Katrina L. Pariera

- Title:
- Associate Professor of Communication; Director, MA Program in Communication Management
- Address:
- 600 21st Street, NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20052 - Phone:
- 202-994-3728
- Email:
- [email protected]
Areas of Expertise
- Sexual Communication
- Interpersonal Communication
- Social Norms
Current Research
Education
Publications
Pariera, K. L. (2018). Women’s sexual communication with peers, and its association with sexual wellbeing. International Journal of Sexual Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2018.1491923
*Featured in PsyPost, GW Today, The Hatchet, Romper, MindBodyGreen
Pariera, K. L. (2018). Replication of a rank-framed social norms experiment. Communication Studies, 69 (3), 263-271. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2018.1462839
Pariera, K. L., & Brody, E. (2018) “Talk more about it”: Emerging adults’ attitudes about how and when parents should talk about sex. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 15 (2). 219-229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-017-0314-9
*Featured in Rewire, Northern Virginia Magazine
Pariera, K. L. & McCormack, T. A. (2017) “Why can’t we just have sex?”: An analysis of 9th grade students’ anonymous questions about sex. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 12 (3), 277-296. DOI: 10.1080/15546128.2017.1359801
Pariera, K. L. (2017) The influence of humor and amusement on mother-adolescent sexual communication. International Journal of Humor Research, 30 (3), 323-345. DOI: 10.1515/humor-2016-0046
Pariera, K. L., Murphy, S. T. Meng, J., & McLaughlin, M. L. (2017) Exploring willingness to participate in clinical trials by ethnicity. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Disparities, 4 (4), 763-769. DOI: 10.1007/s40615-016-0280-6.
Pariera, K. L. (2016) Barriers and prompts to parent-child sexual communication. Journal of Family Communication, 16 (3), 277-283. DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2016.1181068
Pariera, K. L. (2016) Barriers and prompts to parent-child sexual communication. Journal of Family Communication. DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2016.1181068
Pariera, K. L. (in press) Understanding mothers’ information-seeking about mother-adolescent sexual communication. The International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society.
Pariera, K. L. (2016) The communication of sexual norms. In C.M. Noland & J. Manning (Eds.), Contemporary Studies of Sexuality & Communication. (pp). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt. ISBN: 9781465270245
Meng, J, McLaughlin, M. L., Pariera, K. L., & Murphy, S. T. (2016) A comparison between Caucasians and African Americans in willingness to participate in cancer clinical trials: The roles of knowledge, distrust, information sources and religiosity. Journal of Health Communication, 21(6), 669-677, DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2016.1153760
Pariera, K. L. (2015) Perceived effects of instructional pornography on the self, partner, and others. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 30 (3), 385-400. DOI: 10.1080/14681994.2014.967760
Pariera, K. L., Hether, H. J., Murphy, S. M., de Castro Buffington, S., & Baezconde-Garbanati, L. (2014). Portrayals of reproductive and sexual health on primetime television. Health Communication, 29 (7), 698-706. DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2013.774653
Pariera, K. L. (2013). Misperceived social norms about taboo sexual behavior. Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, 16. Available from http://www.ejhs.org/volume16/Norms.html
Pariera, K. L. (2012). Information literacy on the Web: How college students use visual and textual cues to assess credibility on health websites. Communications in Information Literacy, 6 (1), 34-48.
Classes Taught
Undergraduate Courses
COMM 4199 - Senior Seminar
COMM 3110 - Research Methods
COMM/SOC 2162 - Sociology of the Family
Undergraduate/Graduate Bridge Courses
COMM 2100 - Communication Theory
COMM 2179 - Sexual Communication