International Communicology Institute
Fellows Biography: Richard L. Lanigan
Academic Status
Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Communicology, SIU.
Director and Fellow, International Communicology Institute.
Vice President, International Association for Semiotic Studies
Editor, The American Journal of SEMIOTICS
b. 1943. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
Office Address: Dept. of Speech Communication,
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 62901-6605, USA
Dept. Office TEL: (618) 453-2291 [messages]
Dept. Office FAX (618) 453-2812
Private Office (618) 453-1894 [Voice Mail after 5 rings]
E-mail: rlanigan@siu.edu
Professional Homepage: ICI
Educational Background
Ph.D., School of Communication, Southern Illinois University, USA, 1969.
Dissertation: Speaking and Semiology [published, see Bibliography]
M.A., University of New Mexico, USA, 1968.
Thesis Title: Semiotic Phenomenology of Rhetoric [published, see Bibliography]
B.A., University of New Mexico, USA, 1967.
Post-Doctoral Study:
1970-1972: University of Dundee and St. Andrews University (Scotland, UK).
1982-1983: University of California—Berkeley (USA)
Certification:
1996: English Language Examiner (bilingual announcers) Sichuan State Television (Channels 1 and 2), Chengdu City, People’s Republic of China.
2004: State of Illinois Ethics Training Program for University Employees, State of Illinois, Office of Executive Inspector General, 28 October.
Professional Background
Vice President, International Association for Semiotic Studies, 2004-2009.
Biographical Listing, Who’s Who in America (New Providence, RI: Marquis), 2004, 2005, 2006.
Fellow and Director, International Communicology Institute, 2000.
Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Scholar, Southern Illinois University, 1999.
Fellow, International Academy for Intercultural Research, 1998.
Fulbright Fellow, Dept. of Foreign Languages, School of Foreign Languages and Cultures; and, Center for American Studies, Sichuan Union University, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China, 1986.
National Communication Association Spotlight on Scholarship; “The Semiotic Phenomenology of Richard L. Lanigan,” a peer reviewed and presented program on published research screened by the National Communication Association for sustained contribution [publications from 1967 through 1995] to the discipline, NCA Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1995.
President, Semiotic Society of America, 1994.
Delta Award, Southern Illinois University, Friends of Morris Library, 26 April 1988. [“In recognition of your expertise in the field of communicology and philosophy, and your publications on the semiotics and phenomenology of communication.”]
Biographical and Intellectual History Listing, American Phenomenology, vol. 26 in the series Analecta Husserliana; The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research, ed. Eugene F. Kaelin and Calvin O. Schrag (Hingham, MA and Dordrecht, The Netherlands: D. Reidel Publishing Co.), 1988, pp. 424-429.
Andrew Mellon Fellowship in Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1984.
Biographical and Publication Listing, Directory of American Scholars, 8th ed.,Vol. II. (Tempe, AZ: Jacques Cattell Press, A Xerox Publishing Co.), 1982.
Andrew Mellon Fellowship in Linguistics, Vanderbilt University, 1981.
Biographical Listing, Men of Achievement, 8th ed.(Cambridge, England: International Biographical Centre), 1981.
Professional Research Associate, East-West Center, Seminar on Communication Theory from Eastern and Western Perspectives, December 1980.Biographical Listing, Who’s Who in International Education, (Cambridge, England: International Biographical Centre, 1979).
Founding Chair, Philosophy of Communication Division, International Communication Association, Congress on Communication Science, Berlin, Germany, 1977; re-elected 1978, 1979, 1980.
Biographical Listing, World Directory of Linguists, 1976.
Elected Membership, American Philosophical Association, 1977. [Nomination by: Prof. Hubert Griggs Alexander]
Elected Membership, Phi Sigma Tau, National Scholastic Honor Society in Philosophy, 1966.
Elected Membership, Tau Kappa Alpha, National Scholastic Honor Society in Communication, 1963.
Past Professional Affiliation
Southern Illinois University, Dept. of Speech Communication, USA
1995: Distinguished Scholar
1980: Professor
1976: Associate Professor with Tenure
1974: Assistant Professor
1967-1969: Teaching Assistant
University of California at Berkeley, Dept. of Philosophy, USA.
1982: Research Associate
Chicago State University, Dept. of English, USA
1972-1974: Assistant Professor
University of Dundee and St. Andrew’s University,
Joint-Post Graduate Program in Philosophy, Scotland, UK.
1970-1972: Research Associate
University of Texas at El Paso, Dept. of Speech, USA.
1969-1970: Assistant Professor
