Dr. Gordana Lazic

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Education

• PhD, Communication Studies, 2013, University of Denver – Denver, Colorado
• MA, Communication, 2009, University of Colorado Denver – Denver, Colorado
• BA, Serbian Literature and Language, 2007, Faculty of Philology – Belgrade, Serbia

Teaching

• COM 710 Contemporary Communication Education
• COM 617 Communication and Diversity in the Workplace
• COM 660 Social Movement Communication
• COM 350 The Rhetorical Tradition and Contemporary Applications
• COM 260 Communicating with Cultural Competence
• COM 315 Advanced Speaking in Professional Settings

Professional experience

• Professional Affiliations
• National Communication Association (NCA)
• Central States Communication Association (CSCA)
• Organization for Research on Women and Communication (ORWAC)

Selected Publications

• Lazic, G. (2023). I’ve got friends in low places: Exploring self-worth and non-traditional mentoring. In G. Pacheco (Ed.), First-Gen Stories for Success (pp. 153-169). Kendal Hunt Publishing Company.

• LeFebvre, R., Cahill, M., & & Lazic, G. (2023). Children’s Librarians’ Conceptualizations of School Readiness. Public Library Quarterly, 42(5), 479-499. doi: 10.1080/01616846.2022.2124069

• LeFebvre, L., LeFebvre L., Carmack, H., & Lazic, G. (2022). Preparing the next generation of teachers inappropriately: When introductory course directors engage in misbehaviors. Communication Studies, 73(4), 476-496. doi: 10.1080/10510974.2022.2112248

• Lazic, G., & LeFebvre, R. (2022). Defending the pride lands and marginalized subjects: The Lion Guard as progressive pedagogy. Southern Communication Journal, 87(4), 386-397. doi: 10.1080/1041794X.2022.2085780

• LeFebvre, L., LeFebvre L., & Lazic, G. (2020). You did what?!: Graduate teaching assistant misbehaviors in multi-section introductory communication courses. Communication Quarterly, 68(2), 183-203. doi: 10.1080/01463373.2020.1731697

• Gearhart, S., Zhang, B., Perlmutter, D. D., & Lazic, G. (2020). Exploring political communication and visual intertextuality through meme wars. In S. Josephson, J. D. Kelly, & K. Smith (Eds.), Handbook of visual communication: Theory, methods, and media (2nd Edition) (pp. 367-379). New York, NY: Routledge.

• Ott, B. L., & Lazic, G. (2013). The pedagogy and politics of art in postmodernity: Cognitive mapping and The Bothersome Man. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 99(3), 259-282. doi: 10.1080/00335630.2013.806816 [Lead Article]

Awards and honors

• Top Paper Award, Popular Culture Interest Group, Central States Communication Association, 2024.
• Top Papers, Inclusive Scholarship, Central States Communication Association, 2024.
• Melissa Beall Award for Top Panel, Central States Communication Association, 2024.
• Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, Graduate College, Missouri State University, 2023.
• Research Award, College of Arts and Letters, Missouri State University, 2021, $6000.
• Diversity Scholar Stipend, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, Missouri State University, 2020, $250.
• Assessment Grant, Office of Assessment, Missouri State University, 2020, $500.
• Assessment Innovation Grant, Office of Planning and Assessment, Texas Tech University, 2018, $500.
• Course Development Grant Program, Worldwide eLearning, Texas Tech University, 2016/2917 & 2017/2018. $10, 000.
• YUMPS (Young Upwardly Mobile Professors) Grant, Center for Faculty Development, University of Colorado Denver, 2014. $500.