BJ Fehr

Ph.D., University of Delaware
Visiting Assistant Professor

Teaching and Research Area/s: Interpersonal / Intercultural Communication
Office: SS 369
Phone: (518) 442-3138
Fax: (518) 442-3884
E-mail: bfehr@albany.edu

BJ Fehr's Teaching and Research Interests:

• Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural Communication, Face-to-Face Interaction, Public Speaking
• The Analysis of Social Interaction via Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis and Context Analysis, Social Approaches to Human Communication
• Modern Social Theory, Philosophy of Science, Research Design and Methodology, Univariate and Multivariate Statistics

Publications/Presentations

• Pomerantz, A. and Fehr, B. J. (forthcoming).  Conversation analysis:  An approach to the study of
  social interaction.  In T. A. van Dyjk (Ed.) Discourse analysis. London: Sage.
• Pomerantz, A. and Fehr, B.J. (1997). Conversation Analysis: An Approach to the Study of Social
  Action as Sense Making Practices. In T. A. van Dijk (Ed.) Discourse as social interaction
  (pp. 64-91). London: Sage Publications.
• Pomerantz, A., Fehr, B.J., and Ende, J. (1997). When Supervising Physicians See Patients:
  Strategies Used in Difficult Situations. Human Communication Research, 23(4), 589-615.
• Parker, R., Pomerantz, A., and Fehr, B.J. (1995). Satisfaction Work in an Emergency Situation:
  The case of the Philadelphia 911 calls. Journal of Consumer Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction
  and Complaining Behavior, 8, 164-176.
• Fehr, B. J., Weinstein, S. P., Sterling, R. C., and Gottheil, E. (1992). "As soon as possible": An
  initial treatment engagement strategy. Substance Abuse, 12(4), 183-189.
• Harrison, T., Stephen, T., Husson, W., and Fehr, B. J. (1991). Images vs. issues in the 1984
  presidential election: Differences between men and women. Human Communication
  Research, 18(2), 209-227.
• Fehr, B. J., Stetson, J. A., with Mizukawa, Y. (1990). A bibliography for ethnomethodology. In
  J. Coulter (Ed.) Ethnomethodological sociology (pp. 473-559). London, UK: Edward
  Elgar.
• Husson, W., Stephen, T., Harrison, T., and Fehr, B. J. (1988). An interpersonal communication
  perspective on images of political candidates. Human Communication Research, 14(3),
  397-421.
• Fehr, B. J., and Exline, R. V. (1987). Social visual interaction: A conceptual and literature
  review. In A. W. Siegman and S. Feldstein (Eds.) Nonverbal behavior and
  communication, 2nd edition (pp. 225-326). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
  Inc.
• Exline, R. V., and Fehr, B. J. (1982). The assessment of gaze and mutual gaze. In K. Scherer and
  P. Ekman (Eds.) Handbook in methods of nonverbal behavior research (pp. 91-135).
  New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
• Ellyson, S. L., Dovideo, J. F., and Fehr, B. J. (1981). Dominance and gaze in male and female
  dyads. In C. Mayo and N. Henley (Eds.) Gender and nonverbal behavior (pp. 63-79).
  New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.
• Exline, R. V., and Fehr, B. J. (1978). Applications of semiosis to the study of visual interaction.
   In A. W. Siegman and S. Feldstein (Eds.) Nonverbal behavior and communication (pp.
  117-157). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
  

Other Professional Activities

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