Susan A Holton, Ph.D.

Department of Communication Studies and Theatre Arts
Brid
gewater State College
Bridgewater, MA 02325

phone: 508-697-1750 fax: 508-697-1729
e-mail: sholton@bridgew.edu 
http://webhost.bridgew.edu/sholton 

 

 

 

Academic Administrative Experience Publications Presentations
Volunteer/Community Service Dissertation  Honors and Awards
Professional Memberships Faculty Appointments Additional Education
State/National Involvement Media Appearances Education

   

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

 

 

American Council on Education, Conflict Management Conference, Chicago, IL, 2006
 

HERS- Management Institute, Wellesley College, January 2006.

 

Association of American Colleges of Teacher Education, Department Chair Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 2005 – present.

 

 American Council on Education, ACE Fellows Mid-Year Seminar, Tampa, FL,

January 2002;  San Diego, CA, 2003 –  2005; Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2006.

 

American Council on Education, Department Chairs Workshop, San Diego,

CA, February 2003; San Antonio, November 2004, San Antonio, November 2005.


Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA., July 1997 - present.

 

Department of Speech Communication, Theatre Arts and Communication Disorders, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA Assistant Professor, 1984; Associate Professor, 1987; Tenure, 1990; Full Professor, 1991 -present. On leave to serve as Assistant to the President, 1991 and 1992

 

Adjunct Instructor, Division of Continuing Education, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA 1983

 

Adjunct Instructor, Department of Speech Communication, Theatre Arts and Communication Disorders, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA 1981- 1983

 

Instructor, Chautauqua Institution Summer School, Chautauqua, NY 1979

 

Senior Faculty, Creative Problem Solving Institute, Creative Education Foundation, Buffalo, NY 1974 - 1984; 1988 – 1989

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 1973 – 1975

 

Communication Consultant, Division of Continuing Education, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 1973 – 1975

 

Adjunct Instructor, Department of Communication, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH 1972 – 1975.

 

 

 

 

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

 

Director, Second Year Seminar, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, 2005 - present

Coordinator, Bridgewater Institute Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA

     1997-2001.

Coordinator, Basic Communication Course, Department of Speech Communication

Theatre Arts and Communication Disorders, 1988-1991; 1993-present

Coordinator, Speech Communication Area, Department of Speech Communication,

Theatre Arts and Communication Disorders, Bridgewater State College,

Bridgewater, MA 1994-1997

Assistant to the President, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA January 1991

through December 1992

Chairperson, Department of Speech Communication, Theatre Arts and Communication

Disorders, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA 1988-1990

Founder, Massachusetts Faculty Development Consortium and Coordinator, 1988-

1996

Coordinator, Graduate Teaching Assistants, Department of Speech Communication,

Theatre Arts & Communication Disorders, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater, MA 1985-1988

Program Coordinator, Graduate and Continuing Education, Department of Speech

Communication, Theatre Arts & Communication Disorders, Bridgewater State

College, Bridgewater, MA 1985-1986

 

 

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS: Bridgewater State College
College-wide Committees:

 

Academic Advising Workgroup 2005 - present

HERS at BSC Committee, President, 2005 - present

Service Learning Advisory Board, 2005 - present

Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum Committee, 2003 – present

Presidential Inauguration Committee, 2002 – present

Information Technology Planning Council, 2001 - present

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Search Committee, 2001-2002

New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Faculty Committee, 2001- 2002

English as Second Language Steering Committee, 2001

Frank-Tremblay Safe College Scholarship Committee Co-Chair, 2000 - present

Third – Friday, Conversations about Teaching and Learning:  Coordinator of

            Speaking and listening foci, spring 2000.

Safe Campuses Task Force, 1999 – present.
Learning Communities Advisory Committee, School of Arts and Sciences, 1997-present

Student Government Association Scholarship Committee, 1997-present

New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Five year review

committee, 1996-1997

Campus Climate Action Group, Co-Chair, 1995-1997; member 1995-1999.

Strategic Planning Committee, 1995 – 1999.
Freshman Orientation family orientation presenter 1988-present.

Freshman Seminar Teaching Group, 1996-1997

Teaching, Learning Technology, Research Roundtable, 1995 - 1996.

General Education Committee, 1995

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1995

Center for the Advancement of Research and Teaching, Steering Committee,

Chair of Operations Committee, 1992 - 1998

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Governance and ‘            Resources Committee, 1992 - 1995

Women's Institute Day Planning Committee, Chair 1991-1997

International Education Task Force, 1991-1994

President's Council on Women's Issues , Chair 1991 - 1996

President's Council on Diversity 1991 - 1994

New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASC) Self-Study

committee, 1992

Search Committee for Controller, 1992

Search Committee for the Vice President for Administration and Finance, Chair,

1991-92

Who's Who in American Students Selection Committee, 1990 - 1993

Search Committee for Vice President of Academic Affairs, Chair, 1989-1990

Long Range Planning Committee 1989 - 1990

Women's Advisory Council 1989-1990; 1995 - 1996

Academic Quality Group 1988 - 1990

Massachusetts State College Association, Bridgewater Chapter, Executive Committee

 1988 - 1990

Academic Policies Committee 1985 - 1989; Secretary 1986 - 1987

Freshman Orientation Committee 1985

Board of Governors of Student Union 1985 - 1986

Committee on Teaching Quality , Founder and Chair, 1985 - 1992 (Committee on

Teaching Quality became CART)

Departmental Committees, Department of Communication Studies and Theatre Arts

(formerly Department of Speech Communication, Theatre Arts and

Communication Disorders):

Peer Review Committee, 1998-present

Chair Evaluation Committee, 1998 – present.

Honors Committee, 1985-1990; 1995 - 1999

Budget Committee, 1994 - 1999

Promotions Committee, 1994- 1996

Lambda Pi Eta, student honor society, founder and advisor 1994-present

Academic Advising Committee, 1993-94

Department Chair Evaluation Committee, 1993-94, 1995 - present

Budget Committee 1988 - 1990; 1995 -1996

Advisor, Communications Club 1988 - 1990

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 1987 - 1989

Graduate Committee 1985 - 1990; 1993, 1996; Chair, 1985 - 1986

Search Committees 1984 - 1986; 1988 – 1990

 

 

 

 

STATE, NATIONAL, CONTINENTAL PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

(does not include consulting work with academic or other institutions)

 

HERS – Management Institute, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 2006

United Nationals International Peace Day Planning Committee, Bridgewater, MA

2005 - present

Adult Education Chair, First Parish in Bridgewater, Bridgewater, MA 2005 - present

Religious Education Council, First Parish in Bridgewater, Bridgewater, MA 2005 –

            present

Peace and Conflict Communication Commission, National Communication

Association, Secretary, 2002 –2003; Vice Chair, 2003- 2005; chair 2005 - present

American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Chairs Institute, 2005 - present

American Council on Education, Department Chairs Conference, 2003 - present

American Council on Education, ACE Fellows Mid-Year Seminar faculty, 2002 - present

Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, faculty, Bryn Mawr

        College, Bryn Mawr, PA., July 1997 - present.

National Advisory Board, Conflict Resolution program, Michigan State University

Graduate School, 2000

College Spotlight program honoree and workshop presenter, National Communication

Association, 2000

New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) evaluator, 1992,1995,2000

Conference workshop presenter, National Association for Women in Education, 2000

Conference workshop presenter, American Association for Higher Education, 1999

Conference workshop presenter, New England Faculty Development Consortium, 1999

Research Forum member, Organizing for Learning:  Creating a Research Agenda,

            American Association for Higher Education, Washington, D.C., March 1999

Keynote speaker, Massachusetts Women in Public Higher Education, May 1998.

Pre-conference workshop presenter, American Association for Higher Education, March

1998, San Francisco; March 1997, Chicago; March 1996, Washington, D.C.

Pre-conference workshop presenter, American Council on Education, February 1998,

San Francisco; February 1997, Washington, D.C.

Pre-conference workshop presenter, National Association of Presidential Assistants,

San Francisco, February 1998.

American Association for Higher Education, Research Forum 1996, 1997.

Regional Faculty Development Center Committee, Professional and Organizational

Development Network in Higher Education, 1996-1997.

Regional Conference Committee, Professional and Organizational Development

 Network in Higher Education, 1997.

Conference Coordinator, Project Future, co-sponsored by AAHE, POD MFDC and

Bridgewater State College, June 1996.

Campus Coordinator, Teaching, Learning, Technology, Research Conference,

American Association for Higher Education, June 1996.

Massachusetts Association of Mediation Programs and Practitioners, 1995 conference

planning committee.

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD),

Conference Planning, 1995; 1996. Executive Committee 1987-1990; Chair of

Conference Committee Member of Outreach Committee.

American Council on Education, National Identification Program (ACE-NIP), 1991-

present.
Massachusetts Faculty Development Consortium, 1988 - present; Founder 1987,

Coordinator, 1988 - 1996.

Massachusetts Council for International Education, Advisory Council Member and

founding member, 1992-1994

Massachusetts Journal of Communication, Associate Editor, 1989 - 1991.

ComNet Newsletter of Communication Association of Massachusetts, Contributing

Editor 1989 - 1991

SHEEO Grant Committee for Minority Teacher Education, 1989-1992

Danforth Associates of New England 1989 - 1992; Program Committee 1990

Project 30 Team (Carnegie funded project on Teacher Education) 1988 - 1992

Culminating Study Group for the Study of the Undergraduate Experience, Board of

Regents of Higher Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1988 –

1989

Smoky Mountain Seminar on Teaching and Learning, Western Carolina University,

Cullowhee, NC, 1988, 1989

Creative Education Foundation; Creative Problem Solving Institute; Advanced Program

presenter, Buffalo, NY 1988 - 1989, 1974 - 1984

Massachusetts Communication Association, Conference Speaker, April 1988, April

1994. American Association for Higher Education Conference, POD Sampler

Program presenter, Washington D.C., March 1988 American Management Association,

Operation Enterprise, Lecturer, 1988

 

 

VOLUNTEER INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

                                            (excluding conference presentations)

 

“Collaborative Leadership”, Massachusetts Conference of Chief Librarians of

            Public Higher Educational Institutions, North Falmouth, MA, July 2005

 “Understanding Yourself: MBTI and relationships”, Bridgewater, MA May 2005, January

            2006

  “Dare to Lead”, Academic Affairs Division, Bridgewater State College, November 2004.

 “One Way Street Ends:  Battle of the Sexes” Office of Residence Life and Housing,

            Bridgewater State College, October 2004.

“We’re not complete without you”, Vision retreat for First Parish in Bridgewater,

            April, 2004.

“You may have noticed…I’m white”, Emcee, Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration and

            Breakfast, Bridgewater State College, January 20, 2004.

 “Becoming an Ally”, Bridgewater State College, Safe College coalition,

            September, 2003.

“Creativity and Information Technology”, Bridgewater State College, Information

            Technology Division, Bridgewater State College, May 2003

 “Diversity in the 21st Century”, Bridgewater State College, Special Education class,

            November 2002.

“Safe Zone program for Academic Affairs” Bridgewater State College, November,

            2002.

“It Is Inevitable:  Conflict in the Workplace”, Metro South Chamber of Commerce,

            Brockton, MA., May 2001

“Using Classroom Discussions Effectively” for Center for Advancement of Research and

Teaching, Bridgewater State College, January 2001.

"Conflict Management" for LEAD program, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA,

November, 2000.

“Type and Technology”, for Information Technology staff, Bridgewater State College,

            June 2000.

“Teacher Kaleidoscope”, for mentor and supervising teachers, Bridgewater

            State College, January and May, 2000.

 “Encouraging the Heart”, Keynote speaker, Hospice of Taunton, Volunteer Recognition

Dinner, April 1999
"Geese ... Buffalo ... 12 Steps: Leadership in Unitarian Universalist Congregations",

North Atlantic Regional Unitarian Universalist Regional Gathering, Providence,

RI, November 1998.

"Throw Away Your Rabbit's Foot: Models of Conflict Management and Mentoring" with

Ann Lydecker, Barbara J. Bautz and Nancy Witherell, Pi Delta Kappa (National

Education Honor Society), Middleboro, MA, April 1998.

"MBTI and Teaching", for graduate class in Education, Bridgewater State College,

Bridgewater, MA, March 1998.

"Conflict Management" for LEAD program, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA,

March 1998.

Keynote speaker, Ballou Channing District of the Unitarian Universalist Association,

Braintree, MA, October 1997.

"Cracks in the Ivory Tower", workshop for the Ballou Channing District of Unitarian

Universalist Association, Braintree, MA, October 1997.

"Communication 101 ", for Family Weekend, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater,

 MA, October 1997.

"Communication and Diversity", for Executive Boards of the Multicultural Affairs

organizations, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, October, 1997.

Worship Committee, First Parish in Bridgewater, Bridgewater, MA 1998-present.

Membership and Promotions Committee, Handicapped Access, and Worship

Committee; advisor to Long Range Planning Committee, Unity Church, Unitarian

Universalist, North Easton, MA, 1995- 1997.

Worship and Arts Council, First Parish in Framingham, Framingham, MA 1991-1994.

Member, The Alban Institute's Consultant Network 1990 - 1995.

Guest Speaker, Swedenborgen School of Theology, Newton, MA 1990 - 1996.

Chair, Nominating Committee, Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston,

MA 1987 – 1991.

President, former Finance Chair, Church of the Larger Fellowship, (a "church by phone

and mail" for people who do not have access to local congregations)

Boston, MA 1985 -1989.

Chair, Greater Boston Committee, Visions for Growth Development Campaign,

Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston, MA 1985 - 1986.

Boston Area Chapter of the Association for Psychological Type 1984 - present;
Founder and Coordinator, l984-l987.

Board Member, Northeast Association of Psychological Type 1984 - 1986.

Founding member, FOCUS on Gifted and Talented Education, Framingham, MA 1984.

Organizational Development Senior Staff Presenter for Leadership Schools (New

England, 1984-l988; Eastern Great Lakes, 1985-1987, l989; MidWest, 1986-

1989).

Coordinator, Unitarian Universalist Leadership Schools Network, Framingham, MA 1982

-1991.

President, Massachusetts Bay District of Unitarian Universalist Churches, Inc., Boston,

MA 1982 - 1984 (Board member l978-l984).

Convener, District Presidents' Association of the Unitarian Universalist Association,

Boston, MA 1982 - 1984.

Founder, New England Leadership School 1982.

Guest speaker and workshop leader for congregations and non-profit organizations

throughout New England 1975 - present.

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS (current)

 

Association for Conflict Resolution

Massachusetts Association of Mediation Programs and Practitioners
Creative Education Foundation, Colleague

Eastern Communication Association

National Communication Association
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Wellesley College Center for Research on Women
Massachusetts Women in Public Higher Education

 

 

PAPERS, WORKSHOP and CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
(This does not include consultations.)

 

 “The Invisible Diversity” Training and Development Division, National Communication

            Association Convention, Boston, MA, November 2005

 

 “Women in Science Fiction:  Fallen and Flying Angels”,  Women’s Caucus, National

            Communication Association Convention, Boston, MA, November 2005

 

Innovative Techniques for Training Professionals:  Three Steps to Resolution” 

Training and Development Division, National Communication Association Convention, Boston, MA, November 2005

 

 “Conflict and Diversity: Advancing from "Dis-ease" to Social Wellness through Public          Dialogue:  Making the Campus Culture Healthier for All”  Peace and Conflict

Communication Division, National Communication  Association Convention, Boston, MA, November 2005

 

“Taking It To The Streets:  Honoring Sam Keltner”, Peace and Conflict Division,

            National Communication Association Convention, Boston, MA, November 2005

 

“Teamwork as a frame for the Basic Course,”  Basic Course Division, National

            Communication Association Convention, Boston, MA, November 2005

 

 “The Water Isn’t Safe For Everyone:  Creating Safe Spaces,”  Professional and

      Organizational Development Network in Higher Education Conference,

            Milwaukee, WI, October 2005

 

“The Waters aren’t always Calm:  Managing Conflict in Higher Education,” 

      Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

            Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, October, 2005

 

 “Conflict in Higher Education” Colorado Wyoming Women in Higher Education,

Denver, CO, October 2005.,

 

 “Dare to Lead: Power and Collaborative Leadership”, Massachusetts Conference of

Chief Librarians of Public Higher Educational Institutions, North Falmouth, MA, July 2005

 

 “Looking Away… Faculty-Faculty Conflict”,  National Communication Association    Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 2004

 

 “Journey to Distant Learning:  Teaching Communities”, with William Singleton.

Massachusetts Colleges Online Conference on E-Learning,  Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA , June 2004.

 

“Information and Communication Technology:  A Teaching Community”, with

      Ann Hird and William Singleton,  Center for the Advancement of Teaching and

            Research annual conference, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA,

May 2004.

 

 “Cirque de Communique:  Juggling the Three Balls of Research, Service andTeaching,”

National Communication Association Conference, November 2003 Miami, Florida

 

"Theory to Reality:  Experiences in Implementation of the Warters Model of Campus

Mediation at a Mid-Sized Public University"  National Communication Association

Conference, November 2003, Miami, Florida

 

“Dare to Lead” Department Chair Breakfast, National Communication Association Conference, November 2003, Miami, Florida.

“Looking Away… Faculty-Faculty Conflict”, National Communication Association Conference, November 2004, Chicago, Illinois

“Journey to Distant Learning: Teaching Communities”, with William Singleton. Massachusetts Colleges Online Conference on E-Learning, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA , June 2004.

“Information and Communication Technology: A Teaching Community”, with Ann Hird and William Singleton, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Research annual conference, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, May 2004.

“Conflict Management for Department Chairs”, American Council on Education,

Department Chairs’ Conference, February 2003.

 

 “Conflict Management in Higher Education”, American Council on Education,

ACE Fellows Program, Mid-Year Seminar, Tampa, FL, January 2003.

 

“Conflict Management in Higher Education”, American Council on Education,

ACE Fellows Program, Mid-Year Seminar, Tampa, FL, January 2002

 

 “Content and Technology Experts Working Together:  2+2=.4”, with William

            Singleton and Estelle Wenson, for Syllabus Conference, Danvers, MA,

            November 2001

“Online or F2F:  Can Group Be Taught Online?”  with William Singleton, Estelle

Wenson, David Wilson, for Human Communication and Technology

Commission National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA,

            November 2001.

 

“Technology’s Golden Mean”, with William Singleton, Estelle

            Wenson, David Wilson, for panel on “Human Communication and Technology in

the Classroom and At A Distance”, for Human Communication and Technology

Commission, National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA,

            November 2001.

 

“Managing Conflict in the Department”, for panel on “Cultured Chairs Mentor

            Tender Shoots:  Before You Have Roots, You Have To Plant the Seed”,

for Undergraduate College and University Section,  National

Communication Association, Atlanta, GA,

            November 2001.

 

“No Longer Normal...But What Now?”  moderator and presentor for Undergraduate

College and University Section,  National  Communication Association, Atlanta,

GA, November 2001.

 

“The Capstone Course As  A Launching Pad”, for a panel on “The Capstone

Course:  Curiosity and Diversity”,  for Undergraduate College and University

 Section,  National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA,

            November 2001

 

 “Distance Learning Teams, Tools and Teaching”, with Estelle Wenson, David

            Wilson and William Singleton, Massachusetts Education Computing

            Conference, Boston,  MA, June 2001.

 

“Stepping Into A Different River:  Using Technology to Teach Beyond the Basic

            Course”, with James Hayes-Bohanan, Center for Research and Teaching,

            Bridgewater State College, May 2001.

 

“Not Just for Aristotle:  The golden Mean in Computer Mediated Courses”

            with Estelle Wenson, David Wilson and William Singleton,

            Eastern Communication Association Conference, Portland, Maine,

            April 2001.

 

“True Confessions of a Post-Luddite: Getting Faculty to Use Technology for Teaching”,

            Eastern Communication Association Conference, Portland, Maine,

            April 2001.

 

“Not By Ourselves Alone:  A Model for Computer-Mediated Coursework”,

            National Communication Association, Seattle, WA, November 2000.

 

“Linking Learning:  Linking Lives: Using Computers in the Classroom”, National

            Communication Association, Seattle, WA, November 2000.

 

“The Golden Mean in Computer-Mediated Classrooms”, Center for the Advancement

            of Research and Teaching, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA

            May 2000.

 

 “Classroom as Closet: Making the Campus Safe for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and

            Transgender Students”, Awareness Week, Bridgewater State College,

Bridgewater, MA, April 2000.

 

“Feminist Conflict Management”, National Association for Women in Education,

            Boston, MA, March 2000

 

 “Motivating Faculty”,  New England Consortium of College and Universities,

            Lowell, MA, February 2000.

 

 “Classroom as Closet: Making the Campus Safe for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and

            Transgender Students”, New England Faculty Development

            Consortium, Worcester, MA. November 1999

 

“Why Can’t They Be Like We Were: Civility in the Classroom”, New England Faculty

Development Consortium, Worcester, MA. November 1999

 

“Nurturing the Environment for us all:  Spirit in Higher Education”, Lilly Conference

            on College Teaching, Miami University, Oxford, OH, November 1999.

 

“Civility in the Classroom,” Lilly New England Conference on College Teaching,

            Northeastern University, October 1999.

 

“Nurturing the Environment for us all:  Spirit in Higher Education”,  Lilly New England

Conference on College Teaching, Northeastern University, October 1999.

 

"Creating a Collaborative College-Wide Community: It CAN Be Done",

Conference on New Ways of Learning and Leading in the Classroom, the

Workplace, and Community, Pine Manor College, Boston, MA, April 1999

 

"Crossing ALL the Borders: Creating a Unified Campus Community", American

Association for Higher Education, Washington, D.C., March 1999

 

"What Do We Do Now? Conflict Management in Interpersonal Relationships" for

LEAD program (a program for inner city high school students)
Office of Multicultural Affairs, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater
MA, February 1998; February 1999.

 

"Leadership in Congregations", New England Gathering of Unitarian

Universalist Congregations, Providence, RI., November 1998.

 

"Coping with Change in Higher Education", Keynote speaker, Massachusetts Women in

Public Higher Education, Boston, MA., May 1998.

 

"Cracks in the Chalkboard: Conflict Management in the Classroom", for

Days of Dialogue, Bridgewater State College, May, 1998

 

"Dispute Resolution Techniques in Higher Education", National Center for

Collective Bargaining in Higher Education", New York, April l998

 

"Mending the Cracks in the Ivory Tower", Pre-conference workshop presenter,

American Association for Higher Education, Atlanta, GA., March l998

 

"Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Presidential Assistants and Conflict", Pre-conference

workshop presenter, National Association of Presidential Assistants, San

Francisco, CA, February 1998

 

"Cracks in the Chalkboard: Conflict Management in the Classroom", for

Days of Dialogue, Bridgewater State College, February 1998

 

"Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management in Higher Education", Pre-conference

 workshop presenter, American Council on Education, San Francisco, February

l998.

 

"Throw Away Your Rabbit's Foot: Models of Mentoring: Liberal Arts Collaboration

with Education", with Ann Lydecker, Barbara J. Bautz and Nancy Witherell,
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, New Orleans,
LA, February 1998.

 

"Dynamics of Conflict in Teaching: Conflict Resolution Strategies", Beginning

Teacher Induction/Mentoring Programs, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Education, November 19, 1997.

 

"On Leadership, Power, and Mobius Strips", Keynote, Ballou Channing District of the

Unitarian Universalist Association, Braintree, MA, October l997.

 

 

"Cracks in the Steeple: Conflict Management in Churches", Ballou Channing

District of Unitarian Universalist Churches, Braintree, MA., October l997.

 

"Change can Mean Conflict: Managing Conflict Between Auxiliary Service Professionals

and Vendors", with John Budron, National Association of College Auxiliary

Services 28th Annual Conference, Boston, October l997.

 

"Communication 101", presented for Family Weekend , "A Day in the Life", Bridgewater

State College, Bridgewater, MA October 1997.

 

"Communication and Diversity", for Executive Boards of the Multicultural Affairs

organizations, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA October, 1997.

 

"Conflict Management for Cooperating Practitioners", Southeastern Massachusetts

Schools, August l997.

 

"Communication Skills for Teacher Conferencing", Southeastern Massachusetts

Schools, August 1997.

 

"Cracks in the Steeple: Conflict Management in Churches", Unitarian Universalist

General Assembly, Phoenix, AZ, June l997.

 

"Promoting Positive Change: Introducing and Incorporating New Ways of Learning

and Leading in the Classroom and the Workplace", New Ways of Learning

and Leading: A National Conference on a New Kind of Leadership in our
Classrooms, our Communities and our Workplaces, Pine Manor College,
Brookline, MA, June l997.

 

"Youth Congress", A World of Difference Institute, Brandeis University, May 1997

"Are We There Yet? or Diversity: The Sequel", with Dana Mohler-Faria and

Maxine Rawlins, Campus Climate Action Group and the Center for the

Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Bridgewater State College, April 1997.

 

"Conflict Management for Cooperating Practitioners", Bridgewater State College,

March 1997.

 

"Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management in Higher Education" pre-

conference workshop, American Association for Higher Education,

Washington, D.C., March 1997

 

"Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management in Higher Education",

pre-conference workshop, American Council on Education, Washington,

D.C., February 1997.

 

"The Administrative Challenge of Change: A Change Management Primer",

Association of Academic Affairs Administrators, Providence, RI,
November l996.

 

"Promoting Positive Change in Higher Education: A Change Management Primer",

Massachusetts Faculty Development Consortium annual conference,

Worcester, MA, November 1996.

 

"Myers Briggs Type Indicator and Librarians", Librarians and staff of Maxwell

Library, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, October l996.

 

"Myers Briggs Type Indicator and Student Leadership", Residence Life

Leadership Program, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, October l996.

 

"Conflict Management for Cooperating Practitioners", Plymouth Public Schools,

Plymouth, MA, July 1996.

 

"Myers Briggs Type Indicator and Student Affairs", Professional Development

Conference of Student Affairs Division, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater,

MA May 1996

 

"Determine our Future...CART Strategic Planning", Center for the Advancement

of Teaching and Research, Bridgewater State College, May 1996.

 

"Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management in Higher Education", annual

conference of the American Association for Higher Education, Chicago, IL, March    1996.

 

"Coping with Changing Campus Culture" Public Broadcasting Station Adult Learning

Satellite Service teleconference, February 29,1996.

 

"Strategic Planning for Educational Institutions ", for the Department of Secondary

Education and Professional Programs", January 1996.

 

"Making the Best of Your First Year at Bridgewater", Center for the Advancement of

Research and Teaching", Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, January

1996.

 

" Does Faith Matter?: The Role of Religion in Conflict Management", Massachusetts

Association of Mediation Programs and Practitioners, Diversity Workshops,

December l995.

 

" Renewing the Academic Community: Engaging Students, Faculty and

Administrators in Learning" Massachusetts Faculty Development

Consortium Conference, Worcester, MA, November l995.

"Involving Faculty in On-Campus Professional Development", Massachusetts

Faculty Development Consortium Conference, Worcester, MA,

November 1995.

 

"How To Get Out of the Frying Pan...Without Jumping Into the Fire: Conflict

Management in Higher Education", National Association of Academic
Affairs Administrators, Northeast Region Annual Meeting, Providence,
RI, November, 1995.

 

"Does Context Matter?: The Importance of Substantive Knowledge in Mediation

and Conflict Management", Massachusetts Association of Mediation
Professionals and Practitioners, Boston, MA., October 1995.

 

"Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management in Higher Education",

pre-conference workshop, Professional and Organizational Development
Network in Higher Education, Falmouth, MA, October l995

 

"Starting and Nurturing a Regional Faculty Development Program", Professional and

Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Falmouth, MA, October l995

 

"Conflict Management in Higher Education", Society for Professionals in

Dispute Resolution Conference, Washington, DC., September l995.

 

"A National Survey of Conflict Management Programs in Higher Education",

Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution Conference, Washington, DC., September l995.

 

"Peace Within the Academy", Peace as Strategy: Practice, Movement, Culture

Peace Studies Association conference, Tufts University, Medford, MA,
March l995.

 

"Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management in Higher Education",

Massachusetts Faculty Development Consortium, Brandeis University,
February 1994.

 

" Beyond Inclusion: Transforming the Curriculum", Communication Association of

Massachusetts, Mt. Ida College, Newton, MA, April l994.

 

"Conflict Management in Higher Education", Center for the Advancement of

Research and Teaching, Bridgewater State College, March l994.

 

"Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management in Higher Education",

Massachusetts Faculty Development Consortium, Brandeis University, February 1994.

 

"Why Can't They Be More Like Me?: Type and Teaching", Center for the

Advancement of Research and Teaching, Bridgewater State College, February l994.

 

"But I Don't Want to be Here!!!: Involving Students in General Education Courses",

New Directions in General Education: Rethinking the Core, Middlesex            Community College, Lowell, MA, May l993.

 

"Transforming the Curriculum", CART Conviviuum, Center for the Advancement of

Research and Teaching, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, May l993.

 

"Starting a Faculty Development Program", Massachusetts Faculty Development

Consortium, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, February l993.

 

"Myers Briggs and Health Services", Health Services Department of

Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, October 1993.

 

"Internationalizing the Curriculum", Massachusetts Council on International Education,

Worcester, MA., November 1992.

 

"Still a Chilly One?: The Academic Climate", Professional and Organizational

Development Network in Higher Education conference, Wesley Chapel, FL, October l992.

 

"How To Tell If You're in the Frying Pan...or the Fire...or Just Too Near to the Sun",

Interim Minister's Network, Westfield, MA., June 1992.

 

" When You Meet Conflict In the Parish...Don't Kill It!", Interim Minister's Network,

Westfield, MA June 1992.

 

"Chairing a Department is Like Herding Cats", CART Sampler, Center for the

Application of Research and Teaching, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater,

MA.  May 1992.

 

"How Am I Different? Myers Briggs Type Indicator and Youth", Framingham and

Nashua, NH youth conference, Framingham, MA., April 1992.

 

"How To Start a Faculty Development Program", Eastern Regional Workshop,

Massachusetts Faculty Development Consortium , Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater MA., April 1992.

 

 

"We're Just Not Communicating!: Teaching and Learning Styles", Massachusetts

Faculty Development Consortium Annual Conference, Bentley College, Waltham, MA., February 1992.

 

"Starting Your Own Faculty Development Program", co-presenter with Elaine Wong and

Carol Owen, Massachusetts Faculty Development Consortium Annual

Conference, Bentley College, Waltham, MA., February l992.

 

"Different Styles for Different Folks", Massachusetts Teacher's Association Annual

 Conference, Williams College, Williamstown, MA., August l991.

 

"No More Us...Them: Nurturing Collegiality in the Campus Community", Massachusetts

Faculty Development Consortium Conference, Bridgewater State College,

 Bridgewater, MA., May 1991.

 

"Organizational Development for Interim Ministers", Unitarian Universalist Association

Boston, MA., March 1991.

 

"Power and Ministerial Leadership", Swedenborg School of Theology, Newton, MA,

January 1991.

 

"Myers Briggs Type Theory in Teaching and Learning", Swedenborg School of

Theology, Newton, MA., November 1990.

 

"Leadership in Congregations: Working with Volunteers", General Assembly of the

Unitarian Universalist Association, Milwaukee, WI, June 1990.

 

"Decision Making in Congregations", General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist

Association, Milwaukee, WI, June 1990.

 

"Department Chairs Workshop", in Faculty Development in the l990's, Mass. Faculty

Development Consortium Conference, Bridgewater, MA, May 1990

 

"Faculty Development at State Colleges and Universities" at Conference of Community

 College Division Chairs, Holyoke, MA, April 1990.

 

"Faculty Development Programs", in "Responding to Diversity" conference, University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, January 1990.

"Organizational Development in the Workplace", AETNA, Inc., Hartford, CT., October

1989.

 

"Consensual Decision Making; A Conflict Alternative", Unitarian Universalist General

Assembly, New Haven, CT, June 1989.

 


"Everything for Everyone: The Basic Communication Course", Association of

Massachusetts, Sturbridge, MA, April l989.

"Starting a Regional Faculty/Organizational/ Instructional Development Program",

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

Conference, Keystone, CO., October, l988.

 

"Motivating Faculty Toward Classroom Innovation", Creative Problem Solving Institute,

Creative Education Foundation, Buffalo, NY, June l988.

"The Care and Feeding of Volunteers", General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist

Association, Palm Springs, CA, June 1988.

 

"Operation Enterprise" presenter, American Management Association, Harriman, NY.

June 1988.

 

"Faculty Development", Massachusetts Communication Association, Wellesley, MA,

April l988.

 

"Taking the First Step: Motivating Faculty Toward Classroom Innovations' , American

 Association for Higher Education, Washington, D.C., March l988.

 

"Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom", Professional and Organizational Development

Network in Higher Education Conference, Kerville, TX, October l987.

 

"Help!...Please! Recruiting and Motivating Volunteers", General Assembly of Unitarian

Universalist Association, Little Rock, Arkansas, June l987.

"Graduate Training Throughout the Year", a part of the "Short Course on the 'Basic

Course'", Eastern Communication Association, Syracuse, NY, May l987.

 

"Papers in Instructional Practices", chair of the panel, Eastern

Communication Association, Syracuse, NY, May 1987.

 

"Personality Type and Learning Theory", presented to: Stapleton Elementary School,

April l987 College classes in Education, December, April l987

 

"Faculty Development in Higher Education", participated in presentation as POD Core

Committee member, American Association of Higher Education, Chicago,

February l987.

"Being All Things To All People: Myers Briggs Type Theory and Teaching", Professional

Organizational Development Network in Higher Education Conference, Spring

Hills, PA., November 1986.

 

"Growing a Teaching Quality Program", co-presented with Dr. Robert J. Dillman and Dr.

Jacquelyn Madry-Taylor, Professional Organizational Development in Higher Education Conference, Spring Hills, PA., November, 1986

 

"Personality Type and Religious Liberals", General Assembly of the Unitarian

Universalist Association, Rochester, NY., June 1986.

 

"A Multimethodological Approach to the Basic Course", The Basic Course Conference

at the Eastern Communication Association Convention, Atlantic City, NJ., l986.

(As a result of this presentation, I was asked by Macmillan Publishers to write a text.)

 

"Type2: A Correlation of Situational Leadership Type and Myers Briggs Type",

Northeast Association of Psychological Type Convention, Harriman, NY. May 1986.

 

"Teaching Methods Old and New: What Works?", SACHEM Conference on the Art of

 College Teaching, Brockton, MA., April 1986.

 

"Using Conflict Creatively in Groups", Massachusetts Bay District of Unitarian

Universalist Churches", Concord, MA, 1984

 

"Religious Issues", Aberjona Journal, Community Cable TV, Winchester, MA 1983.

            "Marriage and Commitment", Week Day, Channel 4, Boston, MA, 1983.

 

"Emotional Aspects of Pregnancy", International Childbirth Education Association,

Boston, MA, 1979.

 

"Emotional Aspects of Pregnancy in Urban vs. Suburban vs. Rural Women", Women

and Health in Suburbia, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA., l978.

 

"An Exploratory Study into the Proxemic and Verbal Behavior of 'Normals' in

Dyadic Interaction with the 'Deaf'", Ohio Speech Communication Association

,Columbus, OH., l974.

 

"Instruction of High School Students in Interpersonal Communication through Group

Discussion Techniques", Speech Communication Association, New York, NY,

l973; received Gordon Weissman Award for Graduate Research, Ohio Univ.

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Holton, Susan A, “Dare to be a Powerful Chair,” The Department Chair, Fall 2006

Holton, Susan A, “Foundations of Conflict Management,” American Council on Education Department Chairs Online Resource Center, http://www.acenet.edu/resources/chairs/       

Holton, Susan A, “You’ve Got Conflict: Email and Conflict Management,”  American Council on Education Department Chairs Online Resource Center, http://www.acenet.edu/resources/chairs/         

Holton, Susan A and Robert Haynor, “Making the Campus Community a Safe and Affirming Space for All” in  Ouellett, Matthew, Ed.,  Teaching InclusivelyTeaching Inclusively :  Diversity and Faculty Development,  Stillwater, Oklahoma: New  Forums Press, 2005.

Holton, Susan A  “Seven Heavenly Virtues” The Department Chair, Spring, 2005

 

Holton, Susan A,  “Seven Deadly Sins for Department Chairs”, The Department Chair, Fall 2004.

 

Holton, Susan A,  “Manage That Conflict!” University Business, November 2003.

 

Holton, Susan A, “You Don’t Have To Be Super Professor!”  online

 

Holton, Susan A, “Why An Ivory Tower?”,  National Teaching and Learning Forum, 11.3, 2002.

 

Holton, Susan A “Promoting Your Professional Development Program” in Kay Herr Gillespie, ed., Hilson, Linda R., and Wadsworth, Emily C., Associate Eds.,  A Guide to Faculty Development:  Practical Advice,  Examples and Resources, Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, 2002.

 

Holton, Susan A, Cracks in the Steeple: Conflict Management in Congregations, in negotiation with publisher.

 

Holton, Susan A,  “Creating Academic Teams”,  Academic Leader:

The Newsletter for Academic Deans and Department Chairs, Vol. 17, No. 10,

October 2001.

 

Holton, Susan A, “You’ve Got Mail...And You’ve Got Conflict:  Email and the Escalation of Conflict”, in Mass Communication Mixing Views, Jabbar Al-Obaidi, editor, Southfield, MI: High Tech Artwork and Design, 2001.

 

Holton, Susan A, review of  Engaging Communication in Conflict: Systemic Practice
by Stephen W. Littlejohn and Kathy Domenici,  American Communication Journal 4.3, Spring 2001.  Available online http://acjournal.org

 

Holton, Susan A.,  “The Tree That Grew: Conflict in Organizations”, online. internet. Available:  http://www.gabrielames.com/Articles/Tree.html

 

Holton, Susan A, “If You Create It...They Still May Not Come!: Promoting Your Professional Development Program”, in Kay Herr Gillespie, ed. Professional and Organizational Development: A Handbook for Practitioners.   Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, 2000.

 

Holton, Susan A, “Ghosts in the Corridors:  Managing Conflict” Academic Leader:

The Newsletter for Academic Deans and Department Chairs, Vol. 15, No. 12,

December 1999.

 

Holton, Susan A, “Of Silos and Spider Webs”, Bridgewater Review, Winter 1999.

 

Holton, Susan A, “Creating a Collaborative Campus-Wide Community, or, If

You Create It, They Will Come” Academic Leader:  The Newsletter for

Academic Deans and Department Chairs, Vol. 15, No. 8, September 1999.

 

Holton, Susan A, “Ghosts and Other Legacies of the Past”, online. Internet. April 1999. Available: http://www.gabrielames.com

 

Holton, Susan A, "After the Eruption: Conflict Management for the Classroom", in
Steven M. Richardson, ed., Incivility in Higher Education  New Directions in Higher Education, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers Inc., winter l998.

 

Holton, Susan A, Be An Angel's Advocate online. Internet. September l998, Available: http://www.gabrielames.com

 

Budron, John and Susan A Holton, "It is Unavoidable: Conflict in Auxiliary Services",
College Services Administration: Journal of the National Association of College
Auxiliary Services, (June 1998), 36-39.


Holton, Susan A, ed. Mending the Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management
Strategies for Higher Education
. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc. l998.

 

Holton, Susan A, "What's It all About: Conflict in Academia", in Susan A Holton,
ed., Mending the Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management Strategies in
Higher Education
, Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., l998

 

Holton, Susan A, "Academic Mortar to Mend the Cracks, " in Holton, Susan A, ed. Mending the Cracks in the Ivory Tower:: Conflict Management Strategies in Higher Education , , Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., l998

 

Holton, Susan A, "Mending the Cracks in the Department: Equipping the Chair with the Proper Tools", The Department Chair, fall l997.

Holton, Susan A, "Who Am I? A Personalized Introduction to Research" in Selections from the Speech Communication Teacher to accompany Stephen E. Lucas, The Art of Public Speaking: Instructor's Manual, New York: McGraw Hill, l997.

 

Holton, Susan A Conflict Management Programs in Institutions of Higher
Education in the United States and Canada, online. Available:
http://www.ombuds.org/holton.html

 

Holton, Susan A Conflict Management Programs in Institutions of Higher
Education in the United States and Can
ada, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, l996.

 

Holton , Susan A, "Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management in the
Classroom and Beyond", Teaching Excellence Professional and
Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
, Ames, IA, Fall l996.

 

Holton, Susan A, "Who Am I? A Personalized Introduction to Research", Speech
Communication Teacher
, Speech Communication Association, Annandale, VA, Spring l996.

 

Holton, Susan A, "Marketing and Promoting Your Professional Development Program", Professional and Organizational Development: A Handbook for Practitioners, second edition, ed. by Emily Wadsworth, Stillwater, OK., New Forums Press, Spring 1996.

 

Holton, Susan A, review of When Push Comes to Shove: A Practical Guide to
Mediating Disputes by Karl A. Slaikeu. The International Journal of Conflict
Management,
7.1 (January 1996), 87-88.

Holton, Susan A, editor Conflict Management in Higher Education, New Directions in Higher Education, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Winter l995.

 

Holton, Susan A, "It's Nothing New: A History of Conflict in Higher Education"
in Holton, Susan A, ed, Conflict Management in Higher Education, New Directions in Higher Education, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Winter l995.

 

Holton, Susan A and Gerald Phillips " Can't Live With Them...Can't Live Without Them: Conflict Between Faculty and Administrators", in Holton, Susan A, ed, Conflict Management in Higher Education, New Directions in Higher Education San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Winter l995.

 

Holton, Susan A. and William Warters, " A Compendium of Conflict Management
Programs in Higher Education", in Holton, Susan A, ed, Conflict Management in Higher Education, New Directions in Higher Education, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Winter l995.

 

Holton, Susan A., "And Now...the Answers: How to Deal with Conflict in Higher Education", in Holton, Susan A, ed, Conflict Management in Higher Education, New Directions in Higher Education, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Winter l995.

 

Holton, Susan A, "What Do Faculty Really Want?" The Department Chair,
Volume 6, No., 1, Summer l995.

 

Holton, Susan A, "Taking Care of Ourselves: Faculty and Administrator Use
of Conflict Management Programs in Higher Education", The Fourth R Volume 57, June/July 1995.

 

Holton, Susan A, "Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management in Higher
Education", Academic Affairs Administrators Newsletter, Vol. 21, No. l,
May 1995.

 

Holton, Susan A Time and Talent Directory: A Compendium of Faculty
Developers,
second edition, Massachusetts Faculty Development Consortium, Bridgewater MA, l995

 

Holton, Susan A, "Meeting Tips", in Communication Briefings, Spring l994.

 

Holton, Susan A , editor, MFDC Exchange, newsletter of the Massachusetts
Faculty Development Consortium, Volume 1, Fall l990 through Volume 8, l994.

 

Holton, Susan A "Rewarding Faculty who Teach", Connection: New England
Journal of Higher Education and Economic Development, Vol. IX, Number 1, Spring l994.

 

Holton, Susan A, "Be An Angel's Advocate", Congregations, May/June l994.

 

Holton, Susan A "Looking Backward...Before Moving Forward: The Janus Workshop", Congregations: the Alban Journal October l993.

 

Holton, Susan A "Early Warning Signs of Conflict", In Between Times: The Newsletter of the Interim Minister's Network, September l992 and December l992.

 

Holton, Susan A Time and Talent Directory: A Compendium of Faculty
Developers, Massachusetts Faculty Development Consortium
, Bridgewater MA, l992

 

Holton, Susan A, "Holton's Classroom Myths", Journal of Staff, Program and
Organizational Development,
Vol. X, No. l, Spring l992

 

Holton, Susan A; Vigil, Terry Anne; Spencer, Marian, eds. Commonwealth Faculty
Development Directory
, Bridgewater: Massachusetts Faculty Development Consortium, 1991

 

Holton, Susan A, "Teaching, Learning and Type", CommNet , Communication
Association of Massachusetts, Fall l990.

Holton, Susan A, "Teaching, Learning and Type" CommNet Newsletter
of the Communication Association of Massachusetts, Newton, MA.,
Communication Association of Massachusetts, Fall 1990.

 

Holton, Susan A, "The Classroom as a Group", CommNet, Newsletter of the Communication Association of Massachusetts, Newton, MA., Communication Association of Massachusetts, Spring 1990.

 

Holton, Susan A, "Motivating Faculty Toward Classroom Excellence", Proceedings of the Massachusetts Communication Association Conference, Newton, MA., Communication Association of Massachusetts, l988.

 

Holton, Susan A, "Her Mother's Daughter", book review, Bridgewater Review, Bridgewater, MA., l988

 

Holton, Susan A, "Marketing and Promoting Your Professional Development Program", Professional and Organizational Development: A Handbook for Practitioners, ed. by Emily Wadsworth, Stillwater, OK., New Forums Press, 1988.

Holton, Susan A, The Mad Madonna . Buffalo, NY, Bearly Limited, 1987

 

Holton, Susan A, "Faculty Development Workshop", in Ideas That Work - and Some That Don't", Austin, TX, Professional and Organizational Development Network of Higher Education, l986.

Holton, Susan A, "A Multimethodological Approach to the Basic Course" ERIC, 1986.

 

Holton, Susan A, "Women and Money", Equal Times, November l978.

 

Holton, Susan A, "I Remember", Family Circle, July 1978.

 

Holton, Susan A, "Pregnant Fathers", Mothers' Manual, March/April 1978.

 

Holton, Susan A, "Not So Different...Proxemic Behavior of the Adult Deaf",
American Annals of the Deaf, Vol. 123, No. 8, December l976.

 

Holton, Susan A, "Untitled and Other Poetry", What She Wants October, 1975.

 

Holton, Susan A, Now I Found the Sun, Owl Press, London, OH, 1974

Holton, Susan A, Under the Influence of Life, Owl Press, London, OH, 1973.

 

 

 

TEXT REVIEWS (since 1998)

 

 

Human Communication:  Motivation, Knowledge and Skills, Thomson Publishing, April 2005

 

Communicating in College and Beyond,  Houghton Mifflin Company, January 2005.

 

Riggio, Ronald E, Susan E. Murphy and Francis J. Pirozzola, Multiple Intelligences and Leadership.  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publisher, 2002.

 

Dobkin, Bethami and Roger Pace, Communication in a Changing World,  McGraw-Hill

Publishers

 

Rodriguez, Amardo, editor, Communication and Spirituality:  Contributions to a New

Discourse on Communication,  University Press of America

 

Anderson, James and Elaine Englehardt, The Organizational Self and Ethical Conduct, Harcourt College Publishers

 

Rubin, Rebecca B., Alan M. Rubin and Linda J. Piele, Communication Research:  Streategies and Sources, Wadsworth Publishing Company

 

Duran, Kistler, Communication Connections, Wadsworth Publishing Company

 

Dobkin, Bethami and Pace Communication in a Changing World: An Introduction

            to Communication Theory and Practice, Burrston House, Ltd, Publishing

 

Reinard, John,  Introduction to Communication Research  McGraw-Hill

 

 

 

MEDIA APPEARANCES

“In Focus”, Bridgewater Cable, appearances at least once a year since 1991.

 

Significant print and radio interviews in 2001-2002 in reference to the Frank-Tremblay Safe College Scholarship at Bridgewater State College.

 

“Digital Desk” with Mark Schneider, Canadian Television News, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 2001  (Information also given on the “Digital Desk” webpage, available at http://www.digitaldesk.com/article.pl?sid=01/05/10/1911215&mode=thread)

 

“Conflict in the Workplace”, radio interview, Taunton, MA 2000.

 

"Coping with Changing Campus Culture" Public Broadcasting Station Adult Learning

Satellite Service teleconference, February 29,1996.

 

 

EDUCATION


Ph.D. in Communication, minor in Sociology, Case Western Reserve University,

Cleveland, OH, June 1976.

M.A.in Communication, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, January

1973.

B.S. in Speech and Drama, English, and Education, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1970

 

 

DISSERTATION:


An Exploratory Study into the Proxemic and Verbal Behavior of 'Normals' in Dyadic Interaction with the 'Deaf'
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 1976

 

 

 

 

HONORS and AWARDS

 

Disability Access Recognition Award, Spring 2004

 

Faculty Marshal, 1999 – 2001

 

Commonwealth Information Technology Initiative Award, 2001

 

College Spotlight Program:  Linking Learning-Linking Lives,

National Communication Association, 2000

 

Davis Fellowship, 1999-2000; 200-2001


Commonwealth Citation for Outstanding Performance, 1994, 1998


                                                    Professional Development Scholarship from Massachusetts

Women in Public Higher Education


Distinguished Alumni Award, Case Western Reserve University


Honorary Member, Pi Kappa Delta, National Honorary Forensic Society


Distinguished Service Award, Bridgewater State College


Colleague, Creative Education Foundation


Gordon Weissman Award for Graduate Research

 

 

listed in: Who's Who in America; Who's Who of American Women; Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America; Who's Who in American Education; Who's Who in the East , Who's Who of Professional and Business Women, International Professional and Business Women's Hall of Fame, Who's Who Worldwide, International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women, International Who's Who of Professionals, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in the East, Who's Who of Women

 

 

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION:

 

Workshops on Relational Conflict, Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Stone Center

at Wellesley College, 1999.

 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Cape Cod Institute, Process Consultation with Edgar Schein, July 1997.

 

Cooperative Learning Workshop, and Level II workshops, Dr. Roger Johnson and Dr.
David Johnson, Bridgewater State College, l996-l997.

 

Middlesex Mediation Programs, Brookline, MA, Mediation Training, l995,
resulting in certification as a mediator.

 

Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation, Mediation and Other Third Party
Interventions, Spring l994

 

Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration , Bryn Mawr College/
HERS Mid-America, Summer l992.

 

The Alban Institute, Working with Severely Conflicted Churches, Washington, DC
Week-long seminar on identification, strategies and interventions for severely conflicted churches. l990.

 

The Alban Institute, Transitions Seminar, Washington, DC.
Part of a special team of Alban Institute Consultants to work with
ministers and churches in transition.

 

Smoky Mountain Seminar on Teaching and Learning, sponsored by NCRIPTAL
(National Center for Research in Post Secondary Teaching and Learning),
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC; Selected to be participant in

 


national summer institute for academics with concentration of faculty leadership,
academic climate, faculty and administrative collaboration, motivating faculty
toward excellence, classroom assessment, faculty and professional development. l988 and l989.

 

Graduate Student Professional Development Program, National Training Laboratory,
Arlington, Virginia; attended two year series of training programs on issues such as Training and Development, Personal Development, Group Development,
Self Assessment, l974-l976.

 

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Married to Joe Snyders

Mother of Christopher (Holton-Jablonski) Craethnenn

Step mother of John Snyders and Mark Snyders

Mother-in-Law of Heidi Snyders, Margaret Dykeman

Grandmother of Alexandria Trieste Snyders Dykeman, Isabella Rose Snyders

            Dykeman, Zachary Rushmore Snyders and “love grandma” of Paloma Hayes

            Bohanan

Director of Gabriel Ames Associates, consulting with for profit and not for profit

            Organizations on issues of leadership development, organizational

            transformation, change, and conflict management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

updated 6.01.01