Expertise: Health Communication

Chau Tong

Chau Tong

Chau Tong is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and the Institute for Data Science & Informatics at the University of Missouri. Her research centers on the use of computational methods and digital trace analyses to detect and tackle different forms of information and communication discrepancies created by digital technology.  In particular, her research … Continued

Justin Willett

Justin F. Willett

JUSTIN F. WILLETT is Research Director for the Novak Leadership Institute. His research examines how leadership communication shapes workplace culture and enhances employee engagement and well-being. He also investigates narrative persuasion mechanisms in health communication, exploring how storytelling influences health attitudes and behaviors. Willett teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels, while mentoring students in their … Continued

Jeannette H. Porter

Jeannette H. Porter

JEANNETTE H. PORTER (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) began her career in strategic communication managing native advertising sales as a high school student. Following her B.A. in Economics from Swarthmore College, she spent 10 years in fund development and community relations at The Boys Choir of Harlem; became a director of communications … Continued

Monique Luisi

Monique Luisi

MONIQUE LUISI is an assistant professor of strategic communication in the Missouri School of Journalism. Her research focuses on media message strategy, focusing on health and underserved populations. She has conducted research on media representations and audience perceptions of the HPV vaccine, Ebola, diabetes, breast cancer, coming out, and hypersexual desire disorder – using both quantitative and qualitative methods.