Michelle Scollo, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication
PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
MA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
BA, University of New Hampshire
Areas of Interest
- Ethnography of communication
- Cultural discourse analysis
- Cultural and intercultural communication
- Interpersonal communication and culture
- Environmental communication
- Health communication
Courses
- COMM 110 Introduction to Human Communication
- COMM 210 Public Speaking
- COMM 351 Intercultural Communication
- COMM 353 Interpersonal Communication
- COMM 371 Communication for Health Professionals
- COMM 490 Seminar in Communication
- FSEM 122 When Nature Speaks: Communication and the Environment
- IDS 507 Social Research Methods
- IDS 508 Ethnographic Research Methods
- IDS 512 Institutions and Society: Reflections II
- IDS 513 Institutions and Society: Reflections III
- IDS 624 Comprehensive Project
Books
Scollo, M. & Milburn, T. (Eds.). (2019). Engaging and Transforming Global Communication through Cultural Discourse Analysis: A Tribute to Donal Carbaugh. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
*National Communication Association Outstanding Publication Award for Language and Social Interaction Scholarship.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Carbaugh, D., Milburn, T., Scollo, M., & van Over, B. (forthcoming). Cultural discourse analysis: Discourse hubs as heuristic devices. In Shi-xu (Ed.), Handbook of Cultural Discourse Studies. Routledge.
Scollo, M., & Poutiainen, S. (2019). “Talking” and tapailla (“seeing someone”): Cultural terms and ways of communicating in the development of romantic relationships in the United States and Finland. In M. Scollo & T. Milburn (Eds.), Engaging and transforming global communication through cultural discourse analysis: A tribute to Donal Carbaugh. (pp. xxix-xivi). Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
Scollo, M., & Milburn, T. (2019). Introduction; Cultural discourse analysis: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow. In M. Scollo & T. Milburn (Eds.), Engaging and transforming global communication through cultural discourse analysis: A tribute to Donal Carbaugh. (pp. 129-155). Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
Scollo, M., & Carbaugh, D. (2013) “Interpersonal communication: Qualities and culture,” Russian Journal of Communication, 5(2), 95-103.
Scollo, M. (2011). “Cultural approaches to discourse analysis: A theoretical and methodological conversation with special focus on Donal Carbaugh’s cultural discourse theory.” Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 6(1), 1-32.
*National Communication Association Outstanding Publication Award for Language and Social Interaction Scholarship.
Scollo, M. (2004). “Nonverbal ways of communicating with nature: A cross-case study,” The Environmental Communication Yearbook, Vol. 1, (pp. 227-249). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Presentations
“Collaborative online international learning (COIL) in the health communication classroom: The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and the United States.” Panel: Culture, connection, collaboration and conversation: Transformation and renewal in communication classrooms. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Seattle, WA, November 2021.
Panelist, Toward a global agenda for interpersonal communication research and pedagogy. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Seattle, WA, November 2021.
Panelist, Transforming NCA LSI (Language and Social Interaction): Whiteness, racial justice, and ways forward. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Seattle, WA, November 2021.
Chair and Presenter, Environmental communication data session: Using cultural discourse analysis to examine communication at the crossroads of environmental issues. Virtual Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, November 2020.
Short Course Co-Chair & Presenter (with M. Winchatz; 5 Speakers), At the crossroads of data analysis: Cultural discourse analysis provides analytic options. Virtual Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, November 2020.
“Failing at being open: Using stories of failure to teach relational dialectics in the interpersonal communication course.” Panel: At the crossroads of failure and learning: Considering the role of communication theory. Virtual Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, November 2020.
Preconference Lead Organizer & Chair (with T. Milburn; 15 Speakers), Engaging and transforming communication and community through cultural discourse analysis: A theoretical and methodological workshop. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, November 2019.
“Cross-cultural comparative analysis: The communicative development of romantic relationships in the United States and Finland” with Saila Poutiainen. Part of Preconference, Engaging and transforming communication and community through cultural discourse analysis: A theoretical and methodological workshop. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, November 2019.
“Comparing communication practices across cases workshop: ‘#Introvert’ and ‘#extrovert’ tweets in the United States and Finland” with Saila Poutiainen. Part of Preconference, Engaging and transforming communication and community through cultural discourse analysis: A theoretical and methodological workshop. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, November 2019.
“Natural criticism in cultural discourse analysis: ‘Talking’ and tapailla (‘seeing someone’) in romantic relationship development in the United States and Finland” with Saila Poutiainen. Part of Preconference, Engaging and transforming communication and community through cultural discourse analysis: A theoretical and methodological workshop. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, November 2019.
Short Course Co-Chair (with T. Milburn; 9 Speakers), Using cultural discourse analysis (CuDA): A research method to present in intercultural or topic-based courses. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, November 2019.
“Scaffolding a multi-part group research project: Cultural discourse analysis of relationship communication” with Saila Poutiainen. Part of Short Course, Using cultural discourse analysis (CuDA): A research method to present in intercultural or topic-based courses. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, November 2019.
“‘Hello Mrs. Sanders’: Greetings across cultures between healthcare professionals and patients.” Part of poster (Ethnography of Communication in Applied Healthcare Contexts: Stretching Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Boundaries) presented with Lauren Makenzie (Marine Corps University) & Mike Alvarez (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C., May 2019.
“‘It’s an extrovert world’: A cultural discourse analysis of introvert and extrovert terms in the United States” with Katherine Alexander, Jaclyn Hahn, & Nicole Quaranto (University of Mount Saint Vincent). Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2018.
“‘Talking’ and tapailla (‘seeing someone’): Terms for and ways of communicating in the development of romantic relationships in the United States and Finland” (with Saila Poutiainen, University of Helsinki). New Horizons in the Ethnography of Communication Conference, Riverdale, NY, June 2017.
“On ‘key’ and ‘feeling’ in being an ‘extrovert’ or ‘introvert.’” Panel: Reconsidering Hymes’ key as emotion. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 2016.
“The role of academic connections and scholarly influence in the development of an online intellectual genealogy platform.” Panel: Intellectual genealogy: Documenting invisible colleges in the age of digital communication. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2014.
“Connections in the academic ecosystem for communication departments at small colleges in the United States.” Panel: The academic ecosystem: Transfer, articulation, pathways and other kinds of connections among academic institutions in the USA. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Washington, D.C., November 2013.
Pre-conference Organizer & Chair, Talking technology: New connections in the ethnography of communication and technology. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Washington, D.C., November 2013
“Antiguan contrapuntal conversation in Bronx, New York.” The Ethnography of Communication: Ways Forward Conference, Omaha, NE, June 2012.
Roundtable Discussion Organizer & Chair, Key leaders in the ethnography of communication theory and methodology: Taking stock and ways forward. The
Ethnography of Communication: Ways Forward Conference, Omaha, NE, June 2012.
“Elaborations on nonverbal ways of communicating with nature.” Panel: Finding the voices of nature: Listening beyond words. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2011.
Editorial Boards
- Editorial Advisory Board Member, The Handbook of Communication in Cross-Cultural Perspective (ICA Handbook Series) (2016), Routledge
- Lead Co-Editor, Russian Journal of Communication (2013) Special Issue: “New Directions in Russian Interpersonal Communication Research”
Grants
- National Communication Association “Advancing the Discipline” Grant for New Horizons in the Ethnography of Communication Conference, University of Mount Saint Vincent, 2017 (with Trudy Milburn, Purchase College, SUNY).
Professional Service
- Co-Chair, National Communication Association Language and Social Interaction Division, 2022 – present
- Co-Vice Chair, National Communication Association Language and Social Interaction Division, 2021 – 2022
- Co-Vice Chair-Elect, National Communication Association Language and Social Interaction Division, 2020 – 2021
- Doctoral Student Mentor, National Communication Association Language and Social Interaction Division, 2020 – present
Professional Affiliations
- National Communication Association
- International Communication Association