Ruth Anne Clark
Contact Information
Office: 124 Lincoln Hall
Telephone: (217) 333-1542
Email: racspcom@uiuc.edu
Professor
Bio
One of Professor Clark's recent functional message analyses focused on the impact of variations in level of distress and degree of responsibility of the distressed individual for the problem on the types of message features friends incorporate in their comforting messages. She found level of distress and responsibility for problem both produce marked impact on message construction, but largely on different features of the message.
Curriculum Vitae
Experience
- Primary interest in functional message analysis, with additional interests in selection of conversational partners; gender comparisons in interpersonal contexts, and instructional issues.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Selected Publications
Clark, R.A. (forthcoming). Learning outcomes: The bottom line. Communication Education.
MacGeorge, E.L., Clark, R.A., & Gillihan, S.J. (2002). Sex differences in the provision of skillful emotional support: The mediating role of self-efficacy. Communication Reports, 15, 17-28.
Clark, R.A., & Jones, D. (2001). A comparison of traditional and online formats in a public speaking course. Communication Education, 50, 109-124.
Clark, R. A., Pierce, A. J., Finn, K., Hsu, K., Toosley, A., & Williams, L. (1998). The impact of alternative approaches to comforting, closeness of relationship, and gender on multiple measures of effectiveness. Communication Studies, 224-239.