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Tara Hargrove, M.A. - Chair
Faculty Since 2018
Associate Professor of Communication
Tara D. Hargrove joined the faculty at Pacific Union College as Associate Professor in 2018 after teaching for Southern Adventist University for nine years and a year at her alma mater, Campion Academy. Hargrove completed her undergraduate degree in Speech Communication at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado and then her master’s degree in Communication Studies and a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies.
Hargrove currently teaches Communication and Public Speaking, Advanced Public Speaking, Intercultural Communication and is honored to now serve as department chair. She enjoys research and writing and has presented a number of competitively selected papers throughout her career and has two coauthored journal article publications. In her free time Hargrove enjoys hiking, tide-pooling and just plain adventuring with her husband, Robert, their two adult boys and daughter.
Degrees
A.A. Front Range Community College
2004
B.A. Colorado State University
2006
M.A. in Communication Studies, Colorado State University
2009
Tel: 1-707-965-6694
Email: tmcguire@puc.edu
Office: Irwin Hall 327
Email: tmcguire@puc.edu
Office: Irwin Hall 327
FAA Accomplishments:
McGuire, Tammy. From Emotions to Spirituality: "Spiritual Labor" as the Commodification, Codification, and Regulation of Organizational Members' Spirituality (paper presented at the 2007 National Communication Association Convention)
McGuire, Tammy. Spirituality and the Politics of Meaningful Work (paper presented at the 2007 National Communication Association Convention)
McGuire, Tammy. Sexual harassment of nurses by patients: Competing tensions of identity and control (paper presented at the 2007 National Communication Association Convention)
McGuire, Tammy. Communicating World Views: Feminists of Faith (presentation at the 2007 National Communication Association Convention)
McGuire, Tammy. "Being a Feminist of Faith" panel presentation at the 2007 National Communication Association convention (Chicago).
Tammy McGuire, Ph.D.
Faculty Since 2005
Professor of Communication
Tammy McGuire, Ph.D., professor, specializes in organizational communication. She taught English for many years at Sunnydale Academy (Missouri) and Upper Columbia Academy (Washington) and has written and presented extensively on communication topics, with several presentations at the National Communication Association Conventions. However, she is particularly proud of her communication research students winning numerous top paper awards themselves at these conventions. She loves mountain climbing, rock climbing, backpacking, mountain biking, bikepacking, and tennis.
Degrees
B.A. in Language Arts Education, Union College
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M.A. in English, Eastern Washington University
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Ph.D. in Communication, University of Missouri - Columbia
2006
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