WILLIAM F. OWEN
2012
Professor
Department of Communication Studies
California State University
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6070
(916) 278-5308
EDUCATION:
1982Doctor of Philosophy (3.8 GPA)
University of Washington, Speech Communication
Emphases:Interpersonal & Small Group Communication,
Family Communication, Interpretive Research
1977Master of Education (3.8 GPA)
University of Hawaii, Curriculum & Instruction
Emphases:Interpersonal Communication, Speech Education
1976Bachelor of Education (With Distinction, 3.9 GPA)
University of Hawaii, Curriculum & Instruction
Emphases:Speech Education, English Education
FIELDS OF INTEREST:
Interpersonal & Relational Communication
Discourse & Conversation Analysis
Small Group Discussion & Decision-Making
Creative Writing for Interpersonal Development
VETERAN:
United State Marine Corps (1967-1971)
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
1995-Professor of Communication Studies
PresentCalifornia State University, Sacramento
1990-Associate Professor of Communication Studies
1995California State University, Sacramento (Tenured in 1993)
1982-Associate Professor of Speech Communication
1990Texas A&M University(Tenured in 1988)
Courses Taught: (Graduate*)
Principles of CommunicationPublic Speaking
Group DiscussionCommunication Experience
Interpersonal Communication SkillsGroup Facilitation Practicum
Metaphor & Interpersonal Com.English Language Skills
Speech, Individual & SocietyTheories of Interpersonal Com.
Presentational Speaking inSenior Seminar in
the Organization Interpersonal Communication
*Interpretive Approaches in*Conversation Analysis
Communication Research*Dyadic Communication
*Communication Theory
Publications And Professional Activities:
Interpersonal/Group Publications: (All Individually Authored)
1996"The Metaphor of Line: Some Geometric Meanings in Personal
Relationships," The Speech Communication Annual, X.
1993"Metaphors in Accounts of Romantic Relationship Terminations,"
in P.J. Kalbfleisch (Ed.), Interpersonal Communication: Evolving
Interpersonal Relationships, (Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum), 411-
441.
1990"Delimiting Relational Metaphors," Communication Studies, 41
(1990), 35-53.
1990Review of J. Shotter and K. Gergen (Eds.), Texts of Identity, (London:
Sage, 1989), Quarterly Journal of Speech, 76 (1990), 212-214.
1989"Image Metaphors of Women and Men in Personal Relationships,"
Women's Studies in Communication, 12 (1989), 37-57.
1989Review of M. Roloff and G.R. Miller (Eds.), Interpersonal Processes:
New Directions in Communication Research, (Newbury Park, CA:
Sage, 1987), Southern Communication Journal, 54 (1989), 206-208.
1988"Identifying and Disclosing Intentions," The Speech Communication
Teacher, 2 (1988), 2-3.
1987"Mutual Interaction of Discourse Structures and Relational Pragmatics
in Conversational Influence Attempts," Southern Speech
Communication Journal, 52 (1987), 103-127. [Lead Article].
1987"The Verbal Expression of Love by Women and Men as a Critical
Communication Event," Women's Studies in Communication, 10
(1987), 15-24.
1987"Metaphorical Distance and Spatial Orientation in Speech:
Teaching Some Subtleties of Conversation," Reading Improvement,
24 (1987), 58-61.
1986"Rhetorical Themes of Emergent Female Leaders," Small Group
Behavior: An International Journal of Therapy, Counseling and
Training, 17 (1986), 475-486.
1986"Metaphor Analysis of Cohesiveness in Small Discussion Groups,"
Small Group Behavior: An International Journal of Therapy, Counseling
and Training, 17 (1986), 475-486.
1985"Thematic Metaphors in Relational Communication: A Conceptual
Framework," Western Journal of Speech Communication, 49 (1985),
1-13. [Lead Article].
1984"Interpretive Themes in Relational Communication," Quarterly Journal
of Speech, 70 (1984), 274-287.
1984"Teacher Classroom Management Communication: A Qualitative Case
Study," Communication Education, 33 (1984), 137-142.
1984"Toward A Sensory Education: Sensation As Metaphor," Education,
105 (Fall 1984), 79-81.
1982"Toward a Pragmatic Logic of Questioning: The Deletion Question
Technique," The Communicator, 12 (1982), 69-80.
1980"Conjugal-Social Network Analysis," Communication, 9 (1980),
36-45.
1979"Interpersonal Communication Competence: A Transcultural Model,"
Speech Education, 7 (1979), 1-12. [Lead Article].
Service To The Discipline:
2006Book Review for Allyn & Bacon Publishing
2000WSCA Panel Moderator/Respondent
1993Editorial Board of the National Journal Journal of Applied
toCommunication Research
1996
1990Editorial Board of the National Journal Communication Education.
to
1996
1993Steering Committee for the Legislative Assembly of the Western
States Communication Association
1983Manuscript Reviewer for: Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication
toMonographs, Communication Yearbook, Journal of Social and
1994Personal Relationships, Western Journal of Speech Communication,
Southern Communication Journal, Southern Illinois University
Press and Seven Textbook Publishers
1989Respondent on Two Panels at Southern States Communication
Association Convention.
1987Chair of Language Behavior Division of Southern States
Communication Association.
1985Manuscript Reviewer and Chair of Competitive Panel at Southern
States Communication Association Convention.
1983Editorial Board of the National Journal Education.
to
1986
HONORS:
1989University Honors Program Teacher/Scholar of the Year
Texas A&M University
1977Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society
University of Hawaii
1976Bachelor of Education with Distinction
University of Hawaii
Publications and Activities for Creative Writing:
2010Small Events: Second Expanded Edition, EBook
2010Haiku Notebook: Second Edition, EBook
2007Small Events: Haibun by W.F. Owen,Red Moon Press. [Best
Haibun Book Award from the Haiku Society of America]
2007Haiku Notebook, Lulu Press
2006Book Review for Modern Haiku
2006Editor and Contributor, Tangled in Dreams, a book of haibun
Published by Leaning Bamboo Press
2005Editor, If I Met Basho, a book of poems
Published by Two Autumns Press
2005Poems in the Red Moon Anthology of best English-Language Haiku,
Senryuand Haibun
2005Editor, Feel of the Handrail, a book of poems
published by Leaning Bamboo Press
2004Poems in the Red Moon Anthology of best English-Language Haiku,
Senryuand Haibun
2004First Place, Harold Henderson Haiku Contest
Sponsored by the Haiku Society of America
2004Third Place, San Francisco Haiku Poetry Contest Sponsored by the
Haiku Poets of Northern California
2003First Place, Gerald Brady Senryu Poetry Contest Sponsored by the
Haiku Society of America
2003Member of Panel Discussion on Haibun Writing, Conference of
the Haiku Society of America
2003Reader at the Annual Two Autumns Haiku Reading and co-author of
theaccompanying book (One Hundred Gourds) Sponsored by
theHaiku Poets of Northern California
2003Reader and co-organizer of City of Folsom Humanities poetry reading
2003Poems in the Red Moon Anthology of best English-Language Haiku,
Senryuand Haibun
2003Two Haibun (and one Haiga) in Contemporary Haibun
2002First Place, Gerald Brady Senryu Poetry Contest Sponsored by the
Haiku Society of America
2002Poems and Haibun in the Red Moon Anthology of best English-
Language Haiku, Senryu and Haibun
2002Two Haibun (and two Haiga) in American Haibun & Haiga
2002Reader and co-organizer of City of Folsom Humanities poetry reading
2001Co-editor and contributor of blink, a book of haiku, senryu and haibun
2001Second Place (and one Honorable Mention), Gerald Brady Senryu
Poetry Contest Sponsored by the Haiku Society of America
2001Third Place, Harold Henderson Haiku Contest
Sponsored by the Haiku Society of America
2001Two Haibun in American Haibun & Haiga
2001Poems and Haibun in the Red Moon Anthology of best English-
Language Haiku, Senryu and Haibun
2001Featured Poet in A New Resonance 2 (Red Moon Press)
2000Featured Poet in Haiku Headlines
1999Co-Founder & President of the Central Valley Haiku Club
1998-Published several hundred Haiku, Senryu and Haibun in such journals
as: Acorn, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, bottlerockets, Mayfly, Haiku
Headlines & Mariposa