Faculty Research Archive

Dr. Austin has two main research tracks: Organizational Socialization and Marginalized Identities. Lately, her research explores the content of conversations had between supervisors and incoming organizational members during the pre-entry/offer consideration phase. She is interested in if/how personal...

Rhetorical criticism
Discourses of criminality, punishment, and reentry
Social movements rhetoric

I have always been fascinated with social skills and the ways in which our interactions influence our relational, mental, and physical well-being. Accordingly, my research interests lie at the intersection of relational and health communication, with a focus on navigating health-related interactions...

Dr. Burnette’s research interests include political campaign rhetoric, the construction of gender in public discourse, historical political debates, and freedom of speech issues. She received the 2014 Southern States Communication Association James Madison Prize for Outstanding Research in First Amendment...

Applied Communication, Instructional Communication, Training & Development, Assessment, Persuasion, Social Influence, Higher Education , Interpersonal and Family Communication

Throughout my academic career, I have been interested in how people learn about and feel part of organizations. My research, therefore, seeks to advance research at the intersection of organizational socialization and organizational identification scholarship. Specifically, my theory-driven program of...

Organizational Communication, Social Justice and Community Engagement, Difference and Intersectionality, LGBTQ+ Studies, Work-Life and Identity, Qualitative Methods and Rhetorical Criticism, Health Communication, Tech Education and Workplace Inclusion

Interpersonal and Health Communication
Interpersonal and Instructional Communication
Supportive Communication
Communicative Coping
Instructor-Student Communication
Student Adjustment to College

Dr. Fox's research falls into three categories; 1) organizational rhetoric, with a focus on power, control and learning in organizations, 2) health communication with a focus on the U.S. nursing shortage and nursing work, and 3) the rhetoric of social movements, with foci in environmental rhetoric, freedom...

Interpersonal Communication in the Instructional Context
Helicopter Teaching
The Student-Teacher Relationship
Conducting Workshops that assist others in living their "Best Self--Best Life"

Dr. Keeley is considered on of the leading experts in the area family communication at the end of life. Her focus for over a decade and a half has been to explore "Final Conversations" (i.e., all verbal and nonverbal messages from the time of a terminal diagnosis until the moment of death) from the...

The focus of my research has centered on interpersonal and family communication with an emphasis on gender and health issues. My research focuses primarily on the ways in which individuals and relational partners communicatively cope and negotiate identity in the face of unexpected relational turning...

Public memory
Cultural analysis of popular media
Women's images
Women's public address

Health Communication, Cancer Communication, Visuals, Emotion, Skin Cancer, Health Campaigns

Organizational communication, human communication technology, complexity theory, conflict management, communication networks,

Organizational Communication, Communication Technology, Customer Service, Computer-Assisted Instruction, Online Teaching/Learning, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Close Relationships (couples, families, friendships); Difficult, Taboo, or Stigmatized Self-Disclosure; Under-Studied Relationships; Long-Distance Relationships; Dark Side (e.g., hurtful messages, hazing, jealousy)

noodle soup, Translational Health Research; communication in hospitals; patient and provider communication; population and community health interventions; communication about cancer, end of life; health disparities (Persons with disabilities, Latinos, women, older adults); communication training; interdisciplinary...