Directory of Communication Related Mental Measures

Jason Wrench, Doreen Jowi, and Alan Goodboy have coauthored a new directory of over 500 mental measures published in communication journals. This new volume has been written for the National Communication Association's Non-Serial Publications Series and should be available Summer 2010 for purchase. More...


CommuniCast

Jason Wrench has initiated the field's first branded podcast series, CommuniCast. CommuniCast are interviews with the top scholars in communication today. More...

Jason S. Wrench, Ed.D.


Jason S. Wrench (Ed.D., West Virginia University) is an associatet professor in the Communication and Media department at the State University of New York at New Paltz.  Dr. Wrench specializes in workplace learning and performance, or the intersection of instructional communication and organizational communication. His varied research interests include communibiology, computer-mediated communication, empirical research methods, humor, risk/crisis communication, and supervisor-subordinate interactions. Dr. Wrench regularly consults with individuals and organizations on organizational communication and as a professional speech coach for senior executives.

Dr. Wrench has published five previous books (Intercultural Communication: Power in Context, Communication, Affect, and Learning in the Classroom, Principles of Public Speaking, Human Communication in Everyday Life: Explanations and Applications, Quantitative Research Methods for Communication: A Hands-On Approach, and The Directory of Communication Related Mental Measures). Furthermore, Dr. Wrench has published over 20 research articles that have appeared in various journals: Communication Quarterly, Communication Research Reports, Education, Human Communication, Journal of Homosexuality, Journal of Intercultural Communication, Southern Communication Journal, The Source: A Journal of Education, and The NACADA Journal (National Association of Campus Advising).

For more information, see Dr. Wrench's home page at http://www.JasonSWrench.com.