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Tyrone L. Adams
Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator, Communication
Richard D'Aquin/BORSF Professorship in Journalism
Ph.D., Communication, Florida State University, 1995
Dissertation: "Terror-rhetoric: An Historical-critical Account of Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's Coercive and Rhetorical Responses to Shining Path's International Terrorism Campaign following the Suspension of Parliament, April 1992 to December 1993." |
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| Books, Authored or Edited |
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- Electronic Tribes: The Human and Social Implications of Internet Communication, with S.A. Smith (Eds.), ( Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006), final edits of book due to press on December 15, 2005.
- Internet Effectively: A Beginner's Guide to the World Wide Web, with S. Scollard, ( Boston: Addison-Wesley Computer Publishers, 2006), 522 pp.
- The Internet: Effective Online Communication, with N. Clark, ( Dallas: Harcourt College Publishers, 2001), 368 pp.
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| Refereed Journal Articles |
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- "Vote Red, Vote Green: A Class Exercise in Groupthink,"Florida Communication Journal, 33.1(2005), 15-22.
- "Megamedia, Intramedia, and the Digital Metamorphosis: Slideshow Presentations Offered to the Academic Community,"American Communication Journal, 7.1(2004), http://acjournal.org/ [online journal]
- "Tiny Tech and Postmodern Thought: The Coming Global Nanotechnology Revolution,"Business Research Yearbook, 11(2004), pp. 855-859.
- "The Professor as Educator: A Tribute Essay for Donald E. Williams of the University of Florida,"American Communication Journal, 3.2(2000), http://acjournal.org/ [online journal].
- "Making Sense of the 1994 Right-wing Revolution in the United States: How the Christian Right, the Grand Old Political Action Committee (GOPAC), and Talk Radio Collaborated,"with A. Wood, Speaker and Gavel, 34(1997), pp. 51-63.
- "Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Using Diffusion of Innovations Theory to Enrich Virtual Organizations in Cyberspace,"Southern Communication Journal, 62 (1997), pp. 133-148.
- "The Emerging Role of the World Wide Web in Forensics: On Computer-mediated Research and Community Development,"with A. Wood, The Forensic, 81(1996), pp. 21-35
- "The Terror-rhetoric Genre: Exploring Aristotelian Foundations for Violence as a Persuasive Text,"with M. Young, Journal of Communication Studies, 13(1994), pp. 4-26.
- "Empowerment as Semantic Strategy in the 1992 Presidential Elections: The Bush Campaign Targets Minority Constituencies,"with M. Eidenmuller, Spectrum, 3(1992), pp. 17-24.
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| Book Chapters |
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- "Wireless Telephony,"with P. Auter, in A. Grant and J. Meadows's (Eds.), Communication Technology Update (Burlington: Focal Press: 2004), pp. 337-346.
- "Embracing the Machine: Quilt and Quilting as Community-building Architecture,"with A. Wood, in B. Ebo's (Ed.), The Cyberspace Ghetto: Race, Class, Gender, and Marginalization in Cyberspace, ( Westport: Praeger/Greenwood Press), pp. 219-233.
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| Offices |
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- American Communication Association
President (2005-2006); Vice President (2004-2005); Webmaster (2003-2004); Founder and Editor of the American Communication Journal (1997-2000); Member, Board of Directors (1996-present)
- National Communication Association
State Contact [ Arkansas] for Debate Watch 1996.
- Southern States Communication Association
Webmaster (1995-1998)
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Distance Learning (2004-present); Member, Instructional Mini-grants Committee (2003-present); Member, Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable Committee (1999-2000); Member, Curriculum Revision Committee (1996)
- Department of Communication
Graduate Coordinator (2004- present); Secondary Editor to Dr. T. Michael Maher on 2005 ACEJMC Reaccrediatation Report; Webmaster for Department (1998-present); Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee (2003-present); Member, Ph.D. Planning Committee (2001-present); Member, Graduate Faculty (1998-present); Member, Department Scholarship Committee (2001-2003); Member, Grade Appeals Committee, (1998-2000); Member, Department Curriculum Committee (1998-2000).
- Associate Editor
Quarterly Journal of Speech (1998-2001); Louisiana Communication Journal (199-2002).
- Referee
Communication Yearbook (2005); Journal of Informatics (2002); Western Journal of Communication (1999); Southern Communication Journal (1997-2000)
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| Awards |
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- June 2005, Certificate of Gratitude for Participating in the University of San Martin de Porres' "2005 Focus on Communication." Held in Lima, Peru.
- 2004, Inducted into the 2003-2004 editions of Who's Who among America's Teachers volume
- 2002, Outstanding Contrabutions to Sigma Gamma Mu Award, presented by the SGM Communications Honorary for raising $4,000 worth of scholarship funds.
- 2000, The Southern States Communication Association Outreach Award
- 1999, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Excellence in Communication in Education Award
- 1998, The American Communication Association's Outstanding Contribution to Communication Technologies Award
- 1998, Inducted into the 1998-1999 Who's Who in U. S. Media and Communications volume
- 1990, The 1990 Marshall M. Criser Presidential Award for Outstanding Contributions to the University of Florida. Recognition was given for academic acheivements
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