CLASP: CUNY League of Active Speech Professors

CLASP is the acronym of the CUNY League of Active Speech Professors, an association for all instructors of Speech (oral presentation skills) in CUNY. Founded in 2004, CLASP's mission is to promote the communication discipline within the City University of New York and to foster the pedagogical practices and research of its faculty. We prepare our students to communicate effectively as democratic citizens in a global environment. We accomplish our mission by sponsoring faculty colloquia, forums for students speeches, and networking opportunities for students, faculty, and communication professionals.

These are our goals:

to share our skills, materials, problems and solutions

to publicize Speech-related events

to provide support for new faculty

to establish an audience and feedback for pioneering approaches

to stimulate conversation about the basic issues of our discipline

to become a full voice in the university

to be a meeting place, both virtual and actual, for Speech professors

The CLASP Council invites you to join us:

Gordon Alley-Young, President

Alan Winson, Vice President

Patricia Sokolski, Treasurer

Eva Kolbusz, Secretary