Kenneth O. Doyle

Education

Ph.D., Psychology, University of Minnesota

Current Research Interests

• Quantitative and qualitative research methodology
• Money and property in social communication and evolution
• Biopsychosocial moderator variables
• Psychology and the new media
• Using mass media content to predict the future of societies

Courses Taught

JOUR 1001, Introduction to Mass Communication

JOUR 3251, Strategic Communication Research

JOUR 3741, People of Color and the Mass Media

JOUR 4731H, Honors Seminar on Persuasion

JOUR 5501, Communication and Public Opinion

JOUR 8502, Seminar: Multi-Method Research in Mass Communication

Professional Experience

• Director, Communication Research Division
• Director of Graduate Studies, Journalism, University of Minnesota
• For more information, see personal web page

Selected Publications

Evaluating Teaching, 1981, Lexington MA: D.C. Heath

The Spend Down Solution: How to Deal with the Financial and Emotional Costs of Long-term Healthcare, 1990, St. Paul MN: Knightsbridge, St. John

"Reliability and Dimensionality of Stimulus Ratings," Journal of Advertising Research, March-April 1998.

The Social Meanings of Money and Property: In Search of a Talisman, 1999, Thousand Oaks CA, Sage.

Wealth Accumulation and Management. New York:  American Institute for Certified Public Accountants.  Annually 1991-2000.

"Ethnicity and Money," Special Issue of American Behavioral Scientist, 45(2), October 2001.

"Psychology and the New Media," Special Issue of American Behavioral Scientist 48(4), December 2004.

"Psychology and the New Media --Volume 2," Special Issue of American Behavioral Scientist, in press for 2007.