Cindy L. Berryman-Fink

Having received her Ph.D. in interpersonal and public communication from Bowling Green State University, Cynthia Berryman-Fink teaches courses in gender communication, organizational communication, organizational diversity, applied communication research methods and interpersonal communication. Her program of research examines gender-related communication practices in organizational and interpersonal contexts: perceptions and preventions of sexually harassing communication; attributions of communication competence of women managers; and communication styles in managing conflict. Among the books she has authored, co-authored or co-edited are Communication, Language, and Sex (1980); Research in Speech Communication (1981); The Manager's Desk Reference (1989 & 1996); Communication and Sex-Role Socialization (1993), and Inter-Act, 11th ed. (2006). Professor Berryman-Fink has published numerous articles in communication, psychology, personnel, and education journals, and has served as a consultant to many companies, professional associations, and governmental institutions, including Procter & Gamble, Marathon Oil Company, Cincinnati Bell, International Paper, the Drees Company, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Internal Revenue Service. She headed the Department of Communication from 1987-1992, and served as Acting Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs from 1994-1996 Acting Head of the Department of Judaic Studies in 2003-04, and Interim Dean of McMi cken College of Arts and Sciences in 2007. She served as president of the Central States Communication Association in 2001 and was co-founder of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender in 1978. She has received a teaching award from the Central States Communication Association (1983), the UC Just Community Award (1999) awards from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender (2002 & 2005) and the UC Panhellic Professor of the Year Award (2006).

B.A.: Bridgewater State College Bridgewater, MA, (History Education)

M.A.: Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH, (Communication)

Ph.D.: Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH, (Communication)

1999 -2003 University of Cincinnati The Women's Leadership Program $186,000 Type:Grant

1993 University of Cincinnati Print, Video, and Interactive Video Resources for Oral Communication Across the Curriculum $4,000 Type:Grant

1991 University of Cincinnati Friends of Women's Studies Organizational Culture: Male and Female Experiences $250 Type:Grant

1986 University of Cincinnati Research Council Conflict Management Styles in Enduring Relationships: Exploration of Gender Differences Through Account Analysis $2,200 Type:Grant

1985 University of Cincinnati Research Council Conflict Management Styles in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Dyads $400 Type:Grant

1982 University of Cincinnati Summer Faculty Research Fellowship Perceptions of Women's Communication Skills Related to Managerial Effectiveness $2,500 Type:Grant

1979 University of Cincinnati Research Council Attitudes Toward the Term Feminist: Development of a Scale $565 Type:Grant

Book

Kathleen Verderber, Rudolph Verderber, and Cynthia Berryman-Fink. Inter-Act (11th edition). New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Charles B. Fink. The Manager's Desk Reference (2nd Edition). New York: AMACOM, 1996.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink, Deborah Ballard-Reisch, and Lisa H. Newman. Communication and Sex-Role Socialization. New York: Garland Publishing Company, 1993.

Raymond K. Tucker, Richard L. Weaver, and Cynthia Berryman. Research in Speech Communication. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1980.

Cynthia L. Berryman and Virgina Eman. Communication, Language and Sex. Rowley, MA, 1979.

Review

C. Kramarae, J. C. Pearson, B. W. Eakins and R. G. Eakins. "Gender and Communication; Sex Differences in Human Communication; Communication Education." (1985).

J. W. Bowers and J. A. Courtright. "Communication Education."Rev. of Communication Research Methods (1985).

Book Chapter

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Included in Communication: Learning Climates that Cultivate Racial and Ethnic Diversity." Exploring Personal Prejudices: An Activity to Develop. Ed. J. S. Trent., 2002. 148.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Communication: Views from the Helm for the 21st Century." Introduction to "At The Helm in Gender Studies in Communication, ". Ed. J.S. Trent., 1998. 169.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Mending the Cracks in the Ivory Tower." Can We Agree to Disagree: Managing Faculty-Faculty Conflict. Ed. S. A. Holton., 1997. 141.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Organizational Communication: Theory and Behavior." Issues: Management Style, Mobility, and Harassment. Ed. Peggy Yuhas Byers., 1997. 259.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Women and Work: A Handbook." Corporate Programs for Preventing Sexual Harassment. Ed. P. J. Dubeck and K. Borman., 1996. 371.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Claire C. Brunner. "Communication: Readings in Theory and Research." The Effects of Sex of Source and Target on Interpersonal. Ed. M. V. Redmond., 1995.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Differences That Make A Difference: Examining the Assumptions." Communication Competencies of Women Employees: A Comparison of Self-Ratings with Other-Ratings. Ed. L. H. Turner and H. M. Sterk., 1994. 5.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Sexual Harassment: Communication Implications." Preventing Sexual Harassment Through Male-Female Communication Training. Ed. G. L. Kreps., 1993. 267.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink, Mary A. Heintz, Marc Steven Lowy, Monica Louise Seebohm, and Virginia Eman Wheeless. "Advances in Gender and Communication Research." Perceptions of Women as Managers: Individual and Organizational Implications. Ed. L. B. Nadler, M. K. Nadler, and W. R. Todd-Mancillas., 1987. 3.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Virginia Eman Wheeless. "Communication, Gender, and Sex-Roles in Diverse Interaction Contexts." Male and Female Perceptions of Women as Managers. Ed. L. Stewart and S. Ting-Toomey., 1987. 85.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Kathleen S. Verderber. "Proceedings of the Second and Third Annual Conferences on Communication, Language, and Gender." Attitudes Toward the Term Feminist: The Development of a Scale. Ed. L. E. Larmer and M. K. Badami., 1982. 60.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Communication Education." Communication Instruction in a Lifelong Learning Program., 1982. 349.

Cynthia L. Berryman. "Proceedings of the Speech Communication Association Summer Conference." The Language of Women as a Reflection of the Image of Women in a Mass-Circulation Magazine., 1975. 56.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Reducing Prejudice on Campus: The Role of Intergroup Contact in Diversity Education ." College Student Journal 40 (2006): 511-515.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Reducing Prejudice on Campus: The Role of Intergroup Contact in Diversity Education." College Student Journal 40 (2006): 511.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink, Brenda LeMaster, and Kristi Nelson. "The Women's Leadership Program at the University of Cincinnati: A Case Study." Liberal Education 89 (2003): 3-7.

Berryman-Fink, Cynthia. "Presidential reflections." Communication Studies (2002): 91-96.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Women's Responses to Sexual Harassment at Work: Organizational Policy Versus Employee Practice." Employment Relations Today (2001): 57.

Berryman-Fink, Cynthia, and Riley, Kimberly Vanove. "The effect of sex and feminist orientation on perceptions in sexually harassing communication." Women 20 (1997): 25.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink, Claire Brunner, and Teresa Chandler. "Issues in the Study of Interpersonal Conflict Management Behavior." Ohio Speech Journal (1988): 26.

Berryman-Fink, Cynthia, and Brunner, Claire C. "The effects of sex of source and target on interpersonal conflict management styles." Southern Speech Communication Journal 53 (1987): 38, 48.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "The Role of Communication in Adult Education." Ohio Speech Journal (1986): 59.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Male and Female Managers' Views of the Communication Skills and Training Needs of Women in Management." Public Personnel Management 14 (1985): 307.

Virginia Eman Wheeless and Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Perceptions of Women Managers and their Communicator Competencies." Communication Quarterly 33 (1985): 137.

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 (1985): 51.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Charles B. Fink. "Optimal Training for Opposite-Sex Managers." Training and Development Journal 39 (1985): 27.

Wheeless, Virginia Eman, and Berryman-Fink, Cynthia. "Perceptions of women managers and their communicator competencies." Communication Quarterly 33 (1985): 137, 148.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Sex-Stereotyping and Communications." Personnel Journal (1983): 502.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink and James R. Wilcox. "A Multivariate Investigation of Perceptual Attributions Concerning Gender Appropriateness in Language." Sex Roles: A Journal of Research (1983): 663.

Virginia Eman Wheeless, Cynthia Berryman-Fink, and Denise Serafini. "The Use of Gender-Specific Pronouns in the 1980's." The Encoder (1982): 35.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Communication Instruction in a Lifelong Learning Program." Communication Education 31 (1982): 349.

Berryman-Fink, Cynthia. "Communication instruction in a lifelong learning program." Communication Education 31 (1982): 349.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink. "Communication Instruction in a Lifelong Learning Program." Communication Education (1982): 349.

Berryman-Fink, Cynthia, and Pederson, Lucille. "Testing the effects of a competency-based interpersonal communication course." Southern Speech Communication Journal 46 (1981): 251, 262.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink and Lucille M. Pederson. "Testing the Effects of a Competency-Based Interpersonal Communication Course." The Southern Speech Communication Journal (1981): 251.

The Southern Speech Communication Journal. "Attitudes Toward Male and Female Speech:Experiments on the Effects of Sex-Typical Language." Western Journal of Speech Communication 44 (1980): 50.

Jeffrey Schein and Cynthia L. Berryman. "Gaze Aversion as Affected by Sex of Interviewer, Sex of Subject, and Intimacy of Topic." Ohio Speech Journal (1980): 13.

Berryman-Fink, Cynthia, and Wilcox, James R. "Attitudes toward male and female speech: experiments on the effects of sex-typical language." Western Journal of Speech Communication 44 (1980): 50, 59.

Cynthia L. Berryman. "Instructional Materials for Teaching a Course in 'Women and Communication'." Communication Education 28 (1979): 217.

Cynthia L. Berryman. "Teaching Public Speaking Through Exercises and Games." Ohio Speech Journal (1978): 59.

Carolyn Hoffman, Cynthia L. Berryman, and Richard L. Weaver, II. "Modularization in the Basic Communication Course." Communication Education (1976): 258.

Cynthia Berryman-Fink, Brenda J. lemaster, Kristi A. Nelson. "The Women's Leadership Program" A Case Study." Liberal Education 89: 3.

Invited Presentations

(10-2007. ) Resisting media images of aging .Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender,

(04-2006. ) Emphasizing Marginalized Voices and Non-Dominant Perspectives in Organizational .Central States Communication Association,

(10-2004. ) Narratives of Aunts and Aunting in Feminist Lives," Organization For the Study of Communication .Language and Gender, Notre Dame, IN.

(05-2004. ) Where Would We Be Without Title IX? .American Association of Women, Cincinnati, OH.

(04-2003. ) Graduate Student Debut Program .Central States Communication Association, Omaha, NE.

(11-2002. ) 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.

(11-2002. ) Growing Your Own Administrators: The Women's Leadership Project .National Communication Association, Seattle, WA.

(10-2002. ) Feminist Pedagogy .Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Minneapolis, MN.

(04-2002. ) Included in Communication: Learning Climates that Cultivate .Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI.

(04-2002. ) Remembering the Legacy: An Oral History of the Central States Communication Association .Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI.

(with A. Bley & A. Hardig) (10-2001. ) 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.

(11-2000. ) An Administrative Perspective on Promotion and Tenure: Issues of Gender .National Communication Association, Seattle, WA.

(11-1999. ) Coloring Outside the Lines: Organizational Communication Textbooks Through the Decades .National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

(10-1998. ) Factors Affecting Female Scholars and Gender-Studies Scholarship .Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Portland, ME.

(11-1997. ) Male Communication Problems in the Business World .National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

(11-1996. ) At the Helm in Gender Studies and Communication .Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA.

(11-1996. ) Practicing Feminism: Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Sexual Harassment Research .Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA.

(11-1994. ) Strategies to Address the Devaluing of Women and their Work .Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

(10-1992. ) 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.

(10-1991. ) Issues for Women Administrators in Higher Education .Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, Milwaukee, WI.

(10-1991. ) Developing Multicultural Awareness: The University of Cincinnati Experience .Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, Cincinnati, OH.

(10-1983. ) Analyzing Interpersonal Communication Applications in the Professions .Speech Communication Association of Ohio, Columbus, OH.

(10-1983. ) The Blooming, Buzzing World of Interpersonal Communication: States, Traits, Skills, and Theory .Speech Communication Association of Ohio, Columbus, OH.

(11-1981. ) Words as Spoken by Women and Men .Speech Communication Association, Anaheim, CA.

(04-1980. ) The Mentoring Process .Central States Speech Association, Chicago, IL.

(04-1979. ) Expanding Horizons for the Mature Woman Through Communication Training .Central States Speech Association, St. Louis, MO.

Paper Presentations

(10-2006. ) Testing the Second Shift: What Factors Affect Domestic Workload and the Division of Household .St. Louis.

(with T. Sabourin & L. H. Newman) (10-2004. ) Feminist Mothers and their Sons: A Study of Reflexive Identities .Notre Dame, IN.

(with A.Bley & A. Hardig) (10-2001. ) Reducing Prejudice Based on Race, Sex, and Sexual Orientation: Testing the Contact .San Diego, CA.

(with G. Moussa) (10-2000. ) Relational Dialectics in Marital Relationships: An Analysis of Gender .Milwaukee, WI.

(11-1998. ) The Role of Faculty as Internal Consultants in their Colleges and Universities .New York, NY.

(10-1998. ) Positioning the Other: The Discourse of Power in an Urban Public Hospital .Portland, ME.

(with S. Betz, K. Marlott & L. Rohrig) (10-1997. ) Women's Responses to Sexual Harassment: The Effect of Employment Status and Prior Sexual Harassment Experience .Chicago, IL.

(with K.Vanover) (10-1995. ) The Role of Gender and Feminism in Perceptions of Sexual and Sexually Harassing Communication .Minneapolis, MN.

(with K. S. Verderber) (11-1994. ) Attributions Toward the Term Feminist: A Replication and Extension .New Orleans, LA.

(11-1993. ) A Comparison of Self-Report and Behavioral Measures of Interpersonal Conflict Management Styles .Miami Beach, FL.

(10-1993. ) Organizational Culture: Male and Female Experiences .Tempe, AZ.

(04-1993. ) Instructional Resources for Teaching a Course on Organizational Diversity .Lexington, KY.

(11-1992. ) Preventing Sexual Harassment Through Male-Female Communication Training .Chicago, IL.

(10-1992. ) Preventing Sexual Harassment Through Male-Female Communication Training .New York, NY.

(10-1991. ) Communication Competencies of Women Employees: The Role of Gender and Organizational Level of Rater and a Comparison of Self Versus Other's Ratings .Milwaukee, WI.

(with C. Brunner and T. Chandler) (10-1987. ) Issues in the Study of Interpersonal Conflict Management Behavior .Columbus, OH.

(with C. Brunner and T. Chandler) (05-1987. ) Coding Oral Accounts of Naturally-Occuring Conflicts: Effects of Sex of Actor, Sex of Target, and Type of Relationship on Interpersonal Conflict Mananagement Styles .Montreal, Canada.

(11-1985. ) The Role of Communication in Adult Education .Denver, CO.

(with C. M. Brunner) (11-1985. ) The Effects of Sex of Actor and Target on Interpersonal Conflict Management Styles .Denver, CO.

(with C. M. Brunner) (10-1985. ) The Effects of Sex of Actor and Target on Interpersonal Conflict Management Styles .Columbus, OH.

(with M. Heintz, M. Lowy, M. Seebohm, and V. E. Wheeless) (10-1985. ) Perceptions of Women as Managers: Individual and Organizational Implications .Lincoln, NE.

(with V. E.Wheeless) (1985. ) The Development and Validation of the Communication Competencies of Women Managers Scale .Denver, CO.

(with V. E. Wheeless) (02-1984. ) Effects of Attitudes Toward Women and Women in Management on Perceived Communication Competencies of Women Managers .Seattle, WA.

(with V. E. Wheeless) (10-1983. ) Perceptions of Women as Managers: Barriers, Personality Traits, and Communication Competence .New Brunswick, NJ.

(10-1982. ) Perceptions of Women's Communication Skills Related to Managerial Effectiveness .Athens, OH.

(10-1982. ) Communication Training as a Prevention to Sexual Harassment .Athens, OH.

(with K. S. Verderber) (10-1981. ) The Meaning of the Term Feminist: A Factor Analytic Development of a Measuring .Morgantown, WV.

(with V. E. Wheeless and D. Serafini) (10-1981. ) The Use of Gender-Specific Pronouns in the 1980's .Morgantown, WV.

(with L. M. Pederson) (10-1980. ) Testing the Effects of a Competency-Based Interpersonal Communication Course .Columbus, OH.

(with R. L. Weaver) (11-1979. ) A Survey of the Interpersonal Course at U. S. Colleges and Universities .San Antonio, TX.

(10-1979. ) Attitudes Toward Male and Female Sex-Appropriate and Sex-Inappropriate Language .Columbus, OH.

(with K. S. Verderber) (05-1979. ) Attitudes Toward the Term Feminist: The Development of a Scale .Madison, WS.

(05-1979. ) Instructional Materials for Teaching a Course in Women and Communication .Lawrence, KS.

(with J. R. Wilcox) (04-1979. ) A Multivariate Investigation of Perceptual Attributions Concerning Gender-Appropriateness in Language .St. Louis, MO.

(with D. Hilyard) (04-1979. ) The Organizational Society: A Simulation for Teaching Organizational Communication .St. Louis, MO.

(09-1978. ) Male/Female Comparisons of Career Development Dimensions: Do Females Fit the Stereotype .San Diego, CA.

(05-1978. ) Attitudes Toward Male and Female Sex-Appropriate and Sex-Inappropriate Language .Bowling Green, OH.

(with J. R. Wilcox) (04-1978. ) Sex and Language: An Overview of Effects and Implications .Chicago, IL.

(11-1976. ) Multi-Section and Mass-Lecture Basic Course .Boston, MA.

(with C. Bergen, T. Pistolessi, J. Lewis, and K. Gritzmacher) (10-1976. ) A Simulation: Communication with the Physically Handicapped .Columbus, OH.

(04-1975. ) The Language of Women as a Reflection of the Image of Women in a Mass-Circulation Magazine .Austin, TX.

Event Organized

"Issues Facing Department Chairs in Communication," Central States Communication Association 04-2000 Detroit, MI

"Teaching the College Course in Organizational Communication: Traditional and Contemporary Issues," 11-1997 Chicago, IL

"Great Ideas for Teaching Speech," Speech Communication Association 11-1996 San Diego, CA

"Organizational Diversity: Incorporating Race and Gender into the Organizational Communication Course," Speech Communication Association 10-1991 Atlanta, GA

"A Teacher's/Consultant's/Trainer's Guide for Developing Workshops on Male-Female Dynamics in the Organization," Speech Communication Association (with J. R. Wilcox and E. Wilcox) 11-1981 Anaheim, CA

Gender ,and diversity issues, of communication in workplace organizations and higher education

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