SearchDr. Jay Leighter
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Jay Leighter, Ph.D. (University of Washington, 2007).
I joined the Department of Communication Studies in the Fall of 2006. I teach courses in deliberation and sustainability, cultural communication, communication practices and public speaking. I also teach the senior capstone course in our major, Communication and Community. Starting in 2011, I'll also be teaching in the Creighton University Energy Technology Program.
Three questions serve as the impetus for my research, teaching and participation in community life: 1) How are moments for speaking culturally influenced? 2) How do people make decisions about the community in which they live? And 3) How can communities improve decision making quality?
Trying to answer these questions means I study local public and political discourse and try to understand how culture and communication intersect in and influence the settings and scenes in which such communication takes place. At present, I have the good fortune to try to answer these questions practically and theoretically in the implementation and investigation of communication practices meant to build and strengthen sustainable communities. I work as a consultant and facilitator for the Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities. Over the past few years, our projects have included the Nebraska Sustainability Leadership Workshops and the Conversations Conferences on Environment and Sustainability, both funded primarily by the Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund.
I am also excited about collaborating with scholars worldwide as part of the newly formed University of Washington Center for Local Strategies Research.
My research has appeared in the Western Journal of Communication, International Journal of Participation and Human Communication Research.
To review my scholarship, teaching, and service, please see my vita.