Matthew McGlone, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Communication Studies
College of Communication

CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: (512) 471-1920
E-mail: Matthew_McGlone@mail.utexas.edu

WEB PAGE
http://commstudies.utexas.edu/faculty/interpersonal/mcglone....

BIOGRAPHY
Dr. McGlone (Ph.D., Princeton University, 1994) investigates the cognitive, cultural, and psychological foundations of interpersonal communication and persuasion. His primary research interest is the communication strategies people use to talk about topics that are difficult to talk about. He has studied people's use of euphemism to discuss embarrassing (sex, bodily functions) and upsetting topics (violence, prejudice, death), their use of metaphor to describe abstract concepts (time, justice, intelligence), and their use of "contextomy" (quoting out of context) to discuss sociopolitical issues (affirmative action, abortion, gun control) in self-serving ways. His research has appeared in Communication Monographs, Human Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, Discourse Processes, Poetics, Psychology of Women Quarterly, and Media, Culture, & Society. He has served on the editorial boards of Psychological Science and Journal of Pragmatics, and currently serves on the board of Discourse Processes. Dr. McGlone has received grants from the National Science Foundation to support his scholarly pursuits, including a 2002 Research Opportunity Award for his work on stereotype threat and academic achievement. From 2001 to 2003, he was a Research Fellow at the Center for Culture, Development, & Education at New York University. In addition to his language research, Dr. McGlone is currently developing a computer game about gender stereotypes for an installation at The Women's Museum in Dallas. He is also writing a book with Joshua Aronson (NYU) on stereotype threat for Sage Publications. Dr. McGlone teaches courses on cognition, persuasion, and prejudice in interpersonal communication.