{"id":19315,"date":"2026-08-10T15:44:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/?page_id=19315"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:28:21","slug":"tammy-swenson-lepper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/colleges\/liberal-arts\/communication-media-department\/communication-media-faculty-staff\/tammy-swenson-lepper\/","title":{"rendered":"Tammy Swenson Lepper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View Tammy\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/winona.academia.edu\/TammySwensonLepper\" target=\"_blank\">full academic profile<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tammy-swenson-lepper-5371651a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tammy serves as Internship Director in Communication &amp; Media and as a faculty liaison for the Individualized Studies program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD: Speech Communication | University of Minnesota | Twin Cities, MN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MA: Speech Communication | University of Minnesota | Twin Cities, MN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BA: Speech Communication and English | Concordia College | Moorhead, MN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I joined the faculty at Winona State University in Fall 2004. Prior to teaching at Winona State, I taught at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida, for several years.&nbsp;You are probably wondering how I got from Florida to Minnesota. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I grew up on a small potato and grain farm in northwestern Minnesota (30 miles from Canada and 20 miles from North Dakota), I and went to college at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. I pursued my master&#8217;s degree and PhD at the University of Minnesota, where I met my husband, who was in the Navy ROTC program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his 11 years of active duty as a Navy helicopter pilot, we lived in the Twin Cities; San Diego, CA; and Pensacola, FL. He is currently Director of Operations for Aviation for&nbsp;a pilot and the Aviation Training Manager for&nbsp;Mayo One in Rochester. We have 2 adult&nbsp;daughters, Hannah and Rachel, and&nbsp;3 dogs&nbsp;named Aggie, Morrison, and Louisa.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Winona State, I teach a variety of courses, including Health Communication, Organizational Communication, Small Group Communication, Communication Ethics and Diversity, Communication Ethics in a Networked World, Research Methods, Intro to Speech Communication, and a bunch of others. I most enjoy teaching courses where students can actively engage with the material we are studying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I particularly enjoy serving as the Internship Director for the Communication Studies Department.&nbsp;In that role, I have supervised over 120 student internships in a wide variety of workplaces.&nbsp;Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/colleges\/liberal-arts\/communication-media-department\/communication-media-student-opportunities\/communication-media-internships\/\">internships in Communication &amp; Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a scholar, I am most interested in communication ethics. I want to know how we can be effective communicators, while also considering the effects of our communication on others.&nbsp; Most of my published work is about ethical sensitivity (i.e., the ability to perceive ethical issues) in communication situations, with other publications about the use of service-learning in communication studies courses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Courses Taught<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CMST 192: Introduction to Effective Communication&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 195: Nonverbal Communication: Communicating without Words&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 366: Communicating in Organizations&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 371: Creating Effective Groups &amp; Teams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 399: Internship&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 425: Health Communication: Unpacking the Complexities of Care&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 451: Topics in Communication Studies&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 499: Independent Study&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LAS 101: University Scholars Topics Seminar:&nbsp;Talking about TikTok<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Tammy Swenson Lepper<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-block contact-card mb-1\">\n   <div class=\"contact-card__content\">\n       <div class=\"contact-card__title h4\">\n           Tammy Swenson Lepper\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__subtitle h4\">\n           Professor, Internship Director\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__description\">\n           <p>DuFresne PAC 210<\/p>\n<p>507.457.5246<\/p>\n\n       <\/div>\n       <a class=\"wsu-link contact-card__link\" href=\"mailto:tswensonlepper@winona.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Email Tammy Swenson Lepper<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Tammy Swenson Lepper, a professor in Winona State&#8217;s Communication &amp; Media Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":19303,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[732],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19315","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-communication-and-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19315"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19581,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19315\/revisions\/19581"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}