This site is designed to help you find a viable route through Jim's Communication Maze, ascend great heights, and select the most helpful path to guide you during one of his classes. Additionally, there are pages that should help you come to know Jim better. You can reach each site directly by clicking on the links. Be sure to bookmark your favorites and visit often.
KEY COMM DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES, RESOURCES, STUDENT PAGES
Gina & Jim Unite with Brittany's Hope For Our Kids: Yamile & Jorge
Our Blog (more pages under construction)
Selected Supporting Documents, Jim's Research
Copy of Health Communication Course Survey,
Accompanying Data Tables & Appendices
For Query, Wright, Bylund, & Mattson (2007)
Survey Factor Analysis Tables
Curricular Initiatives Spearheaded By Jim
Undergraduate Health Communication Major (at TX Coord Board, 06/08)
Undergraduate Health Communication Minor (at TX Coord Board, 06/08)
Graduate Health Communication Studies Concentration
Overview & Proposed Course Schema (at TX Coord Board, 06/08)
SELECTED INFO CONCERNING JIM'S UH SoC THESIS
STUDENTS AND HIS RESEARCH
IN PROGRESS DATA COLLECTION
(PI, Toni Siriko, M.A., now at the University of Oklahoma) Demographic Table Now Available, 2/10/2006. Detailed report now available written primarily for other social scientists and grad students, 6/13/06. Results are now available.
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Focusing on disclosure of alternate sexual orientation to parents.
PI, Mat Boudreaux, M.A.
(Project Completed, Summary Results Available 04/2007)
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Focusing on communication competence, social support, and coping among cancer survivors
PI, Sarah E. Bible, M.A.
(Thesis Completed; Additional Data Collection underway with 88 responses received thus far, 9/2006; IRB authorization to expand the sample size obtained, Fall 07)
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Focusing on developing a measure of online communication competence & social support
PI, Tammy Salo, M.A. (Thesis Defended 12/2007; Summary Results to be posted by 2/2008).
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Focusing on the evaluation of The Women's Health Fund health promotion campaign materials
PI, Kellie Duran Cutsinger, M.A.
(Phase I Data Collection Completed, 5/11/2006; Phase II data collection completed, 04/2007. Thesis Defended 05/2007, results to be posted.
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Focusing on communication competence, social support, coping, and disclosure among battered women
PI, Corinne O'Brien, M.A.
(Data Collection Complete. Thesis defended, 12/2006. Complete Summary Results Available 02/2008).
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Examining message board narratives among families having children with disabilities
PI, Kelcey Rieger, M.A.
(Data Analysis completed, 05/2007. Thesis defended 05/2007, results to be posted by 02/2008)
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Assessing the merits of the Effective Decisional Communications Model (EDCOM) among African Americans across chronic health conditions
PI, Felicia York-Wyatt, M.A.
Data Collection Complete. Thesis defended, 05/2007. Results to be posted by 02/2008.
Thesis Study: Exploring communication competence, social support, perceived coping, and religious coping in lay caregivers for patients with Alzheimer’s Disease in Hispanic families.
PI: Mindy Weathers
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Examining televised advertisement influences on eating habits and disorder risk, as well as body image identity: A multimethodological analysis among ethnically diverse college women
PI, Amanda Martinez, M.A.
Data collection complete. Thesis defended, 05/2007. Results to be posted by 2/2008.
Summary Data for Thesis Study: Exploring communication competence, social Support, job satisfaction, and burnout among academic advisors at local community colleges.
PI, Kat Law.
Thesis statement approved, Spring 2006. IRB authorization obtained, Fall, 2006. Data collection complete 01/2008.
Bridgette Hall. Tentative Topic: Examining health campaigns targeting African American diabetics. IRB Authorization obtained, Spring 2008. Data collection underway.
Augstina Fernandez-Moya (co-chair, Dr. Jae Lee). Topic: Assessing corporate social responsibility among selected North American and Argentinian organizations. Thesis statement approved, Spring 2008.
Jim's Current PHS Bio
LINKS RELATIVE TO ALL JIM's CLASSES
* Jim's primary teaching responsibilities and his philosophy of teaching
* Includes Handout City (APA StyleWizard, Writing Standard Guide, APA within papers guide,
and exam/quiz challenge procedures)
* A temporary posting of events OUT OF USE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* Everything you ever wanted to know about Jim!
*Some additional insights into who Jim is and the things he does in the classroom
* Advice and tips for conquering Jim's exams!
* Tips from former students about how to do well in Jim's courses
YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT!!! :)
Lists all class wide emails sent to Jim's classes, PowerPT Slides, IPOD Audio Lectures.
Specific Course Sites
[UH= University of Houston]
[G= M.A. level; UG= Undergrad level]
COMM 3301, Doctor-Patient Interaction (UH, UG)
COMM 3352, Small Group Process (UH, UG)
COMM 3300, Health Communication (UH, UG)
(previously listed as COMM 4397)
COMM 4397, Health Literacy (UH, UG) *New Course*
COMM 6300, Research Methods (UH, G)
COMM 6302, Communication Theory (UH, G)
COMM 6334, Family Communication (UH, G)
COMM 6335, Health Communication (UH, G)
Class PowerPt Slides
COMM 7397, Health Literacy (UH, G) *New Course*
Spring 2006 Research Project
COMM 7397, Provider-Patient Interaction (UH, G) * New Course
Fall 2006 Syllabus
Fall 2006 Case Study/Video Analysis
Loyola U. Chicago (LUC) Courses
CMUN 101, PUBLIC SPEAKING (LUC)
COMM 224, ORGANIZATIONAL COMM
* Nervous about your grade? Check out this sample status report...there IS hope!! * Advice and test-taking strategies for the midterm exam
* Overview, expectations, policies, and due dates
* Example of an organizational chain of command for a non-profit organization
* Clarification for 4 class paradigms and scenarios
* Expectations and Explanations for the term paper and prospectus
* Overview of the Scientific Method
* Two exemplars by Giovanna Martins and Alicia Denney
CMUN 237, SMALL GROUP COMM
237sumsyllabus.html
* offline
* Working with the Central States Communication Association. *S*
* Working with Loyola's Student Chapter of IABC. *S*
* Section exemplar(s) of the final 237 paper
CMUN 246, NATURALISTIC METHODS OF COMM RESEARCH
246syllabus.html (day)
*Offline...
246syllabus.html (night)
*Offline...
* Nervous about your grade? Check out this sample status report...there IS hope!!
* To be updated.
* An Interview analysis with advice to help you classify questions and responses
* Criteria and tips for building a successful interview
* Helpful hints and advice for notetaking
* Expectations and Explanations for the term paper and prospectus
* Concerned about this assignment and what a risk-free version looks like? Then, check this "puppy" out
* Section exemplars of the final 246 paper
* ADVISORY, potentially offensive content...completed paper
* Completed sections, 3 & 4...
* Questions for self review, Samquiz2 Questions, and Berliner tape SRQs (Spring 1999)
* See CMUN 224 entry
CMUN 248, MEASURING AND OBSERVING COMM
* Havin' trouble reading your lengthy emails? Check out this page then...recall that some servers do
not handle Jim's word processing codes well. :)
* Nervous about your grade? Check out this sample status report . . . there IS hope!
* Advice and test-taking stategies for the midterm exam
* An Interview analysis with advice to help you classify questions and responses
* Expectations and Explanations for term paper and prospectus
* Take a look at a sample risk-free prospectus
* "Sweating" the final paper---the one that "stopped a wedding"---then peruse at your own risk
* Method for tackling statistical scenarios
* See CMUN 224 entry
* Examples of research scenarios
* Using NOIR for assistance through research scenarios and flow charts
CMUN 296, HEALTH COMM
Fall Syllabus, 2001
* offline
* Like to know what it's like to communicate across health care contexts? Drop on in then....
* Explanations and expectations for option 1, the risk-free and final paper
* Take a look at a student's sample final paper
