JODY KOENIG KELLAS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies
428 Oldfather Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0229
(402) 472-2079
Biography
Dr. Jody Koenig Kellas is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at UNL. She received her doctorate and Masters degree from the University of Washington.
Dr. Koenig Kellas conducts research on narratives and storytelling in family and relational communication contexts. With an interest in the ways in which people communicatively make sense of their relationships, her research has explored post-dissolutional communication, facework, attributions in marital relationships, as well as the processes, identity negotiation, and relational qualities associated with individual and collaborative storytelling in families. Recent publications examine how various facets of narrative and post-dissolutional communication relate to family functioning, relational satisfaction, individual adjustment, and the construction of identity. In the last two years, her research has received Top Paper Awards from interest groups in the National Communication Association and the Western States Communication Association.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Koenig Kellas, J., Bean, D., Cunningham, C., & Cheng, K. Y. (in press). The ex files: Trajectories, turning points, and adjustment in the development of post-dissolutional relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
Koenig Kellas, J., & Trees, A. R. (2006). Finding meaning in difficult family experiences: Interaction processes during joint family storytelling. Journal of Family Communication, 6, 49-76.
Koenig Kellas, J. (2005). Family ties: Communicating identity through jointly told stories. Communication Monographs, 72, 365-389.
Manusov, V., Koenig, J., & Trees, A. R. (2004, October). Do unto others...? Friends' attentiveness to other-face in account sequences. Human Communication Research, 30.
Koenig, J., & Manusov, V. (2003). What's in a story? The relationship between narrative completeness and tellers' adjustment to relationship dissolution. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 20, 285-307.
Book Chapters
Keely, M., & Koenig Kellas, J. (in press). Constructing life and death through final conversation narratives. In L. M. Harter, P. M. Japp, & C. S. Beck (Eds.), Constructing our health: The implications of narrative for enacting illness and wellness. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Koenig Kellas, J. (in press). Narrative theories: Making sense of interpersonal communication. In L. A. Baxter & D. O. Braithwaite (Eds.), Engaging theories in interpersonal communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Braithwaite, D. O., & Koenig Kellas, J. (2006). Shopping for and with friends: Everyday communication at the shopping mall. In J. T. Wood & S. Duck (Eds.), Composing relationships: Communication in everyday life (pp. 86-95). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Braithwaite, D. O., Schrodt, P., & Koenig Kellas, J. (2006). Symbolic convergence theory: Communication, dramatizing messages, and rhetorical visions in families. In D. O. Braithwaite & L. A. Baxter (Eds.), Engaging theories in family communication (pp. 146-161). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Koenig Kellas, J., & Trees, A. R. (2005). Interactional sense-making in the process of joint storytelling. In V. Manusov (Ed.), The sourcebook of nonverbal measures: Going beyond words (pp. 281-294). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Koenig, J. (2003). "The worst part is, we don't even talk anymore." The importance of post-dissolutional communication in break up stories. In K. M. Galvin & P. J. Cooper (Eds.), Making connections: Readings in relational communication, 3rd ed. (pp. 284-293). Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Company.
Manusov, V., & Koenig, J. (2001). The content of attributions in couples' communication. In V. Manusov & J. H. Harvey (Eds.), Attribution, communication behavior, and close relationships (pp. 134-152). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
