Western Illinois University Communication Professor Nathan Miczo will deliver the 31st annual Wayne N. Thompson Scholar Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26 in the University Union Heritage Room. The lecture is sponsored by the WIU Department of Communication.

Miczo will deliver “Where’s My Toast? Age-Group Identification and Responses to Ageist Jokes.”

Miczo came to WIU in 2001, and previously delivered the Thompson Lecture in 2010.

He received his bachelor’s degree in broadcasting from Arizona State University, and both his master’s and doctoral degrees in communication from the University of Arizona.

Miczo’s primary area of teaching and research interest is interpersonal communication, but he teaches courses in health communication, research methods and message production. He has also published numerous articles in academic journals and written several book chapters.

The Wayne N. Thompson Lecture is named to honor WIU alumnus Wayne Thompson, who was a former professor of speech communication. An endowment in his name helps sponsor a number of department programs to enhance learning and scholarship in the field of communication, including this lecture by a prominent scholar in the field.

This lecture is open free to the public.

For more information, contact the WIU Department of Communication at (309) 298-1507.

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