This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 10 titles deal with the following topics: (1) communication training for adolescents and their teachers; (2) faculty career paths in speech communication; (3) student self-concept modification in communication courses; (4) communication of training for first line skills managers in Oklahoma organizations represented by members of the American Society for Training and Development; (5) structure and responsivity in interviewing behaviors; (6) Marjorie Gullan--a speech teacher, lecturer, public reader, and pioneer in choral speaking; (7) effects of expectancy messages, locus of control, and gender upon perceived communication apprehension and assertiveness; (8) the speech communication methods course with implications for use in teacher preparation programs in the United States; (9) the actual and ideal status of undergraduate business communication instruction; and (10) the effects of vividness of imagery and training technique on the learning of communication skills. (HOD)