Hart, J. (2003, October). Submit, resist, or subvert?: Organization members' responses to electronic surveillance. Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Toronto.

Waltrip-Sequeira, S., & Coopman, S. (2003, February). Parent-Teacher social constructions of an autistic child's "progression" and "regression": A case study. Paper presented at the Western States Communication Association convention, Salt Lake City.

Coopman, S. (2002, November). Metaphors of disability: Communication, oppression, and empowerment. Top 4 Paper in the Disability Issues Caucus presented at the annual National Communication Association convention, New Orleans.

Coopman, S. (2002, November). Getting out the word: Communicating good research, producing good public policy. Paper presented at the annual National Communication Association convention, New Orleans.

Coopman, S. (2001, October). Independence, identity, and credibility: Persons with disabilities commandeer the Net. Paper presented at the Second Annual Association of Internet Researchers conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Coopman, S. (2001, April). Power, politics & paper: Tales from an online journal editor. Paper presented at the annual Southern States Communication Association convention, Lexington, KY.

Coopman, S. (2001, February). The power to define ourselves: The disability movement storms the Internet. Paper presented at the annual Western States Communication Association convention, Coeur d'Alene, ID.

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Last updated February 2007