Coopman, Stephanie J.

Coopman, Stephanie J.

Date Updated

8-15-2026

Department

Communication Studies

Academic Rank

Professor

Year Retired from SJSU

2023 (FERP 2023-2027)

Educational Background

University of Kentucky, Communication, 1989 Ph.D.

Central Michigan University, Speech Communication and Dramatic Arts, 1982 M.A.

Western Michigan University, Communication Arts and Sciences, 1979 B.S.

Selected Publications

Books

  • Stephanie J. Coopman and James Lull. Public Speaking: The Evolving Art, 5th Edition. Boston, MA : Cengage (2024)
  • Stephanie J. Coopman and Joy L. Hart. An Introduction to Human Communication: Communicate, Connect, Collaborate. San Diego: Cognella (2024)

Articles

  • Stephanie J. Coopman and Ted M. Coopman. "[email protected]: Using the Tech Start-Up Concept to Train, Engage, and Inform Students" Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal Vol. 13 Iss. 1 (2020) p. 1 - 28 ISSN: 2475-9686 https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/comm_pub/39/
  • Stephanie J. Coopman. "A critical examination of Blackboard’s e-learning environment" First Monday Vol. 6 Iss. 1 (2009) https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2434
  • Stephanie J. Coopman and Shawn Spano. "Interpersonal communication competence in context: Assessing performance in the selection interview" Communication ReportsVol. 8 Iss. 1 (2009)
  • Stephanie J. Coopman, Myria Watkins Allen, Joy L. Hart and Kasey L. Walker. "Workplace surveillance and managing privacy boundaries" Management Communication Quarterly Vol. 21 Iss. 2 (2007)
  • Stephanie J. Coopman. "Communicating disability: Metaphors of oppression, metaphors of empowerment" Communication Yearbook 27 (2003)
  • Stephanie J. Coopman. "Democracy, performance and outcomes in interdisciplinary health care teams" Journal of Business Communication Vol. 38 Iss. 3 (2001)
  • Stephanie J. Coopman and Katherine Burnett Meidlinger. "Power, hierarchy, and change: The stories of a Catholic Parish staff" Management Communication Quarterly Vol. 13 Iss. 4 (2000)
  • Stephanie J. Coopman and James L. Applegate. "Social-Cognitive Influences on the Use of Persuasive Message Strategies among Health Care Team Members" American Communication Journal Vol. 3 Iss. 2(2000) http://ac-journal.org/journal/vol3/Iss2/articles/cognition.html
  • Stephanie J. Coopman, Joy Hart, James G. Hougland and Dwight B. Billings. "Speaking for God: The functions of church leader storytelling in Southern Appalachia in the 1950s" American Communication Journal Vol. 1 Iss (1998) http://ac-journal.org/journal/vol1/Iss2/articles/zimm/zimm.htm
  • Stephanie J. Coopman and Katherine Burnett Meidlinger. "Interpersonal Stories Told by a Catholic Parish Staff" American Communication Journal Vol. 1 Iss. 3 (1998) http://ac-journal.org/journal/vol1/iss3/articles/coopman/Parish.html
  • Stephanie J. Coopman, Joy Hart, Myria Watkins Allen and John W. Haas. "Detecting cultural knowledge in organization members' personal construct systems" Journal of Constructivist Psychology Vol. 10 Iss. 4 (1997)
  • Stephanie J. Coopman, Beverly Davenport Sypher and John W. Haas. "A communication metamyth in the workplace: the assumption that more is better" Journal of Business Communication Vol. 33 (1996) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002194369603300206
  • Stephanie J. Coopman. "Perceptions of intercultural communication competence and international student adaptation to an American campus" Communication Education Vol. 44 Iss. 4 (1995)
  • Stephanie J. Coopman. "Social cognition and evaluations of health care team communication effectiveness" Western Journal of Communication Vol. 58 Iss. 2 (1994)
  • Stephanie J. Coopman and James L. Applegate. "Person-centered comforting in the hospice interdisciplinary team" Communication Research Vol. 19 Iss. 2 (1992)
  • Stephanie J. Coopman, Joy Hart Seibert, Dwight B. Billings and James G. Hougland. ""God's Line Is Never Busy": An Analysis of Symbolic Discourse in Two Southern Appalachian Denominations" Sociological Analysis Vol. 51 Iss. 3 (1990)
  • Stephanie J. Coopman, Myria Watkins Allen, Joy Hart Seibert and John W. Haas. "Broadcasting Departmental Impact On Employee Perceptions and Conflict" Journalism Quarterly Vol. 65 Iss. 3 (1988)
  • Stephanie J. Coopman. "The irrationality of organizational design" Kentucky Journal of Communication Arts Vol. 7 (1987)

Invited Essays

Personal Commentary

I started teaching at SJSU in 1990. I retired in 2023 and will complete my FERP teaching in Fall 2027. My research, teaching, and service generally focus on applied communication, as with organizational communication, disability studies, persuasion, and game studies. I taught my first online class in 1999, before the advent of learning management systems. Since 2002, I've taught nearly all my classes online. I chaired the Communication Studies Department for 5 years and the University Council of Chairs and Directors for 3 years. The fifth edition of my public speaking book, Public Speaking: The Evolving Art, coauthored with James Lull, was published by Cengage in January 2024. That same year, Joy Hart and I published our survey of communication textbook, An Introduction to Human Communication: Communicate, Connect, Collaborate, with Cognella. I'm the website administrator and vice president for CSU-ERFSA and the liaison for CSU-ERFSA and SJSU ERFA. As a member of the Jefferson Westside Neighbors executive board, I chair the task force and manage the website for Historic Jefferson Westside in Eugene, OR.

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