April Trees, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Communication
Associate Provost
Graduate Education
Courses Taught
Communication Research (undergraduate and graduate); Conflict, Mediation and Negotiation; Family Communication; Graduate Study of Communication; Interpersonal Communication (undergraduate and graduate); Leadership and Teams; Public Speaking
Education
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1999
M.A., University of Washington, 1995
Research Interests
- Social support
- Family storytelling
- Nonverbal communication
- Facework
Publications and Media Placements
Koenig Kellas, J., & Trees, A. R. (2022). Family stories and storytelling: Windows
into the family soul. In A. E. Vangelisti (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Family Communication (3rd Ed, pp.359-373). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Wallace, C., Trees, A. R., Ohs, J. E., & Hinyard, L. (2021). Narrative medicine for
health care providers: Improving practices for advance care planning. OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying.
Trees, A. R., & Ohs, J. E. (2016). Making sense of family communication about and at the end of life: Family communication around end-of-life planning and decision making. Journal of Health Law and Policy, 10.
Ohs, J. E., Trees, A. R., & Gibson, C. (2015). Holding on and letting go: Making sense of end-of-life care decisions in families. Southern Journal of Communication, 80, 353-364.
Koenig Kellas, J., Willer, E.K., & Trees, A. R. (2013). Communicated perspective-taking during stories of marital stress: Spouses鈥� perceptions of one another鈥檚 perspective-taking behaviors. Southern Communication Journal, 78, 326-351.
Thorson, A. R., Rittenour, C. E., Koenig Kellas, J., & Trees, A. (2013). Quality interactions and family storytelling. Communication Reports, 26, 88-100.
Honors and Awards
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Recipient of the 2016 Milton Dickens Award for Exemplary Empirical Research
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Recipient of the 2010 Journal of Family Communication Article of the Year award