Daena Goldsmith CV
EDUCATION
PhD, Speech Communication, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, November 1990
MA, Speech Communication, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, January 1988
BS, With honors in Communication (major) and Political Science (minor), Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon, June 1986
EMPLOYMENT
2008 – present Professor, Department of Rhetoric & Media Studies (previously Department of Communication), Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
2006 - 2008 Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Lewis and ClarkCollege, Portland, OR
1999 - 2006 Associate Professor, Department of Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
1999 - 2002 Associate Head, Director of Graduate Study, Department of Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
1993 - 1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
1990 - 1993 Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Communication, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Summer 1992 Visiting Professor, Communication Studies Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1986 - 1990 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Speech Communication, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
COURSES
RHMS 260 Empirical Research Methods, RHMS 270 Interpersonal Media, RHMS 275 Interpersonal Rhetoric, RHMS/SOAN 298 Social Media in Action, RHMS 320 Health Narratives, RHMS 332 Rhetoric of Gender in Relationships, RHMS 431 Feminist Discourse Analysis
PUBLICATIONS
Goldsmith, D. J., & Griscom, A. (in press). Multidimensional evaluation of social support. In D. L. Worthington & G. Bodie (Eds.), Sourcebook of listening. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2016). Normative model of social support. In C. E. Berger, & M. E. Roloff (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication. Malden, MA:Wiley-Blackwell.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2015). Social support in interpersonal communication. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), Concise Encyclopedia of Communication. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Miller, G. (2015). Should I tell you how I feel? A mixed method analysis of couples’ talk about cancer. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 43, 273-293.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Normand, E. L. (2014). Politeness theory: How we use language to save face. In D.E. Braithwaite, & P. Schrodt (Eds.), Engaging theories of interpersonal communication, 2nd ed. (pp. 267-278). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Donovan, E., Miller, L., & Goldsmith, D. J. (2014). “Tell me about a time when…”:Studying health communication through in-depth interviews. In B. Whaley (Ed.), Research methods in health communication: Principles and applications (pp. 21-40). Taylor & Francis.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Miller, G. (2014). Conceptualizing how couples talk about cancer. Health Communication, 29, 51-63.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Domann-Scholz, K. (2013). The meanings of “open communication” among couples coping with a cardiac event. Journal of Communication, 63, 266-286.
Goldsmith, D. J., Bute, J. J., & Lindholm, K. L. (2012). Patient and partner strategies for talking about lifestyle change following a cardiac event. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 40, 65-86.
Fisher, C. L., Goldsmith, D., Harrison, K., Hoffner, C. A., Segrin, C., Wright, K., & Miller, K. (2012). Communication and mental health: A conversation from the CM Café. Communication Monographs, 79, 539-550.
Peterson, J., Brashers, D., Rintamaki, L., Goldsmith, D. J., & Neidig, J. L. (2012). The forms and functions of peer social support for people living with HIV. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 23, 294-305.
Parks, M.R., Faw, M., & Goldsmith, D.J. (2011). Undergraduate instruction in empirical research methods in communication: Assessment and recommendations. Communication Education, 60, 406-421.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Albrecht, T. L. (2011). Social support, social networks, and health. In T. L. Thompson, R. Parrott, & J. Nussbaum (Eds.) Handbook of health communication (2nd ed., pp. 335-348). New York: Routledge.
Brashers, D. E., & Goldsmith, D. J. (2009). Managing health and illness: Communication, relationships, and identity. New York: Routledge.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2009). Uncertainty and communication in couples coping with serious illness. In T. Afifi, & W. Afifi (Eds.), Uncertainty and information regulation: Theories and applications (pp. 203-225). New York: Routledge.
Goldsmith, D. J., 7 Donovan-Kicken, E. (2009). Adding insult to injury: Face, politeness, and hurt feelings. In A. Vangelisti (Ed.), Feeling hurt in close relationships (pp. 50-72). New York: Cambridge.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2009). Politeness theory. In S. W. Littlejohn & K. A. Foss (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Communication Theory (pp. 754-757). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2009). Social support. In S. W. Littlejohn & K. A. Foss (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Communication Theory (pp. 913-914). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2008). Politeness theory: How we use language to save face. In L. A. Baxter & D. Braithwaite, Engaging theories in interpersonal communication (pp. 255-267). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2008). Social support in interpersonal communication. In W. Dornsbach (Ed.), Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Communication (pp. 4727-4731). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Brashers, D. E. (2008). Communication matters: Developing and testing social support interventions. Communication Monographs, 75, 320-330.
Goldsmith, D. J., Brashers, D. E., Kosenko, K. A., & O’Keefe, D. J. (2008). Social support and living with HIV: Findings from qualitative studies. In T. Edgar, S. M. Noar, & V. S. Freimuth (Eds.), AIDS and communication in the 21st century (pp. 101-136). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Goldsmith, D. J., Miller L. E., & Caughlin, J. P. (2008). Openness and avoidance in couples communicating about cancer. In C. Beck (Ed.), Communication Yearbook 31 (pp.62-115). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2006). Brown and Levinson’s politeness theory. In B. Whaley & W. Samter (Eds.), Explaining communication: Contemporary theories and exemplars (pp. 219-236). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Goldsmith, D. J., Lindholm Gumminger, K., & Bute, J. J. (2006). Communication about lifestyle change between cardiac patients and their partners. In B. LePoire & R. M. Dailey (Eds.). Socially meaningful applied research in interpersonal communication (pp. 95-118). New York: Peter Lang.
Goldsmith, D. J., Lindholm, K. A., & Bute, J. J. (2006). Dilemmas of talking about lifestyle changes among couples coping with a cardiac event. Social Science & Medicine, 63, 2079-2090.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2004). Communicating social support. New York, NY: CambridgeUniversity Press.
Brashers, D. E., Neidig, J. L., & Goldsmith, D. J. (2004). Social support and the management of uncertainty for people living with HIV or AIDS. Health Communication, 16, 305-331.
Albrecht, T. L., & Goldsmith, D. J. (2003). Social support, social networks, and health. In A. Dorsey, K. Miller, R. Parrott, & T. Thompson (Eds.), Handbook of health communication (pp. 263-284). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Brashers, D. E., Goldsmith, D. J., & Hsieh, I. (2002). Information seeking and avoiding in health contexts. Human Communication Research, 28, 258-271.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2001). A normative approach to the study of uncertainty and communication. Journal of Communication, 51, 514-533.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2000). Soliciting advice: The role of sequential placement in mitigating face threat. Communication Monographs, 67, 1-19.
Goldsmith, D. J., McDermott, V. M., & Alexander, S. C. (2000). Helpful, supportive, and sensitive: Measuring the evaluation of enacted social support in personal relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 17, 369-391.
Goldsmith, D. J., & MacGeorge, E. L. (2000). The impact of politeness and relationship on perceived quality of advice about a problem. Human Communication Research, 26, 234-263.
Goldsmith, D. J. (1999). Content-based resources for giving face-sensitive advice in troubles talk episodes. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 32, 303-336.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Fulfs, P. A. (1999). “You just don’t have the evidence”: An analysis of claims and evidence in Deborah Tannen’s You Just Don’t Understand. In M. E. Roloff (Ed.), Communication Yearbook 22 (pp. 1-49). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Burleson, B. R., & Goldsmith, D. J. (1997). How comforting messages work: Some mechanisms through which messages may alleviate emotional distress. In P. A. Anderson & L. K. Guerrero (Eds.), Handbook of communication and emotion: Research, theory, applications, and contexts (p. 245 - 280). Orlando, FL: Academic Press.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Dun, S. (1997). Sex differences in the provision of support. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 14, 317-337.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Fitch, K. (1997). The normative context of advice as social support. Human Communication Research, 23, 454-476.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Baxter, L. A. (1996). Constituting relationships in talk: A taxonomy of speech events in social and personal relationships. Human Communication Research, 23, 87-114.
Goldsmith, D. J. (1995). Commentary on Barbee & Cunningham: The communicative microdynamics of support. In B. R. Burleson (Ed.), Communication Yearbook 18 (pp. 414-433). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Goldsmith, D. J. (1994). The role of face work in supportive communication. In B. R. Burleson, T. L. Albrecht, & I. Sarason (Eds.), The communication of support: Messages, interactions, relationships, and community (pp. 29-49). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Albrecht, T., Burleson, B. & Goldsmith, D. (1994). Supportive communication. In M. Knapp (Ed.), Handbook of interpersonal communication (2nd ed., pp. 419-449). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Burleson, B., Albrecht, T., Goldsmith, D. & Sarason, I. (1994). Introduction. In B. R. Burleson, T. L. Albrecht, & I. Sarason (Eds.), The communication of support: Messages, interactions, relationships, and community (pp. xi-xix). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Goldsmith, D., & Albrecht, T. (1993). The impact of supportive communication networks on test anxiety and performance. Communication Education, 42, 142-158.
Burleson, B. R., Albrecht, T. L., & Goldsmith, D. (1993). Social support and communication: New directions for theory, research and practice. International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships Bulletin, 9(2), 5-9.
Goldsmith, D. (1992). Managing conflicting goals in supportive interaction: An integrative theoretical framework. Communication Research, 19, 264-286.
Goldsmith, D. (1990). A dialectic perspective on the expression of autonomy and connection in romantic relationships. Western Journal of Speech Communication, 54, 537-556.
Goldsmith, D. (1990). Gossip from the native’s point of view: A comparative analysis. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 23, 163-194.
Goldsmith, D., & Parks, M. (1990). Communication strategies for managing the risks of seeking social support. In S. Duck (Ed.), Personal relationships and social support (pp. 104-121). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Baxter, L. A., & Goldsmith, D. (1990). Cultural terms for communication events among some American high school adolescents. Western Journal of Speech Communication, 54, 377-394.
SELECTED RECENT PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES
Goldsmith, D. J. (2016 May). Being an ally mom in the autism wars: A rhetorical analysis of blogs by neurotypical mothers of autistic children. Workshop presentation at the 2016 Pacific and Western Disability Studies Symposium, Seattle, WA.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2016 April). Being an ally mom in the autism wars: A normative rhetorical analysis of blogs. Keynote address to the University of Texas Conflict Conference, Austin, TX.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2015 October). Mommy blogs as challenging the ideology of motherhood. Paper presented at Pacific University’s Center for Gender Equity and Gender & Sexuality Studies Third Biennial Conference. Forest Grove, OR.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2015 June). Blogging our way to a New Understanding of Autism: How Technological Affordances and Rhetorical Practices Resist Dichotomies in the Representation of Autism. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Disability Studies, Atlanta, GA.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2014 November). Creating virtual teams using Google docs. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2013 November). Resisting and performing intensive mothering in blogs by mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, DC.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Miller, G. A. (2013 November). Should I tell you how I feel? A mixed method analysis of couples’ talk about cancer. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, DC.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2013 April). Talking about health problems and behavior change. Keynote address at the NICHD sponsored Symposium on Health Communication and Family Dynamics. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2013 March). Divining the meaning of the “good mother” in blogs by mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Paper presented at the Lewis & Clark Gender Studies Symposium, Portland, OR.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2012 April). “Open communication” among couples coping with a health crisis: Re-evaluating common sense and clinical advice. University of Portland, Portland, OR.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Domann-Scholz, K. (2011 November). The meanings of “open communication” among couples coping with a cardiac event. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Miller, G. A. (2010 April). How couples talk about cancer: Questioning constructs and describing what works. Paper presented at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, KY.
Goldsmth, D. J. (2009 November). Uncertainty and communication in couples coping with serious illness. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2009 April). Communicating social support. Keynote address to the Bay Area Conference for Undergraduate Communication Research, San Jose, CA.
Goldsmith, D. J., & Moriarty, C. M. (2008 May). Partner involvement in cancer treatment decision-making. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Montreal, QC.
Brashers, D. E., Rintamaki, L. S., Peterson, J. L., Goldsmith, D. J., & Neidig, J. L. (2008 April). Peer support, uncertainty management, and treatment decision-making for people living with HIV or AIDS. Paper presented at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, KY.
Goldsmith, D. J., Bute, J. J., & Lindholm, K. A. (2007 November). Couples’ strategies for talking about lifestyle change following a cardiac event. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Goldsmith, D. J., Brashers, D. E., Kosenko, K. A., & O’Keefe, D. J. (2007 May). Social support and living with HIV: Findings from qualitative studies. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Franciso, CA.
Goldsmith, D. J. (2007 May). Communicating about a heart healthy lifestyle: Challenges and strategies among couples coping with a cardiac event. Thomas M. Scheidel Faculty Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
FUNDED RESEARCH
Principle investigator, Couple Communication and Coping with Cancer, Office of the Dean, Lewis & Clark College. 2009. Grant to develop and implement an undergraduate training model for collaborative interpretive analysis of interview transcripts.
Co-investigator, Meta-study of Social Support for People Living with HIV, National Institute of Mental Health of National Institutes of Health. 2004-2006. Grant to conduct meta-analysis and meta-synthesis of studies of social support for persons with HIV. Dale Brashers, Principal Investigator, Daniel O’Keefe Co-investigator.
Principal investigator, Couple Communication and Adjustment to Cancer, University of Illinois Research Board. 2004-2005. Grant to test a research protocol and collect preliminary data on the role of couple communication in the process of adjusting to a cancer diagnosis.
Principle investigator, Couple Communication and Recovery from Myocardial Infarction, University of Illinois Research Board. 1999-2000. Grant to conduct a qualitative study of social support in couples coping with one member’s cardiac event.
SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS
Franklin H. Knower Article Award, for scholarship of exceptional quality and influence, awarded by the Interpersonal Communicaiton Division, National Communication Association, 2015.
Bill Eadie Distinguished Scholarly Article Award, awarded by the Applied Communication Division of the National Communication Association, 2013.
Thomas M. Scheidel Faculty Lecture, University of Washington, May 2007.
Gerald R. Miller Book Award, for scholarship of exceptional quality and influence, awarded by the Interpersonal Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2006.
Wayne M. Thompson Lecture, Western Illinois University, May 2006.
Franklin H. Knower Article Award, for scholarship of exceptional quality and influence, awarded by the Interpersonal Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2001.
Elizabeth Kerr MacFarlane Scholarship, University of Washington, 1989-90. One of two awarded university-wide to graduate students in the humanities.
Phi Kappa Phi national fellowship, 1986.
Rena J. Ratte Award, 1986, Lewis & Clark College. Highest academic honor given annually to an outstanding senior.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Grant Reviews:
Israel Science Foundation, Individual Research Grant (2010); BCS Social Psychology, National Science Foundation (2009); Louisiana Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, National Science Foundation and Louisiana Board of Regents (2009); Pfizer Compassionate Love Funded Research Awards (2008).
Editorial Work:
Editorial Boards (current indicated with an asterisk):
Communication Monographs, Human Communication Research, Journal of Applied Communication Research*, Journal of Communication, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Personal Relationships
Guest Associate Editor: Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Western Journal of Speech Communication
Referee: Argumentation and Advocacy, Communication Education, Communication Reports, Communication Studies, Communication Research, Communication Yearbook, Health Communication, Human Communication Research, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Journal of Family Psychology, Journal of Health Communication, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Management Communication Quarterly, Personal Relationships, Personality and Individual Differences, Psychological Reports, Qualitative Communication Research, Research on Language and Social Interaction, Sex Roles, Western Journal of Communication
National Communication Association:
Doctoral Education Committee (2004-2006)
Chair, Nominating Committee, Interpersonal Communication Division (2000-01)
Outstanding Book and Article of the Year Award Selection Committee, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Division, (1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007)
Reviewer, Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division (1996-97)
International Communication Association:
Reviewer, Health Communication Division (1998-99, 1999-00. 2000-01)
Division Secretary, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Division, (1994-96)
Reviewer, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Division, (1992-95)
Local Arrangements Committee, Annual meeting in Washington, DC (1992-93).
International Network on Personal Relationships:
Dissertation Award Committee, (1992, 1993).
LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE SERVICE
Gender Studies Steering Committee (2006-present)
RHMS Department Chair (2013 – 2016)
Interim Director, Gender Studies (2015-16)
Digital Scholarship Multisite Steering Committee (2015 to present)
Lewis & Clark Class of 1986 Organizing Committee (2015-16)
Living Learning Community Revision Committee (2015-16)
New Faculty Mentor (2014-2015)
Faculty Liaison, Holistic Wellness Living Learning Community (2014-2016)
Committee on Tenure and Promotion (2013-2014)
E-group (Task force on Entrepreneurship) (2012-2013)
Interim Department Chair (Fall 2012)
Director of Academic Advising (2010-2012)
Clerk of the faculty (2011-2012)
Chair, Dean of Student Affairs Search Committee (2011-2012)
Search committee, Rhetoric & Media Studies Rhetoric position (2011-2012)
Chair, Director of Forensics Search Committee (2010-2011)
Developmental Review Committee, Heather Smith-Cannoy (2011)
Developmental Review Committee, Tim Mechlinski (2009 – present)
Committee on Promotion and Tenure (2009-2010)
Retention Subcommittee/Retention Task Force (2009-present)
Faculty Council (2008-2009)
Search committee, Communication Department Mass Communication position (2008-2009)
Interim head, Gender Studies Program (Spring 2009)
Co-chair, Forensics Reunion Steering Committee (2008)
Curriculum Committee (2007-2008)
Chair, Subcommittee on Petitions, Appeals, and Student-designed Majors (2007-2008)
Department Curriculum Revision Committee (2006-2007)
Co-chair, Class of 1986 Reunion Steering Committee (2006)