Richard Quianthy is a Professor of Communication and Program Manager at Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, where he teaches Public Speaking and is the recipient of an Endowed Teaching Chair. Richard has been involved with the development and assessment of speaking and listening competencies since 1983. He has served as chair of the National Communication Association's Communication Assessment Commission. He has been recognized by NCA as the Outstanding Community College Educator and for "Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Assessment." He was an invited presenter at the American Association of Higher Education conference on Assessment.

 

He has served as the Executive Director of the International Listening Association and received its Special Recognition Award for outstanding service to the organization.

 

Dr. Quianthy has also been active in the field of distance education. He was asked to make a special presentation on distance education to the Carnegie PEW Communication Fellows. He has developed and is teaching an online Public Speaking course which is currently being offered to college students.

 

Richard has been active with the Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association. He attended and participated in the special summer conference on “Communication and Health” sponsored by the NCA. He assisted in the development of the course “Communication for Interdisciplinary Health Teams”. He also served on the committee that evaluated the communication components of the Allied Health programs at his institution.