Nichole Egbert

Nichole L. Egbert

Professor
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
Taylor Hall
Contact Information
Email:
negbert@kent.edu
Phone:
330-672-3314

Biography

Nichole currently teaches courses in Health Communication, Relational Communication and Foundations of Communication. Her research interests include social support and health, health literacy and spirituality/religiosity in health contexts.

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Publications

  • Katila, S., Meehan R, Egbert, N., Guan, Q., Kumari, M. and Davidson, J. (2023). Going the Shortest Distance: Designing research frameworks for reducing translation time in a multicultural, language tool in Proceedings of the 18th Annual UCDA Design Education Summit, May 2023 
  • Bihn-Coss, G., & Egbert, N. (2023). Supporting in solidarity: An examination of social support, advocacy, and barriers among birthing doulas. Communication Quarterly. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2022.2164737.
  • Zhu, Y., Beam, M., Ming, Y., Egbert, N., & Smith, T. (2022). A social cognitive theory approach to understanding parental attitudes and intentions to vaccine children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccines. 10(11), 1876. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111876
  • Egbert, N., Zhu, Y., Choi, M., Beam, M., & Smith, T. (2022). Family communication patterns and parents’ intentions to vaccinate their child against COVID-19. Health Communication. DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2114768
  • Meehan, R., Kumari, M., Guan, Q., Katila, S., Davidson, J., & Egbert, N. (2022). STREAM: Prototype development of a digital language identifier. Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics.
  • Egbert, N., Wright, K. B., & Zhang, X. (2021; published online ahead of print). Motivated and able: When is Facebook used to seek friendship and social support? Journal of American College Health.
  • Lee, S., Goodall, C., Egbert, N., & Chung, D. (2021). The moderating role of self-construal on culturally reflected fear appeals. Journal of Health Communication, 26, 65-75.
  • Egbert, N., Goodall, C., McCullough, J., & Smith, T. (2020). Headlines and hashtags: Communicating science during an outbreak. Microbes and Infection, 22, 508-519. 
  • Egbert, N., Child, J. T., Lin, M-C, Savery, C., & Bosley, T. (2017). How older adults and their families perceive family talk about aging-related issues: A dialectical analysis. Behavioral Sciences, 7, 21. DOI: doi:10.3390/bs7020021
  • Egbert, N. Daggs, J. L., & Reed, P. R. (in press). Students’ perceptions and misperceptions of the communication major: Opportunities and challenges of reputation. Journal of the Association for Communication Administration.
  • Egbert, N., & Reed, P. R. (2016). Self-efficacy. In J. Dearing and D. K. Kim (Eds.), Health communication measures (pp. 203-211). New York: Peter Lang Publishing
  • Egbert. N., & Reed, P. (2015). Towards comprehensive health literacy assessment for online health information: Assessing falls prevention websites designed for older adults and their caregivers. Journal of Physical Therapy and Health Promotion, 3(2), 20-27.
  • Egbert, N. (2015). Hospice care and communication. In J. Nussbaum and H. Giles (Eds.), Communication at the end of life (pp. 158-173).  New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
  • Egbert, N. (2014). Integrating intergenerational family caregiving research across discipline and culture: Identity, attribution, and relationship. In E. Cohen (Ed.), Communication Yearbook (Volume 13, pp. 307-336). New York: Routledge.
  • Egbert, N., Miraldi, L., & Murniadi, K. (2013). Friends don’t let friends suffer from depression: How threat, efficacy, knowledge, and empathy relate to college students’ intentions to intervene on behalf of a depressed friend. Journal of Health Communication, (ahead of print) 1-18.
  • Polk, D., & Egbert, N. (2013). Speaking the language of love: On whether Chapman’s (1992) claims stand up to empirical testing. The Open Communication Journal, 7, 1-11.
  • Egbert N. (2013). Religion, fatalism, and health locus of control: Persuading African American women to obtain mammography screenings. In C. Lieberman (Ed.), Casing persuasive communication. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
  • Egbert, N., & Hall, S. R. (2012). Health communication and religion. In S. Croucher and T. Harris (Eds.), Religion and communication: An anthology of extensions in theory, research, and method. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.
  • Wright, K. B., Rosenberg, J., Egbert, N., Ploeger, N., & Bernard, D. (2012). Communication competence, social support, and depression among college students: A model of Facebook and face-to-face support network influence. Journal of Health Communication, 18, 41-57.
  • Smith, G. C., Egbert, N., Dellman-Jenkins, M., Nanna, K., & Palmieri, P. (2012). Reducing depression in stroke survivors and informal caregivers: A randomized clinical trial. Rehabilitation Psychology, 57, 196-206.
  • Egbert, N., & Belcher, J. D. (2012). Reality bites: An investigation of the genre of reality television and its relationship to viewers' body image. Mass Communication & Society, 15, 407-431.
  • Goodall, C., Sabo, J., Cline, R. W., & Egbert, N. (2012). Threat, efficacy, and uncertainty in the first five months of national print and electronic news coverage of the H1N1 virus. Journal of Health Communication, 17, 338-355.
  • Egbert, N. Query, J. L., Jr., Quinlan, M. M., Savery, C. A., & Martinez, A. R. (2011). (Re) Viewing health communication and related interdisciplinary curricula: Towards a transdisciplinary perspective. In T. L., Thompson, J. Nussbaum, & R. L. Parrott (Eds.), Handbook of Health Communication (2nded., pp. 610-631).  New York: Taylor & Francis.Rosenberg, J., & Egbert, N. (2011). Online impression management: Personality traits and concern for secondary goals as predictors of self-presentation tactics on Facebook. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 17, 1-18.
Convention Papers
  • Egbert, N., Hassler, D., & Meier, T. (2024, November). Expressing experience through poetry therapy: The global vaccine poetry project. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. 
  • Meehan, R. Katila, S., Egbert, N., Guan, Q., & Davidson, J. (2023, July). Reducing refugee health disparities through a digital language identifier: A user study among first responders. Poster presented at the 2023 North American Refugee Health Conference, Calgary, Canada. 
  • Katila, S., Meehan, R., Egbert, N., & Guan, Q. (2023, May). Going the shortest distance: Designing research frameworks for reducing translation time in a multicultural, language tool. Paper to be presented at the 2023 UCDA Design Education Summit: SAME / DIFFERENCE, Bowling Green, OH. 
  • Egbert, N., Noi, S., Rindfleish, M.& Zhang, X. (2023, April). Uncertain poets describe their reactions to the COVID-19 vaccines. Poster to be presented at the 2023 DC Health Communication Conference, Washington DC. 
  • Craig, M., Hassan, T., Egbert, N., & Morris, G. (2023, April). The impact of political ideology on self-perceived risk, self-efficacy, and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO. 
  • Zhu, Y., Beam, M., Ming, Y. Egbert, N., & Smith, T. (2022, August). A social cognitive theory approach to understand parental attitudes and intentions to vaccinate children during COVID-19. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Detroit, MI. 
  • Egbert, N., Zhu, Y., Choi, M., Beam, M., & Smith, T. (2022, May). Family communication patterns and parents’ intentions to vaccinate their child against COVID-19. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Paris, France. 
  • Bihn-Coss, G., & Egbert, N. (2022, April). Aiding in the sacred space: An examination of social support, advocacy, and barriers among birthing doulas. Paper to be presented at the 2022 Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, KY. 
  • Meehan, R., Kumari, M., Guan, G., Katila, S, Davidson, J., & Egbert, N. (2022, February). STREAM: Prototype development of a digital language identifier. Poster presented at the 15th International Conference on Health Informatics (virtual). 
  • Murniadi, K., & Egbert, N. (2020, November). Social media instant messaging and social support among first-year Indonesian college students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Indianapolis, IN, November 2020. 
  • Davidson, J., Egbert, N., Guan, Q., Katila, S., & Meehan, R. STREAM (Smart Translation Enabling and Aiding Multi-cultural populations). (2020, September). Poster presented at the annual North American Refugee Health Conference, Cleveland, OH
  • Katila, S., Meehan, R., & Egbert, N. Going the shortest distance: Designing research frameworks for reducing translation time in a multicultural, language tool. (2020, June). Virtual presentation at the 15th annual UCDA Design Education Summit.
  • Egbert, N., Wright, K. B., & Zhang, X. (2020, May). Social support mediates SNS use and health. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia. 
  • Lee, S., Egbert, N., & Goodall, C. (2020, May). The moderating role of self-construal on culturally reflected fear appeals. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.
     

Education

Ph.D., University of Georgia
M.A., University of Northern Iowa
B. A., Augustana College

Expertise

Health Communication
Interpersonal Communication
Health Literary
Social Support
Spirituality/Religiosity
social support in health contexts
Health & Spirituality

Affiliations

  • National Communication Association
  • Central States Communication Association
  • International Communication Association

    • Documents

    PDF icon Egbert, Nichole CV 2024.pdf

    Research Institutes and Initiatives

    Healthy Communities Research Initiative
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