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Thomas J. Socha, Ph.D.
ODU University Professor, Professor of Communication, Graduate Program Director
Department of Communication & Theatre, Old Dominion University, Virginia Beach Higher Education Center, Room 205, 1881 University Drive, Virginia Beach, VA. 23453
Department of Communication & Theatre, Old Dominion University, BAL 3054, Norfolk, VA. 23529
  
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Current
- Finalist--State Council of Higher Education in Virginia, Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award (2013)
- ODU Faculty Advisor of the Year (2012)
- National Academic Advising Association (Mid-Altlantic Region): Faculty Advisor of the Year Winner (2012)
- National Academic Advising Association (National): Outstanding Advising Certificate of Merit- Faculty Advising (2012)
- Editor, New Book Series--Lifespan Communication: Children, Families, and Aging for Peter Lang International Publishers (2012)
- Graduate Program Director, MA in Lifespan and Digital Communication (2011-)
- Editorial Board Member, Southern Communication Journal
- Editorial Board Member, Communication Research Reports
- Co-Author with Julie Yingling (Emerita, Humboldt University) Families Communicating with Children (Socha & Yingling, 2010, Polity Press, Cambridge,UK., available at Wiley-Blackwell)
- Co-Editor with Margaret Pitts (ODU, U of Arizona),The Positive Side of Interpersonal Communication (Socha & Pitts, forthcoming, 2012, New York & Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang)
- Co-Editor with Margaret Pitts (ODU, U of Arizona), Positive Communication in Health & Wellness (Pitts & Socha, forthcoming, late 2012, New York & Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang)
- Board Member, Speech Communication Praxis II Exam Advisory Board (ETS, Princeton, NJ.)
- Board of Directors Member, Virginia Beach Forum
Selected Papers, Publications, Presentations, Conferences
Selected Accomplishments
- Founding Editor of the Journal of Family Communication, a national research journal (1999-2005)
- National Communication Association's, Bernard J. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Distinguished Service in Family Communication.
- Robert L. Stern Award for Excellence in Teaching (from ODU's College of Arts & Letters);
- Named one of ODU's first "University Professors" for distinguished teaching
- Twice nominated by ODU for the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia's Outstanding faculty award
- Recipient of three "Most Inspirational Faculty Awards" from ODU honor students
- Three "top-three" paper awards at national and regional conferences
- July/August, 2008. Taught a faculty development course, "A Positive Perspective on Family Communication" at the National Communication Association's Institute for Faculty Development, Randolph-Macon College (Ashland, VA.) Click here for details
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