Welcome to File Cabinet Wisdom

How this blog came to be

I'm a professor of communication for nearly 40 years

I have 3 file cabinets in my office with 12 drawers total

All the stuff piled into these file cabinets include:

LECTURE NOTES from COURSES I TOOK as an:

 

undergraduate: BA in Human Relations & Communication Studies with a minor in Business 

graduate: MA in Speech Communication 

 

San Jose State University in San Jose, CA 

(where i earned my BA and MA)

graduate: PhD in Communication with a minor in Educational Psychology

 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AS

(where i earned my PhD)

 PAPERS I WROTE for courses i took as an undergraduate and graduate student

I only saved the "best ones"--the one's that were the most meaningful to me

LECTURE NOTES from COURSES I'VE TAUGHT over the years as assistant, associate, and full professor at Old Dominion University:

Communication 101: Public Speaking

Communication 200: Introduction to Human Communication

Communication 302: Introduction to Communication Research Methods

Communication 312: Small Group Communication

Communication 314: Nonverbal Communication

Communication 333: Persuasion (traditional and telecommunications versions)

Communication 355: Organizational Communication

Communication 401: Communication Theory

Communication 402: Communication Research Methods II

Communication 422: Listening to Self, Others, Nature, and the Divine

Communication 423: Nonviolent Communication and Peace

Communication 424: Communicating Love

Communication 456: Organizations and Social Influence

Communication 495: Religious/Spiritual Communication and Health

Communication 501: Communication Theory

Communication 502: Communication Research Methods II

Communication 522: Listening to Self, Others, Nature, and the Divine

Communication 523: Nonviolent Communication and Peace

Communication 524: Communicating Love

Communication 595: Religious/Spiritual Communication and Health

Communication 597: Tutorial in Special Topics in Communication

Communication 604: Research Methods in Lifespan Communication

Communication 695: Graduate Seminar in Communication and Love 

 

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

(my current post) 

RESEARCH

published peer reviewed journal articles

  research i tried to publish but couldn't

                  convention papers

                   works in progress

 

                                          

Posted this drawing of a monk at work 

one semester while on sabbatical

Captures much of my feelings about engaging in research

 

That's A LOT OF STUFF--so i tried to whittle it down, asking:

what is essential?

what is practical? 

what might actually help somebody? 

I came up with a little PROTOCOL that all blog posts 

for FILE CABINET WISDOM must follow: the 3 P's 

 

P P P

P1 What is the essential PRINCIPLE (the theory)

P2 What is the PROOF (the data)

P3 What is the PRACTICE (something one can do in their everyday life)

I also include a TOPIC for each blog post and an IMAGE 

the TOPICS at the top of the page are GUIDES 

the IMAGES SUMMARIZE and aid MEMORABILITY 

NOW...

scan the list of topics

find something that looks interesting

give it a quick look

try out the practice

 

...and have FUN WITH  IT!

peace, Dr B 

11/19/2024