Mike Allen, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Office: Johnston Hall, Room 222
Phone: 414-229-4510
e-mail: mikealle@uwm.edu
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1987
Master of the Arts, University of Wyoming, 1983
Bachelor of the Arts, Lewis and Clark College, 1981
Academic Focus:
Examination of the process of social influence across various contexts (interpersonal, small group, organizational, and mass media). Primary methodological tool is the use of meta-analysis to synthesize existing empirical data.
Book titles:
2007 Mass media effects research: Advances through meta-analysis.
2006 Classroom communication and instructional processes: Advances through meta-analysis.
2005 Safer sex in personal relationships: The role of sexual scripts in HIV infection and prevention.
2002 Interpersonal communication research: Advances through meta-analysis.
1998 Persuasion: Advances through meta-analysis.
1994 Prospects and precautions in the use of meta-analysis.
Titles of journal articles (2003-2006):
The role of teacher immediacy as a motivational factor in student learning: Using meta-analysis to test a causal model
Meta-analytic examination of the base-rate fallacy
Evaluating the effectiveness of distance learning: A Comparison using meta-analysis
A meta-analytical review of the relationship between teacher immediacy and student learning
Diversity in United States forensics: A report on research conducted for the American Forensic Association
A meta-analysis of the relationship between social skills and sexual offenders
Evaluating peer mediation: Outcomes in educational settings: A meta-analytic review
When a celebrity contracts a disease: The example of Earvin "Magic" Johnson's announcement that he was HIV positive
Comparing the influence of parents and peers on the choice to use drugs: A meta-analytic summary of the literature
Sources of Research Funding:
American Forensic Association
Central States Communication Association
United States Department of Justice
State of Michigan, Department of Education
Awards and Recognitions:
John Hunter Award for Career Achievement in Meta-analysis of Communication Research
Ranked in top 1% of most productive communication researchers, 1996-2001
Ranked in top 100 active career researchers in communication studies as of 1995
Ranked in top 25 active career researchers in communication studies as of 2001
Service as Editor:
Communication Monographs, Communication Studies
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