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Welcome to the
web pages of the Department of Communication at Texas A&M
University. We provide a broad-based liberal arts education
with Bachelor's, Master's,
and Doctorate degrees
available. Our program specializes in four major areas: Rhetoric & Public
Affairs, Organizational
Communication,
and Telecommunication & Media
Studies, Health
Communication. Please browse our site, feel free to
email faculty
members and students with your questions, and see if
a degree in Communication or Telecommunication
Media Studies would suit you.
Dr. Rick Street
Department Head
Department of Communication
Texas A&M University
Contact the Department Head:
Richard L. Street, Jr. (Ph.D. University of Texas).
Health Communication, Interpersonal Communication.
Email: r-street@tamu.edu
Office: 102C Bolton
Office Phone: 845-0209
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Dr. Street is Professor and Head of the Department and Research professor
in the College of Medicine. He received his BA and MA degrees in
Communication at Texas Tech University and his PhD in Communication at the
University of Texas at Austin. Prior to his appointment at Texas A&M, he
held faculty positions at University of Arkansas, Texas Tech University,
University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
Over the past 20 years, he has developed an extensive program of research
examining issues related to health care provider-patient communication,
medical outcomes, and strategies for increasing patient involvement in
care. During the past 10 years, Street also has explored various ways
information (e.g., interactive, multimedia programs) and telecommunication
(e.g. the internet) technology innovations can be used to enhance health
services offered to patients and, very importantly, to activate patients to
become more involved in medical decision-making, communicating with their
physicians, and self-management of chronic disease. To date, he has
published a book and over 50 articles and book chapters on these topics. He
has also served as a principle investigator or co-investigator on several
NIH, AHRQ, American Cancer Society, and Texas Advanced Research/Technology
grants.
Dr. Street has served on scientific review panels for NIH and AHRQ study
sections and is currently an external evaluator for NCI's recently funded
Centers for Excellence in Cancer Communication. He also has been
contracted by NCI to help write a 'white paper' on Patient-Center Cancer
Communication. In 2003, he was named Outstanding Health Communication
Scholar by both the National Communication Association and International
Communication Association.
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