Family Communication As... Exploring Metaphors for Family Communication (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781119668398)

JIMMIE MANNING is Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has authored over 100 publications including Researching Interpersonal Relationships: Qualitative Methods, Studies, and Analysis. He has received numerous teaching honors including the National Communication Association Outstanding Mentor in Master's Education Award.

JORDAN ALLEN is Assistant Professor of Communication at Utah Valley University, where she teaches classes in interpersonal communication, family communication, research methods, and the dark side of interpersonal/family communication. Her program of research interrogates how nonnormative family relationships are symbolically and materially constituted in communication.

KATHERINE J. DENKER is Professor, Basic Course Director, and Director of Graduate Studies in Communication Studies at Ball State University. She has received the Organization for the Study of Language Communication and Gender (OSCLG) Feminist Teacher Mentor Award. Her research program centers on issues of power and marginalization in instructional and interpersonal relationships.