Felicia Roberts at Purdue University Department of Communication

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Research Interests Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996 (Program in English Language & Linguistics). Primary interest in understanding the coordinated verbal, vocal, and non-vocal practices that construct everyday and institutional life. Current experimental research on inter-turn silences; qualitative research on structures of interaction among fully competent adults and pre- or non-verbal participants (infants and pets). Ongoing interests in language attitudes, perception of non-standard speakers, language variation and change, language & gender, sociolinguistic issues in African American English.  Books, Journal Articles, and Invited Publications (in reverse chronological order) Roberts, F. (in press). Qualitative approaches to clinician-patient communication In D.W. Kissane B.D. Bultz, Butow, P. & Finlay, I. (Eds.) Handbook of Oncology and Palliative Care. Oxford University Press. Roberts, F., Wilson, Delaney, J. & Rack, J. (2009). Interactional patterns as indicators of trait verbal aggressiveness. In D. Cahn (Ed.) Family Violence: Communication Processes, pp. 155-178. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. Wilson, S., Roberts, F., Rack, J., & Delaney, J. (2008). Mothers’ trait verbal aggressiveness as a predictor of maternal and child behavior during play-time interactions. Human Communication Research, 34, 392–422. Roberts, F. & Cimasko, T. (2008). Evaluating ESL: Making Sense of University Professors' Responses to Second Language Writing. Journal of Second Language Writing, 17, 125-143. Roberts, F. (2008). Transcribing and Transcription. In W. Donsbach (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Communication, Vol. XI., pp. 5161-5165. Oxford, UK & Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Roberts, F., Francis, A.L., Morgan, M. (2006). The interaction of inter-turn silence with prosodic cues in listener perceptions of "trouble" in conversation. Speech Communication, 48, 1079-1093. Balog, H. L. & Roberts, F. (2004). Perception of utterance relatedness during the first-word period. Journal of Child Language, 31, 837-854. Roberts, F. (2004). Speaking to and for animals in a veterinary clinic: A practice for managing interpersonal interaction. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 37, 421-446. Roberts, F. & Robinson, J.D. (2004). Inter-observer agreement on '"first-stage" conversation analytic transcriptions. Human Communication Research, 30, 376-410. Link to Codebook for this paper. Roberts, F. (2002). Qualitative differences among cancer clinical trial explanations. Social Science & Medicine, 55, 1947-1955. Mattson, M. & Roberts, F. (2001). Overcoming truth-telling as an obstacle to initiating safer sex: Clients and health practitioners discussing deception during HIV test counseling. Health Communication, 13, 343-362. Roberts, F. (2001). Teaching research methods using a problem based learning approach. Communication Teacher, 16, 6-8. Costello, B.A. & Roberts, F. (2001). Medical recommendations as joint social practice. Health Communication, 13, 241-260. Gill, V.T, Halkowski, T., Roberts, F. (2001). The patient's request as a progressively realized project: A case study. TEXT, 21, 55-81. Roberts, F.D. (2000). The Interactional construction of asymmetry: The medical agenda as a resource for delaying response to patient questions. The Sociological Quarterly 41(1), 151-170. Roberts, F.D. (1999) Talking About Treatment. Oxford University Press. Roberts, F.D., Newcomb, P.A., Trentham, A. (1996). Self-reported stress and risk of breast cancer. Cancer, 77:1089-1093. Rifkin, B.G. and Roberts, F.D. (1995). Error gravity research: A critical review. Language Learning, 45(3):511-537. Newcomb, P.A., Olsen, S.J., Roberts, F.D., Storer, B.E., Love, R.R. (1995). Assessing Breast Self-Examination. Preventive Medicine, 24:255-258. Roberts, F.D., Newcomb, P.A., and Fost, N. (1992). Perceived risks of participation in an epidemiologic study. IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research, 15(1):8-10. Book Reviews Roberts, F.D. (2001) Sociolinguistics: A Reader and Coursebook edited by Nikolas Coupland and Adam Jaworski. Discourse Studies, 12, 258. Roberts, F.D. (2000) Language and Gender by Mary M. Talbot. Discourse Studies, 2, 124-125.