Tim Curran

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Communication Studies - Communication Studies and Philosophy

Associate Professor

Tim Curran

Contact Information

Office Hours: W 3:00-4:15 and by appointment
Office Location: Logan (GEOL 421A)
Email: tim.curran@usu.edu
Additional Information:

Educational Background

M.A., University of Montana, 2014

Ph.D, University of Georgia, 2017

Biography

Timothy Curran is an associate professor of Communication Studies (Ph.D. University of Georgia, 2017). His areas of specialization include intergenerational transmissions of psychological health factors in families, relational schema, family conflict, and interpersonal communication and social adjustment.

Interpersonal Communication
Health Communication
Family Communication
Quantitative Research Methods
I am currently conducting research on the links between family and interpersonal communication and white privilege attitudes. I am also doing research on the psychological and social factors that relate to social distancing adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Curran, T., Seiter, J., Elwood, R. E., Lindsay M. (in press.). Negative social exchanges, loneliness, and the mediating role of stress and feeling misunderstood amongst people at high-risk for COVID-19 related complications. Health Communication.
 
Seiter, J., Curran, T., Elwood, R. E. (2024). Make no apologies: Fear of negative evaluation, depressive symptoms, and the mediating role of accounting for COVID-safe behavior amongst people at high-risk for severe illness. Health Communication, 39, 896 – 905. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2191884
  
Curran, T., Arroyo, A., Fabbricatore, J., Jiang J. (2023). White privilege critical consciousness, racial attitudes, and intergroup anxiety among parents and adult children in White families. Communication Monographs, 90, 246 – 270. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2023.2202712
Curran, T., Arroyo, A., Fabbricatore, J. (2023). Family communication patterns and expressing racial microaggressions among White adult children. Journal of Family Communication, 23, 157– 170. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2023.2205844