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Jennifer Becker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Communication

Jennifer Becker

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Bio

JJennifer A. H. Becker (PhD Oklahoma, 2005) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Depending on her research goals, she has used quantitative and qualitative methods to study varied forms of interpersonal communication in relational and applied contexts. Dr. Becker’s work has appeared in academic outlets such as the Journal of Communication Pedagogy, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Communication Monographs, Journal of Applied Communication, and Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. Some of Dr. Becker’s more recent scholarship applies an interpersonal perspective to local community strengths, needs, and issues; online teaching and learning; and honors education. She and Dr. Caroline Parsons recently published the edited volume Honors Communication: Contextual Issues and Lessons Learned in Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring the Undergraduate Honors Student in Communication (Peter Lang, ISBN 978-1-4331-7549-7). Over the years, Dr. Becker has taught courses in interpersonal, relational, and family communication as well as capstone, human communication theory, research methods, and college-level instruction courses. She is a versatile instructor who has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels, honors courses, experiential and service-learning courses, and all modalities (in-person, asynchronous online, synchronous online, and hybrid). Dr. Becker originally hails from southeastern Minnesota. In her free time, she enjoys exploring and contributing to the local community with her husband and three children.

Teaching

  • COM 5103 Theories and Applications of Communication: Seminar in Interpersonal Communication

Research Interests

  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Applied Communication
  • Community-Based Research
  • Family Communication
  • Health Communication
  • Communication Pedagogy

Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Communication, University of Oklahoma (2005)
  • M.A. in Communication, Ball State University (1999)
  • B.A. in Communication and Psychology (double major), Winona State University (1998)

Honors and Awards

Presentations

Grants, Patents and Clinical Trials

Publications

Co-Edited Book

  • Becker, J. A. H., & Parsons, C. S. (Eds.). (2020). Honors communication: Contextual issues and lessons learned in teaching, advising, and mentoring the undergraduate honors student in communication. Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/b16292

Book Chapters

  • Becker, J. A. H. (2020). Teaching honors interpersonal communication. In J. A. H. Becker & C. S. Parsons (Eds.), Honors communication: Contextual issues and lessons learned in teaching, advising, and mentoring the undergraduate honors student in communication (pp. 137-174). Peter Lang.
  • Becker, J. A. H., & Parsons, C. S. (2020). Introduction to honors communication: Contextual issues and lessons learned in teaching, advising, and mentoring the undergraduate honors student in communication. In J. A. H. Becker & C. S. Parsons (Eds.), Honors communication: Contextual issues and lessons learned in teaching, advising, and mentoring the undergraduate honors student in communication (pp. 1-19). Peter Lang.