Professor of Communication
Dave Seibold is a Professor of Communication at UC Santa Barbara. Dave has published more than 100 research papers, and delivered more than 200 conference papers and scholarly presentations, in four areas that represent his continuing research interests: communication and interpersonal influence (persuasion, compliance-gaining, motivation), group communication (structuration of decision making, argument and influence processes, facilitation of meetings, problem-solving techniques), organizational communication (participation structures and processes, temporality in workgroups, communication technologies, innovation and organizational change, management and strategic communication), and applied communication (bridging theory and practice, organizational development, evaluation of health communication programs). Recipient of more than a dozen “top paper” awards at conferences, his published research has been recognized by the National Communication Association with Golden Anniversary Monograph Awards in 1976, 1981, and 1986, and the Charles Woolbert Research Award in 1989 for research that has stood the test of time. He also was the 1999 recipient of the Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship. In 2004 Davewas named a Distinguished Scholar by the National Communication Association, its highest award for a lifetime of scholarly achievement.
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