Tim Curran

(he/his/him)

Communication & Media

Associate Professor, Director of CMST Graduate Program

Tim Curran

Contact Information

Office Hours: W 3:00-4:15 and by appointment
Office Location: Logan (MAIN 210)
Email: tim.curran@usu.edu
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Educational Background

Ph.D, University of Georgia, 2017
M.A., University of Montana, 2014

Biography

Tim specializes in health and family communication, and communication theory. His research focuses on intergenerational transmissions of psychological health factors in families, relational schema, family conflict, and interpersonal communication and social adjustment. His work has been published in Communication Monographs, the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Health Communication, the Journal of Family Communication, Personality and Individual Differences, and elsewhere.

Interpersonal Communication
Health Communication
Family Communication
Quantitative Research Methods
I am currently researching the construction of family schema and family communication environments. I am also researching the links between social skills, socialization in families, and mental well-being.
Curran, T., Seiter, J., Elwood, R. E., Lindsay M. (in press.). Negative social exchanges, loneliness, and the mediating role of stress and feeling misunderstood amongst people at high-risk for COVID-19 related complications. Health Communication.
 
Seiter, J., Curran, T., Elwood, R. E. (2024). Make no apologies: Fear of negative evaluation, depressive symptoms, and the mediating role of accounting for COVID-safe behavior amongst people at high-risk for severe illness. Health Communication, 39, 896 – 905. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2191884
  
Curran, T., Arroyo, A., Fabbricatore, J., Jiang J. (2023). White privilege critical consciousness, racial attitudes, and intergroup anxiety among parents and adult children in White families. Communication Monographs, 90, 246 – 270. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2023.2202712
Curran, T., Arroyo, A., Fabbricatore, J. (2023). Family communication patterns and expressing racial microaggressions among White adult children. Journal of Family Communication, 23, 157– 170. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2023.2205844