January 2021: Dr. Edward L. Fink and colleagues publish “Does whom patients sit next to during hemodialysis affect whether they request a living donation?1” in Kidney 360.

January 2021: Dr. Edward L. Fink, Dr. Deborah A. Cai, and colleagues publish “How Americans make sense of two novel pandemics” in Health Communication.

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."

4/15/19: Dr. Heather LaMarre co-authors article “Satirical narrative processing: Examining the roles of character liking and media enjoyment on narrative-consistent attitudes” in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research.

2/1/19: Dr. Bruce Hardy and co-authors publish article “The effects of the ‘war on science’ frame on scientists’ credibility” in Science Communication. 

12/1/18: Dr. Jennifer Gerard Ball publishes article “Caring or compulsion? The effects of consumer attributions of risk information disclosure in direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising” in The Journal of Consumer Affairs. 

11/27/18: Doctoral student Linda Greenwood successfully defends dissertation “Stimulating Interest in Political Information and Facilitating Deep Comprehension of a Political Text for Young Voters: Does Embodiment Matter?” 

8/15/18: Dr. Bruce Hardy and Dr. Jessica Castonguay publish article “The moderating role of age in the relationship between social media use and mental well-being: An analysis of the 2016 General Social Survey” in Computers in Human Behavior.