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Mike Allen

  • Professor, Communication

Education

  • PhD, Michigan State University, 1987
  • MA, University of Wyoming, 1983
  • BA, Lewis and Clark College, 1981

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
COMMUN 362-001 Argumentation and Debate TR 11:30am-12:45pm
COMMUN 370-202 Quantitative Research in Communication No Meeting Pattern
COMMUN 440-001 Contemporary Problems in Freedom of Speech TR 1pm-2:15pm

Courses Taught

  • Argumentation
  • Sexuality
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Quantitative Research Methods
  • ANOVA and Multiple Regression
  • Public Speaking
  • Nonverbal Communication
  • Communication in a World of AIDS
  • Philosophy of Applied Communication
  • Persuasion
  • Family Communication
  • Conflict
  • Organizational Communication

Teaching Interests

  • Research methods
  • Nonverbal communication
  • Sexuality,
  • Persuasion
  • Argumentation

Research Interests

Social influence in personal, relational, organizational, media, and public contexts

Related Activities

  • 2011 Central States Communication Association Federation Research Prize
  • Former Editor of Communication Monographs, Communication Studies
  • Ranked in the top 25 of active research career scholars based on number of published works
  • Top Paper, Peace and Conflict Studies Division, National Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, 2010
  • Top Three Paper, Argumentation and Forensics Division, National Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, 2010

Selected Publications

Allen, M. R. (2020) Understanding the practice, application, and limitations of meta-analysis. american behavioral scientist , 64, 74-96.
Leah, L. , LeFebvre, L. , & Allen, M. R. (2020) Imagine all the People: Use of Virtual Reality in Public Speaking. Imagination,Cognition, and Personality , 40, 34pp.
FeFebvre, L. , Rasner, R. , & Allen, M. R. (2020) "I guess I'll never know...": Non-initiators account making after being ghosted. Journal of Loss and Trauma , 25, 395-415.
Allen, M. R., LeFebvre, L. , Lefebvre, L. , & Bourhis, J. (2020) Is the Pen Mightier than the Keyboard: A meta-analysis comparing the outcomes of notetaking method. Southern Communication Journal , 85, 143-154.
LeFebvre, L. , LeFebvre, L. , Allen, M. R., Buckner, M. , & Griffin, D. (2020) Metamorphesis of public speaking anxiety: Student fear transformation throughout the introductory communication Course. Communication Studies , 71, 98-111.
Adebayo, T. R., & Allen, M. R. (2020) The experiences of the international teaching assistants in the US classroom: A qualitative sutdy. Journal of International Students , 10, 69-83.
LeFebvre, L. , Yilmaz, G. , LeFebvre, L. , & Allen, M. R. (2020) Argumentative Competence in cooperative learning groups: Members' use of evidence and nonevidence. Communication Teacher , 34, 68-86.
Kim, S. , Allen, M. R., & Preiss, R. (2019) Meta-analysis of the curvilinear relationship between rate of delivery and message persuasiveness. Communication, Society & Media , 2, 1-14.
LeFebvre, . , Allen, M. R., & Yilmaz, M. R. (2019) Argumentative communication in cooperative learning groups: Members' use of evidence and non-evidence. Communication Teacher .
Supulveda, S. , & Allen, M. R. (Eds). (2019) Business and Professional Communication. 220. New York, NY : McGraw Hill.
LeFebvre, . , Allen, M. R., Rasner, . , Garstad, . , Wilms, . , & Parrish, . (2019) Ghosting in emerging adults' romantic relationships: The digital dissolution disappearance strategy. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality: Consciousness in Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice , 39, 1-26.
Allen, M. R., Omori, K. , Cole, A. , & Burrell, N. A. (2019) Distance Learning and Student Satisfaction. Handbook of Distance Education (4th ed.) , 4th, 122-132. New York, New York: Rutledge.
Allen, M. R., & Dilbeck, K. (2018) Meta-Analysis. International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods , 128-131. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Emmers-Sommer, T. , Allen, M. R., Schenbauer, K. , Wilms, A. , & Parrish, C. (2018) Implications of sex guilt: A meta-analysis. Marriage and Family Reviews , 35, 417-437.
Rasmussen, T. , & Allen, M. R. (2018) Business and Professional Communication. 3rd, 288. Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Allen, M. R., Bourhis, J. , Burrell, N. , Benedict, B. , Adebayo, C. , Cherny, M. , Langston, D. , Peck, B. , Quinn, S. , & Richards, R. (2018) Evaluation of Communication Master's program on the basis of Google Citations. Journal of the Association of Communication Administration , 36, 51-69.
Dilbeck, K. , Dominguez, A. , Ruiz, J. , & Allen, M. R. (2018) The vicarious and source credibility grid across cultures. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication , 28(1), 83-106.
Lambertz-Berndt, M. , & Allen, M. R. (2017) Public Behavior, Recording of. Sage Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods , 1-4, 1352-1354. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
(2017) Sage Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. Allen, M. R. (Ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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