IU School of Liberal Arts

Gail Gráinne Whitchurch

Campus Address: CA 503-A
Phone: (317)278-3197
Fax: (317)278-1025
Email: whig@iupui.edu
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Appointments

Associate Professor of Communication Studies;
Associate Professor, International Studies;
Adjunct Associate Professor of Family Sociology.

Education

B.A. University of Minnesota 1974
M.A. University of Minnesota 1981
Ph.D. University of Delaware 1989

Academic Interests

Applied family communication research. Socio-historical research on the famine-era Achill Mission, Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland.

Awards

External Examiner, Level 7 Diploma in Community Inclusive Practice Facilitation (Special Education Needs), University of Limerick, Ireland.

Publications

(co-editor) The Psychosocial Interior of the Family (Aldine de Gruyter);
(co-author) "Systems Theory" Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methods and "Family Communication" Handbook of Marriage and Family;
and numerous articles and essays in research and practice journals

Service

Co-founder and past chair, Family Communication Division of the National Communication Association;
Tuarisc ~ Muintearas: Tionóil Tuismitheoirí and Páistí, Neadú na Tionscnaimh Neadú, Bliain 1. Mí Iúil & Mí Lúnasa 2006. [Report ~ Muintearas: The "Parents and Children Gatherings" Component of the "Irish Language Nests" Initiative, Year 1. July & August 2006]

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