Keys to Healthy Communication

Bobby R. Patton, Ph.D. is a retired university administrator and Communication Studies Professor (University of Kansas, California State University-Los Angeles, Wichita State University and University of Central Missouri). Patton co-authored with Kim Giffin numerous college textbooks including the first textbooks on interpersonal communication for undergraduates, Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication and Basic Readings in Interpersonal Communication, Harper and Row, which stimulated the development of courses around the country and was adopted by over 350 colleges and universities. He co-authored numerous other works including Problem-Solving Group Interaction, Interpersonal Communication in Action, Personal Communication in Human Relations, Decision-Making Group Interaction, and edited an interpersonal communication series of 8 texts. He wrote with Bonnie Patton the first gender communication textbook, Living Together: Female-Male Communication.He is the recipient of numerous national and regional awards including the prestigious Robert J. Kibler Award presented by the National Communication Association and the Broadcasting Center at the University of Central Missouri where he was President (1999-2005) bears his name. Since his retirement he has been active on national boards including the National Communication Association Finance Board and returns to his passion: writing on communication topics.