John Seiter
Communication Studies - Communication Studies and Philosophy
Distinguished Full Professor
Contact Information
Office Hours: Zoom by appointmentOffice Location: Logan (MAIN 308)
Phone: +1 435 797 0138
Email: john.seiter@usu.edu
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Educational Background
Ph.D., Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1993.
M. A., Department of Speech Communication, California State University, Fullerton, 1989.
B. A. (Double Major), Departments of Speech Communication and Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, 1986.
Biography
John Seiter (Ph.D. University of Southern California) is a Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies in the Department of Communication Studies and Philosophy at Utah State University. His research focuses broadly on persuasion and specifically on topics such as political aggression, effective approaches to compliance gaining, deception, nonverbal influence, communication in the context of COVID-19, and persuasion in hospitality contexts. His work has been recognized by over ten “Top Paper” awards at both regional and national conferences. His coauthored book,"Persuasion, Social Influence, and Compliance Gaining," is now in its 6th edition. He is coauthor of two additional books ("Nonverbal Communication in Political Debates" and "Arguing, Reasoning, and Thinking Well") and co-editor of two others ("Communication in the Classroom: A Collection of G.I.F.T.S." and "Perspectives on Persuasion, Social Influence, and Compliance Gaining"). Previously, Dr. Seiter received Utah State University’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” and has been recognized as the university’s “Professor of the Year” and the College of Humanities and Social Science’s “Researcher of the Year.” He sits on the editorial boards of several journals.
Achievements
Comm Studies’ John Seiter honored as a CHaSS Distinguished Professor
Cazier Lifetime Achievement Award, John Seiter
Talking Through a Pandemic
Communication in the Classroom: A Collection of G.I.F.T.S. 
Persuasion: Social Influence and Compliance Gaining
Arguing, Reasoning, and Thinking Well
Perspectives on Persuasion, Social Influence, and Compliance Gaining Nonverbal Communication in Political Debates 
