CYNTHIA BERRYMAN-FINK
ADDRESS:
Home:5 Stuart Circle
Asheville, NC28804
(828) 713-4810
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in CommunicationBowling GreenStateUniversity (OH)
M.A. in CommunicationBowling GreenStateUniversity (OH)
B.A. in History EducationBridgewaterState College (MA)
WORK EXPERIENCE:
University of Cincinnati
Professor Emerita1/09 - present
Interim Head, Department of Communication,9/07 – 8/08
Interim Dean,
McMickenCollege of Arts & Sciences1/07 – 8/07
Interim Head, Department of Judaic Studies9/03-9/04
Acting Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs9/94 - 6/96
Professor9/87 - present
Graduate Faculty Member3/83 - present
Head, Department of Communication9/87 - 8/92
Associate Professor9/83 - 8/87
Assistant Professor9/78 - 8/83
Provostal Administrative Responsibilities
Served as University Contract Compliance Officer; acted as liaison to chief negotiator for the university in AAUP contract negotiations; provided oversight for faculty performance review process; initiated, coordinated, and conducted faculty development programs; co-chaired Associate Deans Council; coordinated New Faculty Orientation Program; served as liaison between units and Affirmative Action office; coordinated reappointment, promotion, and tenure review; implemented policies for part-time faculty; served as liaison to Emeriti/ae faculty; administered faculty salary adjustment program; assisted Office of Legal Counsel with faculty-related legal issues.
Decanal Administrative Responsibilities
Provided leadership for college of 6000 students and 700 faculty in 21 departments and 8 centers and institutes. Provided oversight for a $60,000,000 budget, program evaluation, faculty reappointment, promotion and tenure applications, development , alumni and community relations programs, faculty and staff hiring, student admissions, advising and retention. Collaborated with other colleges to provide general education curriculum to sixty percent of the undergraduate student body of the university.
Department Head Administrative Responsibilities
Managed department budget of $820,000; supervised 20 tenure-track faculty, 15 part-time faculty, 50 Master's students, 5 Ph.D. students, and 4 clerical personnel; maintained Internship and Co-operative Study programs; scheduled 120 sections of courses per year; conducted faculty development; awarded merit salary increases; established procedures for faculty research release time; created part-time faculty handbook; developed co-ordination procedures for multi-section courses; implemented undergraduate enrollment management plan; conducted curriculum revision; developed graduate recruitment plan; collected course evaluation and grading data; conducted academic and clerical personnel selection, orientation, review, and termination; developed departmental long-range plan; coordinated alumni development; established a $23,000 Communication laboratory; restructured department.
Courses taught
Introduction to Interpersonal Communication; Fundamentals of Effective Speaking; Business and Professional Communication; Male/Female Communication; Communication in Organizations; Organizational Diversity; Theories of Interpersonal Communication; Nonverbal Communication;
Theories of Group Communication; Leadership in Human Groups; Legal Communication; Management Communication; Problem-Solving Group Communication; Communication in Society; Research and Analysis in Interpersonal Communication; Research and Analysis in Group Communication; Graduate Research Methods; Communication Skills for Adult Learners; Applied Communication Research Methods; Gender Roles & Relationships in Literature, Film & the Social Sciences; Honors Seminar.
Communication Consulting:
Corporate: Procter and Gamble, International Paper, Marathon Oil Company, Hasbro, Merrill-Dow Pharmaceuticals, Cincinnati Bell, Service Merchandise Corporation, Cincinnati Milacron, AT&T, Ponderosa Restaurant Systems, Intrieve Company, Hopple Plastics, Drees Company, Weston-Sper
Government: Environmental Protection Agency, Internal Revenue Service, City of Cincinnati
Medical: Shriners Burns Hospital, Children's Hospital Medical Center, University Hospital, St. Francis-St. George Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital,
FortHamilton-HughesMemorialHospital, Richard Godfrey, DDS.
Financial: Equitable Life Assurance Society, First Equity Mortgage Company,
Provident Bank, Anthem Blue Cross, Spirit of America National Bank
Associations: Greater Cincinnati Hospital Council, American Planning Association, American Society of Women Accountants, American Chemical Society, Junior League, Greater Cincinnati Nutrition Council, Industrial Relations Research Association, American Society of Public Administrators, National Council of Jewish Women, National Human Resource Association, Comprehensive Community Child Care, Northern Kentucky Council of Partners
In Education, Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police
Legal: Taft, Stettinius and Hollister
Educational: St.Bernard-Elmwood Place School District, Wyoming High School, Ohio State University College of Agriculture; Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities; College of St. Francis; Wilmington School District
Speaking/Consultation at University of Cincinnati
Facilities Management; University Librarians; Alumni College; McMicken College of Arts & Sciences ; College of Law; College of Education; Clermont College; College of Design, Architecture, Art & Planning; College Conservatory of Music; Department of Economics; Department of Radiology ; Department of Psychiatry; Department of Psychology; Human Resources; Administrative Services & Instructional Technology; Association of Administrators, Managers, and Professionals; Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Workshop; Career Development Center; Division of Student Affairs; Preparing Future Faculty Conference; Women's Leadership Conference; International Graduate Student Orientation Program; Management Development Center; Teacher Talk Program; Academic Affairs, Administrative & Business Services; Raymond
WaltersCollege; College of Allied Health Sciences
University, College & Dept. Service:
Diversity Council, Chair2007-08
Department of Sociology Headship Search Committee, Chair2007-08
Preparing Future Faculty Advisory Committee2007-08
Faculty Fellow, Sigma Phi Epsilon2004-present
Department of Women’s Studies Headship Review Committee, Chair2005-06
Just Community|UC 21 Committee, Co-Chair2005-06
Academic Affairs Committee of Faculty Senate2005-06
Department of Philosophy Headship Review Committee, Chair2004-05
Provost's Advisory Committee on Adjunct Faculty2002-present
Department of Economics Headship Search Committee, Chair2002-03
Department of Communication Headship Review Committee2002
Women's Initiatives Network, Co-Chair2001-2005
Women's Leadership Program Steering Committee, Chair1999-2001
Member 2001-present
Department of Sociology Headship Search Committee, Chair2000
Department of Communication Interim Undergraduate Director 2000-2001
Mentor to New Faculty Members2000-2004
Administrative/AAUP Mediation Team2002, 1999, 1997
Department of Sociology Headship Search Committee, Chair2000
Department of Communication Development Team1999-2000
Department of Communication Honors Program, Director1999-2001
Department of Communication RPT Revision Committee, Chair1999-2000
Department of African-American Studies Headship Search
Committee, Chair1999
North Central Accreditation Writing Team1998-1999
Just Community Freshman Readings Committee1998-1999
Mentor to Women's Studies Graduate Student1998-1999
Arts & SciencesCommunityBuilding Team, Chair1997-1998
Just Community Programming Committee, Co-Chair1996-1998
UC Women's Leadership Conference Planning Group1997-1998
Department of Political Science Headship Search
Committee, Chair1997-1998
Department of Communication Personnel Committee
Chair2002-2003
1999-2000 1996-1997 1992-1993
1984-1985
Member2004-2005
1997-1998
1981-1982
Internal Organizational Consultants Project, Chair1996-1997
Graduate Programs Internal Review Committee1996-1997
Strategic Enrollment Management, Marketing & Recruitment
Committee, Co-Chair1996-1997
New Faculty Orientation Planning Committee, Chair1994-1996
Academic Titles Review Committee1995-1996
Advisory Committee on Part-Time Faculty Issues, Chair1994-1996
Labor Relations Sub-Council1995-1996
Faculty Performance Review Committee1996
Visiting Faculty Policy Committee, Chair1995
University Teaching Innovations Project1992-1993
Women's Studies Undergraduate Curriculum Committee1992-1993
Department of Classics, Blegen Chair Search Committee1992-1993
General Education Course Approval Committee, Chair1991-1993
Oral Communication Across the Curriculum Committee1990-1994
Arts & Sciences Racial Awareness Task Force1990-1992
Shirley Chisholm Visiting Lecturer Planning Committee, Chair1990-1991
Arts & Sciences Governance and By-laws Committee1990-1991
Department of English, Headship Search Committee1990
Professional Service:
National Communication Association Legislative Council2003-06
Conference Planner, Organization for the Study of
Communication, Language & Gender2003
Editorial Board, Communication Studies2002-2008
President, Central States Communication Association2000-2001
President-Elect, Central States Communication Association1999-2000
Vice-President, Central States Communication Association1998-1999
Member, Executive Committee of Organization for the
Study of Communication, Language, & Gender1996-1998
Organizational Change Specialist, University of St. Francis1998
Chair, Outstanding Article Award Committee of Organization
for the Study of Communication, Language, & Gender1997
Planner, Speech Communication Association Conference
GIFTS Programs1995
Member, Speech Communication Association Committee on
Allied Organizations1993-1995
Member, Executive Committee of Organization for the
Study of Communication, Language, & Gender1991-1993
Distinguished Lecturer, BaylorUniversity6/91
External Reviewer, WayneStateUniversity, Department
of Communication1990
PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
Kathleen S. Verderber, Rudolph F. Verderber & Cynthia Berryman-Fink,
Inter-Act (12th edition), New York: Oxford University Press, 2010 (456 pgs).
Kathleen S. Verderber, Rudolph F. Verderber & Cynthia Berryman-Fink
Inter-Act (11th edition), New York, Oxford University Press, 2007 (402 pgs).
Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Charles B. Fink. The Manager's Desk Reference
(2nd edition). New York: AMACOM, 1996. (370 pgs.)
Cynthia Berryman-Fink, Deborah Ballard-Reisch, and Lisa H. Newman. (Eds.) Communication and Sex-Role Socialization. New York: Garland Publishing Company, 1993. (573 pgs.)
Raymond K. Tucker, Richard L. Weaver, and Cynthia Berryman. Research in Speech
Communication.New York: Prentice-Hall, 1980.
Cynthia L. Berryman & Virgina Eman. Communication, Language and Sex. Rowley, MA:
1979.
Articles and Chapters:
Cynthia Berryman-Fink. “Reducing Prejudice on Campus: The Role of Intergroup Contact in Diversity
Education,” College Student Journal, 40, 2006, pp. 511-516.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink, Brenda LeMaster, and Kristi Nelson, "The Women's
Leadership Program at the University of Cincinnati: A Case Study," LiberalEducation, 89, 2003, pp. 59-63.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink, "Presidential Reflections," Communication Studies, 53, 2002,
pp. 91-96.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink, "Exploring Personal Prejudices: An Activity to Develop
Interpersonal Communication Competence," In J. S. Trent (Ed.), Included in
Communication: Learning Climates that Cultivate Racial and Ethnic Diversity,
Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 2002, pp. 148-152.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink, "Women's Responses to Sexual Harassment at Work: Organizational Policy Versus Employee Practice," Employment Relations Today,
2001, pp. 57-64.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink, Introduction to "At The Helm in Gender Studies in Communication," In J. S. Trent (Ed.), Communication: Views from the Helm forthe 21st Century,
Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1998, pp. 169-170.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Kimberly Vanover Riley, "The Effect of Sex and Feminist Orientation on
Perceptions in Sexually Harassing Communication,"Women'sStudies in Communication, 20,
Spring 1997, pp. 25-44.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink, "Can We Agree to Disagree: Managing Faculty-Faculty Conflict,
In S. A. Holton (Ed.), Mending the Cracks in the Ivory Tower, Anker Publishing, 1997, pp. 141-
163.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink, "Gender Issues: Management Style, Mobility, and Harassment," In Peggy Yuhas
Byers (Ed.), Organizational Communication: Theory and Behavior. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1997,
pp. 259-283.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Corporate Programs for Preventing Sexual Harassment,"
In P. J. Dubeck and K. Borman (Eds.), Women and Work: A Handbook. New York: Garland
Publishing, Inc., 1996, pp. 371-374.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Claire C. Brunner. "The Effects of Sex of Source and Target on Interpersonal
Conflict Management Styles," In M. V. Redmond (Ed.), Interpersonal Communication: Readingsin Theory and Research. Orlando,FL: Harcourt Brace, 1995.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Communication Competencies of Women Employees:
A Comparison of Self-Ratings with Other-Ratings," In L. H. Turner and
H. M. Sterk. Differences That Make A Difference: Examining the Assumptions
in Gender Research. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Company, 1994,
pp. 5-12.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Preventing Sexual Harassment Through Male-Female
Communication Training," In G. L. Kreps (Ed.), Sexual Harassment: Communication Implications. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1993, pp. 267-280.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink, Claire Brunner, and Teresa Chandler. "Issues in the Study of Interpersonal Conflict Management Behavior," Ohio Speech Journal, 26, 1988, pp. 26-36.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Claire C. Brunner. "The Effects of Sex of Source and Target on Interpersonal Conflict Management Styles," The Southern Speech Communication Journal, 53 ,1987, pp. 38-48.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink, Mary A. Heintz, Marc Steven Lowy, Monica Louise Seebohm, and Virginia Eman Wheeless. "Perceptions of Women as Managers: Individual and Organizational Implications," In L. B. Nadler, M. K. Nadler, and W. R. Todd-Mancillas (Eds.), Advances in Gender and Communication Research. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987, pp. 3-11.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Virginia Eman Wheeless. "Male and Female Perceptions of Women as Managers," In L. Stewart and S. Ting-Toomey (Eds.). Communication, Gender, and Sex-Roles in Diverse Interaction Contexts.Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 1987, pp. 85-95.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "The Role of Communication in Adult Education," OhioSpeech Journal, 24, 1986, pp. 59-66.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Male and Female Managers' Views of the Communication Skills and Training Needs of Women in Management," Public Personnel Management, 14:3, 1985, pp. 307-313.
Virginia Eman Wheeless and Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Perceptions of Women Managers and their Communicator Competencies," Communication Quarterly, 33:2, 1985, pp. 137-148.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Kathleen S. Verderber. "Attributions of the Term Feminist: A Factor Analytic Development of a Measuring Instrument," Psychology of Women Quarterly, 9:1, 1985, pp. 51-64.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Charles B. Fink. "Optimal Training for Opposite-Sex Managers," Training and Development Journal, 39:2, 1985, pp. 27-29.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Sex-Stereotyping and Communications," Personnel Journal, 1983, pp. 502-503.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink and James R. Wilcox. "A Multivariate Investigation of Perceptual Attributions Concerning Gender Appropriateness in Language," Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 9, 1983, pp. 663-681.
Virginia Eman Wheeless, Cynthia Berryman-Fink, and Denise Serafini. "The Use of Gender-Specific Pronouns in the 1980's," The Encoder, 9, 1982, pp. 35-46.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Kathleen S. Verderber. "Attitudes Toward the Term Feminist: The Development of a Scale," In L. E. Larmer and M. K. Badami (Eds.). Proceedings of the Second and Third Annual Conferences on Communication, Language, and Gender. Madison, WS: University of Wisconsin Extension, 1982, pp. 60-69.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Communication Instruction in a Lifelong Learning Program," Communication Education, 31:4 ,1982, pp. 349-355.
Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Lucille M. Pederson. "Testing the Effects of a Competency-Based Interpersonal Communication Course," The SouthernSpeech Communication Journal, 46, 1981, pp. 251-262.
Cynthia L. Berryman and James R. Wilcox. "Attitudes Toward Male and Female Speech:
Experiments on the Effects of Sex-Typical Language," Western Journal of SpeechCommunication,44:1, 1980, pp. 50-59.
Jeffrey Schein and Cynthia L. Berryman. "Gaze Aversion as Affected by Sex of Interviewer, Sex of Subject, and Intimacy of Topic," Ohio Speech Journal, 18, 1980, pp. 13-19.
Cynthia L. Berryman. "Instructional Materials for Teaching a Course in 'Women and Communication'," Communication Education, 28:3, 1979, pp. 217-224.
Cynthia L. Berryman. "Teaching Public Speaking Through Exercises and Games," OhioSpeech Journal, 16, 1977-1978, pp. 59-68.
Carolyn Hoffman, Cynthia L. Berryman, and Richard L. Weaver, II. "Modularization in the Basic Communication Course," Communication Education, 25, 1976, pp. 258-261.
Cynthia L. Berryman. "The Language of Women as a Reflection of the Image of Women in a Mass-Circulation Magazine," In Proceedings of the Speech Communication Association Summer Conference. Falls Church, VA: SCA Press, 1975, pp. 56-62.
Book Reviews:
Women and Men Speaking by C. Kramarae; Gender and Communication by J. C. Pearson; Sex Differences in Human Communication by B. W. Eakins and R. G. Eakins, Communication Education, 34:4, 1985, pp. 392-394.
Communication Research Methods by J. W. Bowers and J. A. Courtright, Communication Education, 34:1, 1985, pp. 83-84.
CONVENTION PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:
“Testing the Second Shift: What Factors Affect Domestic Workload and the Division of Household
Chores?” Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, St. Louis,
October 2006.
Panel Discussant, “Emphasizing Marginalized Voices and Non-Dominant Perspectives in Organizational
Communication Courses,” Central States Communication Association, April 2006.
Panel Discussant, "Narratives of Aunts and Aunting in Feminist Lives," Organization
For the Study of Communication, "Language and Gender, Notre Dame, IN,
October 2004.
"Feminist Mothers and their Sons: A Study of Reflexive Identities," Organization for
the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Notre Dame, IN,
October 2004 (with T. Sabourin & L. H. Newman).
Panel Discussant, "Where Would We Be Without Title IX?" American Association of
University Women, Cincinnati, OH, May 2004.
Respondent, Graduate Student Debut Program, Central States Communication
Association, Omaha, NE, April 2003.
Panel Discussant, "Included in Communication: Learning Climates that Cultivate
Racial and Ethnic Diversity, " Central States Communication Association,
Milwaukee, WI: April 2002.
Panel Discussant, "Remembering the Legacy: An Oral History of the Central States
Communication Association, Central States Communication Association,
Milwaukee, WI, April 2002.
Panel Discussant, "The Women's Leadership Program at the University of Cincinnati,"
American Council on Education, Office of Women in Higher Education, Ohio
Women Leaders Network, Columbus, OH, November 2002.
Panel Discussant, "Feminist Pedagogy," Organization for the Study of Communication,
Language and Gender, Minneapolis, MN, October 2002.
"Reducing Prejudice Based on Race, Sex, and Sexual Orientation: Testing the Contact
Hypothesis Among College Students," Organization for the Study of
Communication, Language and Gender, San Diego, CA, October 2001 (with A.
Bley & A. Hardig).
Panel Discussant, "An Administrative Perspective on Promotion and Tenure: Issues of
Gender," National Communication Association, Seattle, WA, November 2000.
Panel Discussant, "Growing Your Own Administrators: The Women's Leadership
Project," National Communication Association, Seattle, WA: November 2000.
"Relational Dialectics in Marital Relationships: An Analysis of Gender," Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Milwaukee, WI, October 2000 (with G. Moussa).
Chair," Issues FacingDepartment Chairs in Communication," Central States
Communication Association, Detroit, MI, April 2000.
Panel Discussant, "Coloring Outside the Lines: Organizational Communication
Textbooks Through the Decades," National Communication Association,
Chicago, November 1999.
"Positioning the Other: The Discourse of Power in an Urban PublicHospital,"
Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender,
Portland, ME, October 1998.
Panel Discussant, "Factors Affecting Female Scholars and Gender-Studies
Scholarship," Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Portland, ME, October 1998.
"The Role of Faculty as Internal Consultants in their Colleges and Universities,"
National Communication Association, New York, NY, November 1998.
Panel Discussant, "Male Communication Problems in the Business World," National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 1997.
Short Course Facilitator, "Teaching the College Course in Organizational Communication: Traditional and Contemporary Issues,"
National Communication Association, Chicago, November 1997.
"Women's Responses to Sexual Harassment: The Effect of Employment Status and Prior Sexual Harassment Experience," Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Chicago,, October 1997 (with S. Betz, K. Marlott & L. Rohrig).
Chair, "At the Helm in Gender Studies and Communication," Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA, November 1996.
Chair, "Great Ideas for Teaching Speech," Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA, November 1996.
Panel Discussant, "Practicing Feminism: Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Sexual Harassment Research, " Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA, November 1996.
"The Role of Gender and Feminism in Perceptions of Sexual and Sexually Harassing Communication," Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, Minneapolis, MN, October 1995 (with K.Vanover).
"Attributions Toward the Term Feminist: A Replication and Extension," Speech
Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November 1994 (with K. S. Verderber).
Panel Discussant,"Proactive Strategies to Address the Devaluing of Women and their Work," Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November 1994.
"A Comparison of Self-Report and Behavioral Measures of Interpersonal Conflict Management Styles," Speech Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL, November 1993.
"Organizational Culture: Male and Female Experiences," Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, Tempe, AZ, October 1993 (with J. L. Smith.)
"Instructional Resources for Teaching a Course on Organizational Diversity," Southern States Communication Association and Central States Communication Association, Lexington, KY, April 1993.
"Preventing Sexual Harassment Through Male-Female Communication Training," Speech Communication Association, Chicago, November 1992 and Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, New York, NY, October 1992.
Panel Discussant, "The Origins and History of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender," Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, New York, NY, October 1992.
Short Course Facilitator, "Organizational Diversity: Incorporating Race and Gender into the Organizational Communication Course," Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, GA, October 1991.