My research focuses on instructional and applied communication, classroom communication technologies, communication skill development, interpersonal communication, and communication research methods. I am primarily interested in scholarship that connects these areas by addressing (1) the influence of social and cultural forces on developmental processes both within and across nested data structures; (2) the appropriate and effective utilization of communication technologies to improve instructional experiences; and (3) the advancement of communication research and general programmatic assessment through nuanced theoretical and methodological approaches.