Professor William F. Eadie, Ph.D.
email: weadie@mail.sdsu.edu
office: PSFA 344
phone: (619) 594-0642
office hours: posted each semester
William F. Eadie was former Director of the School of Communication at San Diego State University, where he is responsible for leadership of a large program (2300 student majors, 125 faculty) that encompasses all aspects of communication, media, and journalism. Prior to joining the SDSU faculty in 2001, he was Associate Director of the National Communication Association (NCA), in Washington, DC, where he worked with researchers and promoted communication research to a variety of audiences.
His other faculty appointments have been at Ohio University and California State University, Northridge, and he has served as an adjunct or visiting faculty member at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of California, Los Angeles, and California State University, Los Angeles. He served as the first editor of the Journal of Applied Communication Research after it became an NCA publication. He has also served as President of the Western States Communication Association. His scholarship has focused on how interpersonal rhetoric impacts on the development of relationships. He has also been an advocate for the application of communication research in ways that affect the lives of ordinary people.
He has received the NCA Golden Anniversary Award for outstanding article published in the field's journals. He has also been elected a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key, and Phi Beta Delta, all national honorary societies.
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