Dr. John Hooker
Professor and Co-Director of Communication as Critical Inquiry
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
COM 400.028 Independent Study
COM 481.001 Seminar in Communication Pedagogy
COM 497.001 Seminar in Quantitative Communication Research Methods
Teaching Interests & Areas
Communication Education, Communication Research Methods, Public Speaking, Communication Technologies and Impacts, Assessment
Research Interests & Areas
Communication Education, Distance learning, Assessment
Ph D Media, Technology, and Society
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
MA Communication
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
BA Mass Communication
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Outstanding Service Award
School of Communication
2020
College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Service Award
ISU College of Arts and Sciences
2017
Stan and Sandy Rives Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education
Illinois State University
2017
Top paper, Instructional Resources Division
Central States Communication Association
2014
Top panel, Basic Course Division
National Communication Association
2014
Top 4 paper, Basic Course Division
National Communication Association
2013
Top panel, Basic Course Division
National Communication Association
2013
Top paper co-author, Basic Course Division
National Communication Association
2013
Top panel, Basic Course Division
National Communication Association
2011
Top paper panel selection
Central States Communicaton Association
2011
Book, Chapter
Measuring Student Learning in a College-Level Public Speaking Class
Cheri Simonds, John Hooker.
(2024), 317-327, 10.4324/9781003333777-37, The Routledge Handbook of Public Speaking Research and Theory, Routledge
Introduction to Communication Research
John Hooker, Stephen Hunt.
(2011), 151-156, Professional Development Guide: Academic and Career Strategies for Communication Students, Illinois State University
Journal Article
Establishing Rapport in Higher Education Classrooms
Joshua Fitzgerald, John Hooker.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 68 (3), 357-371, (2022), 10.55016/ojs/ajer.v68i3.72342
Predictors of patient satisfaction and perceived quality of healthcare: College healthcare providers and students' communication
Prince Adu Gyamfi, Lance Lippert, John R Baldwin, John Hooker.
(2021)
Cooperative, competitive, or individualistic? Exploring the role of social interdependence in the classroom.
Nhung C Vu, John F Hooker, Cheri J Simonds.
(2020)
Measuring Essential Learning Outcomes for Public Speaking
Melissa Broeckelman-Post, Karla Hunter, Joshua Westwick, Angela Hosek, Kristina Ruiz-Mesa, John Hooker, Lindsey Anderson.
Basic Communication Course Annual, (32), 2-29, (2020)
'I Have A Student Who ...': Systematically Addressing Student Misbehaviors in the Basic Course
John Hooker.
Basic Communication Course Annual, 31, 186-189, (2019)
Assessing evaluation fidelity between students and instructors in the basic communication course: The impact of criterion-based speech evaluation training
Terrell K. Frey, Cheri J. Simonds, John F. Hooker, Kevin R. Meyer, Stephen K. Hunt.
Basic Communication Course Annual, 30, 2-31, (2018)
Creating a culture of accommodation in the public-speaking course
Cheri Simonds, John Hooker.
Communication Education, 67 (3), 393-399, (2018), 10.1080/03634523.2018.1465190
A generational examination of instructional Facebook use and the effects on perceived instructor immediacy, credibility and student affective learning
Aaron Enskat, Stephen Hunt, John Hooker.
Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 26 (5), 545-557, (2017)
Implementing the political engagement project in an introductory communication course: An examination of the effects on students’ political knowledge, efficacy, skills, behavior, and ideology
Steve Hunt, Kevin Meyer, John Hooker, Cheri Simonds, Lance Lippert.
eJournal of Public Affairs, 5 (2), 116-151, (2016), 10.21768/ejopa.v5i2.111
The development and validation of the student response system benefit scale
John Hooker, Katherine J Denker, Morgan E Summers, Megan Parker.
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 32 (2), 120-127, (2016)
From the outside looking in: Employers’ view of the basic course
John Hooker, Cheri Simonds.
Basic Course Communication Annual, 27, 102-116, (2015)
Instructional discussion: The most important area of training for new basic course instructors.
Cheri Simonds, John Hooker, Anna Wright, , , .
Basic Course Communication Annual, 27, 32-42, (2015)
The impact of relevance and teacher immediacy on cognitive and affective learning.
John Hooker.
Gauisus, 3, (2015)
The invaluable nature of speech evaluation training for new basic course instructors.
Kody Frey, John Hooker, Cheri Simonds.
Basic Course Communication Annual, 27, 1-9, (2015)
The learning loss scale as an assessment tool: An empirical examination of convergent validity with performative measuresThe learning loss scale as an assessment tool: An empirical examination of convergent validity with performative measures.
John Hooker, Katherine J Denker.
Communication Teacher, 28 (2), 130-143, (2014), 10.1080/17404622.2013.865765
New application for expanded porphyrins: sapphyrin and heterosapphyrins as inhibitors of Leishmania parasites.
John Hooker, V H Nguyen, V M Taylor, D L Cedeño, Timothy David Lash, Marjorie Jones, S M Robledo, I D Vélez.
Photochemistry and photobiology, 88 (1), 194-200, (2012), 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.01034.x
Textbook, Revised
Com 110: Communication as Critical Inquiry Supplementary Materials Packet Fall 2014
Cheri J Simonds, John F Hooker.
(2014)
Presentations
Exploring internationalizing the basic course: Crossing borders and making breakthroughs
Cheri Simonds, John Hooker, Stephen Hunt, Divine Narkotey Aboagye, Joseph Mazer, Angela Hosek, Grace Oforiwa Skapokoo, Iman Ikram, Aayushi Hingle, Adebayo Loveth Adebayo.
Borders & Breakthroughs, Chicago, IL, April, 2020
Assessment in the basic communication course: Evaluating a criterion-based speech evaluation training program for students
Terrell K. Frey, Cheri J. Simonds, John F. Hooker, Kevin R. Meyer, Stephen K. Hunt.
National Communication Association, Dallas, TX, November, 2017
Elevating mediated educational discourse: A generational examination of teacher-student Facebook use and the effects on perceived instructor immediacy
Aaron Enskat, Stephen Hunt, John Hooker.
Annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN, April, 2014
Connecting the NCA credo for ethical communication to assessment in the basic communication course: The development of the ethical communication self-assessment scale
John Hooker, Suzanne Lumberg, , Stephen Hunt.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, DC, November, 2013
Promoting a culture of scholarship and professional development in MA programs: Developing the voice of our graduate students
K J Denker, B Baker, John Hooker, J Manning, J Mazer, L Rill.
The Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 2011
Teachers echoing students: The impact of incorporating students’ voice through immediacy and relevance to enhance cognitive and affective learning
John Hooker.
The Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 2011
Voice, technology, and student critiques in the digital age
John Hooker, N J Street, L L Sharp Penya, M Young, L Lemley, L A Norin.
The Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 2011
iFad or teaching tool? Exploring the educational uses of the iPad in the School of Communication
Larry Wayne Long, Lance Lippert, Maria A Moore, John Hooker, Peter Smudde, John E Huxford, Stephen Hunt.
Interactive panel discussion conducted at Illinois State University’s 11th Annual Teaching & Learning Symposium, Normal, IL, January, 2011
“Sustainable Teaching in General Education: Critical Inquiry in English 101, Com 110, and Milner Library”
Joyce Reenste Walker, John Hooker, Nancy McKinney, Jennifer Sharkey.
CTLT Annual University Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning, Normal, IL, January, 2010
Critical Inquiry in the First Year
John Hooker, Chad Kahl, Nancy McKinney, Sally Parry.
Innovative Partnerships for Student Learning, Working & Learning Together, Bloomington, IL, September 26, 2008
An exploration of teacher clarity, credibility, and immediacy as predictors of student learning and motivation
John Hooker, Cheri Simonds, M E Comadena, Stephen Hunt.
Annual Meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH, April, 2004