Dr. Jennifer A. Samp
Jennifer A. Samp
  Vita
jasamp@uga.edu
126 Terrell Hall
Department of Speech Communication
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Education

Ph.D., Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999
M.A., Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996
B.A., Interdisciplinary Degree in Rhetoric & Linguistics, Hamilton College, 1994

Academic Positions

Associate Professor, University of Georgia, 2007-present
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, 2001-2007
Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma, 1999-2001

Resident Instruction

            SPCM 1010                      Communication in Human Society

SPCM 3700                      Empirical Research Methods in Communication

         SPCM 4500                      Advanced Interpersonal Communication

SPCM 4540, 4900            Interpersonal Conflict 

SPCM 8500                      Seminar in Interpersonal Communication Theory

SPCM 8540                      Seminar in Relational Communication

SPCM 8990                      Seminar in Interpersonal Conflict

Other Instruction/Training Expertise

Courses in Developing Healthy Relationships and Family Practices for incarcerated women at Lee Arrendale State Prison, GA.

Work with Athens Early Head Start Program, Clarke County Schools

Teaching Areas of Focus

Interpersonal conflict, close relationships, communication theory, interpersonal communication processes, message production, quantitative methods

Scholarly Activities

 A.     Publications (All Competitively Reviewed)

Samp, J. A., & Humphreys, L. R. (in press). "I said what?": Partner familiarity, resistance, and the accuracey of conversational recall. Communication Monographs.

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

Samp, J. A, & Monahan, J. L. (2007). Expressing under the influence: Alcohol consumption, nonverbal behavior, and performance during dyadic interaction. Communication Research Reports, 24, 79 – 86.

Miller, A. N., & Samp, J. A. (2007). Planning intercultural interaction. Communication Research Reports, 24.

Keck, K. L., & Samp, J. A. (2007). The dynamic nature of goals and message production as revealed in a sequential analysis of conflict interactions Human Communication Research, 33,  27-37.

Samp, J. A, & Miller, A. N. (2006). When drinking makes it worse: The malevolence assumption, appraisals, and communication goals. Communication Quarterly, 54, 1-17.

Samp, J. A., Parker, K. A., & Duvall, H. (2006). Adolescents’ communicative goals for problematic events: Defining content and examining the influence of identity processing orientations. Communication Studies, 57, 455-475.

Samp, J. A. (2006). Identity processing style and the importance of single and multiple communication goals after problematic events. Communication Research Reports, 23, 101-110.

Samp, J. A., & Solomon, D. H. (2005). Toward a theoretical account of goals in message features. Communication Monographs, 72, 22-45.

Samp, J. A., Wittenberg, E. M., & Gillette, D.L. (2003). Presenting and monitoring a gender-defined self on the Internet. Communication Research Reports, 20, 1-12.

Samp, J. A. (2001). Dependence power, severity appraisals, and communicative decisions about problematic events in dating relationships. Communication Studies, 52, 17-36.

Samp, J. A. (2001). Relationship and self-driven influences on goal characteristics for problematic events: Components of a cybernetic cycle. Communication Studies, 51, 329-351.

Samp, J. A., & Solomon, D. H. (2001). The influence of dependence power on severity appraisals and decisions to withhold communication about problematic events in dating relationships. Western Journal of Communication, 65, 138-160.

Samp, J. A., & Solomon, D. H. (1999). Communicative responses to problematic events II: The influence of five facets of goals on message features. Communication Research, 26, 193-239.

Samp, J. A., & Solomon, D. H. (1998). Communicative responses to problematic events in close relationships I: The variety and facets of goals. Communication Research, 25, 66-95.

Solomon, D. H., & Samp, J. A. (1998). Power and problem appraisal: Perceptual foundation of the chilling effect in dating relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 15, 191-210.

Dillard, J. P., Solomon, D. H., & Samp, J. A. (1996). Framing social reality: The relevance of relational judgments. Communication Research, 23, 703-723.

 B.    Grants and Fellowships Received

Arthur W. Page Legacy Scholar Grant (2007-2008)
University of Georgia Institute for Behavioral Research Grant (2004, 2005)
University of Georgia Research Foundation Faculty Research Grant (2002)
University of Oklahoma Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship (2000)
University of Oklahoma International Travel Award (2000)


 C.    Recognitions and Outstanding Achievements