Presentations and Social Media

Conducted hundreds of presentations before international, national and regional groups to advance investment in higher education, partnerships with higher education, and strengthen commitment to student success, fairness, and more efficient and effective strategies to fulfill its mission to provide opportunity and drive economic well-being. In 2014-2016, for example, I provided plenary presentations to events sponsored by the American Council on Education, Education Commission of the States, President’s Forum, Educational Testing Service and the National Urban League, Stanford University, Midwest Higher Education Compact, NACADA, many state-wide conferences and others addressing policy and practice changes needed in higher education. A sampling of past presentations/public interviews can be found at:

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU00IIaUNbsgtwSkSmkdFpYkEJERmvpn1,
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_14GIClMMs
• http://www.cprehub.org/policy-matters/videos?video_id=281

Representative Articles and Monographs

• Applegate, J.L. & Fulton, M. (2016). Wiping the slate clean: A new federalism for the 21^st century student. Federalism paper series. Education Commission of the States. http://www.ecs.org/initiatives/state-federal-partnerships/.
• Applegate, J.L. (in press). Maximizing college ROI and getting it to those who need it most. In S. Swail (Ed.) The ROI of college. Education Policy Institute.
• Applegate, J.L. (2012). Graduating the 21^st century student. The Journal of the National Academic Advising Association, 32, 5-11.
• Applegate, J.L. (2008) Improving community college transfer: New directions in policy and practice. Transition Matters. Published proceedings of testimony on community colleges by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. Washington, D.C.
• Applegate, J.L. & Morreale, S.P. (2007). Communicating common ground: Higher education as a steward of place in a diverse society. Addressing social issues through service learning. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company.
• Morreale, S.P. and Applegate, J. L. (2006). Engaged disciplines: How national disciplinary societies support the scholarship of engagement. In K. Kecskes (Ed.). The engaged department. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company.
• Applegate, J.L. (2006). Why the scholarship of teaching and learning matters. In Barbara M. Gayle, Raymond Press, Nancy Burrell, and Mike Allen (Eds.). Classroom communication and instructional processes: Advances through meta-analysis. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Applegate, J.L. (2002). Skating to where the puck will be: Engaged research as a funding strategy. Journal of Applied Communication, 30, 402-410.
• Applegate, J. L. & Nora, L. (2002). Post tenure review in Kentucky: A clash of cultures. In C. Licata and J. Morreale (Eds.). Experienced voices: Best practices in post tenure review. Washington, D.C.: American Association for Higher Education.
• Morreale, S.P., Applegate, J.L., Wulff, D.H, Sprague, J. (2002). The scholarship of teaching and learning in communication studies. In Mary Huber and Sherwyn Morreale (Eds.). Disciplinary styles in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Washington, D.C.: American Association for Higher Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
• Applegate, J. L. (2001). Engaged graduate education: Seeing with new eyes. Communicator, 84, No. 9, 1-2; 6. Also published in non-abridged form as an Occasional Paper of the Preparing Future Faculty Program, Washington, D.C.: Council of Graduate Schools.
• Applegate, J. L. & Morreale, S. P. (2001). Creating engaged disciplines. American Association for Higher Education Bulletin, 53, 7-9.
• Applegate, J.L. & Morreale, S.P. (1999). Service learning in the communication discipline. In David Droge (Ed.) Strong voices for democracy. Washington, D.C.: American Association for Higher Education.
• Waldron, V. & Applegate, J.L. (1998). Similarity in the use of person-centered tactics: Effects on social attraction and persuasiveness in dyadic verbal disagreements. Communication Reports, 11, 155-166.
• Applegate, J.L., Darling, A., Sprague, J., Nyquist, J. & Andersen, J. (1997). An agenda for graduate education: Challenges and opportunities. Communication Education, 46, 115-120.
• Applegate, J.L., Burleson, B.R., & Delia, J.G. (1992) Reflection enhancing parenting and children's social cognitive and communicative development. In J. Goodnow, A. McGillicuddy-Delisi and I.E. Sigel (Eds.) Parental belief systems: The psychological consequences for children (Vol. 2). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sypher, H.E.  & Applegate, J.L. (Eds.) (1984). Communication by children and adults. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage (328 pp.).

Other academic publications and papers available on request.

Research Papers

More than 100 research papers and presentations at professional meetings and universities including papers receiving recognition as the outstanding submission to research divisions in the International Communication Association, Western Communication Association, and Southern States Communication Association

Journal Editorial Service

Served on the editorial boards of international, national, and regional journals and as a reviewer for many other professional publications. Included among these are: International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication Education, Communication Reports, Southern Communication Journal, Communication Quarterly, Human Communication Research, Communication Research, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, and Communication Monographs.

Grants and Contracts

• Various foundation grants 2014-17 to support improvements in the high school to college and college to work transitions, reverse transfer, adult college completion, curriculum redesign, and college completion in Illinois (nearly $500,000 in grants awarded to date; $1M in progress).
• Lumina grant to support adult learner success in Kentucky ($500,000) (2007).
• Lumina grant to support college access and success ($500,000) (2007).
• GEAR UP Kentucky I (2000-05) and II (2006-11). Two successive federal grants for $31 million supporting college access programs for low income students in Kentucky for which I led development of an additional $31 million dollars in matching support from within the state.
• Passport to Opportunity Grant. Grant support of $1 million to selected states by the Southern Governors Association and the Gates Foundation to implement campaigns to promote staying in high school and attending college.
• Adult Learning Campaign. Co-authored a $1 million grant from the Lumina Foundation to the Southern Regional Education Board to support raising adult education levels in the South.
• While department chair at the University of Kentucky, developed a funding strategy that transformed the department from one with no extramural funds to one that, when I left, had more competitive extramural funding than any department in the discipline and was among the highest funded at the University.

External Consulting

• Various national and international organizations and foundations focused on improving college access and success for underserved groups and higher education performance, serving international students  including Navitas, Pearson, Fullbridge, and College for Every Student.
• Served on the Campus Compact’s Consulting Corp, a group of national experts on the scholarship of engagement, who assist campuses in linking their research and teaching to public needs.
• Consultant for the Southern Regional Education Board on implementation of a grant from the Lumina Foundation to increase adult participation in higher education and as a member their regional college access consortia.
• Conducted over 200 seminars and consulting activities for various corporate, government, community, and educational organizations to improve communication practices and solve communication problems. Clients include: Corning Glass, IBM, Lexmark, General Electric Corporation, Island Creek Coal, Marriott Hotels, Veterans Administration Hospitals, National Tour Association, American Society for Training and Development, Knight Ridder Newspapers, and a number of universities and public school systems.
• Invited consultant with various higher education organizations on higher education policy/program development including AOL/Time Warner, Alliance for Regional Stewardship, Lumina Foundation, American Association of Colleges and Universities, Pathways to College, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, New England Board of Higher Education, and agencies in California, Montana, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee among others.