Communication Across the Curriculum

About Speaking in the Disciplines

The Speaking in the Disciplines initiative is committed to the centrality of oral expression in the educational process. Oral communication in the classroom provides opportunities for active learning as students synthesize and use their knowledge, and it prepares students to be effective communicators in personal, workplace and public settings. The Speaking in the Disciplines initiative promotes and supports the teaching and practice of oral communication in all disciplines. Read more about the program

Apply for Next Faculty Seminar

Every Fall and Spring term, the Department of Communication offers the Speaking in the Disciplines Faculty Seminar in collaboration with the School of Arts and Sciences and the Center for Instructional Development and Distance Learning (CIDDE). Over the course of the seminar, faculty members, working in an interdisciplinary setting, redesign current courses or develop new courses around significant oral-communication experiences for students. Apply for the next seminar

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News & Events

Faculty Win Grant for Multimedia Training

Materials

The Provost’s Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence will fund “Improving Undergraduate Education: Instructional Resources for Teaching Assistants (A Multimedia Website and DVD,” a collaborative effort by professors Ronald Zboray (Communication), Joseph Grabowski (Chemistry) and Barbara Kucinski (Psychology). The project will develop short videos that model strategies of teaching and oral communication in the classroom.

New Director for Speaking in the Disciplines

Dr. Janet Skupien has been appointed Director of the Speaking in the Disciplines initiative. She brings 18 years of experience teaching in the Communication department of the University of Pittsburgh and a longstanding interest in helping all students become active communicators in the classroom.

Dates for Fall 2008 Faculty Seminar

The Speaking in the Disciplines faculty seminar will meet on Tuesdays from 3:00 to 5:00 pm on the following dates: September 30, October 7, 21, 28, November 11, 18, and December 2. Apply for the seminar

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Department of Communication

A leader in undergraduate and graduate education, the department offers a range of instruction in oral communication, including public speaking, discussion, argument, debate and small-group communication classes.

Writing Across Curriculum

A program designed to engage students in writing across subject areas and to support faculty in all disciplines in providing effective writing instruction.

Center for Oral Communication

A supplemental training resource for students and support resource for teachers, the Lab provides individual and small-group instruction in oral communication to the entire University community.