Stephen Yoshimura
Office Location: LA 347Current Position:
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Description:
My research program focuses on how people communicatively manage problematic events in the context of personal relationships, specifically how people manage and enact emotions related to revenge and jealousy. Recently, I have begun researching the associations between communication in personal relationships (problematic and otherwise) and physical and emotional well-being.
For more information about the Department of Communication Studies, please see: http://www.cas.umt.edu/dcs/
Current Semester Office Hours:
Variable by semester, but always by appointment.
Field Of Study:
Communication in Personal Relationships, the "Dark Side" of interpersonal communication, communication and personal and relational well-being
Research Interests:
Communication of vengeful and jealous emotion; Associations between interpersonal communicative activity and health indicators
Courses:
Nonverbal Communication (COMM 202)
Communication and Health (COMM 395)
Education:
Arizona State University (Ph.D., 2002)
San Francisco State University (M.A., 1998)
Arizona State University (B.A., 1994)
Teaching Experience:
Courses Taught
COMM 410 - Communication in Personal Relationships
COMM 202 - Nonverbal Communication
COMM 241 - Persuasion
COMM 395 - Communication and Health
COMM 460 - Research Methods
COMM 510 - Seminar in Communication in Personal Relationships
COMM 512 - Seminar in Communication and Conflict
Affiliations:
International Assocation for Relationship Research
International Communication Association
National Communication Association
Western States Communication Association
Countries Visited:
- Italy
- Mexico
- British Virgin Islands
