Research Interests

Asian adoptees, transracial adoption, racial discourse, racial identity 

Conference Presentations

Hornberger, B., & Anzur, C. (2023). "If I am going to have to force you to talk about it with me, then I'm not going to": Relational dialectics in transracial Asian adoptees' conversations about race. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, National Harbor, MD, United States.

Hornberger, B., & Smith, H. (2024). Systematic Review of Asian American Mental Health in Response to COVID-19 Stigma. Poster presented at MDHI: Health Disparities Initiative Conference, Lincoln, NE, United States.

Hornberger, B., & Smith, H. (2024). Systematic Review of Asian American Mental Health in Response to COVID-19 Stigma. Poster presented at the National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Hu, R., Joseph, C.M., Lee, J., Stone, H., Zoellick, R., Hornberger, B., Lee., V.B.K, & Leon, M. (2024). Opening the Floor: Narratives, Relationality, and Future Directions for Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans in Collegiate Forensics. Panelist at Western States Communication Association Conference, Reno, NV, United States.

Taladay-Carter, C., Nabi, A., Richards, S., Hornberger, B., Shaodan, S., Smith, H., Szelag, R., Stahl, H., Wahed, K. H., & Kaur-Gill, S. (2025). The graduate classroom as a site for critical reflexivity in (un)learning culture in health communication: A collaborative autoethnography. Paper presented at the National Communication Association 111th Annual Convention, Denver, CO, United States.