Katheryn Maguire

Honorific

Dr.

Biography

Katheryn C. Maguire is Professor in the Department of Communication here at Wayne State University. She served as Department Chair from 2018-2023. Her research centers on how individuals use communication to maintain relationships and cope with stressful situations in both distanced and face-to-face contexts. In 2016, she joined a research team to examine how couples cope with work-family conflict. Katheryn also studies the role of computer-mediated interactions in long-distance relationships, with a particular interest in how perceptions of social presence facilitate the accomplishment of both individual and relational goals. Katheryn enjoys teaching and discussing communication concepts with graduate and undergraduate students. She describes her teaching style as an "organized conversation," frequently inviting student input on the day's topic. She has taught a number of different classes, including Interpersonal Communication, Family Communication, Nonverbal Communication, and Communication Theory. She is author of the book, Stress and Coping in Families, and has published in a number of academic journals, including the Journal of Applied Communication, Communication Monographs, Communication Quarterly, and the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

To read some media coverage of her work, please visit the following websites:

May 2024 How social media monitoring and work-life balance shape motherhood in 2024

April 2020, Parents.com, How to be an effective listener for your child

April 2020, BBC.com, How to maintain relationships in self-isolation.

July, 2015. MentalFloss.com. What Science Has to Say About Long-Distance Relationships. 

September, 2013. Deadline Now. Helping returning veterans and their families. Aired on September 27, 2013, WGTE Toledo, Ohio. 

October, 2012. Times of India and Pune Mirror. India. Commuter love may not be for all couples.  

January 2011. The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, OH. At home in Northeast Ohio, soldiers’ families feel the stress of war in the Middle East. Topic: Stress and coping in military families.  

June 2010. Lovingyou.com. Scottsdale, AZ. 5 essentials for a successful LDR. Topic: Maintaining long distance relationships.  

February 2010. The war over here: Deployments and military family communication. Communication Currents, 5(1). 

December 2006. Women’s Health Magazine. New York. Long Distance Love. Topic: Maintaining long distance relationships.   

Academic Interests

Relational and Family Communication, Stress and Coping, Work-Family Conflict, Long Distance Relating, Dark Side Issues in Interpersonal Communication, Relationship Maintenance, Mediated Interaction (Computer and otherwise)

Area of Expertise

Long Distance Relationships

Degrees and Certifications

Doctor of Philosophy (Communication), University of Texas at Austin, 2001

Master of Arts (Communication), University of North Texas, 1997

Bachelor of Science (Speech Communication), University of Texas at Austin, 1992;

Completion of Secondary Teacher’s Certification Program, 1993

Recent Publications

Montazer, S., Brumley, K. M., Pineault, L., Maguire, K., & Baltes, B. (2022). COVID-19 Onset, Parental Status, and Psychological Distress among Full-time Employed Heterosexual Adults in Dual-earning Relationships: The Explanatory Role of Work-family Conflict and Guilt. Society and Mental Health, 12(2), 119–136. https://doi.org/10.1177/21568693221096189

Brumley, K., Maguire, K., & Montazer, S. (2021). The paradox of time: Work, family, conflict, and the social construction of time. Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2021.1970062

Mikucki-Enyart, S. L., & Maguire, K. C. (2021). Introduction to the special issue on Family Communication in the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Family Communication, 3, 145-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2021.1933038

Montazer, S., Brumley, K., & Maguire, K. (2020). Overnight work-travel, work-family conflict, and psychological distress. Social Science Journal, DOI: 10.1080/03623319.2020.1756175.

Barakji, F., Maguire, K. C., Reiss, H., Gaule, J., Smith, N., Pelliccio, L., Sellnow-Richmond, S., Jeon, J., & Oshagan, J. (2019). Cultural and transnational influences on the use of information communication technologies in adult long-distance family relationships: An extension of Media Multiplexity Theory. Journal of Family Communication, 19, 30-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2018.1530675

Maguire, K. C., & Sahlstein Parcell, E. (2015). Communication and the coping paradox: The case of Army Spouses and Wartime Deployment. Southern Journal of Communication, 80, 342-354. doi: 10.1080/1041794X.2015.1081973.

Maguire, K. C. (2015). Communication in military families. In E. Sahlstein Parcell & L. Webb (Eds.), A communicative perspective on the military: Messages, strategies, meanings (p. 19-37). New York: Peter Lang. *invited. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/978-1-4539-1562-2

Maguire, K. C. (2014). Stress and coping in families: A review and synthesis of communication research. In L. Turner & R. West (Eds.), The Sage handbook of family communication (p. 154-168). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. *invited. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483375366.n10

Sahlstein Parcell, E., & Maguire, K. C. (2014). Comfort, cliques, and clashes: The dilemmas that Army wives face when interacting within a family readiness group during wartime. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31, 497-515. doi: 10.1177/0265407514521766

Sahlstein Parcell, E., & Maguire, K. C. (2014). Turning points and trajectories of military deployment. Journal of Family Communication, 14, 129-148. doi: 10.1080/15267431.2013.864293

Office Location

585 Manoogian Hall

Homepage URL

https://comm.wayne.edu/profile/ar6558

Primary E-mail

kmaguire@wayne.edu

Research Description

Affiliated Departments

• Communication