Kyle J Tusing
- Professor of Practice
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 626-8771
- Communication, Rm. 201
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- kjt@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Communication Arts
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
- Relational framing theory: Factors governing the absolute and relative activation of relational communication frames
Awards
- Undergraduate Lower Division Teaching Award
- College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS), Spring 2019
- Magellan Circle Undergraduate Lower Division Teaching Award
- College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS), Spring 2006
Interests
Teaching
Introduction to the study of human communicationCommunication theoryInterpersonal communicationPersuasionRelational communicationStudy abroad
Research
Speech productionVocalics/paralanguageInterpersonal communicationPersuasionRelational communication
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Internship
COMM 393 (Spring 2025) -
Internship
PR 393 (Spring 2025) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Spring 2025) -
Internship
PR 393 (Fall 2024) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Internship
COMM 393 (Summer I 2024) -
Internship
PR 393 (Summer I 2024) -
Internship
PR 493 (Summer I 2024) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Summer I 2024) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Spring 2024) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Spring 2024) -
Internship
PR 393 (Spring 2024) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Spring 2024) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Winter 2023) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Fall 2023) -
Internship
PR 393 (Fall 2023) -
Internship
PR 493 (Fall 2023) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Internship
COMM 393 (Summer I 2023) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Summer I 2023) -
Internship
PR 393 (Summer I 2023) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Summer I 2023) -
Internship
PR 393 (Spring 2023) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Spring 2023) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Fall 2022) -
Internship
PR 393 (Fall 2022) -
Intro Communication Thry
COMM 300 (Fall 2022) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Internship
COMM 393 (Summer I 2022) -
Internship
PR 393 (Summer I 2022) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Summer I 2022) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Spring 2022) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Spring 2022) -
Internship
PR 393 (Spring 2022) -
Internship
PR 493 (Spring 2022) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Spring 2022) -
Legislative Internship
COMM 493L (Spring 2022) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Spring 2022) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Winter 2021) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Fall 2021) -
Internship
PR 393 (Fall 2021) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Internship
COMM 393 (Summer I 2021) -
Internship
PR 393 (Summer I 2021) -
Internship
PR 493 (Summer I 2021) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Summer I 2021) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Spring 2021) -
Internship
PR 393 (Spring 2021) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Spring 2021) -
Legislative Internship
COMM 493L (Spring 2021) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Winter 2020) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Fall 2020) -
Internship
PR 393 (Fall 2020) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Internship
COMM 393 (Summer I 2020) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Summer I 2020) -
Internship
PR 393 (Summer I 2020) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Summer I 2020) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Spring 2020) -
Internship
PR 393 (Spring 2020) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Spring 2020) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Winter 2019) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Fall 2019) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Fall 2019) -
Internship
PR 393 (Fall 2019) -
Intro Communication Thry
COMM 300 (Fall 2019) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Internship
COMM 393 (Summer I 2019) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Summer I 2019) -
Internship
PR 393 (Summer I 2019) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Summer I 2019) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Summer I 2019) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Spring 2019) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Spring 2019) -
Internship
PR 393 (Spring 2019) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Spring 2019) -
Legislative Internship
COMM 493L (Spring 2019) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Winter 2018) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Fall 2018) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Fall 2018) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Fall 2018) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Internship
COMM 393 (Summer I 2018) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Summer I 2018) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Summer I 2018) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Spring 2018) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Spring 2018) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Spring 2018) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Winter 2017) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Fall 2017) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Fall 2017) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Fall 2017) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Fall 2017) -
Topics in Communication
COMM 496Z (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Internship
COMM 393 (Summer I 2017) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Summer I 2017) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Summer I 2017) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Spring 2017) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Spring 2017) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Spring 2017) -
Legislative Internship
COMM 493L (Spring 2017) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Spring 2017) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Winter 2016) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Fall 2016) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Fall 2016) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Fall 2016) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Internship
COMM 393 (Summer I 2016) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Summer I 2016) -
Internship
COMM 393 (Spring 2016) -
Internship
COMM 493 (Spring 2016) -
Intro to Study of Comm
COMM 101 (Spring 2016) -
Rel Comm:Close Relations
COMM 417A (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Chapters
- Tusing, K. J. (2015). Speech fluency and speech errors. In The concise encyclopedia of communication(p. 593). Oxford, UK and Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781118789353
- Tusing, K. J. (2008). Speech fluency and speech errors. In The international encyclopedia of communication(pp 4781-4783). Oxford, UK and Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781118789353
- Tusing, K. J. (2005). Objective measurement of vocal signals. In The sourcebook of nonverbal measures: Going beyond words(pp 393-401). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Journals/Publications
- McLaren, R. M., Dillard, J. P., Tusing, K. J., & Solomon, D. H. (2014). Relational framing theory: Utterance form and relational context as antecedents of frame salience. Communication Quarterly, 62(5), 518-535.
- Floyd, K., Miczo, L. A., Hess, J. A., Halone, K. K., Mikkelson, A. C., & Tusing, K. J. (2005). Human affection exchange: VIII. Further evidence of the benefits of expressed affection. Communication Quarterly, 53(3), 285-303.
- Tusing, K. J., & Dillard, J. P. (2000). The psychological reality of the door-in-the-face: It’s helping, not bargaining. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 19(1), 5-25.
- Tusing, K. J., & Dillard, J. P. (2000). The sounds of dominance: Vocal precursors of perceived dominance during interpersonal influence. Human Communication Research, 26(1), 148-171.
- Dillard, J. P., Wilson, S. R., Tusing, K. J., & Kinney, T. A. (1997). Politeness judgments in personal relationships. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 16(3), 297-325.
- Pfau, M., Kendall, K. E., Reichert, T., Hellweg, S. A., Lee, W., Tusing, K. J., & Prosise, T. O. (1997). Influence of communication during the distant phase of the 1996 Republican presidential primary campaign. Journal of Communication, 47(4), 6-26.
- Pfau, M., Tusing, K. J., Koerner, A. F., Lee, W., Godbold, L. C., Penaloza, L. J., Yang, V. S., & Hong, Y. (1997). Enriching the inoculation construct: The role of critical components in the process of resistance. Human Communication Research, 24(2), 187-215.
- Pfau, M., Tusing, K. J., Lee, W., Godbold, L. C., Koerner, A. F., Penaloza, L. J., Hong, Y., & Yang, V. S. (1997). Nuances in inoculation: The role of inoculation approach, ego-involvement, and message processing disposition in resistance. Communication Quarterly, 45(4), 461-481.