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Angela S Jacobs

Ph.D.

Office: 1761 - Coleman Hall
Phone: 217-581-2016
Fax: 217-581-5718
Email: asjacobs@eiu.edu
Office Hours: 10-11a MWF; 12-1p MWF; 11a-12p T & TH; or by appt.

Frequently Taught Courses

CMN2020 Communication Research Methods
CMN2630 Interpersonal Communication
CMN3710 Intercultural Communication
CMN5005 Qualitative Research Methods
CMN5150 Seminar in Interpersonal Communication
CMN5510 Interpersonal Communication
CMN5530 Intercultural Communication

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Central States Communication Association
National Communication Association
 

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• Communication/Public Speaking
• Marriage/Families/Senior Citizens

Research

Family Communication
Family Systems Theory
Social Construction Theory
Symbolic Interaction
Narrative Theory
Storytelling/Narrative Analysis
Ethnography
Conversation/Discourse Analysis

Publications

Jacobs, A. (2012). Children as “invisible” communicators? Families negotiating voice and
voicelessness in organized youth sports. Currently under review withCommunication Studies.

Walus, S., & Jacobs, A. (2012). A cross-cultural comparison of space and place created
inThe Office (U.S. and U.K.): A relationship between a salesperson and a receptionist.
Currently under review with Communication, Culture, and Critique.

Jacobs, A. (2012). Enacting a sporting family identity: Ethnographic constructions of the
“good parent” in organized youth sports.

Conference Presentations

Jacobs, A. (2011, Spring). Single mothers in the academic organization: Challenges to a healthy
work/family balance. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States
Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI.

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Widow-to-Widow Support Group Coordinator (Coles County)

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