Pat Arneson, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor
  • M.A. Program Director

Awards and Honors

(2007) NCA Communication Ethics Division “2007 Edited Book of the Year” Award for Exploring Communication Ethics: Interview with Influential Scholars in the Field

(2005) Named as a Fellow of the International Communicology Institute

(2004) Pennsylvania Communication Association “Harvey Kelley Excellence in Teaching” Award

(1998) University of Northern Colorado Graduate Dean’s Citation for Excellence as Outstanding Faculty Mentor

(1997) University of Northern Colorado Student Representative Council “Professor of the Year”

(1995) University of Northern Colorado College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award

(1993) President's Special Recognition for Excellence in Education at University of Northern Colorado

(1993) University of Northern Colorado Student Representative Council “Professor of the Year”

(1993) Mortar Board Favorite Professor Award

(1988-89) Bowling Green State University College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award

Professional Offices

Service to Pennsylvania Department of Education on Academic Program Review Committees

National Communication Association Doctoral Education Committee

National Communication Association Committee on Assessment and Testing

Editorial boards for scholarly publications

State, regional, and national divisions of scholarly organizations

Publications

Books

Morreale, Sherwyn P., and Pat Arneson, eds. Getting the Most from Your Graduate Education in Communication: A Student’s Handbook. Washington, DC: National Communication Association, 2008.

Arneson, Pat., ed. Perspectives on Philosophy of Communication. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2007.

Arneson, P., ed. Exploring Communication Ethics: Interviews with Influential Scholars in the Field. New York: Peter Lang Press, 2007. [NCA Communication Ethics Division “2007 Edited Book of the Year” Award]

Arneson, Pat, Julie Benson-Rosston, Kay Neal, and Karen E. Zediker. Instructor’s Resource Manual for Sherwyn P. Morreale, Brian H. Spitzberg, and J. Kevin Barge’s Human Communication: Motivation, Knowledge, and Skills. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2001.

Arnett, Ronald C., and Pat Arneson. Dialogic Civility in a Cynical Age: Community, Hope, and Interpersonal Relationships. Albany: SUNY Press, 1999.

Book Chapters

Arneson, Pat, and David R. Dewberry. “Mapping Free Speech Scholarship in the Communication Discipline: 1969-2006.” Freedom of Expression Yearbook: 2006-2008 (pp. 200-229). Washington, DC: National Communication Association, in press.

Arneson, Pat, Sherwyn Morreale, and Phil Backlund. “Succeeding in Your First Job.” Getting the Most from Your Graduate Education in Communication: A Student’s Handbook (eds., Sherwyn Morreale and Pat Arneson). Washington, DC: National Communication Association, 2008. 135-144.

Arneson, Pat. “A Dialogic Ethic in the Public Rhetoric of Angelina Grimké.” In Kathleen Glenister Roberts and Ronald C. Arnett (eds.), Communication Ethics: Between Cosmopolitanism and Provinciality (pp. 138-154). New York: Peter Lang Press, 2008.

Arneson, Pat. “Jean Gebser’s Cosmology: Poetic Openings and Dialogic Possibilities.” In Pat Arneson (ed.), Perspectives on Philosophy of Communication (pp. 257-286). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2007.

Arneson, Pat. “Philosophy of Communication: Entering the Conversation.” In Pat Arneson (ed.), Perspectives on Philosophy of Communication (pp. i-xxx). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2007.

Arneson, Pat. “Introduction.” In Pat Arneson (ed.), Exploring Communication Ethics: Interviews with Influential Scholars in the Field (pp. xi-xxiii). New York: Peter Lang Press, 2007.

Arnett, Ronald C., Pat Arneson, and Leeanne M. Bell. “Communication Ethics: The Dialogic Turn. In Pat Arneson (ed.), Exploring Communication Ethics: Interviews with Influential Scholars in the Field (pp. 143-184). New York: Peter Lang, 2007. [Reprinted from The Review of Communication, 6(1-2), 62-92.]

Articles

Arneson, Pat. “Axiology.” Encyclopedia of Communication Theory. Eds. Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen Foss. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, in press.

Arneson, Pat. “Ontology.” Encyclopedia of Communication Theory. Eds. Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen Foss. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, in press.

Arneson, Pat. “Epistemology.” Encyclopedia of Communication Theory. Eds. Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen Foss. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, in press.

Arneson, Pat. “Saturated Identity.” Encyclopedia of Identity. General Editor, Ronald L. Jackson. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, in press.

Arnett, Ronald C., Pat Arneson, and Annette Holba. “Bridges Not Walls: The Communicative Enactment of Dialogic Storytelling.” The Review of Communication 8(2008): 217-234.

Arnett, Ronald C., Pat Arneson, and Leeanne M. Bell. “Communication Ethics: The Dialogic Turn.” The Review of Communication 6 (2006), 62-92. [Reprinted in Exploring Communication Ethics (SUNY, 2007)]

Communication Research & Development

  • human communication from philosophical perspectives
  • philosophy of communication
  • free and responsible speech
  • communication ethics in the public sphere