Dr. Peggy Kendall
Associate Professor of Communication Studies

Office: HC 326D
Phone: 651-638-6051

E-mail: p-kendall@bethel.edu

Education:

• B.A., Communication, Bethel College
• M.A., Education, University of St. Thomas
• M.A., Counseling Psychology, St. Mary's University
• PhD, Communication, University of Minnesota

Research Interests: Examining how adolescents use Instant Messenger and MySpace. These studies include an examination of how youth pastors use IM in their ministry and how parents can best help their teens use online communication in a safe and satisfying manner.

A link to Dr. Kendall's research: http://pkendall.squarespace.com/

Courses Currently Teaching (Spring 2009): Basic Communication; Communication, Technology and Society; Advanced Public Speaking; Quantitative Research Methods (Graduate); Public Presentations (Graduate)

Other Courses Taught in the Department: Basic Communication, Perspectives in Human Communication, Organizational Communication; Persuasion

Outside Activities: Being a mother of three children and being a black-striped red belt in Tae-Kwon-Do