Elizabeth Gill

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Elizabeth Gill

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3049-4913

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About

My research interests focus on interpersonal and health communication. Embedded in much of my research are fundamental questions about uncertainty and ambivalence and how broadly shared norms shape the health and family concerns of vulnerable populations. I have examined the uncertainties inherent in both the experience of breast cancer and the struggles older adults and their families face regarding issues of paternalism and autonomy. In one recent line of research I explore the identity, role, and other relational difficulties that arise as older adults and their children encounter the decision to move to a care-related facility. And in a second line of research I examine the uncertainties surrounding communication, identity, and aging for long term prison inmates.

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Office: 2423 - Buzzard Hall
Phone: 2175816003
Email: [email protected]
Office hours for Fall 2019: Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

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Education/Academic qualification

Department of Communication, PhD, Purdue University

… → 2007

Department of Communication, MA, Purdue University

… → 2003

Department of Communication, BA, Purdue University

… → 2001

Research Interests

  • Family communication
  • Aging
  • Identity
  • Uncertainty

Disciplines

  • Communication
  • Health Communication
  • International and Intercultural Communication
  • Interpersonal and Small Group Communication
  • Other Communication

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