Associate Professor
Department of Communication Studies
My primary scholarly interests lie in the intersections between health, medical expertise and organizational communication. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] Drawing on narrative and feminist sensibilities, my work focuses on a range of social justice issues that affect marginalized populations including disability-rights and gender inequities (e.g., infertility, practitioner-patient communication). My research strengths are in interpretive/ethnographic, critical and rhetorical methodologies. I have published in: Health Communication, Journal of Holistic Nursing, Women’s Reproductive Health, The Journal of Men’s Studies, Sexuality and Culture, Women & Language, and Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning. From my ethnographic research, I produced two PBS documentaries in a regional Emmy award-winning series, Courage of Creativity: Creative Abundance (Co-Producer, with PBS) Beautiful Remedy (Associate Producer, with PBS), and Acoustics of Care (Co-Producer). My forthcoming book, published through Rutgers University Press with Bethany Johnson is titled, You’re doing it wrong! Mothering, media, and medical expertise (2019). For more information and to view documentary clips and research-informed infertility support cards, see: https://johnsonquinlanresearch.com/
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