Stephanie J. Coopman is Professor and Acting Chair of Communication Studies at San Jos? State University, where she regularly teaches public speaking as well as courses in ethics, persuasion, critical thinking, internet communication, organizational communication, and quantitative methods. She has conducted numerous workshops on teaching public speaking and communication pedagogy. Professor Coopman has published her research in a variety of scholarly outlets, including "Communication Education," "Western Journal of Communication," "Communication Yearbook," "American Communication Journal," "Journal of Business Communication," and "Management Communication Quarterly."