Programs › Tucson, AZ
Studies media effects on young people's emotional, mental, and physical health, focusing on gender, sexuality, and body image, including content analyses of TikTok and Instagram.
Studies participation and interaction processes in small groups, developing multilevel measurement models and applying machine learning to group interaction data.
Studies intergroup communication, especially across age groups and through music, and uses LLM-based text coding and agent-based modeling of communication processes.
Studies political communication, public opinion, and election campaigns, including social media incivility and gender and politics, using large-scale election surveys and platform development.
Studies how messages influence people in health and technology contexts, focusing on social support, digital coping, incivility, and persuasion resistance with computational methods.
Studies interpersonal relationships and mental health, examining social skills, relationship satisfaction, and problems such as depression, loneliness, and marital distress.
Studies media effects on the health and well-being of children and families, including advertising and persuasion awareness, parental mediation, and media influences on gun attitudes.
Studies persuasion and social norm messaging in health and environmental behavior change, including cultural values and campaign design; contributed to an NSF-funded study among Tibetan herders.
Uses qualitative methods to study positive communication, such as savoring, that enhances relational wellbeing in interpersonal, intercultural, and aging contexts.
Studies how information visibility in organizations shapes uncertainty, privacy, and expertise recognition using experiments, surveys, network analysis, and digital trace data.
Designs, develops, and implements technology-enhanced interventions, such as remote biosensors and mobile health apps, for people affected by alcohol and substance use disorders.
Studies how people encounter, evaluate, and correct misinformation on social media and develop AI literacy, using experiments, surveys, computational methods, and interviews.