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Introduction
My research focuses on the emotion and communication, especially in the context of workplace wellbeing.
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January 2018 - May 2019
Position
- Research Assistant
Description
- Spring 2018, 2019, and 2020: Research Assistantship for an NSF project working on crafting messages for residential computer feedback on household energy usage.
August 2017 - July 2020
August 2015 - July 2020
Position
- Instructor
Description
- Courses taught: COM 114: Presentational Speaking COM 212: Interpersonal Communication COM 217: Science Writing & Presentation COM 320: Small Group Communication
Publications
Publications (8)
Digital assistants such as Alexa can provide feedback to residents that affect energy
consumption. One important characteristic of feedback refers to the emotionality of the provided feedback. Research on social cognition and attribution theory suggests that effects of emotional messages on behavior are contingent on the inferred cause of the emoti...
Characteristics of scales, such as the labels that are used on scales, have been shown to affect judgments. The scale-dependency hypothesis predicts specific effects of the properties of a temperature scale on residents’ choices of temperature setpoints. Based on the literature on anchoring in judgment and decision making, we assessed the effects o...
Research on metaphors has shown that individuals form associations between the verticality, brightness, and distance of stimuli and their valence. Building on the literature on conceptual metaphor theory, the pitch-valence hypothesis predicts an association between the pitch of spoken words and their valence. A study was conducted recording partici...
A proposal in favor of a meta-theoretical approach to the study of group communication is advanced, that has not received much attention in group communication scholarship: The study of the bounded rationality of groups and teams. The notion of bounded rationality comes with an invitation to analyze group communication from the vantage point of an...
The notion of bounded rationality offers new conceptual and methodological perspectives on the study of groups that hold the promise of providing alternative interpretations of at least some of the process losses that have been described in the literature. We introduce a prominent task in group research, the hidden-profile task, that is often cited...
Research on metaphors has established a relationship between the verticality, brightness, and distance of stimuli and affect. This project expands the literature on metaphors by exploring the connection between pitch and valence. Specifically, the pitch-valence hypothesis assumed that receivers of spoken messages associate higher pitches with posit...
The present study utilizes the relational turbulence model (RTM) to illuminate adult children’s experiences of relational uncertainty and interference from partners following late-life parental divorce (LLPD). In-depth, semi-structured interviews with 25 adult children who had experienced parental divorce later in life revealed that adult children...
