Awards & Press

Recent Honors and Awards 

Awards

Most Valuable Paper award in Group Dynamics award: Kane, A., & van Swol, L. M. (2023). Using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count software to analyze group interaction language data. Group Dynamics, 27(3), 188-201.

2022, Top four paper in Group Communication at National Communication Association conference: Ahn, P. H., van Swol, L. M., Lu, R. M., Kim, S. J., Park, H., & Moulder, R. G. Group communication causes a reversed serial-order effect in creative process.

2021, Dennis Gouran research award for best published article in group communication, National Communication Association: Bloomfield, E. F., van Swol, L. M., Chang, C. T., Willes, S., & Ahn, P. H. The effects of establishing intimacy and consubstantiality on group discussions about climate change solutions.

2021, Honorable mention for the Article of the Year Award from the Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine [ARSTM]: Bloomfield, E. F., van Swol, L. M., Chang, C. T., Willes, S., & Ahn, P. H. The effects of establishing intimacy and consubstantiality on group discussions about climate change solutions.

2021, Top paper in Group Communication at National Communication Association conference: Paik, J. E., & van Swol, L. M. The Effects of Expertise, Status Power, and Language Use on Perception of Task Partner.

Press Mentions

June, 2023, Vox.com. How to tell when you’re getting good advice? https://www.vox.com/even-better/23760823/what-is-good-advice

January, 2023, New York Times. How Should You Be? Try Taking Suggestions.

April, 2022, Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/alda-center/thelink/posts/a%20new%20way%20to%20boost%20engagement%20with%20climate%20change%20communication.php