Stanley A. Deetz

Stanley A. Deetz is a Professor Emeritus and a President's Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He was the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Conflict, Collaboration and Creative Governance and long term Director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program when he taught at the University of Colorado.

Stanley Deetz grew up on a dairy farm in Indiana. From his childhood, he developed a strong sense of community and sensitivity to how large external groups can unfairly impact the life and choices of ordinary people. He received his B.S. in Economics and Speech/ Drama from Manchester College in 1970. Deetz attended Ohio University for both his M.A. (1972) and his Ph.D. (1973) in Communication, both under the advisement of Kenneth Williams. His master's thesis was titled, "An ethnomethodological analysis of selected approach to the speech act." His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Essays on hermeneutics and communication research." Deetz was a Claude Kantner Fellow in his final year of graduate study in 1973. Algis Mickunas served as his philosophical mentor.

Deetz has taught at several institutions: Bridgewater State College from 1973-77; Southern Illinois University from 1977–84; and Rutgers University from 1984-97. From 1997 to 2014, Deetz has was a professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He spent the spring semester of 1994 as a Senior Fulbright Scholar at Göteborgs Universitët in Sweden.

Deetz has held visiting appointments at Arizona State University, the University of Texas, the University of Iowa, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil), and the Copenhagen Business School (Denmark).

He served as President of the International Communication Association from 1996-97

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