Bonnie Mc Cracken

Bonnie Mc Cracken

Visiting Assistant Professor
College of Liberal Arts
School of Communication

2019 Submissions

Journal Paper

Nickels, Bonnie M. "Love Locked Up: An Exploration of Relationship Maintenance and Perceived Barriers for Women Who Have Incarcerated Partners." Journal of Family Communication 20. 1 (2020): 1-15. Print. *

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Nickels, Bonnie M., Kelly E. Tenzek, and Tahleen Wright. "This is Us: An Analysis of Mediated end-of-life Family Communication." National Communication Association 2019 Conference. National Communication Association. Baltimore, MD. 16 Nov. 2019. Conference Presentation. *

2018 Submissions

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Nickels, Bonnie M. "Serving time together: Strategies and barriers for relational maintenance during incarceration." Eastern Communication Association 2019 Conference. Eastern Communication Association. Providence, RI. 12 Apr. 2019. Conference Presentation. *

2017 Submissions

Journal Paper

Nickels, Bonnie M. and Thomas H. Feeley. "Breaking Bad News in Veterinary Medicine." Health Communication. (2017): 1-9. Web. *

Nickels, Bonnie M. and Kelly E. Tenzek. "End-of-Life in Disney and Pixar Films: An Opportunity for Engaging in Difficult Conversation." Omega: Journal of Death and Dying. (2017): 0. Web. *

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Nickels, Bonnie M. "“I’m so sorry for your loss”: The practice of providing emotional support in Veterinary medicine." Eastern Communication Association 2017 Conference. Eastern Communication Association. Boston, MA. 31 Mar. 2017. Conference Presentation. *

2016 Submissions

Journal Paper

Anker, Ashley E., et al. "Measuring the effectiveness of mass-mediated health campaigns through meta-analysis." Journal of Health Communication 21. (2016): 439-456. Web. *

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Nickels, Bonnie M. "End-of-life as a communication context for research: A look into the National Communication Association journals." National Communication Association 2016 Conference. National Communication Association. Philadelphia, PA. 10 Nov. 2016. Conference Presentation. *

Nickels, Bonnie M. and Thomas H. Feeley. "End-of-life in veterinary medicine." National Communication Association 2016 Conference. National Communication Association. Las Vegas, NV. 20 Nov. 2016. Conference Presentation. *

2015 Submissions

Book Chapter

McCracken, Bonnie J., Lance S. Rintamaki, and David M. Peek. "Breaking bad news during physician patient interactions." Contemporary Case Studies in Health Communication: Theoretical and Applied Approaches. Ed. Maria Brann. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing co, 2015. 35-46. Print. ˜

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Nickels, Bonnie M. "Cultural constructions of the good death: Case studies in communication about what it means to die well." Eastern Communication Association 2015 Conference. Eastern Communication Association. Philadelphia, PA. 24 Apr. 2015. Conference Presentation. *