Communication Centers

Kathleen J. Turner is professor and chair of communication studies and director of oral communication at Davidson College.Theodore F. Sheckels is professor of English and professor and chair of communication studies at Randolph-Macon College.

• Introduction: What is a Communication Center?Part I: Developing a Communication CenterChapter 1: A Brief History of Communication CentersChapter 2: Starting a Communication CenterChapter 3: Successful Marketing of Communication Centers, Kyle Anne Barnett LovePart II: Becoming a Communication Center TutorChapter 4: Becoming a Peer Tutor: A Communication PerspectiveChapter 5: Tutoring Tasks: InventionChapter 6: Tutoring Tasks: DispositionChapter 7: Tutoring Tasks: Style, Memory, and DeliveryChapter 8: Tutoring Tasks: Presentation AidsPart III: Taking the Center FartherChapter 9: Tutoring Tasks: Special Situations and Diverse PopulationsChapter 10: Considering the PossibilitiesChapter 11: Assessment of Your Communication Center: Anathema or Asset?, Marlene M. PrestonAfterword: The Rhetorical Roots of Communication Centers, Linda Bartlett HobgoodAppendix A: The Evaluation of Communication Center Directors: Procedures and CriteriaAppendix B: Tutor Training and Certificatio

Finally a resource that addresses the questions people looking to start communication centers must ask! As communication scholars and center directors, Turner and Sheckels eloquently weave theory and practice with the voices of some of the most respected communication center directors in the nation. Anyone looking to learn more about communication centers will treasure this book because it covers history and praxis in ways that set communication centers up for a powerful future in higher education.