Darbie Hall
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Mail code: 3051Campus: West
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- Master of Arts, Communication Studies with a special emphasis on advocacy
Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ.
- Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies
Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ.
- Associate of Arts, Communication
Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ.
CERTIFICATES:
- Global Advocacy Certificate, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ Foundations of Global Advocacy; Building Cultural Awareness/Values, Allyship through Antiracist Action, Culturally Responsive Practices in the Workplace, Supporting International Students.
- Communication in the Family Certificate, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ.
- Communication in the Workplace Certificate, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ.
- CITI Program Certificate, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ; research, ethics, and compliance training.
Father Offspring Communication
Arizona State University
- Performed qualitative and quantitative research involving Father Offspring Communication.
- Collaborated with Dr. Vince Waldron to analyze, interpret, and code interviews between 38 stepchildren who had reached adulthood and their fathers.
- Examined turning points that occurred over each participant’s lifespan and specific communication practices that led to positive relationships.
- Identified and labeled emerging patterns and themes that led to key findings for publishing.
- Worked with data in Excel spreadsheets to create graphs depicting four relational trajectory discoveries.
- Performed 70, APA 7th edition references to situate work in current literature and distinguish original thought.
- Produced valuable contributions published in Paths to Positivity: Relational Trajectories and Interaction in Positive Stepparent-Stepchild Dyads.
- Analyzed, coded, and interpreted interviews between an additional 54 fathers and their offspring.
- Produced a 42 page report explaining communication practices that led to drops in closeness but improved over the lifespan and eventually increased closeness.
Neighbor’s Table: Experiencing God’s Heart for the Immigrant
Arizona State University
- Performed ethnographic research by collaborating with Dr. Doug Kelley, Dr. Catalina Cayetano, and a team of students using qualitative methods to collect data. Research included illegal, undocumented immigrants and faith members belonging to Neighborhood Ministries.
- Produced extensive filed notes from observations between immigrant families and faith members during seminars, the sharing of meals and stories in immigrant homes, and during structured focus groups. Special attention given to: facial expressions, tone of voice, nonverbal communication, language, and expressed emotions of the immigrant family members and the responses and reactions of faith members.
- Administered surveys and conducted interviews with faith members before each event to determine what beliefs and views existed prior to exchanges. Conducted second interviews noting changes that occurred in participants’ views after hearing concrete examples, personal experiences, and examining the personhood of immigrants.
- Witnessed and documented the sharing of immigrant narratives of survival and healing, the cultivation of advocacy, and the building of relationships through deliberate dialogue designed to break through unjust treatment of immigrants. Witnessed and documented the cultivation of empathy through sensemaking, action, and commitments made by faith members.
- Recorded each phase of the field study, articulately labeled each recording, and uploaded recordings along with all field notes, to the team drive.
- This research and contributions are in the process of being published.
Contributions to the following:
Paths to Positivity: Relational Trajectories and Interaction in Positive Stepparent-Stepchild Dyads.
Play, Forgiveness, and Grief as Intimate Spaces: A Qualitative Investigation.
Communication at Play: The Use of Play in the Creation of Intimacy in Personal Relationship.
Intimate Spaces: A Conversation about Discovery and Connection
Intimate Spaces: A Conversation about Discovery and Connection
Arizona State University
- Collaborated with Dr. Douglas Kelley and a team of qualitative researchers to examine data regarding intimacy.
- Analyzed and synthesized data from over 100 surveys relating to intimacy including: the nature of intimacy, relational closeness, why intimacy is an important part of life, and how it can bring change to key relationships.
- Identified the emergence of intimacy in six facets of life: talk, play, grief, forgiveness, conflict, and sex.
- Discovered commonly held views that hinder relational closeness.
- Pulled stories and quotes from data to support research findings and provide context in the articles, books, and presentations we produced.
- Presented key findings at the NCUIRE Research Symposium to foster greater understanding of this important part of the human experience; Play, Forgiveness, and Grief as Intimate Spaces: A Qualitative Investigation.
- Contributed valuable research findings published in the article Communication at Play: The Use of Play in the Creation of Intimacy in Personal Relationship.
- Contributed valuable research findings acknowledged and published in Intimate Spaces: A Conversation about Discovery and Connection.
- Proofread and edited chapters of Intimate Spaces: A Conversation about Discovery and Connection.
Courses
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
2024 Summer
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COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 417 | Communication and Aging |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
HCA 598 | Special Topics |
COM 417 | Communication and Aging |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
Lambda Pi Eta Honors Society of the National Communication Association
Carolyn Eynon Singers
Instructor/Coach/Mentor Trio Upward Bound; federally-funded college opportunity program designed to motivate and support first generation, low-income students with disabilities and veterans in pursuit of a college degree.
Instructor/Coach/Mentor Eve’s Place; empowering victims of domestic, sexual, and teen dating abuse.
Instructor/Coach/Mentor Local Children’s Choir; teaching children ages 4-11 how to sing and perform faith songs.
Member/Social Chair Carolyn Eynon Singers; addressing social and emotional needs by connecting the community and inner-city students through creative, innovative, and inspiring concerts.
Coach/Mentor Head Start Program; promote the school readiness of infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children from low-income families.
Coach/Mentor Dysart Unified School District; volunteer work at my kids’ local elementary school.
Cubmaster Boy Scouts Troop #743; the guiding hand behind the work of various pack leaders and program advisor to the pack committee. Recruited, supervised, directed, planned, and motivated other leaders. Planned Blue and Gold Banquets, Pinewood Derby, and Raingutter Regatta events.
Athletic Coach City of Surprise; volleyball
Corporate Communication Consultant (Contract work)
- Strong conceptual and creative talent to translate client/business needs into persuasive corporate training slides.
- Understanding and use of visual communication strategies for best teaching practices across training materials.
- Utilize graphic design tools and software to design and develop compelling PowerPoint presentations.
- Understanding of brand guidelines, proofing for accuracy and adherence to brand style guidelines, and consistency in brand use across all training materials.
- Conduct image sourcing as needed.
- Proof-read and revise content created by other writers for grammar, punctuation, consistency, accuracy and flow.
- Work independently and skilled in collaborating with a team to perform revisions and meet deadlines.
- Completed over 20 corporate presentations to date, totaling 1500 individual slides.