Chad Harms

Photo by Patty Trom-Bird

Assistant Professor

charms@iastate.edu

Office:

113 Hamilton Hall

515-294-4466

Office Hours (Fall 2009)

Mon and Wed 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. and by appointment.

Year at ISU

Fall 2003

Education

• Ph.D., Communication, Michigan State University, 2004. M.A., Communication, Michigan State University, 2000. B.A., Speech Communication, Iowa State University, 1995.

Teaching and Research

• Computer mediated communication; human computer interaction; interpersonal communication; gender; public speaking.

Publications

• Published articles in Communication Research Reports, HCI International, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, and Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments.

Major Awards

• Member of the first Young Investigator's Forum in Virtual Reality (2001); National Collegiate Boxing Champion representing Iowa State University (1994).

Current Projects

• S.T.O.P.:Study for the Termination of Online Predators

Current Research

• computer mediated communication, human computer interaction

Committees

• Human-Computer Interaction Curriculum Committee
• Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication Convergence Committee
• Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication Curriculum Committee
• Iowa State University Computation Advisory Committee

Clubs

• Iowa State Boxing Club, Head Coach/Faculty Advisor

News Sources

• Des Moines Register, Ames Tribune, Iowa State Daily, CNN, Google (News)

Favorite Books

• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
• Lords of the Ring
• Experience as Art: Aesthetics in Everyday Life
• The Daughter of Time
• A Stiff Drink and a Close Shave: The Lost Arts of Manliness

Favorite Musicians

• Rolling Stones
• Jimi Hendrix
• Glen Campbell
• Paul Simon
• Sam Corbin