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Kyle J Tusing

  • Professor of Practice
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 626-8771
  • Communication, Rm. 201
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • kjt@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

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

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Interests

Teaching

Introduction to the study of human communicationCommunication theoryInterpersonal communicationPersuasionRelational communicationStudy abroad

Research

Speech productionVocalics/paralanguageInterpersonal communicationPersuasionRelational communication

Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • Internship
    COMM 393 (Fall 2025)
  • Internship
    PR 393 (Fall 2025)
  • Intro to Study of Comm
    COMM 101 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Internship
    PR 393 (Summer I 2025)
  • Intro to Study of Comm
    COMM 101 (Summer I 2025)
  • Internship
    COMM 393 (Spring 2025)
  • Internship
    PR 393 (Spring 2025)
  • Internship
    PR 493 (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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)

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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.

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