Professor of Communication Studies
304-696-6703
Bookwalt@Marshall.edu
Dr. Robert B. Bookwalter has been a faculty member in Communication Studies since 1987 and served the department as Coordinator of CMM 103 for 15 years and department chair from 2008-2010. He was the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts before stepping into the role of Interim Provost in July of 2025.
His scholarly interests are in the areas of conflict management, interpersonal communication, group process/leadership, and language/discourse analysis.
A native of San Jose, CA, Dr. Bookwalter received his B.A. in Speech Communication from Fresno State University (http://www.csufresno.edu/comm/) in 1979, his M.A. in Interpersonal Communication from the University of Montana (http://www.umt.edu/dcs/) in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the University of Kansas (http://www2.ku.edu/~coms/)