Assistant Professor Contact Info mackensie.minniear@uga.edu Office: 605 Caldwell Hall Dr. Mackensie Minniear (Ph.D. University of Nebraska) is an assistant professor at the University of Georgia. She uses critical and intergroup theories to study how family communication shapes, dismantles, and reifies marginalized people, inspiring radical hope and creating a healthier, more tolerant world for traditionally disenfranchised families and people. Recently, her work has focused on addressing health disparities for women of color, exploring arts-based research, and ethnic-racial socialization in Black, Indigenous, and families of color. Her work can be read in the Journal of Family Communication, Communication Monographs, Race and Social Problems, Journal of Applied Communication Research, and Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. You can learn more about Dr. Minniear's Lab here. Education: Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2020 M.A., University of Montana, 2016 Research Research Interests: Race, family communication, intergroup, arts-based research Selected Publications Selected Publications: Nelson, L. R., & Minniear, M. (2025). Memorable messages about racism in Black families: Attributions, intergenerational transmission, and well-being. Journal of Family Communication, 25(2), 113–128. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2025.2467701 Gunning, J. N., Cardwell, M. E., & Minniear, M. (2024). The Autoimmune Library: An arts-based approach to women of color’s (counter)narratives of chronic illness. Health Communication, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2388881 Minniear, M., Smith, H.*, & Soliz, J. (2023). Ego-centered network analysis of ethnic-racial socialization in families. Communication Monographs, 91(3), 373–395. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2023.2292646 Minniear, M. & Atkin, A. (2022). Exploring Multiracial identity, demographics, and the first-period identity crisis: the role of the 2020 United States Census in promoting monocentric norms. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 51(1), 37-54. http://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2022.2107401 Courses Regularly Taught: COMM 8820 Curriculum Vitae: Minniear CV (5).pdf (262.09 KB) Grants: Willson Center Faculty Research Grants in the Humanities and Arts Program
