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Lecturer

Positions:

Instructional Assistant Professor, Communication, College of Liberal Arts

Research Areas:

Social sciences--Research--Methodology, Quantitative research, Mass media--Social aspects--Evaluation, Qualitative research, Public relations, Social sciences--Research

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kwesner@tamu.edu

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ORCID

0000-0003-4535-477X

Research Areas:

Social sciences--Research--Methodology, Quantitative research, Mass media--Social aspects--Evaluation, Qualitative research, Public relations, Social sciences--Research

overview

My primary focus as an academic professional track faculty member is pedagogy. My teaching specialities are strategic communication and research methods.

education and training

Ph.D. in Communication (Emphasis in Health, CMC/Social Media, & Organizational), Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2014
M.A. in Applied Communication, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis - (Indianapolis, Indiana, United States) 2007
Cert. in Clinical Research, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis - (Indianapolis, Indiana, United States) 2003
B.S. in Biology, University of Southern Indiana - (Evansville, Indiana, United States) 2001

selected publications

Academic Articles1

Barbour, J. B., Jacocks, C. W., & Wesner, K. J. (2013). The Message Design Logics of Organizational Change. Communication Monographs. 80(3), 354-378.

Chapters1

Lannamann, J. W., Harris, L. M., Bakos, A. D., & Baker, K. J. (2003). Ending the End-of-Life Communication Impasse: A Dialogic Intervention. Sparks, L., O'Hair, D., & Kreps, G. (Eds.), Cancer, Communication and Aging. Hampton Press.