Brant Burleson
Professor
phone: 765-494-3321
email: brantb@purdue.edu
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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
Brant R. Burleson (Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1982) is a Professor of Communication and an Affiliate Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. His research examines supportive forms of communication (such as comforting) and their effects on varied forms of well-being, and focuses on how people both produce and process supportive messages. Other research interests include communication skill acquisition and development, the effects of communication skills on relationship outcomes, and the role of emotion in communication and relationships. He has authored more than 140 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 is a Fellow of the International Communication Association, a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association, and a recipient of the Berscheid-Hatfield Award for Distinguished Mid-Career Achievement from the International Association for Relationship Research.
Representative Publications
- Burleson, B. R. (in press). The nature of interpersonal communication: A message-centered approach. In C. R. Berger, M. E. Roloff & D. Roskos-Ewoldsen (Eds.), The new Sage handbook of communication science. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Burleson, B. R. (in press). Understanding the outcomes of supportive communication: A dual-process approach. Journal of Social and Personal Relationship.
- Burleson, B. R. (2008). What counts as effective emotional support? Explorations of individual and situational differences. In M. T. Motley (Ed.), Studies in applied interpersonal communication (pp. 207-227). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Burleson, B. R., & Rack, J. J. (2008). Constructivism theory. In L. A. Baxter & D. O. Braithwaite (Eds.), Engaging theories in interpersonal communication (pp. 51-64). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Rack, J. J., Burleson, B. R., Bodie, G. D., Holmstrom, A. J., & Servaty-Seib, H. L. (2008). Bereaved adults' evaluations of grief management messages: Effects of message person centeredness, recipient individual differences, and contextual factors. Death Studies, 32, 399-427.
- Burleson, B. R., & Rack, J. J. (2008). Emotion. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of communication (Vol. 4, pp. 1506-1512). Oxford, United Kingdom: Blackwell.
- Bodie, G. D., & Burleson, B. R. (2008). Explaining variations in the effects of supportive messages: A dual-process framework. In C. Beck (Ed.), Communication yearbook 32 (pp. 354-398). New York: Routledge.
- Burleson, B. R. (2007). Constructivism: A general theory of communication skill. In B. B. Whaley & W. Samter (Eds.), Explaining communication: Contemporary theories and exemplars (pp. 105-128). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Denton, W. H., & Burleson, B. R. (2007). The Initiator Style Questionnaire: A scale to assess initiator tendency in couples. Personal Relationships, 14, 245-268.
- Servaty-Seib, H. L., & Burleson, B. R. (2007). Bereaved adolescents' evaluations of the helpfulness of support-intended statements: Associations with person centeredness and demographic, personality, and contextual factors. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 24, 207-223.
Teaching
Com 374: Social Interaction Skills: Assessment & Development
Com 512: Theories of Interpersonal Communication
Com 518: Theories of Persuasion
Com 600: Foundations of Communication Theory
Com 612e: Communication and Emotion
Com 612s: Social Support and Well-Being