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Kenneth N. Cissna, Ph.D.

   

interpersonal communication, dialogue

Professor and Chair
813.974.6820
CIS 3050
kcissna@cas.usf.edu

Dr. Cissna joined the Communication faculty in 1979. His research interests revolve around the theory and practice of dialogue. Dr. Cissna is a Past President of the Southern States Communication Association and serves on the editorial boards of several journals. He is currently editing The Handbook of Applied Communication Research with Lawrence R. Frey, and recently completed guest-editing a special issue of Communication Theory on “Fresh Perspectives in Dialogue Theory” with Rob Anderson. His 1996 book with Rob Anderson, Martin Buber - Carl Rogers Dialogue: A New Transcript with Commentary, was recently translated to Japanese and published by the Tokyo publisher Shunjusha. He has also agreed to serve as guest editor of a special issue of the Southern Communication Journal that will be devoted to “Qualitative Research in Communication."

Curriculum Vita
(March, 2009)

Undergraduate course offerings

  • Group Communication
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Promoting Public Dialogue

Graduate course offerings

  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Seminar in Dialogue

Representative publications

  • “Dialogic rhetoric, coauthorship, and moments of meeting,” with Rob Anderson. In E. Weigand (Ed.), Rhetoric and dialogue (pp. 39-53). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2008.
  • “Dismissiveness and dialogic ethics: Rush Limbaugh and public dialogue” with Rob Anderson. In R. C. Arnett & K. Roberts (Eds.), Communication ethics: Cosmopolitanism and provinciality (pp. 263-284). New York: Peter Lang, 2008.
  • "A Failed Dialogue? The 1975 Meeting of Gregory Bateson and Carl Rogers," with Rob Anderson. Cybernetics and Human Knowing, 12(1-2), 2005, pp. 120-136.
  • "The Rhetoric of Public Dialogue," with Rob Anderson and Meghan Clune. Communication Research Trends 22(1), 2003, pp. 1-37. [download PDF]
  • "The Problematics of Dialogue and Power," with Scott Hammond and Rob Anderson. Communication Yearbook, 26, 2003, pp. 124-157.
  • "Applied Communication Research in the 21st Century." Journal of Applied Communication Research, 28(2), 2000, pp. 169-173.
  • "Theorizing about Dialogic Moments:  The Buber-Rogers Position and Postmodern Themes," with Rob Anderson. Communication Theory, 8(1), 1998, pp. 63-104.
  • "The Dialectic of Marital and Parental Relationships with the Stepfamily," with Dennis Cox and Arthur Bochner. Communication Monographs, 57(1), 1990, pp. 44-61.

Awards

  • Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship, National Communication Association, 2008.
  • T. Earle Johnson — Edwin Padget Distinguished Service Award, Southern States Communication Association, 2007.
  • President's Award for Faculty Excellence, University of South Florida, 2002-2003.
  • Communication Theory Outstanding Scholar, Southern States Communication Association, 2002.
  • Outstanding Book in Applied Communication, Speech Communication Association, 1995.
  • Scholar of the Year Award, Florida Communication Association, 1990.
  • Alumni Professor Award, USF, 1981.

Links of Interest

Education

B.A., Humboldt State University, 1970

M.S., Southern Illinois University, 1971

Ph.D., University of Denver, 1975