Professor
Department of
Communication
1103 E. University Blvd.
University of
Arizona
PO Box 210025
Tucson, AZ
85721-0025
Department of Communication, University of
Arizona
University of Arizona Grad College
Jake Harwood (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara) is
Professor of Communication and former director of the Graduate Program in
Gerontology at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on communication
and aging, particularly intergroup communication processes. He is interested in
the ways in which cognitive (e.g., stereotypes) and societal (e.g., mass media)
representations of social groups (particularly age groups) relate to
communication processes. His research draws on theories of social identity,
intergroup behavior, and communication accommodation. His recent publications
have appeared in Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, Journal of
Communication, Communication
Monographs, and Human Communication
Research. He previously served as the editor of Human
Communication Research and is book review editor for the Journal
of Language and Social Psychology. In 2004 he was the recipient of the
National Communication Association’s Giles/Nussbaum Distinguished Scholar Award
for outstanding teaching, scholarship, and service to the field of
communication and aging.
Ph.D. (1994), Communication, University
of California, Santa Barbara, USA
M.A.
(1991), Communication, University of
California, Santa Barbara, USA
B.Sc.
(1989), Psychology, University of
Bristol, ENGLAND
International
Baccalaureate (1986), United World
College of the Atlantic, Llantwit Major, WALES
My main teaching interests are in the area of
quantitative/experimental research methods and statistics, intergroup
communication, and life-span communication. I teach undergraduate and
graduate courses in these areas. I also teach courses specifically concerned
with communication and aging.
last updated, 12/2/09