Tamanda Chabvuta, PhD
Associate Professor of Instruction, Communication
Associate Director, Center of Dialogue & Deliberation
Contact
- MS 4.01.50A5
- Tamanda.chabvuta@utsa.edu
Bio
Tamanda Chabvuta, Associate Professor of Instruction, School of Communication, Language & Culture, COLFA; Associate Director, Center for Dialogue & Deliberation
Her scholarly work explores community organizing, dialogue and deliberation, listening, and storytelling, with attention to how people build resilience and civic capacity together. Dr. Chabvuta's publications include articles on dialogic listening and community agreements in the International Journal of Listening, community resilience during COVID-19 in the Western Journal of Communication, and African feminism in film in the Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, as well as a book chapter on facilitative leadership in the high school classroom. At Colorado State University's Center for Public Deliberation, she facilitated dialogue on campus and with statewide stakeholders, designed dialogue and deliberation processes, and co-authored the Youth Civic Action Program curriculum materials. She teaches organizational communication and public speaking and has previously taught Applied Deliberative Techniques, Negotiation, Public Argumentation, and Group Communication. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Texas A&M University.
Publications
Dialogue and Deliberation
Slagowski-Tipton, S. & Chabvuta, T. (2025). Youth Civic Action Program: Facilitative Leadership in the High School Classroom. In L. Britt & L. Napoli. Facilitative Leadership: Building Capacity for Divisive Times. Waveland Press.
Knobloch, K. R., Schmitt, P., Cable, J., Zeigner, K., Wilkins, W., McCabe, P., & Chabvuta, T. (2025, May). The Rural Action Project: Moving from talk to action to address Colorado's needs and goals. Office of Engagement and Extension, Colorado State University.
Knobloch, K. R., Chabvuta, T., Slagowski-Tipton, S., Smith, J. F., Zeigner, K., Freeman, T. M. F., Suarez, L., & Abate, B. (2025, March). Hughes Civic Assembly community guides summary report. Center for Public Deliberation, Colorado State University.
Knobloch, K. R., Hansen, A., Chabvuta, T., Smith, J., & Slagowski-Tipton, S. (2024). Youth Civic Action Program: Lesson manual. Center for Public Deliberation, Colorado State University.
Knobloch, K. R., Chabvuta, T., & Hansen, A. (2024). Youth Civic Action Program: Student workbook. Center for Public Deliberation, Colorado State University.
Listening & Community
Knobloch, K. R., & Chabvuta, T. (2025). Dialogic Listening as a Tool for Community-Centred Transformation: How Students Construct Listening Through Community Agreements. International Journal of Listening, 39(3), 195–207. https://doi.org/10.1080/10904018.2025.2525111
Chabvuta, T. (2025). “Just part of being a community”: Crafting resilience in the city during COVID-19. Western Journal of Communication, 90(1), 165-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2025.2601505
