Failure to communicate topic of BYU Barker lecture Nov. 13 - BYU News Skip to main content
Intellect

Failure to communicate topic of BYU Barker lecture Nov. 13

Donald K. Jarvis, professor of Russian and chair of the Germanic and Slavic Languages Department at Brigham Young University, will present the James L. Barker Lecture Thursday, Nov. 13, at 11 a.m. in 2084 Jesse Knight Humanities Building on the BYU campus.

The lecture, titled "Failure to Communicate," will explore miscommunication and its relationship to ethnocentrism, greed and self-absorption.

Jarvis received his doctoral degree from Ohio State University in 1970. His research has focused on Slavic culture and pedagogy.

He is a co-author of "Nachalo: When in Russia," a widely used first-year Russian textbook and has written several books on language teaching and faculty development. Jarvis has also served as the dean of General Education.

The annual James L. Barker Lecture in Language and Linguistics honors Barker, a former language department chair at BYU and internationally renowned scholar in phonetics. Barker was a professor of German, French, Spanish and Italian. The lecture is sponsored by the Barker family.

For more information, contact Karmen Smith at (801) 422-2779.

Writer: Thomas Grover

Related Articles

data-content-type="article"

BYU’s world-class pipe organ is the ‘crown jewel’ of the new Concert Hall

March 06, 2025
If you haven’t experienced the pipe organ in the BYU Music Building yet, you’re in for a treat. With 4,613 pipes and 81 ranks (sets of pipes), it’s the third largest organ in Utah and the only one with two consoles. Organists can play from a console located in the center of the pipework facade or from a movable stage console.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

BYU study analyzes distant Kuiper Belt object with NASA's Hubble data

March 04, 2025
The researchers identify a possible rare triple system in the Kuiper Belt
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Forum: Why institutions matter

February 25, 2025
“The answer comes down to each of us — even to you, as students here in this university,” expressed Yuval Levin in his forum address at the BYU Marriott Center.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText=