
Professor of
Communication, Purdue
University
Associate Department Head, Department of
Communication
1366 Stephen C. Beering Hall-College of Liberal Arts
Office Phone: (765) 494-3316
Office FAX: (765) 496-1394
E-Mail: gsparks@purdue.edu
Click HERE for pictures of the May 2006 ETHIOPIA CLASS AT ADDIS ABABA
UNIVERSITY
B.A. – Wheaton College, 1975; Department of Communication
M.A. – Northern
Illinois University, 1976; Department of Communication
Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983; Department of Communication Arts
The 2nd Edition of my text on media
effects (
A 3rd Edition of this text is in
preparation and should be available in January, 2009.
Check out “Refrigerator Rights: Our Crucial Need for Close
Relationships” by clicking on the book. This book was originally
released in 2002 but has just been re-released with new material
by Willow Creek Publishing. You can hear an
interview that aired on an NPR affiliate station by clicking right here on Sound Medicine—a
program provided by the
on WFYI Public Radio.
When you get to the website, click on the “archive” and then type
my name in the search box and you can listen to the show.
Click HERE for my most recent publication on predictors of long-term
friendship (Personal Relationships, June 2007 issue).
Why do people like scary movies?
Click HERE for a
WebMD piece that includes my comments.
FOX TV NEWS (
2008 BoilerMaker Football Watch
9-6-08: WIN over
Northern Colorado in
9-13-08 Lost to
9-20-08: WIN over
Central Michigan in
9-27-08: Lost to Notre
Dame in
10-4-08: Lost to
10-11-08: Lost to Ohio State in Columbus, 16-3 (2-4)
10-18-08: Lost to Northwestern in
10-25-08:
vs.
11-01-08:
vs.
11-08-08:
AT Michigan State
11-15-08:
AT Iowa
11-22-08:
vs. Indiana
Hi. My name is Glenn Sparks. I am a Professor in
the Department of Communication at Purdue
University in
I have had plenty of opportunities to explore the
effects of the media outside of my research laboratory. After marrying in 1975,
my wife, Cheri, and I had three children. David, our oldest graduated from
Indiana University in the summer of 2000. After teaching English as a second
language in
Our
oldest daughter (Erin)
graduated in June, 2003 from the University of Chicago while our youngest daughter (Jordan) graduated from West
Lafayette High School. Erin worked for over two years at
Watch a video
performance of me playing the theremin--one
of my favorite hobbies.
Click HERE to see my dog, Skyler,
meeting a new friend.
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