Academic

Robert Danisch

CHAIR ( INSTRUCTIONAL LISTENING) AND Director(Research)

Robert Danisch has a PhD in Communication from the University of Pittsburgh (2004) and a BA from the University of Virginia in History and Philosophy.  He is currently Chair of the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo. His research interests concern rhetorical theory and public communication within democratic societies, and he has written extensively about the relationship between American […]

Robert B. Petersen

Past Senior Vice President (Healthcare Listening)

Dr. Robert B. Petersen has a great passion for listening, advocates the importance listening in science to all his students. Dr Robert is a Professor of Cell Biology, Genetics and Neuroscience at Central Michigan University College of Medicine.  He previously worked at Case Western Reserve University where he rose through the ranks to full Professor […]

Rhonda V Magee

Director

Rhonda V Magee (M.A. Sociology, J.D.) is Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco, and is an internationally-recognized thought and practice leader focused on integrating Mindfulness into Higher Education, Law and Social Justice. Professor Magee graduated is a 1989 graduate, with Distinction, of the University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences, and […]

Robert L Walsh

Director

Dr. Robert L. Walsh an Associate Professor with UMUC-Asia in the areas communication, writing, and English as a foreign language—earned a Ph.D. in Occupational & Adult Education at North Dakota State University, emphasizing transformative teaching and learning, argumentation and rhetoric, and workforce education and consultation skills. He is an inductee into Phi Kappa Phi, the […]

Rui Paulo Martins Silva

Director

Rui Paulo Martins Silva is Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Director at Dianova Portugal since 2003 overseeing and executing the reputation management and integrated communication strategy, including the European affairs with the United Nations and coordination of European campaigns for Portugal at the European Commission and European Parliament since 2009; International Communication Coordinator and Ambassador […]

Reshmi Sen

Director (HRD)

Reshmi Sen is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Business Communication in Stevenson University Online. She is drawn to the discipline of rhetoric for its power to generate knowledge and create community as well as its usefulness as a resource for social advocacy. She teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, including crisis […]

Richard West

Director

GLOBAL LISTENING CENTRE

Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Director

GLOBAL LISTENING CENTRE

Renee Guarriello Heath

DIRECTOR (ACADEMIA)

Renee GuarrielloHeath (Ph.D., 2005, University of Colorado, Boulder) is a scholar, writer, and lecturer in the area of organizational communication, and presently serves as a Senior Lecturer at the University of New Hampshire, Department of Communication. She specializes in collaboration, dialogue, and more recently, intergenerational conflict around work-life balance. Her work often focuses on ethical […]

Raffaele Pisano

Director

RAFFAELE PISANO (Italy, 1970) is a full physicist. He studied at the Federico II Napoli University (Italy) and PhD at the La Sapienza Roma University (Italy). I awarded my Habilis (HDR–Accreditation to Supervise Research) at Philosophy, history of sciences Poincaré centre, Lorraine University, France. I am currently Full Professor, Lille University, France (& additional responsibility […]

Rebecca Day Babcock

Director (Writing Studies)

Rebecca Day Babcock is William and Ordelle Watts Professor at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Dr Rebecca earned her PhD in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a specialization in Composition and TESOL She teaches courses in writing and linguistics and serves as Freshman English Coordinator in the department of Literature […]

Ray T. Donahue

Director (Intercultural Studies & Communication)

Ray T. Donahue, PhD, Professor in the Department of Intercultural Studies at Nagoya Gakuin University, Japan. intercultural trainer and counselor, he is an elected fellow of the International Academy for Intercultural Research and a recipient of the Outstanding Scholarship Award from the International/Intercultural Division of the National Communication Association (USA). His career originated in racial […]

Reji Kumar Pillai

Advisor

GLOBAL LISTENING BOARD

Ruth Herbert

Director (Music Psychologist)

GLOBAL LISTENING BOARD

Richard D. Halley

Senior Vice President

Member of the Listening Hall of Fame. Lead Facilitator of the Certified Listening Professional Program Education: Ohio University, Ph.D. 1972 Majors: Interpersonal Communication, Cognitive Processing, Attitude Change Minors: Experimental Design, Statistical Procedures Dissertation: An Experimental Test of the Differences in the Distractibility of Males and Females in Competing Aural Message Situations Bowling Green State University, […]