UMass Boston

Persuasion, Health Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Research Design and Analysis

PhD (Communication), Michigan State University, 2020
MA (Communication), San Diego State University, 2013
BA (Communication), San Diego State University, 2010

• Reynolds, R. M., Weaver, S. R., Nyman, A. L., & Eriksen, M. P. (2022). Trust in COVID-19 information sources and perceived risk among smokers: A nationally representative survey. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262097
• Henderson, K. C., Loud, E. E., Duong, H. T., Reynolds, R. M., Yang, B., Ntansah, C. A., ... & Popova, L. (2022). Perceptions of Nicotine Reduction Policy in the United States: A Qualitative Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 24, 1422-1429. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac071
• Fairman, R. T., Weaver, S. R., Nyman, A. L., Popova, L., Massey, Z., Reynolds, R. M., & Spears, C. A. (2022). Disparities among smokers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Examination of COVID-19-related worries by sociodemographic factors in a US Nationally representative survey. Preventive Medicine Reports, 101835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101835
• Nyman, M. A., Spears, C. A., Churchill, V., Do, V. V., Massey, Z. B., Reynolds, R. M., Henderson, K. C., & Huang, J. (in press). Associations between COVID-19 risk perceptions and smoking and quitting behavior among U.S. adult cigarette smokers. Addictive Behaviors Reports.
• Reynolds, R. M., Park, S., Ellithorpe, M. E., Rhodes, N., Ewoldsen, D. R., & Boster, F. J. (2021). The dynamic theory of reasoned action: Evidence for a reverse causal process in the context of WHO handwashing guidelines. Psychology and Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2021.1992407
• Holmstrom, A. J., Reynolds, R. M., Shebib, S. J., Poland, T. L., Summers, M. E., Mazur, A. P., & Moore, S. (2021). Examining the effect of message style in esteem support interactions: A laboratory investigation. Journal of Communication, 71, 220-245. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqab001
• Loud, E. E., Duong, H. T., Henderson, K. C., Reynolds, R. M., Ashley, D. L., Thrasher, J. F., & Popova, L. (2021). Addicted to smoking or addicted to nicotine? A focus group study on perceptions of nicotine and addiction among US adult current smokers, former smokers, non-smokers and dual users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Addiction.
• Popova, L., Henderson, K., Kute, N., Singh-Looney, M., Ashley, D. L., Reynolds, R. M., Nayak, P., & Spears, C. A. (2021). “I’m bored and I’m stressed”: A qualitative study of exclusive smokers, ENDS users, and transitioning smokers or ENDS users in the time of COVID-19. Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
• Reynolds, R. M. (2020) Diffusion within information-seeking networks: Testing the interaction of network hierarchy and fluidity with agent-based modeling. Communication Methods and Measures. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2020.1784401
• Reynolds, R. M., Meng, J., & Dorrance Hall, E. (2020). Multilayered Social Dynamics and Depression Among Older Adults: A 10-Year Cross-Lagged Analysis. Psychology and Aging, 35, 948-962. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pag0000569
• Reynolds, R. M. (2020). Factor analysis, exploratory and confirmatory. In J. Van den Bulck, D. Ewoldsen, M. L. Mares, and E. Scharrer (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology (pp. 1-10). Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0018
• Shebib, S. J., Holmstrom, A. J., Summers, M. E., Clare, D. D., Reynolds, R. M., Poland, T. L., Royer, H. R., Mazur, A. P., & Moore, S. (2020). Two experiments testing order, interaction, and absolute effects of esteem support messages directed toward job seekers. Communication Research, 47, 541-571. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0093650219831813
• Reynolds, R. M., Novotny, E., Lee, J., Roth, D., & Bente, G. (2019). Ambiguous bodies: The role of displayed arousal in emotion [mis]perception. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 43, 529-548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-019-00312-3
• Dorrance Hall, E., Meng, J., & Reynolds, R. M. (2019). Confidant network and interpersonal communication effects on depression in older adulthood. Health Communication, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2019.1598616

Reed M. Reynolds is an assistant professor of communication at University of Massachusetts, Boston. He studies mechanisms of social influence in the context of health behavior, misinformation diffusion, and social networks. His research uses theories of limited cognitive capacity, attribution, and emotion to explain how communication shapes socially relevant beliefs, motivations, and behaviors. Reed also specializes in methodology including agent-based modeling, factor analysis, and physiological indicators of stress.