Family Communication as... Exploring Metaphors for Family Communication

JIMMIE MANNING is Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has authored over 100 publications including Researching Interpersonal Relationships: Qualitative Methods, Studies, and Analysis. He has received numerous teaching honors including the National Communication Association Outstanding Mentor in Master’s Education Award. JORDAN ALLEN is Assistant Professor of Communication at Utah Valley University, where she teaches classes in interpersonal communication, family communication, research methods, and the dark side of interpersonal/family communication. Her program of research interrogates how nonnormative family relationships are symbolically and materially constituted in communication. KATHERINE J. DENKER is Professor, Basic Course Director, and Director of Graduate Studies in Communication Studies at Ball State University. She has received the Organization for the Study of Language Communication and Gender (OSCLG) Feminist Teacher Mentor Award. Her research program centers on issues of power and marginalization in instructional and interpersonal relationships.

• FORWARD INTRODUCTION:1. Family Communication as… Choice: Thinking about and Theorizing Family Communication Studies Using Metaphors –Jordan Allen, Utah Valley University; Katherine J. Denker, Ball State University; and Jimmie Manning, University of Nevada, RenoPART I: CREATING AND SUSTAINING FAMILY: FAMILY COMMUNICATION AS…2. Relationship – Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, University of South Carolina3. Ritual – Dawn O. Braithwaite and Robert D. Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln4. Biology – Anuraj Dhillon, California Polytechnic State University and Amanda Denes, University of Connecticut5. Maintenance – Scott A. Myers, West Virginia University6. Transition – Carolyn K. Shue and Glen H. Stamp, Ball State UniversityPART II: MATERIALIZING FAMILY: FAMILY COMMUNICATION AS…7. Social Identity – Jordan Soliz and Morgan April, University of Nebraska-Lincoln8. Heteronormative – Yachao Li, College of New Jersey9. Raced – Shardé M. Davis, University of Connecticut and Megan E. Cardwell, University of Nebraska, Lincoln10. Embodied – Laura L. Ellingson, Santa Clara University11. Performance – Bernadette Marie Calafell, Gonzaga University and Nivea Castaneda, Boise State University12. Narrative – Jody Koenig Kellas and Toni Morgan, University of Nebraska, Lincoln13.  Dialogue – Elizabeth A. Suter, University of Denver and Leah M. Seurer, University of South Dakota14.  Object – Devika Chawla, Ohio UniversityPART III: CONTEXTUALIZING FAMILY: FAMILY COMMUNICATION AS…15.  Memory – Robin M. Boylorn, University of Alabama16.  Boundary – Jeffrey T. Child, Kent State University17.  Organization – Caryn E. Medved, State University of New York Baruch College18.  Health – Christina G. Yoshimura, University of Montana19.  Mediated – Rebecca Johnson, University of Kansas and Danielle M. Stern, Christopher Newport University20.  Art – Sandra L. Faulkner, Laura Stafford, and Kimberly Kuiper, Bowling Green State UniversityPART IV: COMPLICATING FAMILY: FAMILY COMMUNICATION AS…21.  Argument – Jennifer L. Bevan and Erin S. Craw, Chapman University22.  Deviance – Kristina M. Scharp, University of Washington and Elizabeth Dorrance Hall, Michigan State University23.  Taboo – Allison R. Thorson, University of San Francisco and Amanda J. Holman, Creighton University24.  Failure – Andrea Lambert South and Jacqueline Emerine, Northern Kentucky University25.  Loss – Jillian A. Tullis, University of San Diego26.  Forgiveness – Vincent R. Waldron and Douglas L. Kelley, Arizona State University27.  Support – Adrianne Kunkel, University of Kansas; Natalie Hoskins, Middle Tennessee State University; Marissa Wiley, University of Kansas; and Michael Robert Dennis, Emporia State University28.  Resilience – Tamara D. Afifi, Chantel Haughton, and Allison Mazur, University of California Santa Barbara