Sjef van den Berg

Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences
Department of Communication Sciences
Box U-85 University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-1085
Phone: (860) 486-4585 Fax: (860) 486-5422
E-mail: sjef.vandenberg@uconn.edu






Education

Ph.D Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1973
M.A. Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, 1968
B.B.A. Business Administration, University of Oregon, 1966
Diploma. The Netherlands Business School, 1965

Teaching and Research Interests

Teaching

Research

Publications

Books and Monographs

Watt, J.H. and van den Berg, S. (1995). Research Methods for Communication Science. Allyn and Bacon, Needham Heights, MA.

van den Berg, S. and Watt. J.H. (in press). Instructors Manual for research methods for Communication Sciences. Allyn and Bacon, Needham Heights, MA.

Journal Articles

van den Berg, S. (1975). Student Alienation: Orientations toward and perceptions of educational social structure. Urban Education, 10, (3).

Watt, James H. and van den Berg, S. (1978). Time series analysis of alternative media effects theories. In Rubin, B. (ed.)Communication Yearbook ll, New Brunswick, NJ Transaction Press.

Gilliam, H. and van den Berg, S. (1980). Different levels of eye contact: effects on Black and White college students. Urban Education, 15, (1).

Watt, James H. and van den Berg, S. (1981). How time dependency influences media effects in a community controversy. Journalism Quarterly, 58 (1) 43-50.

Tatchell, R., van den Berg, S. and Lerman, J. (1983). Fluency and eye contact as factors influencing observers' perceptions of stutterers. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 8.

Watt, J.H. and van den Berg, S.A. (1988). "Use of level of abstraction structured text (LAST) in a tutorial setting". Proceedings of the 1988 International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Vol. 1 New York, IEEE Press, pp. 198-201.

Watt, J.H. and van den Berg, S.A. (1989). "Level of abstraction structured text in varied tutorial settings". In Salvendy, G. and Smith, M.J. (Eds) Designing and Using Human-Computer Interfaces and Knowledge-Based Systems. Amsterdam, Elsevier. pp. 105-112.

Maxon, A.B., Brackett, D. and van den Berg, S.A. (1991). "Classroom amplification use: a national long-term study" Language Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools, 22, 4, 242-253.

Maxon., A.B., Brackett, D. and van den Berg, S.A. (1991). "Self-perception and socialization: effects of hearing, age and gender." Volta Review, 93, 5-18.

Cui, Geng and van den Berg, S.A. (1991). "Testing the construct validity of intercultural effectiveness". International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 15, 227 -241.

van den Berg, S.A. and Watt, J.H. (1991). "Effects of educational setting on student response to structured hypertext". Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 18, 4, 118-124.

Technical Reports

Moskowitz, R., George, G., van den Berg, S., Jones, J. and Lange, C. The Career Development Project: Final report. Board of School Directors, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI, 1972.

Watt, J., van den Berg, S. and Welch, A. Sex and violence on television; audience perceptions. Unpublished manuscript, University of Connecticut, 1976.

Conference Proceedings

van den Berg, S. Family communication and adaptation to organizational membership: a study of students in schools. Association for Education in Journalism, 1974.

van den Berg, S. Communication roles and integration in organizations: students in schools. International Communication Association, 1975.

van den Berg, S. and Gilliam, H. The perception of eye contact: Black-White differences. International Communication Association, 1978.

van den Berg, S. and Gilliam, H. The perception of eye contact: two experiments on Black-White differences. Association for Education in Journalism, 1978.

Watt, J.H. and van den Berg, S. A time series analysis of alternative media effects theories. International Communication Association, 1978.

Watt, J.H. and van den Berg, S. Initial and subsequent media effects in a community controversy: time domain models. Eastern Communication Association, 1979.

Tatchell, R., Lerman, J. and van den Berg, S. Fluency and Eye contact as factors influencing observers' perceptions of stutterers. American Speech and Hearing Association, 1979.

Levine-Jacob, B., Maxon, A.B., Alfonso, P. and van den Berg, S. The effect of language familiarity on vowel discrimination. Acoustical Society of America, 1980.

Maxon, A.B., Brackett, D. and van den Berg, S. Socialization of the mainstreamed hearing-impaired child. A.G. Bell, 1982.

van den Berg, S. Differentiation and integration in social systems: intercultural and organizational theory. Speech Communication Association, 1982.

Maxon, A.B., Brackett, D. and van den Berg, S. FM systems: who cares? American Speech-Language-hearing Association, 1983.

van den Berg, S. Japanese management theory: a review of reactions. Eastern Communication Association, 1983.

Maxon, A.B., Brackett, D. and van den Berg, S. The social awareness scale: an analysis of the hearing-impaired child's perceptions. American Speech-Language-hearing Association, 1983.

van den Berg, S. Patterns of acculturation of immigrants: a reconceptualization. International Communication Association, 1984.

Maxon, A.B., Brackett, D. and van den Berg, S. Classroom amplification: selection and use in mainstream settings. International Congress on Education of the Deaf. Manchester, England, 1985.

Maxon, A.B., Brackett, D. and van den Berg, S. Social Awareness Scale: an analysis of hearing inpaired children's perceptions. International Congress on Education of the Deaf. Manchester, England, 1985.

van den Berg, S. Communication, coordination and control: toward a theory of organizational communication. International Communication Association, 1987.

van den Berg, S. The contexts of organizations. International Communication Association. Montreal, 1987.

Watt, J.H. and van den Berg, S. Use of level of abstraction structured text (LAST) in a tutorial setting. International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE, Beijing, China, 1988.

Watt, J.H. and van den Berg, S. Level of abstraction structured text in varied tutorial settings. Boston, MA, 1989.

Maxon, A.B., Brackett, D. and van den Berg, S. FM Systems: Now who cares? American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, St Louis, MO, 1989.

van den Berg, S. and Watt, J.H. Using stuctured hypertext in teaching: the effect of context on performance and acceptance. International Communication Association, Dublin, 1990.

Maxon, A.B., Bartlett, Susan and van den Berg, S. PL 99-457: the impact on practicing speech-language pathologists and audiologists. American Speech, Language and Hearing Association. Seattle, 1990.

Murphy, T.A., Maxon, A.B. and van den Berg, S. Knowledge of hearing loss: a comparison of pediatricians, otolaryngologists and speech-language pathologists. American Academy of Audiology, VA, 1994.

Wendt-Harris, B. L., Maxon, A.B. and van den Berg, S. Newborn TEOAE on 6,473 ears: descriptive statistics. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, 1994.

Maxon, A.B., White, K. R., Vohr, B.R. and van den Berg, S. Children who pass the TEOAE hearing screening: a follow-up study. American Speech-Hearing-Language Association, New Orleans, 1994.

van den Berg, S. The effect of knowledge level and task variety on coordination mechanisms in organizations: reliance on programming versus reliance on communication. International Communication Association, Sydney, Australia, 1994.