KAYLENE A. GEBERT

Office:  Martin Honors College, Room 220:  Phone: 615-898-5263
Email: kgebert@mtsu.edu 

Dr. Gebert teaches courses in communication studies and organizational communication.  She has recently taught Public Speaking; Introduction to Organizational Communication, the Theory, History, and Criticism of Rhetoric, Senior Seminar in Communication, Strategic Communication in Organizations, and the Rhetoric of Social Protest.

She previously served in higher education administration in Louisiana, Chicago, Nashville, Pennsylvania, Alabama and at MTSU.  Dr. Gebert is active in the community and serves on a number of boards. She is currently working on some communication studies course revisions and a paper on Eamon DeValera.

In Fall 2011 she will be teaching:

COMM 2200 Public Speaking-Honors 8:00-9:25 am TTH in Honors 218

COMM 2200 Public Speaking-Honors 9:40-11:05 am TTh in Honors 218

ORCO 3500 Strategic Communications EXL at 1 pm TTH in Honors 218

ORCO 3500 Strategic Communications EXL MWF 10:20 011:15 am in Honors 218

CURRENT POSITION

Professor, Middle Tennessee State University, (August 2009 - present)
Teach classes in communication, advise students, and work on integrating technology and assessment into the classroom. Participate in Faculty Learning Communities. Serve on the Primary Care and Hope Clinic Board, the League of Women Voters Board, the Women in STEM (WISTEM) Center Advisory Board, O’More College of Design Board, Nursing Advisory Board, NADE Emeritus President Council, and Honors Council. Member of AAUW, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Women in Higher Education in Tennessee (WHET), SSCA,other professional organizations, and a First Presbyterian Church elder.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Historical and Contemporary Communication with minors in Theatre and Victorian Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1980

M.A. in Theatre Production with minor in Public Address, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1968

B.A. double major in English and Speech-Drama and teacher certification, Hanover College, Hanover, IN, 1966