Lawrence B. Rosenfeld

Professor
Interpersonal and Organizational Communication

Current Research: working with families and children after a disaster; role of social support in educational outcomes for at-risk students

Recent Publications:
Rosenfeld, L. B., Caye, J. S., Ayalon, O., & Lahad, M. (2005). When their world falls apart: Helping families and children manage the effects of disasters. Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Rosenfeld, L. B., Richman, J. M., Bowen, G. L., & Wynns, S. L. (In press). In the face of a dangerous community: The effects of social support and neighborhood danger on high school students’ school outcomes. Southern Communication Journal.

Bates, M., Gustafson, E. M., Porterfield, B. C., & Rosenfeld, L. B. (2005, March). “When did your sister get so unbelievably scary?” Outsider status and Dawn and Spike’s relationship. Slayage, 16. Available at: http://www.slayage.tv/

Scarlet Wynns, S. L., & Rosenfeld, L. B. (2005). A test of competing models of the influence of  social support on school engagement in the presence of neighborhood danger. Communication Research Reports, 21, 366-378.

Rosenfeld, L. B. & Wynns, S. L. (2003, December). Perceived values and social support in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Slayage 10. Available at: http://www.slayage.tv/essays/slayage10/Rosenfeld_&_Wynns.htm

Wynns, S. L., & Rosenfeld, L. B. (2003). Father-daughter relationships in Disney’s animated films. Southern Communication Journal, 68, 91-106.

Rosenfeld, L. B., & Richman, J. M. (2003). Social support and educational outcomes for students in out-of-home care. Children and Schools, 25, 69-86.

Courses Regularly Taught: Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication; Helping Families and Children Manage the Effects of Disasters; Nonverbal Communication

Future/Projected Courses: same

Areas of Specialization: see current research

Current/Recent Work with Graduate Students: States' disaster-relief efforts for Hispanics

Community Service: I serve as a Guardian ad Litem for Orange and Chatham counties