Ira Virtanen: 04/2010

4/06/2010

Packing for USA

The year 2010 came with an offer for full-time teaching, which I have greatly enjoyed. Consequently, my research has been getting less of my attention, on paper. The dissertation is moving along nicely, nevertheless, and I am packing it with me to face new challenges: My term as a visiting scholar at Purdue University, Indiana, USA starts in August! I wish you all a beautiful spring awakening!

Most recent publications:

Virtanen, I. A. (2015). Supportive communication in Finnish men’s friendships. Published doctoral dissertation. Acta-Sarja 2019. Tampere University. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-44-9702-5
Virtanen I. A., Isotalus, P., & Keaton, S. A. (2014). “Offer no readymade solutions”: Men’s support provision and intentions in specific episodes with an upset friend. Studies in Communication Sciences, 14(1), 54–60.
Puheenvuoro ”Puheviestinnän asiantuntijayhteisön tulevaisuuden näkymiä” Prologos ry:n jäsenkirjeessä 1/2015 (Virtanen, I & Hollanti, K.).
Artikkeli ”Haasteelliset asiakaskohtaamiset eläinlääkärin työssä”. Hollanti, K. & Virtanen, I., Suomen Eläinlääkärilehti, nro 6/2014.
Virtanen, I. A., & Isotalus, P. (2014). Talking troubles with Finnish men: Meaningful contexts of ‘supportive silence’. Norma: International Journal for Masculinity Studies, 9(2), 111–125.
Virtanen, I. A., & Isotalus, P. (2013). A clear mirror on which to reflect: Beneficial supportive communication in Finnish men’s friendships. Qualitative Communication Research, 2(2), 133–158.
Virtanen, I. A. (2013). Ikä ja elämänkulku miesten ystävyyssuhteissa. Teoksessa Ilkka Pietilä & Hanna Ojala (toim.) Miehistä puhetta: Miehet, ikääntyminen ja vanhenemisen kulttuuriset mallit (s. 227–251). Tampere: TUP.
Virtanen, I. A. (2011). Talking about learning – The ever-changing environment. Teachers as sources of informal social support. The Teaching and Learning Newsletter, The Language Center & Department of Communication, South East European University, Makedonia.
Virtanen, I. A. & Isotalus, P. (2011). The essence of social support in interpersonal communication. Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, 3 (1), 25-42.
Virtanen I. A., & Isotalus, P. (2010). Miesten tukea antava viestintä eroavalle ystävälle [Men’s support provision for a friend breaking up]. In J. Hämäläinen, P. Pölkki & A. Kääriäinen (Eds.) Ero, vanhemmuus ja tukeminen [Divorce, parenting and support] (pp. 224-253). Helsinki: Central Union for Child Welfare in Finland & University of Kuopio.
Virtanen, I. A. (2009). Finnish supportive communication: A qualitative study on middle-aged singles support seeking. In R. Wilkins & P. Isotalus (Eds.) Speech culture in Finland (pp. 117-138). New York, NY: University Press of America.

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4/06/2010

Packing for USA

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