Stacey L. Connaughton

Professor of Communication, Director of the Purdue Policy Research Institute, Purdue University

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Dr. Durante's research focuses on incarceration with an emphasis on 2 areas: 1) racial and ethnic inequality and 2) the impacts on families. She takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying these and related topics. Dr. Durante is currently a member of the Racial Equity in Policing Commission in Salt Lake City.

Contributions | No Jargon Podcast | In the News | Publications

In the News

Opinion: "The Need for Dialogue is Now," Stacey L. Connaughton (with Jessica Berns), Politics, Diplomatic Courier, February 23, 2017.

Quoted by John Tozzi in "The Best Weapon Against Ebola in West Africa Is Winning Public Trust," Accountabiity Lab, October 30, 2014.

Publications

"Doing Engaged Scholarship: Inclusion Theory Meets Practice in the Context of a Peacebuilding Initiative in West Africa" (with Jennifer K. Ptacek). in Organizing Inclusion Moving Diversity From Demographics to Communication Processes, (Routledge, 2020), 43-57.

Examines the tensions among inclusion theory and the practice of doing inclusion in the context of locally led peacebuilding initiatives. Highlights how we tried to live out inclusionary principles in our practice of collaborating with local West African citizens who led and designed political violence prevention initiatives in their communities.

"Citizens’ Political Public Relations: Unpacking Choices, and Emergent and Deliberate Strategies in Building Trust and Relations Among Groups in Conflict" (with Arunima Krishna and Jasmine R. Linabary). Public Relations Review 46, no. 1 (2020).

Examines a locally led peacebuilding initiative in which Ghanaian youth helped prevent political violence in their community. Develops a construct citizens' political public relations.

"Extending Communication Campaign from Health to Peacebuilding: A Locally Driven Communication Campaign Approach as Part of A Peacebuilding Initiative in Liberia" (with Kai Kuang, Jasmine R. Linabary, Arunima Krishna, Kelly S. Vibber, Agaptus Anaele, and Liliya Yakova). Health Communication 35, no. 8 (2019).

Studies our application of our locally led peacebuilding approach to health campaigns by examining our work with Liberian citizens to help prevent the spread of Ebola.

Locally Led Peacebuilding: Global Case Studies (with Jessica Berns). (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019).

Makes the case for locally led peacebuilding with chapters from academics and practitioners in Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya, Iraq, Liberia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Sri Lanka, Uganda, and the United Kingdom.

"Liberia’s Pen-Pen Riders: Case Study of a Locally-Driven, Dialogic Approach to Transformation, Peacebuilding and Social Change" in Communication and Conflict Transformation: Local to Global Engagements, edited by Peter M. Kellet and Thomas G. Matyok, (Lexington Books., 2017), 71-91.

Examines the locally led peacebuilding initiatives of local Liberians. Explains our locally led approach to peacebuilding and demonstrates local citizens' contributions to individual, group, and community outcomes.

"Explicating the Relationally Attentive Approach to Conducting Engaged Communication Scholarship" (with jasmine R. Linabary, Arunima Krishna, Kai Kuang, Agaptus Anaele, and Kelly S. Vibber). journal of Applied Communication Research, 45, no. 5 (2017): 517-536.

Presents what we term the Relationally Attentive Approach to Doing Engaged Scholarship. Discusses while this approach was developed for locally-led peacebuilding, this approach can be used in other multi-stakeholder collaborations.