Section 1: Academic Citations and Scholarly Publications
The intellectual work of John W. Voris, founder of Authentic Systems, has been cited, reproduced, and discussed in academic textbooks and scholarly publications addressing human emotions, interpersonal communication, and personal identity.
His original distinction between emotions and feelings has been incorporated into educational materials examining interpersonal communication, emotional awareness, and conflict resolution. Multiple academic textbook editions reproduce Voris’s comparative framework with explicit attribution and acknowledgment of permission.
Beyond interpersonal communication, Voris’s intellectual contributions have been referenced in scholarly literature addressing rhetorical studies and interdisciplinary approaches to human identity.
The following references identify published academic works that cite, reproduce, or discuss Voris’s intellectual contributions, providing a documented record of their acknowledgment and circulation in scholarly literature.
University and College Publications
1. University of Kansas
Connecting and Relating: Why Interpersonal Communication Matters
Publisher: University of Kansas Libraries, Open Textbook
Academic relevance: Incorporates Voris’s distinction between emotions and feelings into the discussion of interpersonal conflict, relationships, and emotional awareness. The comparison is reproduced with attribution to John W. Voris and Authentic Systems.
Reference: Connecting and Relating: Why Interpersonal Communication Matters. University of Kansas Libraries. Chapter, “Conflict in Relationships”; section, “Emotions, Feelings, and Needs in Conflict”; Table 1.
View academic publication:
https://opentext.ku.edu/interpersonal/chapter/conflict/
2. State University of New York at Geneseo (SUNY Geneseo)
Interpersonal Communication, Second Edition
Authors: Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, and Katherine S. Thweatt
Publisher: Milne Open Textbooks, SUNY Geneseo
Academic relevance: Reproduces Voris’s original comparison of emotions and feelings as instructional material addressing the distinction between immediate emotional reactions and longer-term feelings in interpersonal relationships.
The comparison is presented within a textbook addressing interpersonal communication and conflict management.
Reference: Wrench, J. S., Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., & Thweatt, K. S. Interpersonal Communication (2nd ed.). Milne Open Textbooks. Chapter 9, “Conflict in Relationships”; Table 9.1, “The Differences of Emotions and Feelings.”
View academic publication:
https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/interpersonal-communication-2nd/chapter/9/
3. Northern Virginia Community College
Communication in the Real World
Publisher: Northern Virginia Community College, Open Educational Resources, 2025
Academic relevance: Incorporates Voris’s original comparison of emotions and feelings into instructional material addressing interpersonal conflict, emotional awareness, and communication.
The material is reproduced with explicit attribution to Voris and Authentic Systems.
Reference: Communication in the Real World. Northern Virginia Community College. Chapter 8, “Conflict in Relationships”; Table 8.1, “The Differences of Emotions and Feelings.”
View academic publication:
https://pressbooks.nvcc.edu/cst110hurley/chapter/relational-conflict/
4. Maricopa Community Colleges
Interpersonal Communication
Authors: Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, and Katherine S. Thweatt
Publisher: Maricopa Open Digital Press
Academic relevance: Reproduces Voris’s distinction between emotions and feelings within an educational discussion of interpersonal communication, emotional understanding, and conflict resolution.
This represents an additional institutional publication of the attributed comparison.
Reference: Wrench, J. S., Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., & Thweatt, K. S. Interpersonal Communication. Maricopa Open Digital Press. Chapter 9, “Conflict in Relationships”; Table 9.1, “The Differences of Emotions and Feelings.”
View academic publication:
https://open.maricopa.edu/interpersonalcommmindful/chapter/9/
5. University of Northern Iowa
Interpersonal Communication, UNI Edition
Authors of underlying textbook: Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, and Katherine S. Thweatt
Distribution: Open Education Network, Manifold
Academic relevance: The University of Northern Iowa edition reproduces Voris’s original comparison of emotions and feelings, preserving the attribution to John W. Voris and Authentic Systems.
This provides an additional university-associated edition through which the material is available to students and educators.
Reference: Interpersonal Communication, UNI Edition. Chapter 9, “Conflict in Relationships”; Table 9.1, “The Differences of Emotions and Feelings.”
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Additional Higher Education Publications
6. AtlanticOER / RelAtlantique — Canada
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Authors: Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, and Katherine S. Thweatt
Distribution: AtlanticOER / RelAtlantique
Academic relevance: Provides a Canadian higher education publication of the interpersonal communication textbook containing Voris’s attributed distinction between emotions and feelings.
This extends the documented educational distribution of the material beyond institutions in the United States.
Reference: Wrench, J. S., Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., & Thweatt, K. S. Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships. AtlanticOER / RelAtlantique. Chapter 9, “Conflict in Relationships”; Table 9.1, “The Differences of Emotions and Feelings.”
View academic publication:
https://pressbooks.atlanticoer-relatlantique.ca/interpersonalcommunication/
7. eCampusOntario — Canada
Professional Communication: A Mindful Approach
Distribution: eCampusOntario Open Library / Pressbooks
Academic relevance: Includes Voris’s distinction between emotions and feelings in educational material examining interpersonal communication, emotional awareness, and conflict in relationships.
This provides an additional Canadian higher education publication associated with the educational circulation of Voris’s intellectual work.
Reference: Professional Communication: A Mindful Approach. eCampusOntario Open Library. Chapter, “Conflict in Relationships”; section discussing emotions and feelings.
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Scholarly Books and Journal Publications
8. Routledge — Academic Book Citation
Rhetorical Delivery and Digital Technologies: Networks, Affect, Electracy
Author: Sean Morey
Publisher: Routledge, 2015
Academic relevance: Cites John Voris’s writing on the distinction between emotions and feelings within a scholarly work addressing rhetorical delivery, affect, and digital communication.
The reference documents the appearance of Voris’s intellectual work in academic literature outside the interpersonal communication textbooks in which his comparison has been reproduced.
Reference: Morey, S. (2015). Rhetorical Delivery and Digital Technologies: Networks, Affect, Electracy. Routledge.
Original work cited: Voris, J. W. (2009). Difference Between Emotions and Feelings.
9. Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses — Scholarly Journal
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Exact Personal Identity Location
Author: Jeremy Horne
Journal: Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses
Publication: Volume 18, Issue 1, 2024
Academic relevance: Discusses the Voris Method as an individualized approach to identifying a person’s Life Theme through activities, preferences, and identity-related characteristics.
The article examines the approach within an interdisciplinary discussion of personal identity, philosophy, and neuroscience.
Unlike the textbook references concerning emotions and feelings, this publication addresses elements of Voris’s broader approach to authentic human identity.
Reference: Horne, J. (2024). A multidisciplinary approach to exact personal identity location. Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses, 18(1).
DOI: 10.3371/CSRP.HJ.062824
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Significance of These Academic References
The documented appearance of John W. Voris’s intellectual work in academic textbooks and scholarly publications establishes a traceable record of acknowledgment and circulation beyond Authentic Systems.
Of particular significance is the reproduction of his original distinction between emotions and feelings, with explicit attribution and acknowledgment of permission. This preserves the intellectual origin of the framework while making it accessible to students, educators, and researchers.
The appearance of Voris’s work in publications addressing interpersonal communication, rhetorical studies, and human identity demonstrates that his intellectual contributions have been referenced across more than one field of academic inquiry.
Together, these publications establish a documented history of scholarly acknowledgment and educational reproduction of Voris’s intellectual contributions.
Section 2: Universities and Colleges with Documented Course Adoption and Educational Distribution
In addition to published academic references, institutional records document the adoption, publication, adaptation, cataloging, and distribution of educational textbooks containing John W. Voris’s attributed distinction between emotions and feelings.
A principal source of this circulation is Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships, authored by Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, and Katherine S. Thweatt.
The textbook reproduces Voris’s comparison with attribution to John W. Voris and Authentic Systems.
The following institutions are organized into two categories distinguishing documented classroom adoption from institutional publication, curriculum recognition, and educational distribution.
A. Documented Course Adoption
1. University of Missouri–St. Louis
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Course: COMM 1030
Faculty: Professor Leighanne Heisel
Institution: University of Missouri–St. Louis, Missouri
Documented academic use: The university’s institutional repository explicitly identifies Professor Leighanne Heisel’s COMM 1030 course as an adopter of the textbook.
This establishes institutional documentation that the publication containing Voris’s attributed material was adopted for classroom instruction.
Reference: University of Missouri–St. Louis. (2020). Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships. Open Educational Resources Collection, No. 32.
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2. University of Texas at San Antonio
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Course: COM 3383 — Interpersonal Communication
Semester: Spring 2025
Institution: University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas
Documented academic use: The university’s official Spring 2025 course syllabus identifies the textbook as course material for COM 3383.
This documents the textbook’s inclusion in an undergraduate interpersonal communication course.
Reference: University of Texas at San Antonio. (Spring 2025). COM 3383: Interpersonal Communication. Official Course Syllabus, Course Materials section.
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3. Lamar Institute of Technology
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Course: SPCH 1318 — Interpersonal Communication
Semester: Spring 2025
Institution: Lamar Institute of Technology, Beaumont, Texas
Documented academic use: The institution’s official syllabus identifies the textbook as required reading for SPCH 1318.
The syllabus provides access to the open educational textbook and identifies it as required course material.
Reference: Lamar Institute of Technology. (Spring 2025). SPCH 1318: Interpersonal Communication. Official Course Syllabus, Required Textbook and Materials section.
View institutional syllabus:
https://lit.edu/course-syllabus/11147/spch1318_2a1_spring_2025.pdf
4. North Central Texas College
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships, Second Edition
Course: SPCH 1318 — Interpersonal Communication
Semesters: Spring 2026 and Fall 2026
Institution: North Central Texas College, Texas
Documented academic use: The college’s official syllabi identify the second edition of the textbook as the primary course text for SPCH 1318.
The multiple semester records document the textbook’s inclusion in the college’s interpersonal communication curriculum.
Reference: North Central Texas College. (2026). SPCH 1318: Interpersonal Communication. Official Course Syllabi, Required Course Materials.
View Spring 2026 syllabus:
https://my.nctc.edu/ICS/Academics/SPCH/SPCH_1318/2025_SP-SPCH_1318-0300/Syllabus.jnz
View Fall 2026 syllabus:
https://my.nctc.edu/ICS/Academics/SPCH/SPCH_1318/2026_FA-SPCH_1318-0301/Syllabus.jnz
B. Institutional Publication, Curriculum Recognition, and Educational Distribution
1. State University of New York at Geneseo
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Authors: Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, and Katherine S. Thweatt
Publisher: Milne Library Publishing, SUNY Geneseo
Publication: 2020; Second Edition, 2025
Documented academic distribution: SUNY Geneseo publishes and distributes the textbook through Milne Open Textbooks, including the full text and supporting educational materials.
The publication reproduces Voris’s original emotions-and-feelings comparison with attribution.
Reference: Wrench, J. S., Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., & Thweatt, K. S. (2020). Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships. Milne Library Publishing.
View original institutional publication:
https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/oer-ost/29/
View second edition:
https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/oer-ost/38/
2. University of Kansas
Connecting and Relating: Why Interpersonal Communication Matters
Publisher: University of Kansas Libraries, Open Textbook
Documented academic distribution: The University of Kansas publishes an adapted interpersonal communication textbook incorporating material from the Wrench, Punyanunt-Carter, and Thweatt publication.
Its chapter on interpersonal conflict reproduces Voris’s distinction between emotions and feelings with explicit attribution.
This is significant because it documents the inclusion of Voris’s intellectual contribution in a separately adapted academic textbook, rather than solely through distribution of the original publication.
Reference: University of Kansas Libraries. (n.d.). Connecting and Relating: Why Interpersonal Communication Matters. Chapter, “Conflict in Relationships.”
View institutional publication:
https://opentext.ku.edu/interpersonal/chapter/conflict/
3. Nova Scotia Community College — Canada
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Institution: Nova Scotia Community College, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Distribution: NSCC Open Textbooks, Communication Subject Guide
Documented academic distribution: The college includes the textbook in its institutional communication open-textbook guide, described as a collection of textbooks used at Nova Scotia Community College.
The institutional guide makes the publication accessible as an educational resource in the college’s instructional environment.
Reference: Nova Scotia Community College. (n.d.). NSCC Open Textbooks: Communication. NSCC Library Subject Guides.
View institutional textbook guide:
https://subjectguides.nscc.ca/OpenTextbooks/comm
4. Marshall University
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Institution: Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
Distribution: Marshall Digital Scholar, Open Textbooks Collection
Documented academic distribution: Marshall University catalogs the textbook in its institutional digital repository, making it discoverable through the university’s open educational resource collection.
This documents institutional distribution and accessibility rather than confirming adoption in a specific course.
Reference: Marshall University. (2021). Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships. Open Textbooks, Record 787.
View institutional repository:
https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/787/
5. College of the Sequoias
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Course: COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication
Institution: College of the Sequoias, California
Curriculum approval: February 4, 2026
Documented curriculum recognition: The college’s official course outline identifies the textbook among possible zero-textbook-cost instructional materials for interpersonal communication.
The document also identifies the course as approved for transfer to the University of California and California State University systems.
The textbook’s appearance establishes curriculum-level recognition as a possible instructional resource, rather than proof of adoption by a particular instructor.
Reference: College of the Sequoias. (2026). COMM C1004: Interpersonal Communication. Official Course Outline of Record, Textbooks and Other Support Materials.
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6. Taft College
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Course: COMM 1530 — Interpersonal Communication
Institution: Taft College, California
Documented curriculum recognition: The college’s official course outline lists the textbook by Wrench, Punyanunt-Carter, and Thweatt among its instructional resources.
This establishes inclusion of the publication in the college’s formal curriculum documentation.
Reference: Taft College. (n.d.). COMM 1530: Interpersonal Communication. Official Course Outline of Record, Textbooks and Instructional Materials.
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7. University of Minnesota — Open Textbook Library
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships, Second Edition
Authors: Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, and Katherine S. Thweatt
Distribution: University of Minnesota Open Textbook Library
Documented academic distribution: The Open Textbook Library catalogs the textbook and makes it discoverable to instructors and higher education institutions.
The listing also includes independent faculty reviews evaluating the textbook’s instructional content, organization, accessibility, and academic usefulness.
These reviews evaluate the publication as a whole and do not necessarily constitute separate evaluations of Voris’s particular framework.
Reference: Open Textbook Library. (2025). Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships (2nd ed.). University of Minnesota.
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Significance of Documented Course Adoption and Educational Distribution
The documented adoption and distribution of textbooks containing John W. Voris’s intellectual contributions provides evidence of educational circulation beyond the publications themselves.
Course syllabi establish the inclusion of these textbooks in instructional programs, while institutional repositories, curriculum documents, and university publishing platforms demonstrate their availability and recognition within higher education.
The significance of these records lies in their traceability. They identify specific institutions, courses, textbooks, and educational resources through which students and educators may encounter Voris’s attributed distinction between emotions and feelings.
Together with the academic references documented in Section 1, these records establish two complementary dimensions of intellectual circulation: scholarly acknowledgment of Voris’s work and the educational distribution of publications containing it.
Documented textbook adoption does not necessarily mean that every chapter or individual contribution was assigned or taught. The records establish the specified educational uses and distribution activities without implying institutional endorsement or independent empirical validation of the broader Authentic Systems model.