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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, currently has two primary projects: exploring the public and private meanings given to nonverbal communication and serving as local host for the Western States Communication Association. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Communication Inquiry, Interpersonal Communication, Relational Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Intercultural Communication, Observational Research, and Quantitative Research Methods. Autumn quarter, Dr. Manusov is working in the College of Arts & Sciences as a Leadership Fellow. She is also vice-Chair of NCA's Nonverbal Communication Division.

Selected Publications

Manusov, V., & Spitzberg, B. H. (in press). 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. 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., & 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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