About
Dr. Stephen A. Furlich
Dr. Stephen Furlich is the author of Nonverbal Epiphany: Steps to Improve Your Nonverbal Communication. He is also the best-selling author of a breakthrough book, Sex Talk: How Biological Sex Influences Gender Communication Differences Throughout Life's Stages.
He has taught and researched communication at the university level for over 20 years. He has taught a variety of communication courses with the main focus of better understanding oneself and others. Often, his research projects and the courses that he taught complemented each other and led in innovative directions.
Dr. Furlich has been an associate professor at Texas A&M University since 2018 and served as an assistant professor there for five years prior to that.
Dr. Furlich, who was recently interviewed by One America News Network, has been published in numerous journals and has presented at many conferences.
- Texas Tech University Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Master of Arts in Communication Studies, Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education
- 2013 Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
- 2018 Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
- Author Sex Talk, a best-seller, followed by Nonverbal Epiphany
Presented at
- DFW Metroplex Linguistics Conference
- Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference
- E-Learning Conference
- National Communication Association Conference
- Southern States Communication Association Conference
- International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines
- International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association
Published in
- Texas Speech Communication Journal
- Kentucky Journal of Communication
- The Florida Communication Journal
- Journal of Applied Communication Research
- Academic Exchange Quarterly
- Journal of Integrated Social Sciences
- Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
His communication paradigm is from a receiver's perspective. This places the emphasis on the listener to better understand from the speaker's perspective, and as a speaker, emphasizing understanding from the listener's perspective. Both of these become more challenging as differences increase between the speaker and listener.
Dr. Furlich has become fascinated with technological advancements in science that have enabled a better understanding of communication. Without these scientific advances, understanding communication is quite limited. This line of research inspired him to write Nonverbal Epiphany, bringing together many different scientific studies to better understand the role of biology in nonverbal communication cues.
He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education, a Master of Arts in Communication Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Texas Tech University. He resides in McKinney, Texas.