Our doctoral students have published in several top tier journals such as Human Communication Research, Journal of Advertising, Communication Research, Journal of Health Communication, and others. Their research has also appeared in various book chapters.
Bartholomew, D. (2016). MetricsMan: It doesn’t count unless you can count it. In Z. Chen (Ed.). New York, NY: Business Expert Press.
Carcioppolo, N., Chudnovskaya, E. V., Martinez Gonzalez, A., & Stephan, T. (2014). In-group rationalizations of risk and indoor tanning: A textual analysis of an online forum. Public Understanding of Science, 25(5), 627-636.
Carcioppolo, N., Li, C., Chudnovskaya, E., Kharsa, R., Stephan, T., & Nickel, K. (2016). The comparative efficacy of a hybrid guilt-fear appeal and a traditional fear appeal to influence HPV vaccination intentions. Communication Research, 44(3), 437-458.
Carcioppolo, N., Sanchez, M., Ali, K., Nolan, K., & Hu, S. (2018). Barriers to enacting childhood sun safety behavior: Findings from focus group interviews among Hispanic parents in Miami. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 1-4.
Carcioppolo, N., Yang, F., & Yang, Q. (2016). Reducing, maintaining, or escalating uncertainty? The development and validation of four uncertainty preference scales related to cancer information seeking and avoidance. Journal of Health Communication, 21(9), 979-988.
Chen, Z., Ji, Y., Li, Z., & Stacks, D. (2015). Social media crisis in the global age: Lessons from the Siemens “Refrigerator Gate” in China. In C. Liberman, T. Avtgis, & D. Rodriguez (Eds.), Casing risk and crisis communication. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
Chen, Z., & Reber, B. H. (2017). Examining public responses to social media crisis communication strategies in the United States and China. In L. Austin & Y. Jin (Eds.), Social media and crisis communication. New York, NY: Routledge.
Chen, Z., Stacks, D., Ji, Y., & Yook, B. (2017). Cargill’s Indonesian palm oil sustainability program. In Turk, J. V. & Valin, J.(Eds.), Public relations case studies from around the world (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
Chudnovskaya, E. V., & O’Hara, L. S. (2016). Experiences of Danish business expatriates in Russia: Power distance in organizational communication. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 45(4), 261-281.
Dubey, S. Y. (2016). Women at the bottom in India: Women workers in the informal economy. Contemporary Voice of Dalit, 8(1), 30-40.
Dunleavy, V.O., Chudnovskaya, E., Phillips, J. & McFarlane, S.J. (2017). Applying the PEN-3 Cultural Model to Address HIV/AIDS Prevention in Rural Guatemala. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research,1, 1-20.
Dutton, M. T., Lopez, I. A., Brown, C. P., & Simmons, J. V. (2015). Interdisciplinary synergy in the teaching of applied community-based research methods. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 1(3), 158-163.
Evans, C., Turner, K., Blake, H., Juma, A., Suggs, L.S., & Occa, A. (2015). Text messaging to encourage uptake of HIV testing amongst African communities: Findings from a theory based feasibility study. HIV Medicine, 16(S2), 54.
Evans, C., Turner, K., Suggs, L. S., Occa, A., Juma, A., & Blake, H. (2016). Developing a mHealth intervention to promote uptake of HIV testing among African communities in the UK: A qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 656.
Farach, N., Faba, G., Julian, S., Mejía, F., Cabieses, B., D’Agostino, M., & Cortinois, A. A. (2015). Stories from the field: The use of information and communication technologies to address the health needs of underserved populations in Latin America and the Caribbean. JMIR Public Health Surveill, 1(1), e1.
Ji, Y., Chen, Z., Li, Z., & Yook, B. (2018). Instructor’s manual for Primer of Public Relations Research (3rd edition by Don. W. Stacks). New York: Guilford Press.
Ji, Y., Li, Z., Liu, J., & Stacks, D. (2015). Political ethics. In G. H. Stempel III & T. K. Hargrove (Eds.), The 21st-century voter: Who votes, how they vote and why they vote. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Corporate.
Julian, S. (2015). Case study on tobacco control health promotion in Jamaica. In Green, J., Tones, K., Cross, R., & Woodall, J. (Eds), Health promotion: Planning & strategies – Companion website (3rd ed.). London, UK: Sage.
Khawaja, Z., Ali, K. I., & Khan, S. (2017). Using Facebook for Sexual Health Social Marketing in Conservative Asian Countries: A Systematic Examination. Journal of Health Communication, 22(2), 111-123.
Leopold, J. (2015). “A Rio for whom?” National and international coverage of Brazil’s awakening: A textual analysis. Gnovis, 16(1).
Li, Z., Liu, J., Ji, Y., & Stacks, D. (2015). Role social media in political campaign. In G. H. Stempel III & T. K. Hargrove (Eds.), The 21st-century voter: Who votes, how they vote and why they vote. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Corporate.
Liu, J., Ji, Y., Li, Z., & Stacks, D. (2015). Social media with one aspect of politics. In G. H. Stempel III & T. K. Hargrove (Eds.), The 21st-century voter: Who votes, how they vote and why they vote. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Corporate.
Liu, J., Li, C., Carcioppolo, N., & North, M. (2016). Do our Facebook friends make us feel worse? A study of social comparison and emotion. Human Communication Research, 42(4), 619-640.
McFarlane, S.J., & Kirch, K. (2018) “Miss, make sure you remember me! I want to share my story”: Culture, Media and Youth Participation to address Adolescent Pregnancy in Jamaica. In Green, J., Tones, K., Cross, R., & Woodall, J. (Eds), Health Promotion: Planning & Strategies – Companion website (4th ed.). London: Sage.
Morgan, S.E., Finn, A., Raley, J., Peng, W., Occa, O., McFarlane, S.J., Krieger, J., Potter. J. (2018). Assessing communication practice during clinical trial recruitment and consent: The Clinical Trial Communication Inventory (CTCI). In M. Prostran (Ed.) Clinical Trials in Vulnerable Populations, InTech.
Morgan, S. E., Mouton, A., Occa, A., & Potter, J. (2016). Clinical trial and research study recruiters’ verbal communication behaviors. Journal of Health Communication, 21(7), 765-772.
Morgan, S. E., Occa, A., Mouton A., & Potter, J. (2016). The role of nonverbal behaviors in clinical trial recruitment. Health Communication, 17, 1-9.
North, M., Li., C., Ji, Y., & Liu, J. (2017). Using Twitter for crisis communication: A content analysis of Fortune 500 companies. In L. Austin & Y. Jin (Eds.), Social media and crisis communication. New York, NY: Routledge.
North, M., Li., C., Yang, F., & Liu, J. (2016). Brand community management via Google+. In A. Hutchins & N. Tindall (Eds.), Public relations and participatory culture: Fandom, social media, and community engagement. New York, NY: Routledge.
Occa, A., & Suggs, L. S. (2015). Communicating breast cancer screening with young women: An experimental test of didactic and narrative messages using video and infographics. Journal of Health Communication, 21(1), 1-11.
Orrego, V., Chudnovskaya, E., & Simmons, J. (2018). A community-based approach to HIV prevention in rural Guatemala. Health Promotion Practice, 1(11).
Segev, S., Fernandes, J., & Hong, C. (2016). Is your product really green? A content analysis to reassess green advertising. Journal of Advertising, 45(1), 85-93.
Simmons, J. V., Lee, T., Simmons, M. V., & Lopez, I. (2014). Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes towards victims of sexual trafficking. Florida Public Health Review, 11, 68-72.
Simmons, M., Simmons, J., López, I. A., & Woods, K. (2017). Exploring the influence of a historically black colleges and university on the creation of a diverse cardiopulmonary science workforce: A qualitative study. Journal of the National Society of Allied Health, 14(1), 18-28.
Snell, K. & Zhou, C. (2015). Predicting acculturative orientations of American college students toward others. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 44(3), 179-200.
Yang, F., & Li, C. (2016). The color of gender stereotyping: The congruity effect of topic, color, and gender on health messages’ persuasiveness in cyberspace. Computers in Human Behavior, 64, 299-307.
Yang, F., & Wendorf, J. (2015). Benefits of a negative post: Effects of computer-mediated venting on relationship maintenance. Computers in Human Behavior, 52, 271-277.
Yang, Q, Snell, K., & Tsai, W.S. (2014). Understanding consumer animosity in the politicized global market: From the perspective of young transnational consumers. Journal of International Consumer Marketing, 27(3), 220-236.
Yang, Q., Yang, F., & Zhou, C. (2015). What health-related information flows through you every day? A content analysis of microblog messages on air pollution. Health Education, 115(5), 438-454.
Zain-ul-abdin, K. & Ali, K. (2015). Bi-directional consumer preferences of the Asian American Consumer. International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology.
Zhou, C. & Mastin, T. (2014). Chinese, U.S. Newspapers differ in use of news frames. Newspaper Research Journal, 35(3), 52-65.