The theme of my laboratory is the temporal analysis of the nonverbal movement activity that characterizes various types of communicators and communication situations. Current projects include the examination of differences between leaders and followers, friends and strangers, males and females, liars and truth tellers, and stutterers and fluent speakers. I also have an interest in examining the nonverbal behavior that occurs in political and media discourse. Both micro- and macro-analysis coding procedures are utilized. Teaching specialties include interpersonal communication (nonverbal and interviewing emphasis), small group communication, and quantitative research methods

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