Katheryn Coveley Maguire (ar6558)
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Department of Communication
Katheryn C. Maguire is Professor in the Department of Communication here at Wayne State University. She served as Department Chair from 2018-2023. Her research centers on how individuals use communication to maintain relationships and cope with stressful situations in both distanced and face-to-face contexts. In 2016, she joined a research team to examine how couples cope with work-family conflict. Katheryn also studies the role of computer-mediated interactions in long-distance relationships, with a particular interest in how perceptions of social presence facilitate the accomplishment of both individual and relational goals. Katheryn enjoys teaching and discussing communication concepts with graduate and undergraduate students. She describes her teaching style as an "organized conversation," frequently inviting student input on the day's topic. She has taught a number of different classes, including Interpersonal Communication, Family Communication, Nonverbal Communication, and Communication Theory. She is author of the book, Stress and Coping in Families, and has published in a number of academic journals, including the Journal of Applied Communication, Communication Monographs, Communication Quarterly, and the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
To read some media coverage of her work, please visit the following websites:
April 2020, Parents.com, How to be an effective listener for your child
April 2020, BBC.com, How to maintain relationships in self-isolation.
July, 2015. MentalFloss.com. What Science Has to Say About Long-Distance Relationships.
October, 2012. Times of India and Pune Mirror. India. Commuter love may not be for all couples.
Relational and Family Communication, Stress and Coping, Work-Family Conflict, Long Distance Relating, Dark Side Issues in Interpersonal Communication, Relationship Maintenance, Mediated Interaction (Computer and otherwise)
Long Distance Relationships
Doctor of Philosophy (Communication), University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Master of Arts (Communication), University of North Texas, 1997
Bachelor of Science (Speech Communication), University of Texas at Austin, 1992;
Completion of Secondary Teacher’s Certification Program, 1993
Montazer, S., Brumley, K. M., Pineault, L., Maguire, K., & Baltes, B. (2022). COVID-19 Onset, Parental Status, and Psychological Distress among Full-time Employed Heterosexual Adults in Dual-earning Relationships: The Explanatory Role of Work-family Conflict and Guilt. Society and Mental Health, 12(2), 119–136. https://doi.org/10.1177/21568693221096189
Brumley, K., Maguire, K., & Montazer, S. (2021). The paradox of time: Work, family, conflict, and the social construction of time. Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2021.1970062
Mikucki-Enyart, S. L., & Maguire, K. C. (2021). Introduction to the special issue on Family Communication in the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Family Communication, 3, 145-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2021.1933038
Montazer, S., Brumley, K., & Maguire, K. (2020). Overnight work-travel, work-family conflict, and psychological distress. Social Science Journal, DOI: 10.1080/03623319.2020.1756175.
Barakji, F., Maguire, K. C., Reiss, H., Gaule, J., Smith, N., Pelliccio, L., Sellnow-Richmond, S., Jeon, J., & Oshagan, J. (2019). Cultural and transnational influences on the use of information communication technologies in adult long-distance family relationships: An extension of Media Multiplexity Theory. Journal of Family Communication, 19, 30-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2018.1530675
Maguire, K. C., & Sahlstein Parcell, E. (2015). Communication and the coping paradox: The case of Army Spouses and Wartime Deployment. Southern Journal of Communication, 80, 342-354. doi: 10.1080/1041794X.2015.1081973.
Maguire, K. C. (2015). Communication in military families. In E. Sahlstein Parcell & L. Webb (Eds.), A communicative perspective on the military: Messages, strategies, meanings (p. 19-37). New York: Peter Lang. *invited. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/978-1-4539-1562-2
Maguire, K. C. (2014). Stress and coping in families: A review and synthesis of communication research. In L. Turner & R. West (Eds.), The Sage handbook of family communication (p. 154-168). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. *invited. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483375366.n10
Sahlstein Parcell, E., & Maguire, K. C. (2014). Comfort, cliques, and clashes: The dilemmas that Army wives face when interacting within a family readiness group during wartime. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31, 497-515. doi: 10.1177/0265407514521766
Sahlstein Parcell, E., & Maguire, K. C. (2014). Turning points and trajectories of military deployment. Journal of Family Communication, 14, 129-148. doi: 10.1080/15267431.2013.864293
Maguire, K. C., & Wilson, S. (2013). Introduction to the special section on communication and wartime deployment. Health Communication, 28, 749-753. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2013.802970
Maguire, K. C., Heinemann, D., & Sahlstein, E. (2013). “To be connected, yet not at all”: Relational presence, absence, and maintenance in the context of a wartime deployment. Western Journal of Communication, 77, 249-271. doi: 10.1080/10570314.2012.757797
Graduate Courses
- COM 8170 Seminar in Interpersonal Communication
- COM 7810 Seminar in Instructional Communication Education
- COM 7410 Communication Theories
- COM 7360 Qualitative Research Methods
- COM 7430 Interviewing
- COM 7155 Interpersonal Communication Theory
- COM 7010 Special Topics: Relational and Family Communication
- COM 7000 Introduction to M.A. Studies in Communication
- COM 6170 Principles of Interpersonal Communication
Undergraduate Courses
- COM 5900 Senior Project in Communication Studies
- COM 5190 Senior Seminar in Communication Studies. Topic: Stress and Coping in Relationships
- COM 4210 Introduction to Research Methods
- COM 4180 Family Communication
- COM 3400 Theories of Communication
- COM 4200/3200 Nonverbal Communication
- COM 2200 Interpersonal Communication
- COM 2000 Introduction to Communication Studies
- COM 1010 Oral Communication: Basic Speech
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