Allison Thorson

Allison Thorson

教授

系主任
全职教师
Kalmanovitz Hall 313 and 332
(415) 422-5703

传记

Allison Thorson is a 教授 of Communication Studies, Chair of the Department of Communication Studies, Director of the Interdisciplinary Committee on Children and Youth, and Director of the Child and Youth Studies Minor at University of San Francisco. Her research focuses on how individuals and families communicatively manage and maintain individual/relational well-being in the context of — often deemed taboo — unexpected, 伤害, or non-normative events (e.g., family communication surrounding parental infidelity) and underexplored relationship types (e.g., work-spouse relationships).

Thorson teaches courses on family communication, interpersonal communication, communication and aging, 黑暗的一面, and research methods. Her recent research is published in journals such as Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Family Communication, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 离婚杂志 & 再婚, 家庭关系, and Communication Studies. Thorson is a former executive committee member of the Central States Communication Association, and an active member of Central States Communication Association, National Communication Association, and Western States Communication Association.

研究领域

  • Interpersonal communication
  • Family communication
  • Parent-child communication
  • Communication privacy management theory
  • Family communication patterns theory
  • Relationship maintenance
  • Shared family identity
  • Communication accommodation theory
  • 话题回避

任命

  • Program Director, Child and Youth Studies minor
  • Program Director, Gerontology Minor
  • Chair, Interdisciplinary Committee on Children and Youth
  • Committee Member, Interdisciplinary Committee on Aging

教育

  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln, PhD Communication Studies, 2009
  • Missouri State University, MA Communication and Mass 媒体, 2001
  • University of Northern Iowa, BA in Communication / Public Relations, 2000

之前的经验

  • Interpersonal communication
  • Family communication
  • Parent-child communication
  • Communication privacy management theory
  • Family communication patterns theory
  • Relationship maintenance
  • Shared family identity
  • Communication accommodation theory
  • 话题回避

奖 & 区别

  • Central States Communication Association, Top Four Organizational Communication Interest Group Paper Award, 2021
  • Central States Communication Association, Diamond Anniversary Award for Top Competitive Paper in Organizational Communication Interest Group, 2019
  • Western States Communication Association, Top Four Interpersonal Communication Interest Group Paper Award, 2019
  • Milton Dickens Award for Exemplary Empirical 研究 in Communication Reports, 2016

Selected Publications