Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1989
Office: CMU 353
E-Mail: manusov@uw.edu
Valerie Manusov (PhD, University of Southern California, 1989), Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator, 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 departmental honors program. She is the editor of The Sage handbook of nonverbal communication, among other volumes. Her recent 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, cultural values, and beliefs. Currently, she is working on a research team investigating how mindfulness plays out in interpersonal relationships.
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
Manusov, V., & Doohan, E. M. (2011). “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 (pp. 69-92). Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
Rivenburgh, N. K., & Manusov, V. (2010). Decentering as a research design strategy for international and intercultural research. Journal of International Communication, 16, 23-40.
Milstein, T., & Manusov, V. (2009). Opposition in Israeli media: Reflections of multiple cultural identities in coverage of the Rabin-Arafat handshake. Howard Journal of Communication, 20, 353-369.
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.
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.
