Topic: Dr. Steven "Steve" Beebe's presentation includes both the skills of listening as well as information about nonverbal communication.
PDU Credit: One Point
Speaker Biography
Dr. Beebe is Regents’ and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Texas State University. He is author and co-author of fourteen books (with editions totaling more than 85 books) that have been used at hundreds of colleges and universities throughout the world (including international, Canadian, Russian, and Chinese editions) by several million students. He has also authored or co-authored more than 75 articles and book chapters. Dr. Beebe made international headlines when conducting research at Oxford University when he discovered an unpublished manuscript written by C. S. Lewis that was the partial opening chapter of a book that was to be co-authored with J. R. R. Tolkien called Language and Human Nature. His award-winning research about C. S. Lewis is summarized in his book, C. S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication.
Dr. Beebe served as President of the National Communication Association, the largest professional academic communication association in the world. He is in demand as a communication consultant, trainer, and speaker listing several Fortune 500 clients and many state agencies including the Governor of Texas Executive Development Program.
He received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Communication Association, Training and Development Division. Dr. Beebe was named Scholar of the Year in 2022 by the Religious Communication Association. In 2020, Steve and his wife and frequent co-author Sue, received the “Order of Attainment” from the national debate/forensics honorary Pi Kappa Delta; previous inductees include President Lyndon B. Johnson and Governor Ann Richards. In 2018 Dr. Beebe was named Piper Professor by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation recognizing him as one of the top ten professors in Texas among all academic disciplines.
He has received teaching awards at each university at which he has taught including Honors Professor of the Year and twice received the Everett Swinney Teaching Award, the highest teaching award bestowed by the Faculty Senate at Texas State. He has also received Texas State’s Presidential awards for research and service. The National Speaker’s Association has named him Outstanding Communication Professor in America.
