Shardé Davis

Graduate Student

Contact:

smdavis@umail.ucsb.edu

Office: 4414 SS&MS

Area of Emphasis:

Interpersonal/Family Communication, Parent-Adolescent Communication Patterns within the Black Family

B.A., UC Santa Barbara; M.A., UC Santa Barbara.

Shardé Davis is a PhD student under Tammy Afifi in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is an alumna of UC Santa Barbara where she earned a B.A. in Communication and Feminist Studies in 2010. Her areas of research include family communication across cultures, interpersonal communication, and intergroup dynamics. Shardé is currently working on her Master’s thesis where she examines the consequences of discussing romantic relationship issues with female friendship networks.

Publications

Davis, S. M. (2010). A consideration of the possible effects of African-American culture on spousal separation and divorce. McNair Scholars Journal of the University of California, Santa Barbara, 1.

Manuscripts Ready for Submission

Afifi, T. D., Davis, S. M., Denes, A., Castillas, A., Joseph, A., Aldeis, M. Analyzing divorce from cultural and network approaches: Toward a theory on Global Theory of Divorce (GTOD).

Giles, H., Davis, S. M., Gasiorek, J., & Giles J. L.. Successful aging: A communication guide to empowerment. Barcelona: Aresta Publications.

Afifi, T. D., Casillas, A., Davis, S. M, Robbins, S. Contextualizing communal coping and examining its benefits beyond individual active coping efforts.

Conference Presentations

Davis, S. M. (May 2010). Divorce in collectivistic cultures: The black family. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Poster Colloquium, Santa Barbara, California.

Davis, S. M. (May 2009). Divorce in collectivistic cultures: The latino experience. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Poster Colloquium, Santa Barbara, California.

Davis, S. M. (May 2009). Divorce in collectivistic cultures: The latino experience. Orally presented at the University of Washington Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program National Conference, Seattle, Washington.

Davis, S. M. (August 2009). Divorce in black families. Poster at the University of California, Santa Barbara Undergraduate Summer Research Colloquium, Santa Barbara, California.

Davis, S. M. (November 2011). Analyzing divorce from cultural and network approaches: Toward a theory on global divorce (GTOD). Orally presented at the UCSB Department of Communication Colloquium, Santa Barbara CA.

Davis, S. M. (November 2011). Analyzing divorce from cultural and network approaches: Toward a theory on global divorce (GTOD). Orally presented at the National Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, Lousianna.

Teaching Assistant

Introduction to Communication, Communication 1, UC Santa Barbara: Fall 2010; Instructor: Dorothy Mullin.

Introduction to Communication, Communication 1, UC Santa Barbara: Winter 2011; Instructor: Dorothy Mullin.

Communication and Aging, Communication 119, UC Santa Barbara: Spring 2011; Instructor: Howie Giles.

Gender and Communication, Communication 126, UC Santa Barbara: Fall 2011; Instructor: Anna-Laura Jansma

Theories of Communication, Communication 89, UC Santa Barbara: Winter 2012; Instructor: Anna-Laura Jansma

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