communication studies
    Michael McDonald , Associate Professor of Communication Studies
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Office: 103 Manheim
Phone: 816.235.6432

Email: mcdonaldmk@umkc.edu

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Specialties: Interpersonal and Organizational Communication
Bio:
Ph.D., University of Kansas
M.A., University of Missouri at Kansas City
B.A., University of Missouri at Kansas City

Professor McDonald taught for 21 years at Rockhurst University before coming to UMKC. His research focuses on the Rhetorical and Organizational aspects of communication. An interest in the critical approaches to organization has led him to examine language as it operates as power in organizations. Professor McDonald is interested in organizational rhetoric, organizational culture, intercultural communication, political communication, interpersonal communication and qualitative methods.