In this episode, Professor Megan Dillow interviewed Professor Walid Afifi on his network of role models to his ongoing push for community impact and equity in research production. Professor Afifi also shared his past experience of coming into the communication field, and how he has built research for communities and expanded the research goals.

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella

Megan Dillow

Walid Afifi

Sponsor:

School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University

More from the host & speakers: 

Ellen Wartella 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter - @CMHD_NU

Megan Dillow

Professor | Communication Department

West Virginia University

Twitter - @WestVirginiaU

Walid Afifi

Professor | Department of Communication

University of California at Santa Barbara

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COVID-19 Lecture Series: Uncertainty Before, During, and after COVID-19

Works referenced in episode:

Afifi, W. A., & Weiner, J. L. (2004). Toward a theory of motivated information management. Communication theory, 14(2), 167-190.

Afifi, W. A., Littlejohn, S., & Foss, K. (2009). Theory of motivated information management (pp. 665-667). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Berger, C. R., & Calabrese, R. J. (1974). Some explorations in initial interaction and beyond: Toward a developmental theory of interpersonal communication. Human communication research, 1(2), 99-112.

Brashers, D. E. (2001). Communication and uncertainty management. Journal of communication, 51(3), 477-497.

Copy and Audio Editors:

Ilana Arougheti

Lacie Yao

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown