Laurie Moroco

Laurie J. Moroco, Ph.D.

Laurie J. Moroco, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean of Instruction; Adjunct Faculty, Communication
970-989-1313 | lmoroco@coloradomtn.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Rhetoric and Philosophy of Communication, Duquesne University
  • M.A., Corporate Communication, Duquesne University
  • B.A., Communication, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Publications/Presentations

  • Curved TV Documentary Screening: A look at LGBTQ Images on TV [Panel]. Broadcast Education Association Annual National Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2018.
  • Diversity in the Classroom [Panel]. Broadcast Education Association annual convention, Las Vegas, April 2017.
  • The Caitlyn Jenner Effect: Media Manipulation, Pop Culture, and Otherness [Panel]. Pop Culture Association annual convention, Seattle, March 2015.
  • The Inclusive Classroom: Creating Assignments That Promote and Value Diversity [Panel]. Broadcast Education Association annual convention, Las Vegas, April 2015.
  • The Effects of Disney Princesses on Adolescent Girls’ Identity [Panel]. Broadcast Education Association annual convention, Las Vegas, April 2014.
  • Beyond Facebook, Twitter and YouTube: Using Emerging Social Media and Technology in the Classroom [Panel]. Broadcast Education Association annual convention, Las Vegas, April 2013
  • Moroco, L. (Fall 2012). Connecting Dialogic Theories in Rhetoric. STAM Journal, 42, 13-24.
  • Course “SmashUp”: Creating Noteworthy Student Community Projects. [Panel]. Broadcast Education Association annual convention, Las Vegas, April 2012.
  • “Connecting Dialogic Theories in Rhetoric,” Central States Communication Association annual convention, Cleveland, March 2012.
  • "Maintaining Relationships: Social Networking in a Digital Age." [Film]. Eastern Communication Association conference, Baltimore, April 2010.
  • "Social Networking and Interpersonal Relationships in a Digital Age." [Film]. Popular Culture Association national conference, St. Louis, March 2010.
  • Moroco, L. (2009). Foreword. In Gillies, J. The Short Attention Span Guide: From Single to First Date. Sawle Register Service.
  • "Unconventional Dialogic Distinctions 'Between' Buber and Bakhtin," National Communication Association annual convention, San Diego, November 2008.
  • "Respect, Relational Dialectics, and Dialogic Civility as Unconventional Intersections between Personal and Public Life," National Communication Association annual convention, San Diego, November 2008.
  • “Academia and the Marketplace,” National Communication Association annual convention, Boston, November 2005.
  • “Phenomenological Distance in Interpersonal Relationships,” Eastern Communication Association annual convention, Pittsburgh, April 2005.
  • “The Perfectus Orator and Marketplace Praxis.” (2004). Pennsylvania Communication Association Annual, 60, 57-72.
  • “Public Oration and Marketplace Praxis,” National Communication Association annual convention, Miami, November 2003.
  • “Postmodern Pedagogy: Teaching Ethics and Addressing Diversity,” Pennsylvania Communication Association annual convention, State College, October 2003.
  • “Narrative Fluency,” Invited Presenter, Graduate Student Colloquium, Duquesne University, October 2002.
  • “The Better Boss,” Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, Duquesne University, October 2002.
  • “Cicero’s Perfectus Orator,” Speech Communication of Pennsylvania annual conference, Lancaster, October 2002.
  • “Bakhtin’s Triadic Communication,” Eastern Communication Association annual conference, New York, City, April 2002.
  • “Bakhtin: The Hero of Triadic Conversation,” Speech Communication of Pennsylvania annual conference, State College, October 2001.
  • “The Narrative Structure of Vernacular Discourse: The Story of Black English,” Speech Communication of Pennsylvania annual conference, State College, October 2001.
  • “Bakhtin: The Hero of Triadic Conversation,” Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, Duquesne University, March 2001.
  • Moroco, L. (1995). Computer-mediated Communication as a Social Mechanism for Electronic Interpersonal Relationship Formation. Journal of Mediated Communication, 10 (2), 25-34.
  • Moroco, L. (1994). Ethics and the Internet. Journal of Mediated Communication, 9, 67-74.

SCHOLARLY AWARDS

  • Rowley Endowment for Teaching Excellence, $4,000 grant recipient, Thiel College, 2013.
  • Campus Coordinator of the Year, The Vira I. Heinz Scholarship Program for Women in Global Leadership, 2013.
  • Top Paper in Communication Ethics: "Unconventional Dialogic Distinctions 'Between' Buber and Bakhtin," National Communication Association annual convention, San Diego, November 2008.
  • First Place - Graduate Competitive Paper: “Ciceronian Oratory,” Pennsylvania Communication Association annual conference, 2003.
  • Top Graduate Competitive Paper: “Bakhtin: The Hero of Triadic Conversation,” Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania annual conference, 2001.

Professional Interests/Associations

  • National Communication Association
  • Panel Reviewer for Public Relations Division (2012)
  • Eastern Communication Association
  • Broadcast Education Association
  • Central States Communication Association
  • Pop Culture Association
  • Pennsylvania Communication Association
  • Executive Board/Panel Chair (2003)
  • Volunteer - Building Hope, Hire Heros USA, Catchafire, Summit County Animal Shelter

Family

Husband, Richard, and three children.

Personal Interests

Yoga, snowboarding, paddle boarding, hiking, travel, family.