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Manusov, Valerie
Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1989

Office: CMU 353
Phone: 543-1459
E-Mail: manusov@u.washington.edu

Valerie Manusov, Professor, researches the public and private meanings given to nonverbal communication. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Communication Inquiry, Interpersonal Communication, Relational Communication, Nonverbal Communication, and Introduction to Communication II. She currently heads the departmental honors program. Dr. Manusov is also Chair of NCA's Nonverbal Communication Division.

Selected Publications

Lewis, T. J. , & Manusov, V. (in press). Listening to another’s distress in everyday relationships. Communication Quarterly.

Manusov, V. (in press). Negative affect reciprocity. In H. T. Reis & S. K. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of human relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Manusov, V. (2008). Book review of K. Floyd (2006) Communicating affection: Interpersonal behavior and social context. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 25, 380-381.

Manusov, V. (2008). Attribution processes. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of communication (Vol. 1, pp. 247-250). Oxford, UK and Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Manusov, V. (2008). Facial expressions. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of communication (Vol. 4, pp. 1707-1710). Oxford, UK and Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Manusov, V., & Kurylo, A. (2008). Stereotypes. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of communication (Vol. 5, pp. 2253-2257). Oxford, UK and Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Manusov, V., & Spitzberg, B. H. (2008). Attributes of attribution theory: Finding good cause in the search for theory. In D. O. Braithwaite & L. A. Baxter (Eds.), Engaging theories in interpersonal communication (pp 37-49). Thousand Oaks, CA: Canary, D. J.,

Cody, M. J., & Manusov, V. (2008). Interpersonal communication: A goals-based approach. 4th edition. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.

Manusov, V. (2007). Attributions and interpersonal communication: Out of our heads and into behavior. In D. R. Rosko-Ewoldson & J. Monahan (Eds.), Communication and social cognition: Theories and methods (pp. 141-169). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Manusov, V., & Patterson, M. L. (Eds.)(2006). The Sage handbook of nonverbal communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Manusov, V., & Jaworski, A. (2006). Casting nonverbal behavior in the media: Representations and responses. In V. Manusov & M. L. Patterson (Eds.), Handbook of nonverbal communication (pp. 237-255). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Manusov, V. (Ed.)(2005). The sourcebook of nonverbal measures: Going beyond words. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Manusov, V., & Milstein, T. (2005). Talking about nonverbal communication: Representation and transformation frames in Israeli and Palestinian media coverage of the 1993 Rabin-Arafat handshake. Western Journal of Communication, 69, 183-201.

Manusov, V., Koenig Kellas, J., & Trees, A. R. (2004). Do unto others.? Conversational moves and perceptions of attentiveness toward other face in accounting sequences between friends. Human Communication Research, 30, 514-539.

Doohan, E. M., & Manusov, V. (2004). The communication of compliments in romantic relationships: An investigation of relational satisfaction and sex differences and similarities in compliment behavior. Western Journal of Communication, 68, 170-194.

Canary, D. J., Cody, M. J., & Manusov, V. (2003). Interpersonal communication: A goals-based approach. 3rd edition. New York: Bedford/St. Martins Press.

Koenig Kellas, J., & Manusov, V. What's in a story? (2003). The influence of narrative completeness on tellers' adjustment to relationship dissolution. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships, 20, 285-308.

Manusov, V. (2002). Thought and action: Connecting attributions to behaviors in married couples' interactions. In P. Noller & J. A. Feeney (Eds.), Understanding marriage: Developments in the study of couple interactions (pp. 14-31). Cambridge, ENGLAND: Cambridge University Press.

Manusov, V., & Trees, A. R. (2002) "'Are you kidding me?' The role of nonverbal cues in the verbal accounting process." Journal of Communication, 52, 640-656. Special issue on the interrelationship between language and nonverbal communication.

Manusov, V., & Harvey J. H. (Eds.). (2001). Attribution, communication behavior, and close relationships. Cambridge, ENGLAND: Cambridge University Press.

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