Research

Lukacena, K. M. (2021, November). Conceptualizing (un)healthy intimate relationships: The perspective of young adult college students. Paper to be presented at the 107th annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Seattle, Washington.

Reynolds-Tylus, T., Lukacena, K. M., Wehrman, E. C., & Moore, M. (2021, November). Factors influencing COVID-19 exposure notification: An application of the disclosure decision-making model. Paper to be presented at the 107th annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Seattle, Washington.

Lukacena, K. M., Yoon, H. R., Roberts, B.W. (2021, April). A longitudinal study of an academic community’s mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Paper to be presented at the 2021 biennial meeting of the D.C. Health Communication Conference, Fairfax, Virginia.

Lukacena, K. M. & Mark, K. P. (2020, November). Communicating a history of sexual trauma: Partner responses to women’s disclosure. Paper presented at the 106th annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Reynolds-Tylus, T., Lukacena, K. M., & Truban, O. (2020, November). Message fatigue to bystander intervention messages: Examining pathways of resistance among college men. Paper presented at the 106th annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Egan, K. L., Wolfson, M., Lukacena, K. M., McLeary, M. S., Zelaya, C. M., & Helme, D. W. (2020, April). Perceptions of rural Appalachian residents concerning excess prescription opioids in the home. Poster presented at the 2020 Virtual Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Conference. 

Lukacena-Buzzetta, K. M. (2019, November). A grounded theory of young adult intimate partner violence survivors’ process of navigating social support. Paper presented at the 105th annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, Maryland.
 
Lukacena-Buzzetta, K. M., Reynolds-Tylus, T., Salmon, S. K., & Wehrman, E. C. (2019, November). Partner notification and stigma: An application and extension of the revelation risk model. Paper presented at the 105th annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, Maryland.

Hartsough, L. & Lukacena-Buzzetta, K. M. (2019, October). Student-athletes’ perceptions of their college coach’s support. To be presented at the 2019 Organizational Communication Mini-Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.

Helme, D. W., Egan, K. L., Lukacena-Buzzetta, K. M., Roberson, L., Mazariegos Zelaya, C., McCleary, M. S., & Wolfson, M. (2019, April). Motivating proper disposal of unused prescription opioids in Appalachia: A community-based approach. Presented at the 2019 biennial meeting of the D.C. Health Communication Conference, Fairfax, Virginia.

Dudgeon, G. L., & Lukacena-Buzzetta, K. M. (2019, April). Waking up to reality: A Comparative case study of news organizations’ responses to sexual harassment. Presented at Southern States Communication Association’s 89th Annual Convention, April 3-7, 2019, Montgomery, Alabama.

Lukacena-Buzzetta, K. M. (2018, November). Great ideas for teaching students: Vocabulary bee. Presented at the 104th annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Wolfson, M., Helme, D. W., Egan, K. L., Lukacena-Buzzetta, K. M., Roberson, L. B., & McLeary, M. (2018, September). Community perspectives on organized disposal of opioids and other prescription drugs in Appalachia. Presented at the 8th annual meeting of the Appalachian Translational Research Network Conference, Lexington, Kentucky.
   
Lukacena, K. M. (2018, April). “Why don't you just leave?”: Intimate partner violence survivors' perceptions of social support. Presented at the 2018 Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, Kentucky.

Helme, D., Wolfson, M., Egan, K., Lukacena, K. M., Spencer, E., Roberson, L. (2018, April). Improving messaging to promote organized disposal and prevent abuse of prescription drugs in Appalachia: Community perspectives. Presented at the 2018 Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, Kentucky. 

Lukacena, K. M. (2017, November). Communication is Key: A proposed content analysis of university guidelines to support sexual assault survivors. Presented at the 103rd annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Dallas, Texas.

Reynolds-Tylus, T., Lukacena, K. M., & Quick, B. L. (2017, November). An application of the theory of normative social behavior to bystander intervention for sexual assault. Presented at the 103rd annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Dallas, Texas. 

Lukacena, K. M., Reynolds-Tylus, T., & Quick, B. L. (2017, May). An evaluation of the It’s On Us campaign using the reasoned action approach. Presented at the 67th annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Diego, California. 

Williamson, L. D., Lukacena, K. M., & Reynolds-Tylus, T. (2017, April). An examination of college students’ family discussions of organ donation. Presented at the 2017 biennial meeting of the D.C. Health Communication Conference, Fairfax, Virginia.

Lukacena, K. M., Williamson, L. D., Huizar, C., Huhman, M., & Reynolds-Tylus, T. (2017, April). What does It’s On Us mean to you?: College students’ perceptions of a national sexual assault awareness campaign. Presented at the 2017 biennial meeting of the D.C. Health Communication Conference, Fairfax, Virginia.   

Sheff, S. E., & Lukacena, K. M. (2017, April). #WhyWomenDontReport: Evaluating Twitter as avenue for social support. Presented at the 2017 biennial meeting of the D.C. Health Communication Conference, Fairfax, Virginia.  

Lukacena, K. M., An, J., Bose, P., Lusiana, D, & Saidi, S. (2015, March). Caffeine consumption in college students’ diets: Use it, don’t abuse it. Presented at the 2015 Public Engagement Symposium at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.