Tara McManus (Communication Studies) and her co-author Jackson Scott (MA, Communication Studies, now a PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln) published a paper in Communication Reports titled, "The effects of support providers' sex on the association between friendship standards and support provision."  The study examines how…

Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) has a chapter in the recently published volume: Scientists, Politics, and the Rhetoric of Public Controversy (edited by Pamela Pietrucci and Leah Ceccarelli). Her chapter is titled, "The Bro as Disingenuous Scientist Citizen," and explores how online "bros," namely Elon Musk, Jordan…

Jeffrey T. Child (Communication Studies) and his co-author recently published a new study in the journal of Human-Machine Communication. The citation is: Craig, M. J. A., & Child, J. T. (2025). "Creepy, invasive, and exploitative algorithms: A CPM analysis of users' privacy breakdowns and recalibration practices with social media algorithms."…

Craig Hennigan (Communication Studies) published a chapter in the new book, From a Whisper to a Movement: Investigating the Shared Rhetorical Spaces of Whistleblowing and Social Protest, edited by Joshua Guitar and Alan Chu. The chapter, titled "Tragic Responses to Whistleblowing a Tragedy: A Burkean Analysis of the Flint Water…

In April 2025, Jeffrey T. Child (Communication Studies) will become president of the largest regional communication association in the nation, the Central States Communication Association (CSCA). Child is the primary conference planner for CSCA’s 94th annual convention being held April 1-6 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He organized this year’s…

Jeffrey T. Child (Communication Studies) recently published an edited book chapter on intentional and mindful social media disclosure practices in a national book for first-year students about enhancing their resilience in college. The citation for the piece is: Child, J. T., & Craig, M. J. A. (2024). Intentional and mindful social media use:…

Jeffrey T. Child (Communication Studies) recently published an edited book chapter on intentional and mindful social media disclosure practices in a national book for first-year students about enhancing their resilience in college. The citation for the piece is: Child, J. T., & Craig, M. J. A. (2024). Intentional and mindful social media…

Tara McManus (Communication Studies) and co-author Courtney Rilinger (Park University) published the paper, "The Influence of Attributions, Emotions, and Sexual Health Knowledge on Support Provision to Friends with Sexual Health Uncertainties," in the journal Health Communication. The results indicate that the more participants assigned blame to…

Rebecca Rice (Communication Studies), published the article "Involuntary Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies During Emergencies: Temporality of Technology Use in Virtual Collaborations" in Management Communication Quarterly, with co-author Natalie Pennington (Colorado State University). 

David R. Gruber (Communication Studies) published a book chapter titled "Material Forces in the Brain Sciences" in the "Routledge Handbook of Rhetoric and Power" edited by Nathan Crick. The chapter initially reviews the scholarly literature sitting at the intersection of the neurosciences and rhetorical studies and argues that three sub-areas have…

Craig Hennigan (Communication Studies), with collaborators Tiana Brownen (Simpson College), Shanna Carlson (Illinois State University), A.J. Edwards (Louisiana State University - Shreveport), Shiela Ritchie (Abilene Christian University), Philip Samuels (Wichita State University), Zachary Thornhill (University of Nebraska - Lincoln), Baker Weilert…

Rebecca Rice (Communication Studies) was awarded the Linda L. Putnam Early Career Scholar Award from the International Communication Association. This award recognizes the contributions of an early career scholar to organizational communication research. Specifically, this award honors a scholar no more than six years past receipt…