Faculty
Steven Wilson
Professor
CV
contact information
Email: wilson52@usf.edu
Office: CIS 3048
Biography
Steven R. Wilson (PhD, Purdue University) is a Professor in the Department of Communication
and an affiliated scientist with the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue
University.
Steve’s research focuses on processes of influence and identity management in family,
health, and workplace contexts. He is the author of Seeking and Resisting Compliance: Why Individuals Say What They Do When Trying to
Influence Others (Sage, 2002), co-editor of New Directions in Interpersonal Communication Research (Sage, 2010), as well Reflections on Interpersonal Communication Research (Cognella, 2019, both with Sandi Smith), and author of 90 scholarly articles and
book chapters on these topics. He is a fellow of the International Communication Association
(ICA), and recipient of the ICA B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award as well as the National
Communication Association’s Bernard Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Family
Communication.
Before coming to USF, Steve served on the faculty at Michigan State, Northern Illinois,
Northwestern, and Purdue Universities.
RESEARCH AREAS
Interpersonal and Family Communication, Conflict and Negotiation, Multiple Goals Frameworks