Dr. Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Location: GAB 328
Phone: (940) 565-4450
E-mail: lyles@unt.edu

Personal Bio:
She enjoys spending time with her family, animals, and riding and caring for her horses.

Research Interests:
Elaine M. Wittenberg-Lyles (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2004) recently joined the faculty at UNT as an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies. Her research program entails an examination of the interpersonal processes occurring in the context of death and dying. Prior to arriving at UNT she was at the University of Texas, San Antonio where she remains an active faculty member with the Geriatric Palliative Care Consultation Service at the local V.A. hospital.

Notable Activities:
She is an active member of the Telehospice Project, an international, interdisciplinary research team devoted to research on the use of technology to support caregivers of hospice patients (www.telehospice-project.org).

Recent Publications and/or Productions:
Recently, she co-authored Communication as Comfort: Multiple Voices in Palliative Care, a book that details the complexities of communication in end-of-life care. Her work can be found in Qualitative Health Research, Health Communication, and the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

Teaching:
Seminar in Health Communication, Health Communication, Communication Theory, Seminar in Family Communication, Nonverbal Communication

Grants & Contracts:
2006-2008 NIH/NCI – R21 “Patient and Family Participation in Hospice Team Meetings” (Oliver, D., PI)
2008 UNT - New Faculty Research Grant

Awards:
In 2006 Dr. Wittenberg-Lyles was one of 35 applicants selected nationally to participate in the National Institute on Aging Summer Institute on Aging Research.

Curriculum Vita