Faculty: Steve Wilson
Professor
phone: 765-494-7547
email: wilson25@purdue.edu
Vita: Download here.
Education
Ph.D., Purdue University
M.A., Indiana University
B.A., Western Illinois University
Research
After earning his Ph.D. at Purdue and serving on the faculties at Michigan State, Northern Illinois, and Northwestern Universities, Professor Wilson returned to Purdue in 2000. Broadly speaking, his research explores intersections between interpersonal communication and social influence, such as how individuals manage multiple, conflicting goals when trying to influence others at home, in the classroom, or at work. He has explored how: parents respond to perceived child misbehavior, college students give advice to friends and family members, employees attempt to influence their boss, and individuals from different countries bargain during simulated business negotiations.Ê Much of his current research is trying to identify patterns of parent-child communication that accurately distinguish families with a history of child abuse or neglect from families from similar economic and cultural backgrounds who have no history of child maltreatment. He also has received a research contract as part of a larger $1.5 million dollar grant from the Lilly Endowment to the Greater Lafayette Community Foundation to support a new local intergenerational learning center that aims to promote positive parenting and children's school readiness. Professor Wilson is leading a research team that is evaluating the new center.
Representative Publications
- Wilson, S. R. (2006). First- and second-order changes in a community's response to a child abuse fatality. Communication Monographs, 73, 481-487.
- Wilson, S. R., Shi, X., Tirmenstein, L., Norris, A., & Rack, J. J. (2006). Parental physical negative touch and child noncompliance in abusive, neglectful, and comparison families: A meta-analysis of observational studies. In L. H. Turner & R. West (Eds.), The family communication sourcebook (pp. 237-258). Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage.
- Olufowote, J. O., Miller, V.D., & Wilson, S.R. (2005). The interactive effect of role change goals and relational exchanges on employee upward influences tactics. Management Communication Quarterly, 18, 385-403.
- Wilson, S.R., Morgan, W. M., Hayes, J., Bylund, C. and Herman, A. (2004). Mothers's child abuse potential as a predictor of maternal and child behavior during play-time interactions. Communication Monographs, 71, 395-421.
- Seeking and Resisting Compliance: Why People Say What They Do When Trying to Influence Others (2002, Sage Publications).
- "Culture in the context of intercultural negotiation: Individualism-collectivism and paths to integrative agreements," Human Communication Research, 2000 (with Deb Cai and Laura Drake).
Recent Graduate Courses Taught
- COM 612: Communication and Child Maltreatment (2006)
- COM 512: Theories of Interpersonal Communication (2005)
- COM 682: Special Topics in Quantitative Methods:Ê ANOVA (2005)
- COM 612: Interpersonal Influence (2003)
- COM 674: Culture and Negotiation (2002)