Katherine Rafferty

Katerine Rafferty invited to speak at Institute for Reproductive Grief Care

Katherine Rafferty, associate teaching professor in the Department of Psychology, was invited to speak at the grand opening and launch of the Institute for Reproductive Grief Care. Rafferty participated in the Research Reveals panel discussion and shared findings from her recently published study on the communicative tensions in…

March 22, 2022

Family dynamics can motivate and prevent talking about health

New research published by Katherine Rafferty, Tina Coffelt and undergraduate researchers reveals that open dialogue and information sharing can improve health outcomes for emerging adults.

December 9, 2021

Care for chronically ill children may suffer when parents and doctors are at odds

Both parties have knowledge, expertise and insight and must work together for the health of the child.

July 12, 2017

Katherine A. Rafferty publishes encyclopedia entry

Sahlstein Parcell, E., & Rafferty, K. A. (2017). Interviews, recording, and transcribing. In M. Allen (Ed.) The Sage Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.

May 2, 2017

Katherine Rafferty publishes chapter in “Sage Research Methods Cases – Health”

Katherine Rafferty, lecturer in psychology and communication studies, recently published “A qualitative application of problematic integration theory: Studying end-of-life conversations between spouses” in B. Flett & M. Gill (Eds.) Sage Research Methods Cases – Health. Abstract Our case study describes the collaborative work of three researchers in conducting…

February 7, 2017