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Visiting Scholars to Lecture Feb. 1 for Communication Week 2012

Posted on January 27, 2012 in: @Gonzaga, Academics, Alumni, Events, Faculty & Staff, Feature Stories, Scholarship, Students

Deanna Dannels (right) and Ann Darling (left) are Visiting Scholars for Gonzaga's Master of Arts in Communication and Leadership Studies program.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Deanna Dannels and Ann Darling, Visiting Scholars for the Gonzaga University Master of Arts in Communication and Leadership Studies program, will discuss, “Will the Sirens Sing to You: Making Learning Matter in the 21st Century.” The lecture begins at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1 in the Jepson Center’s Wolff Auditorium.

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is among several events planned to commemorate the eighth annual Communication Week (Jan. 30-Feb. 3). Also open to the public is the opening reception at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31, on the fourth floor of the Tilford Center at Gonzaga. The focus of this year’s Communication Week is teaching and learning as the master’s program launches its new concentration in Communication Teaching and Pedagogy.

Dannels, Ph.D., graduated with honors (speech communication and history) from Gonzaga in 1993, and teaches at North Carolina State University. Darling, Ph.D., is a professor at University of Utah. Dannels and Darling are among the top scholars in communication education and lead communication-across-the-curriculum projects at their respective schools.

The lecture will explore ideas to make education relevant in a complex world and why that is so important at this time. Referencing the book, “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses” (Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa; University of Chicago Press, 2011), the scholars will examine who benefits from college, and will discuss ways to make college more relevant to new groups of students who learn in increasingly new ways. Themes will include teaching with technology at all grade levels.

“If education is a cornerstone of democracy, connecting learning and teaching is crucial,” said Professor John Caputo, chair of the program and the Walter Ong, S.J. Scholar.

For more information, please contact Professor John Caputo at (509) 313-6656.