Contact Information
702 S Wright Street
Urbana IL 61801
Office Hours
Research Interests
Communication and Health
Interpersonal Communication
Communication and Culture
Research Description
My research interests lie at the intersection of health, interpersonal, and intercultural communication. The overarching question that guides my research is how individuals’ identity (e.g., personal, group, cultural), knowledge, and beliefs shape their cognition, communicative processes, and conversational partners’ perceptions. I have applied interpersonal communication and persuasion theories and adopted quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methodologies to answer this question.
Education
M.A., Communication, University of Oklahoma
B.A., Journalism, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China
Grants
Marion Morse Wood Fellowship in Interpersonal Communication, Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Elizabeth Winter Young Fellowship, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Awards and Honors
Ruth Anne Clark Student Scholar Award, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Karl R. Wallace Award, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Courses Taught
CMN230: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
CMN260: Introduction to Health Communication
CMN368: Sexual Communication
CMN336: Family Communication
Highlighted Publications
Thompson, C. M., Romo, L. K., Pulido, M. D., Liao, D., Kriss, L., & Babu, S. (2021). Denying and accepting a family member’s illness: Uncertainty management as a process. Health Communication. Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1964713
Guntzviller, L. M., Liao, D., Pulido, M., Butkowski, C. P., & Campbell, A. (2020). Extending advice response theory to the advisor: Similarities, differences, and partner-effects in advisor and recipient advice evaluations. Communication Monographs, 87(1), 114-135. http://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2019.1643060