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Thomas D. Beisecker, Ph.D. President Thomas D. Beisecker, a Phi
Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Kansas, has a Ph.D. in Communication
Studies from the University of Wisconsin.
Since 1967 he has been a professor at the University of Kansas, where
he teaches legal communication, persuasion, negotiation, conflict resolution,
and social science research procedures. He has collaborated with the Kansas
Law School’s advanced litigation program, chaired the departments of
Communication Studies and Design, served as President of the University of
Kansas Faculty and University Senates, and currently directs the
Communication Studies advanced litigation program. A member of the American
Society of Trial Consultants since 1986, Dr. Beisecker served on its research
committee (1986-91) and board of directors (1988-91, 1996-2004); he was vice
president and president in 1989 and 1990. He is included in Who’s Who in the Midwest and Who’s Who in Media and Communications. Through
Advocacy Research Institute, Inc., Dr. Beisecker consults with attorneys and
conducts jury research on case theory development, witness preparation, voir
dire strategy, jury selection, courtroom presentations, and post-trial
evaluation. He has testified as an expert witness in Kansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Mississippi. Among his publications are “The role of the communication scholar as an expert
witness,” Journal of the Kansas Trial
Lawyers Association, March, 1990, 15-16. “Using litigation consultants to win cases,” Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, June 1991,
8-10 (Reprinted in The Prairie Bannister, February
1992). With S. Davis, “Discovering Trial Consultant Work
Product: A New Way to Borrow an Adversary’s Wits?,” American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 17:3, 1994, 581-636 “The Role of Change of Venue in an Electronic Age,” Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy,4:3 (Spring, 1995), 81-88. His
presentations include, “OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard: Communicative
Implications for Adjudication,” with Bayo Oludaja, Speech Communication
Association annual meeting, November 1990. “The
Influence of Juror Perspective—Taking on Juror Attributions in Personal
Injury Litigation,” with Stan Davis and Karen Lisko, Speech Communication
Association annual meeting, November1991.(
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