Gender and Communication
Course | Registration opens 12/7/2026 8:00 AM EDT
Communication among genders has always been tricky business, especially in the workplace and relationships. For instance, are males or females more likely to interrupt? Why are females often accused of nagging, and why is it the result of males' need for status? These questions and more will be answered in this lively discussion-centered course. Research studies and more mainstream articles and book excerpts will be shared including John Gray's Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus and Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation.
Mika Troutman
Mika Q. Troutman earned her PhD in English education from the University of Maryland. With two decades of experience in higher education, she has taught at York College of Pennsylvania, Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, and Wesley College in Dover, Delaware, and was most recently teaching at Stevenson University. Troutman has published her writing including two textbooks on college-level writing. She now enjoys creative writing and reading.