Background
Raffler-Engel, Walburga von was born on September 25, 1920 in Munich, Germany. Daughter of Friedrich J. and Gertrud E. (Kiefer) von Raffler-Engel. came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955.
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Walburga von Raffler-Engel takes a novel approach to compiling information about doctor-patient communication. She has surveyed popular literature around the world to gain a grass-roots' perception of this relationship in various cultures. Most of the contributions are by practicing physicians, illustrating reflections on doctor-patient communication from both the physician's as well as the patient's points of view. A variety of disciplines are involved in the study of this subject, such as discourse analysis, non-verbal communication, psychology, sociology, education, etc.
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lecturer linguist writer communications specialist
Raffler-Engel, Walburga von was born on September 25, 1920 in Munich, Germany. Daughter of Friedrich J. and Gertrud E. (Kiefer) von Raffler-Engel. came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955.
Doctor of Letters, University Turin, Italy, 1947. Master of Science, Columbia University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1953.
Free-lance journalist, 1949-1958. Member faculty Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1953-1955, University Charleston (formerly Morris Harvey College), West Virginia, 1955-1957, Adelphi University, City University of New York, 1957-1958, New York University, 1958-1959, University Florence, Italy, 1959-1960, Istituto Postuniversitario Organization Aziendale, Turin, Italy, 1960-1961, Bologna Center of Johns Hopkins University, 1964. Associate professor linguistics Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1965-1977, professor linguistics, 1977-1985, professor emerita, senior research associate Institute Public Policy Studies, 1985—2002, director linguistics program, 1978—1985.
Chairman committee on linguistics Nashville University Center, 1978—1985. Italian National Science Foundation professor Psychological Institute University Florence, Italy, 1986-1987. Professor North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advanced Study Institute, Cortona, Italy, 1988.
President Kinesics International, since 1988, retired. Visiting professor linguistics Shanxi University, Peoples Republic China, 1988-2002. Visiting professor University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1971-1972, Language Sciences Institute, International Christian University, Tokyo, 1976, University Paris, Sorbonne, 1965-1967, 1978-1979.
Grant evaluator National Endowment of the Humanities, National Science Foundation, Canada Council. Manuscript reader Indiana University Press, University Illinois Press, Prentice-Hall. Advisor Trinity University, Simon Frazer University.
Director international seminar Cross-Cultural Communications, 1986-1987. Member Center for Global Media Studies, 1999. State Department Italy delegate to Congress of the Hague.
Lecturer in field; specialist in non-verbal communications.
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Member American Association of University Professors, International Linguistic Association, Linguistic Society of America (chairman Golden Anniversary film committee 1974, emerita since 1985), Linguistic Association Canada and the United States, International Association for Applied Linguistics (committee on discourse analyses, sessions chairman 1978), Language Origins Society (executive committee 1985-1997, chairman international congress, 1987), International Sociological Association (research committee for sociolinguistics, session co-chairman international conference 1983, session chairman professional conference 1983), International Council Psychologists, International Association for Intercultural Communications Studies, International Association for Study of Child Language (vice president 1975-1978, chairman international conference Tuscan Academy of Sciences, Florence, Italy 1972), Institute for Nonverbal Communications Research (workshop leader 1981), Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, since 1980 (honorary member since 1985), Semiotic Society of America (organizing committee International Semiotics Institute 1981), National Association Scholars, Tennessee Association Scholars (board directors 1998-1999), International Association for Intercultural Communications Studies (panel organizer 1999), United Europe Movement (section chairman 1944-1945), International Communications Association, International Pragmatics Association.
Married A. Ferdinand Engel, June 2, 1957. Children: Lea Maxine, Eric Robert von Raffler.