Fitchburg State College Faculty

John Chetro-Szivos

Communications Media

Courses Taught:

• Undergraduate: Human Communication, Seminar in Communication Theory, Intercultural Communication, Gender Communication, Organizational Communication, and Research Seminar
• Graduate: Foundations of Communication, Interpersonal, Gender, Intercultural, Organizational and special topics

Education:

• Ph.D. Communication University of Massachusettes, Amherst
• MBA Anna Maria College
• MA-CAGS Counseling Assumption College
• BA Assumption College

Research Interests:

Human interaction in a wide variety of setting most notably intercultural encounters, artistic dimensions of experience, conversational spaces in educational and organizational settings, cross-gender issues, and building dialogue for civic transformation. I call upon the work of the American pragmatists and the application of their ideas through a communication theory known as the Coordinated Management of Meaning.

Current Projects:

Researching cross-boarder tertiary education programs.
Teaching from the Communication Perspective

Representative Publications:

Chetro-Szivos,J. & Mackenzie, L.(2008) Making Assessment Everyone's Business. Human Architecture vol.2

Chetro-Szivos, J. (2006) Talking Acadian; Communication, Work and Culture. New York. YBK Publishers

Chetro-Szivos, J. (2005) The New Challenges for Intercultural Encounters Post 9-11 in Sides, C. (ed). Freedom of Information in a Post 9-11 World. Amityville, NY, Baywood Publishing Company.

Chetro-Szivos, J. & Gray, P (2003) Creating conversational spaces on campus: "Connecting students and faculty through Appreciative Inquiry and Circular Questioning". Journal of Student Centered Learning, vol.2, no. 1, 2003.

Chetro-Szivos, J. (2003)"Sharing Social Worlds: A dialogue with internatial students." Video Format

Cronen, V. & Chetro Szivos, J (2002) Consummatory moments and moral order in organizational life. In Mesiner, T. (ed) "A Symphony of Appreciation." Danish Psychology Press.

Cronen, V. & Chetro-Szivos, J (2001) Pragmatism as a way of inquiring with special references to a theory of communication and the general form of pragmatic social theory. In Perry, D (ed) "American Pragmatism and Communication Research." Earlbaum.

Professional Affiliations:

Eastern Communication Association
National Communication Association Vice-President Elect of the Social Construction as Communication Division
John Dewey Society