Since 2006
Associate Professor of Communication Studies Director of Graduate Studies
Moudy South 301A 817.257.5674
Ph.D.-University of Nebraska - Lincoln M.S.-University of North Texas B.A.-University of Texas - Arlington
Courses Taught Interpersonal Communication Family Communication The “Dark Side” of Interpersonal Communication Conflict
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Dr. Paul Schrodt is the Philip J. and Cheryl C. Burguières Professor of Communication Studies. Dr. Schrodt specializes in family communication, interpersonal communication, and instructional communication. His primary research interests include studying the communicative cognitions and behaviors that facilitate family relationships, with a particular interest in the message strategies and behaviors that facilitate stepfamily functioning. Specifically, his primary research program has investigated communication behaviors that (a) facilitate healthy and satisfying stepparent-stepchild relationships, (b) help mitigate feelings of triangulation and conflict in family relationships, (c) improve coparenting relationships in stepfamilies, and (d) enhance the mental health and well-being of individual family members. Dr. Schrodt is a lifetime member of the National Communication Association (NCA) and the Central States Communication Association (CSCA), as well as a member of the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR). He is a former Chair of the Family Communication Division of NCA, and he currently serves on the Publications Board of NCA and the editorial boards of Communication Monographs, the Journal of Family Communication, and Communication Education. In addition to several Top Paper awards, Dr. Schrodt was awarded the 2012 Bernard J. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Family Communication from NCA, the 2011 Early Career Award in Interpersonal Communication from NCA, the inaugural, 2005 Sandra Petronio Dissertation Award from the Family Communication Division of NCA, the 2006 Outstanding New Teacher Award from CSCA, and he is a co-recipient of the 2004 Franklin H. Knower Article Award from the Interpersonal Communication Division of the NCA. Along with several book chapters, Dr. Schrodt has published more than 60 articles in several leading journals, including Communication Monographs, Human Communication Research, Personal Relationships, the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and Communication Education. Some of the information on this page may require that you have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system. If you don't have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system download it for free here:
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