Join us today as we catch up with new assistant professor Dr. Jaclyn  Shetterly in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama. Her work is squarely situation in the area of interpersonal communication where she examines the communication between individuals who are the victims of sexual assault and their romantic partners. As you learn throughout the episode, this type of work can be taxing and emotionally draining...on the subjects and the researcher...but it also sheds light on what is often considered stigma and shame for those victims. She also tells us how we can use what we have learned in context and apply it to so many areas of general human interaction when the topics are sensitive or challenging. Jaclyn shares with us some of her recommendations for viewing--How I Met Your Mother--and shares with us her guilty pleasure--Love Is Blind. Of course, both relate directly to interpersonal communication. 

As you've learned if you are a regular listener of this podcast, we hear from communication scholars of all types, and this is one of many fun conversations diving a little more into who people are, what they do and the value of it all. 
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