Biography:

University professor of communications. Born– November 22, 1941, Wilmington, Ohio. Parents– Milford and Ruth Maxine Barker. Married– 1961. Children– Two. Education– University of Ohio, A.B., 1962, M.A., 1963, Ph.D., 1965. Taught at Southern Illinois University, 1965-1966; Purdue University, 1966-1969; Florida State University, 1969-1976; Auburn University, 1976-1995. President Spectra Inc., 1979-2000. Awarded emeritus status on his retirement at Auburn.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; Directory of American Scholars, 1981.

Publication(s):

Communication. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice-Hall, 1982.

Communication Vibrations. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice-Hall, 1974.

Introduction to Listening; a Programmed Approach. New Orleans, La.; Spectra, 1988.

Listening Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice-Hall, 1971.

Listening Skills; Objectives and Criterion Reference Exercises. New Orleans, La.; Spectra, 1988.

Joint_Publication(s):

Behavioral Objectives and Instruction. Boston; Allyn and Bacon, 1970.

Effective Listening; Key to Your Success. Reading, Mass.; Addison-Wesley, 1983.

Groups in Process; an Introduction to Small Group Communication. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice-Hall, 1979.

Measurement of Communication Behavior. White Plains, N.Y.; Longman, 1989.

Nonverbal Communication. San Francisco; Chandler, 1967.

Speech–Interpersonal Communication. San Francisco; Chandler, 1967.

Editor:

Communication in the Classroom; Original Essays. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice-Hall, 1982.

Joint_Editor:

Conceptual Frontiers in Speech-Communication; Report (of the New Orleans Conference on Research and Instructional Development). New York; Speech Association of America, 1969.

Speech Communication Behavior; Perspectives and Principles. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice-Hall, 1971.