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School of Communication Research Groups

Communicating Social Stigma/Social Support

Weirui Wang
Chun Zhou
Communication and Acculturation/Cultural Adaptivity
Yu Liu
Sigal Segev
Maria Elena Villar
Weirui Wang

Communication and Affect

Nicole Kashian
Sigal Segev
Maria Elena Villar
Weirui Wang

Communication and Community

Rokeshia Ashley
David Park
Raquel Perez
Maria Elena Villar

Communication and Conflict

Nathalie Desrayaud
Nicole Kashian
Raquel Perez
Maria Elena Villar
Chun Zhou

Communication and Domestic Violence

Maria Elena Villar

Communication and Ethnicity

Rokeshia Ashley
Nathalie Desrayaud
Ines Marino
Yi Liu
David Park
Sigal Segev
Maria Elena Villar

Communication and Gender/Sex/Sexual Identity

Nathalie Desrayaud
Nicole Kashian
Elizabeth Marsh
Maria Elena Villar

Communication and Hispanic Culture

Yu Liu
Ines Marino
Sigal Segev
Maria Elena Villar
Weirui Wang

Communication and Identity/Identification

Rokeshia Ashley
Sigal Segev

Communication and Mental Health/Mental Illness

Yu Liu
Raquel Perez
Maria Elena Villar
Weirui Wang

Communication as Performance/Performativity

Ines Marino

Communication in Countries Beyond the Americas

Margo Berman
Nathalie Desrayaud
Nicole Kashian
Yu Liu
Ines Marino
David Park
Sigal Segev
Maria Elena Villar
Weirui Wang

Communication Motivations/Uses and Gratifications

Yu Liu
Raquel Perez
Sigal Segev
Marie Elena Villar
Weirui Wang

Communication Pedagogy, Coaching, and Training

Margo Berman
Nathalie Desrayaud
Nicole Kashian
Ines Marino
Elizabeth Marsh
David Park
Maria Elena Villar

The Dark Side of Communication

Nicole Kashian
Maria Elena Villar

Entertainment Media

Rokeshia Ashley
Margo Berman
David Park

Environmental Communication

Yu Liu
Ines Marino
David Park
Raquel Perez
Sigal Segev
Maria Elena Villar

Family Communication & Youth Studies

Yu Liu
Maria Elena Villar

Film

Yu Liu
Elizabeth Marsh

Framing Messages

Margo Berman
Yu Liu
Robert Jaross
David Park
Raquel Perez
Sigal Segev
Maria Elena Villar
Weirui Wang

Health Communication

Rokeshia Ashley
Yu Liu
Ines Marino
Maria Elena Villar
Weirui Wang

Image Construction and Impression Management

Margo Berman
Nathalie Desrayaud
Yi Liu
Aileen Izquierdo
Elizabeth Marsh

Nonverbal Communication

Nathalie Desrayaud
Ines Marino
Nicole Kashian

Online Communication and User Behavior

Nicole Kashian
Yi Liu
Ines Marino
Elizabeth Marsh
David Park
Sigal Segev
Weirui Wang

Organizational Communication

Margo Berman
Nathalie Desrayaud
Raquel Perez
Aileen Izquierdo

Political Communication

Yu Liu
David Park

Social Media/Social Networking Site

Margo Berman
Nicole Kashian
Yu Liu
Ines Marino
Elizabeth Marsh
David Park
Sigal Segev
Maria Elena Villar
Weirui Wang

Additional Topics of Research by at least one faculty member

Audience Engagement
Business Communication
Censorship
Communication and Emerging Technologies
Death and Dying
Digital Branding
Ethics
Friendship
Gate-keeping/curating
Group communication
Innovation
Monitoring
Questioning
Romantic Communication
Strategic, Multi-platform Communication