Office Phone: 724-847-6783
taallen@geneva.edu

Disciplines/Field of Instruction

• Communications

Degrees Received

• B.A. Communications, 1991, Geneva College
• M.A. Communications, 1995, University of Akron
• Ph.D., Communications and Rhetorical Studies, Duquesne University

Courses Taught

• COM 101 - Principles of Speech
• COM 200 - Intercollegiate Forensics
• COM 215 - Argumentation and Debate
• COM 220 - Group Dynamics
• COM 225 - Intercultural Communications
• COM 315 - Communication Process
• COM 400 - The Communications Professional

Presentations/Publications

• “My Sister, My Brother: A Discussion of Race Relations on Christian College Campuses” (Video/Study Guide), Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana, 1998
• Book Review: We Have No Leaders: African Americans in the Post Civil Rights Era by Robert C. Smith. In “Journal of Rhetoric and Public Affairs” 2:4 (Winter 1999) pp. 686-689.

Current Projects

• Director of The Common Ground project, a small, community based non-profit that host an annual Civil Rights Movement bus tour.

Awards & Distinctions Received

• Network Exchange Program Grant, Lilly Fellows Program, 2007
• Minority Opinion Magazine, Minority Achiever Award, 2007
• Excellence in Teaching Award, Geneva College, 2006
• 40 under 40, Pittsburgh Magazine, 2005
• Racial Justice Award, YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh, 2005
• Civil Rights Humanitarian Award, Dr, Martin Luther King Celebration Committee, 2004
• Peace Award, Beaver County Peace Links, 2003

Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.

• Pennsylvania School Board Association
• National School Board Association
• National Communication Association
• American Forensic Association
• Collegiate Forensic Association
• Eastern Communication Association

Miscellaneous, e.g., hobbies, sports, personal info, etc.

• Golf
• Collecting sports memorabilia
• Collecting memorabilia related to the African American experience, with particular emphasis on the Civil Rights Movement period of the 1950s-60s.