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Dr. Scott A. Myers

Dr. Scott A. Myers

Professor; Peggy Rardin McConnell Endowed Teaching Chair of Communication Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Contact

304-293-3905 Scott.Myers@mail.wvu.edu 2307 Field Hall

Categorized As

faculty,IICRC-faculty,leadership

Areas of Study:

  • Instructional Communication 
  • Family Communication 
  • Organizational Communication 

Research Interests:

  • Instructor-student relationships 
  • Student motives to communicate with instructors
  • Instructor aggressive communication
  • Adult sibling relationships
  • Sibling relational maintenance
  • Workplace peer relationships 

Dr. Myers joined the WVU faculty in 2001 as an Assistant Professor. He is an instructional communication researcher whose projects focus primarily on the role communication plays in the instructor-student relationship, both in and out of the classroom, using experimental, survey, and content analytic research methods. Dr. Myers also is a family communication researcher, with a focus on how adult siblings maintain their relationships. At WVU, Dr. Myers was recognized by the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences as a Woodburn Professor from 2005-2007 and as an Outstanding Teacher in both 2010 and 2020. He also received the WVU Foundation Outstanding Teacher award in 2020. Dr. Myers is a past President of the Central States Communication Association, where he also served as the Executive Director from 2004-2006. He is a past editor of  Communication Teacher , was the founding editor of Journal of Communication Pedagogy, and is the current editor of Journal of Family Communication. 

Education:

  • B.A., Illinois State University 
  • M.A., Illinois State University
  • M.A., West Virginia University
  • Ph.D., Kent State University

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