Kell, Carl L. 1938-

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KELL, Carl L. 1938-


PERSONAL: Born October 2, 1938, in Oklahoma City, OK; son of Carl E. and Madge H. Kell; married, June 29, 1962; wife's name, Mary Anne; children: Kristianna E. Bernhardt. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Ouachita Baptist University, B.A., 1962; University of Arkansas, M.A., 1964; University of Kansas, Ph.D. (communication), 1970. Politics: Republican. Religion: Southern Baptist. Hobbies and other interests: Running, fishing.

ADDRESSES: Home—840 Ironwood Dr., Bowling Green, KY 42103. Offıce—Department of Communication, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101. E-mail—[email protected].


CAREER: Educator and author. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, professor of communication, 1972—.


AWARDS, HONORS: Applegate Research Award, Kentucky Communication Association, 2001, for In the Name of the Father: The Rhetoric of the New Southern Baptist Convention.


WRITINGS:


(With Paul R. Corts) Fundamentals of Effective GroupCommunication, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1980.


(With Paul R. Corts) Let's Talk Business: ImprovingCommunication Skills, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1983.


(With Ray Camp) In the Name of the Father: TheRhetoric of the New Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Illinois University Press (Carbondale, IL), 1999.


WORK IN PROGRESS: Success: The Final Seduction, for Bowling Green State University Press; In My Father's House: Rhetoric and Religion in the Post-Denominational South, for University of Alabama Press.

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