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Dr. Tom Workman

Assistant Professor, Communications Studies

Office: 1084-S
Office: (713) 221-8952
Cell: 832-392-1224
Fax: (713) 221-2704
E-mail: WorkmanT@uhd.edu




Courses taught:

Introduction to Communication
Public Relations Writing
Research in Communication
Health Communication
Political Communication
Public Deliberation
Communication in Conflict

Research Focus:

Environmental/Ecological Health, Culture and Health
Alcohol, Other Drug and Violence Prevention in Higher Education

Professional Activities :

• Chair, NASPA AOD Knowledge Community
• Member of Review Group, U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Other Drug and Violence Prevention
• Member, International Advisory Council for the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy
• Community Coach, Bloomington-Normal (IL) Campus-Community Coalition (contract with Chestnut Health Systems)
• Associate, Baylor University College of Medicine Center for Collaborative and Interactive Technology
• Co-Director, UHD Center for Public Deliberation (pending)
• Reviewer, Health Communication and Communication Quarterly

Workman, T.A. (2006, May). Beyond support: The power of a champion administrator to help reduce alcohol problems on campus. NetResults On-Line Journal, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).

Newman, I.M., Shell, D.F., Major, L.J., and Workman, T.A. (2006). Use of policy, education, and enforcement to reduce binge drinking among university students: The NU Directions project. International Journal of Drug Policy, 17: 339 - 349.

Workman, T.A. (2006). Toward "Shared Responsibility:" Designing Environmental Messages for Local Stakeholders. In R. Chapman (Ed.) When they drink: A practitioner's guide to preventing substance abuse among college students. Rowan University: Grant-funded publication for the New Jersey Department of Health.

Workman, T.A. (2005a). Death as representative anecdote in the construction of the collegiate binge drinking problem. In L.M. Harter, P.M. Japp, and C.S. Beck (Eds.) Constructing our health: The implications of narrative for enacting illness and wellness. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates, Inc.

Workman, T.A. (2005b). Drinking stories as learning tools: Socially situated experiential learning and popular culture. In L. Lederman and L.P. Stewart (Eds.), Changing the culture of college drinking: A socially situated health communication campaign. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press

Workman, T.A. (2001). Finding the meanings of college drinking: An analysis of fraternity drinking stories. Health Communication, 13 (2), 427-448.

Workman, T. A. (2000). Pleasure versus Public Health: Controlling Collegiate Binge Drinking. In A. Thio & T. Calhoun (Eds.). Readings in deviant behavior (2nd ed.). (pp. 137-144). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Major, L. and Workman, T.A. (2000). Campus-community solutions to collegiate high-risk drinking. Metropolitan Universities, 11, 63-70.