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NACADA Journal (National Association of Campus Advising). Dr. Wrench is the former president of the
Eastern Communication Association, and currently serves as the editor of the Journal of Intercultural Communication
Research for the World Communication Association.
Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter
NARISSRA M. PUNYANUNT-CARTER (Ph.D., Kent State University) is a professor in the Department of
Communication and assistant dean of international affairs for the College of Media and Communication.
She is also an associate professor of Communication Studies at Texas Tech University in Lubbock,
Texas. She teaches the basic interpersonal communication course. Her research areas include mass
media effects, father-daughter communication, mentoring, advisor-advisee relationships, family studies,
religious communication, humor, and interpersonal communication. She has published over 70 articles
that have appeared in several peer-reviewed journals, such as Communication Research Reports, Southern
Journal of Communication, and Journal of Intercultural Communication Research. She has also published
numerous instructional ancillaries and materials. She is also a coauthor of Organizational communication:
Theory, Research, and Practice (2014, Flat World Knowledge). Dr. Punyanunt coedited The Impact of Social
Media in Modern Romantic Relationship (2017, Lexington).
Katherine S. Thweatt
KATHERINE S. THWEATT (Ed.D, West Virginia University) is an associate professor at the State
University of New York at Oswego. Dr. Thweatt’s areas of interest are interpersonal communication,
instructional communication, and health communication. She has published in the areas of teasing,
teacher immediacy and misbehaviors, cognitive flexibility, and healthcare research. Healthcare
publications involved shared medical appointments, heart failure, and infectious disease.
Dr. Thweatt has earned grant funding in the areas of diabetes and the theory of planned behavior,
undergraduate research, and employer expectations. She earned two national best practice awards
from URAC and the Pharmacy Benefits Management Institute while serving as the Senior Manager of
Clinical Quality at the third-largest Medicare Part D sponsor. Dr. Thweatt serves on the editorial Board
of Communication Research Reports, Communication Education, and Communication Teacher. She proudly
contributes to her field through conference planning, serving as Marketing Director to the Eastern
Communication Association and the Eastern Communication Association’s Representative to the
National Communication Association’s Nominating Committee and as the 2019-2020 President of the
Eastern Communication Association.
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