Marcia Everett, Ph.D.
Director of The College Experience; Director of Communication, Visual, and Performing Arts Programs, Humanities, Education, & Ministry
Professor of Communication Arts
About Marcia Everett
Marcia Everett is a professor of communication and program director of communication arts and digital arts, and serves as the director of The College Experience. She loves the discipline of communication studies, in part because what is studied and explored enables students to live more faithfully in relationships, work, and worship. Working with students through The College Experience has cultivated her interest in and research about the first-year experience. She has two adult children and lives in an old house in Canton that they fixed up. She enjoys hiking, travel, cooking, trying new restaurants, reading, coffee, and spending time with friends.
Education
- Ph.D., Kent State University
- M.S., The Pennsylvania State University
- B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute at State University
AWARDS
- 2013 Distinguished Faculty Award for Service; 2009 Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
Classes I Teach
- Theory and Practice of Groups
- Communication Theory
- Conflict and Communication
- Interpersonal Communication
- Gender and Communication
- Intercultural Communication
- Communication Skills
- Senior Capstone
- The College Experience
- Honors Seminar: Food, Table and Community
Signature Experiences
- Director, GEN 100 The College Experience
- Co-leader for Service Learning trips to Kenya (2018, 2022, 2024)
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
Everett, M. K. (2023). “I Never Would Have Talked to This Person”: The Power of an Assignment to Encourage Engagement, Journal of Christian Higher Education, 22:3-4, 212-230
Hollenbaugh, E. E., & Everett, M. K. (2019). Can bloggers accurately report their self-disclosure behaviors? An equivalence test of self-report and content analysis data. AURCO Journal, 25, 108-126.
Everett, M. K. (Ed.). (2024). GEN 100: A Readings textbook for the college experience. Acton, MA: Tapestry Press. (also annual editions 1995-2024)
Everett, M. K., Case, J. R. & Welling, J. (2017). Malone University. In T.L. Skipper, (Ed.), What makes the first-year seminar high impact?: An exploration of effective educational practices, Research Reports on College Transitions. Columbia, SC: National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition.