This collection features articles and book reviews written by faculty in the Department of Communication at Fairfield University.
Submissions from 2020
Superior–Subordinate Aggressive Communication Among Catholic Priests and Sisters in the United States, Rebecca M. Chory, Sean M. Horan, and Peter JC Raposo
Submissions from 2019
Deceptive Affectionate Messages: Mate Retention Deployed Under the Threat of Partner Infidelity, Neil R. Caton and Sean M. Horan
Submissions from 2017
We're all dying: So let's talk about it, Michael Pagano
Submissions from 2016
Learning About Dying and Living: An Applied Approach to End-of-Life Communication, Michael Pagano
Submissions from 2015
Validating the Health Communication Assessment Tool©(HCAT), Michael Pagano, Eileen R. O'Shea, Suzanne H. Campbell, Leanne M. Currie, Elizabeth Chamberlin, and Christopher A. Pates
Submissions from 2014
Analyzing Résumés of Military Veterans during Transition to Post-Service, Colleen Arendt and David Alan Sapp
The new media designs of political consultants: Campaign production in a fragmented era, Michael Serazio
The dynamic interplay of interaction goals, emotion, and conflict styles: Testing a model of intrapersonal and interpersonal effects on conflict styles, Qin Zhang, Michael Andreychik, David Alan Sapp, and Colleen Arendt
Submissions from 2013
Development of the Health Communication Assessment Tool: Enhancing Relationships, Empowerment, and Power-Sharing Skills, Suzanne H. Campbell, Michael P. Pagano, Eileen R. O'Shea, Carol Connery, and Colby Caron
The Intended and Unintended Consequences of International Service-Learning, Robbin D. Crabtree
Self-disclosure and emotional closeness in intracultural friendships: A cross-cultural comparison among US Americans and Romanians, Georgeta Andreea Majer, Qin Zhang, and Alina Clark
The elementary forms of sports fandom: A Durkheimian exploration of team myths, kinship, and totemic rituals, Michael Serazio
Submissions from 2012
The Facebook Phenomenon: Online Self-Disclosure and Uncertainty Reduction, Cynthia Palmieri, Kristen Prestano, Rosalie Gandley, Emily Overton, and Qin Zhang
Teacher Burnout and Turnover Intention in a Chinese Sample: The Mediating Role of Teacher Satisfaction, Jibiao Zhang and Qin Zhang
Conflict types, resolution, and relational satisfaction: A U.S.-China investigation, Qin Zhang and Jibiao Zhang
Submissions from 2011
"Progress and Promise for International Service Learning", Review Essay: International Service Learning: Conceptual Frameworks and Research, Robbin D. Crabtree
Community media and the re‐articulation of state‐civil society relations in Venezuela, Martha Fuentes-Bautista and Gisela Gil-Egui
The environment as part of the e‐government agenda: Framing issues and policies at the nation‐state level, Gisela Gil-Egui, William Vasquez-Mazariegos, Alissa M. Mebus, and Sarah C. Sherrier
Consumer myths and the gay men and women who believe them: a qualitative look at movements and markets, David Gudelunas
A descriptive analysis of nursing student communication behaviors, Eileen R. O'Shea, Michael P. Pagano, Suzanne H. Campbell, and Gregory Caso
Ethos groceries and countercultural appetites: Consuming memory in Whole Foods’ brand utopia, Michael Serazio
Teacher request politeness: Effects on student positive emotions and compliance intention, Qin Zhang
A cross-cultural investigation of student resistance in college classrooms: The effects of teacher misbehaviors and credibility, Qin Zhang, Jibiao Zhang, and Ana-Alyse Castelluccio
Submissions from 2010
Conflict of Interest, Bias, and Manipulation: Reassessing Prescriber Education and the Learned Intermediary Doctrine, Michael P. Pagano
Shooting for fame: Spectacular youth, web 2.0 dystopia, and the celebrity anarchy of generation mash-up, Michael Serazio
When the Sportswriters Go Marching In: Sports Journalism, Collective Trauma, and Memory Metaphors, Michael Serazio
Asian Americans beyond the model minority stereotype: The nerdy and the left out, Qin Zhang
Perceptions of Asian American students: Stereotypes and effects, Qin Zhang
Submissions from 2009
Crossing Borders in Health Communication Research: Toward an Ecological Understanding of Context, Complexity, and Consequences in Community-Based Health Education in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, L. A. Ford, Robbin D. Crabtree, and A. Hubbell
Geopolitical proselytizing in the marketplace for loyalties: Rethinking the global gospel of American Christian Broadcasting, Michael Serazio
Perceived teacher credibility and student learning: Development of a multicultural model, Qin Zhang
Submissions from 2008
Theoretical foundations for international service learning, Robbin D. Crabtree
The Apolitical Irony of Generation Mash‐Up: A Cultural Case Study in Popular Music, Michael Serazio
Family types and children’s socio-communicative style: A Chinese investigation, Qin Zhang
How Does Teacher Clarity Affect Student Learning? A Multi-Cultural Test for the Mediated Effect, Qin Zhang and Baohua Huang
Exploring emotion in teaching: Emotional labor, burnout, and satisfaction in Chinese higher education, Qin Zhang and Weihong Zhu
Submissions from 2007
Talking Back: Asking Hard Questions about the Impact of International Service Learning, Robbin D. Crabtree
Family communication patterns and conflict styles in Chinese parent-child relationships, Qin Zhang
A further test of immediacy-learning models: A cross-cultural investigation, Qin Zhang, John G. Oetzel, Xiaofang Gao, Richard G. Wilcox, and Jiro Takai
Teacher immediacy scales: Testing for validity across cultures, Qin Zhang, John G. Oetzel, Xiaofang Gao, Richard G. Wilcox, and Jiro Takai
Teacher stress, burnout, and social support in Chinese secondary education, Qin Zhang and Weihong Zhu
Submissions from 2006
Framing the digital divide: A comparison of U.S. and E.U. policy approaches, Concetta M. Stewart, Gisela Gil-Egui, Yan Tian, and Mairi Innes Pileggi
A cross-cultural test of immediacy-learning models in Chinese classrooms, Qin Zhang
Constructing and validating a teacher immediacy scale: A Chinese perspective, Qin Zhang and John G. Oetzel
Dimensions of teacher immediacy as predictors of student learning: A Chinese perspective, Qin Zhang and Jibiao Zhang
Submissions from 2005
Technical Communication, Participatory Action Research, and Global Civic Engagement: A Teaching, Research, and Social Action Collaboration in Kenya., Robbin D. Crabtree and David Alan Sapp
Constituting women’s subjectivity in Cyberspace, M. Pileggi, C. M. Stewart, and Gisela Gil-Egui
Teacher immediacy and classroom communication apprehension: A cross-cultural investigation, Qin Zhang
Teacher clarity: Effects on classroom communication apprehension, student motivation, and learning in Chinese college classrooms, Qin Zhang and Jibiao Zhang
Submissions from 2004
Your Culture, My Classroom, Whose Pedagogy?: Negotiating Learning and Understanding in a Brazilian MA-TESOL Program, Robbin D. Crabtree and David Alan Sapp
Self-efficacy and intercultural adaptation of Chinese students at U.S. universities, Qin Zhang
Submissions from 2003
Theoretical, Political, and Pedagogical Challenges in the Feminist Classroom: Our Struggles to “Walk the Walk”, Robbin D. Crabtree and David Alan Sapp
Submissions from 2002
A Laboratory in Citizenship: Service Learning in the Technical Communication Classroom, David Alan Sapp and Robbin D. Crabtree
Submissions from 2000
A case study of commercial television in India: Assessing the organizational mechanisms of cultural imperialism, Robbin D. Crabtree and S. Malhotra
Submissions from 1999
Communication and Social Change: Applied Communication Theory in Service-Learning, Robbin D. Crabtree
Submissions from 1998
Mutual empowerment in cross‐cultural participatory development and service learning: Lessons in communication and social justice from projects in El Salvador and Nicaragua, Robbin D. Crabtree
Submissions from 1996
Community radio in Sandinista Nicaragua, 1979-1992: The evolution of participatory radio in the revolutionary process, Robbin D. Crabtree
Submissions from 1993
Let’s Redefine Continuing Medical Education, Michael P. Pagano
Submissions from 1992
To Preach or Teach: Empowering Patients and the Healthcare Crisis, Michael P. Pagano
Submissions from 1991
Medical Records: Communicating Information About Patients, Michael P. Pagano
Submissions from 1986
Writing Medical Records, Michael P. Pagano and D. Mair
