MICRO-BIO

• Leslie Reynard is Professor of Communication Studies at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. She earned her doctorate in CN Studies at the University of Kansas; her dissertation focused on rhetorical strategies of 20th Presidents in their transiti...More

  Leslie Reynard is Professor of Communication Studies at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. She earned her doctorate in CN Studies at the University of Kansas; her dissertation focused on rhetorical strategies of 20th Presidents in their transitions out of office. Dr. Reynard holds a master's degree in English / creative writing and a BS degree in Strategic CN. Her primary research interests are political communication related to processes of breach and reconciliation, conflict resolution, and public memory. Research in process focuses on virtual communication strategies as these relate to historical processes of intractable conflict. Her publications appear in Iowa Journal of Communication; First Amendment Studies; Review of Communication; Sage Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics; Sage Encyclopedia of Theory; Sage Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy; a chapter on the Shahbagh Square movement in Bangladesh in Social Media and Social Movements; a chapter on political journalism and citizen journalism Best Practices in Experiential and Service Learning in communication; and a chapter in Radical Conflict: Essays on Violence, Intractability, and Communication (2016), a Burkean analysis of violence in Bangladesh. Teaching interests include Crisis Communication, Intercultural Communication, Conflict and Negotiation, and Persuasion. Less

EXPERIENCE

• Washburn University

  • Professor
  • Communication Studies
  • 2007 to Present

• Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

  • Assistant Professor
  • Speech Communication
  • 2003 to 2007

• University of Kansas

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • Communication Studies Department
  • 2001 to 2003

• University of Kansas

  • Director of Communication
  • School of Business
  • 1995 to 2001

• University of Kansas

  • Managing Editor: a/b Autobiography Studies
  • Hall Center for the Humanities

EDUCATION

• University of Kansas

  • PhD, Communication Studies (Political Communication)
  • 1995 to 2006

  Completed PdD coursework in American Studies (ABD, 1995)

• University of Indiana, Bloomington

  • PhD Coursework, Journalism and Mass Media
  • 1992 to 1993

  Assistant Instructor, Writing Tutorial Center (ESL graduate students and Business students)

• University of Kansas

  • M.A. English (Creative Writing)
  • 1990 to 1992

  Teaching Assistant / Instructor - Western Civilization (1990-1995)

• University of Kansas

  • B.S., Journalism (Strategic Communication)
  • 1987 to 1990

Links

• Leslie Reynard - LinkedIn

Resume

• CV-Leslie_20Reynard.pdf

  Added March 05, 2020