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- Margaret Pitts
- Assistant Professor
- Communications & Theatre Arts
- 3016 Batten Arts and Letters
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-3833
- mpitts@odu.edu
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Education
- Pennsylvania State University,
2005
- Major: Communication Arts and Sciences
- Degree: Ph. D.
- The Pennsylvania State University,
2001
- Major: Speech Communication
- Degree: M.A.
- Arizona State University,
1999
- Major: Human Communication
- Degree: B.A.
- Arizona State University,
1999
- Major: Modern French Language
- Degree: B.A.
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Books
- Socha, T., and Pitts, M. J. The Positive Side of Interpersonal Communication. New York: Peter Lang.
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Book Chapters
- Pecchioni, L., Krieger, J. C., Sparks, L., Pitts, M. J., and Ota, H. Investigating cancer and ageing from a cultural perspective.. (pp. xx-xx). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
- Pitts, M. J., and Giles, H. Social psychology and personal relationships: Accommodation and relational influence across time and contexts.
- Pitts, M. J. “You say good-bye and I say hello:” Dancing with the spirit between life and death... Hampton Press.
- Socha, T., and Pitts, M. J. (2012). Apples and Positive Messages,: Towards Healthy Communication Habits & Wellness.Positive Communication in Helath & Wellnes (pp. 299-304). New York: Peter lang International.
- Pitts, M. J., and Socha, T. (2012). Positive Communication in Creating Healthy Lives, Helathy Relatinships, and Healthy Institutiuons.Positive Communication in Health & Wellness. New York: Peter Lang Internatiional.
- Socha, T., and Pitts, M. J. (2012). Coda: Positive Interpersonal Communication at child's play.The Positive Side of Interpersonal Communication. New York: Peter lang International.
- Jackson, R. L., Warren, J. R., Pitts, M. J., and Wilson, K. B. (2007). “It is not my responsibility to teach culture!": White graduate teaching assistants negotiating identity and pedagogy... New York: Routledge.
- Pitts, M. J. (2005). Culture: Intersections of intergroup and identity theories.. New York: Peter Lang.
- Pitts, M. J., Krieger, J. L., and Nussbaum, J. F. (2005). Finding the right place: Social interaction and life transitions among the elderly. (pp. 233-242). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Pitts, M. J., and Kundrat, A. K. (2004). Exploring social support and social identity among a multigenerational community of women. (pp. 267-295). Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press.
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Articles
- Pitts, M. J., and Adams-Tufts, K. Barriers to and Facilitators of Effective Family Discussions and Decision Making about the State Mandated HPV Vaccine.
- Kaplan, M., Nussbaum, J., Becker, J. C., Fowler, C., and Pitts, M. J. Considerations of family communication in family farm succession planning. Journal of Extension
- Pitts, M. J. Cross-National Adjustment and Friendship Formation among U.S. Students Studying Abroad.
- Saint John Iii, B., Pitts, M. J., Adams Tufts, K., and Disconnects between news framing and parental discourse concerning the state-mandated HPV vaccine: Implications for dialogic
health communication and health literacy. Communication and Medicine,7(1),75-84..
- Pitts, M. J. Identity and the role of expectations, stress, and talk in short-term sojourner adjustment: An application of the integrative
theory of communication and cross-cultural adaptation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 33, 450-462..
- Pitts, M. J., Raup-Krieger, J. L., Kundrat, A., and Nussbaum, J. F. Mapping the processes and patterns of family organ donation discussions: Conversational styles and strategies in live discourse.. Health Communication
- Stewart, C. O., Pitts, M. J., and Osborne, H. Mediated intergroup conflict: The discursive construction of "Illegal Immigrants" in local news media in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Journal of Language and Social Psychology..
- Pitts, M. J. Narrative Accounts Reveal Cross-National Adjustment Expectations and Experiences of U.S. American Students Studying Abroad.
- Pitts, M. J. Searching for selves in Mexico City: Experiencing Ontology and Methodology in Ethnographic Research (or the Five Year Winter).. Southern Communication Journal Special Issue on Qualitative Research
- Pitts, M. J. Short term adjustment among US American sojourners: An application and extension of expectancy violations theory and the integrative
theory on cross-cultural adaptation.
- Pitts, M. J., Fowler, C., Kaplan, M., Nussbaum, J., and Becker, J. “Let’s do it the way we’ve always done it”: Dialectical tensions underpinning family farm succession planning.. Journal of Applied Communication Research
- Pitts, M. J., and Miller-Day, M. (2007). Upward turning points and positive rapport development across time in researcher-participant relationships.. Qualitative Research, 7, (pp. 177-201).
- Pitts, M. J., and Nussbaum, J. F. (2006). Integrating the past and paving the future: An examination of language and social psychology. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 25, (pp. 197-202).
- Nussbaum, J. F., Pitts, M. J., Huber, F., Krieger, J. L., and Ohs, J. (2005). Ageism and ageist language across the life span: Intimate relationships and non-intimate interactions.. Journal of Social Issues, 61 (2), (pp. 285-303).
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Presentations
- Implications of a state mandated HPV vaccine for family discussions and decision-making
- Conference Name: International Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: International Communication Association
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: May, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
Adams Tufts, K.
- What parents need to know about the new Virginia HPV vaccine mandate: Implications for information seeking and parental decision-making
- Conference Name: Southern States Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Southern States Communication Association
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
Adams Tufts, K.
- Dialectical Tensions and Praxis Underpinning Family Farm Succession Planning
- Conference Name: Interpersonal Communication Division of the International Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Interpersonal Communication Division of the International Communication Association
- Location: Montreal, Canada
- Date: May, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
Kaplan, M.
Fowler, C.
Nussbaum, J.
Becker, J.
- “Let’s do it the way we’ve always done it”: The communication dance and dialectical tensions underpinning family farm succession
planning
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: March 20, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- You Say Good-Bye and I Say Hello: Dancing with the Spirit Between Life and Death
- Conference Name: National Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: National Communication Association
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: November, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- Mapping Family Organ Donation Discussions: Topic Initiation, Persuasive Appeals, and Reasoning in Live Discourse
- Conference Name:
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: November, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
Krieger, J.
Kundrat, A.
- Preparing US American sojourners for short term adjustment and positive intergroup relations: An application of expectancy
violations theory and the intercultural theory on cross-cultural adaptation
- Conference Name: International Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: International Communication Association
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Date: May, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- Interpersonal and Intergroup influences on well-being during life transitions: The case of US student sojourners
- Conference Name: Eastern Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Eastern Communication Association
- Location: Providence, RI
- Date: April, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- The role of everyday talk in sojourner adjustment: An ethnography of communication among US sojourners
- Conference Name: International Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: International Communication Association
- Location: Dresden, Germany
- Date: June, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- American Friendshifts: Friend and Identity Shifts Across the Sojourn
- Conference Name:
- Location: Bonn, Germany
- Date: June, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- Addressing ageism in intergenerational health care encounters: transforming the way we communicate
- Conference Name: Eastern Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Eastern Communication Association
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Date: April, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Raup-Krieger, J.
Pitts, M. J.
- Communicating greater expectations for the future of interdisciplinary health communication scholarship: A roundtable discussion
- Conference Name: Eastern Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Eastern Communication Association
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Date: 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- Turning points in researcher-participant relationships
- Conference Name: National Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: National Communication Association
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
Miller-Day, M.
- Exploring links between communication, postcolonialism and multiple cultural identities
- Conference Name: Eastern Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Eastern Communication Association
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Jackson II, R. L.
Pitts, M. J.
- Crossing borders: Host country adjustment and student sojourner identities
- Conference Name:
- Location: The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
- Date: 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- The experience and challenges of CMC and on-line learning from a phenomenological perspective
- Conference Name:
- Location: The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
- Date: 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
Liu, Y.
- Echoes of life in Mexico
- Conference Name: Eastern Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Eastern Communication Association
- Location: Washington, DC
- Date: 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Krieger, J. R.
Pitts, M. J.
- In search of selves: An ethnographic exploration into identities in Mexico
- Conference Name: International Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: International Communication Association
- Location: San Diego, CA
- Date: 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- A case study of life transitions and social interaction in an assisted care facility
- Conference Name: National Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: National Communication Association
- Location: Miami Beach, FL
- Date: 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
Krieger, J. R.
Nussbaum, J. F.
- A Discourse analytic perspective on narrative and experience: A case of eight young female sojourners in france
- Conference Name: National Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: National Communication Association
- Location: Miami Beach, FL
- Date: 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- Exploring social support and social identity within a multigenerational community of women II
- Conference Name:
- Location: Hong Kong, China
- Date: 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
Kundrat, A. L.
- Communication in action, connecting to the community: Service learning in the small group course
- Conference Name: National Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: National Communication Association
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Krieger, J. L.
Kundrat, A. L.
Pitts, M. J.
Gouran, D.
- Friendship formation among U.S. students studying abroad: A communication perspective
- Conference Name: National Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: National Communication Association
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- Virtual ethnography: Conducting ethnographic research on-line
- Conference Name: National Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: National Communication Association
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- Exploring social support and social identity within a multigenerational community of women I
- Conference Name:
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Date: 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
Kundrat, A. L.
- Independence emerging: An ethnographic analysis of the negotiation of independence within a family culture
- Conference Name: Eastern Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Eastern Communication Association
- Location: Portland, ME
- Date: 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- Ethnography on-line: An analysis of US American students forming social support bonds while studying abroad
- Conference Name: National Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: National Communication Association
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Date: 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Pitts, M. J.
- Cultural transmission of norms: A case study of the Green family
- Conference Name: National Communication Association
- Sponsoring Organization: National Communication Association
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Date: 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Miller-Day, M.
Pitts, M. J.
- 2009: Top Paper Award, Southern States Communication Association
- 2007: Top Paper Award , Intergroup Communication Interest Group of the International Communication Association
- 2005: Carroll Arnold Award for Excellence in Research by a Graduate Student
- 2004: Kathryn DeBoer Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Assistant
- 2002: Outstanding Thesis Award , International and Intercultural Division of the National Communication Association
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