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Brian K. Richardson

Title: Professor

Department: Communication Studies

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2001
    Major: Communication Studies
    Dissertation: Talk about organizational wrongdoing : An investigation of dimensions and predictors
  • MA, Louisiana Tech University, 1992
    Major: Human Relations & Supervision
  • BS, Lamar University, 1991
    Major: Communication

Current Scheduled Teaching

COMM 5221.001Crisis and Disaster CommunicationFall 2024
COMM 5950.761Master's ThesisFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

COMM 3320.901Communication and Conflict ManagementSummer 5W2 2024 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 4120.001Communication and SportSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 4900.711Special ProblemsSpring 2024
COMM 4220.001Theories of Crisis CommunicationSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 3320.001Communication and Conflict ManagementFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 5625.001Communication ConsultingFall 2023 SPOT
COMM 4900.711Special ProblemsFall 2023
COMM 5910.711Special ProblemsFall 2023
COMM 3320.901Communication and Conflict ManagementSummer 5W2 2023 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 5481.711Graduate InternshipSummer 10W 2023
COMM 4120.001Communication and SportSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 4220.001Theories of Crisis CommunicationSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 3320.001Communication and Conflict ManagementFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 4800.701Communication InternshipFall 2022
COMM 5481.711Graduate InternshipFall 2022
COMM 5220.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2022 SPOT
COMM 3320.001Communication and Conflict ManagementSummer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 4120.001Communication and SportSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSpring 2022
COMM 4220.001Theories of Crisis CommunicationSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 3320.001Communication and Conflict ManagementFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2021
COMM 5221.001Crisis and Disaster CommunicationFall 2021 SPOT
COMM 5910.700Special ProblemsFall 2021
COMM 3320.001Communication and Conflict ManagementFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 5625.001Communication ConsultingFall 2020 SPOT
COMM 4220.001Theories of Crisis CommunicationFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 4120.001Communication and SportSpring 2020 Syllabus
COMM 5481.707Graduate InternshipSpring 2020
COMM 5220.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2019 SPOT
COMM 5930.700Research Problems in Lieu of a ThesisSummer 5W1 2019
COMM 4120.001Communication and SportSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 5481.707Graduate InternshipSpring 2019
COMM 5221.001Crisis and Disaster CommunicationFall 2018 SPOT
COMM 5481.707Graduate InternshipFall 2018
COMM 5481.700Graduate InternshipSummer 5W2 2018
EADP 4040.001International DisastersSummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 5820.001Seminar in Communication ProcessesSummer 5W1 2018 SPOT
EMDS 5800.001Seminar in Emergency Management and Disaster ScienceSummer 5W1 2018 SPOT
COMM 4829.001Topics in Interpersonal/Organizational StudiesSummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 4120.001Communication and SportSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisSpring 2018
COMM 5900.707Special ProblemsSpring 2018
COMM 5625.001Communication ConsultingFall 2017 SPOT
COMM 5950.750Master's ThesisFall 2017
COMM 4120.001Communication and SportSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 5481.707Graduate InternshipFall 2016
COMM 5220.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2016 SPOT
COMM 5820.001Seminar in Communication ProcessesSummer 3W1 2016 SPOT
COMM 4900.700Special ProblemsSummer 3W1 2016
COMM 4829.001Topics in Interpersonal/Organizational StudiesSummer 3W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 5180.001Qualitative Research Methods in CommunicationSpring 2016 SPOT
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2015
COMM 5221.001Crisis and Disaster CommunicationFall 2015 SPOT
COMM 5481.707Graduate InternshipFall 2015
COMM 5930.707Research Problems in Lieu of a ThesisFall 2015
COMM 4800.001Communication InternshipSummer 5W2 2015
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSummer 5W1 2015 SPOT
COMM 5625.001Communication ConsultingSpring 2015
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSpring 2015
COMM 5481.707Graduate InternshipSpring 2015
COMM 4829.002Topics in Interpersonal/Organizational StudiesSpring 2015 Syllabus
COMM 3320.001Communication and Conflict ManagementFall 2014 Syllabus
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2014
COMM 5481.707Graduate InternshipFall 2014
COMM 5220.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2014
COMM 4900.707Special ProblemsFall 2014
COMM 4800.001Communication InternshipSummer 5W2 2014
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSummer 5W1 2014
COMM 5820.001Seminar in Communication ProcessesSummer 3W1 2014
COMM 4829.001Topics in Interpersonal/Organizational StudiesSummer 3W1 2014 Syllabus
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSpring 2014
COMM 5481.707Graduate InternshipSpring 2014
COMM 5180.001Qualitative Research Methods in CommunicationSpring 2014
COMM 5930.707Research Problems in Lieu of a ThesisSpring 2014
COMM 4900.707Special ProblemsSpring 2014
COMM 4829.002Topics in Interpersonal/Organizational StudiesSpring 2014 Syllabus
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2013
COMM 5221.001Crisis and Disaster CommunicationFall 2013
COMM 3920.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2013 Syllabus
COMM 4800.001Communication InternshipSummer 5W2 2013
COMM 3720.001Small Group CommunicationSummer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
COMM 5900.707Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2013
COMM 5625.001Communication ConsultingSpring 2013
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSpring 2013
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisSpring 2013
COMM 4829.002Topics in Interpersonal/Organizational StudiesSpring 2013 Syllabus
COMM 3320.001Communication and Conflict ManagementFall 2012 Syllabus
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2012
COMM 4951.707Honors College Capstone ThesisFall 2012
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisFall 2012
COMM 3920.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2012 Syllabus
COMM 3920.002Organizational CommunicationFall 2012 Syllabus
COMM 4800.001Communication InternshipSummer 5W2 2012
COMM 5900.707Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2012
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSpring 2012
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisSpring 2012
COMM 5180.001Qualitative Research Methods in CommunicationSpring 2012
COMM 3720.001Small Group CommunicationSpring 2012 Syllabus
COMM 3720.201Small Group CommunicationSpring 2012
COMM 3720.202Small Group CommunicationSpring 2012
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2011
COMM 5221.001Crisis and Disaster CommunicationFall 2011
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisFall 2011
COMM 3920.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2011 Syllabus
COMM 3920.002Organizational CommunicationFall 2011 Syllabus
COMM 5900.707Special ProblemsFall 2011
COMM 4800.001Communication InternshipSummer 5W2 2011
COMM 5625.001Communication ConsultingSpring 2011
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSpring 2011
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisSpring 2011
COMM 5930.707Research Problems in Lieu of a ThesisSpring 2011
COMM 3720.001Small Group CommunicationSpring 2011 Syllabus
COMM 3720.201Small Group CommunicationSpring 2011
COMM 3720.202Small Group CommunicationSpring 2011
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2010
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisFall 2010
COMM 3920.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2010 Syllabus
COMM 5220.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2010
COMM 4800.001Communication InternshipSummer 5W2 2010
COMM 5900.707Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2010
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSpring 2010
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisSpring 2010
COMM 5180.001Qualitative Research Methods in CommunicationSpring 2010
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2009
COMM 5221.001Crisis and Disaster CommunicationFall 2009
COMM 5481.707Graduate InternshipFall 2009
COMM 5080.001Introduction to Graduate Study and Research in Communication StudiesFall 2009
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisFall 2009
COMM 3920.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2009
COMM 4800.001Communication InternshipSummer 5W2 2009
COMM 5625.001Communication ConsultingSpring 2009
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSpring 2009
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisSpring 2009
COMM 3720.001Small Group CommunicationSpring 2009
COMM 3720.201Small Group CommunicationSpring 2009
COMM 3720.202Small Group CommunicationSpring 2009
COMM 5910.707Special ProblemsSpring 2009
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2008
COMM 5080.001Introduction to Graduate Study and Research in Communication StudiesFall 2008
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisFall 2008
COMM 3920.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2008
COMM 5220.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2008
COMM 3320.001Communication and Conflict ManagementSummer 5W1 2008
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSpring 2008
COMM 5481.707Graduate InternshipSpring 2008
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisSpring 2008
COMM 5930.707Research Problems in Lieu of a ThesisSpring 2008
COMM 5880.001Seminar in Communication Studies and ResearchSpring 2008
COMM 3720.001Small Group CommunicationSpring 2008
COMM 3720.201Small Group CommunicationSpring 2008
COMM 3720.202Small Group CommunicationSpring 2008
COMM 4900.707Special ProblemsSpring 2008
COMM 3320.001Communication and Conflict ManagementFall 2007
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2007
COMM 5080.001Introduction to Graduate Study and Research in Communication StudiesFall 2007
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisFall 2007
COMM 3920.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2007
COMM 5820.001Seminar in Communication ProcessesFall 2007
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSummer 5W1 2007
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSummer 5W2 2007
COMM 3920.001Organizational CommunicationSummer 5W1 2007
COMM 5900.708Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2007
COMM 5625.001Communication ConsultingSpring 2007
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSpring 2007
COMM 5950.757Master's ThesisSpring 2007
COMM 5930.707Research Problems in Lieu of a ThesisSpring 2007
COMM 3720.001Small Group CommunicationSpring 2007
COMM 3720.201Small Group CommunicationSpring 2007
COMM 3720.202Small Group CommunicationSpring 2007
COMM 3320.001Communication and Conflict ManagementFall 2006
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2006
COMM 5950.758Master's ThesisFall 2006
COMM 3920.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2006
COMM 5220.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2006
COMM 5900.708Special ProblemsFall 2006
COMM 5820.001Seminar in Communication ProcessesSummer 5W1 2006
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSpring 2006
COMM 5820.002Seminar in Communication ProcessesSpring 2006
COMM 3720.001Small Group CommunicationSpring 2006
COMM 3720.201Small Group CommunicationSpring 2006
COMM 4829.001Topics in Communication ProcessesSpring 2006
COMM 3320.001Communication and Conflict ManagementFall 2005
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2005
COMM 3920.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2005
COMM 5900.708Special ProblemsFall 2005
COMM 5910.708Special ProblemsFall 2005
COMM 4829.001Topics in Communication ProcessesSummer 3W1 2005
COMM 5625.001Communication ConsultingSpring 2005
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipSpring 2005
COMM 3720.001Small Group CommunicationSpring 2005
COMM 3720.201Small Group CommunicationSpring 2005
COMM 3720.202Small Group CommunicationSpring 2005
COMM 3320.001Communication and Conflict ManagementFall 2004
COMM 4800.700Communication InternshipFall 2004
COMM 3920.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2004
COMM 5220.001Organizational CommunicationFall 2004

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Richardson, B.K. (2020). Hero or “Prince of Darkness?”: Locating Peer Jacob Svenkerud in an attributions-based typology of whistleblowers.. Whistleblowing, Communication and Consequences. 151-163. Fort Worth, Routledge.
  • Richardson, B.K., Gravley, D. (2016). Defamation, public persecution, and death threats: Characterizing retaliation against whistle-blowers.. Dark Side of Organizational Communication. 10 75-86. New York, NY, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc..
  • Mayer, J., Richardson, B.K. (2013). From Isolation to Connection: Former Sex Workers Conceptualize Family and Familial Interactions. S. Marrow & D. Leoutsakas (Eds.) More than Blood: Today's Reality and Tomorrow's Vision of Family. 386-397. Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall Hunt Publishers.
  • Richardson, B.K. (2010). Service Learning Assignment: Teaching Communication Skills to Women Escaping Abusive Situations.. D. Worley, B. Hugenberg, D. Worley, & M. Elkins (Eds.) Best Practices in Experiential and Service Learning in Communication.. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
  • Richardson, B.K., Hancerli, S., Gordon, C. (2009). Stakeholders in the crisis negotiation process: A qualitative study of their roles and effects.. Ozguler et al., (Eds.), Terrorism: A Global Perspective.. Turkish Institute for Security and Democracy.
  • Richardson, B.K., Byers, L. (2007). Communication Studies and Emergency Management: Common ground, contributions, and future research opportunities for two emerging disciplines.. D. McEntire (Ed.) Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management: The Convergence and Divergence of Concepts, Issues and Trends from the Research Literature. 272-283. CC Thomas.
  • Earnest, W., Richardson, B.K. (2007). The Press Conference Assignment.. Teaching Ideas for the Basic Course. 11 181-187. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
  • Richardson, B.K., Osterman, H., Byers, L. (2006). Showdown at University Baptist Church.. Case studies in organizations: Ethical perspectives and practices. 331-347. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications.
  • Richardson, B.K., Byers, L. (2004). Communication Studies and Emergency Management: Common ground, contributions, and future research opportunities for two emerging disciplines. D. McEntire (Ed.) Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management: The Convergence and Divergence of Concepts, Issues and Trends in the Research Literature. Emittsburg, Md, FEMA, Higher Education Electronic Textbook. http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/downloads/Disaster%20chapterDraft%20one12.23.04.pdf
  • Encyclopedia Article

  • Laurie Lewis, Craig Scott (Editors). (2017). Whistle-blowing. International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication.. 1 Chichester, Wiley Blackwell.
  • Richardson, B.K., undefined, u. (2016). Whistleblowing. SAGE Encyclopedia of Corporate Reputation.. 903-904. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage. 3608 Homestretch Ct.,
  • Journal Article

  • Richardson, B.K., Cosgrove, S.J., Elkhalid, A. (2023). “They masked our children”: School district communication officers’ sensemaking of parent activists during the COVID-19 pandemic.. International Journal of Business Communication. https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/IJWMZWZFZ9TGIB3DZQ6R/full
  • McGlynn, J., Richardson, B.K., Boneau, R. (2022). Parent strategies to control concussion risk in youth tackle football.. Sociology of Sport Journal.
  • Richardson, B.K., Garner, J. (2022). Stakeholders’ attributions of whistleblowers: The effects of complicity and motives on perceptions of likeability, credibility, & legitimacy.. International Journal of Business Communication. 59 (3) 334-354. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2329488419863096?casa_token=cuWij0Hxv4cAAAAA:7WdcZ8g1XH9hRJJmzteQOIPG38cyvETzZUuIZQXdPNQDr6rCALL20Ebs-rBzfiQpxruOeCDIo1L5Pw
  • Richardson, B.K. (2022). “Death threats don’t just affect you, they affect your family”: Investigating the Impact of Whistleblowing on Family Identity.. Management Communication Quarterly. Fort Worth, https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/VZYD6DQMCI6V2TXMFIZN/full
  • Richardson, B.K., Scott, C.R. (2022). “Who do you think wrote it?”: Stakeholder tensions in a case of anonymous organizational whistleblowing.. Western Journal of Communication. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10570314.2022.2100466?casa_token=B73QOSGCs7IAAAAA:yIQJ4Boweow7VwNeqkwfqDK7Hhxjz43zycGHMWuObGy5MmF-Dc2xnLfcBG7rSK5lwnnTi3b1kYn4Eg
  • Richardson, B.K., McGlynn, J. (2021). Constructing the heroic whistleblower: A social scientific approach.. 6 (2) 1-28.
  • McGlynn, J., Boneau, R.B., Richardson, B.K. (2020). “It might also be good for your brain”: Cognitive and social benefits that motivate parents to permit youth tackle football.. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 44 (3) 261-282.
  • Richardson, B.K., Rains, S.A., Hall-Ortega, C. (2019). Joining in, blowing the whistle, or intervening: Examining the effect of organizational identification and severity on Greek members’ responses to hazing.. Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors. 14 (2) 20-38.
  • Siebeneck, L.K., Richardson, B.K. (2019). From Machu Picchu to Masaya Volcano: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Offering Study Abroad Courses on International Disasters and Crisis Communication. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 37 (1) 44-56.
  • Boneau, R., Richardson, B.K., McGlynn, J. (2018). "We are a Football Family": Making Sense of Parents Decisions To Allow Children to Play Tackle Football. Communication & Sport. 8 26-49. SAGE.
  • Richardson, B.K., Maninger, L. (2016). “We were all in the same boat”: An exploratory study of communal coping in disaster recovery.. Southern Communication Journal. 81 (2) 107-122.
  • Gravley, D., Richardson, B.K., Allison, J.M. (2015). "Navigating the "Abyss": Using Narrative Analysis to Examine the Relationships among Whistle-blowing, Retaliation, and Identity". Management Communication Quarterly. 29 (2) 171-197.
  • Richardson, B.K., McGlynn III, J. (2015). Blowing the whistle off the field of play: An empirical model of whistle-blower experiences in the intercollegiate sport industry. 3 57-80.
  • Richardson, B.K., McGlynn, J. (2015). Blowing the whistle off the field of play: An empirical model of whistle-blower experiences in the intercollegiate sport industry.. Communication & Sport. 3 (1) 57-80.
  • Richardson, B.K., Gravley, D., Allison, J. (2015). Navigating the narrative "abyss": Using narrative analysis to explore relationships among whistle-blowing, retaliation, and identity.. Management Communication Quarterly. 29 (2) 171-197.
  • Richardson, B.K., Siebeneck, L.K., Shaunfield, S., Kaszynski, E. (2014). From "No Man's Land" to a "Stronger Community": Communitas as a Theoretical Framework for Successful Disaster Recovery .. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 32 (1) 194-210.
  • McGlynn, J., Richardson, B.K. (2014). Public support, private alienation: Whistle-blowers and the paradox of social support. Western Journal of Communication. 78 213-237.
  • Wittenberg-Lyles, E., Goldsmith, J., Richardson, B.K., Hallett, J., Clark, R. (2013). The Practical Nurse: A Case for COMFORT communication training.. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine. 30 162-166.
  • Richardson, B.K., Wang, Z., Hall, C. (2012). Blowing the whistle on Greek hazing: An investigation of the Theory of Reasoned Action for predicting reporting intentions.. Communication Studies. 63 (2) 172-194.
  • Richardson, B.K., McGlynn, J. (2011). Rabid fans, death threats, and dysfunctional stakeholders: The influence of organizational and industry contexts on whistle-blowing cases. Management Communication Quarterly. 25 121-150.
  • Richardson, B.K., McGlynn, J. (2011). Rabid fans, death threats, and dysfunctional stakeholders: The influence of organizational and industry contexts on whistle-blowing cases.. Management Communication Quarterly. 25 (1) 121-150.
  • Mayer, J., Richardson, B.K. (2010). From "Living Hell" to "New Normal": Self-identification strategies revealed in the development of personal narratives among female former sex workers.. Journal of Communication and Religion. 33 56-86.
  • Richardson, B.K. (2010). Movie makers: A small group communication project.. Communication Teacher. 24 (1) 30-34.
  • Richardson, B.K., Taylor, J. (2009). Sexual harassment at the intersection of race and gender: A theoretical model of the sexual harassment experiences of women of color.. Western Journal of Communication. 73 (3) 248-272.
  • Richardson, B.K., Wheeless, L. (2009). The Influence of Policy Attitude and Organizational Tenure on Teachers' Reporting of Standardized Testing Protocol Violations.. International Journal of Educational Reform. 18 46-62.
  • Richardson, B.K., Alexander, A., Castleberry, T. (2008). Examining teacher turnover in low-performing Texas schools: The relationship between emotional labor, communication symmetry, and intent to leave.. Communication Research Reports. 25 (1) 10-22.
  • Richardson, B.K., Wheeless, L., Cunningham, C. (2008). Tattling on the Teacher: A Study of Factors Influencing Peer Reporting of Teachers who Violate Standardized Testing Protocol.. Communication Studies. 59 (3) 202-219.
  • Taylor, J., Richardson, B.K. (2006). Powerlessness, resistance, and the understood "they": Sexual harassment at the intersection of race and gender.. The International and Intercultural Communication Annual. 28 68-94.
  • Richardson, B.K. (2005). Teaching tips: Developing a personal philosophy on organizational ethics and wrongdoing.. Texas State Communication Journal.
  • Richardson, B.K. (2005). The phases of disaster as a relationship between structure and meaning: A narrative analysis of the 1947 Texas City explosion.. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 23 (3) 27-54.
  • Lewis, L., Richardson, B.K., Hamel, S. (2003). When the stakes are communicative: The lamb's and the lion's share during nonprofit planned change.. Human Communication Research.
  • Lewis, L., Hamel, S., Richardson, B.K. (2001). Communicating change to non-profit stakeholders: Models and predictors of implementers' approaches.. Management Communication Quarterly. 15 (1) 5-41.
  • Scott, C., Connaughton, S., Diaz-Saenz, H., Maguire, K., Ramirez, R., Richardson, B.K., Morgan, D., Shaw, S. (1999). The impacts of communication and multiple identifications on intent to leave: A multi-methodological exploration.. Management Communication Quarterly. 12 (3) 400-435.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Richardson, B.K., "Faculty Development grant," sponsored by CLASS, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2020 - 2021).
  • Richardson, B.K. (Principal), "Small Grant," sponsored by CLASS, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2020 - 2021).
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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