Associate Professor of Communication

801-626-7455 (office)

bjohns@weber.edu

EDUCATION

2001 Ph.D., University of Utah, Communication

1980 M.A., Brigham Young Univeristy, Communication

1974 B.A., Weber State University, Communication

COURSES TAUGHT

COMM 1010 Intro to Communication Studies

COMM 1020 Principles of Public Speaking

COMM 1020 Online version Public Speaking

COMM 2110 Interpersonal and Small Group

COMM 2200 Argumentation and Debate

COMM 3000 Communication Theory

COMM 3050 Theory and Literature of Interpersonal Communication

COMM 3060 Listening

COMM 3085 Family Communication

COMM 3090 Gender and Communication

COMM 3150 Communication Research

COMM 3550 Organizational Communication

COMM 4160 Contemporary and Rhetorical Communication Theories

COMM 3070 Performance Studies

COMM 4990 Senior Seminar

WS 1500 Intro to Women’s Studies

WS 4050 Research Methodologies

WS 4060 Research Project

WS 4860 Internship in Women’s Studies

WS 4900C Special Topics: Women and the LDS Church

WS 4990 Senior Seminar

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed Journal Article: “Hidden Strategies of Resistance in Female Mormon

Missionary Narratives: Two Case Studies,” Journal of Communication and Religion,

April, 2008, pp. 55-81.

Textbook: Johns, B. (2007). Chapters 1 and 2, In Johns, B. & Sline, R.W., (eds.)

Connecting: Interpersonal and Small Group Communication, 7^th ed.. Belmont,

CA: Wadsworth-Thomson Learning (non-refereed)

Textbook Editor: Johns, B. (2007). Johns, B. & Sline, R.W., (eds.) Connecting:

Interpersonal and Small Group Communication, 7^th ed.. Belmont, CA:

Wadsworth-Thomson Learning (non-refereed).

Film Documentary: Johns, B., author, director and producer, The Beginning of

an Era: David Eccles, produced in connection with the WSU Stewart Library

The Utah International Construction Center Project and Grant, 2007 (Currently

being re-edited)

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

Johns, Becky, National Communication Association Convention, Spirituality

Division, “Sadie’s Story and Spiritual Communication: Female Appropriation

Of Male Priesthood Rights,” Chicago, IL, 2007 (Refereed Paper)

Johns, Becky, WSU Faculty Forum, “Student Evaluations and Grades: Is There

a Connection? Part II,” 2007

Johns, Becky, Religious Communication Association Pre-convention, “A Feminist

Reading of Mormon Female Missionary Narratives: Rhetorical Strategies of

Appropriation,” (Refereed Paper), 2006

Johns, Becky, WSU Faculty Forum, “Learning by Immersion: Performances of

Civic Engagement at WSU,” 2006-07

Johns, Becky and polygamist representatives, WSU Diversity Conference,

Panel Organizer, Chair and Respondent, Panel: “The View from Inside:

Women Defend Polygamy,” 2005

Johns, Becky, WSU Faculty Forum, “Student Evaluations and Grades: Is There

A Connection?” 2005

TEACHING INNOVATIONS

Development of New Programs or Courses or Instructional Areas

Participated in significant Communication Department curriculum revision implemented in 2004-05. Developed the new Interpersonal and Family Communication concentration in the Communication major.

New Pedagogies

(a) Extensive use of Service Learning pedagogy in COMM 2110 and Women’s Studies 1500, both general education, diversity and lower-division courses. In COMM 2110 alone, I teach a minimum of four sections a year with approximately 25 students per section.

(b) The use of what I have termed Learning by Immersion speaking assignments in my COMM 1020 Principles of Public Speaking courses. This technique combines aspects of Performance Studies Theory, Narrative Theory and Civic Engagement pedagogy (2005-2008).

(c) Implemented Undergraduate Research with expectation of Presentation pedagogy in COMM 3000, COMM 3150, COMM 3550 and COMM 4990. Twenty students in past two years have presented their original research at regional or national venues.

PROFESSIONAL-RELATED SERVICE

National

Book Reviewer, Religious Communication Association National Book Award

Paper Reader, Religious Communication Association National Conference

Section Leader, Religious Communication Association National Conference, Communication Studies

State

Member, Utah State Board of Regents General Education Task Force

University

Chair, WSU Faculty Senate General Education Improvement and Assessment Committee

Member, Selection Committee, WSU Registrar

Liaison, Faculty Senate, WSU Academic Resources and Computing Committee (ARCC)

Member, Selection Committee, WSU Student Services Vice-President

Member, WEBCT Campus Implementation Committee

Member, WSU Planning Council

Member, WSU Adjunct Instructor Taskforce

Member, WSU Student Success Taskforce

Member, WSU Student Success Taskforce Subcommittee on University Entrance Tests

Chair, WSU Faculty Salary Committee

College

Member, Arts & Humanities Leader Caucus

Chair, Arts & Humanities Area Breadth General Education

Assessment Committee

Community service

Member and Officer, Weber County League of Women Voters, 1981-Present

Trustee, Mormon Alliance (investigates cases of ecclesiastical abuse by Mormon Church

Authorities), 1990—Present

Member and Officer, Weber County League of Women Voters, 1981-Present

HONORS AND AWARDS

Exemplary Collaboration Award, WSU, March, 2000

Exemplary Collaboration Award, WSU, March, 2008

MEMBERSHIPS

Member, National Communication Association

Member, Western Communication Association

Member, Religious Communication Association

Member, National Women’s Studies Association

Member, Southwest Institute of Research on Women