Dr. Jennifer Monahan
Dr. Jennifer L. Monahan


125 Terrell Hall
Department of Speech Communication
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
jmonahan@uga.edu


Research Interest:
  How alcohol affects interpersonal communication behaviors.  Health Communication


Positions held

Associate Professor, University of Georgia, 1999 -
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, 1993 - 1999
Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia, 1995-
Fellow, Behavioral Health Sciences Institute, 2005-
 
Recognitions and outstanding achievements

2007 Creative Research Medal, University of Georgia

2006 – Present, Board Member, Center for Health and Risk Communication

2005- Present Fellow, Behavioral Health Sciences Institute, the University of Georgia

Doctoral student (Sonja Brown Givens) won the 2002 Dissertation of the Year award from the Black Caucus at the National Communication Association.

Eleven Top Paper/Panel Awards at National and International Conventions

2001- Present Member, UGA Senior Teaching Academy

1999 Distinguished Monograph Award (NCA, Applied Division) 

For: Parrott, R. P., Monahan, J. L., Ainsworth, S. & Steiner, C. (1998).  Communicating to Farmers about Skin Cancer: The Behavioral Adaptation Model.  Human Communication Research. 24, 386-409.

1998 SSCA Early Career Research Award

1996-present   Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Research.  The University of Georgia

1997, 2004 Mentor, Institute for Behavioral Research Mentoring Program. The University of Georgia.

1995-1997 Lilly Teaching Fellowship, Office for Instructional Development, The University of Georgia

1993-1994 Institute for Behavioral Research Faculty Mentoring Fellowship, The University of Georgia.

1992 Phi Kappa Phi Research Award.  Awarded in recognition of being part of an outstanding faculty-student research team, University of Southern California


Books
 

Roskos-Ewoldsen, D. & Monahan, J. L. (Editors, 2007). Social Cognition and Communication:Theories and Methods. In print for 2006 publish date. Laurence Erlbaum

Refereed Journal Articles

Samp, J. A. & Monahan, J. L. (2007).  Expressing Under the Influence: Alcohol Consumption, Nonverbal Behavior and Performance.  Communication Research Reports, 24, 79-86.

Monahan, J. L. & Samp, J.A. (2007).  Alcohol’s Effects on goal-related appraisals and communicative behaviors.  Communication Research, 34, 332-351.

Lannutti, P. A. & Monahan, J. L. (2006).  Alcohol and sexual negotiation:  The Stem of Misunderstanding.  American Sexuality.  http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/MagWebpage

Monahan, J. L., Shtrulis, I., & Brown-Givens, S. (2005) Priming Welfare Queens and Other Stereotypes:  The Transference of Media Images into Interpersonal Contexts.  Communication Research Reports.
 
Brown-Givens, S. & Monahan, J. L. (2005).  Mammies, Jezebels and Other Controlling Images.  Media Psychology.

Lannutti, P. J. & Monahan, J. L. (2004).   Resistance, persistence, and drinking: Examining goals of women's refusals of unwanted sexual advances.  Western Journal of Communication, 68, 151-169.

Lannutti P. J. & Monahan, J. L. (2004).  ANot tonight, maybe later@:  The influence of relationship type, request persistence, and alcohol consumption on women=s refusal strategies.  Communication Studies, 55, 362-377.

Monahan, J. L. & Laliker, M. (2002).  Intensifying the dominant response II: nonconscious negative affect, cognitive demand and conversations. Communication Monographs.  69, 390-421.

Lannutti P. J. & Monahan, J. L. (2002).  When the frame paints the picture: Alcohol consumption, relational framing and sexual communication. Communication Research, 29, 390-421.

Monahan, J. L., Murphy, S. T. & Zajonc, R. B. (2000). Subliminal Mere Exposure: Specific, General and Diffuse Effects.  Psychological Science, 11, 462-467.

Monahan, J.L. & Lannutti, P. J. (2000).  Alcohol as social lubricant: Alcohol myopia theory, social self-esteem and social interaction.  Human Communication Research, 26, 175-202.

Monahan, J. L., Murphy, S. T., & Miller, L. C.  (1999).  When women imbibe:  Alcohol and the illusory control of HIV risk .   Psychology of Women Quarterly,23, 3, 643-651.

Turk, D. R. & Monahan, J. L.  (1999). Here I go again: A model of repetitive behaviors during interpersonal conflicts.  Southern Communication Journal, 64, 232-244.

Monahan, J. L. & Zuckerman, C. E.   (1999)  Intensifying the Dominant Response: Participant/Observer Differences and Nonconscious Effects.  Communication Research, 26, 81-110.
 
Monahan, J. L. (1998).  I don't know you but I like you:  The effects of nonconscious affect on person perception.  Human Communication Research, 24, 480-500.

Murphy, S.T., Monahan, J. L. & Miller, L.C.  (1998). Inferences under the influence: The impact of alcohol and inhibition conflict on women’s sexual decision-making.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 5, 517-529.

Parrott, R.,  Monahan, J. L.,  Ainsworth, S.  & Steiner, C. (1998).  Communicating to Farmers about Skin Cancer:  The Behavioral Adaptation Model.  Human Communication Research. 24, 386-409.
           
Monahan, J. L., & Miller, L. C., Rothspan, S. (1997).  Power and Intimacy:  On the Dynamics of Risky Sex.  Health Communication, 9, 303-321.

Murphy, S. T., Monahan, J. L. & Zajonc, R. B. (1995).  Additivity of nonconscious affect:  Combined effects of priming and exposure.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69(4), 589-602.

Monahan, J. L. (1995).  Information processing differences of conversational participants and observers:  The effects of self-presentation concerns and cognitive load on evaluation. Communication Monographs, 62, 265-281.
           
Monahan, J. L., &  Collins-Jarvis, L. (1993).  The hierarchy of institutional values in the communication discipline:  Determining the future of the field.  Journal of Communication, 43(3), 150-157. 

Freimuth, V. S., Hammond, S. L., Edgar, T. & Monahan, J. L. (1990).  Reaching those at risk:  A content-analytic study of AIDS PSAs.  Communication Research, 17, 775-791. 

Fink, E. L., Monahan, J. L. & Kaplowitz, S. A. (1989).  A spatial model of the mere exposure effect.  Communication Research, 16, 746-769.

Monahan, J. L., & Sheirer, M. A. (1988).  The role of linking agents in the diffusion of health promotion programs.  Health Education Quarterly, 15, 17-433. 

Chapters in books

Lannutti, P. & Monahan, J. (2007). Alcohol and Communication: Expectancy and Pharmacological Effects. In D. Roskos-Ewoldsen & J. L. Monahan (Eds.) Social Cognition and Communication: Theories and Methods. Laurence Erlbaum.

Monahan, J. L. (1995). Thinking positively: Using positive affect when designing messages. In E. Maibach & R. Parrott (Eds.), Designing Health Messages. Sage Publications.

Monahan, J. L., & Collins-Jarvis, L. (1994). The hierarchy of institutional values in the communication discipline: Determining the future of the field. in M.R. Levy & M. Gurevitch (Eds.) Defining media studies: Reflections on the future of the field (pp. 158-165). NY: Oxford University Press. 1994. Reprint of Article.

Convention Papers

Teaching Female Prisoners About Relationship, Conflict, and Violence Management Skills: Notes from the Field
Jennifer A. Samp & Jennifer L. Monahan, University of Georgia Women and Girls in Georgia Conference, Athens Georgia (October 2007)

Roskos-Ewoldsen, D., Rhodes, N., Monahan, J. L. & Scales, M. (2007).  Ethnic Differences in Adolescent Knowledge about Smoking.   Poster presentation National Conference on Tobacco or Health.

Rhodes, N., Roskos-Ewoldsen, D., Hull, C., & Monahan, J. L. (2007).  Anti-Smoking PSAs: Message Themes and Smoking Functions   Poster presentation National Conference on Tobacco or Health.

Scales, M.B., & Monahan, J. (2007, November).  Friends Don't Let Drunk Friends go Home with Strangers.  Poster at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.

Samp, J. A. & Monahan, J. L. (2006, November).  Communicating about a relational issue while (not) intoxicated:  The influence of alcohol consumption on communicative goals and messages features.  Top  4 paper, Interpersonal Division, National Communication Association.

Townsend, B., Keck, L. & Monahan, J.  (2005, May).  Goals for flirting at work:  A sender-based analysis.  Presented at the 2005 meeting of the International Communication Association, Interpersonal Division, Chicago.

Monahan, J. L., & Fellows, K. L. (November, 2004).  I Can=t Think About That:  Thought Suppression and Unwanted Repetitive Patterns. 90th meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Monahan, J. L. (May 2004).  Obtaining Funding for Socially Meaningful Applied Interpersonal Research.  54th meeting of the International Communication Assoc, New Orleans , LA.

Monahan, J. L. & Samp, J. A. (May 2004).  Alcohol and Goal Pursuit:   Message Production and Reception during the $100,000 Pyramid Game.  Information Systems Division, International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Monahan, J. L., Samp, J. A. & Wong, N. C. H. (November 2003).  Communicating under the influence:  A review of the alcohol and social behavior literature.  Social Cognition Division, National Communication Association, Miami, Florida.

Samp, J.A. and Monahan, J. L. (November 2003).  Alcohol and social choice: A model linking goals and affect to communicative outcomes.  Social Cognition Division, National Communication Association, Miami, Florida.

Monahan, J. L., Brown Givens, S., and Shtrulis, I. (May 2003).  Priming and Stereotyping: How Mediated Images Affect Perceptions in Interpersonal Contexts.  Information Systems Division, International Communication Association, San Diego.

Brown-Givens, S., & Monahan, J. L., (November 2002).  Mammies, Jezebels and Other Controlling Images: An Examination of the Influence of Mediated Stereotypes on Perceptions of an African American Woman.  Social Cognition Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans.

Lannutti, P. J.  & Monahan, J. L. (November 2002).  Women=s Refusals of Unwanted Sexual Advances: The Influence of Relationship Type, Repeated Requests and Alcohol Consumption.  Interpersonal Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans.

Williams, S. L., Monahan, J. L., & Roskos-Ewoldsen, D. (November 2002).  Working toward a smoke-free norm: Biased processing of anti-tobacco advertising in tobacco culture.  Health Communication Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans.

Lannutti, P. J. & Monahan, J. L. (November 2001).  Mixed Messages: Alcohol=s Influence in Dating Situations.  Interpersonal Division, National Communication Association, Atlanta. Ga.

Monahan, J. L., Silk, K.A., Dillow M. R.  (November 2001).Enough about You, What Do I Think You Think of Me?: Expectancies, Communication Behaviors and Metaperceptions.  Interpersonal Division, National Communication Association, Washington DC.

Laliker, M.K., & Monahan, J. L. (November, 2001).  Justifying Romantic Reconciliation:  The Impact of Mental Models.  Interpersonal Division, NCA, Washington DC.

Laliker, M. K., Monahan, J. L. (May, 2001).  Using the investment model to predict changes in mental models of personal relationships.  Interpersonal Communication Division, International Communication Association, Washington D.C.

Lannutti, P. A. and Monahan, J. L. (November, 2000).  Relational Framing, Alcohol Myopia Theory and Social Perception.  Interpersonal Communication Division, National Communication Association, Seattle, Washington.

Monahan, J. L. & Laliker, M. K. (June, 2000). Intensifying the Dominant Response II:    Nonconscious Affect, Cognitive Demand and Conversations.   Top three paper, Interpersonal Communication Division, International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico.

Monahan, J. L., Murphy, S. T. & Zajonc, R. B. (June, 2000).   Subliminal Exposure : Specific, General and Diffuse Effects.  Paper presented to the Information Systems Division, International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico.

Eudy, W. & Monahan, J. L. (May, 1999).  Accounting for predicaments in job interviews: How do applicants handle tough questions?  Paper presented at the 49th meeting of the International Communication Association.  Organizational Communication Division.  San Francisco, California.

Monahan, J. L. & Zuckerman, C. E. (November, 1998).  Intensifying the dominant response: participant/observer differences and nonconscious effects.  Top four paper, Social Cognition Division of the National Communication Association, New York, NY.

Monahan, J. L. (November, 1998).  Obtaining funding from the National Institute of Mental Health.  Invited conference presentation on panel titled, Everything you need to know to get health communication research funded that wasn=t taught in kindergarten.  Health Communication Division of the National Communication  Association, New York, NY.

Monahan, J. L. & Lannutti, P. J. (July, 1998).  Alcohol as social lubricant: Alcohol myopia theory, social self-esteem and social interaction.  Top three paper, Interpersonal Division of the International Communication Association, Jerusalem, Israel.

Parrott, R. P., Monahan, J. L.,Ainsworth, S.  & Steiner, C. (November, 1997)  Communicating to farmers about skin cancer: The behavioral adaptation model.  Top three paper Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Il.

Monahan, J. L. & Arata, K. V. (May, 1997).  Burned out and ready to quit?  A model of organizational burnout in the military.  Presented at the 47th annual conference of the International Communication Association Montreal Canada.

Turk, D. R. & Monahan, J. L. (May, 1997).  Here I go again: A model of repetitive behaviors during interpersonal conflicts.  Presented at the 47th annual conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal Canada.

Monahan, J. L. & Lannutti, P. J. (April, 1997).  Flirting and drinking: How alcohol and self-esteem affect women=s responses to men=s flirting behaviors.  Presented at the 67th annual convention of the Southern States Communication Association. Savannah, Georgia.

Monahan, J. L. & Turk, D. R. (November, 1996).   Repetitive communication patterns:  affect, goals and awareness.  Presented at the Annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association.  San Diego

Monahan, J. L., Murphy, S. T., & Miller, L. C. (May, 1996).   Why alcohol and confidence don't mix:  The role of social self-esteem and alcohol in judgments of sexual risk.  Top 3 paper in Health Communication.  Presented at the 46th meeting of the International Communication Associations, Chicago, IL.

Monahan, J. L. & Turk, D. R. (March, 1996).   Repetitive communication patterns:  When knowledge and motivation are not enough.  Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Speech Communication Association. Memphis

Murphy, S. T., Monahan, J. L. & Miller, L.C. (June, 1995).  Inferences under the influence.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, New York.

Monahan, J. L. & Williams, M. (May, 1995).  I don't know you but I like you:  The effects of nonconscious affect on person perception.  Paper presented at the 45th meeting of the International Communication Association, Albuquerque.  Selected as one of the "Best of Information Systems" papers.

Murphy, S.T., Monahan, J. L. & Miller, L.C. (1995).  Alcohol and AIDS:  Inferences under the influence.  Paper presented at the 45th meeting of the International Communication Association, Albuquerque.

Burns, D. M., Monahan, J. L., & Miller, L.C. (1995).  Scripts for one-night stands:  When all is said and done.  Presented at Southern Speech Communication Association, New Orleans.

Monahan, J. L., Rothspan, S. & Miller, L. C. (1994).  Sexual expertise and safer sex expertise in negotiating sexual encounters.  Paper presentation at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association, New Orleans

Monahan, J. L. (1994).  Thinking positively:  Using positive affect when designing messages.  Poster session at the 44th meeting of the International Communication Association, Australia.

Monahan, J. L. (1994).  Expressions, thoughts and feelings:  100 years of emotions research.  Poster session at the 44th meeting of the International Communication Association, Australia.

Communicating with Diverse Populations:  Bridging the Culture Gap in Health Care.  Top rated Health Communication Program for the 44th meeting of the International Communication Association, Australia.

Monahan, J. L., (1993).  Participants and observers: what is it about participation that leads to increased liking?.  Paper presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Miami.  Top Four Paper for Intrapersonal Communication and Social Cognition.

Murphy, S. T., Monahan, J. L. & Zajonc, R. B. (1992). Augmenting and attenuating the mere exposure effect.  A paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Society, San Diego.

Murphy, S. T., Monahan, J. L. & Zajonc, R. B. (1992).  The role of affect in the mere exposure paradigm.  A paper presented at the 42nd annual conference of the International Communication Association, Miami.

Monahan, J. L. (1991).  Comprehension and social information processing: how important is context?  Presented at the 41st annual conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago.

Freimuth, V. S., Hammond, S. L., Edgar, T. & Monahan, J. L. (1989).  Reaching those at risk:  A content-analytic Study of AIDS PSAs.  A paper presented at the 39th annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco.  Top 3 paper for the Health Communication Division.

Fink, E. L., Monahan, J. L., & Kaplowitz, S. A. (1988). Brain asymmetry and the mere exposure effect:  The processing of emotion without cognition.  A paper presented at the 38th annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans.

Fink, E. L., Monahan, J. L. & Kaplowitz, S. A. (1987). A spatial model of the mere exposure effect.  A paper presented at the 37th annual conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago.

Invited Lectures and Presentations

Monahan, J.L., Rhodes, N. & Roskos-Ewoldsen, D.   Adolescent Message Processing Bias for Anti Smoking Messages.  Presentation to the SSCHP Research Advisory Board.  May 2007.

Monahan, J.L.  Affect & Experiential Processing of Anti-Smoking Messages. A presentation in the Dept of Speech Communication Colloquium Series, University of Georgia, 2007 

Monahan, J. L.  Experiential Processing of Anti-Smoking Messages.  Presentation to the SSCHP Research Advisory Board.  May 2006.

Scales, M. & Monahan, J. L.  Adolescents’ perceptions of smoking and stress reduction: a focus group analysis.  A Poster presentation to the Behavioral Health Sciences Institute, 2006.

Monahan, J. L.  The Alcohol and Communication Choices Model.  A presentation to the Ohio State University Department of Communication on Comm. Day, May 2006.

Monahan, J. L. (January 2006).  Teens and smoking.  A presentation to the Atlanta Community/Lay Advisory Board meeting.

Monahan, J. L. (December 2005).  Teens and smoking.  A presentation to the Augusta Community/Lay Advisory Board meeting.

Tips for Successful Grant Applications From Funded Interpersonal Scholars.  Part of a preconference on “Obtaining Funding for Socially Meaningful Applied Interpersonal Research.”  Interpersonal Communication Division, International Communication Association, May 2004.

Tips for New Grant Writers.  College of Arts and Sciences Colloquium on Grant Writing.  2004.

Experiments and Human Subjects Review.  Invited presentation as part of a short course on Institutional Review Boards, International Communication Association, May 2003.

Alcohol and Communication Behaviors.  Dept of Speech Communication, University of Georgia.  Colloquium Series, October 2002.

Alcohol and Affect: Perceptions of Dominance and Affiliation in Sexual Situations. Invited presentation to the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, March 2001.

Alcohol and  Communication Behaviors: When does drinking affect behavior and perception in Sexual Situations?  Invited presentation to the Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia, March 2001.

Tips on Grant Writing.  Invited presentation as part of the Institute for Behavioral Research=s annual grant writing workshop.  February 2000

Tips on Grant Writing.  Invited presentation to the Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia, September, 1999

Affective Priming: Why no relationship amongst the various methods?  Invited Presentation at the Implicit Social Cognition Conference, Zion, Illinois. May, 1999.

Alcohol and Women=s Communication Behaviors: When does Drinking affect Thinking and Speaking?  Invited presentation to the University of Maryland, Department of Speech Communication.  February 1999

Intensifying the Dominant Response: The Effects of Nonconscious Affect on Social Interaction.  Invited presentation to the University of Alabama=s Cognitive Studies Colloquium Series.  February 1998

Alcohol and Flirting: When Does Alcohol Consumption Affect Behavior?   Invited talk  to the Social Cognition Colloquium Series (University of Alabama).  February 1998.

I Don=t Know it But I Like You: The Role of Nonconscious Affect In Person Perception.  Invited presentation to the Institute of Behavioral Research, University of Georgia.  March 1997.

Why Confidence and Alcohol Don't Mix:  The Role of Social Self-Esteem and Alcohol in Judgments of Sexual Risk.  Invited presentation to the Institute of Behavioral Research, University of Georgia.  November 1995

Grants

POSITION:
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Principal Investigator (Co-PI Ralph DiClemente, Emory University)
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Alcohol & HIV Risk:  A Tailored Intervention for African American Females
R01 $4,467,192.  It was not funded but will be resubmitted.

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Principal Investigator (Co-investigator L. Stephen Miller, Psychology)
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Assessing empathic responses to anti-drug PSAs in adults & adolescents with fMRI
Not funded, will be resubmitted     Modified R21 $1,105,500

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Principal Investigator (This project is part of a CDC funded Center of Excellence in Health Communication and Marketing, Center PI is V. S. Freimuth).
Centers For Disease Control
Adolescents, Media, and Smoking: An Experiential Decision-Making Model
Funded as of 9/30/05, R01
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Investigator (PI Jennifer Samp)
IBR Pilot Grant Funds
2003-2004
Collecting Data   $4000
Goals, Drinking and Communication in Relationships.

POSITION:      
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YEAR:              
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Principal Investigator (co-investigator Jennifer Samp)
IBR Pilot Grant Funds
2003-2004
Completed   $4000
Goals, Drinking and Communication.

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NIMH
$504,923
1996
Completed July 2002
Affect and Patterns of Communication.

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Principal Investigator
1996-7
Completed. $4,000
University of Georgia Faculty Research Grant
Why Alcohol and Self-Confidence Don't Mix:  The Effects of Alcohol and Self-Esteem on Women's Communication Behaviors.

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Principal Investigator
1994-5
Completed   $6,623
University of Georgia Faculty Research Grant
Women's Perceptions of Other's Behaviors:  The Effects of Alcohol and Alcohol Expectancies.


Editorship
Editorial Board:

Health Communication
(1996-)
Human Communication Research (1998-2003)
Communication Monographs (2000-2004)
Communication Research Reports (2004-)
Journal of Communication (2005-)

Ad Hoc Reviewer for:

Communication Research
Human Communication Research
International Journal of Humor
Journal of Communication
Journal of Personality & Social Psychology
Media Psychology
Southern Communication Journal
Women and Communication
Cognition and Emotion
Communication Theory

Public service (National or International)

2006 Reader, Session Chair & Respondent, Social Cognition Division, NCA
2003-2005     
Chair, Information Systems Division, International Communication Association
2004-2005 Chair, Early Career Research Award Committee, International Communication Association
2003-2005 Member, Early Career Research Award Committee, International Communication Association
2003-2005 Board Member, International Communication Association
2002, 2004 Session Chair/Respondent, Social Cognition Division, National Communication Association
2000-2002 Vice Chair, Information Systems Division, International Communication Association
2001 Panel Member, National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel (ZCA1 SRRB-K J1).
2000-2003 Member, Research Board, ICA
2001 - 2002 Member, ICA Task Force on Liaison to Funding Agencies
2000-2001 Vice Chair Elect, Information Systems Division, ICA
2000-2002 Member, Early Career Research Award Committee, Southern States Communication Association (chair in 2002)
1998, 2002,
2003, 2005
Respondent: Information Systems Div., International Communication Association
1995, 1997,
2001, 2003
Reader: Health Communication, International Communication Association
1995, 1998 Paper Reader: Health Communication, National Communication Association
1996, 2000, 2003-05 Reviewer: Information Systems Division, International Communication Association
1996 Session Chair: Interpersonal Division, International Communication Association.
1996, 1998,  2002-2005 Session Chair/Respondent:  Information Systems Div, International Communication Association.
1997, 2002 Session Chair: Health Communication Division, Speech Communication Association
1994, 1995,
1997 
Session Chair and Respondent: Health Communication Division, International Communication Association
2001-2004 Session Chair Social Cognition and Communication Division, National Communication Association
1999 Reviewer for Tenure & Promotion at West Virginia University.
1990-1992 Board Member: International Communication Association (1990-92)

Other service (Department and University)

2007 Committee to draft Dept Sabbatical Leave Policy
2000-2004 Advisor, Undergraduate Honors Society- Lambda Pi Eta
1993-1996 Ad Hoc Committee (Department)
1995-1997 Academic Standards Committee (Arts & Sciences; Chair- 1997)
2001-2004 Basic Course Director, Department of Speech Communication
2005- Board Member, Center for Risk Communication Advisory Board
2004

Chair, Committee to Revise Department Promotion and Tenure Guidelines

2005-Present

Southern Center for Communication, Health & Poverty (CDC Center of Excellence in Health Communication & Marketing), Member of the Research Core and member of the Overall Scientific Advisory Board

1994- Department Discretionary Fund, Chair
1995-1997, 1998-99 Executive Committee (Department)
1995-1998 Faculty Senator (Arts & Sciences)
1993-98, 2004-06 Graduate Student Admissions Committee Member (Department)
1997, 2004, 2007 IBR Faculty Mentor Program
1999-2002 Interpersonal Committee, Chair (Department)
1993-Present Interpersonal Communication Committee (Dept)
2005-06 Lilly Fellow Selection Committee Member, OISD.
1999-2000 Post-tenure review committee (Department)
2000-2002 Program Review Committee (University)
1999-2000 Social Psychology Search Committee
2000 Chair, two department search committees
2000-2001 Mentor UGA Honors Student-Faculty Mentor Program
2001-present UGA Senior Teaching Academy

Courses Taught

SPCM 1010 Human Communication and Society
SPCM 219H Honors Seminar in Interpersonal Communication
SPCM 267 Interviewing
SPCM 3700 Empirical Research Methods
SPCM 4500 Advanced Interpersonal Communication Seminar
SPCM 4800 Intercultural Communication
SPCM 4800

Intercultural Communication (Special version for UGA Study Abroad)

SPCM 4900

Special Topics in Speech Communication

SPCM 4910 Internships
SPCM 8010 Introduction to Graduate Studies
SPCM 8020 Graduate Seminar in Teaching.
SPCM 8050 Directed Research Hours in Communication Research
SPCM 8450

Graduate Seminar:  Social Cognition in Interpersonal Communication

SPCM 8500 Graduate Seminar in Interpersonal Communication Theory
SPCM 8550

Graduate Seminar: Theories of Emotion and Communication Processes

SPCM 8550 Message Design
SPCM 8700 Graduate Empirical Research Methods.

Teaching evaluations average 27.80 (range from 24.52 - 30) on a 30 point scale.

Advising - Major Professor

Arata, Kevin; M.A.
Bass, Rachel M.A.
Bigsby, Elizabeth, Ph.D.
Brooks, Carolyn, MA
Brown-Givens, Sonja, Ph.D.
Edwards, Keisha, MA
Eudy, Wendy; M. A.
Harris, Shawna, Ph.D.
Laliker, Melanie; Ph.D.
Lannutti, Pamela; MA; Ph.D.
Matter, Carl, Ph.D.
Scales, Monica, Ph.D.
Tassie, Keisha; Ph.D.
Turk, Don; M.A.
Williams, Sandy M.A.

Advising - Committee Member

Abend, Teresa; Ph.D.  Psychology
Ainsworth, Stuart; Ph.D.  Speech Communication
Barrientos, Samantha; M.A. Speech Communication
Bevan, Jennifer, Ph.D.  Speech Communication
Blackshear, Janese, M.A. Speech Communication
Brooks, Sean; M.A. Speech Communication
Christie, Julie, M.A. Speech Communication
Dillow, Megan, MA. Speech Communication
Egbert, Nichole; Ph.D. Speech Communication
Estes, Amanda A.; M.A.  Journalism
Fellows, Kelli, Ph.D. Speech Communication
Ffrench, Kellie; Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Harris, Monique, M.A.  Clinical Psychology
Frye, Adrienne; M.A. Speech Communication
Goen, Todd L.; Ph.D. Speech Communication
Groscurth, Chris; Ph.D. Speech Communication
Harris, M.A., Psychology
Householder, Brian; Ph.D.  Speech Communication
Keck, Laura, M.A., Speech Communication
Laliker, Melanie, Ph.D. Speech Communication
Lemieux, Robert; Ph.D. Speech Communication
Mahan, Mary Jane; M.A. Speech Communication
Miller, Ann, Ph.D. Speech Communication
Nabring, Richard, M.A. Speech Communication
Radanielina-Hita, Marie Louise, M.A. Speech Communication
Perry, Laura, M.A.  Speech Communication
Silk, Kami; Ph.D.  Speech Communication
Tighe, Rachel; Ph.D. Speech Communication
Townsend, Bryan, Ph.D. Speech Communication
Verdell, Kim; Ph.D. Speech Communication
Williams, Melanie; Ph.D. Speech Communication
Winn, Laura L., Ph.D. Speech Communication
Wong, Norman, Ph.D. Speech Communication
Zuckerman, Cynthia, MA, Speech Communication

Education
Ph.D., Communication Theory and Research, 1993
The Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California
 
M.A., Speech Communication, 1988
The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

B.A., Speech Communication with honors (Magna Cum Laude), 1986
The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.