The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Resilience

PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNICATION AND RESILIENCE

1. Resilience as a Multi-Layered Communication Process

Jennifer A. Theiss, Marya L. Doerfel, Maria K. Venetis, and Kristina M. Scharp

2. Resilience, Power, and Privilege

Kristina M. Scharp

3. Conceptualizations, Types, Dimensions, and Factors Shaping Resilience Triggers

Elizabeth A. Hintz, Sarah N. Boateng, and Rachel V. Tucker

4. Operationalizing, Observing, and Studying Resilience

Patrice M. Buzzanell, Steven R. Wilson, Kai Kuang, and Zhenyu Tian

PART II: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND RESILIENCE

5. Interpersonal Resilience Processes Across Contexts and Populations

Kelly R. Rossetto, Skye Chernichky-Karcher, and Eric M. Martin

6. Cultivating Resilience in Close Relationships

Tamara D. Afifi, Veronica Wilson, and Chloe Gonzales

7. Communication and Resilience in LGBTQ+ Relationships

Pamela J. Lannutti and Stephen M. Haas

8. Negotiating Resilience in Response to Hardship in Close Relationships

Kristen Carr

9. Communication and Resilience in Families

Elizabeth Dorrance-Hall, Yue Zhang, Lekie Dwanyen, and Brooke H. Wolfe

10. A Lifespan Perspective on Communication and Resilience

Gary A. Beck and Thomas J. Socha

11. Communication and Resilience in Military Couples

Jorlanditha T. Austin and Jennifer A. Theiss

12. Burnout and Resilience Among Health Caregivers

Helen M. Lillie and Samantha Rose

13. Resilience Communication in Medical Interactions

Maria K. Venetis

PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND RESILIENCE

14. High Resilience Organizations and Communication

Marya L. Doerfel and Lisa V. Chewning

15. Leadership and Resilient Organizing

Stacy L. Connaughton, Ryan N. Funkhouser, Adeola Obafemi Mobolaji, and Emaline Frey

16. Career Resilience in a Dynamic Workforce

Dajung Woo and Camille G. Endacott

17. Communication Resources and Work Team Resilience

Ryan S. Bisel and Arden C. Roeder

18. Information Communication Technologies and Communicating Resilience Among Organizations

Rebecca M. Rice and Natalie Pennington

19. Building Institutional and Community Resilience Through Disaster Preparedness

Keri K. Stephens, Jiayu Sun, and Jovana Andelkovic

20. Resilience in Lifesaving Critical Teams

Elizabeth A. Williams, Autumn Buzzetta, Meghan R. Cosgrove, and Andrew W. Ishak

21. Crisis, Organizational Renewal, and Resilience

Timothy L. Sellnow and Rodrigo Soares

22. Resilience and Communication in the Aftermath of Sexual Harassment

Jessica L. Ford, Rebekah P. Crawford, and Sonia R. Ivancic

23. A Trauma-Informed Approach to Theorizing Resilience

Dawna Ballard, Dron Mandhana, Yixuan Liu, and Nicole Butterbaugh

24. Engaging Marginalized Communities in Interorganizational Relationships

Minkyung Kim

PART IV: CULTIVATING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETIES

25. A Multiplex and Multilevel Approach to Networked Community Resilience

Aimei Yang

26. Health and Human Service Network Resilience

Michelle Shumate, Joshua Paul Miles, Marwa Tahboub, and Yeha Kim

27. A Systems Approach to Building Resilient Information Ecosystems in Disaster-Prone Communities

Seungyoon Lee, Subulola Jiboye, Clair Eggerman, and Bailey Benedict

28. Resilience through the Lens of Technology Maintenance

Amy Gonzales, Laurent Wang, Yeweon Kim, Ceciley Zhang, and Qing Huang

29. Cross-Sector Communication Design for Community Resilience

Elizabeth Carlson and Joshua B. Barbour

30. Building Resilience within Hard-to-Reach Communities

Kim A. Johnston and Anne B. Lane

31. Resilience in Marginalized, Stigmatized, and Disenfranchised Communities

Roselia Mendez Murillo

32. Fostering Resilience within Black Women’s Sistah Circles

Shardé Davis & Sarah N. Boateng

33. Resilience in Marginalized Communities Facing Health Disparities

Lindsay E. Young

34. Public Health Communication in Promoting Resilience

Yonaira M. Rivera, Matthew Matsaganis, Arpita Jindani, and Donna Meeker-O’Rourke

35. Women’s Health and Resilience in the Global South

Iccha Basnyat

36. Resilience and Renewal Approaches to Disruptive Events

Matthew W. Seeger, William Nowling, and Henry S. Seeger

Biography

Marya L. Doerfel is a Professor of Communication at Rutgers University, USA. She researches how multi-level organizational communication constitutes resilience. Funded by the National Science Foundation and recognized with numerous awards, publications include her book, Organizing Inclusion: Moving diversity from demographics to communication processes and journal articles published in outlets such as Journal of Communication, Public Relations Review, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

Jennifer A. Theiss is a Professor of Communication at Rutgers University, USA. She studies the ways that interpersonal communication shapes and reflects relational turbulence during times of transition in close relationships and families and the ways that people can be resilient to such turmoil. Her scholarship has been recognized with more than a dozen major research awards for distinguished articles and career achievements. She is a Research Fellow for the International Association for Relationship Research, and the recipient of the Bernard J. Brommel Award for Distinguished Achievement in Family Communication Research from the National Communication Association.

Maria K. Venetis is a Professor of Communication at Rutgers University, USA. She examines interpersonal processes among dyads managing critical health issues. As a co-author of the Dyadic Communicative Resilience Scale, her work centers dyadic resilience processes among patients and interdependent loved ones who manage severe illness such as cancer. She also examines communication processes among patients and companions with clinicians during healthcare interactions. Her scholarship is frequently published in outlets including Patient Education and Counseling and Health Communication.

Kristina M. Scharp is an Associate Professor of Communication at Rutgers University, USA. She explores the process of marginalization and the ways people cope with the major disruptions to their lives. She has produced over 100 publications in outlets such as the Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Communication Monographs, and Human Communication Research. Her program of research has also been recognized with awards such as the International Communication Association’s Early Career Award and a variety of Distinguished Article Awards from different divisions of the National Communication Association.