Ascan Koerner

koern011@umn.edu

Communication Studies

244 Ford Hall

224 Church St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Curriculum Vitae

Collegiate Affiliation

Communication Studies

Undergraduate Students

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Dr. Koerner's research interests focus on family communication and on the cognitive bases of relationships and their influence on interpersonal communication, including message production and message interpretation. Specifically, he is investigating basic relational schemas and the psychological and social rules of their implementation. He is also researching in the areas of persuasion and interpersonal influence.

His research on interpersonal and family communication has appeared in such journals as Communication Monographs, Communication Theory, Human Communication Research, The Journal of Family Communication, and the Journal of Personal and Social Relationships.

Dr. Koerner teaches graduate courses in interpersonal communication, persuasion, social cognition, and communication theory.

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Ph.D.: Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1998

Specialties

Cognitive processes in interpersonal communication
Marital and family communication
Persuasion

Publications

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Publications

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.
Nuances in inoculation: The role of inoculation approach, ego-involvement, and message processing disposition in resistance: M. Pfau, K.J. Tusing, W. Lee, L.C. Godbold, L.J. Penaloza, Y. Hong, & S.V. Yang, Koerner, Ascan, Communication Quarterly, 45, 461-481, 1997.
Enriching the inoculation construct: The role of critical components in the process of resistance: M. Pfau, K.J. Tusing, W. Lee, L.C. Godbold, L.J. Penaloza, Y.S. Yang, & Y. Hong, Koerner, Ascan, Human Communication Research, 24, 187-215, 1997.
Family communication patterns theory: A social cognitive approach: D. O. Braithwaite & L. A. Baxter, Sage, Koerner, Ascan, Engaging theories in family communication: Multiple perspectives, 50-65, 2006.
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.
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.
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.
Sillars, A., Koerner, A. F., & Fitzpatrick, M. A. (2005). Communication and understanding in parent-adolescent relationships. Human Communication Research, 31, 103-128.
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., 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.
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.
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., & 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Koerner, A. F., & Schrodt, P. (2014). An Introduction to the Special Issue on Family Communication Patterns Theory. Journal of Family Communication, 14, 1-15.
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.
Krcmar, M., Ewoldsen, D. R., Koerner, A. (2016). Communication science: Theory and research. New York: Routledge.

Activities

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Activities

Professional

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

Awards

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Courses

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Courses

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