Our research team consists of qualitative and quantitative faculty and graduate students from Communication Studies (performance studies, intercultural communication, interpersonal communication) and Psychology. We embarked on our research project because we believed that proactive performance was impacting audience members in significant ways. However, beyond case studies and anecdotes, there was little published research on the efficacy of proactive performance prior to our studies.
We have published several essays on the effictiveness of our sexual assault program. The studies include our pilot program, which was the first published article that demonstrated the efficacy of proactive performance from a quantitative perspective. We have also published a second, more comprehensive quantitative study on the interACT program, as well as a qualitative essay on male responses to our work. We currently have three essays in various stages of development. Our quantitative, experimental design on the interACT program is nearly complete. Our qualitative study on male defensiveness to sexual assault programs should be ready for publication in fall, 2008. We have collected all of the data from 500 participants for a longitudinal study on the interACT program. We expect to have this essay ready for publication in spring, 2008.
Please click here to download our published essays on sexual assault prevention.
Our performance on racism is derived from verbatim student responses and “anonymous confessionals” from CSU Long Beach students. Over the course of seven years we have asked students to respond to our performance and lectures on racism. Our research has primarily focused on white resistance strategies to discussing race, as well as pedagogical strategies that can be utilized to facilitate what we call “white identity transformation.” We have also conducted research on the attitudes students have toward accented speech.
Please click here to download our published essays on racism and responses to accented speech.
