Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical roots and trajectories of instructional communication / Kristen LeBlanc Farris, Marian L. Houser, and Angela M. Hosek -- Introduction to the Rhetorical Perspectives of Instructional Communication / Marian L. Houser and Angela M. Hosek. Instructor message variables / Joseph P. Mazer -- Instructor credibility / Scott A. Myers and Matthew M. Martin -- Student participation and engagement in the classroom / Ann B. Frymier and Marian L. Houser -- Instructional dissent / Alan K. Goodboy and San Bolkan -- Student orientations toward communicating in the classroom / Seven A. Beebe and Seth S. Frei -- Introduction to the Relational Perspectives of Instructional Communication / Marian L. Houser and Angela M. Hosek. Immediacy and the teacher-student relationship / Virginia P. Richmond, Marian L. Houser, and Angela M. Hosek -- [Re]negotiating power and influence in the classroom / Rebecca M. Chory and Sean M. Horan -- Rapport in the instructional context / Brandi N. Frisby and Marjorie M. Buckner -- Communication perspectives on classroom emotion / Scott Titsworth and Caroline Waldbuesser -- Introduction to Social Identity in the Instructional Context / Angela M. Hosek, Valerie Rubinsky, and Jordan Soliz. Race/ethnicity in the classroom / Tina M. Harris and Mollie Murphy -- Sexual and gender identity in the classroom / Jimmie Manning, Danielle M. Stern, and Rebecca Johnson -- Introduction to Technology in the Instructional Environment / Angela M. Hosek and Marian L. Houser. Human-machine communication in the classroom / Autumn Edwards and Chad Edwards -- Instructional communication and the online learning environment : then, now, and next / Deanna D. Sellnow and Renee Kaufmann -- Introduction to Instructional Communication Methodological Approaches / Angela M. Hosek and Marian L. Houser. Cognitive approaches in the instructional context / Angela M. Hosek, Rebekah P. Crawford, and Sally Vogl-Bauer -- Affective approaches in the instructional context / Derek R. Lane, T. Kody Frey, and Nicholas T. Tatum -- Biological and physiological approaches in the instructional context / Kory Floyd, Tamara D. Afifi, and Ariana F. Shahnazi -- Critical communication pedagogy / Deanna L. Fassett and Keith Nainby.