James L . Leighter, PhD

Department

Communication Studies

Position

Associate Professor

Books

• The Nebraska Sandhills
  Vinton Mary Ann, Leighter Jay, Local Knowledge and the Future of the Sandhills [Book Chapter] 2024
• Participatory partnerships for social action and research
  Leighter James L., Participatory partnerships in rural Nebraska: Finding mutual benefit for communities and scholarship [Book Chapter] 2010
• Leighter James L., 'What is an average citizen'?: Citizen speech codes and political people making 2010
• Communicating for social impact : engaging communication theory, research, and pedagogy
  Kirby Erika L., Leighter James L., McBride M. Chad, Tye-Williams Stacy, Ortega Murphy B., Turner L. H., Bonewits Feldner S., Exploring the basement of social justice issues- A graduate upon graduation [Book Chapter] 2009
• Interacting and organizing: Analyses of a management meeting
  Leighter James L., Sam Steinberg's use of Tell in After Mr. Sam [Book Chapter] 2007

Publications

• Journal of Deliberative Democracy
  Black Laura W., Leighter Jay, Gastil John, Communicating trust, community, and process in public meetings: A reflection on how close attention to communication can contribute to the future of public participation
  5:2, p. 8 - 8 2020
• Journal of Deliberative Democracy
  Leighter Jay, Black Laura W., Cockett Lynn S., Jarmon Leslie, The practice of public meetings: Introduction to the special issue
  5:2, p. 1 - 1 2020
• Great Plains research
  O'Keefe John, Leighter James L, Vinton Mary Ann, Invited Essay: Ecology, Culture, and Spirituality in the Nebraska Sandhills
  29:2, p. 71 - 81 2019
• Human Communication Research
  Gastil John, Leighter Jay, Deess E. Pierre, Black Laura W., From Group Member to Democratic Citizen: How Deliberating with Fellow Jurors Reshapes Civic Attitudes
  34:1, p. 137 - 169 2019
• Journal of Applied Communication Research
  Leighter James L., Rudnick Lisa, Edmonds Theresa J., How the ethnography of communication provides resources for design
  41:2, p. 209 - 215 2013
• Western Journal of Communication
  Leighter James L., Black Laura, 'I'm Just Raising the Question': Terms for Talk and Practical Metadiscursive Argument in Public Meetings
  74:5, p. 547 - 569 2010
• International Journal of Public Participation
  Black Laura W., Leighter James L., Gastil J., Communicating trust, community, and process in public meetings: A reflection on how close attention to communication can contribute to the future of public participation
  3:2, p. 143 - 159 2009
• International Journal of Public Participation
  Leighter James L., Castor T., What are we going to 'talk about'in this public 'meeting”?: An examination of talk about communication in the North Omaha Development Project
  3:2, p. 57 - 75 2009
• International Journal of Public Participation
  Leighter James L., Black Laura W., Cockett L. S., Jarmon L., The practice of public meetings: Introduction to the special issue
  3:2, p. 1 - 13 2009
• Human Communication Research
  Gastil John, Black Laura W., Deess E. P., Leighter James L., From Group Member to Democratic Citizen: How Deliberating with Fellow Jurors Reshapes Civic Attitudes
  34:1, p. 137 - 169 2008

Grants

• The Nebraska Sandhills - Preserving People and Places in the Last Prairie/Sponsor: Nebraska Environmental Trust

• The Nebraska Sandhills: An Interdisciplinary Study of Place Through Ecology, Culture/Sponsor: Nebraska Environmental Trust

• Communication Apprehension Reduction: Assessing the Effectiveness of an Online Public Speaking Course/Sponsor: Creighton University Center for Faculty Excellence/CFE

Consulting

• Associate Scholar. University of Washington Center for Local Strategies Research.
  Associate Scholar. University of Washington Center for Local Strategies Research. The purpose of the Center is to support research that informs and assists efforts to develop and implement practices and policies for meeting human needs in local communities. Project begins Summer 2010.
  University of Washington Center for Local Strategies Research
  2010 - 2010
• Workshop design, workshop facilitation and workshop outcomes research
  Workshop design, workshop facilitation and workshop outcomes research for The Nebraska Sustainability Leadership Workshops. Primary funding provided by The Nebraska Environmental Trust. Project funded from July 2008-July 2010.
  The Nebraska Sustainability Leadership Workshops
  2008 - 2008