Santa Clara University

Dr. Laura L. Ellingson

Assistant Professor of Communication

Academic/professional background: Dr. Ellingson earned her Ph.D. in Communication and a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies at the University of South Florida in May 2001. Prior to that, she earned a B.A. in English at the University of Vermont (May 1991), an M.A. in Nonfiction Writing at the University of New Hampshire (December 1992); and an M.A. in Communication at Northern Illinois University (May 1997).

Teaching areas/responsibilities: Dr. Ellingson teaches Qualitative Research Methods, Public Speaking, Communication and Gender, and Health Communication.

Research interests: Dr. Ellingson conducts research on interpersonal communication within health care organizations. Her primary interests are in patient-physician communication and communication among interdisciplinary healthcare team members. Her research uses primarily feminist interviewing and feminist ethnographic methods.

Sample publications:

• Ellingson, L. L. (2005). Communicating in the clinic: Negotiating frontstage and backstage teamwork. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. (Click on book image for PDF order form.)
• Ellis, C., & Ellingson, L. L. (2001). Qualitative methods. In E. F. Borgatta & R. J. V. Montgomery, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sociology, Revised Edition (pp, 2287-2296). NY: Macmillan Library Reference.
• Ellingson, L. L. (2000). Style, substance, and standpoint: A feminist critique of Bernie Siegel's rhetoric of self-healing. Women's Studies in Communication, 23, 63-90
• Ellingson, L. L., & Buzzanell, P. M. (1999). Listening to women's narratives of breast cancer treatment: A feminist appoach to patient satisfaction with physician-patient communication. Health Communication, 11, 153-183.
• Ellingson, L. L. (1998). "Then you know how I feel": Empathy, identification, and reflexivity in fieldwork. Qualitative Inquiry, 4, 492-514.
• Buzzanell, P. M., Ellingson, L. L., Silvio, C., Pasch, V., Dale, B., Mauro, G., Smith, E., Weir, N., & Martin, C. (1997). Leadership in alternative organizing processes: Invitational and dramaturgical leadership. Communication Studies, 48, 285-310.

Address:
Laura L. Ellingson
Arts and Sciences Building 212
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA 95053
Tel. 408-551-7056
Fax 408-554-4913
email: lellingson@scu.edu