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About Erin M Sumner

Dr. Sumner is a west-coast native who came to Trinity after earning her Ph.D. at Arizona State University’s Hugh Downs School of Human Communication. Her research focuses on the role of computer-mediated communication (e.g., social networking sites, online dating, and other communication technologies) in social and personal relationships, and she utilized this knowledge as a doctoral intern with the Socio-Digital Systems group at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK. Her work has appeared in edited books, as well as journals such as Communication Monographs, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Communication Methods and Measures, and Communication Reports, and has received Outstanding Dissertation and Top 4 Paper awards from various divisions of the National Communication Association.

Positions

Present Associate Professor, Human Communication and Theatre, Trinity University ‐ Department of Human Communication & Theatre
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Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Dissertation Award (2013)- Human Communication and Technology Division, National Communication Association
  • Top Four Paper (2102)- Human Communication and Technology Division, National Communication Association
  • Jeanne Lind Herberger Fellow (2011-2012)- Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
  • Outstanding Doctoral Student Research Award (2010-2011)- Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
  • Top Four Paper & Top Student Paper (2010)- Interpersonal Communication Division, National Communication Association
  • Top Four Paper (2010)- Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association

Courses

  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Computer-Mediated Communication and Social Relations
  • Seminar on Conflict and Communication
  • Quantitative Research

Articles (15)

Contributions to Books (5)