• Kendall-Hunt Books

    Dr. Wrench has had the opportunity to work on 5 edited case study collections and two textbooks with Kendall-Hunt.

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  • SUNY New Paltz

    Dr. Wrench is an Associate Professor and former chair of the Department of Communication at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

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  • Dr. Wrench’s Research

    Dr. Wrench has published over 35 peer-reviewed research articles. You can find full text copies of all but his most recent publications here on his website. To ones that do not have full-text, links to the publishers' websites are provided.

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Directory of Communication Measures

The Directory of Communication Mental Measures

In 2010 the National Communication Association published The Directory of Communication Related Mental Measures: A Comprehensive Index of Research Scales, Questionnaires, Indices, Measures, and Instruments by Jason Wrench, Doreen Jowi, and Alan Goodboy. Although this book is no longer in print, the content is now available as a searchable Wiki. Furthermore, new measures are always being added.

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Quantitative Research Methods For Communication: A Hands-On Approach

Quantitative Research Methods for Communication: A Hands-On Approach

Quantitative Research Methods for Communication: A Hands-On Approach by Jason Wrench, Candice Thomas-Maddox, Virginia Richmond, and James McCroskey is currently in the 3rd edition and the 4th edition is arriving in 2019. The textbook's website contains a number of helpful video tutorials and links that help new researchers explore the world of quantitative communication research.

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Training and Development: The Intersection of Communication and Talent Development in the Modern Workplace

Training and Development: The Intersection of Communication and Talent Development in the Modern Workplace The second edition will be available in Spring 2023.

This comprehensive book on the field of Training and Development was authored by Jason Wrench, Danette Johnson, and Maryalice Citera. The book walks learners through the process of creating both face-to-face and eLearning programs. Other features include information on human performance improvement, training management, and project management. The corresponding website has a number of online tools discussed in the textbook itself to provide learners a full toolkit to get them started in the world of Talent Development

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Current Research

Dr. Jason S. Wrench is always conducting research related to his interests in intercultural, interpersonal, instructional, and organizational communication. To learn about some of his past and current projects click here:

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40+
JOURNAL ARTICLES
20+
Authored and Edited Books
Past President
Eastern Communication Association
Journal Editor
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research

About Current Publications

As a researcher, I am constantly engaged in a wide range of different research topics related to areas related to communication and technology, communication education, communication and religion, instructional communication, organizational communication, and quantitative research methods. 

Currently, my primary research partner, Dr. Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, have been working on a number of projects related communication and religion and communication and technology. We’ve been lucky to know each other for over 20 years and publish both research articles and books during that time.

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Investigating the relationships among college students’ satisfaction, addiction, needs, communication apprehension, motives, and uses & gratifications with Snapchat

Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., De La Cruz, J. J., & Wrench, J. S. (2017).
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“I am spiritual, not religious”: Examination of the Religious Receiver Apprehension Scale

Arias, V. S., Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., & Wrench, J. S. (2017).
Publisher's website

Affective learning: evolving from values and planned behaviors to internalization and pervasive behavioral change

Thweatt, K. S., & Wrench, J. S. (2015).
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Dr. Jason S. Wrench

Biography

JASON S. WRENCH (Ed.D., West Virginia University) is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Dr. Wrench specializes in workplace learning and performance, or the intersection of i

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  1. May 2002

    EdD in Curriculum & Instruction and Communication Studies

    West Virginia University

  2. May 1999

    MA in Communication Studies

    Texas Tech University

  3. December 1997

    BGS

    Texas Tech University