Natalie Dollar
Associate Professor of Speech Communication
Ph.D., University of Washington
Newberry Hall, Rm. 110
T: 541-322-3140
Natalie Dollar, Associate Professor of Speech Communication, teaches upper division and graduate courses in intercultural and interpersonal communication, community dialogue, communication theory, youth communication outreach, and group communication. Before coming to OSU-Cascades in 2002, Natalie was a member of the Oregon State University faculty in Corvallis (1993-2002) where she was named a College of Liberal Arts Master Teacher and awarded the College of Liberal Arts Dean Wilkins Faculty Development Award.
Natalie received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Mississippi State University, a Masters of Arts in Communication Theory from Arizona State University, and a doctorate in Cultural Communication from the University of Washington.
Natalie's scholarship focuses on identity, culture, and communication. She has published articles and book chapters on "houseless" and street-oriented youth, members of a musical speech community, and ethnographic approaches for studying group--cultural and intercultural--interaction. Her current research interests focus on dialogue as a means for co-constructing relationships among individuals or groups in conflict, teaching community dialogue, and negotiating identities in intracultural interactions.
In March of 2003, she founded The Community Dialogue Project (CDP) that provides educational opportunities for Central Oregonians interested in learning about dialogue as an intentional, distinct form of communication. Working with OSU-Cascades students, Natalie offers an annual Community Dialogue Workshop as part of the CDP.
Current Courses
Spring 2010
- COMM 326: Intercultural Commuincation, TR 9-10:20
- COMM 427: Cultural Codes of Communication (Native American codes of place), TR 1-2:20
Summer 2010
- COMM 407: Peer Group Communication, June 21-July 2, 1-4:50 M-F, all assignments completed by July 16 (4 credits)
2010-2011 Academic Year
Fall 2010
- AMS 311: Topics in American Studies, American Society and Work, TR 1-2:50
- COMM 321: Introduction to Communication Theory, TR 9-10:20
Winter 2011
- COMM 318: Interpersonal Communication, TR 9-10:20
- COMM 422: Group Communication Theory and Research (WIC), TR 1-2:20
Spring 2011
- COMM 326: Intercultural Communication, TR 9-10:20
- COMM 425: Communication and Youth Outreach, TR 1-2:50 (4 credits)
Selected Publications
Dollar, N.J. (2010). A chronological account of Deadheads' cultural communication code. In J. Tuedio & S. Spector (Eds.), The Grateful Dead in Concert: Esays on Live Improvisation. McFarland Press.
Aden, R., Borchers, T.A., Buxbaum, A.G., Cronn-Mills, K., Davis, S., Dollar, N.J., Mitchell, I., & Ruggerio, A.A. (2009). Communities of Cornhuskers: The generation of place through sports fans' rituals. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication.
Dollar, N. J. (2007). 'Songs of our own': The Deadhead cultural communication code. In N. Meriwether (Ed.), All Graceful Instruments (pp. 176-195). Cambridge Scholars Press.
Dollar, N. J. (2003). 'Sometimes you get shown the light': An ethnographer's meditation on boundaries, barriers and awareness. Dead Letters: Essays on the Grateful Dead Phenomenon, 2, 11-18.
Dollar, N. J., & Merrigan, G. (2002). An ethnographic approach for understanding group communication. In L. Frey (Ed.), New Directions in Group Communication Theory, Research, and Pedagogy (pp. 59-78). Newbury Park: Sage Press.
Dollar, N. J. (1999). Understanding "show" as a Deadhead speech event. In R. G. Weiner & D. D. Dodd (Eds.), Writings on the Grateful Dead (pp. 89-100). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Dollar, N. J., & Zimmers, B. G. (1998). Social identity and communicative boundaries: An analysis of youth and young adult street speakers in a U. S. American community. Communication Research, 25 (6), 596-617.
Selected Presentations
Dollar, N. J. (2007, February). Community dialogue workshop as civil society: A preliminary analysis of "getting below the sound bite" to the betwixt and between. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Seattle, WA.
Dollar, N. J. (2006, December). Creating places and spaces for community dialogue: An alternative to argument and debate when engaging controversial community issues. Cascades Research Roundtable, Bend, OR.
Dollar, N. J., Hopp, S., Edwards, M. L., & Becraft, D. (2005, April). Bridging the communication gap: Dialogue, the campus, and the local community. Paper presented at the Continuums of Service Annual Conference, Portland, OR.
Works in Progress
Dollar, N.J. "Getting below the sound bite" to the betwixt and between: One community's creation of a space for dialogue on the Iraq War.
