Brenda Ahntholz - Assistant Professor of Speech and Communication Studies

Brenda Ahntholz is an Assistant Professor of Speech & Communication Studies at Ohlone College in Fremont, California. She has taught collegiate and professional speech and communication studies courses and workshops since 1994. She began teaching as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Northern Iowa. She also has several years of professional marketing communications experience. She worked in public relations and marketing for a hockey team, and a chamber of commerce and a market research firm where she did research for consumer products, pharmaceuticals, and high-tech computer companies.

Her current academic research interests are in teaching intercultural communication including race and privilege, gender communication and in interpersonal communication.

Contact Information

Brenda Ahntholz
Assistant Professor
Faculty Advisor - Speech & Communications Studies Club and Sigma Chi Eta Honor Society
Speech & Communication Studies
(510) 979-7934
bahntholz@ohlone.edu
Office: Building 6, Room 6308

Education

• Ed. D. (in-progress) Higher Education Administration, Alliant International University
  • Emphasis: Cross Cultural Studies
• M.A. Communication Studies, University of Northern Iowa
  • Emphasis:  Interpersonal Communication, Gender Communication, and Communication Education
• B.A. Journalism/Public Relations, University of Nebraska, Omaha

Professional Memberships

• WSCA, Western States Communication Association
• National Communication Association

Publications and Presentations

• Paper for Western States Communication Association Conference. Palm Springs, CA, February 2006. Co-Teaching Whiteness as a Mixed Race Team: Reflections of an Intercultural Communication Class.
• Presenter for Western States Communication Association Conference. Great Ideas For Teaching Speech (G.I.F.T.S.). 2001-2005.
• Community College Planner for Western States Communication Association Conference. Albuquerque, NM, February 2004.
• Panel Chair for Western States Communication Association Conference. Albuquerque, NM, February 2004. Creativity in Community College Communication Curriculum.
• Panel Chair for Western States Communication Association Conference. Salt Lake City, UT, February 2003. Great Ideas For Teaching Speech (G.I.F.T.S.).
• Paper for National Communication Association Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA, November 2000. Conflict management in lesbian interpersonal relationships: A preliminary qualitative investigation.
• Panelist for Western States Communication Association Conference. Sacramento, CA, February 2000. Model teaching program awarded to Ohlone College.
• Trainer for Growth & Opportunity, Inc. Gilroy, CA, October 1999. Team Building Strategies.
• Panelist for UNI’s Diversity Week, 1994. Sexual diversity.
• Panelist at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference. Ames, IA, 1994. Women’s interpersonal isolationism in rural Iowa.
• Presenter for UNI’s Communication Studies Colloquium Series, 1994. Hearing women’s voices: Oral histories of rural Iowa farm women.
• Actor in UNI’s Interpreter’s Theatre, 1994. Being East Indian in America: A true test of Shakti.
• Panelist for UNI’s Gender Equality Association, 1993. What is feminism?