A collaborative partnership between the Department of Communication Studies
at California State University, Northridge and Grant High School.

Research

The Communicating Common Ground project provides a site where CSUN students in the Communication Studies 356 Intercultural Communication and the Communication Studies 656 Graduate Seminar can actively apply concepts and theories from the course they are taking in empowering and socially responsible ways.  Our engagement with serious social issues and innovative pedagogy at Grant High School has led to numerous scholarly opportunities.  We  have presented on panels at three national level conferences, the National Communication Association in 2001 and 2002 and at the Association of American Colleges and Universities in 2002 and at three regional conferences--the Western States Communication Association, Azusa Pacific University’s Service Learning Institute, the CSU Academic Conference, as well as on various occasions at CSUN.

Publications

Sorrells, K. (2004).  Communicating Common Ground.  In M.F. Muth (Ed.), Community Voices: Academic, Work, and Public Reading (pp. 183-189). New York: Longman Publishers.

Sorrells, K. (2003).  Communicating Common Ground: Integrating Community Service Learning into the Intercultural Classroom. Communication Teacher. 17:4, 1-4.

Sorrells, K. (2002).  Embodied Negotiation: Commodification and Cultural Representation in the U.S. Southwest.  In M.J. Collier (Ed.), Intercultural Alliances: International and Intercultural Communication Annual , 25, (pp. 17-47).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Sorrells, K. (2002, Fall).  Breaking a Tradition of Violence: Community-Service Learning at Grant High. The C.E.L.T. Letter, 4, 1-4. (Campus Publication).

Conference Presentations

Sorrells, K., Dare, A., Lee, J., Lee, W., Malhotra, S., Nwosu, P., & Yep, G. (2005). Toward the centrality of social justice in intercultural communication.  Chair and panel presentation at the Western States Communication Association Convention in San Francisco, CA. February 20-22.

Sorrells, K. Collier, M.J., Lee, W., Malhotra, S., Yep, G. (2004). Toward the Centrality of Social Justice in Intercultural Communication. Chair and panel presentation at the Western States Communication Association Convention in Albuquerque, NM. February 14-17.

Sorrells, K. (2002).  Communicating Common Ground Community in Action: Highlights of 2002 Partnerships.  Presentation at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, LA, November 21-24.

Sorrells, K., Clinton, B., Eicholtz, M., Cury, K. (2002).  Communicating Common Ground: An National Communication Association Service Learning Initiative. Presentation at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, LA, November 21-24.

Sorrells, K. (2002).  Inspirational Examples from the Disciplines: Communicating Common Ground.  Keynote presentation at the Unboxing the University Service Learning Institute at Azusa Pacific University. November 1-2..

Sorrells, K. (2002) Communicating Common Ground: A Community-Based Intercultural Communication Project in Los Angeles. Presentation at the Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. (January, 2002)

Sorrells, K. & Nakagawa, G. (2001). Communicating Common Ground: Dialoguing Across Differences.  Presentation at the California State University Academic Conference in San Diego, CA. November 28-30.

Sorrells, K. (2001). NCA’S Communicating Common Ground Project: Exemplary Service-Learning Partnerships. Panel presentation at the National Communication Association Conference in Atlanta, GA. November 1-4, 2001.

Sorrells, K. & Nakagawa, G. (2001). Diversity Issues in Community Service Learning Projects.  Presentation at pre-conference orientation for Communicating Common Ground at the National Communication Association Conference in Atlanta, GA. November 1-4, 2001.

Sorrells, K.et. al. (2001). Practicing Scholarship: Linking Learning and Community Service in Los Angeles, CA.  Western States Communication Association in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. February 23-27, 2001.

Sorrells, K., Brydeges, M., Kaimikaua, C. &  Pathak, A. Participatory Action Research and Speech Communication: Translating Our Scholarship into Practice-A Roundtable Discussion. Western States Communication Association in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. February 23-27, 2001.

Sorrells, K., Reitzel, A. & Chase, L. (2000). Connecting Community, Service, and Learning in the Intercultural Communication Course: Application and Demonstration.  Workshop facilitated at the Western States Communication Association Conference in Sacramento, CA. February, 25-29, 2000.

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