Gwendelyn S. Nisbett

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book

• Schartel Dunn, S., Nisbett, G. (2020). Innovations and Implications of Persuasive Narrative.. New York, Peter Lang.
• Harvell, L., Nisbett, G.S. (2016). Denying Death: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Terror Management Theory. Routledge/Psychology Press.

Book Chapter

• Paul, N., Nisbett, G.S. (2024). Exploring Disney’s Portrayal of Jessica Jones and She Hulk as Complex Women Characters. The Disney+ Kingdom: Essays on Nostalgia, Representation and Branding.
• Nisbett, G., Schartel-Dunn, S., Paul, N. (2022). Athletes as Activists: Exploring Audience Evaluations of Black Celebrity Athlete Activism. Not Playing Around: Intersectional Identities, Media Representation and the Power of Sport.
• Everbach, T., Nisbett, G., Weiller-Abels, K.H. (2022). #Say Her Name: The WNBA and Black Women’s Athletes’ Social Activism. Not Playing Around: Intersectional Identities, Media Representation, and the Power of Sport. Lexington Books.
• Nisbett, G., Dunn, S.S., Paul, N. (2022). The escapism and social bond of pandemic binge watching.
• Nisbett, G., Paul, N., James, J. (2021). When Learning is Play: Using video games to educate Gen Z in the classroom.
• Nisbett, G., Paul, N. (2021). Redefining the Female Lead in Science Fiction Television: A Case Study of Doctor Who’s 13th Doctor. Television dramas and the global village: Storytelling through race and gender.
• Everbach, T., Nisbett, G., Weiller-Abels, K.H. (2021). Rebel, Rebel! How Megan Rapinoe’s celebrity activism forges new paths for athletes. 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup: Media, Fandom, and Soccer’s Biggest Stage. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-75401-3_14
• Paul, N., Nisbett, G. (2020). Understanding Gender Differences in Political Persuasive Social Media Narratives. Implications and Innovations of Persuasive Narrative.
• Nisbett, G., Everbach, T. (2020). Exploring Culture Through Prosocial Storytelling. Classroom on the Road: Designing, Teaching, and Theorizing Out-of-the-Box Faculty-Led Student Travel. Rowman & Littlefield.
• Nisbett, G.S. (2018). Don’t mess with my happy place: Understanding misogyny in fandom communities. Mediating Misogyny.
• Harvell, L., Stillman, T., Nisbett, G.S., Cranney, K., Marabella, A. (2016). Analyzing the utility of terror management field experiments using passenger participants at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport. Denying Death: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Terror Management Theory..
• Nisbett, G.S., Harvell, L. (2016). Communicating About Death: A look inside Terror Management Theory and the Field of Communication.. Denying Death: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Terror Management Theory..
• Harvell, L., Nisbett, G.S. (2016). Mid-term Voters: An Investigation of Information Processing of Political Advertisements. Communications and Mid-Term Elections: Media, Message, and Mobilization.
• Rodriguez, D., Nisbett, G.S. (2015). Battling the Big Mo: MMA and the Power of Buzz.. Casing Sport Communication.

Conference Proceeding

• Woosnam, K., Strzelecka, M., Nisbett, G.S. (2018). The likely shift in what motivates millennial environmental volunteers: The mediating role of environmental self- efficacy.. TMS Algarve.

Encyclopedia Article

• Nisbett, G.S. (2014). Voter Identification (2012 campaign and social media).. Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics..

Journal Article

• Paul, N., Nisbett, G. (2021). The numbers game: How local newspapers used statistics and data visualizations to cover the coronavirus pandemic. Howard Journal of Communications. 33 (3) 297-313.
• Lookadoo, K., Hubbard, C., Nisbett, G., Wong, N. (2021). We’re All in This Together: Celebrity Influencer Disclosures about COVID-19. Atlantic Journal of Communication. Taylor & Francis.
• Paul, N., Nisbett, G. (2021). “Thoughtful, well-written and vital” or “Outdated, sensational, and biased”? A longitudinal case study of changing readership patterns at the North Texas Daily. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal. 36 (2)
• Nisbett, G., Paul, N. (2021). From Daleks to the TARDIS: How the robots of Doctor Who help us understand modern labor issues. The Popular Culture Studies Journal.
• Schartel Dunn, S., Nisbett, G. (2020). If Childish Gambino cares, I care: Celebrity Endorsements and Psychological Reactance to Social Marketing Messages. Social Marketing Quarterly.
• Nisbett, G., Schartel Dunn, S. (2019). Reputation matters: parasocial attachment, narrative engagement, and the 2018 Taylor Swift political endorsement. Atlantic Journal of Communication. Taylor & Francis.
• Everbach, T., Batsell, J., Champlin, S., Nisbett, G.S. (2019). Does a More Diverse Newspaper Staff Reflect its Community? A Content Analysis Of The Dallas Morning News. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal. 35 (1) https://journals.tdl.org/swecjmc/index.php/swecjmc/article/view/41
• Woosnan, K., Strzelecka, M., Nisbett, G., Keith, S. (2019). Examining Millennials' global citizenship attitudes and behavioral intentions to engage in environmental volunteering. Sustainability.
• Strzelecka, M., Woosnan, K., Nisbett, G.S. (2018). Self-efficacy mechanism at work: The context of environmental volunteer travel..
• Meirick, P., Nisbett, G.S., Harvell, L., Robertson, K. (2018). To tell the truth: Ad watch coverage, ad tone, and the veracity and focus of political advertising.. Political Communication.
• Everbach, T., Clark, M., Nisbett, G.S. (2018). #IfTheyGunnedMeDown: An analysis of mainstream and social media in the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown. Electronic News. 12 (1) 23-41. Thousand Oaks, CA, SAGE. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/enx
• Champlin, S., Nisbett, G.S. (2017). Promoting Mental Health Resource Use on Campus by "Trying Something New". American Journal of Health Promotion. epub ahead of print
• Averbeck, J., Nisbett, G.S. (2017). Regulatory focus and persuasive sleep messages.. Communication Reports.
• Wong, N., Nisbett, G.S., Harvell, L. (2017). Smoking is So Ew! College Smokers’ Reactions to Health vs. Social-Focused Antismoking Threat Messages. Health Communication.
• Strzelecka, M., Nisbett, G.S., Woosnan, K. (2017). The hedonic nature of conservation volunteer travel. Tourism Management. 63 417-425.
• Schartel-Dunn, S., Nisbett, G.S. (2017). Does sport celebrity advocacy work? Testing the potential for endorsements to backfire.. Atlantic Journal of Communication. 25 197-206.
• Wong, N., Lookado, K., Nisbett, G.S. (2017). “I’m Demi and I have bipolar disorder”: Effect of parasocial contact on reducing stigma toward people with bipolar disorder.. Communication Studies. 68 314-333.
• Harvell, L., Stillman, T., Nisbett, G.S., Cranney, K., Marabella, A. (2016). A field experiment of flight anxiety: Evidence of gender differences in consumer behavior among Las Vegas passengers..
• Nisbett, G.S., DeWalt, C. (2016). Understanding the Influence of Celebrities in Politics: A Focus Group Study of Young Voters.. Atlantic Journal of Communication.
• Schartel Dunn, S., Nisbett, G.S. (2014). Parasocial interactions online: Candidate intimacy in webpages and Facebook.. The Journal of Social Media in Society.
• Harvell, L., Nisbett, G.S., Hansen, G. (2013). Analyzing journalistic approaches of Supreme Court nominee hearings: A longitudinal study..

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

• Nisbett, G.S., Everbach, T., Weiller-Abels, K.H., "Fandom and Women’s Sports," sponsored by Mayborn School of Journalism: Barbara Colegrove Grant, University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
• Everbach, T. (Co-Principal), Nisbett, G. (Co-Principal), Loftis, R.L. (Supporting), Hurd, M. (Supporting), "Diversity and Inclusion at a Student Newspaper: The North Texas Daily," sponsored by Mayborn School of Journalism: Barbara Colegrove Grant, University of North Texas, $1100 Funded. (2020 - 2021).
• Nisbett, G.S., "Faculty Development Grant: Parasocial Attachment, Fandom, and Mental Health Study," University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2018 - 2019).
• Nisbett, G.S. (Co-Principal), James, J. (Co-Principal), "Faculty Development Grant: Bridging the newsgame design model & narrative transportation theory to explore media literacy," University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (2016 - 2017).
• Nisbett, G.S., "Faculty Development Grant," University of North Texas, Funded. (2015 - 2016).
• Nisbett, G.S., "Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship," University of North Texas, Funded. (2013 - 2013).