Faculty: Brant Burleson
Professor
phone: 765-494-3321
email: brantb@purdue.edu
Vita: Download.
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder
Research
Professor Burleson's primary interests are in interpersonal communication, specifically in the areas of social support and well-being, emotional support processes such as comforting, communication and emotion, social interaction skills and their effects on personal and social outcomes, communicative development, parent-child interaction, and communication in personal relationships such as friendships and romances. His additional interests are in research methods and the philosophy of science. He has authored more than one hundred articles, chapters, and reviews and has edited several publications, including The Handbook of Communication and Social Interaction Skills, Communication of Social Support, and Communication Yearbook. He has twice been awarded fellowships from Purdue's Center for Behavioral and Social Sciences. Recent scholarly awards include the Berscheid-Hatfield Award for Mid-Career Achievement in the Study of Personal Relationships, the Bernard J. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Family Communication, and the Gerald R. Miller Award for the Outstanding Book in Interpersonal Communication.
Representative Publications
- Feng, B., & Burleson, B.R. (2006). Exploring the support-seeking process across cultures: Toward an integrated analysis of similarities and differences. In M.P. Orbe, B.J. Allen and L.A. Flores (Eds.), The same and different: Acknowledging the diversity within and between cultural groups (pp. 243-266). Washington, DC: National Communication Association.
- Burleson, B.R., & Kunkel, A.W. (2006). Revisiting the different cultures thesis: An Assessment of sex differences and similarities in supportive communication. In K. Dindia & D.J. Canary (Eds.), Sex differences and similarities in communication (2nd ed., pp. 137-159). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Burleson, B.R., Liu, M., Liu, Y., & Mortenson, S.T. (2006). Chinese evaluations of emotional support skills, goals, and behaviors: An assessment of gender-related similarities and differences. Communication Research, 33, 38-63.
- Burleson, B.R., Holmstrom, A.J., & Gilstrap, C.M. (2005). "Guys can't say that to guys": Four experiments assessing the normative motivation account for deficiencies in the emotional support provided by men. Communication Monographs, 72, 468-501.
- Burleson, B. R., Samter, W., Jones, S. M., Kunkel, A. W., Holmstrom, A. J., Mortenson, S. T., & MacGeorge, E. L. (2005). Which comforting messages really work best? A different perspective on Lemieux and Tighe's "receiver perspective." Communication Research Reports, 22, 87-100.
- Xu, Y., & Burleson, B. R. (2004). The association of experienced spousal support with marital satisfaction: Evaluating the moderating effects of sex, ethnic culture, and type of support. Journal of Family Communication, 4, 123-145.
- Burleson, B. R. (2003). Emotional support skills. In J. O. Greene & B. R. Burleson (Eds.), Handbook of Communication and Social Interaction Skills (pp. 551-594). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Burleson, B. R. (2003). The experience and effects of emotional support: What the study of cultural and gender differences can tell us about close relationships, emotion, and interpersonal communication. Personal Relationships, 10, 1-23.
- Burleson, B. R., & Mortenson, S. R. (2003). Explaining cultural differences in evaluations of emotional support behaviors: Exploring the mediating influences of value systems and interaction goals. Communication Research, 30, 113-146.
- Jones, S. M., & Burleson, B. R. (2003). Effects of helper and recipient sex on the experience and outcomes of comforting messages: An experimental investigation. Sex Roles, 48, 1-19.
- Burleson, B. R., & MacGeorge, E. L. (2002). Supportive communication. In M. L. Knapp & J. A. Daly (Eds.), Handbook of Interpersonal Communication (3rd ed., pp. 374-424). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Teaching
COM 600: Foundation of Communication Inquiry I (Fall 2005)
COM 612E: Communication and Emotion (Fall 2005)
COM 612S: Communication, Relationships, & Social Support (Fall 2004)
COM 518: Theories of Persuasion (Fall 2004)
COM 512: Theories of Interpersonal Communication (Spring 2004)