Dr. Susan Poulsen is the Supervisor of the Teaching Assistant Program.  Her areas of research include cultural communication studies; intra-, inter-, and cross-cultural research utilizing qualitative approaches, particularly the ethnography of communication. Her interests are in the speech cognate area configurations such as culture/communication/cognition, time/space and place and metaphor analysis.

Courses:

Sp 415/515 Problems in Intercultural Communication

Sp 416/516 Theories of Human Communication

Sp 418/518 Advanced Interpersonal Communication

Sp 531: Analysis of Qualitative Data

Dr. Poulsen teaches courses in Urban Communication, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Consultation, Qualitative Methods and Data Analysis, and Metaphor and Narrative Analysis.  She also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Urban Studies and has links with the Institute for Metropolitan Studies and Applied Linguistics.