Laurel Traynowicz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Boise State University, Boise Idaho -- Department of Communication
Director, SSPA Undergraduate Research Initiative
Ph.D. Communication Research, University of Iowa, 1981
ltrayno@boisestate.edu
208-426-1910

Research 
Dr. Traynowicz research pertains to constructing identities of motherhood, facework in close relationships, family communication, interpersonal communication in applied contexts, and intimacy within relationships.

Teaching Experience
Interpersonal and Relational
Communication, Research
Methods, Family Communication,
Communication Theory,
Applied Communication

Grants
Principal investigator (1997).  Baseline survey, Shawnee Health Service Quality Management. Pontikes Center for Management of Information, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, $2000.

Principal investigator (1997).  Shawnee Health Service survey development. SIUC Office of Research Development Administration, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, $3,744.

Principal Investigator (1996).  Shawnee Health Service quality management assessment. Pontikes Center for Management of Information, $1,500.

Principal Investigator (1996). The nature of dyadic and triadic intimacy. SIUC Office of Research Development Administration, Special Research Project, $17,810 (funded two years, Fall 1996 through Spring 1998).

Principal Investigator (1996). Constructing intimacy in dyadic and triadic contexts. Joint award from Women's Studies and University Women's Professional Advancement, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale,  $750.

Co-principal investigator with Kathryn French (1996). Telemedicine in rural southern Illinois. Southern Illinois University College of Medicine; working in collaboration with the Southern Illinois University Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development, $10,879.

Contact Information:
Dr. Traynowicz may be reached by phone at (208) 426-1910, or by email at ltrayno@boisestate.edu

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BSU Links

• Psychology
• Gender Studies
• Nursing
• Social Work
• Communication
• Criminal Justice
• History
• Political Science
• Public Policy and Administration
• Service Learning Program
• Women's Center

Community Links

• Casey Family Programs
• El Ada Community Action Agency Outreach Program
• Family Advocate Program
• Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children
• Idaho Human Rights Education Center
• Idaho KIDS COUNT
• Idaho Youth Ranch
• Idaho Women's Network
• Nampa Family Justice Center
• Success by 6
• Women and Children's Alliance