青楼传媒

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Biography

Cyndi Grobmeier, Ed.D., is a first-generation college graduate and 青楼传媒 alumna. She serves as a faculty lecturer and coordinator for the Communication program and is also the director of faculty development.

Grobmeier earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in mass communication from 青楼传媒, a master鈥檚 degree in speech communication from Governors State University, and a doctorate in higher education from Northern Illinois University. She also earned a Master of Online Teaching Certificate from the University of Illinois ION Program and a Certificate in Teaching and Learning at HSIs from ESCALA Educational Services.

For over 20 years, Grobmeier has dedicated her professional life to higher education with the hope that she can influence students鈥� lives in positive ways by engaging them in a learner-centered environment that helps them develop their communication knowledge and skills.

She has also dedicated her life to her family, who suffered the most unbelievable tragedy in 2019 when they lost their 18-year-old daughter, Maddie, to a sudden asthma attack. Inspired by Maddie's decision to be an organ and tissue donor and to honor the three lives she saved, the family formed , a nonprofit with the mission to educate people about having a conversation with their families about their decision to be an organ donor as well as to bring awareness about the need for everyone to register as an organ and tissue donor. This new life trajectory has put her own communication skills to the test, and she hopes it will continue to inform her teaching in positive ways!

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Presentations/Publications/Productions

鈥淯nintended Therapists: Faculty Roles in Addressing Student Mental Health in the Basic Course.鈥� Panel Discussion at the National Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, La.

鈥淗elping Students Feel at Home in the Classroom: A Qualitative Analysis of the Concept of Connected Classroom Climate." Office of Inclusive Excellence Lunch-and-Learn (September 2024).

鈥淔eeling at Home in the Basic Communication Course.鈥� Poster Presentation, Faculty/Staff Scholarship Symposium.

鈥淣ew Perspectives on Organ and Tissue Donation Education.鈥� Presentation. Drivers Education Classroom at the Illinois High School and College Drivers Education Association (IHSCDEA) Regional Meetings (2024).

鈥淩evisiting Public Speaking as Liberal Art in the 21st Century鈥� (co-authored with Brad Mello. Routledge Handbook of Public Speaking Research and Theory (2024).

Speech Theatre Communication Association (OSTCA) Annual Conference (2023). Keynote speaker.

鈥淪trategies for Communicating with Families During a Pediatric Brain Death Diagnosis.
Brain Death Simulation Training for Neurology Residents at Northwestern Hospital (2023).

鈥淭eaching Communication in a Pandemic and Post-Pandemic World in Post-Pandemic Pedagogy: A Paradigm Shift鈥� (co-authored with Brad Mello). Edited by Joseph Valenzano III.

鈥淚t鈥檚 Cheaper to Keep 鈥楨m: Marketing Communication Strategies for Retaining Customers Through Relationship-Building.鈥� Presentation, Elevating Women Conference.

鈥淐ommunicating with Families During the Organ and Tissue Donation Process.鈥� Speaker, Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network and OSF Hospital.

鈥淐ommunicating with Families During a Tragedy/Trauma That Results in Organ and/or Tissue Donation.鈥� Speaker. Masters of Donation and Transplantation Sciences Program, University of Toledo.

鈥淐ommunicating with Families During a Trauma/Tragedy.鈥� Speaker, Marian University.

鈥淪pecial Series on Teaching and Learning. Radio segment (produced with Brad Mello), WXAV.

鈥淣ew Perspectives on Organ and Tissue Donation Education in the Health Classroom.鈥� Presentation, Illinois Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (IAHPERD) Convention.

鈥淭extbook Alternatives in the Basic Course: Empirical Results and Personal Re铿俥ctions.鈥� Presentation, Central States Communication Association Conference.

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鈥淢ore Than Survival: Using Basic Course Retention Research to Strengthen the Role of the Basic Course for Colleges and Universities.鈥� Panel Discussion. National Communication Association Convention, Baltimore, Md.

鈥淐harting the Often-Charted Waters of Organizational Communication Approaches, Great Ideas for Teaching (G.I.F.T.).鈥� Presentation. Central States Communication Association Conference, Omaha, Nev.

鈥淢ajor and General Education Assessment.鈥� Presentation. Assessment Institute Conference, Indianapolis, Ind.

鈥淗ow Do Leadership and Context Matter in R&D Team Innovation? A Multiple Case Study.鈥� Publication. Human Resource Development International, Volume 13, Issue 3. April/May 2010.

鈥淭he MIKS (Member Integrated Knowledge System) Model: A visualization of the individual organizational member鈥檚 role when a knowledge management system is utilized in the learning organization.鈥� Presentation, Academy of Human Resources Conference.

鈥淭he Role of Listening in Leadership.鈥� Presentation, Lead Indiana Conference.

鈥淪potlight Panel: In a Life and Death Situation: Bringing Theory to Life.鈥� Presentation, Central States Communication Association Convention.