Research
Special research interests in the Department of
Communication Studies (COMM) include the following areas:
- Rhetorical analysis and criticism of discourse in
historical, political, and cultural contexts;
- The role of communication in organizations,
professions, and groups, including organizational
communication systems, superior-subordinate-coworker
communication, health communication systems, conflict
management, interpersonal and professional
relationships, and small group communication and
decision-making;
- Performance of texts, literary and performance
theory and criticism, intertextuality, phenomenology,
and literary and rhetorical application of narrative
theory;
- Interpersonal communication, including receptivity
and listening, informational reception apprehension,
communication apprehension, intimate communication,
gender and communication, communication style and
assertiveness, health communication, mediation,
interpersonal conflict, human information processing,
and interpersonal influence;
- Legal communication, including investigation of
theories and case law related to the First Amendment
guarantee of freedom of speech, as well as applied
research related to expert testimony; and
- Critical and cultural studies of communication.
cultural values, ideologies, and politics.
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