Coopman, Stephanie J
Professor, Communication Studies
Preferred: stephanie.coopman@sjsu.edu
Office Hours
by appointment; please email
Education
- Ph.D., Communication, University of Kentucky, 1989
- M.A., Speech Communication and Dramatic Arts, Central Michigan University, 1982
- B.S., Communication Arts and Sciences, Western Michigan University, 1979
Bio
I've been at 91ÁÔÆæ since 1990, teaching some or all of my classes online since 1999. I chaired the department for 5 years and served as the chair of the University Council of Chairs and Directors for 3 years. My research, teaching, and service generally focus on applied communication, as with organizational life, games and play, and new media. The fifth edition of my public speaking text coauthored with James Lull, Public Speaking: The Evolving Art, will come out in April 2023. Recently, Joy Hart (executive director of the honors program at the University of Louisville) and I published a survery of communication book, Communicate, Connect, Collaborate. In October 2016, Dr. Ted Coopman, four 91ÁÔÆæ undergraduate students, and I presented a two-part workshop at the on researching play and games, First Person Researcher. In May 2019 Dr. Ted Coopman and I presented a paper on the COMM social media at the in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. We published a revised version of the paper, , in Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal. The first faculty member in my department to teach online, I've conducted numerous workshops and training sessions in online pedagogy. Credits: My avatar is courtesy of the . Sadly, the site is no longer available.