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Michael Anderson

Associate chair, liberal arts

Education

  • Ph.D., communication studies, University of Kansas
  • M.A., communication studies, University of Kansas
  • B.A., communication, Saint John's University

Credentials

Teaching

  • Associate chair, liberal arts, Fall 2024–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Professor, liberal arts, Fall 2019–2024, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Adjunct professor, 2018–2019, Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City
  • Graduate teaching assistant, 2004–12, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  • Adjunct faculty, 2008, Haskell Indian Nation University, Lawrence, KS

Professional

  • Writer, 2017–2019, Lawrence Business Magazine, Lawrence, KS
    Wrote articles about businesses and business practices, public safety workers, economic impact of sports, and people who have transformed their career.
  • Host and principal writer, 2011–17, Not So Late Show
    Hosted and wrote a late night television talk show. Won Telly and Mid-America cable awards for hosting and writing.
  • Host, 2007–12, Kansas in Heat, Lawrence, KS
    Answered questions and fielded comments about issues related to sex and relationships.
  • Relationship columnist, 2009–11, University Daily Kansan, Lawrence, KS
    Wrote a weekly relationship column.
  • Guest columnist, 2009–11, INK, Kansas City, MO

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Recipient, Most Interesting Character in Small Town America by Reader's Digest, 2012
  • Recipient, E.C. Buehler Teaching Fellowship in Communication Studies Department, University of Kansas, 2010
  • Recipient, Top Basic Course Instructor in the Communication Studies Department, University of Kansas, 2007
  • Recipient, Top Paper in the Student Division at the National Communication Association Convention, 2006
  • Recipient, Top New Graduate Student Instructor in the Communications Studies Department (E.C. Buehler First Year Award), University of Kansas, 2005

Organizations

  • International Association for Relationship Research, 2009–12
  • National Communication Association, 2005–12
  • Graduate Student Organization, Communication Studies, University of Kansas, 2004–12

Publications and presentations

Peer-reviewed publications

  • "Let's (Not) Talk About That: Bridging the Past Sexual Experiences Taboo to Build Healthy Romantic Relationships," with A.D. Kunkel and M. Dennis, Journal of Sex Research, 48, 2011.

Book chapters

  • "Navigating Around or Through the Discussion of Past Sexual Experiences," Case Studies of Communication About Sex, eds. C.M. Noland, J. Manning, and J. MacLennan. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge, 2010.
  • "Painting the House: Increasing Vividness and Imagery in Public Speaking," Blueprint for Success, C.L. Carver and A.B. Leyerzapf, New York: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2008.

Conference presentations

  • "Talk About Seduction and Call Me in the Morning: Examining Relational Self-help Literature and Its Effects on Communication Research," presented at the National Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, 2010.
  • "Having 'The Talk': Examining the Initiation and Construction Themes Associated with the Discussion of Exclusivity in Romantic Relationships," presented at the National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, 2009.
  • "'It Hurts Me to Imagine': An Analysis of the Reasons Romantic Partners Avoid Discussing Past Sexual Experiences," presented at the National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, 2009.
  • "'Let's Not Talk About That': Why Individuals Avoid Discussing Past Sexual Experiences," presented at the International Association for Relationship Research Convention, Lawrence, Kan., 2009.
  • "'We Have an Open Relationship but ...': An Analysis of the Taboo Topic Past Sexual Experiences in Romantic Relationships," presented at the National Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, 2006.
  • "No Controlling Legal Authority: A Rhetorical Analysis of Al Gore's Apologia on March 3, 1997," presented at the University of St. Thomas Undergraduate Communication Conference, St. Paul, Minn., 2004.