Natalie Dollar, Associate Professor of Speech Communication, teaches 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.  She teaches in the Speech Communication, Liberal Studies and American Studies programs and is a member of the Graduate School faculty.

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.

2011-2012 Academic Year

Fall 2011

- COMM 425: Communication and Youth Outreach

Winter 2012

- COMM 399: Communicating Leadership

Spring 2011

- COMM 326: Intercultural Communication,

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., & 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., & 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. & Balter-Reitz, S. (2012, February). You decide if he is wise: Finding authority in a non-authoritative community.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the SWTXPC, Albuquerque, NM.

Dollar, N. J. (2012, February). Betwixt and between the sound bite: Facilitating community dialogue.  Paper presented Accessing Civility: Arizona Forum on Civil Communication. Sponsored by the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication and the National Communication Association, Tempe, AZ.

Dollar, N. J. (2007, February). Community dialogue workshop as civil society: A preliminary analysis of "getting below the sound bite". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Seattle, WA.

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.