Deirdre D. Johnston, Ph.D. Department Chair johnston@hope.edu Specialty Areas: Persuasion, Interpersonal Communication, Conflict, Mass Media Effects, and Motherhood Research

Dr. Johnston began her study of Communication at Drake University, where she acquired her BA in Journalism in 1983. Her MA in Communication was completed at the University of Texas in 1985, and she earned her Ph.D. in Communication at the University of Iowa in 1988.

Courses taught by Dr. Johnston include:

• COMM 101. Introduction to the Communication Process
• COMM 210. Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 280. Research Methods
• COMM 360. The Art & Science of Persuasion
• COMM 371. Communication Across Differences: Intercultural & Gender
• COMM 460. Rhetoric and Communication Theory

Recent publications by Dr. Johnston include:

• Johnston, D.D. Global Communication. Blackwell Press (in progress).
• "Mother's Work History in the Construction of Adult Daughter's Worker-Mother Discursive Strategies." (in Sociological Focus, Vol. 41, No. 2, May 2008; with Dr. Debra H. Swanson and Dr. Donald A. Luidens)
• "Cognitive Acrobatics in the Construction of the Worker-Mother Identity" (in Sex Roles, Vol. 57, Nos. 5/6, July 2007; with Dr. Debra H. Swanson)
• "Where Are the Mommies?: A Content Analysis of Women's Magazines" (in Lorin B. Arnold (Ed.) Family Communication: Theory and Research, Pearson Education, 2007; with Dr. Debra H. Swanson)
• "Constructing the 'Good Mother': The Experience of Mothering Ideologies by Work Status" (in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Vol. 54, Nos. 7/8, April 2006; with Dr. Debra H. Swanson)
• "Moms Hating Moms: The Internalization of Mother War Rhetoric" (in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Vol. 51, Nos. 9/10, Nov. 2004; with Dr. Debra H. Swanson)
• "Mothering in the Ivy Tower: Interviews with Academic Mothers" (in Journal of Association for Research on Mothering, December 2003; with Dr. Debra H. Swanson).
• "Invisible Mothers: A Content Analysis of Motherhood Ideologies and Myths in Magazines" (in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Vol. 49, July 2003; with Dr. Debra H. Swanson).
• "Undermining Mothers: A Content Analysis of the Representation of Mothers in Magazines" (in Mass Communication & Society, Vol. 6, 2003; with Dr. Debra H. Swanson).
• "Adolescents' Motivations for Viewing Graphic Horror" (in: Human Communication Research, 21, 522-551.
• The Art and Science of Persuasion (McGraw-Hill Publishers).

Dr. Johnston's Curriculum Vitae