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Department of Communication

Dr. Scott D. Moore

Division of Continuing & Global Education
California State University, Fresno
5005 North Maple Avenue, M/S ED76
Fresno, California 93740-8025

Phone: 559.278.0333
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Position: Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Provost Covino has reassigned Dr. Moore into the Division of Continuing and Global Education. For assistance with matters related to the Department of Communication, please contact Douglas Fraleigh at 559.278.2826.

Interests: Applied Communication, Managerial Communication, Organizational Communication, Health & Risk Communication, Research Methods

Dr. Moore immigrated to the United States in 1979.  A first-generation college graduate, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and communication in 1991 from Austin College.  During graduate school, Dr. Moore was a co-principal investigator of the U.S. Department of Defense Joint program in Communication, housed at the University of Oklahoma.  Dr. Moore received a doctorate in communication (Ph.D.) from the University of Oklahoma in 1997.  This same year, he joined the faculty at California State University, Fresno.  He was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in 2003 and to Professor in 2008.  Beginning in 2007, he served a three year term as interim Chair to the Department of Philosophy.

With six “top paper” awards, and over a dozen publications inside of the Communication discipline, Dr. Moore’s research centers primarily in applied communication, with an interest in organizational and interpersonal communication.  Of particular focus is the perceived encroachment of outside agencies in dyadic communication.  Recently, Dr. Moore has addressed the significance of environmental factors, and systemic and institutionalized influences in specialized communication contexts. He has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Communication Research, Western Journal of Communication, Communication Research Reports and Communication Studies, and as Chair of the Health Communication Interest Groups for both the Eastern Communication Association (ECA) and the Western States Communication Association. His recent publications include multiple articles in Health Communication, and two book chapters in The Handbook of Cancer Care and Communication.  His most recent book, co edited with Kevin Wright, is titled Applied Health Communication and published by Hampton Press.  Dr. Moore is a member of the Psi Chi and the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Societies and in 2009 was recognized as a “Centennial Scholar” by ECA for advancement and service to the communication discipline.

Dr. Moore is a proud Oklahoma Sooner, being named the Dr. T.W. Adams Distinguished Alumni Lecturer of Arts & Sciences at the University of Oklahoma.