{{Short description|American academic}} {{Infobox person | name = Mark L. Knapp | image = Mark_Knapp_Rhino_Cake.JPG | image_size = | caption = Knapp with rhino cake | birth_date = July 12, 1938 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Emeritus Professor | spouse = | children = | website = [https://commstudies.utexas.edu/faculty/mark-knapp UT Austin Profile] }}
'''Mark L. Knapp''' is the Jesse H. Jones Centennial Professor Emeritus and a Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the [[University of Texas at Austin]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2018 |title=Jesse H. Jones Centennial Professorship in Communication |url=https://moody.utexas.edu/graduate-programs/jesse-h-jones-endowed-centennial-fellowships |website=The University of Texas at Austin, Giving to UT}}</ref> He is internationally known for his research and writing on [[nonverbal communication]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Nonverbal communication in human interaction|last=Knapp|first=Mark L.|date=2014|publisher=Wadsworth Cengage Learning|others=Hall, Judith A., Horgan, Terrence G., Knapp, Mark L., Hall, Judith A., Horgan, Terrence G.|isbn=9781133311591|edition= 8th|location=Boston, MA|oclc=800033348}}</ref> and communication in developing relationships.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Interpersonal communication and human relationships|last=Knapp|first=Mark L.|others=Vangelisti, Anita L., Caughlin, John P.|date = 26 November 2013|isbn=9780205006083|edition= Seventh|location=Boston|oclc=857288205}}</ref> He has also done research and published books on [[Lie|lying]] and [[deception]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Lying and deception in human interaction|last=Knapp|first=Mark L.|publisher=Kendall Hunt|others=McGlone, M. S., Griffin, D. J., Earnest, W.|year=2016|isbn=9781465284594|edition= 2nd|location=Dubuque, IA|oclc=932825940}}</ref> The Mark L. Knapp Award for career contributions to the study of interpersonal communication is awarded annually by the National Communication Association.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://knappaward.org/|title=The Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication|date=January 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.natcom.org/awards/mark-l-knapp-award-interpersonal-communication|title=Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication|date=January 20, 2018|website=National Communication Association}}</ref> The Mark L. Knapp Professorship, Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin, was established in 2017.
Knapp served in the [[United States Army]] in [[Germany]] from 1957 to 1959, received his bachelor’s (1962) and master’s (1963) degrees from the [[University of Kansas]] and his PhD (1966) from [[Pennsylvania State University]]. He was employed at the [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]] (1965–1970); [[Purdue University]] (1970–1980); the [[State University of New York at New Paltz]] (1980–1983); the [[University of Vermont]] (1983); and the University of Texas at Austin (1983–2008). He received an Outstanding Alumni Award from the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, Pennsylvania State University in 2018.
He served as the editor of ''[[Human Communication Research]]'' (1980–1983); was an Eastern Communication Association Scholar (1982-1983); was a Fellow in the [[International Communication Association]] (1980); and was recognized as Distinguished Scholar in the [[National Communication Association]] (1993).
Knapp received teaching awards from the Central States Speech Association (1969), the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1969), Purdue University (1974), SUNY-New Paltz (1983), the University of Texas at Austin (1987, 1993, 1999, 2002) and the National Communication Association (2004).
He was the President of the International Communication Association (1975–1976); the National Communication Association (1989–1990); the Association for Communication Administrators (1996–1997); and the University of Texas at Austin chapter of the [[honor society]] of [[Phi Kappa Phi]] (2001–2003). He was the Chair of the Department of Speech Communication (1989–1996) and the Department of Communication Studies (2000–2001) at the University of Texas at Austin.
Knapp examined a wide variety of topics in his published research, including: [[conversational narcissism]], behaviors enacted in greetings, goodbyes, and conversational [[Turn-Taking|turn-taking]], memorable messages, regrettable messages, messages people attach to their [[email signature]]s, [[wikt:Special:Search/compliment|compliments]], [[Play (activity)|play]] behavior, the construct of intent, anti-[[drug abuse]] commercials, communication in developing relationships, nonverbal and deceptive behavior in close relationships, communicating commitment in close relationships, couples’ personal [[idiom]]s, the effects of interaction on appearance, nonverbal communication and aging, communicating with the [[Terminal illness|terminally ill]], staff-resident communication in [[nursing home]]s, and the measurement of conflict in organizations.
He has lectured to, trained, and/or acted as consultant to over 60 different business organizations, voluntary groups, [[Government agency|government agencies]], and [[educational institution]]s—including [[IBM]], [[U.S. Peace Corps]], [[Pfizer]], and the [[Texas Attorney General's Office]].
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==Further reading== * McCroskey, J.C., Larson, C. E., & Knapp, M. L. (1971). An introduction to interpersonal communication. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. * Knapp, M. L. (1972; 1978). Nonverbal communication in human interaction. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Editions with Hall, J. A. in 1992, 1997, 2002, 2006, & 2010. Edition with Hall, J. A. and Horgan T. G. 2014. Translated into Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Polish, Japanese, and Spanish. * Knapp, M. L. (1978). Social intercourse: From greeting to goodbye. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. * Knapp, M. L. (1980). Essentials of nonverbal communication. NY: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston. Translated into Spanish. * Knapp, M. L. (1984). Interpersonal communication and human relationships. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Editions with Vangelisti, A. L. in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2009. * Knapp, M. L. & Miller, G. R. (Eds.) (1985; 1994). Handbook of interpersonal communication. Beverly Hills: Sage. Editions with Daly, J. A. replacing Miller in 2002, 2011. Translated into Chinese. * Knapp, M. L. (2008). Lying and deception in human interaction. Boston: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon. * McGlone, M. S. & Knapp, M. L. (Eds.) (2009). The interplay of truth and deception: New agendas in theory and research. NY: Routledge. * Knapp, M. L. & Daly, J. A. (2010). Sage benchmarks in communication: Interpersonal communication. 4 vols. London: Sage. * Hall, J.A. & Knapp, M.L. (Eds.) (2013). Handbooks of communication science: Vol. 2: Nonverbal communication. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton.
==External links== * [https://commstudies.utexas.edu/faculty/mark-knapp The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Communication Studies, Mark L. Knapp faculty profile]
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