Erina MacGeorge

Research

Dr. MacGeorge’s primary research program focuses on communication and coping, including published studies on advice, comforting, and prayer, and current work examining supportive communication in the context of several health issues (miscarriage, breast cancer, and bipolar disorder). She also does research evaluating the implementation of instructional technologies.

Representative Publications

• MacGeorge, E. L., Feng, B., Butler, G. L., & Budarz, S. K. (2004). Understanding advice in supportive interactions: Beyond the facework and message evaluation paradigm. Human Communication Research, 30, 42-70.
• MacGeorge, E. L., Graves, A. R., Feng, B., Gillihan, S. J., & Burleson, B. R. (2004). The myth of gender cultures: Similarities outweigh differences in men’s and women’s provision of and responses to supportive communication. Sex Roles, 50, 143-175. (Lead article and Recipient, 2005 Distinguished Publication Award, Association for Women in Psychology.)
• MacGeorge, E. L., Samter, W., Feng, B., Gillihan, S. J., & Graves, A. R. (2007). After 9/11: Goal disruption, emotional support, and psychological health in a lower exposure sample. Health Communication, 21, 11-22.
• MacGeorge, E. L., Homan, S., Dunning, J., Elmore, D., Bodie, G., Evans, E., Khichadia, S., Lichti, S., Feng, B., & Geddes, B. (2008). Student evaluation of audience response technology in large lecture classes. Educational Technology, Research, and Development, 56, 125-145. 
• Feng, B., & MacGeorge, E. L. (in press). The influences of message and source factors on advice outcomes. Communication Research.
• Wilkum, K. & MacGeorge, E. L. (in press). Does God matter? Religious content and the evaluation of comforting messages in the context of bereavement. Communication Research.