Department of Communication Studies

Spoma Jovanovic

Associate Professor

Office: 108 Ferguson Building

Phone: 336-334-5297

E-mail: s_jovano@uncg.edu

Degrees

  • Ph.D., University of Denver
  • M.A., University of Denver
  • B.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Scholarly interests

Ethics, civic participation, community, organizational communication, and interpretive research methods

Courses taught

  • CST 200 Communication and Society
  • CST 210 Communication Ethics
  • CST 308 Organizational Communication
  • CST 460 Reclaiming Democracy: Dialogue, Decision Making & Community Action
  • CST 460 Cases in Applied Communication/Community
  • CST 540 Social Entrepreneurship:Justice and a Green Environment
  • CST 632 Communication and Social Change

Recent research

Bloch-Schulman & Jovanovic, S. (in press).  Who’s Afraid of Politics? On the Need toTeach Political Engagement. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 13 (4).

Jovanovic, S. (2008). Community as Ethical Expression: How Discourse Shapes a Vision of Hope. Bridges: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology, Philosophy, History, and Sciences, 15(1/2), 135-157.

Jovanovic, S. (2008) Mindful Speech (Ch. 13) in A. Weston’s A 21st Century Ethics Toolbox, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press.
 
Jovanovic, S., Steger, C., Symonds, S. & Nelson, D.  (2007).  Promoting deliberative democracy through dialogue:  Communication contributions to a grassroots movement for truth, justice, and reconciliation.  In L. R. Frey & K.M.Carragee (Eds.), Communication Activism pp. 53-94.  Cresskill, NJ:Hampton.

Jovanovic, S. & Wood, R.V.(2007). Dialectical interactions:  Decoupling and integrating ethics in ethics codes. Business Ethics Quarterly, 17 (2), 217-238.

Jovanovic, S. & Wood, R. V.  (2006). Communication ethics and ethical culture:  A study of the ethics initiative in Denver City Government. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 34 (4), 386-405.

Jovanovic, S. & Wood, R. V.  (2004).  Speaking at the bedrock of ethics. Philosophy & 37 (2), 317-334.

Jovanovic, S.  (2003). Communication as critical inquiry in service-learning. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 7, 81-85.

Jovanovic, S. (2003). Difficult conversations as moral imperative:  Negotiating ethnic identities during war. Communication Quarterly, 51(1), 57-72.

Service

2009-2010 IMPACT Greensboro. Sponsored by the City of Greensboro, UNCG, and the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
2009 Faculty Leader, 2009 National Communication Association's Doctoral Honors Seminar: Communication as Engaged Scholarship. West Virginia University, WV.
2009 Editorial Advisory Board, Communication and Social Justice book series by Troubador Publishing, Omar Swartz, Editor.
2008-2009 Vice Chair and Convention Program Planner, Communication Ethics Division, National Communication Association
2008-2009 Founding Editorial Board Member, Partnerships: A Journal of Service Learning and Civic Engagement, North Carolina Campus Compact.
2008-2009 Vice Chair, Commission on the Status of Women, City of Greensboro
2005-2008 UNCG Service-Learning Faculty Fellow