April Chatham-Carpenter, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Applied Communication
College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education
Department of Applied Communication
Dr. April Chatham-Carpenter is a Professor of Applied Communication at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she serves as Department Chair of the Department of Applied Communication. She is a Regional Team Lead for the West South Central Region of Braver Angels, and also serves as a co-director of the Office of Field Operations for the national Braver Angels nonprofit organization.
Dr. Chatham-Carpenter researches how dialogue can be used in the public square to create relationships between people. She also explores issues such as innovation and change, use of communication to manage difficult dialogues, transformations in online teaching, and assessment of the impact of initiatives to effect change within the higher education industry.