7th Annual Williamson Lecture: Gerry Philipsen
An award winning communication researcher will discuss issues of oral communication across cultures at the 7th annual Kathryn and Paul Williamson lecture.
Gerry Philipsen, an award winning Professor of Communication at the University of Washington will discuss his work on communication and miscommunication between members of different cultures. “His work on communication and miscommunication between members of different cultures is relevant to all in our multicultural society and global economy,” says Donal Carbaugh, Professor of Communication at UMass Amherst.
Philipsen, who received his PhD from Northwestern University in 1972, has received multiple teaching awards and two national awards for distinguished lifetime contributions to the scholarly study of communication and culture. Philipsen’s research interests include the ethnography of communication (descriptive, comparative study of culturally distinctive ways of speaking), small group discussion and decision making, and orality.
This UMass lecture series was established in 2000 by alumni Kathryn and Paul Williamson. The lecture series brings distinguished visitors to the university to interact with Commonwealth College students and to share their expertise with the community at large.
Commonwealth College, the Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, serves the 3,700 high achieving students who are members and provides high level programming for all UMass students.
This year’s Kathryn & Paul Williamson Lecture is co-sponsored by Commonwealth College’s Kathryn & Paul Williamson Endowment, the Department of Communication, and the University of Massachusetts Graduate School, with support from faculty in the Departments of Anthropology, Judaic and Near Eastern Languages, the Language, Literacy and Culture Program, the Center of International Education, the Isenberg School of Management, the International Programs Office, and the Translation Center.