Dr. Nancy Brule
Professor of Communication Studies

Office: HC 327J
Phone: 651-638-6419

E-mail: Dr. Nancy J. Brule

Education:

• B.A., Speech Communication, Mankato State University
• M.A., Speech Communication, Mankato State University
• Ph.D., Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Dissertation topic: Abused Parents: A Qualitative Analysis of the Communication Conflict Episodes Between Adolescents and Parents Resulting in the Physical, Verbal and Emotional Abuse of Parents)

Research Interests: Family communication, adolescent/parent communication, abusive relationships, high-risk adolescents, conflict

Courses Currently Teaching: Perspectives on Human Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Research Methods, Abusive Relationships

Other Courses Taught in the Department: Persuasion, Gender Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Abusive Relationships, Research Methods, Conflict Theory, Senior Seminar

Favorite religious book (other than Bible): Fiction: This Present Darkness, Piercing the Darkness, In His Steps

Favorite non-religious book: Shout It from the Housetops (Pat Robertson)

Favorite non-religious authors: John Grisham, Jonathan Kellerman, Susan Grafton (I love mystery and detective novels)

Other interests: Singing, horseback riding, watching football, fishing, reading for pleasure.

Children: Jessica (getting PhD at the University of Illinois -Champaign/Urbana); Aaron (getting MA at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee); Jacob (getting MA at Colorado State University) -- all of them in the area of communication studies!

Pets: Two German Shepherds (Mattie & Clyde). Support the upkeep of my children's dogs which include two pugs (Barabbas & Cleopatra); a daschund (Maverick); and a half-pug, half-shih tzu (Thomas). Holidays at our house are crazy when all the kids come home with their dogs!