Rachel Smith
Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
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216 Sparks Building
University Park, PA 16802 - She/Her
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- 814-865-4201
Research Summary
Quantitative social scientist whose interests lie broadly in social influence and social systems, specializing on power, networks, and stigma. Design and evaluation of effective health campaigns. Infectious diseases and genomics.
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Communication Health Students Public Health Masks Viruses Health Promotion Social Norms Pandemics Health Behavior Stigma Metaphor Malaria Contagious Disease Vaccines Genes Antibodies Campaign Monitoring Student Stigmatization Experiment Vaccination Latent Class Analysis ExperimentsMost Recent Papers
Campaign preparation for complex initiatives: A person-centered approach to audience segmentation of parents’ antibiotic stewardship
Rachel Smith, E MacGeorge, Nicole Hackman, Nkuchia M'ikantha, Health Communication
How Americans Make Sense of Two Novel Pandemics
Edward L. Fink, Rachel A. Smith, Deborah A. Cai, Heeyoung Jung, Joseph Woelfel, 2022, Health Communication on p. 548-560
Unique predictors of intended uptake of a COVID-19 vaccine in adults living in a rural college town in the United States
R Lennon, Rachel Smith, M Small, L Van Scoy, J Myrick, M Martin, Data4Action Research Group, 2022, American Journal of Health Promotion on p. 180-184
COVID-19 Mitigation Among College Students
Rachel A. Smith, Meg L. Small, Nita Bharti, Samuel J. DeMatte, Robert P. Lennon, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, 2022, Health Communication
Longitudinal study of an emerging COVID-19 stigma
Rachel A. Smith, Xun Zhu, Molly A. Martin, Jessica G. Myrick, Robert P. Lennon, Meg L. Small, Lauren J.Van Scoy, 2022, Stigma and Health
A Meta-Analysis of Weight Stigma and Health Behaviors
Xun Zhu, Rachel A. Smith, Emily Buteau, 2022, Stigma and Health on p. 1-13
Stigma, communication, and health
Xun Zhu, Rachel Smith, 2021,
Advancing Research on Character Assassination and Stigma Communication: A Dynamics of Character
R Smith, Rosa Eberly, 2021, Journal of Applied Social Theory on p. 23
Unique Predictors of Intended Uptake of a COVID-19 Vaccine in Adults Living in a Rural College Town in the United States
Robert P. Lennon, Meg L. Small, Rachel A. Smith, Lauren J. Van Scoy, Jessica G. Myrick, Molly A. Martin, Data4 Action Research Group, 2021, American Journal of Health Promotion
Persuasive Messages, Social Norms, and Reactance: A Study of Masking Behavior during a COVID-19 Campus Health Campaign
James Price Dillard, Xi Tian, Shannon Cruz, Rachel Annette Smith, Lijiang Shen, 2021, Health Communication
Most-Cited Papers
Antibiotic resistance: a primer and call to action
Rachel A. Smith, Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha, Andrew F. Read, 2015, Health Communication on p. 309-314
Surveillance considerations for malaria elimination
Victoria C. Barclay, Rachel A. Smith, Jill L. Findeis, 2012, Malaria Journal
An Experimental Test of Stigma Communication Content with a Hypothetical Infectious Disease Alert
Rachel A. Smith, 2012, Communication Monographs on p. 522-538
Defining genes using “blueprint” versus “instruction” metaphors: Effects for genetic determinism, response efficacy, and perceived control
Roxanne Parrott, Rachel A. Smith, 2014, Health Communication on p. 137-146
Infectious Disease Stigmas: Maladaptive in Modern Society
Rachel A. Smith, David Hughes, 2014, Communication Studies on p. 132-138
Testing the Model of Stigma Communication with a Factorial Experiment in an Interpersonal Context
Rachel A. Smith, 2014, Communication Studies on p. 154-173
Segmenting an Audience into the Own, the Wise, and Normals
Rachel A. Smith, 2012, Communication Research Reports on p. 257-265
Evaluating the impact of screening plus eave tubes on malaria transmission compared to current best practice in central Côte d'Ivoire
Eleanore D. Sternberg, Jackie Cook, Ludovic P. Ahoua Alou, Carine J. Aoura, Serge Brice Assi, Dimi Théodore Doudou, A. Alphonsine Koffi, Raphael N'Guessan, Welbeck A. Oumbouke, Rachel A. Smith, Eve Worrall, Immo Kleinschmidt, Matthew B. Thomas, 2018, BMC Public Health
Understanding the Effects of Stigma Messages
Rachel A. Smith, Xun Zhu, Edward L. Fink, 2019, Health Communication on p. 424-436
Living with a rare health condition
Xun Zhu, Rachel A. Smith, Roxanne L. Parrott, 2017, Journal of Applied Communication Research on p. 179-198