Maria Blevins

Faculty Member

Professor Maria Blevins

Biography


Areas of Study: Organizational Communication, Conflict, Environmental Communication

University of Utah
Ph.D. Communication Studies

University of Montana
M.A. Organizational Communication Studies

University of Montana
Graduate Certificate in Natural Resources Alternative
Dispute Resolution

University of Maine at Machias
B.S. Recreation Management

Maria studies how organizations perform as actors in environmental conflicts.

Courses Taught:

COMM 1020 Principles of Public Speaking
COMM 2120 Small Group Communication and Decision Making in person and online
COMM 350 R Communicating Happiness
COMM 350 R Pubic Participation Processes
COMM 3020 Communication Methods
COMM 3115 Environmental Communication
COMM 3050 Theories of Communication and Culture in person and online
COMM 3420 Communication and Conflict
COMM 4170 Advanced Organizational Communication
COMM 4930 Communication Senior Capstone

Teaching

COMM 3115

Communicating in Environments, Summer 2023

COMM 2120

Small Group Communication and Decision Making, Summer 2023

BESC 3420

Communication and Conflict, Spring 2023

COMM 3420

Communication and Conflict, Spring 2023

COMM 2120

Small Group Communication and Decision Making, Spring 2023

COMM 3050

Theories of Communication and Culture WE, Spring 2023

COMM 3050

Theories of Communication and Culture WE, Spring 2023

Presentations

Blevins, Maria , McKasy, Meaghan , Hernandez, Leandra , Stevens, Michael T. , 1st International Academic Conference on the Sustainable Development Goals, "BeaUtahful Collaboration_ A Case Study of a Collaborative Research Project". (October, 2022)
Stevens, Michael T. , McKasy, Meaghan , Blevins, Maria , Hernandez, Leandra , Williams, Scott , Hungerford, Hilary , Lindley, Betsy , International Association for Society and Natural Resources (IASNR) Annual Conference, "How Many People are Too Many? A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Visitor Perceptions at Capitol Reef National Park". (June, 2022)
Tobler, Nancy , Colvin, Janet , Blevins, Maria , Patterson, Spencer , Lindsay, Rebecca , National Communication Association, "Teaching public speaking in the present while respecting our past_ Maintaining curricular integrity in the online public speaking course", NCA, Chicago, IL. (November 19, 2014)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Cadet, Eddy , Wang, Weihong , Blevins, Maria , Hungerford, Hilary , Westover, Jonathan , (2019) "GP-UP: Undergraduate Preparation through Multidisciplinary Service Learning at Utah Lake (UP--Utah Lake) Funding Program_ National Science Foundation, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education_ Geopaths (IUSE-Geopaths) Program Solicitation_ NSF 20-516 " .