Metropolitan State University of Denver

Dr Karen R Krupar

Personal Biography Statement

Dr. Karen Krupar (Full Professor) conducts research and instructs in organizational communications, communication theory and rhetoric/public address. She taught at 11 universities. She is president of her own consulting firm (39 years) conducting training/ OD for corporations and the U.S. federal government. For 23 years she has taught and researched at Metro State University where she designed more than 22 new courses for the communication program. She focuses on organizational communication annually teaching nine different courses. She currently teaches leadership studies, strategies for managing change processes, consulting, training, high performance teams, introduction and advanced organizational communication, communication inquiry and negotiation. She also has taught research methods, interpersonal communication, communication theory, communication and the elderly, teams and groups, non verbal communication, public speaking, advanced public speaking, conference leadership , listening and interviewing, communication and conflict. Dr. Krupar has designed and taught courses for online instruction including rhetorical criticism, classical rhetoric, communication and conflict and advanced organizational communication.

Teaching Philosophy

I am a strong believer in using multiple methods of instruction in my classes. This means that I use multi-media assignments, exercises, games, simulations, and activities that require you to reflect on your choices in the learning experience. This reflection prompts "double loop learning" (sometimes called "Transformation learning") causing you to critically analyze not only the "what" you are learning but the why's and how's of your behavior. This type of learning is not always comfortable for you since it frequently challenges the assumptions which have guided you in previous learning experiences. But, creativity and innovation are not possible without some emotional and behavioral expenditures. My courses push you, drag you (sometimes screaming loudly) forward into the 21st century.
Throughout this process, I function as a facilitator and resource supplier. My instructional job is to help you realize what a fantastic person that you are and what you
can become with additional emotional support, content knowledge,critical thinking tools and process behavior dexterity. We make the journey together.

Links

Advising
I am the faculty adviser for two university student clubs, a student chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators and Applying Metro Connections to the Workforce. In my spare time, I oversee numerous internships for students, supervise service learning options for students and provide advising for a large number of the department's majors and minors especially those interested organizational communication.
We would love to have you as a member!!!
Join our two student clubs: Student Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (President: Danielle Strimbu, danistrimbu@me.com )
or
Applying Metro Connections to the Workplace
(President: Laurie Browning lbrownin@mscd.edu )

Research Areas/Interests

I have partnered with Dr. Susan Cook (Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences) to conduct research on organizational emotional capacity, meeting management, general semantics applications in musical trends, the voiceless majority in higher education, dyadic research collaboration processes, multiple authorship, online learning, and medical/ health communications.

Professional Affiliations

On the national level, I co-created two professional interest divisions for communication instructors/researchers in the National Communication Association. I was the first co-chair of the Training and Development Division (500 plus members) and first co-chair of the Human Communication and Technology Division (550 members).



Currently, I am a member of the International General Semantic Institute, the National Communication Association,
the Association of University Women, the Denver Teachers Awards Committee, the International Association of Business Communicators,and the Daughters of the American Revolution,

Selected Publications

I am the author/co-author of two books (communication games and public speaking) and several book chapters/ journal articles on instructional methods, digital divide, adjunct/faculty programs, collaboration, and semantic residues. I have presented numerous workshops and papers at the National Communication Association, Western States Communication Association, Central States Communication Conference, POD Network, International General Semantics Institute, AAUP Conference, and the International Ed-media and Hyper-media Conference

Conference Participation

I have presented numerous workshops and papers at the National Communication Association, Western States Communication Association, Central States Communication Conference, POD Network, International General Semantics Institute, AAUP Conference, and the International Ed-media and Hyper-media Conference

Courses Taught

SPE-1301,SPE-2160,SPE-3110,SPE-3165,SPE-3170,SPE-3710,SPE-3980,SPE-4160
,SPE-4700,SPE-4750,SPE-4755,SPE-490D,SPE-498T,SPE-498X

Office Hours

Monday - [11:00 to 12:00]
Tuesday - [10:00 to 11:30]
Wednesday - [11:00 to 12:00]
Thursday - [10:00 to 11:  ]