Name:

John S. Caputo, Ph.D.
Professor Communication Arts Department
Masters of Organizational Leadership Program Faculty

Member of Honors Faculty

Address:
Office:
Gonzaga University
AD Box 22
Spokane, Washington 99258
United States of America

Home:
North 9906 Ridgecrest Drive
Spokane, Washington 99208

Telephone:
Work: (509) 328-4220, Ext. 3256
Home: (509) 468-2466

Fax:
Work: (509) 484-5718
Home: (509) 468-2466

E-mail:
Work: caputo@calvin.gonzaga.edu

Citizenship: United States of America

Place of Birth: Toledo, Ohio

Married: Wife's Name: Joann Frances Geonetta

Children:
Giovanni Matteo, Age 22
Darcy Cristiani, Age 20
Gianna Nicolette, Age 18
Alison-Claire Geonetta, Age 14

Education:

1977 Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School and University Center.

1976 M.A., Claremont Graduate School and University Center.

1971 M.A., California State University, Long Beach.

1969 B.A., California State University, Long Beach.

Honors and Awards:

1998 Visiting Scholar-In-Residence, Psychology Department, Keynes College, The University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

1998 Visiting Professor, Gonzaga University-In-Florence, Florence, Italy.

1994 + 1993 Nominated, Scholor of the Year, Gonzaga University.

1993 Visiting Scholar, Keynes College, University of Kent at Canterbury, England. The Institute for Social and Applied Psychology.

1993 Recipient, St. Michael's Institute Grant. Grant for the development of research on media and social values and contributions to the Jesuit School of Philosophy and Letters.

1993 Recipient, Gonzaga Research Council Grant. Grant for on-going research in media and culture, "The Americanization of British Television."

1991 Recipient, Master Teacher Award, 13th International Conference on Teaching Excellence, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, The University of Texas at Austin.

1989 Fulbright Teacher Exchange, South Bristol Polytechnic, Bristol, England.

Jun.-Sep., 1988;  Mar.-Sep., 1983 ; Jul.-Dec., 1981
    Visiting Research Fellow and Visiting Scholar In Residence, The
     Institute of Social and Applied Psychology and Eliot College, The
     University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, England.

1988-1989 Recipient, State of California Grant and a Chaffey College Grant for Innovative Instruction. Grant for the development of a Communication Lab for computer and video generated imaging.

1981-1982 Recipient, State of California Grant for Innovative Instruction, "Office Tutorial and Pedagogy."

1977-Present Research Fellow, Institute of Linguistic Studies, Claremont Graduate School.

1975-1977 Claremont Graduate School Fellowship-Education Faculty-Program In Language and Communication.

1969 Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year, California State University, Long Beach.

Teaching Experience:

1990-1999 Professor and Chair of Communication Arts, Organizational Leadership and Honors Program, Gonzaga University

1988-1990 Professor of Communication Studies, Director of Faculty and Staff Education/Development and Staff Diversity, Chaffey College

1985-1989 Professor and Chairman
Department of Communication Studies
Chaffey College

1984-1985 Visiting Professor and Curriculum Consultant
Communications Department
Saint Mary's College of California

1975-1984 Professor of Communication
Chaffey College
(Promoted to Associate Professor 1978)
(Selected as the Department Chair in 1979)

1973-1975 Lecturer
Departments of Communication and Education
California State University San Bernardino

1969-1970 Instructor
Upward Bound Program
California State University Long Beach

1969-1973 Teacher
Duarte Unified School District
Duarte, California

1968-1969 Instructor
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Terminal Island Correctional Institution

Adjunct Teaching:

1988 California State Polytechnic University
Pomona, California

California State University
San Bernardino, California

1987 University of La Verne
LaVerne, California

California State University
San Bernardino, California

1980 Pepperdine University
Malibu, California

1979-1981 Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California

1975-1984 University of La Verne
LaVerne, California

Publications:
With Alfino, M. and Wynyard, R.  McDonaldization Revisited: Critical Essays on Consumer Culture.  Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Press, 1998.

"The Rhetoric of McDonaldization: A Social Semiotic Perspective," in Alfino, M., Caputo, J. and Wynyard, R. (Eds.), McDonaldization Revisited: Critical Essays on Consumer Culture.  Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Press, 1998.

With Hazel, H. and McMahon, C.Interpersonal Communication: Competence Through Critical Reasoning. Newham, Mass.: Allyn and Bacon, Pub., Publication date, November 1994, 2nd Edition, Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 1996.

With Hazel, H. Public Speaking Handbook: A Liberal Arts Approach. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 1995. 2nd Edition, 1998.

"Media Literacy: The Time Is Now." 57th Annual Claremont Reading Conference Yearbook; Philip H. Dreyer, Autumn 1993

With Wynyard, R. "The Americanization of British Television: A Comparative Study." Journal of the Northwest Communication Association, Vol. 21, No. 1, Spring 1993.

With Wynyard, R. "A Tale of Two Practices: A Cautionary Look at the Teaching of Literacy in the U.S. and the U.K." 54th Annual Claremont Reading Conference Yearbook, Malcolm P. Douglass, Ed., Autumn 1989.

Dimensions of Communication: A Book of Readings, Lexington, Mass... Ginn Press, 1st Ed. 1982, 2nd Ed., 1984, 3rd Ed. 1987.

With Durkin, K. "Initiation Into Literacy: A Comparison of Practices in the United States and England." 52nd Annual Claremont Reading Conference Yearbook, Malcolm P. Douglass, Ed., Autumn 1985.

"Becoming A Communicator: A Look at the English Primary School and the Development of Linguistic Strategies In Young School Children." 49th Annual Claremont Reading Conference Yearbook, Malcolm P. Douglass, Ed., Autumn 1982.

"Immediacy, Power and Responsiveness: Nonverbal Communication and the Interview." Management Abstracts, Vol. II, No. 1, 1981.

"A Functional Taxonomy to Describe Nonverbal Behavior in Naturalistic Settings." Australian SCAN: Journal of Human Communication, Nos. 7 & 8, pgs., 43-57, 1981.

"Interpersonal Communication skills in the Organization." Management Abstract, Vol. I, No. 1, 1979.
"Description and Analysis of Nonverbal Communication: A Functional
Approach." Papers In Linguistics, 11 (1-2), 1978.

"Locating Reference Materials on the Components of Nonverbal Behavior," in Walburga von RafflerEngle and Bates Hoffer (Eds.), Aspects of Nonverbal Behavior: A Handbook. San Antonio, Texas: Trinity University Press, 1977.

"An Investigation of Nonverbal Behavior and Its Applicability of the Study of Social Interaction," Ph.D. dissertation. Claremont Graduate School and University Center, 1977.

Chapter Summaries and Further Readings in Joan Buffington Sered, Oral Communication, Glencoe Press, 1977.

"A Bibliography of the Nonverbal Components of Behavior." The Discourse Analysis Working Commission of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee, 1976.

"The Anthropology of Reading," 40th Claremont Reading Conference
Annual Yearbook, Malcolm P. Douglass, Ed., Autumn 1976.

"Bibliography of the Research Archives of the (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee) Discourse Analysis Working; Commission," in Constantin-George Sandulescu, "Working Papers in Discourse Analysis," May 1975, Stockholm, Sweden.

"Breaking Stereotypes: A General Semantics Approach." California Speech Bulletin, 1974.

"A Communication Theory Curriculum for the Lower-Division College Student." M.A. Thesis, California State University Long Beach, 1971.

"Speech Communication in the Secondary Schools" Speech Abstracts, 1970.

Submitted and in
Preparation:

With Preble, K. Exploring Mass Communication: Media Literacy for a Mediated World. In preparation for Harcourt Brace.

Books and Software Reviews;
Invited Essays:

Knowing Others: An Intercultural Text. Harper-Collins Publishers, October 1992.

"Fight Information Glut by Cutting Out Clutter." Spokesman Review and Spokane Chronicle, June 21, 1992.

"Are We Sinking From Information Overload?" Signum, Gonzaga University, Vol. 24, No. 4, Summer 1992.

"Tune Out The Tube." Guest Column, Spokesman-Review and Spokane Chronicle, June 30, 1991.

"MouseWrite: A Beginner's Guide to Word Processing on an Apple II." Communication Education, Vol. 36, No. 2, April 1987, pgs. 196-198.

"BookEnds Extended: A Bibliographic Database Software Package." Communication Education, Vol. 36, No. 2, April 1987, pgs. 198-199.

Disciplinary Approaches Review - "The Multi-Disciplinary Study of Questioning and Discussion." J.T. Dillon, organizer, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 1985.

A Review of Meek, M., et al., Opening Moves: Work In Progress in the Study of Children's Language Development. Institute of Education, University of London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1983. In First Language, Autumn 1984.

"Clarification Strategies in the Shared Book Experience," First Language, 1983.

A pre-publication review of Modgil, S., and Modgil C., a series of books, Masters in Psychology: Kohlberg, Chomsky, Eysenck, For NFER-Nelson Publishing Company, Ltd., Windsor, Berkshire, England, 1983.

Editorial Board, The Journal of the Northwest Communication Association, 1993 to present.

Editorial Board and Journal Referee. First Language, 1983-86.

Conference Papers:

"Communication and Cultural Dissonance." Firenze NETWORK.  Syracuse University, Firenze, Italia.

"Pop Culture, Values and the Glorification of Violence." Presented at the Thomas More Scholarship Conference. Gonzaga Law School, Spokane, Washington.

"What do we know and what do we teach." Presented at the Western Communication Association Annual Convention, Pasadena, California, February, 1996.

"Technology and the Communication Classroom." Presented at the Speech Communication Association Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas, 1995.

"Learning From Learners." 60th Annual Claremont Reading Conference. Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, March 1993.

"Conflict Negotiation Strategies." Panel presentation, to the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), Spokane, Washington, October 1992.

With Hazel, H., "Pleasures and Pitfalls of Writing an Interpersonal Text: In the Shadow of Alder and Towne." Paper presented at the Northwest Communication Association Meetings, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, April 1992.

"Film as Instructional Tool in Rhetoric: Student Burkian Analyses of "The Mission." Paper presented at the Northwest Communication Association Meetings, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, April 1992.

With Wynyard, R., "A Cross-National Study of College and University Departments of Communication in the United States and the United Kingdom, "Paper presented at the Northwest Communication Association Annual Convention, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, April 1992.

"Commercials: The Communion Wafer of the Marketplace." Presented at Catholic Youth Congress '92, Spokane, Washington, March 1992.

Chair, Top three Competitive Papers in Interpersonal Communication, Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Boise, Idaho, February 1992.

"Training Spokane's Workforce." Presentation to the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Resource Fair, Spokane, Washington, November 1991.

With Smith, "Film In Honors Rhetoric: A Dramaturgical Analysis of The Mission." Paper presented at the Speech Communication Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1991. ERIC Document ED. 344 260.

"The Use of Popular Film Across The Curriculum," Workshop presented at the 13th International Conference on Teaching Excellence, The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, The University of Texas at Austin, May 1991.

"The Role of Communication In Staff and Organizational Development," Paper presented the Northwest Communication Association Annual Meeting, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, April 1991.

"Values and Social Justice: One Model for Value Oriented Higher Education," Presented at the Winter Professional Development Conference, Chaffey College, California, March 1991.
"Television: The More You See The Worse It Gets?" Presented at Catholic Youth Congress '91, Spokane, Washington, March 1991.

"Film as a Pedagogical Tool: The Integration of Commercial Films in Communication Classes," with Ron Adler and Kipp Preble. Paper and "Short Course" presented at the Speech Communication Annual Convention, Chicago, November 1990.

"In a Looking Glass: Are We Who We Think We Are? Intercultural Communication Training For Staff Diversity," Paper presented the 12th International Conference on Teaching Excellence, The National Institute For Staff and Organizational Development, The University of Texas at Austin, May 1990.

"Computer Applications in Communication Pedagogy" Presenter and Panel Organizer, Western Speech Communication Association Annual Convention, Sacramento, California, February 1990.

"A Comparative Look at the Teaching of Literacy in the U.S. and the U.K." Claremont Reading Conference, The Claremont Colleges, Spring 1989.

"Family Conflict and Communication Style" Conference on Families, Chaffey College, Spring 1989.

With Preble, K., "Literature as Text In Communication Courses." Western Speech Communication Association Annual Convention, San Diego, February 1988.

"Language and Literacy - A Cross National Study," Claremont Reading Conference, The Claremont Colleges, Spring 1985.

"The Claremont System: Comparison of Discourse Analysis Systems and Their Application, Research, and Data Corpus." Seventh World Congress of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee, Brussels, Belgium, August 1984.

"Approaches to Communication Studies; A U.S., U.K. Comparison." British Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama, The University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K., August 1984.

"Rhetorical Traditions of Literature in Performance." British Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama, The University of London, Wye College, Kent, England, August 1983.

"Two Classrooms: Inside The British Primary School." Claremont Reading Conference, The Claremont Colleges, January 1982.

"Infralanguage and The Thematic Web of Discourse Structures." Unit Seminar, Social Psychology Research Unit, The University of Kent at Canterbury, November 1981.

"Researching New Student Populations." Annual Western Speech Communication Association Meeting, San Jose, California, February 1981.

"Nonverbal Behavior and Managerial Style." Women In Management Conference, Los Angeles, California, May 1979.

"Stress Identification and Management." Chaffey College Annual Conference on Communication, April 1978.

"World Discourse Analysis Systems." The Fifth World Congress of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee, Montreal, Canada, August 1978.

"Nonverbal Skills in the Classroom." Pepperdine University Conference on Language and Reading, April 1978.

"Ideology and Utopia in the Classroom." The Conference on Culture and Communication, Department of Anthropology, Temple University, March 1977.

"Reading the Curse of Childhood." Claremont Reading Conference, Claremont Graduate School, February 1976.

"Language and Conflict: Towards an Analysis of the Discourse Structures of Conflict in Adolescence." Linguistics Symposium, Claremont Graduate School, Spring 1976.

"Infralanguage: A Nonverbal Agent of Socialization." Fourth Annual Seminar on Language in the Schools, California State University, Pomona, November 1975.

"Modalities of Semantic Choice: Language Functions and Their Place in the Communication Curriculum." Western Speech Communication Association, Annual Convention, Seattle, Washington, November 1975.

"Interpersonal Communication at the High School Level." California High School Speech Association, University of Southern California, September 1970.

Research, Consulting and
Related Experience:

1994-95 Director, Annual Conference on Spirituality, Culture and the Media. Gonzaga University.

1990-present Media and Culture. This research looks at the influence of media on foreign cultures.

1993 American Red Cross - Staff Diversity Training.

1991-92 U.S. Bank Corporation, Eastern Washington Area Managers. Process and Proposal.

Army Corp of Engineers, Walla Walla, Washington.

General Electric Medical Systems Corp., Spokane, Washington.

1987 Mills College (Oakland, California) Program In Communication. External Consultant for curriculum revision and future directions.

1981-1990 Research in comparative education processes of reading, writing, and speaking and the impact of early teaching in the United States and England.

1984-85 Saint Mary's College of California. Department of Communications. Consultant for curriculum revision and departmental philosophy.

1977-87 Director, Annual Conference on Communication, Chaffey College. The Conference each year attracts nearly 200 academics and professional people for a series of practical workshops on some specific theme in communication.

1983 Child Development Seminars, Inland Empire Schools, "Working With Multi-Cultural School Age Groups."

1982 Center for Public Safety, Orange County, California, Communication and Stress Management Seminars.

1975-82 Ethnographic Research, Description of Classroom Communication, California Public Schools.

1981 California Police Association, Communication Skills and Organizational Behavior.

1980 Post-service Teacher Center Consulting, Rowland Unified School District-Language and Reading in Primary and Special Education Classrooms.

1975-80 Research and Coordination of the Discourse Analysis and Language Function Projects, International Association of Applied Linguistics.

1979 Post-service Teacher Training Seminars - Bonita Unified School District-Toward a Philosophy of Reading in the Primary Grades.

1978 Freightliner Corporation, Organizational Communication Audit, Chino, California.

1975-77 Research Assistant to Professor John O. Regan, Claremont Graduate School and University Center.

(Duties included coordination of research projects, supervision and conducting of field research, experimental design and data analysis, construction of ethnographic analysis systems, investigation of interaction of verbal and nonverbal modalities of human communication, applied educational linguistics.)

1975 Consulting Upward Bound Program, Claremont Colleges.

1974 Consulting Lynwood Unified School District, in-service workshop on behavioral and educational problem children, Lynwood, California.
 

University & College
Invitation Lectures:

Universita de Firenze, Masters Program in Comunicazione e Media, Firenze, Italia.

London Institute for Arts in Therapy, Thames Valley University, London, England.

University of Kent at Canterbury, England.

University of Aston at Birmingham, England.

University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England.

University of Buckingham, England.

Sheffield City Polytechnic, Sheffield, England.

University of Sterling, Scotland.

Christ Church College of Education, Canterbury, England.

Mid-Kent College of Further and Higher Education, Chatham, Kent, England.

Nonington College, Nonington/Dover, England.
City and East London College of Further Education, London, England.

Wye College, Kent (University of London), England.

California State University, Fullerton, California.

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California.

Professional Association Membership:

American Anthropology Association

American Association of Applied Linguistics

American Communication Association

American Educational Research Association

American Society of Training and Development

Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee

Associaition of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Communication Programs, President 1997-98, Conference Organizer, 1997.

British Psychological Society (Visiting Member)

British Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama (Elected Membership)

International Communication Association

International Reading Association

Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States

National Organization for Staff and Organizational Development

Northwest Communication Association

Speech Communication Association

Western States Communication Association

The Blaisdell Institute for The Study of World Cultures

University/College Committees:

Committee for Racial and Cultural Understanding, 1996-98

Commencement Committee 1995

Retention Committee, 1993-94

Outcomes Assessment Committee, 1995-96

Academic Awards Committee, 1995-96

Academic Council, St. Michael's Institute, Jesuit School of Philosophy and Letters, Gonzaga University, 1992-96.

Accreditation Committee, Graduate Education 1992-93

Honors Committee, 1991-95

Wellness Committee, 1991-93

Professional Enhancement Committee for Faculty Development 1988- 90

Staff Diversity Committee, 1989-90

Faculty Senate, 1988-89

Faculty-Student Advisory Committee, 1986-87

Curriculum Committee, 1983-84

Teaching and Learning Committee, 1979-82

Accreditation Five-Year Review Committee, 1982

President's Advisory Committee, 1980-81

Academic Senate, 1979-81
Officer: Vice-President, 1980-81

Faculty Development Committee, 1975-80

Courses Taught &
Additional Commitments:

Lower-Division:
Honors Rhetoric
Introduction to Speech Communication
Public Speaking
Interpersonal Communication
Small Group Communication
Forensics
Introduction to Social Psychology
Mass Communication

Upper-Division
and Graduate Level:

Philosophy of Language
Communication Studies
Communication Theory
Research Methods
Nonverbal Communication
Intercultural Communication
Sociolinguistics
Sociology of Mass Communication
Organizational Communication
Consulting and Training
Ethnography of Communication
Communication in the Classroom
Communication Education
Speech and Language Development in Children
Children and Television
Instructional Broadcasting
Public Relations
Staff and Organization Development

Education:

Secondary & Elementary Education Methods
Reading
Supervision of Student Teachers
Research Methods in Education
Curriculum Theory
Learning Theory
Models of Teaching
Motivation and Communication
Communication and Leadership
 

Project/Dissertation
Supervision:

I have served on Ph.D. dissertation committees at the Claremont Graduate School and Gonzaga University. Also I have supervised senior projects in social and linguistic development, psychology of language, interpersonal and organizational communication, children's television and education. In addition, I have served as an examiner for comprehensive and qualifying exams.

Administrative Responsibilities:

Department Chairman, plan, budget, supervise and evaluate department of fifteen faculty members in the areas of Speech, Broadcasting, Journalism, Theater Arts and Public Relations at Gonzaga University .

Department Chairman, plan, budget, supervise, and evaluate department of seventeen in the areas of Communication Studies, Broadcasting, and Photography at Chaffey College.

Director of Faculty & Staff Development and Diversity.  Plan, budget, impliment, and evaluate dopment and diversity program for a faculty ad staff of 400 employees, Chaffey College.

Community Lectures:

Sacred Heart Hospital Speaker Series.
Francis - Ignatious Center, Gonzaga University.
South Hill Senior Citizens Center
Deer Park School District
St. Mary's School
Assumption School
Mead Jr. High School
West Central Community Center
Spokane Ecumenical Council of Churches
American Family Association
Riverside School District
Television and Radio appearances on:

KXLY - TV Morning Show
KHQ - TV News
KXLY - TV Evening News
KPBX - FM Brown Bag Forum (PBS)
KPPC - FM (PBS Pasadena, California)
KREM - TV News.

Director, Spokane Academy for Family Television.
Annual News Conference to announce Pixi Awards for Outstanding Family Television programming.

References:

The following people may be contacted regarding my scholarship, teaching, and administrative abilities:

Professor John O. Regan, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California 91711, 714/621-8000. (Professor Regan was my dissertation advisor)

Professor Colleen McMahon, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and Former Chair, Department of Communication Arts, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington 99258, 509/328-4220.

Dean, Michael McFarland, S.J., College of Arts and Sciences, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington 99258, 509/328-4220.

Professor Geoffrey Stephenson, Director, Board of Studies, Institute of Social and Applied Psychology Research, University of Kent at Canterbury, U.K. TEL: 011-44-227-66822.

Dr. Robin Wynyard, Faculty In Education Mid-Kent College of Higher Education, Chatham, Kent, U.K., TEL: 0634-830-0633.

Rev. Kevin Waters, S.J., Former Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington 99258-0001, 509/328-4220

Rev. Patrick Ford, S.J., Academic Vice President, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington 99258-0001, 509/328-4220.

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