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Manusov, Valerie
Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1989
Office: CMU 353
E-Mail: manusov@uw.edu
Valerie Manusov (PhD, University of Southern California, 1989) is a Professor and Associate Chair. She has served as Chair for the Interpersonal and Nonverbal Communication Divisions of the National Communication Association and for the Interpersonal Communication Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association. Professor Manusov teaches courses in Interpersonal, Nonverbal, Relational, and Intercultural Communication at the graduate and undergraduate level and leads the honors program. She is the editor of The Sage handbook of nonverbal communication and The sourcebook of nonverbal communication: Going beyond words, among others. She recently was a keynote speaker and seminar leader for NCA’s Hope Institute at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia. Her current research focuses primarily on the ways in which nonverbal events are discussed in the press and how such discourse represents particular views about the nature of nonverbal communication as well as reflects particular cultural values and beliefs.
Selected Publications
Books
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., & Patterson, M. L. (Eds.) (2006). The Sage handbook of nonverbal communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Manusov, V. (Ed.) (2005). The sourcebook of nonverbal measures: Going beyond words. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Manusov, V., & Harvey, J. H. (Eds.). (2001). Attribution, communication behavior, and close relationships. Cambridge, ENGLAND: Cambridge University Press.
Recent Publications
Rivenburgh, N. K., & Manusov, V. (in press). Decentering as a research design strategy for international and intercultural research. Journal of InternationalCommunication, 15.
Milstein, T., & Manusov, V. (in press). Opposition in Israeli media: Reflections of multiple cultural identities in coverage of the Rabin-Arafat handshake. Howard Journal of Communication.
Manusov, V., & E. M. Doohan (in press). “My facial expression showed her that the woman could talk forever!”: Meanings assigned to nonverbal cues used in relationships. In D. Chadee & A. Kostic (Eds.), Research in social psychology. University of the West Indies Press.
Manusov, V. (2009). Negative affect reciprocity. In H. T. Reis & S. K. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of human relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Lewis, T. J., & Manusov, V. (2009). Listening to another’s distress in everyday relationships. Communication Quarterly, 57, 282-301.
Docan-Morgan, T., & Manusov, V. (2009). Relational turning point events and their outcomes in college teacher-student relationships from students’ perspectives. Communication Education, 58, 74-107. (lead article)
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: Sage Publications.
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., & 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., & Milstein, T. (2005). Interpreting 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.
