JENNIFER ERVIN Phone: 559-433-7107 j.ervin0619@gmail.com EMPLOYMENT Post-Doctoral Associate (2016-Current) Adjunct Faculty (2017-Current) University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Critical Care Scaife Hall, Sixth Floor 3550 Terrace Street Pittsburgh, PA 15261 Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business 255C Posner Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15213 EDUCATION Ph.D. (2016) M.A. (2012) B.A. (2010) University of Arizona (Communication) Dissertation: Group norm development over a series of tasks: Supplementing task information with personal experience (Joseph Bonito, Chair; Jake Harwood, Chris Segrin) University of Arizona (Communication) Thesis: The impact of similarity on influence attempts during group discussions (Joseph Bonito, Chair; Jake Harwood; Chris Segrin) California State University, Fresno (Communication Studies) With distinction, magna cum laude, Dean s Medalist for the College of Arts and Humanities, President s List of Academic Achievement, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS International Communication Association Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research National Communication Association GRANTS 2017 Clinical and Translational Science Institute TL1 Award ($43,692). Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh National Institute of Health 2016 Clinical and Translational Science Institute TL1 Award ($43,692). Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh National Institute of Health 2014 Pre-doctoral Research Grant ($500). Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Arizona HONORS AND AWARDS 2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant Award College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona 2015 Dissertation Award 2015 Kory Floyd Interpersonal Research Award 2015 Top Paper Award National Communication Association, Group Communication Division 2015 Stanley L. Saxton Applied Research Award National Communication Association, Applied Research 2014 Outstanding Research Award for 2013-2014 academic year 2014 Top Paper Award National Communication Association, Group Communication Division 2013 Outstanding Research Award for 2012-2013 academic year 2011 Outstanding Teaching Award for 2010-2011 academic year
SERVICE Communication Quarterly. Reviewer (2016, 2017). National Communication Association: Group Communication Division. Nominating Committee Member (2016). Reviewer (2015-current). Secretary (2015-current). Personal Relationships. Reviewer (2015). Public Opinion Quarterly. Reviewer (2013). Small Group Research. Reviewer (2013, 2015, 2016). University of Arizona: Colloquium: How to survive comprehensive exams. Guest Speaker (2015) University of Arizona: Graduate Assistant Teaching Orientation. Guest Speaker (2015). TEACHING EXPERIENCE Undergraduate Courses at Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business Managing Effective Work Teams (Fall, 2017) Undergraduate Courses at the University of Arizona, Department of Communication Communication and Public Relations (Online; Winter, 2013) Introduction to Communication (Summer, 2011) Introduction to Communication Theory (Fall, 2014 Summer, 2015) Introduction to Small Group Communication Fall 2011 Spring, 2012) Organizational Communication (Fall, 2013 Spring, 2014) Relationship Communication (Online; Winter, 2015; Summer, 2016) Research Methods and Statistics (Summer, 2012 Summer, 2013). Theories of Small Group Communication (Online; Summer, 2014; Winter, 2014) Publications Bonito, J. A., Ervin, J., & Staggs, S. (2016). Estimation and application of the latent group model. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 20, 126-143. doi:10.1037/gdn0000044 Bonito, J. A., Gastil, J., Ervin, J., & Meyers, R. A. (2014). At the convergence of input and process models of group discussion: A comparison of participation rates across time, person, and groups. Communication Monographs, 81,179-207. doi:10.1080/03637751.2014.883081 Bonito, J. A., Keyton, J., & Ervin, J. (2015). Role-related participation in product design teams: Individual- and group-level trends. Communication Research. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/0093650215618759
Bonito, J. A., Meyers, R. A., Gastil, J., & Ervin, J. (2013). Sit down and speak up: Stability and change in group participation. In L. Carson, J. Gastil, J. Hartz-Karp, & R. Lubensky (Eds.), The Australian Citizens Parliament and the future of deliberative democracy (pp. 120-131). University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press. Ervin, J., & Bonito, J. A. (2014). A review and critique of partner effect research in small groups. Small Group Research, 45, 603-632. doi:10.1177/1046496414551027 Ervin, J., Bonito, J. A., & Keyton, J. (2017). Convergence of intrapersonal and interpersonal processes across group meetings. Communication Monograph, 84, 200-220.. doi:10.1080/03637751.2016.1185136 Conference Presentations Bonito, J. A., Keyton, J., & Ervin, J. (2014, July). An investigation of role-related participation in product design teams: Individual- and group-level trends. Presented at the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research s (INGRoup) 9 th Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC. Conway, B. A., & Ervin, J. (2015, August). Sourcing health care reform: Exploring network partisanship in coverage of Obamacare. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), San Francisco, CA. Conway, B. A., Ervin, J., & Kenski, K. (2016). Source networks and environmental regulation: Proposing a new measure of partisanship in the portrayal of climate policy. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Minneapolis, MN. Ervin, J. (2013, July). Linking a Model of Deliberation to Individual and Group Outcomes: Analysis of the Australian Citizens Parliament. Presented at the 1 st annual
Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) Doctoral Consortium, Atlanta, GA. Ervin, J. (2016, November). Intervening in group norms across a series of tasks. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA. Ervin, J., Bonito, J. A., & Keyton, J. (2013, November). Connecting teamwork and performance: A task- and communication-centric investigation of naturally occurring groups. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, D.C. Ervin, J., Bonito, J. A., & Keyton, J. (2014, November). Intra- and interpersonal characteristics of group discussion: Application of the latent group model to a series of meetings. Top Paper Award for the Group Division. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Ervin, J. & Kahn, J. M. (2017, April). Family participation in intensive care unit daily rounds as a facilitator and disrupter of effective communication. Presented at the annual D.C. Health Communication (DCHC) Conference, Fairfax, VA. Staggs, S., Ervin, J., & Bonito, J. A. (2015, November). Is time on our side? Investigating group decision-making processes over a series of tasks. Top Paper Award for the Group Division. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV. Tang, C. Y., Curran, M. A., & Ervin, J. (2016). I think you know I made sacrifices: Concurrent and lagged attribution of relational sacrifices and relationship quality. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research, Toronto, Canada.
In Progress Conway-Silva, B. A., & Ervin, J. (May, 2017). Sourcing the news. In preparation for Communication Research. Ervin, J. (July, 2017). Group norm development over a series of tasks: Supplementing task information with personal experience. In preparation for Human Communication Research. Ervin, J., Kahn, J. M., Cohen, T. R., & Weingart, L. R. (R & R). Teamwork in the intensive care unit. R&R in progress for the American Psychologist special issue on collaboration and teamwork in psychological science. Ervin, J., Staggs, S., & Bonito, J. A. (June, 2017). Attitudes, influence, and group deliberation across a series of tasks. In preparation for Journal of Applied Communication Research. Gamble, H., & Ervin, J. (June, 2017). Relational sacrifice as reasoned action. In preparation for Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Staggs, S., Ervin, J., & Bonito, J. A. (May, 2017). Measuring and evaluating convergence across a series of group discussions. In preparation for Communication Methods and Measures. Tang, C. Y., Curran, M. A., & Ervin, J. (June, 2017). I think you know I made sacrifices. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.