Title
Professor and Department Head
Office Phone
(765) 494-8603
Education
B.A. from the University of South Florida, M.A. from Western Kentucky University, Ph.D. from the University of Michigan
Research Areas
Software Diffusion, Communication, Time and Technology, E-Health Web Site Usability, Digital Identity
Key Areas
Trusted Social and Human Interaction
Incident Detection, Response, Investigation
Notable Experience
Keynote address (Communication,Technology and Change) at the Finland Virtual University Seminar at the University of Jyväskylä in Jyväskylä, Finland (2001). Taught a class on Communication and Change: International Perspectives in Italy (Spring 2001).
Notable Awards
National Communication Association's Golden Anniversary Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Notable Affiliations
Active supporter of the CIMBA program in Northern Italy.
Publications
Research has appeared in Communication Monographs, Human Communication Research, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and the British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, among others.
Biography
Howard Sypher is Professor and founding Head of the Brian Lamb School of Communication and has for a number of years focused his research and teaching in the area of communication and new technology. He has recently been involved in applied research focusing on software diffusion E-health website usability, and comparative research focusing on the impact of technology and organizational settings. His research on "digital identity" was funded by the National Science Foundation. Sypher received the "Seed for Success" Award from Purdue in 2007.
In March 2001 Sypher gave the keynote address (Communication, Technology and Change) at the Finland Virtual University Seminar at the University of Jyväskylä in Jyväskylä, Finland. Recently, he has lectured extensively in China and has been a guest on CCTV's Dialogue program in Beijing on three occasions. He has also lectured in Japan, Mexico, Australia, Europe, and South America.
Howard Sypher's research has appeared in Communication Monographs, Human Communication Research, Communications of the ACM, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and the British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology among others. His publications also include Communication Research Measures: A Sourcebook. He was the founding editor (with Ted Glasser of Stanford) of the Guilford Communication Series and he received the "Golden Anniversary Award for Excellence in Research" from the National Communication Association.
Sypher regularly teaches Com 435, Communication and Emerging Technologies at Purdue. Dr. Sypher serves on the advisory boards of several profit and not-for-profit organizations including the internal Advisory Boards for CERIAS and the Homeland Security Institute at Purdue. He is a Producer-at-Large for TechNation which appears on National Public Radio.
