自1994年加入霍普学院以来，Dei世界杯荷兰vs厄瓜多尔走地rdre Johnston博士曾担任评估主任、教师主持人以及多种角色，反映了她对多元化倡议的承诺。她领导了“希望的和平与正义研究”副修课程的发展，并帮助制定了“美国民族研究”副修课程和“妇女与性别研究”副修课程。从2003年到2010年，她担任传播部主任。

Deirdre teaches courses including Intergroup Dialogue and Intercultural Communication. She leads Hope College study-abroad courses in Japan, Northern Ireland, Scotland and South Africa. In 2018 she launched an off-campus summer course that brings Hope students to South Africa, together with students from Slovakia and Pakistan, to conduct oral history interviews about people’s apartheid and post-apartheid experiences.

Areas of expertise

As a scholar, Deirdre has focused on intercultural and interpersonal communication, persuasion, the effects of mass media and motherhood. Her current research is in the areas of global communication, cross-cultural happiness, and assessment of globally-connected courses and their impact on the students involved. Her research on work-family balance was twice among the finalists for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for the top work-family research article published in one of 74 international English-language journals.

Diversity education and global education are among Deirdre’s other areas of expertise. She co-created and co-leads a faculty development program focused on diversity education and intergroup dialogue.

View Deirdre's curriculum vitae.

Education

• Ph.D., communication, University of Iowa
• M.A., journalism, University of Texas

Grants and Honors

• Oral History in the Liberal Arts grant to conduct student-faculty oral history research project in South Africa, Oral History in the Liberal Arts Association, 2018
• Global Crossroads Innovations grant, Great Lakes College Association (made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation), 2017
• Motoichiro Oghimi Global Courage Award, Hope College, 2016
• Global Liberal Arts Alliance Endeavor grant with Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts and American University of Beirut to develop globally conjoined course on peace and justice with study-tour component in South Africa, Great Lakes College Association (made possible by a grant from the Endeavor Foundation), 2014
• Completed year-long Council of Independent Colleges Senior Leadership Academy, 2011-12

Selected Publications and Presentations

• “Student Impact of Globally Connected Courses,” presentation with Irene Lopez to the American Association of Colleges and Universities Global Engagement conference, 2018
• “Gen-narrations: Transition and Justice through the Eyes of Three Generations in South Africa,” presentation with D. Kusa to the Conflict Research Society annual conference, 2017
• “Growing Global Citizens in Homogeneous Soil,” presentation to the American Association of Colleges and Universities annual conference, 2017
• “Global Exposure and Global Perceptions: A Cross- Cultural Comparison of Students in China, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and the USA,”Intercultural Communication Studies, 2015
• Research Methods for Everyday Life, with Scott W. VanderStoep, Jossey-Bass, 2009
• The Art & Science of Persuasion, McGraw Hill, 1993

Outside the college

Deirdre为其他学院和大学提供群体间对话、公民话语和冲突调解方面的培训。她还在美国归正教会妇女委员会任职。

In her spare time, she enjoys exploring international locales, dancing the tango, walking the beach and reading in coffee shops.