Ascan F Koerner

Contact Me

koern011@umn.edu
612-624-8675

Communication Studies
244 Ford Hall

224 Church St SE

Affiliations

• Communication Studies
• Undergraduate Programs, CLA Associate Dean for
• Education and Human Development: Interpersonal Relationships Research Minor
• Education and Human Development: Family Social Science

Links

• My Website

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

• Ph.D.: Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1998.

Curriculum Vitae

Specialties

• cognitive processes in interpersonal communication
• marital and family communication
• persuasion

Courses Taught

• COMM 5431 - The Process of Persuasion
• COMM 8402 - Seminar: Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 5402 - Advanced Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 5401 - Advanced Theories of Communication
• COMM 3402 - Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 4471 - Communication in Marriage and Family
• COMM 4407 - Communication and Conflict
• COMM 8110 - Seminar: Strategic Communication

Research & Professional Activities

Professional Activities

• Editorial Board: Journal of Family Communication , since 2011
• Editorial Board: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships , since 2006
• Editorial Board: Journal of Applied Communication Research , since 2013
• Editorial Board: Communication Research , since 2010
• Chair Interpersonal Communication Division: International Communication Association , 2014 - 2016

Publications

• Krcmar, M., Ewoldsen, D. R., Koerner, A. (2016). Communication science: Theory and research. New York: Routledge.
• Jones, S. M., Bodie, G. D. and Koerner, A. F. (2016), Connections between family communication patterns, person-centered message evaluations, and emotion regulation strategies. Human Communication Research. doi:10.1111/hcre.12103
• Anderson, K.N. Connor, J.J. Koerner, A.F., & Rueter, M.A. (2016). Twins conceived using IVF: a follow-up of the family environment and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence. Human Reproduction. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dew261
• Rueter, M., Connor, J., Pasch, L., Anderson, K., Scheib, J., Koerner, A., & Damario, M. (2015). Sharing information with children conceived using in vitro fertilization: The effect of parents’ privacy orientation. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 34, 90-102.
• Koerner, A.F. (2014). Family communication. In C. Berger, (Ed.). Handbooks of Communication Science (vol. 6): Interpersonal Communication (pp. 419-441). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter
• Koerner, A. F., & Schrodt, P. (2014). An Introduction to the Special Issue on Family Communication Patterns Theory. Journal of Family Communication, 14, 1-15.
• Anderson, K. N., Koh, B. D., Connor, J. J., Koerner, A. F., Damario, M., & Rueter, M. A. (2014). Twins conceived using assisted reproduction: Parent mental health, family relationships, and child adjustment at middle childhood. Human Reproduction, 29(10), 2247-2255.
• Sillars, A., Holman, A. J., Richards, A., Jacobs, K. A., Koerner, A., & Reynolds-Dyk, A. (2014). Conversation and Conformity Orientations as Predictors of Observed Conflict Tactics in Parent-Adolescent Discussions. Journal of Family Communication, 14, 16-31.
• Chen, Y. S., Rungtusanatham, M. J., Goldstein Meyer, S., Koerner, A. F. (2013). Theorizing through metaphorical transfer in OM/SCM research: Divorce as a metaphor for strategic buyer-supplier relationship dissolution, Journal of Operations Management, 31, 579–586.
• Koerner, A.F. (2013). Family conflict communication. In J. Oetzel & S. Ting-Toomey (Eds.) The Sage handbook of conflict communication (2nd ed., pp. 211-235). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Koerner, A. F., & Fitzpatrick, M.A. (2012). Communication in intact families. In A. Vangelisti (Ed.) The Routledge handbook of family communication, (2nd ed., pp.129-144). New York: Routledge.
• Caughlin, J. P., Koerner, A. F., Schrodt, P., & Fitzpatrick, M. A. (2011). Interpersonal communication in family relationships. In M. L., Knapp & J. A. Daly (Eds), The Sage handbook of interpersonal communication (4th ed., pp. 679-714). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Koerner, A. F., LeRoy, B., & Veach, P. (2010). Family communication patterns. In C. Gaff & C. Bylund (Eds.), Family communication about genetics: Theory and practice (pp. 184-198). Oxford University Press.
• Sillars, A. L., Smith, T., Koerner, A. F. (2010). Misattributions contributing to empathic (in)accuracy during parent-adolescent conflict discussions. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27, 727-747.
• Koerner, A. F (2009). The scientific investigation of family communication. in C. Berger, M. Roloff, & D. Roskos-Ewoldsen (Eds.), The handbook of communication science (pp. 471-488). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Koerner, A. F., & Floyd, K. (2009). Evolutionary perspectives on interpersonal relationships. In S. W. Smith & S. R. Wilson (Eds.), New directions in interpersonal communication research (pp. 27-47). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Rueter, M. A., & Koerner, A. F. (2008). The effect of family communication pattern on adopted adolescent adjustment. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 715-727.
• Koerner, A. F. (2007). Social cognition and family communication: Family communication patterns theory. In D. Roskos-Ewoldsen & J. Monahan (Eds.) Communication and social cognition: Theory and methods (pp.197-216). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Koerner, A. F. (2006). Models of relating – not relationship models: Cognitive representations of relating across interpersonal relationship domains. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 23, 629-653.
• Family communication patterns theory: A social cognitive approach: Koerner, Ascan, D. O. Braithwaite & L. A. Baxter, Sage, Engaging theories in family communication: Multiple perspectives, 50-65, 2006.
• Van Lear, A., Koerner, A. F., & Allen, D. (2006). Relationship Typologies. In A.Vangelisti & D. Perlmann, (Eds.) Handbook of personal relationships (pp. 91-111). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Sillars, A., Koerner, A. F., & Fitzpatrick, M. A. (2005). Communication and understanding in parent-adolescent relationships. Human Communication Research, 31, 103-128.
• Fitzpatrick, M. A., & Koerner, A. F., (2005). Family communication schemata: Effects on children's resiliency. In Dunwoody, S., Becker, L. B., McLeod, D., & Kosicki, G. (Eds.) >em>The evolution of key mass communication concepts: Honoring Jack M. McLeod (pp. 113-136). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
• Koerner, A. F., & Fitzpatrick, M.A. (2004). Communication in intact families. In A. Vangelisti (Eds.) Handbook of family communication, (pp.177-195). New York: Routledge.
• You never leave your family in a fight: The impact of families of origins on conflict-behavior in romantic relationships. Koerner, Ascan, M. A. Fitzpatrick, 2002.
• Koerner, A. F., & Fitzpatrick, M. A. (2002). Understanding family communication patterns and family functioning: The roles of conversation orientation and conformity orientation. Communication Yearbook, 26, 37-69.
• Koerner, A. F., & Fitzpatrick, M. A. (1997). Family type and conflict: The impact of conversation orientation and conformity orientation on conflict in the family. Communication Studies, 48, 59-75.
• Enriching the inoculation construct: The role of critical components in the process of resistance. Koerner, Ascan, M. Pfau, K.J. Tusing, W. Lee, L.C. Godbold, L.J. Penaloza, Y.S. Yang, & Y. Hong, 1997.
• Toward a theory of family communication. Koerner, Ascan, M. A. Fitzpatrick, 2002.
• The influence of conformity orientation on communication patterns in family conversations. Koerner, Ascan, K. E.. Cvancara, 2002.
• Nonverbal communication and marital adjustment and satisfaction: The role of decoding relationship relevant and relationship irrelevant affect. Koerner, Ascan, M. A. Fitzpatrick, 2002.
• Nuances in inoculation: The role of inoculation approach, ego-involvement, and message processing disposition in resistance. Koerner, Ascan, M. Pfau, K.J. Tusing, W. Lee, L.C. Godbold, L.J. Penaloza, Y. Hong, & S.V. Yang, 1997.

Awards

• International Communication Association, Interpersonal Communication Division, Top Four Paper Award, May 2003