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Bumpers

Dr. Komie T. Bumpers

 

Education
Ed.D., Educational Leadership, Liberty University, 2026
M.A., Organizational Communication, Southern Il University Edwardsville, 2000
B.A., Public Relations, Southern Il. University Edwardsville, 1999

Research Areas 
Communication as a catalyst for human development and transformation
Conflict mediation training and development
Pedagogical processes that foster personal and professional formation
Interpersonal and relational communication
Organizational and leadership communication and development
Intercultural, interracial, and gendered communication

Teaching Focus
Interpersonal communication
Conflict mediation
Organizational communication
Small group communication
intercultural communication
Interracial communication
Gender communication
Oral interpretation of literature

Awards /Memberships
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society member
Competitive Graduate Award recipient, 1999-2000
Honors day award for academic achievement-1998, 1999
John W. and Eva P. Morgan Senior Award in Speech Communication, 1999
Robert B. Hawkins Graduate Award in Speech Communication, 2000

When Komie is not teaching or traveling, she is enjoying her husband of 40 years or her children and her grandchildren.

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