SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
PENN STATE BEHREND
170 KOCHEL CENTER
ERIE, PA 16563
Biography
Dr. David H. Kahl Jr. is a professor of communication at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He received a B.A. in economics from Concordia College, MN, and a Ph.D. in communication from North Dakota State University. Because of his interests in pedagogy and learning, he conducts research in the areas of communication education, instructional communication, and critical communication pedagogy.
Dr. Kahl has published articles in regional, national, and international journals, and seeks to apply his research to his teaching. Dr. Kahl has presented his research at a variety of conferences, and has received awards for his work at both the regional and national levels.
Courses Taught
- CAS 100A, Effective Speech
- CAS 100H, Effective Speech
- CAS 212, Professional Public Speaking
- CAS 250, Small Group Communication
- CAS 360, Communication for Teachers
- CAS 450W, Group Communication Theory and Research
- CAS/WMNST 455: Gender Roles in Communication
Research Interests
Critical Communication Pedagogy, Neoliberalism, Autoethography, Critical Assessment, Special Populations of Students, Communication Education
Publications
Foreword - 2025
Post-truth's effect on the brain and the future self: A critical communication pedagogy response, Journal of Communication Pedagogy - 2024
Responding to neoliberal individualism: Developing an ethic of empathy through critical communication pedagogy, Journal of Communication Pedagogy - 2023
Pedagogies of post-truth - 2022
Collaborator: Ahmet Atay
Countering the service-learning privilege problem through critical communication pedagogy and critical assessment, Journal of Communication Pedagogy - 2022
Collaborators: Ahmet Atay; Najla Amundson
Editor's introduction: Communication Teacher's impact as a journal of applied and translational scholarship, Communication Teacher - 2022
Mentoring new faculty in an age of neoliberalism - 2021
Resisting the detrimental effects of grade inflation on university faculty and students through critical communication pedagogy - 2021
Editor's introduction and reflection: Recognizing economic hegemony as a communication pedagogy issue, Communication Teacher - 2021
Mitigating pedagogical marginalization: Critically assessing the use of mediated communication with special populations of students - 2020
Editor’s introduction: Reflecting on Communication Teacher’s pedagogical influence on the discipline, Communication Teacher - 2020
Challenging neoliberal justification for labor exploitation through the application of critical communication pedagogy, Communication Teacher - 2019
Autoethnography as a catalyst for pedagogical change for special populations of students - 2018
Resisting the influence of neoliberalism on millennial faculty through critical communication pedagogy and critical mentoring - 2018
Teaching from the heart: Critical communication pedagogy in the communication classroom - 2018
Creating critical objectives and assessments using a critical communication pedagogical framework, Communication Teacher - 2018
Critical communication pedagogy as a response to the petroleum industry's neoliberal communicative practices, Communication Teacher - 2018
Addressing the challenges of critical communication pedagogy scholarship: Moving toward an applied agenda, Journal of Applied Communication Research - 2017
Envisioning instructional communication research as a multi-paradigmatic response to neoliberalism's effect on instruction, Communication Education - 2017
Men's rights activists and the Ray Rice domestic violence case: Using critical communication pedagogy to counter hegemonic masculinity, Discourse: The Journal of the Speech Communication Association of South Dakota - 2016
Analyzing masculinist movements: Responding to antifeminism through critical communication pedagogy, Communication Teacher - 2015
Enhancing the immediacy behaviors of prospective teachers: Using children's books as a pedagogical tool, Journal of the Communication, Speech & Theatre Association of North Dakota - 2015
The classroom as a space of resistance: Disrupting neoliberal politics through critical communication pedagogy, Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier - 2015
Basic course central student learning outcomes: Enhancing the traditional with the critical, Basic Communication Course Annual - 2014
High school public speaking curriculum: Assessment through student voice, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication - 2014
Critical communication pedagogy and assessment: Reconciling two seemingly incongruous ideas, International Journal of Communication - 2013
Viewing critical communication pedagogy through a cinematic lens, Communication Teacher - 2013
Power in the classroom: How do teachers use it?, Communication Currents - 2013
Learning with gadgets: Teaching persuasive strategies through student-created infomercials, Communication Teacher - 2012
Navigating the doctoral experience: The role of social support in successful degree completion, International Journal of Doctoral Studies - 2012
Collaborator: Dharmananda Jairam
Communicators speak, Communication Currents - 2012
Autoethnography as pragmatic scholarship: Moving critical communication pedagogy from ideology to praxis, International Journal of Communication - 2011
Practical advice from communication experts, Communication Currents - 2011
Practical advice from communication experts: Communication resolutions for 2012, Communication Currents - 2011
Connecting autoethnography with service learning: A critical communication pedagogical approach, Communication Teacher - 2010
Making a difference: (Re)connecting communication scholarship with pedagogy, Journal of Applied Communication Research - 2010
To lecture or let go: A comparative analysis of student speech outlines from teacher-centered and learner-centered classrooms, Communication Teacher - 2010
Collaborator: Steven Venette
Practical advice from communicating about "back-to-school jitters", Communication Currents - 2010
Communicating/muting date rape: A co-cultural theoretical analysis of communication factors contributing to rape culture on a college campus, Journal of Applied Communication Research - 2009
Collaborators: Ann Burnett; Jody Mattern; Liliana Herakova; Cloy Tobola; Susan Bornsen
How date rape is communicated on campus, Communication Currents - 2009
Collaborator: Ann Burnett
At home among strangers: The acculturation process of female African refugees in the Upper Midwest, Iowa Journal of Communication - 2007
Collaborators: Lori DeWitt; Judy Pearson; Adam Tyma; Kelly Wolf
Facing the fear: An analysis of speech-anxiety content in public-speaking textbooks, Communication Research Reports - 2007
Collaborators: Judy Pearson; Jeffrey Child; Lori DeWitt
Preparation meeting opportunity: How do college students prepare for public speeches?, Communication Quarterly - 2006
Collaborators: Judy Pearson; Jeffrey Child
What are students being taught about ethics in public speaking textbooks?, Communication Quarterly - 2006
Collaborators: Judy Pearson; Jeffrey Child; Jody Mattern
Education
Ph D, Communication, North Dakota State University
Graduate College Teaching Certificate, College Teaching, North Dakota State University
BA, Economics, Concordia College