Co-director of the COM 100 Multimedia Project using Authorware 3.0 for Windows. Modules to be available in public Windows labs by Fall, 1996. Responsible for programming and other technical aspects of the project.

Villaume, W. A., Brown, M. H., & Darling, R. Presbycusis, communication and older adults. (1994). In M. L. Hummert, J. Wiemann, & J. Nussbaum (Eds.). Interpersonal communication and older adulthood: Interdisciplinary research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 83-106.

Villaume, W.A., Darling, R., Brown, M.H., Richardson, D. & Clark-Lewis, S. (1993). The multidimensionality of presbycusis: Hearing losses on the content and relational dimensions of speech. The Journal of the International Listening Association. 7, 111-128.

Villaume, W.A. & Reid, T. (1990). An initial investigation of aging, aligning actions and presbycusis. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 18:1, 8-31. (Lead refereed article in a special issue on Communication and Aging)

Villaume, W.A., Jackson, J. & Schouten, T.G. (1989). Issue- event extensions and interaction involvement: Evidence distinguishing text-based and meaning-based discourse strategies. Human Communication Research, 15:3, 407-427.

Villaume, W.A. (1988). Interaction involvement and the use of referential and formal anaphora in conversation. Language and Speech, 31:4, 357-374.

Villaume, W.A. (1988). Identity and similarity chains in the conversation of high-involved and low-involved speakers: Evidence of integrated discourse strategies. Western Journal of Speech Communication, 52:3, 185-202. (Lead article; Subsequently nominated for Article of the Year Award in WJSC)

Villaume, W.A. & Cegala, D.J. (1988). Interaction involvement and discourse strategies: The patterned use of cohesive devices in conversation. Communication Monographs, 55, 22-40.

Tate-Braxton, C., Villaume, W. A., Bing Harris, W., & Wortham, J. (1995, April). What's in a word? A semantic differential analysis of 'mental retardation' and other terms in special education. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of The Council for Exceptional Children.

Villaume, W. A., & Weaver, J. B. III. (1995, March). A factorial approach to establishing reliable listening measures from the WBLT and the KCLT: Full information factor analysis of dichotomous data. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the International Listening Association. Little Rock, AK. (Paper won the Ralph Nichols Award for the top research paper.)

Weaver, J. B. III, Villaume, W. A., & Fitch-Hauser, M. (1994, November). Communication apprehension: What are people anxious about? Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Speech Communication Association. New Orleans, LA.

Villaume, W. A., & Berger, B. A. (1994, November). The dyadic effect of communication apprehension in pharmacy students simulating patient counseling. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Speech Communication Association. New Orleans, LA.

Berger, B. A., & Villaume, W. A. (1994, July). The relationship between communication apprehension and communication performance: The dyadic effect. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Albuquerque, NM.

Weaver, J. B. III, Fitch-Hauser, M., Thomas, L. T., & Villaume, W. A. (1993, November). Exploring the impact of gender-role schematicity on communication anxiety. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Speech Communication Association. Miami Beach, FL (A Top Four Paper in Communication Apprehension).

Villaume, W. A., Weaver, J. B. III, Fitch-Hauser, M., & Thomas, L. T. (1993, May). How noninteractive listening tests are actually interactive: Quasi-dyadic effects in the relational items of the Watson-Barker and Kentucky Comprehensive Listening Tests. Paper presented at the Joint Annual Conventions of the Southern States Communication Association and the Central States Communication Association. Lexington, KY.

Villaume, W. A., Weaver, J. B. III, Fitch-Hauser, M., & Thomas, L. T. (1993, March). Assessing the impact of gender role socialization on the measurement of relational listening. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Listening Association, Memphis, TN.

Villaume, W. A., Weaver, J. B. III, & Fitch-Hauser, M. (1993, March). Interactive listening: A research challenge. Paper presented at the Research Preconference of the International Listening Association, Memphis, TN.

Villaume, W.A., Fitch-Hauser, M., Thomas, T., & Engen, D. (1992, March). An initial study of interpersonal perception, conversational listening, and patterns of talk. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Listening Association, Seattle, WA. (This paper received the Ralph G. Nichols Award for the Top Paper presented at the convention.)

Henry, D.M., & Villaume, W.A. (1991, November). Validating the Rogers/Farace relational coding scheme using content and relational listening ability. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, GA.

Villaume, W.A. (1991, April). A lexical analysis of what people say they do in group decision-making. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Southern States Communication Association, Tampa, FL.

Fitch-Hauser, M., & Villaume, W.A. (1991, April). Listening tests and inferencing: A second examination. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Southern States Communication Association, Tampa, FL.

Weaver, J., Fitch-Hauser, M., & Villaume, W.A. (1991, April). Does personality predict listening skills? Paper presented at the annual convention of the Southern States Communication Association, Tampa, FL.

Fitch-Hauser, M., Villaume, W.A., & Henry, D.M. (1991, March). Listening to problematic texts: Inferences in response to textual disturbances. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Listening Association, Jacksonville, FL. (This paper received the Ralph G. Nichols Award for a Top Three Paper presented at the convention.)

Villaume, W.A., Henry, D.M., Reid, T., & Hawk, R. (1991, March). Listening, aging and conversational patterns. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Listening Association, Jacksonville, FL.

Villaume, W.A., Richardson, D., Darling, R., & Brown, M.H. (1991, March). Content and relational listening: A new approach to listening and aging. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Listening Association, Jacksonville, FL.

Villaume, W.A. & Brown, M.H. (1990, November). An investigation of the relationship between presbycusis and conversational behavior. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Fitch-Hauser, M., Villaume, W.A., & Henry, D.M. (1990, April). Inferencing and the Watson-Barker Listening Test. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Southern States Communication Association, Birmingham, AL.

Villaume, W.A. (1990, April). The analysis of communicatively constituted actions in group decision making: What people say they did. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Southern States Communication Association, Birmingham, AL.

Villaume, W.A., Brown, M.H., Richardson, D., Darling, R., Reid, T., & Clark-Lewis, S. (1990, March). Preliminary conversational evidence for a multidimensional conception of presbycusis. Paper presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Villaume, W.A. & Cegala, D. (1989, November). Linguistic indices of uncertainty across two dimensions of initial conversation. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Villaume, W.A. & Reid, T. (1989, April). Aging and the use of aligning actions in conversation. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Southern States Communication Association, Louisville, KY.

Hawk, R. & Villaume, W.A. (1989, April). Listening and patterns of verbal immediacy in conversation: How adults cope with an aging auditory system. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Southern States Communication Association, Louisville, KY.

Villaume, W.A. & Reid, T. (1989, March). An investigation of the relationships among listening ability, aging and the use of aligning actions in conversation. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Listening Association, Atlanta, GA. (This paper received the Ralph G. Nichols Award for the Top Paper presented at the convention.)

Hawk, R. & Villaume, W.A. (1989, March). Signalling involvement in conversation: Verbal immediacy as predicted by listening ability and age. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Listening Association, Atlanta, GA.

Villaume, W.A. & Henry, D.M. (1988, November). Assessing a constructivist account of interaction involvement. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Villaume, W.A. (1988, April). The linguistic depiction of change and action: Strategic resources for managing communicative processes. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Southern Speech Communication Association, Memphis, TN.

Villaume, W.A., Jackson, J. & Goldsmith, T. (1987, November). Issue-event extensions and interaction involvement: Evidence distinguishing text-based vs. meaning-based discourse strategies. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association, Boston, MA.

Villaume, W.A. (1987, April). Aligning actions and conversational coherence: Toward a crossclassified taxonomy of how aligning actions are used in conversation. Paper presented at the Joint Convention of the Southern Speech Communication Association and the Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO.

Villaume, W.A. & Cegala, D.J. (1986, March). Implications of discourse strategy for listening. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Listening Association, San Diego, CA. (Reprinted as ERIC document ED 267 458, March, 1986.)

Villaume, W.A. & Cegala, D.J. (1986, November). Interaction involvement and discourse strategies: The patterned usage of cohesive devices in conversation. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Villaume, W.A. (1986, March). The conversational manifestation of interaction involvement. Paper presented at the convention of the Alabama Speech Communication and Theater Association, Montgomery, AL.

Villaume, W.A. (1985, April). The Cohesive Harmony Index: A measure of semantic coherence in the experiential component of a text. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Southern Speech Communication Association, Winston-Salem, NC.

Villaume, W.A. (1982, November). Topicality and coherence in conversation. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association, Louisville, KY.

Referee for the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 1991

Associate Editor for the Southern Speech Communication Journal 1989 - 1992

Referee for the Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, 1988

Referee for the Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1986-7

Co-author of a Top Four Paper in Communication Apprehension at the 1993 Convention of the Speech Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL.

Ralph G. Nichols Award for Best Paper at the 1992 Annual Convention of the International Listening Association, Seattle, WA.

Ralph G. Nichols Award for a Top Three Paper at the 1991 Annual Convention of the International Listening Association, Jacksonville, FL.

Ralph G. Nichols Award for Best Paper at the 1989 Annual Convention of the International Listening Association, Atlanta, GA.

Elected to membership in Phi Kappa Phi The Ohio State University 1982

Auburn University Faculty Grants-In-Aid #87-267 for #395.00 and $500.00 for pilot studies of listening and communication in relation to the process of aging. 1987, 1988 (Principal member of a research team receiving these two Grants-In-Aid for the study of aging. The team is approaching the final stages of preparing a grant application for $100,000 from the National Institute of Aging. Serves as the discourse analyst on the team and also does the primary statistical analysis of the experimental data.)

Vice-President of Habitat for Humanity of Lee County, Alabama, 1992

Elder of Trinity Lutheran Church, Auburn AL, 1987-1990

Supply preacher for Trinity Lutheran Church, Auburn AL, and other churches in AL, 1983-1995