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Joseph A. DeVito received his BA fromHunter College, MA from Temple University, and his PhD from the University ofIllinois. After earning his doctorate in speech and linguistics, DeVitoreturned to teach in the CUNY system, first at his alma mater, Hunter College,and then at Queens College. During his teaching career, DeVito taught a widevariety of undergraduate and graduate courses with a focus on introductorycourses. He is currently Professor Emeritus at Hunter College. At various times,DeVito has served on the editorial boards of Quarterly Journal ofSpeech, Communication Monographs, CommunicationEducation, Communication Quarterly, Journal ofCommunication, and Etc: A Review of General Semantics. He hasalso served as a consulting editor to the following publishers: Random House,Harper & Row, Waveland Press, and HarperCollins. He was an ETS coordinatorof the committee to construct the DANTES Public Speaking Test for theEducational Testing Service as well. A prolific author, DeVito has written oredited more than thirty books in the field of communication, including TheInterpersonal Communication Book, Human Communication: The BasicCourse, Essential Elements of Public Speaking, InterpersonalMessages, and Essentials of Human Communication, all publishedby Pearson. A number of his textbooks have been translated into a variety oflanguages including Mandarin Chinese, Indonesian, French, Greek, and Czech.

PART I: PRELIMINARIES TO INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
1. Foundations of Interpersonal Communication
2. Culture and Interpersonal Communication
3. Perception of the Self and Others

PART II: INTERPERSONAL MESSAGES
4. Verbal Messages
5. Nonverbal Messages
6. Listening
7. Emotional Messages
8. Conversational Messages

PART III: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
9. Interpersonal Relationship Stages, Communication, and Theories
10. Interpersonal Relationship Types
11. Interpersonal Conflict and Conflict Management
12. Interpersonal Power and Influence