Dr. Nicholas Palomares

Biography

Nicholas Palomares is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, having joined the Moody College of Communication in Fall 2021. They hold a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara, obtained in 2005. As a nonbinary Latinx social scientist, Palomares' research focuses on the social cognitive mechanisms behind message production and processing. Their work explores how interpretations and inferences from messages affect individuals in various social contexts, including online bullying, political communication, and interpersonal relationships. Palomares emphasizes the theoretical understandings of communication goals and their implications for issues such as social justice, mental health, and prejudice. They have published extensively in renowned journals and serve as Vice Chair of the Intergroup Communication Interest Group for the International Communication Association and as Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Language and Social Psychology. Palomares teaches courses on research methods, gender communication, and interpersonal communication and enjoys writing fiction and attending concerts in their free time.

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