Current Research
- Co-authoring with Dr. Vincent Waldron (Arizona State University), The Fatherhood Communication Project [working title].
- Working on finalizing the new ODU Lifespan Communication Research Center (Fall 2020).
- Completing the co-edited and co-authored book, Communication Begins with Children: A Lifespan Communication Sourcebook. New York: Peter Lang
- Completed a paper on communicating with difficult people (for ICA-Australia)
- Completed 3rd study about family cell phone use and emotional communication in the US and China (paper presented at NCA-Baltimore)
- Editing the Lifespan Communication: Children, Families, and Aging Book Series (Peter Lang International)