Internationally recognized communication researcher to visit campus

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An internationally recognized expert in the communication field will visit Western Michigan University to talk about newspaperwomen in the era of women's liberation.

Dr. Katherine Miller, professor at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University, will speak from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, in 1920 Sangren Hall. Her presentation, titled "Lessons from Newspaperwomen of the Women's Lib Era," is sponsored by the WMU School of Communication and is free and open to the public.

Katherine Miller

Miller has also held faculty positions at Texas A&M University, University of Kansas and Michigan State University. Miller's research stands at the crossroads of organizational communication, health communication and family communication, and her past research has investigated processes of stress and support, compassionate communication and caregiving.

Miller has published more than 60 journal articles and book chapters and is the author of several textbooks, including "Organizational Communication: Approaches and Processes," now in its seventh edition. She also has served as editor of Management Communication Quarterly and Communication Monographs and is the current editor of Journal of Applied Communication Research.

Her most recent book, "War Makes Men of Boys: A Soldier's World War II," chronicles the transition from boy to man through the prism of over 300 letters written by her father during his service in World War II. She is currently working on a book manuscript examining women, work and family during the 1960s and 1970s by considering the work of her mother and other women journalists and columnists during that era.

Visiting Scholars and Artists Program

Miller's visit is through the WMU Visiting Scholars and Artists Program. Established in 1960, the Visiting Scholars and Artists Program significantly contributes to the intellectual life of WMU and the community. The program provides funds for academic units to bring distinguished scholars and artists to campus. These visitors meet with faculty and students in their fields and address the community at large.

Since the program began, it has supported more 600 visits by scholars and artists representing more than 60 academic disciplines.

For more information, contact Dr. Chad Edwards at chad.edwards@wmich.edu.

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