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Carel Neffenger, Jr.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First things first… How do you say my name? “Carel” is just like “Carol”. “Neffenger” is with an emphasis on the first syllable (“Neff”) and the “g” is soft as in “giraffe” \u2013 and sounds similar to “messenger.” You are welcome to call me “Carel” in the class. (“Professor Neffenger” sounds very stodgy; “Mr. Neffenger” works if you need to; some students even call me “Mr. Carel” or “Teacher” \u2013 all of those are fine, too.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m excited to be your instructor at Green River College in communication studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why am I teaching a communication class? My undergraduate and graduate degrees were in communication studies<\/a> because I’ve always enjoyed the process of humans communicating with one another. I’m fascinated by language (a dual undergraduate major in linguistics), and found that communication studies was a social science and analytical approach to understanding how humans use body, voice, and language to elicit meanings. Most of my education focused on organizational communication<\/a> and organizational development<\/a> while conducting research by creating sociograms<\/a> and developing ethnographic<\/a> interpretations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green River<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I look forward to working with you this quarter in this class. I’ve been teaching communication studies classes at Green River College since 2005 including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n