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General Studies Faculty

Dr. Stephen Earl White

Degrees:

  • Ph.D., Organizational and Interpersonal Communication, Wayne State University
  • M.A., Organizational and Interpersonal Communication, Eastern Michigan University
  • B.S., Criminal Justice, Eastern Michigan University

Teaching Experience:

  • Adjunct Instructor, General Studies, Troy University, May 1993-Present
  • Instructor, General Education, Columbus Technical College, January 2000-Present
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Alabama State University, September 1998 - January 2000
  • Assistant Professor, Department of English and Foreign Languages, Tuskegee University, September 1992 - August 1998
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication, Wayne State University, September 1990 - August 1992
  • Instructor, Department of Adult and Prison Education, Jackson Community College, May 1989 - September 1991
  • Instructor, Department of Prison and Adult Education, Spring Arbor College, May 1990 - August 1992
  • Instructor, General Studies Department, National Education Center, January 1985 - May 1988
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication, Eastern Michigan University, September 1981 - May 1982

Publications:

  • White, S. (2000). Guerrilla marketing liquid crack cocaine under the guise of malt liquor to underprivileged and uneducated inner city African American Males. National Social Science Perspective Journal, 18, 242-250.
  • White, S. (2001). Scholarship, service and tenure: A descriptive analysis. National Social Science Journal, 15, 121-129.
  • White, S. (2001). Reparations: A legal debt owed to descendents of African slaves living in the United States. Published in Volume 21, No. 3, pp 123. Pilgrimage of Color, 2001 National Association of African American Studies Monograph, 352-3-74.
  • White, S. (2002). Psychological and academic oppression of African American division 1-A football and basketball players. National Social Science Journal, 11, 161-168.
  • White, S. (2003). An ideological analysis of African American Republicans. National Social Science Journal, 19, 182-191.

Presentations:

  • White, S. (1989). Pedagogy in None Traditional Academic Settings. Paper presented at Jackson Community College, Jackson, MI.
  • White, S. (1989). Cognitive Learning Styles of Elementary and High School Minority Students. Paper presented at the Speech Communication Convention, Miami, FL.
  • White, S. (1997). Academic Oppression of African American High School Males. Paper presented at the Pedagogy of the Oppress Conference in Omaha, NE.
  • White, S. (1997). Psychological and Academic Oppression of African American Division 1-A Football and Basketball Players. Paper presented at the National Social Science Association Conference in San Antonio, TX.
  • White, S. (1998). Factors that Contribute to African American Communication Students Earning Doctorates in Speech Communication. Paper presented at the National Association of the African American Studies Conference in Houston, TX.
  • White, S. (1998). Scholarly Productivity of None Tenured African American and Caucasian Assistant Professors in Speech Communication. Paper presented at the National Social Science Association Conference in New Orleans, LA.
  • White, S. (1999). Scholarship, Service and Tenure: A Descriptive Analysis. Paper presented at the National Social Science Association Conference in St. Louis, MO.
  • White, S. (2000). Guerrilla Marketing Liquid Crack Cocaine under the Guise of Malt Liquor to Underprivileged and Uneducated Inner City African American Males. Paper presented at the National Social Science Conference in New Orleans, LA.
  • White, S. (2001). Reparations: A Legal Debt Owed to Descendents of African Slaves Living in the United States. Paper presented at the National Association of African American Studies Conference in Houston, TX.
  • White, S. (2001). An Ideological Examination of African American Republicans. Paper presented at the National Social Science Conference in Albuquerque, NM.
  • White, S. (2005). Factors that Prevent African Americans from Achieving Racial Cohesion. Paper presented at the National Social Science Conference in Seattle, WA.
  • White, S. (2007). Double consciousness and the Split Personality that African Americans negotiate each Day. Paper presented at the Southern States Communication Association in Louisville, KY.

Additional Information:

Course Grades

Unfortunately, students are not academically equal; therefore, every student will not earn an A or B. I will provide a learning environment that fosters fairness. Under no circumstances will I inflate speech grades to enhance my popularity or faculty evaluations.

Proactive and Reactive Faculty members

Reactive faculty members know a negative classroom situation is imminent, but they wait until the situation escalates before measures are taken to resolve the issue. Proactively, I assess the classroom situation. I predict whether a crisis is imminent, and I enact measures to circumvent or resolve a potential crisis.

Higher education is a microcosm of society, and we live in a litigious society. Students will go to any length to earn an A or pass a class. For example, if a student fails a class, he or she will argue the following: I did not receive a syllabus, or the syllabus was unclear. The faculty member is left in a precarious situation. Therefore, my students sign a syllabus acknowledge form.

Scholarship vs Teaching

Good researchers are good teachers and good teachers are good researchers. Faculty members must conduct research to keep themselves, their students, and their colleagues abreast of current research. In addition, scholarship contributes to the discipline and society. Without scholarship, education and society will remain stagnant.