Teaching | Scholarship | Service | CV

Gail Henson, Ph. D., is Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Communication.  She teaches Intercultural Communication, Communication Ethics, and numerous classes in Bellarmine's Interdisciplinary Core offerings. She directs the internship program for the department.  Dr. Henson actively connects the classroom to the community through experiential and service learning opportunities.  Her research involves end-of-life communication and issues related to children and media.

• Contact Info:  502.452-8223 (office); 502.451-6010 (home); ghenson@bellarmine.edu 
• Office Hours for Fall 2004:  11 MWF and by appointment
• Office Location:  Alumni Hall 210
• Experiential & Service Learning within the Communication Department
• End-of-Life Communication Presentations
  • Difficult Conversations
  • Communicating about Last Things Through the Arts
  • Decision points in facing death:  talking, timing, & other touchy subjects
  • Anger! Tools for Hospice Workers
  • Intercultural Aspects of end-of-life care
  • Helping clients and famlies with end-of-life decisions
• End-of-life Handouts
  • Essential documents for talking about death
• Study Abroad

Study abroad opportunities

Photojournalism in Ireland, Summer 2004 Photo gallery

• Links to Communication-related organizations
  •  Society of Professional Journalists
• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• National Communication Association
• Lambda Pi Eta
• National Association of Broadcasters
• Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc.
• American Mock Trial Association

Students from Dr. Henson's Photojournalism in Ireland class displayed their work in the Bellarmine Art Gallery.