Dr. Kurt Bruder, Trainer of Communication Professionals
Kurt 'Kailash' Bruder, Ph.D., M.Ed.
phone: 734-210-3043
email: ProfBruder@gmail.com
Objective
Whether crafting communications to meet my own professional and personal objectives, helping others to design and deliver their messages, or equipping others for communication-related professions, I’ve spent my career optimizing interactions to achieve desirable persuasive and relational outcomes.
•Versatile writer and editor, tailoring messages to reach the intended audience
•Strategic communicator, offering integrative approaches to persuasive campaigns
•Communicative choices grounded in conclusive social psychological research
•Skilled graphic artist and visual communicator
•Digital media adept (audio, video, presentation, online)
•Social media savvy
•Articulate speaker & inspiring performer
•Teamwork facilitator
•Enthusiast for diversity
•Attention to detail
•Dependable, disciplined, but with a fine sense of humor
Work Experience
Lecturer, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
August 2024 - Present
Teaching Audience-Centered Communication.
Lecturer, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas
August 2023 - August 2024
Taught Public Speaking, Communication Theory, Communication Technology Skills, and Research Methods in Communication.
Associate Professor, New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico
August 2021 - March 2023
Taught Public Speaking, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Communication, and Introduction to Journalism, and also developed curriculum for several new courses including Introduction to the Communication Field, Communication Skills, and Rhetoric for Success.
Associate Professor, King Fahd Security College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
January 2019 - August 2020
Developed outcomes-based curriculum for and teaching the capstone course in communication, Technical Communication and Presentation, as well as Developmental Writing.
Lecturer, Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou, China
August 2018 - December 2018
Taught Communication Studies & Critical Citizenship, and Business & Professional Communication.
Lecturer, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
August 2017 - June 2018
Taught Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communication, Health Communication, Research Methods, and Advanced Interpersonal Communication Theory.
Associate Professor, Upper Iowa University-Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
January 2015 - July 2017
Taught Feature Writing, News Editing, Writing for Media, and Communication & Media Ethics, as well as guiding graduating students through the completion of their Senior Projects.
Intrapersonal Communication Consultant, OmKailash, Ypsilanti, Michigan
May 2012 - December 2014
An outgrowth of my scholarship in communication, psychology, and comparative spirituality, I offered self-help methods and supportive media for the optimization of mental and emotional habits, together with the personal and relational outcomes they support.
Visiting Lecturer, The Research Foundation, University of Buffalo, SIM University, Singapore
August 2010 - April 2012
Taught Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural Communication, Communication Theory, Principles of Persuasion, and Effects of Mass Media.
Intrapersonal Communication Consultant, OmKailash, Fletcher, North Carolina
May 2005 - July 2010
Authored/recorded the popular press book/CD, Following Sound into Silence: Chanting Your Way Beyond Ego into Bliss (2008, Hay House); presented hundreds of lectures, musical meditative events, and self-help workshops.
Associate Professor, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts
September 2002 - May 2005
Taught Interpersonal, Intercultural, Oral, Nonverbal, and Gender Communication, History of Rhetoric, Social Interaction, and Research Methods.
Graduate Program Director & Scholar in Residence, Emerson College; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
May 2000 - May 2002
Administered Masters Degree programs in Health, Speech, & Political Communication. Provided leadership, developed curriculum, advised students, promoted degree programs to various constituencies, assessed learning outcomes, and taught a full array of communication courses.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts
September 1999 - May 2000
Taught a full array of undergraduate and graduate-level communication courses.
Visiting Fulbright Professor, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia
January - July 1997
Conducted research in comparative interaction, and taught Intercultural Communication, Social Interaction, and Conversation Analysis. Expanded my capacity to adapt to new places, people, and challenges, while increasing my sensitivity to human differences and enhancing my ability to assist others in achieving success in an increasingly diverse society.
Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
July 1994 - May 1999
Taught a full array of undergraduate and graduate-level communication courses, including Intercultural Communication, Language & Social Interaction, Communication Theory, Communication & Worldview, and Communication & Selfhood.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Communication, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
May 1994
Master of Education (M.Ed.), Counselor Education, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
December 1998
Master of Arts (M.A.), Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
March 1987
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
August 1985
Certificate of Completion, TESOL/TEFL Specialist Course (150-hour), Global Leadership College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 2021
Professional Activity
Publications (Click on a title to access the document)
Bruder, K. (2008). Following sound into silence: Chanting your way beyond ego into bliss. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House.
Bruder, K. (2002). A world in a grain of sand: Therapeutic discourse as making much of little things. In P. Glenn, C. LeBaron, & J. Mandelbaum (Eds.), Studies in language and social interaction: In honor of Robert Hopper. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Bruder, K., & Ucok, O. (2000). Interactive art interpretation: How viewers make sense of paintings in conversation. Symbolic Interaction, 23 (4), 337-358.
Bruder, K. (1998). Monastic blessings: Deconstructing and reconstructing the self. Symbolic Interaction, 21 (1), 87-116.
Bruder, K. (1998). A pragmatics for human-divine relationship: An examination of the monastic blessing sequence. Journal of Pragmatics, 29 (4), 463-491.
Productions
Bruder, K. (2014). Longing [Music CD].
Bruder, K. (2008). Following sound into silence: A chanting CD. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House.
Bruder, K. (2006). Kailash: Live [Music CD].
Bruder, K. (2004). Sincerity [Music CD].
Scholarly Presentations (partial)
Bruder, K. (2012, April). Cultivating selectivity with respect to cognitive and affective objects through bhakti yoga practice. The Research Foundation, University at Buffalo. [Extraordinary Experiences in Cognitive Psychology colloquium]. Singapore.
Bruder, K. (2011, April). Devotional chanting as an auto-therapeutic modality. The Research Foundation, University at Buffalo. [Extraordinary Experiences in Cognitive Psychology colloquium]. Singapore.
Bruder, K. (2005, November). Guided visualization of meditation deities in tantric spirituality: Enacting an ideal self-concept in imaginary interaction. Paper selected for presentation at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.
Bruder, K. (2004, May). Following the voice into silence: Chant-in-kirtan as an interactive modality for self-help. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
Bruder, K. (2003, May). Staring into the mirror: The therapeutic potential of examining one's own talk-in-interaction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
Bruder, K. (2002, July). Expansive selves: Spiritual well-being and relating to different others. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Seoul, Korea.
Bruder, K. (2001, May). The objectification of affective experience in Estonian discourse. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.
Bruder, K. (2000, November). A world in a grain of sand: Therapeutic discourse as making much of little things. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Seattle, WA.
Bruder, K., & Ucok, O. (2000, June). Interactive art interpretation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico.
Bruder, K. (1999, May). Relation: A defining theme for communication studies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.
Bruder, K. (1998, July). Infant ocular behavior as prototypical response to address: Toward an empirical study of autogenesis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Jerusalem, Israel.
Bruder, K. (1998, April). Transcribing as therapy: The assessment and therapeutic potential of clients' examination of their own talk-in-interaction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.
Bruder, K. (1997, November). Conflict and the generation of shared meaning in group therapy: An analysis of a Rogerian encounter session. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Bruder, K. (1996, May). Monastic blessing and the reconstruction of the member's sense of self. Top Ranked Paper, Language & Social Interaction Division, presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Bruder, K. (1995, May). Toward a complete accounting of illocutionary forces associated with a discrete discourse practice: A case study in monastic blessing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Albuquerque, NM.
Bruder, K. (1993, November). The interactive accomplishment of blessing: An analysis of an essential feature of monastic communication. Top Three Papers, Language & Social Interaction; presented at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Miami, FL.
Grants & Awards
Fulbright Scholar Award, 1996-97 Academic Year, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia.
Top Ranked Paper, Language & Social Interaction Division, International Communication Association, May, 1996.
Top Three Paper, Language & Social Interaction Division, Speech Communication Association, November, 1993.
References
Dr. Jeff Boyd Dr. Michael Rold
(Supervisor, NMMI, 2021-22) Colleague, Texas A & M
New Mexico Military Institute Texas A & M University
Roswell, NM College Station, TX
575-840-4530 812-760-8033
JeffBoyd467@gmail.com MRold1@tamu.edu
Dr. Daniel McKay Mr. Orson Webber-McCollaum
Associate Professor (Supervisor, NMMI, 2022-23)
New Mexico Military Institute New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell, NM Roswell, NM
575-624-8208 575-840-6483
DMcKay03@gmail.com Webber-M@NMMI.edu
Dr. Thomas Tate (Colonel U.S. Army, Retired) Ms. Teresa Gray
Commandant Director, Daniels Leadership Center
New Mexico Military Institute New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell, NM Roswell, NM
334-224-6475 575-626-6349
Tate@NMMI.edu TGray@NMMI.edu