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Dr. Christine E. Kunkle

Dr. Christine E. Kunkle

Professor; Facilitator, WVU ADVANCE Team

Areas of Study:

  • Family Communication
  • Intergroup Communication
  • Communication and Aging

Research Interests:

  • Communicated prejudice
  • Social justice
  • Family socialization
  • In-law relationships
  • Gender and feminism  
Professor Christy Kunkle’s focus is human connection that transforms systems – the systems surrounding them (e.g., academic institutions and work teams, families and intimate relationships) and the complex internal system within them. Power, identity, social justice/change, accommodation, inclusion, nonviolence, and intergroup communication are scholarly terms that capture her work.

Education:

  • B.A., The Pennsylvania State University
  • M.A., West Virginia University 
  • Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln


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