Biography
Jeff Boice - Public Speaking SPCH-S 121
B.A. Purdue University, Speech Communication, 1983
M.A. The University of Texas, Organizational Communication, 1985
A.L.M. Harvard University, Celtic Languages & Literature, 1998
22 years (retired) as a systems analyst/software engineer and business consultant for companies including...
Andersen Consulting (Accenture)
Nintendo of America
Mattel Interactive
The Learning Company
Learning Curve International
Tempel Steel
Welch's
Returned to academia in 2012. Currently teaching public speaking at IUS, tutoring in writing and speech at Ivy Tech - Sellersburg, and freelance editing.
Member of the IUS Community Chorus/Concert Choir when my teaching schedule allows.
Academic Background
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Doctorate
- Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Ph.D. (unfinished), Major in Celtic Languages & Literature
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Masters
- Harvard University Extension, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Master of Liberal Arts, Major in Celtic Languages & Literature
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Masters
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- Master of Arts, Major in Organizational Communication
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Bachelors
- Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Bachelor of Arts, Major in Speech Communication
Professional Interests
Teaching
Public speaking, interpersonal, small group, and organizational communication. English composition.
Research
Communication Studies: Small group dynamics, team building, decision theory, power theory in organizations, counter-rational organizational theory, organizational life cycles & culture.
Celtic Languages & Literature: The use of geis in early Irish literature, monastic patronage in medieval Ireland & Scotland, Arthurian studies.
Teaching Resource Websites
Publications
Books
- Carl Jeffery Boice. (1998). Mortality, Morality, and Tragedy: The Function of Geis in Early Irish Literature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.
