News and commentary
A review of Justice in the Making: Relating, Participating, Communicating
A review of Justice in the Making: Relating, Participating, Communicating
Robyn Penman’s ground breaking new book, Justice in the Making: Relating, Participating, Communicating was published last month and is already being highly acclaimed. In this quarter’s news, Sheila McNamee, Professor Emerita, New Hampshire University, offers a considered review of the book; noting that “Penman offers an impressive review of established understandings of justice…, thoroughly introduces the limitations of those understandings and offers an alternative that speaks directly to the pragmatic appreciation of possibilities for justice in our lived experience”
New Collaborations: A report from Abbie VanMeter
New Collaborations: A report from Abbie VanMeter
Our new Executive Director of Collaborative Innovations, Abbie VanMeter, writes about the exciting new things happening at the CMM Institute—including the line-up for our fourth podcast season, the continuing evolution of our collaborations with, and for, CosmoActivities, new resource offerings, and an invitation to our community.
Honoring Stephen Littlejohn
Honoring Stephen Littlejohn
A special panel was convened at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention in Albuquerque in February, to honor Stephen Littlejohn, a founding Director of the CMM Institute—amongst many other things. Kim Pearce was part of that panel, and offered some significant stories pointing to how much Stephen contributed to the evolution of CMM and the CMMi.
New parenting resources coming soon!
New parenting resources coming soon!
Our CosmoActivities line of resources is getting a new addition. CosmoParenting is designed to support parents by enriching their parenting toolbox. This toolbox is added to through one short podcast episode each week, providing opportunities to reflect, listen, connect, practice, and engage in conversations.
CosmoKidz at gifted conferences across USA
CosmoKidz at gifted conferences across USA
Our recent presentation at the Tennessee Association for the Gifted conference was well received and we are now kicking off a renewed effort to promote our CosmoActivities at other Gifted conferences in the US. Our next presentation will be in Arizona in February of next year.
Don Waisanen: Public Dialogue and Deliberation division leadership
Don Waisanen: Public Dialogue and Deliberation division leadership
Don Waisanen is starting his four-year leadership term of the Public Dialogue and Deliberation division of the National Communication Association (NCA), beginning as vice-chair elect for the coming year.
Interpersonal Communication: Award nomination
Interpersonal Communication: Award nomination
Earlier this year we announced that the 8th edition of Arthur Jensen and Sarah Trenholm’s interpersonal communication textbook had been published. Now the publishers, Cognella, have nominated the 8th edition of Interpersonal Communication for the McGuffey Longevity Award which honors textbooks that have had a long shelf life.
Meeting of the Waters: At the Relating Systems Thinking and Design conference
Meeting of the Waters: At the Relating Systems Thinking and Design conference
Abbie VanMeter and Sergej van Middendorp, together with colleagues George Fedha, Laurence Habib, Dewi Hartkamp, Flavio Mesquita da Silva, and Fred Steier, recently presented a paper and facilitated a workshop at the 13th Relating Systems Thinking and Design conference in Oslo, Norway. Their paper explores how we can design for collaborative support networking that affords the co-creation of regenerative, sustainable, and just futures in the face of the many catastrophic events we are currently facing.
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