Dr. Joy Goldsmith
Professor of Speech

B.A., Bethel College
M.A., Southern Illinois University
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Joy Goldsmith's research agenda applies qualitative methodology in the context of palliative and end of life health communication. In 2007, Joy co-authored a chapter addressing the ritual drama of pretense in the talk of dying patients and their physicians in Applied health communication: A sourcebook, published by Hampton Press. A complete volume co-authored by Joy and three colleagues describing the landscape of palliative care and its communication challenges for patients, family and care providers will be published in the spring of 2008 by Routledge Taylor and Francis. A second volume about palliative care communication and family is currently in peer review with Routledge . The international peer reviewed journal, Social Science and Medicine, recently accepted an article by Joy and author team that critiques the current breaking bad news protocol taught in American medical schools.  Dr. Goldsmith's email address is jgoldsmith@yhc.edu.

Dr. Ron Roach
Professor of Speech

B.S., Roanoke Bible College
M.A., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ph.D., Regent University

Dr. Roach joined the Young Harris faculty in 2002.  His interests include eighteenth-century Scottish rhetoric, Appalachian rhetoric, and the history of radio and pulp magazines.  He has published articles in The Christian Standard, Popular Culture Review and Review of Communication.  In 2007, he was appointed to the Maxwell Chair of Speech.  Dr. Roach can be emailed at rroach@yhc.edu.