Stephen M Haas

Stephen M. Haas (Ph.D., Ohio State University) is a tenured Full Professor in the School of Communication, Film, & Media Studies, and served as the Graduate Program Director from 2002-2007. At the national level, he has served as Chair of the Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association, and Vice Chair/Conference Planner for the Division. His national survey work on LGBTQ+ couples has been cited in the national discussion of same-sex marriage and LGBTQ equality and received the 2017 Monograph of the Year Award from the GLBTQ Studies Division of the National Communication Association. In addition, he and his colleagues development of the Online Negative Enabling Support Groups (ONESG) Theory (New Media & Society) (Sage) received national and international news coverage. Recently, a rigorous 20-year systematic review of the relationship maintenance academic literature identified Haas & Lannutti's 5-Year LGBTQ+ Couples Maintnenance Project (N = 2,944) with LGBTQ+ people from every US state as "exemplary in moving the field forward" (Olgolsky & Stafford, 2022, Personal Relationships, p. 15. DOI: 10.1111/pere.12429).

His teaching and research interests are in the areas of Health Communication and Interpersonal/Relational Communication. Much of his work has explored communication dimensions of: (a) Relationship Maintenance in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples (b) Social Support in Couples/Families Coping with Chronic Illness (e.g., HIV/AIDS), (c) co-author of Uncertainty Management Theory, and (d) the Patient Self-Advocacy Scale (PSAS) to assess patient participation in Doctor-Patient Communication. His research has been published in Communication and Medical Journals such as Human Communication Research, Communication Monographs, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Health Communication, AIDS Care, Journal of Nursing in AIDS Care, Journal of Pediatric Nursing, and he serves on the editorial boards of the flagship journals Health Communication and the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

Dr. Haas has been the recipient of 5 national-level research awards: the National Communication Association's Golden Anniversary Monograph Award recognizing the top scholalry journal articles/books published in the Communication discipline for his work as coauthor in orginating Uncertainty Management Theory (Communication Monographs, 2000) as well as receiving the Health Communication Distinguished Article of the Year Award from the Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association--an award that recognizes research with a significant impact on the field of Health Communication. In addition, he received the National Communication Association's Gerald R. Miller Dissertation Award for the top dissertation in the field of Communication in 1999, as well as receiving the joint National Communication Association/International Communication Association's top dissertation award from the Interpersonal Communication Divisions. Most recently, his work recieved the 2017 Monograph of the Year Award from the GLBTQ Studies Division of the National Communication Association.

His research has been funded by several National Institutes of Health (NIH) agencies, including; the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), and the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) AIDS Clinical Trials Division. He also is a former faculty member at Rutgers University.

Ph.D.: Ohio State University 1999 (Communication)

M.A. : University of Cincinnati 1991 (Communication)

B.A.: University of Cincinnati 1990 (Communication)

Investigators:Haas, Stephen 09-1999 -09-2000 Rutgers University Relationship Maintenance in Same-Sex Couples Role:Principal Investigator $1,100 Completed

Investigators:Haas, Stephen 07-1997 -07-1998 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health, #1F31MH11942-01 Relationship Maintenance in Couples Coping with HIV/AIDS Role:Principal Investigator, Individual NIMH Fellow $18,813 Completed

Investigators:Haas, S.M. 07-1997 -07-1998 Graduate School of the Ohio State University Relationship Maintenance in Couples with HIV/AIDS Role:Principal Investigator $1,500 Completed

Investigators:Haas, S. M. (Brashers, Dale Ph.D.-PI) 02-1998 -06-2002 National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Grant, National Institutes of Health, # 1R29NR04376-01A1 The Management of Uncertainty for Persons with HIV/AIDS Role:Research Associate $510,000 Completed

Investigators:Haas, S.M. (Brashers, Dale Ph.D.-PI) 03-1995 -12-1996 Ameritech Foundation Access to Illness and Treatment Information for Persons with HIV or AIDS: The Role of Technology in Health Care Decision Making Role:Research Associate $16,500 Completed

Investigators:Haas, S.M., (Brashers, Dale Ph.D-PI) 03-1994 -03-1995 The Ohio State University Uncertainty, Communication, and Coping Role:Research Associate $12,500 Completed

Investigators:(Co-Investigator) Haas, S.M. 02-2010 Doctor-Child Communication: Relations with Satisfaction. National Institutes of Health R03 grant application, $157,000. Interdisciplinary proposal among seven UC faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, and the College of Medicine. Co-investigator, Co-Author. Submitted, Not Funded

Investigators:Haas, Stephen; Lyons, Michael (Grant Co-Authors) Facilitated Serosorting: Use of Official HIV Status Verification for Optimization of Sexual Partner Communication to Prevent HIV Infection. National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R34 Grant Proposal. Dual Authored, Co-Investigator with Michael Lyons, MD, University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine. $450,000. (Submitted, 01/2016), Unfunded. Role:Co-Investigator; Lyons (Center PI) Type:Grant

Investigators: Haas, Stephen; Lyons, Michael (Co-Principal Investigators) 04-01-2014 -03-31-2015 Communication Empowering Decision-Making in Sexual Partner Selection to Reduce HIV Transmission. University of Cincinnati Research Council Grant. Role:Co-Principal Investigator $25,000 Funded. Completed Type:Grant

Investigators:Haas, Stephen Influence of Parent-Nurse Communication on Family Management of Pediatric Chronic Care. National Institute of Health (NIH), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (11/01/2018 – 08/31/2022). #K23NR0117396. $150,000. Role: Co-Mentor (with Maria Britto, MD) to Dr. Barbara Giambra, PhD, RN, CPNP (PI), Cincinnati Children's Medical Center. (Funded, 10/01/2018-11/24/2023).

Peer Reviewed Publications

Brashers, D. E., Neidig, J. L., Reynolds, N. R., & Haas, S. M. (1998). Uncertainty in illness across the HIV/AIDS trajectory. Journal of the Association of Nursing in AIDS Care, 9, 66-77.

Haas, S. M., & Stafford, L. (1998). An initial examination of maintenance behaviors in gay and lesbian relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 15, 846-855.

Brashers, D. E., Neidig, J., Cardillo, L., Dobbs, L., Russell, J. A., & Haas, S. M. (1999). "In an important way I did die": Uncertainty and revival in persons living with HIV and AIDS. AIDS Care: Psychological & Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 11, 201-220. 

Brashers, D. E., Haas, S. M., & Neidig, J. L. (1999). The Patient Self-Advocacy Scale (PSAS):  Measuring patient involvement in health care decision-making interactions.  Health Communication, 11, 97-121.

Brashers, D. E., Haas, S. M., Klingle, R. S., & Neidig, J. L. (2000). Collective AIDS activism and individual self-advocacy in physician-patient communication. Human Communication Research, 26 (3), 372-402.

Brashers, D. E., Neidig, J. L., Haas, S. M., Dobbs, L. K., Cardillo, L. W., & Russell, J. A. (2000). Communication in the management of uncertainty: The case of persons living with HIV or AIDS. Communication Monographs, 67 (1), 63-84.  NCA 2000 Golden Monograph Award and Health Communication Distinguished 2004 Article of the Year.

Stafford, L., Dainton, M., & Haas, S. M. (2000). Measuring routine and strategic relational maintenance: Scale revision, sex versus gender roles, and the prediction of relational characteristics. Communication Monographs, 67 (3), 306-323.

Brashers, D. E., Haas, S. M., Neidig, J. L., & Rintamaki, L. (2002).  Social activism, self-advocacy, and coping with HIV illness. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 19(1), 113-133.

Haas, S. M.  (2002).  Social support as relationship maintenance in gay male couples coping with HIV. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 19(1), 87-111.

Brashers, D. E., Neidig, J. L., Russell, J. A., Cardillo, L. W., Haas, S. M., Dobbs, L. K., Garland, M., McCartney, B., & Nemeth, S.  (2003).  The medical, personal, and social causes of uncertainty in HIV illness. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 24(5), 497-522.

Haas, S. M., & Stafford, L. (2005). Maintenance behaviors in same-sex and marital relationships: A matched sample comparison. Journal of Family Communication, 5(1), 43-60.

Haas, S. M., Irr, M. E., Jennings, N., & Wagner, L. (2011).  Communicating thin: A grounded model of Online Negative Enabling Support Groups (ONESGs) in the pro-anorexia movement.  New Media & Society, 13, 40-57. First published online October 12, 2010.  DOI: 10.1177/1461444810363910. 

Kerr, A., & Haas, S. M. (2014).  Parental Uncertainty in Illness: Managing uncertainty surrounding an 'orphan' illness.  Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 29, 393-400. DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2014.01.008

Haas, S. M., & Whitton, S. (2015). The significance of living together and importance of marriage in same-sex couples.  Journal of Homosexuality, 62 (9), 1-23.  2017 Monograph of the Year Award, National Communication Assocation, LGBTQ Studies Division.

Perazzo, J., Haas, S. M., Webel, A., & Voss, J. (2016).  Role of the Internet in care initiation by People Living with HIV (PLWH). Research in Nursing & Health, 40, 43-50.

Giambra, B., Haas, S. M., Britto, M., & Lipstein, E. (2018). Exploration of parent-provider communication during clinic visits for children with chronic conditions.  Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 32 (1), 21-28.

Haas, S. M., Perazzo, J., Ruffner, A., Ancon, R., & Lyons, M. (2017). The KNOW*NOW Project: Facilitated serosorting in HIV-status sexual partner communication. AIDS Education & Prevention, 29 (5), 432-442..

Haas, S. M., Perazzo, J., Ruffner, A., & Lyons, M. (2019). Exploring current stereotypes and norms impacting sexual partner HIV-status communication. Health Communication, 35, 1376-1385. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2019.1636340

Haas, S. M., & Lannutti, P. J. (2019). The impact of minority stress and social support on positive relationship functioning in same-sex relationships. Health Communication, 36(3), 315-323. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2019.1687130

Haas, S. M., & Lannutti, P. J. (2021). Relationship maintenance behaviors, resilience, and relational quality in romantic relationships of LGBTQ+ people. Couple & Family Psychology: Research & Practice, 11(2), 117–131. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000186. (APA Interdisciplinary Special Volume: Risk and Resilience in Sexual and Gender Minority Relationships). 

Haas, S. M., & Lannutti, P. J. (2022). The influence of marriage and (non)monogamy agreements on relationship quality in LGBTQ+ Relationships. Quantitative empirical study published in the Interdisciplinary edited volume, A. Hoy (Ed.),The Social Science of Same-Sex Marriage: LGBTQ People and Their Relationships in the Era of Marriage Equality. London, UK: Routledge.

Haas, S. M., & Lannutti, P. J. (2024). “They are giving folks permission to discriminate and hate”: A 4-year longitudinal analysis of perceived impact of the Trump Administration on LGBTQ+ individuals and relationships, 2017-2020. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 21, 62-75. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13178-023-00843-x

Book Chapter

Haas, S. M.  (2000).  Relationship maintenance in male same-sex couples coping with HIV. In L. Lederman & D. Gibson (Eds.), Communication theory (pp. 383-409). Dubuque, IO: Hunt.

Brashers, D. E., Neidig, J. L., Dobbs, L.K., Russell, J. A., Cardillo, L. W., & Haas, S. M.  (2001). Transitions and challenges: Revival and uncertainty for persons living with HIV or AIDS. In S. G. Funk, E. M. Tornquist, J. Leeman, M. S. Miles, & J. S. Harrell (Eds.), Key Aspects of Preventing and Managing Chronic Illness (pp. 141-160). New York: Springer.

Brashers, D. E., Haas, S. M., & Neidig, J. L.  (2002).  Satisfying the argumentative requirements for self-advocacy. In F. H. van Eemeren (Ed.), Advances in Pragma-Dialectics (pp. 291-308).  Newport News, VG: Vale Press.

Haas, S. M.  (2003).  Relationship maintenance in same-sex couples.  In D. Canary & M. Dainton (Eds.), Maintaining Relationships through Communication:  Relational, Contextual, and Cultural Variations (pp. 209-230).  Hillsdale, NJ:  Lawrence Earlbaum.

Haas, S. M. (2008). Social support as relationship maintenance in gay male couples coping with HIV/AIDS. In L. C. Lederman (Ed.), Beyond these Walls: Readings in Health Communication (pp. 252-270). New York, Oxford University Press.

Brashers, D. E., Haas, S. M., & Neidig, J. L. (2014).  Aktive patienten – die Patient Self-Advocacy Scale zur messung der patientbezogenen involviertheit und partizipation. In A. Schorr (Ed.), Gesundheitskommunikation:  Psychologische und interdisziplinare Perpspektiven (Health Communication:  Psychological and interdisciplinary perspectives) (pp. 289-313).  Nomos Publishers, Baden-Baden, Germany.  Published in German.

Haas, S. M., & Barlow, P.  (2018).  Physicians as Detectives: Managing uncertainty in patient care. Invited chapter in du Pré, A., & Berlin Ray, E. (Eds.), Case Studies: Real life Scenarios in Health Communication. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Companion text to Athena du Pré’s Communicating about Health: Current Issues and Perspectives.

Haas, S. M. (2019).  Stigma, heteronormative passing with healthcare providers, and partner health involvement in male same-sex couples.  In J. Theiss & K. Greene (Eds.), Contemporary Studies on Relationships, Health, and Wellness (pp. 30-48). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Haas, S. M. (2021). Same-sex couple relationship maintenance. In I. N. West (Ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of Queer Studies & Communication (pp. 1-19). New York & Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.1174

Haas, S. M., Jennings, N., & Chang, P. F. (2023). Online Negative Enabling Support Groups (ONESG) Theory: Understanding online extreme community communication promoting negative health behaviours (pp. 199-221). New orginal theory in L. Cariola (Ed.), Eating Disorders in Public Discourse: Exploring Media Representations and Lived Experiences. Exeter, UK: University of Exeter Press. https://www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/eating-disorders-in-public-discourse

Invited Presentations

Haas, S.M. (11-2001. ) Relational communication research on HIV or AIDS: NCA Spotlight on Top Research highlighting 3 of the Top HIV/AIDS Health Communication research programs in the country .National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA. Conference. .

Haas, S. M. (10-2004. ) The Impact of AIDS Activism on Consumerism in the US Healthcare System .Department of Nursing, Xavier Univeristy.

Haas, S. M. (03-2003. ) Relationship Maintenance and the Communicative Management of Uncertainty in Couples Living with HIV or AIDS .Department of Sociology Professional Colloquium, University of Cincinnati.

Haas, S. M. (01-1999. ) Patient-Physician Communication: Becoming Your Own Self-Advocate .The Chelsea Assisted-Living Residence, East Brunswick, New Jersey.

Haas, S. M. (11-2010. ) AIDS Activism, Patient Self-Advocacy, and Uncertainty Management Theory: Tracing the development of Uncertainty Management Theory. Invited presentation on the NCA President's panel "Honoring the Scholarship of Dale Brashers" at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, CA. Level:National

Haas, S. M. (09-2014. ) Online Negative Enabling Support Groups (ONESGs): Pro-Anorexic Adolescents and Beyond. Invited presentation at the national "Pediatric Evidence-Based Practice 2014 Conference: Evidence Implementation for Changing Models of Pediatric Health Care.” Sponsored by Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. Level:National

Haas, S. M. (11-2014. ) Same-Sex Marriage and Communication at the 100th Anniversary of NCA: Past research and future directions. Top NCA scholars studying same-sex couple communication and same-sex marriage address their research programs and future directions of the field. National Communication Association annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Giambra, B., Haas, S. M., Lipstein, E., & Britto, M. (2017, June). Provider-parent communication in the care of children with chronic conditions. Invited presentation at the 15th Annual International Communication, Medicine, and Ethics (COMET) conference hosted by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN.

Haas, S. M. (2018, April). Quantitative vs Qualitative Evaluation and Analysis: Improving Provider-Patient Communication and Patient Satisfaction. Invited medical faculty development presentation, American Medical Association 1 Hour Continuing Education PRA Category 1 Credit seminar for the College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.

Haas, S. M. (2018, August). Using a Mixed Methods Approach to Improve Clinical Communication Effectiveness. Invited research presentation at the Center for Clinical Effectiveness, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center .

Paper Presentations

Combs, J., & Haas, S. M. (11-2005. ) Communication apprehension and self-disclosure .Boston, MA. Conference.

Haas, S. M. (11-2003. ) Say what?: Interpersonal interaction issues in health and health-related contexts .Miami, FL.

Haas, S, M. (11-2001. ) Relational communication research on HIV or AIDS: Spotlight on Top Research .Atlanta, GA. Conference.

Haas, S, M. (11-2001. ) Exploring issues of frequency of use versus importance in relationship maintenance behaviors .Atlanta, GA. Conference.

Haas, S, M., & Grossman, B. (11-2001. ) An initial examination of communicative “passing” strategies by gay and lesbian individuals in healthcare interactions .Atlanta, GA. Conference.

Haas, S. M. & Holman, D. (11-2001. ) Relationship maintenance behaviors in African-American married couples .Atlanta, GA. Conference.

Haas, S. M. (11-2000. ) Cognitive and affective dimensions of health-related social influence attempts in couples coping with HIV/AIDS .Seattle, WA. Conference.

Haas, S. M. (11-1999. ) Relationship maintenance in gay male couples coping with HIV/AIDS .Chicago, IL. Conference.

Brashers, D. E., Neidig, J. L., Haas, S. M., Dobbs, L. K., Cardillo, L. W., & Russell, J. A. (11-1999. ) Communication in the management uncertainty .Chicago, IL. Conference.

Brashers, D. E., Haas, S. M., Klingle, R. S., & Neidig, J. L. (07-1999. ) Collective AIDS activism and individual's perceived self-advocacy in physician-patient communication .Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Other Institution.

Haas, S. M. (06-1999. ) Exploring seropositive and seronegative partners’ motivations for relationship initiation in HIV-discordant and concordant couples .Louisville, KY. Conference.

Haas, S. M. (05-1999. ) Social support as relationship maintenance in couples coping with HIV/AIDS .San Fransisco. Conference.

Brashers, D. E., Neidig, J., Cardillo, L., Dobbs, L., Russell, J. A., & Haas, S. M. (04-1999. ) In an important way I did die": Uncertainty and revival in persons living with HIV and AIDS .UNC-Chapel Hill, NC.

Brashers, D. E., Haas, S. M., & Neidig, J. L. (11-1998. ) Information source preferences of ersons living with HIV/AIDS .New York, NY. Conference.

Stafford, L., Haas, S. M., & Dainton, M. (11-1998. ) A revision and expansion of Canary and Stafford's relational maintenance scale .New York, NY. Conference.

Brashers, D. E., Haas, S. M., & Neidig, J. L. (07-1998. ) Satisfying the argumentative requirements of self-advocacy .Amsterdam. Conference.

Brashers, D. E., Haas, S. M., Neidig, J. L., & McDonald, M. (06-1998. ) Information sources used by persons living with HIV/AIDS .Geneva, Switzerland.

Brashers, D. E., Neidig, J. L., Dobbs, L., Russell, J., Cardillo, L., & Haas, S. M. (06-1998. ) Uncertainty and revival for persons living with AIDS .Geneva, Switzerland.

Haas, S. M., & Stafford, L. (11-1997. ) Relationship maintenance behaviors in same-sex and heterosexual couples: An exploratory comparison .Chicago, IL. Conference.

Brashers, D. E., Haas, S. M., & Neidig, J. L. (11-1997. ) AIDS activism and self-advocacy: Encouraging participation in health care decision-making .Chicago, IL. Conference.

Haas, S. M., Stafford, L., & Brashers, D. E. (07-1997. ) Relational maintenance strategies in couples coping with HIV/AIDS: A preliminary examination .Washington, D. C..

Haas, S. M., & Stafford, L. (06-1997. ) Maintenance behaviors in gay and lesbian relationships: Challenging social assumptions .Oxford, OH. Conference.

Brashers, D. E., Neidig, J. L., & Haas, S. M. (11-1996. ) Managing uncertainty about HIV and AIDS: The role of information seeking .San Diego, CA. Conference.

Haas, S. M. (11-1996. ) A critical theory perspective of physician-patient interaction: AIDS activism as both an alternative and oppositional form of resistance to the traditional paternalistic model .San Diego, CA. Conference.

Neidig, J. L., Brashers, D. E., & Haas, S. M. (10-1996. ) Managing uncertainty about HIV/AIDS: The role of information seeking and patient involvement in health care .Chicago, IL. Conference.

Brashers, D. E., Neidig, J. L., Haas, S. M., & McDonald, M. (06-1996. ) The role of HIV/AIDS patient activism in health care decision making .Vancouver, BC.

Brashers, D. E., & Haas, S. M. (05-1996. ) The Patient Activism Scale: Measuring patient involvement in health care decision making .Chicago, IL. Conference.

Brashers, D. E., Haas, S. M., & Neidig, J. L. (05-1996. ) Managing versus coping with HIV/AIDS: Patient involvement in health care decision making II .Chicago, IL. Conference.

Haas, S. M., & Brashers, D. E. (11-1995. ) AIDS patient activism: Patient involvement in health care decision making .San Antonio, TX. Conference.

Haas, S. M. (11-1995. ) Modern corporations' use of issues management: A pentadic analysis of the implementation stage of the Procter & Gamble Corporation's environmental awareness campaign .San Antonio, TX. Conference.

Haas, S. M., Irr, M. E., Jennings, N., & Wagner, L. (04-2010. ) Communicating thin: Stigma and the co-construction of online enabling support groups in the pro-anorexia movement. Cincinnati, Ohio. Conference. Level:Regional

Rankin, A, & Haas, S. M. (04-2010. ) Doctor-patient communication: Communication skills training and managing uncertainty. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Conference. Level:University

Rankin, A., & Haas, S. M. (05-2011. ) Parental uncertainty in illness: The struggle for parents to assign meaning to an “orphan” illness .

Haas, S. M. (11-2011. ) Relational Maintenance Behaviors, Religiosity, and Gender Role Orientation in African American Marriages: Incorporation of a Relational Maintenance Religion Scale (RMRS) .

Whitton, S. W., Haas, S. M., Kuryluk, A. D., & Weitbrecht, E. M. (11-2013. ) Cohabitation: What does it mean for young same­-sex couples and how does it relate to couple and individual well-being? .

Haas, S. M., & Whitton, S. W. (11-2013. ) The significance of living together and importance of marriage for same-sex couples.

Haas, S. M., Perazzo, J. D., Ruffner, A. H., & Lyons, M. (11-2016. ) Exploring cultural assumptions, myths, and norms affecting sexual partner HIV communication after 30 years of public education .Conference. Level:National

Haas, S. M., Bezerra, L., Lewis, A., Marshall, J., & Traicoff, D. (2015, June). Exploring relational dynamics surrounding health behaviors in long-term male same-sex couples. Paper presented at the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR) conference on “Relationships, Health, and Wellness” sponsored by Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ .

Giambra, B., Haas, S. M., Lipstein, E., & Britto, M. (2017, April). Parent and clinician communication behaviors during outpatient clinic visits for children with chronic conditions. Presented at the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) 41st Annual research conference, Minneapolis, MN .

Haas, S. M., & Lannutti, P. J. (2018, November). Relationship maintenance in same-sex couples: Implications for commitment, satisfaction, control mutuality, and closeness. Paper presented to the Interpersonal Communication Division at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT

Lannutti, P. J., & Haas, S. M. (2019, April). The same-sex couples maintenance project: Findings from Years 1 and 2. Presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI

Haas, S. M., & Lannutti, P. J. (2019. ) Exploring minority stress, health, and resilience in same-sex couples. Paper presented in the Health Communication Division at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD .

Haas, S. M., & Lannutti, P. J. (2020. ) Sexual health communication and relational quality in LGBTQ+ couple relationships. One of 40 competitive papers accepted for panel presentation out of 260 submissions (15% acceptance rate) at the Bi-Annual National Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (KCHC) sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, and partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, specifically the National Cancer Institute, and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research .

Haas, S. M., & Lannutti, P. J. (2022. ) “They are giving folks permission to discriminate and hate”: A 4-year longitudinal analysis of perceived impact of the Trump Administration on LGBTQ+ individuals and relationships, 2017-2020. Paper accepted for presentation in the GLBTQ Studies Division at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA .

2017 Monograph of the Year Award conferred by the National Communication Association, GLBTQ Studies Division.

2004 NCA Health Communication Distinguished Article of the Year Award conferred the National Communication Association, Health Communication Division, in recognition of work having a significant impact on the field of Health Communication.

2001 NCA Golden Anniversary Monograph of the Year Award conferred by the National Communication Association recognizing the top article or book published in the Communication discipline.

2000 NCA Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award conferred by the National Communication Association recognizing the top dissertation in the Communication discipline.

2000 ICA/NCA International Dissertation of the Year Award conferred jointly by the Interpersonal Communication Divisions of the International Communication Association and the National Communication Association.

1999 Top Four Paper Award, Sole Authored, Interpersonal Communication Division, National Communication Association.

1997-98 NIH Research Fellow

1996 Top Four Paper Award, Co-Authored, Health Communication Division, National Communication Association.

(Division Graduate Student Representative, 1998, Health Communication Division. National Communication Association. Elected officer )

Division Secretary, 2002, Interpersonal Communication Division. National Communication Association. Elected officer

Division Vice-Chair Elect, 2004, Health Communication Division. National Communication Association. Elected officer

Division Vice-Chair & Conference Planner, 2005, Health Communication Division, National Communication Association. Elected officer. Managed submissions, reviews, and planning of 31 Division panels for the annual national conference

Division Chair, 2006, Health Communication Division, National Communication Association. Elected officer. (800 division members)

Division Immediate Past Chair, 2007, Health Communication Division, National Communication Association

(Legislative Assembly Representative, 2006, National Communication Association, Health Communication Division ) Type:Service to Professional Associations

Legislative Assembly Representative, 2007, National Communication Association, Health Commuication Division Type:Service to Professional Associations

Health Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Doctor-Patient Communication, Relationship Maintenance

Health Communication (Capstone)

Advanced Interpersonal Communication Theory

Persuasion Theory & Interpersonal Influence

Empirical Communication Research Methods (Social Science/Quantitative/Qualitative)

Advanced Interpersonal Communication Research

Advanced Interpersonal Communication Theory

Communication Research Methods (Social Science/Quantitative/Qualitative)

Family Communication

Seminar in Health Communication: Provider-Patient Communication & Caregiving

Dr. Stephen Haas is a Full Professor in the Department of Communication (now part of the School of Communication, Film, & Media Studies). His primary areas are Health Communication and Interpersonal/Relational Communication.  His research focuses on relationship maintenance in same-sex couples, communication and uncertainty management, patient self-advocacy in physician-patient communication, and social support in couples/families coping with illness. He teaches courses in Health Communication, Interpersonal Communication Theory, and Soical Science Empirical Research Methods.,