Dennis Patrick

Professor of Communication

134 Quirk

734-487-3198

dpatrick1@emich.edu

Degrees

• PhD - Communication, The University of Texas at Austin, 1997
• MA - Miami University, 1987
• BS - Miami University, 1986

Professional Associations/Memberships

Representative Courses Taught

Advising

Biography

Dennis Patrick specializes in interpersonal and family communication. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Miami University and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas. He has been a professor at Eastern Michigan University since 1996. His research focuses on communication in “discourse dependent” families. Discourse dependent families are visibly different than the so-called traditional family and thus spend more time explaining, justifying, and defending their family to others. Dr. Patrick has presented his research at numerous national and regional communication conferences. His work has been published in Parents and Children Communicating with Society, Gender Actualized: Cases in Communicatively Constructing Realities, Child Welfare, and others.

Dr. Patrick teaches graduate courses in interpersonal and family communication and undergraduate courses in communication theory, nonverbal communication, and gender communication. He also serves as the undergraduate advising coordinator for the department.