Research Interests

Military Families, Military Servicemembers, Female Veterans, Mothers in the Military, Voluntary/Fictive Kin.

Conference Presentations

Braithwaite, D.O., Waldron, V.R., Allen, J., Berquist, G., Brockhage, K., Marsh, J., Oliver, B., Swords, N., Tschampl-Diesing, C. (2016, November). (Top Paper). “Feeling warmth and close to her”: Turning points of adult stepchildren in a positive relationship with a stepparent. Paper to be presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Braithwaite, D.O., Marsh, J., Tschampl-Diesing, C., Leach, M. (2016, November). A diary study of the interaction and enactment of the family kinkeeper role. Paper to be presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Tschampl-Diesing, C. (2015, April). Effects of deployment on family communication: A narrative inquiry of a mother in the military. Paper presented at the annual Gender Matters Conference, University Park, IL.

Conference Paper

Tschampl-Diesing, C. L. (2018, Spring). Exploring difference in family: Communication and privacy management for female veterans between their military voluntary kin and their biolegal families. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI. *Top Four Paper, Top Student Debut Paper, and Nancy Burrell Top Student Award in  Interpersonal and Small Group Division; Past Officers Top Graduate Debut Paper

Publications

Braithwaite, D. O., Waldron, V. R., Allen, J., Oliver, B., Bergquist, G., Storck, K., Marsh, J., Swords, N., Tschampl-Diesing, C. (2018). “Feeling warmth and close to her”: Communication and resilience reflected in turning points in positive adult Stepchild–Stepparent relationships. Journal of Family Communication. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/15267431.2017.1415902

Braithwaite, D. O., Marsh, J. S., Tschampl-Diesing, C. L., Leach, M. S. (2017). “Love needs to be exchanged”: A diary study of interaction and enactment of the family kinkeeper role.  Western Journal of Communication, 81(5), 601-618. doi: 10.1080/10570314.2017.1299881

Tschampl-Diesing, C. L. (2016, Fall).  A communication perspective on the military: Interactions, messages, and discourses. [Review of the book A communication perspective on the military: Interactions, messages, and discourses, edited by E. Sahlstein Parcell & L. M. Webb]. Iowa Journal of Communication, 48(2), 175-178.