Cindy L. Berryman-Fink

Professor Emerita
Communication - Emeriti Faculty
120 McMicken Hall
513-556-4455
cynthia.fink@uc.edu

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Education

B.A., Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA (History Education).

M.A., Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH (Communication).

Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH (Communication).

Professional Summary

Having received her Ph.D. in interpersonal and public communication from Bowling Green State University, Cynthia Berryman-Fink teaches courses in gender communication, organizational communication, organizational diversity, applied communication research methods and interpersonal communication. Her program of research examines gender-related communication practices in organizational and interpersonal contexts: perceptions and preventions of sexually harassing communication; attributions of communication competence of women managers; and communication styles in managing conflict. Among the books she has authored, co-authored or co-edited are Communication, Language, and Sex (1980); Research in Speech Communication (1981); The Manager's Desk Reference (1989 & 1996); Communication and Sex-Role Socialization (1993), and Inter-Act, 11th ed. (2006). Professor Berryman-Fink has published numerous articles in communication, psychology, personnel, and education journals, and has served as a consultant to many companies, professional associations, and governmental institutions, including Procter & Gamble, Marathon Oil Company, Cincinnati Bell, International Paper, the Drees Company, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Internal Revenue Service. She headed the Department of Communication from 1987-1992, and served as Acting Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs from 1994-1996 Acting Head of the Department of Judaic Studies in 2003-04, and Interim Dean of McMi cken College of Arts and Sciences in 2007. She served as president of the Central States Communication Association in 2001 and was co-founder of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender in 1978. She has received a teaching award from the Central States Communication Association (1983), the UC Just Community Award (1999) awards from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender (2002 & 2005) and the UC Panhellic Professor of the Year Award (2006).

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