Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey

 

Dr. todd kelshaw

Todd Kelshaw is Associate Director in School of Communication and Media. As a scholar of organizational communication, his special concerns are for democratic environments in which members may share leadership, collaboratively create and problem-solve, and foster healthy relationships across cultural, moral and attitudinal differences. In an organizational landscape that is increasingly characterized by democratization, globalization, and decentralized yet thoroughly networked interactivities—all of which are advanced through emerging communication technologies—issues of stakeholder empowerment are quickly becoming more important and sophisticated. If, as John Dewey observed, democracy is not so much a mechanism of governance as it is a moral ideal to be realized throughout the communicative contexts of our daily lives, such issues are inherent to all of our communities, spanning residential and civic settings, politics and governance, work, commerce, education, recreation, journalism and so on. Through his scholarship, he aims to interrogate and celebrate notions of relational stakeholdership and to develop and apply dialogic and deliberative communication competencies toward people’s mutual empowerment and organizational well-being.

Faculty Fellow Role

As a faculty fellow, Dr. Kelshaw will:

  • Serve as a mentor to Community Engaged Teaching and Learning fellows designing and leading the CETL Fellows program yearly.

  • Attend regularly scheduled meetings of the Center for Community Engagement and will be present at the Center regularly throughout the semester.

  • Produce scholarly articles in peer reviewed journals, present papers at scholarly meetings, and work on projects with faculty and community partners, writing grants, reports, etc.

  • Work in collaboration with community partners and/or plan and implement training workshops, and the recruitment of new faculty members to the Program.

  • Oversee and coordinate in conjunction with the Center for Community Engagement, the Community Engagement Council of Montclair State University.