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Stephen Cox
Chair,
Department of Organizational Communication
312 Wilson Hall
Murray State University
Murray, KY 42071
Ph.: (270) 809-4483
Fax: (270) 809-4484
Email: Dept. of Org. Comm.

David Gesler

Associate Professor and Graduate Director
Office Telephone: 270-809-3174

Education:

B.A. University of California, Davis, 1993
M.A. Murray State University, 1998
Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003

Academic Teaching and Research Interests:

Organizational communication, research methods, statiscal methods, communication and leadership, communication and ethics, communication competence.

Recent Publications or Professional Presentations:

Gesler, D. "He's Ethical, She's Ethical, Shouldn't You Be Ethical Too? Defining, Sourcing, and Applying Ethics for Educators and Family Members." Paper presented at the Southern States Communication Association annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
Gesler, D. "Contextual and Cultural Conceptions of Observer-based Leadership Communication Competence Within Organizational Settings: A Proposed Study". Paper presented at the Tennessee Communication Association annual conference, Murfeesboro, TN.
Pysher-Jurczak,L., LaCoste, M., & Gesler, D. (2003). "Leadership Communication Competence and Standpoint Theory: Should you Lead Until You've Walked a Mile in Their Shoes?". Paper presented at the Southern States Communication Association annual Conference, Birmingham, AL. (Top three applied paper, Bostrom award finalist).
Gesler, D. (2002). "To Define or not to Define: Has Organizational Ethical Culture Become too Complex?". Paper presented at the National Communication Association annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Gesler, D. (2002). "How General Robert R. Netland Created the University of Tennessee Football Culture or Today". Paper presented at the Southern States Communication Association annual conference, Winston-Salem, NC.
Gesler, D. (2002) . "If you Build It, It Will Become". paper presented at the southern States Communication Association annual conference, Winston-Salem, NC. (Bostrom award finalist).
Gesler, D. (1999). "Picture This: The Effect of Communication on and Imagery Exercise". Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association and the Southern States Communication Association joint convention, St. Louis, MO.
Dawes, P., Gesler, D., & Tillson, L.D. (1998). "The Games Our Students Play: A Review Activity for the INterpersonal Communication Classroom". Presentation at the National Communication Association annual conference, New York.

Other Achievements:

2005. Vice-chair elect, Applied Communication Division, SSCA
2003-2004. Secretary, Applied Communication Division, SSCA
Member, Phi Kappa Phi honor society