Ashley DugganAssistant ProfessorBoston CollegeAboutAshley Duggan (Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, 2003) is an assistant professor in the Communication Department at Boston College, where she teaches Research Methods and Health Communication. Dr. Duggan’s main research interests include nonverbal, relational, and health communication. She is currently working on projects examining interpersonal control tactics in romantic couples including one depressed individual, emotional experience and expression in provider-patient contexts, nonverbal communication behaviors in conversations about physical and mental health, and family communication surrounding illness.Research Interestshealth communication, interpersonal communicationTeaching InterestsHealth Communication Provider / Patient Communication Research Methods