ABSTRACT
I have been a teacher my entire adult life. Every full-time job I have ever had has been in a university setting. Every piece of research I have conducted and published, save one study, has been conducted within traditional classrooms. Understandable, right? My research has focused on how noncommunication majors work through the challenges of learning communication skills while also learning disciplinary content. I have also studied how new graduate teaching assistants negotiate communication difficulties of the classroom as they learn what it means to be a teacher. Where better to explore these questions than in the classroom? Where better to learn about the intersections between communication, teaching, and learning than in the classrooms within which these processes occur? Where else could I learn about those tricky issues that riddle novice teachers and learners who are trying to navigate through processes outside of their comfort zones?
