Debbie Way
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Phone: 480-965-5095
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Mail code: 1205Campus: Tempe
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Deborah Way is an instructor in the Hugh Downs School of Communication. She came to ASU in 2002 to pursue her doctoral degree in organizational health communication in which she studied the communication of compassion in hospice workers. Her teaching career at ASU began at that time as a graduate teaching assistant, and she has continued to work for the university since that time.
Although Deborah taught on the Tempe campus from 2002-2010, she transitioned to teaching solely online in 2011. Currently, she teaches both undergraduate courses and in the online M.A. program. Since she began her teaching career at ASU, she has had the opportunity to not only teach over 18 different courses, but to develop courses for the online program.
As a self-proclaimed ‘late academic bloomer,’ Way has a passion for online education, recognizing not only the need for a format accessible to the non-traditional college student, but the passion and commitment these students have for the opportunity to obtain a college degree in the face of life circumstances that might otherwise prevent them from doing so.
- Ph.D. Communication Arizona State University, 2010
- M.A. Communication University of Southern California, 2002
- B.A. Communication University of Southern California, 2001
Research Interests
- Emotion in organizations
- Compassion and positive organizational communication
- Work/life balance issues in organizations
- Gender and caregiving
- Gender in organizations
- Health and well-being
- Hospice
- Organizational culture and identity
- Dirty work
Methods and approaches
- Qualitative, including ethnography, participant observation and in-depth interviews
- Critical
- Discourse analysis
- Textual analysis
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 207 | Critical Thinkng & Writng Comm |
COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 407 | Adv Critical Methods in Comm |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 453 | Communication Training/Develop |
COM 453 | Communication Training/Develop |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
COM 407 | Adv Critical Methods in Comm |
COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 407 | Adv Critical Methods in Comm |
COM 407 | Adv Critical Methods in Comm |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 504 | Theories and Models in Comm |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 514 | Communication and Gender |
COM 407 | Adv Critical Methods in Comm |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 514 | Communication and Gender |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 514 | Communication and Gender |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 598 | Special Topics |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 504 | Theories and Models in Comm |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 319 | Persuasion/Social Influence |
COM 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 400 | Communication in Professions |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 504 | Theories and Models in Comm |
COM 598 | Special Topics |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 504 | Theories and Models in Comm |
COM 598 | Special Topics |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 453 | Communication Training/Develop |
COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
COM 598 | Special Topics |