Kristi Scholten, PhD

Kristi Scholten, PhD

Professor & Area Coordinator: Communication
2018 Richard W. Griffin Political Engagement Award; 2019 Outstanding Honors Professor Award; 2024 and 2025 Faculty Appreciation Recipient (FSU Student Athlete Advisory Committee 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

Biography

Dr. Scholten has been teaching communication for over 20 years. She also coached many speech and debate champions throughout the years. In addition to winning a few student-chosen awards for her teaching and advising, she has also won awards on the professional development stage. Most recently, she was awarded a Top Paper designation at the Central States Communication Association for her work in using game-based learning in the classroom. Dr. Scholten loves incorporating game based elements to accomplish learning objectives in class but also has a personal love for table-top gaming, role-playing games, escape rooms and puzzles.

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).