Faculty Research

The following are the research ares of interest for the faculty of The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication:

JESS K. ALBERTS, President's Professor
Research Interests: conflict, relational communication, work-life issues

BENJAMIN BROOME, Professor
Research Interests: intercultural conflict, facilitation, dialogue, peace building

DAN BROUWER, Associate Professor
Research Interests: rhetoric, public sphere, social movements

DANIEL J. CANARY, Professor
Research Interests: relational maintenance, conflict, sex differences

KELLIE CARLYLE, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: health communication, public health, interpersonal communication

PAULINE HOPE CHEONG, Associate Professor
Research Interests: communication technologies, social disparities, access, health communication

STEVEN R. CORMAN, Professor
Research Interests: organizational communication, networks, terrorism, technology

PAULINE DAVIES, Professor of Practice
Research Interests: communicating through podcasting

OLGA I. DAVIS, Associate Professor
Research Interests: critical performance studies, health disparities

SARAH 'AMIRA' De la GARZA, Associate Professor
Research Interests: culture & identity, spirituality, postcolonial /performance ethnography

BELLE EDSON, Associate Instructional Professional
Research Interests: contemporary rhetorical studies, feminist theory, the rhetoric of social movements, and performance studies

KORY FLOYD, Professor
Research Interests: physiology, affection, family communication,  nonverbal communication

H.L. 'BUD' GOODALL, Professor and Director
Research Interests: narrative ethnography, creative nonfiction, organizational studies, & rhetoric

LAURA GUERRERO, Professor
Research Interests: relational and nonverbal communication, emotion

LINDA C. LEDERMAN, Professor and Dean
Research Interests: health communication, instructional communication

JUDITH N. MARTIN, Professor
Research Interests: intercultural communication, ethnicity and communication, sojourner communication

ROBERT D. McPHEE, Professor
Research Interests: structuration theory, organizational constitution, communication theory

PAUL MONGEAU, Professor
Research Interests: interpersonal communication & social influence

CLARK D. OLSON, Full Academic Professional
Research Interests: rhetorical irony & political widow rhetoric

EDWARD T. PALAZZOLO, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: organizational communication, networks, simulations, & technologies

ARTEMIO RAMIREZ, Jr., Assistant Professor
Research Interests: interpersonal, computer-mediated communication, information seeking

ANTHONY j.ROBERTO, Associate Professor
Research Interests: health communication campaigns, persuasion, interpersonal communication

SARAH J. TRACY, Associate Professor
Research Interests: organizations, work-life wellness, emotion, workplace bullying

ANGELA TRETHEWEY, Associate Professor and Associate Director
Research Interests: communication, gender, and identity; strategic communication; work-life issues

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