Research & Resources for
Public Speaking Education
BACKGROUND
"Inventing Public Speaking: Rhetoric and the Speech Book, 1730-1930" Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 2012
"Creating a History for Public Speaking Instruction" Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 2014
Teaching & Learning
"Teaching Students How to Prepare and Deliver High-Stakes Presentations in Professional Settings" Faculty Focus, 2021
"[...] Overlooked Pedagogical Opportunities in the Public Speaking Classroom" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2021
"Regulatory Fit Explains Students’ Emotional Responses to Graded Speech Assignments" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2021
"The Impact of Class Size on the Speech/Time Ratio in the Public Speaking Course" Basic Com Course Annual, 2018
"Informative Speech Assignment: 'Let's Visit...'" CUNY Academic Works, 2016
"Examining the Role of Collaborative Learning in a Public Speaking Course" College Teaching, 2014
"Using Hip-Hop Music & Music Videos to Teach Aristotle’s Three Proofs" Comm Teacher, 2014
"Culturally Relevant Pedagogy & Experiential Learning in a Public Speaking Classroom" J Experiential Ed, 2013
"Student Perspectives of Peer Assessment for Learning in a Public Speaking Course" Asian EFL Journal, 2009
"Deliberating About and Beyond the Basic Public Speaking Course" Texas Speech Communication Journal, 2005
"Interlocutor Informative Speech" Comm Teacher, 2005
"Using Collaborative Techniques in a Speech Class" Writing Across Curriculum, 1989
Sample Public Speaking Syllabi (from NCA)
Teaching Online
"Teaching in the Age of Zoom - Ideas You Can Use Now" Persuasive speaking unit video tutorial from Macmillan, 2020
"Online versus Face-to-Face Public Speaking Outcomes: A Comprehensive Assessment" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2019
"Teaching Public Speaking Online—Not a Problem but an Opportunity!" J of Comm Pedagogy, 2019
"Incorporating Oral Presentations into a Fully Online Course" recorded Can-Innovate webinar, 2018
"Assessing [..]Student Development [...]Students in an Online Basic Public Speaking Course" Basic Com Course Annual, 2018
"It’s Not the Same Thing: Considering a Path Forward for Teaching Public Speaking Online" Review of Comm, 2016
"Online Presentations and the Future of Public Speaking" Macmillan Learning [blog], 2016
"Assessing [...[ Competency in an Online & Face-to-Face Basic Public Speaking Course" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2016
"Anxiety & Competence in the Online Basic Public Speaking Course" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2015
"Teaching Public Speaking Online" Creating Communication [blog], 2014
"Public Speaking Anxiety: Comparing Face-to-Face & Web-Based Speeches" J of Instructional Pedagogy, 2013
"Instructional Identity: The Journey To The Online Public Speaking Course" LA Comm J, 2010
"Student Evaluations for the Online Public Speaking Course" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2010
"Teaching and Learning Public Speaking Online" J of Online Teaching & Learning, 2010
"Streaming Student Speeches on the 'net: Convenient & 'Connected' Feedback..." Basic Comm Course Annual, 2003
"A Comparison of Traditional & Online Formats in a Public Speaking Course" Comm Ed, 2001
Grading & Assessment
NCA's "The Competent Speaker Speech Evaluation Form"
"A Longitudinal Analysis of Student Learning Gains in Oral Competency" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2021
"Measuring Essential Learning Outcomes for Public Speaking" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2020
"Assessment of Student Learning Gains in Oral Competency" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2016
"The Development & Test of the Public Speaking Competence Rubric" Comm Ed, 2012
"Components of Students’ Grade Expectations for Public Speaking Assignments" Comm Ed, 2012
"Student Feedback Sensitivity & Efficacy of Feedback Interventions in Public Speaking [...] Improvement" Comm Ed, 2004
"The Development of a Specialized Public Speaking Competency Scale: Test of Reliability" Comm Research Reports, 2002
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice
"An Inquiry into Black Linguistic Justice, Anti-Racism, and Assimilation" Comm Center Journal, 2020
"Public Speaking Skills in Educational Space: Russian Traditions & Americanized Approach" Revista Amazonia Investiga, 2019
"#RhetoricSoEnglishOnly: Decolonizing Rhetorical Studies through Multilingualism" Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2019
"Decolonizing Listening: Towards an Equitable Approach to Speech Training for the Actor" Voice & Speech Review, 2019
"Decolonizing Projects: Creating Pluriversal Possibilities in Rhetoric" Rhetoric Review, 2019
"Developing Public Speaking Materials Based on Communicative Language Teaching" ELT in Asia in the Digital Era, 2018
"Public Speaking as Cultural Ideal: Internationalizing the Public Speaking Curriculum" J Intn'l & Intercultural Comm, 2015
"Cultural Differences & Public Speaking Traditions in Different Countries" European & National Dimensions in Research, 2015
"Localization of the English Public Speaking Course in China’s EFL Curriculum" Asian Social Science, 2013
"Race and Resistance in the Communication Classroom" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2008
"Diversity and Power in Public Speaking Textbooks" Comm Quarterly, 2005
"Recommendations for Negotiation of Code-Switching Practices among Black English-Speaking Students" J Negro Ed, 2004
"An exploration of Kenyan Public Speaking [...] with Implications for Intro Public Speaking" Comm Ed, 2002
"Antiracist Pedagogy in the Basic Course" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2001
"Gender Sensitivity & Diversity Issues in Selected Basic Public Speaking Texts" Women & Language, 1999
"The Culture of Speeches: Public Speaking Across Cultures" Culture Mandala, 1997
"Using Ebonics & Bilingual Code Switching to Facilitate... Multicultural Public Speaking" NCA proceedings, 1997
"The Speech of Diversity: A Tool to Integrate Cultural Diversity Into the Basic Course" Basic Comm Course Annual, 1996
"Rethinking the Public Speaking Course for Students of Color" J Negro Ed, 1993
"Revisioning the Public Speaking Course" Women's Studies in Communication, 1992
"Communication Curricula in the Multicultural University" Comm Ed, 1991
"Public Speaking Instruction and Cultural Bias: The Future of the Basic Course" American Behavioral Scientist, 1990
Access & Accommodation
"Accessibility in the Basic Course: A Case for Retaining Pandemic Technology" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2022
"[...]Peer Perceptions toward Students on the Autism Spectrum in Basic Course Classrooms" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2021
"Harsh Adjustments: Speech Hygiene for Disabled Competitors in Individual Events" Argumentation & Advocacy, 2020
"Accommodating Students with Autism [...]: The Development of Video Modeling Techniques" Comm Center Journal, 2017
"Unleashing Disability Perspectives in the Public Speaking Course" Pedagogy, Disability, and Communication, 2017
"Assessing Effects of a Public Speaking Course on Native & Non-Native English Speakers" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2016
"Connecting to Veterans in Public Speaking Courses" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2015
"(Re)Constructing ELL & Intn'l Student Identities in the Oral Communication Course" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2010
Speech Anxiety
NCA Resources on Communication Apprehension
"Anxious Speakers in Class?" MacMillan Webinar
"How to Help Students Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety" Inside Higher Ed, 2022
"Use of Video Blogs in Alleviating Public Speaking Anxiety among ESL Learners" J Ed & e-Learning Research, 2020
"Anxiety & Communication Competence in the Honors Basic Public Speaking Course" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2019
"Assoc. with Apprehension, Self-Perceived Competence, & Beliefs about Public Speaking" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2019
"Comparisons of Speech Anxiety[...]: Are Intensive or Traditional Semester Courses Better?" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2015
"Current Status of Knowledge on Public-Speaking Anxiety" Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2012
"An Internet-Based Self-Help Treatment for Fear of Public Speaking" Cyberpsychology, 2010
"Public Speaking Attitudes: Does Curriculum Make a Difference?" J of Voice, 2008
"Public Speaking Anxiety as a Function of Sensitization & Habituation Processes" Comm Ed, 2004
"Perceptions of Comm Competence, Self-Efficacy, & Trait Comm Apprehension" Comm Research Reports, 2002
"Public Speaking Anxiety: Perceived Competence & Audience Congeniality" Comm Ed, 1998
"Communication Apprehension & the Basic Public Speaking Course" Comm Ed, 1997
"Behavioral Inhibition & the Attribution of Public Speaking State Anxiety" Comm Ed, 1997
"Impact of Basic Courses in Oral Interpretation & Public Speaking on Communication Apprehension" Comm Reports, 1993
"Teaching Digital Comm to Match Student Skills with Employer Desires" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2021
"What’s in a Name? Exploring the Definitions of 'Public' & 'Speaking'" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2020
"Framing the Foundations of Video Based Presentation & Meeting Channels" Comm Centers Journal, 2019
"Embracing Social Media in the Basic Communication Course" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2017
"Video Technology Use of Improving Public Speaking Competency" Basic Comm Course Annual, 2016
Digital Communication
"'The New Oratory': Public Speaking Practice in the Digital, Neoliberal Age" Discourse Studies, 2020
"Reimagining an Oral Presentation Assignment as a TED Talk Improves Student Oral Presentations"J Chemical Ed, 2020
"Incorporating TED Talk Assignments into a Public-Speaking Course" Communication Teacher, 2017
"TED Talks as an Emergent Genre" CLCWeb, 2017
"A Pharmacy Elective Course on Creative Thinking, Innovation, & TED Talks" American J Pharmaceutical Ed, 2016
