Joan E. Aitken

Joan E. Aitken, Ed.D. is Professor, Arts and Communication, Park University in Kansas City. She joined the Park faculty in 2005 after teaching communication studies at the University of Missouri, University of Louisiana, and University of Arkansas.

Books

*Interpersonal Concepts and Competences, by Berko, Aitken, and Wolvin, Rowman & Littlefield Press.

*Prisoners Paroled to the Violent Streets Describe Their Lives to Us, by Sharp and Aitken, Mellen Press.

*Cases on Online Discussion and Interaction, by Shedletsky and Aitken, IGI Global Press.

*Communicating: A Social, Career, and Cultural Focus. Berko, R. M., Wolvin, A. D., Wolvin, D. R. & Aitken, J. E. (12th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon, Pearson.

*Communication Technology for Students in Special Education or Gifted Programs. Aitken, J. E., Fairley, J. P., & Carlson, J. K. (Eds.) Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

*Cases on Communication Technology for Second Language Acquisition and Learning

(Ed.) Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Aitken has authored five instructor's manuals (three in the second edition or later), provided Web development for four publishers, and published 50 articles and reports. Aitken was editor of the National Communication Association's The Communication Teacher and served on the editorial board of NCA's Communication Education. She has obtained $3.5 million in competitive grant funding, including $1.5 million as the primary grant writer and others as a collaborative team member. Aitken has worked internationally in Jamaica and the People's Republic of China.