Curriculum Vitae
Kevin Bradley Wright
Department of Communication
610 Elm Avenue, Room 101
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019
(405) 325-5946
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Education
B.A. San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA (1992)
Communication
M.A. California State University, Chico
Chico, CA (1995)
Communication
Ph.D. University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK (1999)
Communication
Administrative Experience
July 2011 – Present Department Chair
Department of Communication
Saint Louis University
March 2009 -- June 2010 Interim Department Chair
Department of Communication
University of Oklahoma
August 2007 – January 2011 Editor
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
An International Communication Association (ICA) journal
May 2009 – June 2011 Co-Director
Center for Risk and Crisis Communication
University of Oklahoma
Academic Appointments
July 2011 to Present Professor
Department of Communication
Saint Louis University
July 2010 to June 2011 Professor
Department of Communication
University of Oklahoma
Fall 2006 to June 2010 Associate Professor
Department of Communication
University of Oklahoma
Fall 2004 to Spring 2006 Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
University of Oklahoma
Fall 2000 to Spring 2004 Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
University of Memphis
Fall 1999 to Spring 2000 Assistant Professor
West Virginia University
1995-1999 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Communication
University of Oklahoma
1993-1995 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Communication
California State University, Chico
Grant Activity
Title: Collaborative research: Modeling the efficacy of inventory for extreme event preparedness decision making in interdependent systems.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator: Kash Barker, Ph.D.
Funding Period: 8/15/09 - 8/15/11
$239,225
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF Program: Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events
Award #0927299
Title: Technology Grant (Department of Communication)
Funding Period: 2005 - 2006
$10,000
Role: Co-Author
Funding Agency: College of Arts and Sciences
University of Oklahoma
Title: Empowering patients to improve beta blocker use after MI.
Role: Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator: Ron Shorr, M.D.
Funding Period: 2001-2003
Department of Preventive Medicine
University of Tennessee
$21,250
Funding Agency: Methodist Hospital Foundation, Fall 2003
Publications
Books
Wright, K. B., Sparks, L., & O’Hair, H. D. (in press). Health communication (2nd ed.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Wright, K. B., & Webb, L. M. (Eds.). (2011). Computer-mediated communication in personal relationships. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
Wright, K. B., & Moore, S. C. (Eds.). (2008). Applied health communication: A sourcebook. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Wright, K. B., Sparks, L., & O’Hair, H. D. (2007). Health communication. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Pecchionni, L., Wright, K. B., & Nussbaum, J. F. (2005). Life span communication. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Refereed Journal Articles
Mason, A., & Wright, K. B., & Bogard, J. (in press). Assessing cultural representations of physician and patient imagery in medical tourism websites. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 25
Wright, K. B. (2011). A communication competence approach to healthcare worker conflict, job stress, job burnout, and job satisfaction. Journal for Healthcare Quality, 33, 7-14.
Mason, A., & Wright, K. B. (2011). Framing medical tourism: An examination of appeal, risk, convalescence, accreditation, and interactivity in medical tourism websites. Journal of Health Communication, 16, 163-177.
Wright, K. B., & Miller, C. H. (2010). A measure of weak tie/strong tie support network preference. Communication Monographs, 77, 502-520.
Wright, K. B., Rains, S., & Banas, J. (2010) Weak tie support network preference and perceived life stress among participants in health-related, computer-mediated support groups. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15, 606-624.
Wright, K. B., Banas, J., Bessarabova, E., Bernard, D. R. (2010). A communication competence approach to examining healthcare social support, stress, and job burnout. Health Communication, 25, 375-382.
Moore, S. C., Wright, K. B., & Bernard, D. R. (2009). Influences on health delivery system satisfaction: A partial test of the ecological model. Health Communication, 24, 1-10.
Wright, K. B., & Frey, L. R. (2008). Communication and care in an acute cancer center: The effects of patients' willingness to communicate about health, healthcare environment perceptions, and health status on information seeking, participation in care practices, and satisfaction. Health Communication, 23, 369-379.
Johnson, A. J., Wright, K. B., Craig, E. A., Gilchrist, E. S., Lane, L. T., & Haigh, M. M. (2008). A model for predicting stress levels and marital satisfaction for stepmothers utilizing a stress and coping approach. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 25, 119-142.
Query, J. L., Jr., Wright, K. B., Bylund, C., & Mattson, M. (2007). Health communication instruction: Towards identifying common learning goals, course content, and pedagogical strategies to guide curricular development. Health Communication, 21, 1-13.
Wright, K. B., Frey, L. R., & Sopory, P. (2007). Willingness to communicate about health as an underlying trait of patient self-advocacy: The development of the willingness to communicate about health (WTCH) measure. Communication Studies, 58, 1-17.
Wright, K. B., Bylund, C., Ware, J., Parker, P., Query, J. L., Jr., & Baile, W. (2006). Medical student attitudes toward communication skills training and knowledge of appropriate provider-patient communication: A comparison of first-year and fourth-year medical students. Medical Education Online, 11, Available: http: www.med-ed-online.org
Wright, K. B., & Patterson, B. R. (2006). Socioemotional selectivity theory and the macrodynamics of friendship: The role of friendship style and communication in friendship across the life-span. Communication Research Reports, 23, 163-170.
Wright, K. B. (2005). Researching Internet-based populations: Advantages and disadvantages of on-line survey research, on-line questionnaire authoring software packages, and web survey services. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 10 (3), article 11. Available: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue3/wright.html
Wright, K. B. (2004). On-line relational maintenance strategies and perceptions of partners within exclusively Internet-based and primarily Internet-based relationships. Communication Studies, 55, 418-432.
Wright, K. B., & Bell, S. B. (2003). Health-related support groups on the Internet: Linking empirical findings to social support and computer-mediated communication theory. Journal of Health Psychology, 8, 37-52.
Query, J. L., Jr., & Wright, K. B. (2003). Assessing communication competence in an on-line study: Towards informing subsequent interventions among older adults with cancer, their lay caregivers, and peers. Health Communication, 15, 205-219.
Wright, K. B. (2002). Social support within an on-line cancer community: An assessment of emotional support, perceptions of advantages and disadvantages, and motives for using the community. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 30, 195-209.
Campbell, K., & Wright, K. B. (2002). On-line support groups: An investigation of relationships among source credibility, dimensions of relational communication, and perceptions of emotional support. Communication Research Reports, 19, 183-193.
Wright, K. B. (2002). Motives for communication within on-line support groups and antecedents for interpersonal use. Communication Research Reports, 19, 89-98.
Wright, K. B. (2000). Perceptions of on-line support providers: An examination of perceived homophily, source credibility, communication and social support within on-line support groups. Communication Quarterly, 48, 44-59.
Wright, K. B. (2000). The communication of social support within an on-line community for older adults: A qualitative analysis of the SeniorNet community. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, 1, 33-43.
Wright, K. B. (2000). Social support satisfaction, on-line communication apprehension, and perceived life stress within computer-mediated support groups. Communication Research Reports, 17, 139-147.
Wright, K. B. (2000). Computer-mediated social support, older adults, and coping. Journal of Communication, 50, 100-118.
Wright, K. B. (1999). Computer-mediated support groups: An examination of relationships among social support, perceived stress, and coping strategies. Communication Quarterly, 47, 402-414.
Wright, K. B., & O’Hair, D. (1999). Seeking and resisting compliance: Selection and evaluation of tactics in a simulated college student drinking context. Communication Research Reports, 16, 266-275.
Wright, K. B., & Scholl, J. C. (1999). Heuristic-systematic processing in the classroom. Communication Research Reports, 16, 203-212.
Wright, K. B. (1997). Shared ideology in Alcoholics Anonymous: A grounded theory approach. Journal of Health Communication, 2, 83-99.
Book Chapters
Wright, K. B. (in press). Computer-mediated support interventions for individuals living with health disparities. In G. L. Kreps and M. Dutta (Eds.), Reducing health disparities: Communication interventions. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
Nussbaum, J. F., Wright, K. B., & Pecchioni, L. L. (in press). Interpersonal communication: A life span perspective. In M. Knapp & J. Daly (Eds.), Handbook of interpersonal communication (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Wright, K. B., Johnson, A. J., Averbeck, J., & Bernard, D. (in press). Computer-mediated social support groups. In T. L. Thompson, R. Parrott, & J. F. Nussbaum (Eds.), Handbook of health communication, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Wright, K. B., & Averbeck, J. (in press). Comparative research methods in new media and computer-mediated communication research. In T. Hanitzsch & F. Esser (Eds.), Handbook of comparative research methods. New York: Routledge.
Wright, K. B., & Muhtaseb, A. (2011). Social support in computer-mediated personal relationships. In K. B. Wright & L. M. Webb (Eds.), Computer-mediated communication in personal relationships (pp. 137-155). New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
Wright, K. B., & Craig, E. A. (2010). Aggressive communication: A life span perspective. In T. A. Avtgis & A. S. Rancer (Eds.), Arguments, aggression, and conflict: New directions in theory and research, 2nd ed. (pp. 44-66). New York: Routledge.
Query, J. L., Jr., & Wright, K. B., Amason, P., Eichhorn, K., Weathers, M. R., Haun, M. R., Gilchrist, E. S., Klein, L. B., & Pedrami, V. (2009). Quantitative methods in applied communication scholarship. In L. R. Frey & K. N. Cissna (Eds.), Routledge handbook of applied communication research (pp. 81-105) New York: Routledge.
Wright, K. B., & Query, J. L., Jr. & (2008). On-line support groups among older adults with cancer, their lay caregivers and peers. In L. Sparks, H. D. O’Hair, & G. L. Kreps (Eds.), Cancer communication and aging (pp. ). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Wright, K. B. (2008). Increasing health-related social support: The role of new media. In J. C. Parker, & E. L. Thorson (Eds.), Health care and rehabilitation in America: Communication in the new media landscape (pp. 243-265). New York: Springer.
Wright, K. B. (2008). New technologies and health communication. In K. B. Wright & S. C. Moore (Eds.) Applied health communication: A sourcebook (pp. 63-84). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Query, J. L., Jr., Wright, K. B., & Gilchrist, E. S. (2006). Communication and cancer hospice care: Towards negotiating attitudinal and research obstacles. In H. D. O’Hair, L. Sparks, & G. L. Kreps (Eds.), Health communication and cancer (pp. 301-319). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Wright, K. B., & Frey, L. R. (2006). Cancer support groups. In H. D. O’Hair, L. Sparks, & G. L. Kreps (Eds.), Health communication and cancer (pp. 197-216). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Wright, K. B., & Query, J. L., Jr. (2004). On-line support and older adults. In J. F. Nussbaum & J. Coupland (Eds.), Handbook of communication and aging research, 2nd ed. (pp. 499-519), Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Wright, K. B. (1999). AIDS, agenda setting, and the elite media. An analysis of the Nightline and MacNeil/Lehrer guestlists. In W. Elwood (Ed.), Power in the blood: A handbook on AIDS, politics, and communication, (pp. 281-292). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Other Publications
Wright, K. B. (1998). Internet scavenger hunt. In L. W. Hugenberg & B. S. Moyer (Eds.), Teaching ideas for the basic communication course: Volume one, (pp. 153-158). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
Published Book Reviews
Harter, L. M., Japp, P. M., & Beck, C. S. (Eds.), Narratives, health, and healing: Communication theory, research, and practice. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Reviewed by Kevin Wright (2006) in Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 25, 1-5.
Communication Yearbook, 25. Reviewed by James L. Query, Kevin B. Wright, & Eileen S. Gilchrist (2004) in Review of Communication, 4, pp. 106-113.
Ronald E. Rice and James E. Katz. The Internet and health communication: Experiences and expectations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Reviewed by Kevin B. Wright (2002) in Journal of Health Communication, 7, 79-81.
Convention Papers
Wright, K. B. (2011). Communication competence, social support, and depression among college students. A model of Facebook and face-to-face support network influence. Paper presented at the annual DC-area Health Communication Conference (DCHC), Washington, DC.
Muhtaseb, A., & Wright, K. B. (2011). Mobilizing online: The Internet, political involvement and community participation of Arab Americans. Paper presented at the annual Western States Communication Association Convention, Monterey, CA.
Wright, K. B. (2010). A life span approach to aggressive communication. Paper presented at the annual National Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Wright, K. B., & Craig, E. A. (2010). Aggressive communication: A life span perspective. Paper presented at the annual International Communication Association Convention, Singapore.
Wright, K. B., Rains, S., & Banas, J. (2009). Weak tie support network preference and computer-mediated support groups. Paper presented at the annual National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Mason, A., & Wright, K. B. (2009). Framing medical tourism: An examination of appeal, risk, convalescence, and accreditation in medical tourism websites. Paper presented at the annual National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Wright, K. B., Bernard, D., & Banas, J. (2009). A communication competence approach to examining healthcare worker conflict, social support, stress, burnout, and job satisfaction. Paper presented at the annual International Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Wright, K. B. (2008). Increasing computer-mediated social support. Paper presented at the annual European Communication Association Convention, Barcelona, Spain.
Wright, K. B. (2008). Social support network preference: Toward a conceptual model of network choice among individuals seeking support for overall positive well-being and during times of health crisis. Paper presented at the annual National Communication Association Convention, San Diego, CA.
Wright, K. B., Craig, L. A., Igiel, M., Cunningham, C. B., & Ploeger, N. (2008). Will you still be my friend? Computer-mediated relational maintenance on Facebook.com. Paper to presented at the annual National Communication Association Convention, San Diego, CA.
Wright, K. B., Moore, S. C., & Bernard, D. (2008). Influences on health delivery system satisfaction: A partial test of Street's ecological model. Paper presented at the annual International Communication Association Convention, Montreal, Canada.