December 2020: Dr. Edward L. Fink and colleagues publishes “Does sex, race, and the size of a kidney transplant candidate’s social network affect the number of living donor requests? A multi-center social network analysis of patients on the kidney transplant waitlist2” in Transplantation.November 2020: M&C doctoral student Yuanxin Wang successful defends her dissertation “The role of perceived social injustice in cyberbullying.”
November 2020: M&C doctoral student Chen Zeng successful defends her dissertation “Group identity versus relational identity: The influence of identity primes on socio-political attitudes.”
October 2020: Dr. Meghnaa Tallapragada and colleagues publish “Improving GM consensus acceptance through reduced reactance and climate change-based message targeting” in the journal Environmental Communication.
October 2020: Dr. Meghnaa Tallapragada and colleagues publish “Veterans' transition out of the military and knowledge of mental health disorders3” in the Journal of Veteran Studies.
September 2020: Drs. Meghnaa Tallapragada, Bruce Hardy, and colleagues publish “Impact of abstract versus concrete conceptualization of genetic modification (GM) technology on public perceptions” in the journal Risk Analysis.
September 2020: Dr. Meghnaa Tallapragada and colleagues publish “Media narratives about concussions: Effects on parents’ intention to inform their children about concussions” in the journal Communication & Sport.
September 2020: Drs. Edward L. Fink and Deborah A. Cai publish “Multidimensional scaling” in the International encyclopedia of media psychology.
September 2020: Dr. Edward L. Fink co-authors “Proattitudinal versus counterattitudinal messages: Message discrepancy, reactance, and the boomerang effect” in Communication Monographs.
June 2020: Dr. Edward L. Fink and colleagues publish “Precise persuasion: Investigating incentive appeals for the promotion of antibiotic stewardship with message-induced transitions” in the Journal of Health Communication.
June 2020: M&C doctoral student Hocheol Yang successfully defended his dissertation "Virtual Reality and Higher Education: Presence and Motivation to Learn Via Immersive Media Experiences."
June 2020: Dr. Lance Holbert named a Fellow by the International Communication Association
April 2020: M&C doctoral student Luling Huang successfully defended his dissertation "The Role of Psychological Discrepancy in Belief Change: Testing Four Models with a Single Message."
