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Dr. Thompson is a professor in the Department of Applied Communication. She has been at this institution for 38 years. Before coming to 糖心Vlog传媒, Little Rock, she taught communication courses for medical professionals at the College of Pharmacy in St. Louis, Missouri. She also taught for several years at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. As a military brat, she spent her early years all over the world, so she experienced a variety of cultures and people. She has performed workshops and training in numerous places. Training allows her to supplement her knowledge in 鈥渁ction.鈥�

Ph.D. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Major: Speech Communication
Dissertation Title: Developing Children鈥檚 Communication through Performance

MA: Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois

BA: Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois

University of Arkansas, Rhetoric and Communication, Fayetteville, Arkansas

鈥淓xplaining Julian,鈥� with Julia Bolton Holloway, Florence, Italy, via Zoom. May 10, 2025

鈥淓valuating Approaches to Holistic/Alternative Integrative (HAI) Medicine: A Roundtable Discussion, National Communication Association, Seattle, WA, 2000.

鈥淪ubtle Paths of Resistance: Spiritual Manifestations of Soul,鈥� National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois, November, l999.

鈥淎 Metaphorical Analysis of Spirituality Among Yoga Practitioners, National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois, November, l999.

鈥淟ecture less Learning: No More Talking Heads!鈥� with Drs. Linda Pledger and Allan Ward, National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois, November, l999.

鈥淎 Poem of the Spirit: Using Metaphor to Understand Religious Perspectives,鈥� National Communication Association, New York, November, l998.

Arkansas Baptist Convention: Consolidation and Recommendations for Five Focus Groups,鈥� submitted to Mr. Jimmie Sheffield, Arkansas Southern Baptist Convention. Little Rock, AR, June l996.

鈥淗eaven and Hell by Gender: A metaphorical analysis of Men and Women鈥檚 view of God,鈥� with Dr. Allan Ward, Popular Culture Association, Las Vegas, NV, March l996.

鈥淪oap Operas and the Men Who Watch Them,鈥� with Drs. Allan Ward and Marceline Thompson, Popular Culture Association, Las Vegas, NV, March l996.

鈥淕eneration of a New Mythology, in Eisler鈥檚 terms,鈥� with Drs. Allan Ward and Byrd Gibbens, Popular Culture Association, Philadelphia, April, l995.

Abbreviated View of Research

Thompson, C. L. (2017-2026). The Jullian Page, Book Chapter:

Blackburn, B. O., Chatham-Carpenter, A. D., Thompson, C. L. (2025). Civic community listening: The nexus of storytelling and listening within civic communities. Community listening: Stories, hauntings, possibilities (pp. 153-173). University Press of Colorado.

Thompson, C. and Hayes, M. (2024). Thinking Makes It So: Reflections on Mind-Body Communication in an Online Course. Electronic Communication. Summer, 2024.

Thompson, C. and Hayes, M. and Chatham-Carpenter, A. (2024). Combining Collaboration with Making Predictions to Inspire Deep Learning. Collaborative Learning. In press.

Thompson, C. and Holloway, J. (2023). Searching for Julian of Norwich. (A part of the Rhetorical Outliers Series). Parlor Press. In process.

Thompson, C., and Chatham-Carpenter, A. (2020). Building relationships through pedagogy: Interpersonal communication in an honors rhetoric and communication course. Honors Communication: Contextual issues and lessons learned in teaching, advising, and mentoring the undergraduate honors students in communication. New York: Peter Lang.

Thompson, C., and Kleine, M. (2020). 鈥淎dapting Paulo Freire: Developing positive relationships鈥� in Interpersonal Perspectives on Improving Classroom Engagement and International Development Programs: Humanizing Higher Education. Little Rock: Emerald Publishing. (downloaded 602 times)

Thompson, C. (2020). Resituating Freire in an academic context. (6th ed.). Future of Education. .

Thompson, C., and Kleine, M. (2019). Freire in an institutional context: Building positive relationships. Pixel Online. Florence: Italy. ISBN code (978-88-85813-45-8) ISSN code (238409509).

Thompson, C. and Kleine, M. (2016). 鈥淯sing Literature to Explore Interpersonal Theory: Representation of Rhetorical Objectification and Oppression,鈥� Journal of Pedagogy. 7(2). (Downloaded 509 times)

Thompson, C., and Kleine, M. (2016). 鈥淩esituating Freire in an Academic Context,鈥� LibreriaUniversitaria, Future of Education, 2016. 6th Edition. ( also included in SCOPUS ( and in . .

Thompson, C., and Kleine, M. (2016). 鈥淧ossibilities and Problematics of Promoting a Liberatory Classroom in an Institutional Context: The University,鈥� published powerpoint. .

Thompson, C.L. and Kleine, M. (2016). 鈥淰aried Responses as a Means to the Richness of Discourse: Reading Tough Texts through Speaking and Writing,鈥� International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 10(1). Also available at .

Thompson, C.L. and Kleine, M. (2015). 鈥淎n Interdisciplinary Dialog about Teaching and Learning Dialogically,鈥� with Michael Kleine, published in Innovative Higher Education. 40(3).

Thompson, C. and Pledger, L (1996). Pharmacists as Counselors: Assessing Patient Knowledge of Medical Terminology,鈥� Submitted to Journal of Health Communication.

Thompson, C.L. and Kleine, M. (2015). 鈥淎n Interdisciplinary Dialog about Teaching and Learning Dialogically,鈥� with Michael Kleine, published in Innovative Higher Education. 40(3).

Thompson, C. and Pledger, L. (1996). Pharmacists as Counselors: Assessing Patient Knowledge of Medical Terminology,鈥� Submitted to Journal of Health Communication.

Thompson, C. (1993). Bridging the Information Gap, workbook materials and videotape for Arkansas Pharmacists Association.

Thompson, C. and Pledger, L. (1993). Doctor/Patient Communication: Is Patient Knowledge of Medical Terminology Improving?鈥� Peer-Reviewed Journal. Health Communication, Vol. 5, #2. (Winner of Academic Paper Award for Southern States Communication Association)

Co-Creator and Inaugural Co-Director, 2007-2011, for the Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ATLE), also known as The Teaching Academy. Carol Thompson, Michael Kleine, and Dave McAlpine founded this teaching academy after years of committee work with other faculty and research on the effectiveness of teaching centers.

Chaired the committee to require First-Year Experience Courses for incoming students at the University of Arkansas, Little Roc. Taught over 20 First-Year Experience courses to prepare incoming students for their role as students in an academic environment by introducing students to resources on campus and encouraging good study skills, test-taking, time management, and stress reduction.

Communication Across the Curriculum (OCC) with Linda Pledger and Allan Ward. Wrote Blue Ribbon Grants for several years totaling approximately $30,000. Held a series of workshops about incorporating communication into all courses, each for three years of funding.

Coordinator of Learning Communities, which are a series of two or more courses linked together鈥攕tudents are no longer strangers鈥攖hey get to know each other. Research shows this approach helps students persist in their education. 鈥淪tudents in learning communities persisted into the next year at considerably higher rates than did similar students in regular courses.鈥� (Tinto, 1993).

Director of 1300, the basic course in Speech Communication, University of Arkansas, l994-98.

John I. Sisco Excellence in Teaching Award, a regional award presented by the Southern States Communication Association, in Tampa FL, 2015.

Fulbright Scholar鈥檚 Award to teach in Pecs, Hungary, 2006 for 6 months. Taught 3 courses at the University of Pecs: conflict management, gender communication, and political communication: voices on the extreme left and right of American politics.

Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, given by the Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence, 2007.

Selected for the faculty exchange program, Karl Franz University, Graz, Austria, May 2003. 3 Weeks of instruction and lecturing in Austria.

Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, The Ted and Virginia Bailey Award, campus-wide.

Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Professional Studies. Awarded to one faculty member each year, college-wide. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock, March l994.

Faculty Contribution Award, Department of Speech Communication. Awarded to the faculty member who contributed to the department through service, research, and exemplary teaching. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock, l992-9Research Award. Top Three Paper in the Applied Division, Southern States Communication Association,

Patient Knowledge of Medical Terminology: A Re-examination,鈥� with Dr. Linda Pledger, April, l992.

Faculty Research Award. With Dr. Linda Pledger. Obtained a $3000 grant from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs to investigate 鈥淢edical Terminology: An Examination of the Understanding a Patient Has of Frequently Used Terms within a Pharmaceutical Setting.鈥� 1992.

Grant Awarded. Researched and submitted a $3000 research grant to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 糖心Vlog传媒LR, to investigate how pharmacists use medical terminology.

In the Department of Applied Communication

• Conflict Management
• Communication and Ethics
• Human Communication Concepts
• Interpersonal. Communication
• Nonverbal Communication
• Communicating with Differences
• Gender Communication
• Family Communication

In the University

• First Year Experience Course
• Scholars Program
• Learning Communities
• Faculty and Administration Oral Communication Across the Curriculum
• Customer Service Sessions, Admissions and Financial Aid
• Abbreviated View of ResearchThompson, C. L. (2017-2026). The Jullian Page, Book Chapter:

National and Community Teaching

• Americorps/Vista
• Deans (St. Johns Diocese Courses in public speaking, public reading, listening
• APAC: Certified Volunteer Managers, Certified Public Managers, Delta Service Corps, Fund Raisers
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• Town Meetings, Department of Human Services
• WIC/. Time Management, and Listening.
• Corporation for National Service

National Communication Association

Southern States Communication Association

International Communication Association

University Service

• Department Chair 2000-2005
• Campus-Wide Chancellor’s Diversity Committee
• Co-Editor, Applied Communication Newsletter, 2024, 2025,2026
• “Communication Matters” 6 radio spots for K糖心Vlog传媒R, 2015
• Search Committee, Dean of Honors College
• Baccalaureate Degree Committee
• Co-Director for the Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence, 2007-2011
• Chair, First Year Colloquium (CIE) effort. 2008-12010, FYC approved through Senate.
• Faculty Roles and Rewards II. Continuing Communication to describe appropriate faculty roles and rewards.
• Search Committee Selecting STAR Office Director
• Committee to Develop Service-Learning Scholars Program at 糖心Vlog传媒LR, 2007
• Curriculum Committee, College of Professional Studies, 2006-2007
• Committee to Form Teaching Academy at 糖心Vlog传媒, Little Rock
• New Faculty Orientation Speaker
• Hosted Book Discussions on campus
• University Committee for Strategic Planning

Community

• Water for Saline Country: A Tale of Two Futures. Water study task force
• Neighborhood Leadership Project
• Public Speaking in the Court System
• Listening for helping. Holy Souls Church

National

• Reviewer for Fulbright Teaching Grants
• Reviewer of Communicating Ethically
• Reviewer for Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission (2014 and 20200

University of Missouri, St. Louis, 1980-1982

St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 1982-1988

University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 1988-2026