Kristi Scholten, PhD

Kristi Scholten, PhD

Associate Professor & Area Coordinator: Communication
2018 Richard W. Griffin Political Engagement Award; 2019 Outstanding Honors Professor Award
Humanities
Phone: (231) 591-2746
Email: [email protected]

Education

• PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Communication Studies, Minor Emphasis: Interpersonal Communication Major Methodological Emphasis: Burkean and Narrative Methods Minor Methodological Emphasis: Ethnographical Methods
• MA, Central Michigan University, Interpersonal & Public Comm
• BS, Central Michigan University, Interpersonal and Public Communication, Minor Emphasis: Sociology

Presentations

• Oral Presentation
  Scholten, K. (Presenter), Central States Communication Association Conference, "Exploring the Differences Between What we Teach in Public Speaking and What we Coach: Can we Justify the Differences," Milwaukee, WI, (April 2018).
• Oral Presentation
  Scholten, K. (Author & Presenter), Fairchild, M. (Author & Presenter), Eastern Communication Association Conference, “Chasing Skirts and Feeling Safe: Aggressively Unpacking Gendered Narrative in the 2016 Trump Presidential Campaign,” Boston, MA, (2017).
• Oral Presentation
  Scholten, K. (Presenter), Honor’s Program Lunch and Learn, "Sorry, but the Princess is in Another Castle: Controversy, Women and Video Games," Ferris State University, (November 10, 2016).
• Oral Presentation
  Scholten, K. (Presenter), Wolfram, J. (Presenter), Ingersoll, J. (Presenter), Conference, “Help Student Veterans Maximize their Unique Skills and Overcome their Unique Challenges,” Political Engagement Project ADP/TDC/NASPA Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, (June 2016).
• Oral Presentation
  Scholten, K. (Presenter), Central States Communication Association Conference, “Recruiting and Retaining Intercollegiate Speech and Debate Competitors,” Grand Rapids, MI, (April 2016).
• Oral Presentation
  Scholten, K. (Chair), Central States Communication Association Conference, “Sitting Around the Television: Taking a Rhetorical Look,” Grand Rapids, MI, (April 2016).
• Oral Presentation
  Scholten, K. (Presenter), Southern States Communication Association Conference, “Using Gaming Theory Pedagogies to Heighten Student Consciousness and Communication Competencies in a New Media Society,” Austin, TX, (April 2016).
• Oral Presentation
  Scholten, K. (Presenter), Honor’s Program Lunch and Learn, “How Arguing can make you Friends: Fallacies and the Speech and Debate Team," (September 2015).
• Oral Presentation
  Scholten, K. (Presenter), Ferris State University’s Game Based Learning Initiative mini-conference, “Gaming the Syllabus," (May 1, 2015).