Faculty Profile

Joseph McGlynn

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Communication Studies
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2014. 
Major: Communication Studies
Degree Specialization: Health Communication & Persuasion
MA, University of North Texas, 2006. 
Major: Communication Studies
Degree Specialization: Interpersonal Communication
BA, University of North Texas, 2002. 
Major: Psychology





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
COMM 2020.901, Interpersonal Communication, Summer 2024 
COMM 3220.001, Health Communication, Spring 2024 Syllabus
COMM 5950.764, Master's Thesis, Spring 2024 Syllabus
COMM 5180.001, Qualitative Research Methods in Communication, Spring 2024 Syllabus
COMM 4520.800, Theories of Persuasion, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    COMM 2020.001, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.201, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.202, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.203, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.204, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5950.754, Master's Thesis, Fall 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4520.001, Theories of Persuasion, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.901, Interpersonal Communication, Summer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3220.001, Health Communication, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5950.764, Master's Thesis, Spring 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5226.001, Seminar in Health Communication, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4520.800, Theories of Persuasion, Spring 3W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5481.704, Graduate Internship, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.001, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.201, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.202, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.203, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.204, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5930.704, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5910.704, Special Problems, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4520.001, Theories of Persuasion, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.901, Interpersonal Communication, Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3220.001, Health Communication, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5950.764, Master's Thesis, Spring 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5180.001, Qualitative Research Methods in Communication, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4520.800, Theories of Persuasion, Spring 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.001, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.201, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2021 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.202, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2021 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.204, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2021 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5950.754, Master's Thesis, Fall 2021 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4520.001, Theories of Persuasion, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.901, Interpersonal Communication, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3220.001, Health Communication, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5226.001, Seminar in Health Communication, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4520.800, Theories of Persuasion, Spring 3W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.901, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5910.704, Special Problems, Fall 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4520.001, Theories of Persuasion, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.901, Interpersonal Communication, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3220.001, Health Communication, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5180.001, Qualitative Research Methods in Communication, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5930.704, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5481.704, Graduate Internship, Fall 2019 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.001, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.201, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2019 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.202, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2019 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.203, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2019 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.204, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2019 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4520.001, Theories of Persuasion, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.003, Interpersonal Communication, Summer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.801, Interpersonal Communication, Summer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3220.001, Health Communication, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5226.001, Seminar in Health Communication, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.001, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.201, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2018 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.202, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2018 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.203, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2018 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.206, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2018 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5930.704, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Fall 2018 
                    

                    COMM 4829.002, Topics in Interpersonal/Organizational Studies, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.002, Interpersonal Communication, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3220.001, Health Communication, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5180.001, Qualitative Research Methods in Communication, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.001, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.201, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2017 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.202, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2017 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.203, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2017 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.204, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2017 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.205, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2017 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2020.206, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2017 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4829.001, Topics in Interpersonal/Organizational Studies, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.001, Interpersonal Communication, Summer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3220.001, Health Communication, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5226.001, Seminar in Health Communication, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.001, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2020.201, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2016 
                    

                    COMM 2020.202, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2016 
                    

                    COMM 2020.203, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2016 
                    

                    COMM 2020.204, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2016 
                    

                    COMM 2020.205, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2016 
                    

                    COMM 2020.206, Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2016 
                    

                    COMM 4829.001, Topics in Interpersonal/Organizational Studies, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 1010.001, Introduction to Communication, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    COMM 1010.201, Introduction to Communication, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    COMM 1010.202, Introduction to Communication, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    COMM 1010.203, Introduction to Communication, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    COMM 1010.204, Introduction to Communication, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    COMM 1010.205, Introduction to Communication, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    COMM 4220.001, Gender and Communication, Spring 2008 
                    

                    COMM 2020.001, Interpersonal Communication, Summer 5W2 2007 
                    

                    COMM 2020.201, Interpersonal Communication, Summer 5W2 2007 
                    

                    COMM 2020.202, Interpersonal Communication, Summer 5W2 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.201, Introduction to Communication, Summer 5W2 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.202, Introduction to Communication, Summer 5W2 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.203, Introduction to Communication, Summer 5W2 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.204, Introduction to Communication, Summer 5W2 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.205, Introduction to Communication, Summer 5W2 2007 
                    

                    COMM 4220.001, Gender and Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.001, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.002, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.003, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.201, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.202, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.203, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.204, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.205, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.206, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.207, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.208, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.209, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.210, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.211, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.212, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.213, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.214, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.215, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.216, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.217, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.218, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.219, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.220, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.221, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.222, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.223, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.224, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.225, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.226, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.227, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.228, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 1010.001, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.002, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.003, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.005, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.201, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.202, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.203, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.204, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.205, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.206, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.207, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.208, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.209, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.210, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.211, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.212, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.213, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.214, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.215, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.216, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.217, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.218, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.219, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.220, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.221, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.222, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.223, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.224, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.227, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.233, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.234, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.235, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.237, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.239, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.242, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.243, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 2020.001, Interpersonal Communication, Spring 2006 
                    

                    COMM 1010.005, Introduction to Communication, Fall 2005 

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book Chapter
McGlynn III, J.  (2023). Self-observation of sublime experience. Transformative learning in doctoral education: An edited collection of narratives. Palgrave. 
McGlynn III, J.  (2022). Parent and child communication and health risks in sport. Health communication and sport: Connections, applications, and opportunities.  Lexington, KY: Lexington Press. 
McGlynn III, J.  (2021). Blowing the whistle is laden with risk.  New York, New York: Routledge. 
McGlone, M. S., McGlynn, J., Merola, N. A. (2017). Time is not on our side: Temporal metaphors in the Enron email corpus. Work Pressures: New Agendas in Communication. 120-136.  New York, NY: Routledge. 
McGlynn, J.  (2015). The whistle-blower. Culture, Development, and Petroleum: An Ethnography of the High North. 116-125.  New York: Routledge. 
McGlynn, J.  (2014). Language and deception. Encyclopedia of Deception. 581-584.  Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. 
Conference Proceeding
Zhou, Y., Huang, Y., McGlynn, J., Han, A.  (2019). Trust Inference for Rideshare Through Co-Training on Social Media Data. IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data). 2532-2541. 
Zhou, Y., Yan, H., McGlynn, J., Han, A.  (2019). Trust Inference for Rideshare through Co-training on Social Media Data. 1-10. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data. 
Zhou, Y., Huang, Y., McGlynn, J., Han, A.  (2017). Who Will You Share a Ride With: Factors that Influence Trust of Potential Rideshare Partners. Other. 
Encyclopedia Article
McGlynn III, J.  (2020). Disinhibitory and Inhibitory Effects. 494-497.  Thousand Oaks, CA: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society. 
Journal Article
McGlynn, J., Cassilo, D.  (2023). “I’m worried they will come back to haunt me”: Examining how retired NFL players make sense of concussion risks. Communication & Sport. 1–23. 
McGlynn, J., Richardson, B.  (2023). Factors that reduce parental concern for concussion risks in youth tackle football. Sociology of Sport Journal. 40(3), 321–329. 
Cassilo, D., McGlynn, J.  (2023). “They just see guys as bodies”: Assessing credibility of injury communication in the National Football League.. Communication & Sport. 16(1), 32–42. International Journal of Communication & Sport. 
McGlynn, J., Richardson, B. K., Boneau, R.  (2022). Parent strategies to control concussion risk in youth tackle football.. Sociology of Sport Journal. 
Richardson, B. K., McGlynn, J.  (2021). Constructing the heroic whistleblower: A social scientific approach.. 6(2), 1-28. 
McGlynn, J., Boneau, R. B., Richardson, B. K. (2020). “It might also be good for your brain”: Cognitive and social benefits that motivate parents to permit youth tackle football.. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 44(3), 261-282. 
McGlynn III, J., Boneau, R. D., Richardson, B. K. (2020). “It Might Also be Good for Your Brain”: Cognitive and Social Benefits that Motivate Parents to Permit Youth Tackle Football. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 44(3), 261-282. SAGE. 
McGlynn III, J., Baryshevtsev, M., Dayton, Z. A. (2020). Misinformation more likely to use non-specific authority references: Twitter analysis of two COVID-19 myths. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review. 1(3), 16. https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/misinformation-more-likely-to-use-non-specific-authority-references-twitter-analysis-of-two-covid-19-myths/
Baryshevtsev, M., McGlynn III, J.  (2020). Persuasive Appeals Predict Credibility Judgments of Phishing Messages. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. 23, 297-302. 
McGlynn, J., Zhou, Y., Han, A., Huang, Y.  (2019). Present, Endorsed, and Active: Instagram Cues that Predict Trust. Communication Research Reports. 36(4), 338-348. Routledge. 
Boneau, R., Richardson, B. K., McGlynn, J.  (2018). "We are a Football Family": Making Sense of Parents Decisions To Allow Children to Play Tackle Football. Communication & Sport. 8, 26-49. SAGE. 
McGlynn, J., McGlone, M. S. (2018). Desire or Disease? Framing obesity to influence attributions of responsibility and policy support. Health Communication. 34(7), 689-701. Routledge. 
Richardson, B. K., McGlynn III, J.  (2015). Blowing the whistle off the field of play: An empirical model of whistle-blower experiences in the intercollegiate sport industry. 3, 57-80. 
McGlynn, J., Richardson, B. K. (2014). Public support, private alienation: Whistle-blowers and the paradox of social support. Western Journal of Communication. 78, 213-237. 
McGlone, M. S., Bell, R. A., Sarah, Z., McGlynn, J.  (2013). Don't let the flu catch you: Agency assignment in printed educational materials about the H1N1 virus. 18, 740-756. 
Donovan-Kicken, E., McGlynn, J., Damron, J. C. (2012). When friends deflect questions about sensitive information: Individual differences and explanations for avoidance. Western Journal of Communication. 76, 127-147. 
Richardson, B. K., McGlynn, J.  (2011). Rabid fans, death threats, and dysfunctional stakeholders: The influence of organizational and industry contexts on whistle-blowing cases. Management Communication Quarterly. 25, 121-150. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
McGlynn III, J., "Persuasive Effects of Authority References and Social Endorsement Cues on Misinformation Credibility Judgments," Sponsored by Scholarly and Creative Activity Award - College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (January 2022 – July 31, 2022).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
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