Professional and Scholarly Service of Linda C.Lederman

Director, Center for Communication and Health Issues, 1998-present. Co-Founder and Director, Communication and Health Issues Partnership for Education and Research (CHI), Rutgers University. Responsible for leading a coalition of fifteen faculty, health educators, health counselors, and graduate students in multiple funded research projects. ($300,000 current funding.)

Chair, Department of Communication, Rutgers University, and Director, Undergraduate Program in Communication, 1991-1996. Administrative and fiscal officer responsible for a faculty of 21 full-time and twelve part-time faculty, six teaching assistants, 1100 undergraduate majors and pre-majors, and 6,000 student enrollments per year in interpersonal, organizational, intercultural, international, health, speech, telecommunication, mass communication, and public relations.

Inaugural Director, Master's Program in Communication and Information Studies, Rutgers University, 1987-1991. Administrative and fiscal officer responsible for an interdisciplinary masters program with 40 faculty and staff from the Department of Communication, Department of Library and Information Studies, and Department of Journalism and Mass Media; 85 students and four teaching assistants.

Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator, FIPSE/FICE Projects, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies1984-1887. Administrative and fiscal responsibility for directing faculty from three departments involved in two major grants from the federal (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education-FIPSE) and state (Fund for Improvement of College Education-FICE) governments for the education of information professionals, totally $450,000.

Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Rutgers University, 1985-1992.

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Rutgers University, 1979-1985.

Visiting Instructor, Department of Communication, Rutgers University, 1974-1975.

Assistant Professor, Speech and Theatre Department, Nassau Community College, 1967-1969.

Instructor, Department of Speech Arts and Sciences, St. John's University, 1963-1965.

Member, Selection Committee, Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award, 2004

Co-chair, Quality and Communication Improvement Self Study Sub-Committee, 1996-98

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Scholarly Society Offices

National Communication Association/ Speech Communication Association

Candidate, President-elect, 1998

Legislative Council, 1997-8

ACA Program Planner, 1996

Experiential Learning Commission Program Planner, 1992

Chair, Commission on Experiential Learning, 1991

Vice Chair, Commission on Experiential Learning, 1990

Vice Chair-elect, Commission on Experiential Learning, 1989

Representative, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1988-1990

Nominating Committee, 1985

Eastern Communication Association

Committee on Teaching Fellows, 1997-present
President, 1984
First Vice President and 74th Annual Conference Planner , 1982

Executive Council, 1988-1990

Chair, Finance Committee, 1988-1990

Member-at-Large, Executive Council, 1980-1982

Association for Communication Administration

President 1996

Representative, Council of Communication Associations, 1996

President-elect, 1995

Executive Committee, 1993-present

International Simulation and Gaming Association

Executive Committee, 1991- 1994

North American Simulation and Gaming Association

Executive Board, 1992-1995

Tri-State Communication Association

President, 1988

International Communication Association, 1972-present

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Eastern Communication Association, Annual Conference, Presidential Series Planner, 1992.

Tri-State Communication Association, President and Conference Planner, New Brunswick, NJ, 1988.

Eastern Communication Association, First Vice-President and 74th Annual Conference Planner, Ocean City, Maryland, 1983.

North American Simulation and Gaming Association, Conference Planning Committee, 21st Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, 1983.

Eastern Communication Association, Conference Planner, 5th Annual Basic Course Director's Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 1980.

Member, Selection Committee, Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award, 2004

Co-chair, Quality and Communication Improvement Self Study Sub-Committee, 1996-98

Service to the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies at Rutgers University

Inaugural Director, Master's Program in Communication & Information Studies, 1987-1991

Consultant, F G I Training, NJ Consortium on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, 1999

Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Mercer Council on Alcohol and Drug Addiction, 1995-97.

Consultant, New Jersey Institute for Collegiate Teaching and Learning, 1994-1995

White House Office on Drug Control Policy, 2004

Ithaca College, External Evaluator, 2002

Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Prevention, 2002, 2004

Consultant and Course Designer, AT&T, School of Business, 1995

AT&T, Consumer Products, 1988

NJ Inter-Insurance Exchange, 1990

Elizabethtown Water Company, 1994

National Training Laboratory (NTL), Bethel, Maine, 1987-1988

Germanksy Electronics, 1986

Johnson and Johnson, (Personal Products, Dental, Ortho), 1980-1982

Withum, Smith and Brown, Certified Public Accountants, 1983-1984

Total Research Corporation, 1981-1988

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