Lance Lippert

Professor

School of Communication

Office

Fell Hall - FEL 464

Office Hours

Monday-Thursday 2:00-3:00 pm; Tuesday & Thursday 10:00-11:00: & by appointment.

Office Phone

(309) 438-7329office
phone

llipper@ilstu.eduemail

About
Awards & Honors
Research

Biography

He is the Program Coordinator for the Communication Studies Program in the School of Communication. Lance has published on topics in the areas of organizational, health, and instructional communication. He holds degrees from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and Fort Hays State University. He has consulted for various public, private, and governmental organizations including health care, small business, large and small corporations, education (higher education and K-12), and non-profits to help them improve organizational effectiveness. Presently, he teaches organizational communication, leadership communication, health communication, training & development, and qualitative research methods.

Current Courses

375Communication And Leadership

329Organizational Communication

388Senior Capstone: Communication Studies

329Organizational Communication

372Theory & Research In Intercultural Communication

Teaching Interests & Areas

Organizational Communication, Leadership Communication, Health Communication, Training & Development, and Qualitative Methods.

Research Interests & Areas

Workplace communication, civic & political engagement and pedagogy, applied communication, leadership communication, humor use in communication, communication in health care, instructional communication.

Comstock Graduate Faculty Mentoring Award

School of Communication

2011

Book, Edited

Lippert, L., Hall, R.D., Miller-Ott, A. E., & Davis, D. (Eds.) (2019). Communicating Mental Health: History, Concepts, & Perspectives. Lexington Books.

Blaney, J. R., Lippert, L. R., and Smith, J. S. (Eds.). (2013). Repairing the Athlete's Image: Studies in Sports Image Restoration. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Journal Article

Gyamfi, P.A., Lippert, L., Baldwin, J.R., & Hooker, J.F. (2021). Predictors of patient satisfaction and perceived quality of healthcare: College healthcare providers and students' communication. Journal of American College Health, 69. https://doi-org.libproxy.lib.ilstu.edu/10.1080/07448481.2021.1891916

Hunt, S. K., Meyer, K. R., Hooker, J. F., Simonds, C. J., & Lippert, L. R. (2016). Implementing the political engagement project in an introductory communication course: An examination of the effects on students’ political knowledge, efficacy, skills, behavior, and ideology. eJournal of Public Affairs, 5(2), 116-151. doi: 10.21768/ejopa.v5i2.111

Presentations

Horn, D., Lippert, L. R., & Hunt, S. K. (2021, June). How to go from a civically scripted campus to a civically minded campus. Presented at the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement conference (virtual). https://app.socio.events/OTgxNQ/Agenda/137508/Session/397171

Miller-Ott, A. E., & Lippert, L. R. (Facilitators). (2020, November). Spotlight panel on mental health (Part #1): Studying mental health in interpersonal relationships and families. Panel presented to the Interpersonal Communication Division, National Communication Association, Indianapolis, IN

Miller-Ott, A. E., & Lippert, L. R. (Facilitators). (2020, November). Spotlight panel on mental health (Part #2): Studying mental health within organizational structures. Panel presented to the Health Communication Division, National Communication Association, Indianapolis, IN

Benenson, J., Weare, A. M., Hunt, S. K., Lippert, L. R., Pickering, B., & Starke, A. (2019, April). Speaking of politics: A project to improve political engagement on campus. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Omaha, NE.

Davis, S., Goldberg, A., Hunt, S. K., Koether, S., Lippert, L. R., Murray, L., Pickering, B., & Thomas, N. (2019, June). Assessing campus climate for political learning. Presented at the annual Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Hunt, S. K., Lippert, L. R., Woolard, C., & Carpenter, N. (2018, June). Integrating civic learning outcomes across all majors in a school of communication. Presented at the annual Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement conference, Anaheim, CA.

Hunt, S. K., Carpenter, N., Lippert, L. R., Woolard, C. E., Hantzis, D. M., & Bodary, D. L. (2017, November). Civic engagement in communication pedagogy: Theories, practices, and new techniques to foster student civic learning. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Schreiner, A., Beck, A., Diel-Hunt, S. J., Hunt, S. K., Lippert, L. R., Carpenter, N. J., & Williamson, D. (2016, June). 80 million square pegs, on round hole: How civic technology is redefining the ways millennials engage with the 2016 election and beyond. Presented at the annual Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement meeting, Indianapolis, IN.

Carr, C. T., Baldwin, J. R., Lippert, L. R., & Hunt, S. K. (2015, November). A chilling effect: Analysis of the effects of Institutional Review Board (IRB) communication on faculty. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV.

Hunt, S., Carpenter, N., Hopper, K.M., Lippert, L., & Moore, M. (2015, April). Talking SMACC about social media: Converging scholarship through cutting-edge technology in the classroom. Discussion panel presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI.

Lippert, L. R., & Hunt, S. K. (2015, June). Programmatic assessment of civic engagement outcomes for redesigned courses. Poster presented at the annual Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Grants & Contracts

Building partnerships to diversify the teacher education pipeline and facilitate civic and political learning to enhance the placement of teachers in high needs areas. McCormick Foundation. Private. (2018)

Supporting Illinois State’s American Democracy Project: Expanding the pedagogy and scholarship of engagement. McCormick Foundation. Private. (2011)

Diversity: Meeting the needs of all students. Illinois Professional Learners' Partnership, U.S. Department of Education. Federal. (2001)

Mediated Immediacy: Text-based forms for teacher-student afficilation. Center for the Advancement of Teaching (Teaching-Learning Development Program). Illinois State University.

Mediated immediacy: Teacher-student affiliation and distance education in contexts. Center for the Advancement of Teaching (Teaching-Learning Development Program). Illinois State University.