JORDAN SOLIZ , PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies
425 Oldfather Hall
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0329
(402) 472-8326

Biography

Dr. Soliz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the Universtiy of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received his PhD from the University of Kansas in August 2004.

His research and teaching interests are in family and interpersonal communication with an emphasis on intergenerational interactions and relationships, intergroup and intercultural dynamics within the family, social support in the family, group differences in supportive interactions, and communication and intergroup prejudice. Recent research has focused on grandparent-grandchild relationships. Dr. Soliz teaches undergraduate courses in family communication and research methods as well as a graduate course in quantitative research.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Soliz, J. & Harwood, J. (2003). Perceptions of communication in a family relationship and the reduction of intergroup prejudice. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 31, 320-345.

Books

Soliz, J., Lin, M.C., Anderson, K. & Harwood, J. (in press). Communication in grandparent-grandchild relationships. In K. Floyd & M. Mormon (Eds.), Forgotten Kin: Communication in Under-Studied Family Relationships. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Harwood, J., Soliz, J. & Lin, M.C. (in press). Communication accommodation theory. In D.O. Braithwaite & L.A. Baxter (Eds.), Family Communication Theories. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Research Projects

Grandparent-grandchild relationships in African-American, European-American, and Latino families: A cross-cultural comparison.
University of Nebraska Layman Award
Role: PI	2005-2006