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Prof. Howard Giles

Prof. Howard Giles

Honorary Professor

Biography

Howard Giles is Founding & Consulting Editor of both the Journal of Language & Social Psychology (1980-) and the Journal of Asian Pacific Communication (1990-). Past President of the International Communication Association (ICA: 2000-01), he is a Distinguished Research Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Honorary Professor in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland, Australia. He was also former Reserve Detective Lieutenant at the Santa Barbara Police Department and was its Founding Director of Volunteers in Policing (2017-). He is an elected Fellow of 8 learned societies (e.g., the Royal Society of Medicine) and recipient of numerous academic awards, including the inaugural Career Productivity award from ICA in 2000. Giles has researched language and communication across a range of intergroup settings, including police-community and intergenerational ones, and published 30 books, 20 journal special issues, Handbooks, and an Encyclopedia as well as many hundreds of academic articles and chapters.

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Education and Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D. (1971). University of Bristol, Social Psychology
  • D.Sc. (1996). University of Bristol, Social Psychology

Academic and Professional Experience

  • Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Communication, August 2024-
  • Distinguished Research Professor of Communication, July 2017-August 2024 (this role terminated for all incumbents by UCSB)  
  • Distinguished Professor at the Dept. of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020, USA, Jan. 1989-June 2017
    • Elected Chair of Department: 1991-98
    • Affiliate of Center for Aging & Longevity Studies, Nov. 2021-
  • Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professor, UC Santa Barbara, July 2020-March 2023
  • Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education: July 1999-October 2002, January 2004-July 2005, January 2006-December 2008
  • Appointed (affiliated) Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, UCSB, 1994;
  • Professor of Linguistics, UCSB, 1994; Affiliated Member of East Asia Center 1999; & Affiliated Member of the Interdisciplinary PhD Emphasis in Applied Linguistics 2000.
  • Graduate Program Director, Communication Dept., Sept. 1990-91, 2002-05, & 2013-16
  • Affiliate to the Interdisciplinary PhD in Human Development Executive Committee, 2002-05, 2015-2018, 2022-2024.
  • Founding Executive Director: Center on Police Practices & Community, UCSB, 2002-2011
  • Co-Founded (with John Hadja, Music Dept) the “Music as Media Research Focus Group” funded 2005-06 by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center ($500) & renewed for 2006-07 ($1000)
  • Honorary Professor of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia, 1994-2027.
  • Honorary Professor of Psychology, Cardiff University, Wales, UK, 1994-2004.
  • Honorary Professor of Communication, Cardiff University, Wales, UK, 1994-2004.
  • Honorary Professor of English & Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2025-

Teaching Areas

  • Aging and communicating across the lifespan
  • Intergroup and intercultural communication
  • Communication and policing
  • Language and social behavior
  • Crime and communication
  • Health communication 

Research Interests

  • Cross-cultural perspectives on age differentiation
  • Elder abuse and law enforcement
  • Aging and social identity
  • Midlife dilemmas
  • Social prejudice, ethnic identity and language
  • Person perception, impression management, and speech style
  • Improving communication about and for the disabled
  • Second language acquisition and bilingualism
  • Health/social drinking, alcoholism and communication
  • Community policing cross-culturally
  • Beliefs about talk and values
  • Perceptions of social structure and language
  • Strategies of ethnolinguistic identity

Research Output

  1. Giles, H. & Powesland, P.F.  Speech Styles and Social Evaluation.  London:  Academic Press, 1975.  Pp 154-170 reprinted as "Accommodation theory" in N. Coupland & A. Jaworski (eds), A Sociolinguistics Reader, pp. 232-239.  Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK, 1997.
  2. Giles, H. (ed.).  Language, Ethnicity and Intergroup Relations.  London:  Academic Press, 1977.
  3. Giles, H. & St. Clair, R.N. (eds).  Language and Social Psychology.  Oxford:  Blackwell & Baltimore:  University Park Press, 1979.
  4. Giles, H. & Saint-Jacques, B. (eds).  Language and Ethnic Relations.  Oxford:  Pergamon Press, 1979.
  5. Scherer, K. & Giles, H. (eds).  Social Markers in Speech.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1979.  Reprinted as pbk 2012.
  6. Clair, R.N. & Giles, H. (eds).  The Social and Psychological Contexts of Language.  Hillsdale, N.J.:  Erlbaum, 1980.
  7. Giles, H., Robinson, W.P., & Smith, P.M. (eds).  Language: Social Psychological Perspectives.  Oxford:  Pergamon Press, 1980.
  8. Turner, J.C. & Giles, H. (eds).  Intergroup Behavior. Oxford:  Blackwell & Chicago:  University of Chicago Press, 1981.
  9. Ryan, E.B. & Giles, H. (eds).  Attitudes toward Language Variation:  Social and Applied Contexts.  London & Baltimore:  Edward Arnold, 1982.
  10. Giles, H., & St. Clair, R.N. (eds). Recent Advances in Language, Communication, and Social Psychology. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1985. Re-publishedin 2019 as hbk & e-copy in the Routledge Library Editions: Sociolinguistics #3.  London, UK: Routledge. 
  11. Giles, H., Coupland, N. & Wiemann, J.M. (eds). Communication, Health and the Elderly.  (Fulbright Commission Series #8). University of Manchester Press/NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1990.
  12. Giles, H. & Robinson, W.P. (eds). The Handbook of Social Psychology & Language.  Chichester & NY: Wiley, 1990. Pbk ed. 1993.
  13. Coupland, N., Giles, H. & Wiemann, J.M. (eds).  "Miscommunication" and Problematic Talk.  Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1991.
  14. Coupland, N., Coupland, J., & Giles, H. Language, Society and the Elderly: Discourse, Identity and ageing.  Oxford: Blackwell, 1991.  Recipient of the National Communication Association’s Communication and Aging Division’s 2015 Inaugural “Outstanding Book Award”.
  15. Giles, H., Coupland, N., & Coupland, J. (eds).  The Contexts of Accommodation: Dimensions in Applied Sociolinguistics.  New York, NY:  Cambridge University Press, 1991.  Reprinted in pbk, 2010.
  16. Giles, H.  & Coupland, N.  Language: Contexts and Consequences. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1991 /Pacific Grove, CA:  Brooks/Cole, 1992. 
  17. Robinson, W.P. & Giles, H. (eds.). The New Handbook of Language and Social Psychology.  Chichester & New York: Wiley, 2001.   
  18. Giles, H.  (ed.).  Law Enforcement, Communication, and the Community. Amsterdam & New York:  John Benjamins, 2002.
  19. Harwood, J., & Giles, H. (eds). Intergroup Communication: Multiple Perspectives.  Berlin & New York: Peter Lang, 2005.
  20. Giles, H., Reid, S.A., & Harwood, J. (eds). The Dynamics of Intergroup Communication.  Berlin & New York: Peter Lang, 2010.
  21. Giles, H. (ed.). The Handbook of Intergroup Communication.  New York: Routledge, 2012.
  22. Giles, H. & Watson, B. M. (eds). The Social Meanings of Language, Accent and Dialect: International Perspectives on Speech Styles.  New York: Peter Lang, 2013.
  23. Giles, H., Davis, J., Gasiorek, J., & Giles, J.  Successful Aging: A Communication Guide to Empowerment.  Barcelona: Editorial Aresta, translated into Spanish & Catalan, 2013.
  24. Nussbaum, J.F., Giles, H., & Worthington, A.  (eds)  Communication at the End of Life.  New York: Peter Lang, 2015.
  25. Giles, H., & Maass, A. (eds). Advances in Intergroup Communication.  New York: Peter Lang, 2016.
  26. Giles, H. (ed.).  Communication Accommodation Theory: Negotiating Personal Relationships and Social Identities Across Contexts.  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
  27. Giles, H., & Harwood, J. (eds). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Intergroup Communication (Vols. 1 & 2).  New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
  28. Giles, H., Maguire, E.R., & Hill, S. L. (eds). The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Policing, Communication, and Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach.  Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.
  29. Giles, H., Gasiorek, J., Davis, S., & Giles, J.  Communication for Successful Aging: Empowering Individuals across the Lifespan. New York & London, Routledge, 2022. Recipient of the National Communication Association’s Communication and Aging Division’s 2023 “Outstanding Book Award” & the 2024 “3rd Jake Harwood Outstanding Book Award” from the International Association of Language & Social Psychology
  30. Giles, H., Markowitz, D. A., & Clementson, D. E. (eds). New Directions for, and Panaceas Arising from, Communication Accommodation Theory. Peter Lang, 2025.
  1. Giles, H. and Edwards, J.R. (eds). "Language attitudes in multicultural settings", Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 4 (2 & 3), 81-236, 1983.
  2. Giles, H. (ed.).  "The dynamics of speech accommodation", International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 46, 1-155, 1984.
  3. Giles, H. & Ryan, E.B. (eds).  "Language, communication and the elderly", Language and Communication, 6 (1 & 2), 1-145, 1986.
  4. Giles, H., Henwood, K. & Condor, S. (eds). "Ageing, technology and society", Social Behavior:  An International Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 3 (2), 59-196, 1988.
  5. Coupland, N. & Giles, H. (eds). "Communicative accommodation:  Recent developments", Language and Communication, 8 (3 & 4), 175-327, 1988.
  6. Giles, H. & Pierson, H. (eds).  "Asian Pacific language and communication worldwide", Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 1, 1-271, 1990.
  7. Coupland, J., Coupland, N. & Giles, H. (eds). "Sociolinguistic issues in ageing", Ageing and Society, 11 (2), 99-243, 1991.
  8. Wiemann, J.W. & Giles, H. (eds). “Using and abusing language“, American Behavioral Scientist, 3 (6), 259-401, 1993.
  9. Ryan, E.B., Giles, H. & Bradac, J.J. (eds).  “Recent studies in language attitudes”.  Language and Communication,   14 (3), 211-312, 1994.
  10. Giles, H. (ed.). "Language, communication, and social psychology".  Special Thematic Issue for the International Journal of Psycholinguistics, 12 (2), 119-255, 1996.
  11. Giles, H. (ed.). “Applied research in language and intergenerational communication”, Journal of Applied Communication Research, 26 (1), 1-154, 1998.
  12. Giles, H., Gallois, C., & Petronio, S. (eds). "(Mis)communicating across boundaries", Communication Research, 25 (6),  571-720, 1998.
  13. Giles, H., & Bradac, J.J.  (eds).  “Language, education, and social dynamics: A tribute to W. Peter Robinson”, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 20 (1&2), 1-253, 2001.
  14. Giles, H. (ed.) “Communication climates and practices”, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 19 (4), 261-405, 2004.
  15. Reid, S.A, & Giles, H. (eds).  “Intergroup relations: Its linguistic and communicative parameters”, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 8 (3), 211-328, 2005.
  16. Giles, H., Hajda, J.M., & Hamilton, D.L. (eds) “Harmony and discord: The music of intergroup relations”, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 12 (3), 291-412, 2009.
  17. Watson, B., Pitts, M., & Giles, H. (eds). “Special Anniversary Issue: A Tribute to the First 30 Years of JLSP Scholarship”, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 31 (4), 355-446, 2012.
  18. Wood, J., & Giles, H. (eds). “Gangs: Group and intergroup dimensions”, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 17 (6), 701-832, 2014.
  19. Giles, H., Gasiorek, J., & Soliz, J. (eds). “Recent developments in Communication Accommodation Theory: Innovative contexts and applications”, Language and Communication, 41 (1), 1-100, 2015.
  20. Giles, H., & Gardikiotis, A. (eds). Intergroup communication, Atlantic Journal of Communication, 26 (2), 75-130, 2018.
  21. Giles, H., & Hansen, K. (eds). Celebrating four decades of JLSP, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 40 (1), 1-178, 2021.
  22. Shrikant, N., & Giles, H. (eds). The legacies of Black Lives Matter: Language, communication, and social psychological perspectives toward social justice. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 41 (1), 1-118, 2022.
  23. Gardikiotis, A., Giles, H., & Tsigilis, N. (eds). Social psychological processes and intergroup communication: Exploring new conceptual and methodological connections,Psychology of Language & Communication, 27 (1), 46-207, 2023. https://sciendo.com/issue/PLC/27/1
  24. Giles, H., Hill, S.L., & Maguire, E.R. (eds). Police and those policed. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 26 (4), 781-910, 2023.
  25. Giles, H. (ed.). (2023a). Communication Accommodation Theory at 50: Recent developments. Language Sciences, 99, September 2023.
  26. Giles, H., & Harwood, J. (eds). Intersections of communication and aging. The International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 101(1), 2025.
  27. Giles, H., Gardikiotis, A., & Hansen, K. (eds). Intergroup communication matters. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 32(5). Advance online: https://10.1080/15456870.2025.2525798, 2025.
  28. Giles, H., & Mark, T. H. (eds).  The African CAT:  Developments in communication accommodation theory from African perspectives.  Language & Intercultural Communication, 26(6), for October 1, 2026.
  29. Hansen, H., Giles, K., & Gardikiotis, A. Selected Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium of Intergroup Communication, June 23-26, 2025. Special issue of Psychology of Language & Communication. Forthcoming.
  1. Giles, H.  Evaluative reactions to accents. Educational Review, 22, 211-227, 1970. Declared a "Citations Classic" by Current Contents in Feb. 1990 and documented as such via:  Giles, H. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle revisited.  Current Contents, 23 (#46), p. 10/ 13 (#24), p. 16, 1991. Reprinted as: Giles, H. (2024). Evaluative reactions to accents. In J. Martin, M. Bowl, & G. Banks (Eds), Mapping the Field: 75 Years of Educational Review, Volume II: Part IV “Identity and diversity”:  Article 17, pp. 266-278. Routledge. 
  2. Giles, H. & Oxford, G.S.  Towards a multidimensional theory of laughter causation. Bulletin of British Psychological Society, 23, 97-105, 1970.
  3. Giles, H.  Ethnocentrism and the evaluation of accented speech. British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 10, 187-188, 1971.
  4. Giles, H.  Patterns of evaluation in reactions to R.P., South Welsh and Somerset accented speech.  British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 10, 280-281, 1971.
  5. Giles, H.  Teachers' attitudes towards accent usage and change.  Educational Review, 24, 11-25, 1972.
  6. Giles, H.  Evaluation of personality content from accented speech as a function of listeners' social attitudes.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 34, 168-170, 1972.
  7. Giles, H.  The effect of stimulus mildness-broadness in the evaluation of accents.  Language and Speech, 15, 262-269, 1972.
  8. Giles, H.  Communicative effectiveness as a function of accented speech.  Speech Monographs, 40, 330-331, 1973.
  9. Giles, H.  Accent mobility:  A model and some data.  Anthropological Linguistics, 15, 87-105, 1973.
  10. Giles H. & Bourhis, R.Y.  Dialect perception revisited. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 59, 337-342, 1973.
  11. Giles, H., Taylor, D.M. & Bourhis, R.Y.  Towards a theory of interpersonal accommodation through speech:  Some Canadian data.  Language in Society, 2, 177-192, 1973.
  12. Lawson, E.D. & Giles, H.  British semantic differential responses to world powers.  European Journal of Social Psychology, 3, 233-240; reprinted in Peace Research Reviews, 6, 25-38, 1973.
  13. Green, W. & Giles, H.  Reactions to strangers as a function of dress styles.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 37, 676, 1973.
  14. Bourhis, R.Y., Giles, H. & Tajfel, H.  Language as a determinant of Welsh identity.  European Journal of Social Psychology, 3, 447-460, 1973.
  15. Rees, D., Williams, L. & Giles, H.  Dress style and symbolic meaning.  International Journal of Symbology, 5, 1-8, 1974.
  16. Giles, H., Bourhis, R.Y., Trudgill, P. & Lewis, A.  The imposed norm hypothesis:  A validation.  Quarterly Journal of Speech, 60, 405-410, 1974.
  17. Powesland, P.F. & Giles, H.  Persuasiveness and accent-message incompatibility.  Human Relations, 28, 85-93, 1975.
  18. Giles, H., Jones, S., Horton, M. and Lay, J.  Towards a more dynamic social psychology of religion.  Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 28, 47-50, 1975.
  19. Giles, H. & Chavasse, W.  Communication length as a function of dress style and social status.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 40, 961-962, 1975.
  20. Giles, H. and Bourhis, R.Y.  Linguistic assimilation:  West Indians in Cardiff.  Language Sciences, 38, 9-12, 1975.
  21. Giles, H., & Bourhis, R. Y. Voice and racial categorization in Britain. Communication Monographs, 43, 108-114, 1976.
  22. Bourhis, R.Y. & Giles, H.  The effects of knowledge of a speaker's race upon person perception:  An addendum.  Journal of Psychology, 92, 71-76, 1976.
  23. Lambert, W.E., Giles, H. & Albert, G.  Language attitudes in a rural community in Northern Maine.  La monda lingvo-problemo, 5, 129-144, 1976.
  24. Giles, H., Taylor, D.M., Lambert, W.E. & Albert, G.  Dimensions of ethnic identity:  An example from Northern Maine.  Journal of Social Psychology, 100, 11-19, 1976.
  25. Bourhis, R.Y. & Giles, H.  The language of co-operation in Wales:  A field study.  Language Sciences, 42, 13-16, 1976.
  26. Larsen, K. & Giles, H.  Survival or courage as human motivation:  The development of an attitude scale.  Psychological Reports, 39, 299-302, 1976.
  27. Giles, H. & Giles, J.A. Comments on "The effects of the menstrual cycle on speech fluency".  Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 19, 187-188, 1976.
  28. Simard, L., Taylor, D.M., & Giles, H.  Attribution processes and interpersonal accommodation in a bilingual setting. Language and Speech, 19, 374-387, 1976.
  29. Granfield, A. & Giles, H.  Towards an analysis of humor through symbolism.  International Journal of Symbology, 6, 17-23, 1976.
  30. Christian, J., Gadfield, N., Giles, H. & Taylor, D.M.  The multidimensional and dynamic nature of ethnic identity. International Journal of Psychology, 11, 281-291, 1976; also appeared in revised form as:  Giles, H. & Taylor, D.M.  National identity in South Wales: Some preliminary data.  In G. Williams (ed.):  Social and Cultural Change in contemporary Wales.  London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, pp. 132-142, 1978
  31. Larsen, K. & Giles, H.  Sociocultural model for hostile intergroup images.  Psychological Reports, 39, 282-288, 1976.
  32. Giles, H. & Bourhis, R.Y.  Methodological issues in dialect perception:  A social psychological perspective. Anthropological Linguistics, 19, 294-304, 1976; Reprinted in R. Wilson (ed.):  Proceedings of 2nd. International Conference on Methods of Dialectology, Charlottetown, 1975.  University of Western Ontario Press, 1977.
  33. Bourhis, R.Y. & Giles, H.  Children's voices and ethnic categorization in Britain.  La monda lingvo-problemo, 6, 85-94, 1977.
  34. Giles, H., Taylor, D.M. & Bourhis, R.Y.  Dimensions of Welsh identity, European Journal of Social Psychology, 7, 29-39, 1977.
  35. Giles, H.  Social psychology and applied linguistics: Towards an integrative approach.  I.T.L.:  Review of Applied Linguistics, 33, 27-42, 1977.
  36. Williams, J.E., Giles, H., Edwards, J.R., Best, D.L. & Daws, J.T.  Sex-trait stereotypes in England, Ireland and the United States.  British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 16, 303-309, 1977.
  37. Larsen, K., Martin, H. & Giles, H.  Anticipated social cost and interpersonal accommodation.  Human Communication Research, 3, 303-308, 1977.
  38. Best, D.L., Williams, J.E., Cloud, J.M., Davis,  S.M., Robertson, L.S., Edwards, J.R., Giles, H. & Fowles,  J.  Development of sex-trait stereotypes among young children in the United States, England and Ireland.  Child Development, 48, 1375-1384, 1977.
  39. Friend, P., Kalin, R. & Giles, H.  Sex bias in the evaluation of journal articles:  Sexism in England.  British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 18, 77-78, 1979.
  40. Giles, H. & Farrar, K.  Some behavioral consequences of accented speech.  British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 18, 209-210, 1979.
  41. Ros, M. & Giles, H.  The language situation in Valencia:  An accommodation framework.  I.T.L.:  Review of Applied Linguistics, 44, 3-24, 1979.
  42. Giles, H. & Marsh, P.  Perceived masculinity and accented speech.  Language Sciences, 1, 301-315, 1979.
  43. Giles, H., Llado, N., McKirnan, D. & Taylor, D.M.  Social identity in Puerto Rico.  International Journal of Psychology, 14, 185-201, 1979.
  44. Giles, H. & Williams, J.E.  Medical students' descriptions of self and ideal physician.  Social Science and Medicine, 13, 813-815, 1979.
  45. Gadfield, N., Giles, H., Bourhis, R.Y. & Tajfel, H.  Dynamics of humor in ethnic group relations.  Ethnicity,  6, 373-382, 1979;  also appeared in revised form as Bourhis, R.Y., Gadfield, N., Giles, H. & Tajfel, H.  Context and ethnic humor in intergroup relations.  In A.H. Chapman and H. Foot (eds):  It's a Funny Thing, Humor.  Oxford, Pergamon Press, pp. 261-266, 1977.
  46. Giles, H., Smith, P.M., Ford, B., Condor, S. & Thakerar, J.N.  Speech styles and the fluctuating saliency of sex.  Language Sciences, 2, 260-282, 1980.
  47. Giles, H., Wilson, P. & Conway, A.  Accent and lexical diversity as determinants of impression formation and employment selection.  Language Sciences, 3, 92-103, 1981.
  48. Thakerar, J.N. & Giles, H.  They are - so they speak:  Non- content speech stereotypes.  Language and Communication, 1, 251-255, 1981.
  49. Bourhis, R., Giles, H. & Rosenthal, D.  Notes on the construction of a 'Subjective Vitality Questionnaire' for ethnolinguistic groups.  Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2, 145-155, 1981.
  50. Giles, H. and Byrne, J.  An intergroup model of second language acquisition.  Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 3, 17-40, 1982; also appeared in translation as:  "Approximacion intercomunitaria a la adquisicion de la segunda leguna", Revista de Educacion, 268, 77-103, 1981.
  51. Johnson, P. & Giles, H.  Values, language and inter-cultural differentiation:  The Welsh-English context.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 3, 103-116, 1982.
  52. Ball, P., Byrne, J., Giles, H., Berechree, P., Griffiths, J., McDonald, H. & McKendrick, I.  The retroactive speech stereotype effect:  Some Australian data and constraints.  Language and Communication, 2, 277-284, 1982.
  53. Price, S., Fluck, M. & Giles, H.  The effects of language of testing on bilingual preadolescents' attitudes towards Welsh and varieties of English.  Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 4, 149-161, 1983.
  54. Creber, C. & Giles, H.  Social context and language attitudes: The role of formality-informality of the setting.  Language Sciences, 5, 155-162, 1983.
  55. Giles, H., Harrison, C., Creber, C., Smith, P.M. and Freeman, N.H. Developmental and contextual aspects of British children's language attitudes.  Language and Communication, 3, 1-6, 1983.
  56. Giles, H. & Sassoon, C.  The effects of speaker's accent, social class background and message style on British listeners' social judgments.  Language and Communication, 3, 305-313, 1983.
  57. Hildebrandt, N. & Giles, H.  The Japanese as subordinate group:  Ethnolinguistic identity theory in a foreign language context.  Anthropological Linguistics, 25, 436-466, 1983.
  58. Ball, P., Giles, H., Byrne, J. & Berechree, P.  Situational constraints on the evaluative significance of speech accommodation:  Some Australian data.  International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 46, 115-129, 1984.
  59. Giles, H., Scholes, J. & Young, L.  Stereotypes of male and female speech:  A British study.  Central States Speech Journal, 34, 255-256, 1984.
  60. Paltridge, J. & Giles, H.  Attitudes towards speakers of regional accents of French:  Effects of regionality, age, sex of listeners.  Linguistische Berichte, 90, 71-85, 1984.
  61. Giles, H., Rosenthal, D. & Young, L.  Perceived ethnolinguistic vitality:  The Anglo- and Greek-Australian setting.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 6, 253-269, 1985.
  62. Stewart, M.A., Ryan, E.B. & Giles, H.  Accent and social class effects on status and solidarity evaluations. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 11, 98-105, 1985.
  63. Brown, B.L., Giles, H. & Thakerar, J.N.  Speaker evaluations as a function of speech rate, accent and context.   Language & Communication, 5, 207-222, 1985.
  64. John, C., Young, L., Giles, H. & Hofman, J.  Language, values and intercultural differentiation in Israel.    Journal of Social Psychology, 125, 527-529, 1985.
  65. Young, L., Pierson, H. & Giles, H.  Perceived group vitalities:  Effects of language and academic specialization.  Linguistische Berichte, 101, 66-73, 1986.
  66. Young, L., Louw-Potgieter, J. & Giles, H.  Values as functions of ethnicity and socio-economic status:  A cross-national study.  Journal of Multicultural & Multilingual Development, 7, 253-267, 1986.
  67. Young, L., Giles, H. & Pierson, H.  Sociopolitical change and perceived vitality.  International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 10, 459-469, 1986.
  68. Giles, H. & Johnson, P.  Perceived threat, ethnic commitment, and inter-ethnic language behavior.  In Y. Kim (ed.):  Interethnic Communication:  Recent Research.  (10th Intercultural Communication Annual), Newbury Park, CA, Sage, pp. 91-116, 1986.
  69. Punetha, D., Giles, H. & Young, L.  Inter-ethnic perceptions and relative deprivation:  British data.   In Y. Kim and W.B. Gudykunst (eds.):  Cross-Cultural Adaptation:  Current Theory and Research (11th  International and Intercultural Communication Annual), Newbury Park, CA, Sage, pp. 252-266, 1987.
  70. Louw-Potgieter, J. & Giles, H.  Afrikaner identity:  Diversity among the Right.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 8, 283-292, 1987.
  71. Pierson, H., Giles, H., & Young L.  Intergroup vitality perceptions during a period of political uncertainty:  The case of Hong Kong.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 8, 451-460, 1987.
  72. Coupland, J., Coupland, N., Giles, H. & Henwood, K.   Accommodating the elderly: Invoking and extending a theory.  Language in Society, 17, 1-41, 1988.
  73. Young, L., Bell, N. & Giles, H.  Perceived vitality and context:  A national majority in a minority setting. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 9, 285-289, 1988.
  74. Franklyn-Stokes, A., Harriman, J., Giles, H. & Coupland, N.  Information seeking across the lifespan.  Journal of Social Psychology, 128, 419-421, 1988.
  75. Larsen, K., Crepeli, G., Dann, H.D., Giles, H., Ommundsen, R., Elder, R. & Long, E.  Attitudes toward nuclear disarmament:  International comparisons of university students and activists.  Journal of Peace Research, 25,  265-271, 1988; Abridged version reprinted In R.C. King and J.K. Collins (eds), Social Applications and Issues in Psychology,  Elsevier,  The Netherlands, pp. 15-22, 1989. Also reprinted in S. Iwawaki, Y. Kashima & K. Leung (eds), Innovations in Cross-Cultural Psychology.  Amsterdam, Swets & Zeitlinger, pp. 164-172, 1991.
  76. Coupland, J., Coupland, N., Giles, H., Henwood, K. & Wiemann, J.  Elderly self-disclosure:  Interactional and intergroup issues.  Language and Communication, 8, 109-133, 1988.
  77. Giles, H. & Pierson, H.D.  Social inferences from language proficiency in Hong Kong:  A re-interpretation of Hui and Yam.   British Journal of Social Psychology, 27, 279-281, 1988.
  78. Coupland, N., Coupland, J., & Giles, H.  Telling age in later life:  Identity and face implications. Text, 9, 129-151, 1989.  Reprinted & translated into Russian for the journal, Sociology of Power.
  79. Giles, H., Ball, P., Gasiorek, B., Korytkowska, M., & Young, L.  Ethnic identification, language and values:  The case of Polish emigres.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 10, 107-116, 1990.
  80. Williams, A., Giles, H., Coupland, N., Dalby, M., & Manasse, H. The communicative contexts of elderly social support and health: A theoretical model.  Health Communication, 2, 123-143, 1990.
  81. Giles, H., Leets, L., & Coupland, N. Minority language group status: A theoretical conspexus.   Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 11, 37-55, 1990.
  82. Dillard, J., Henwood, J., Giles, H., Coupland, N., & Coupland, J.  Compliance-gaining young and old:  Beliefs about influence in different age groups.  Communication Reports, 3, 84-91, 1990.
  83. Coupland, N., Coupland, J., Giles, H., & Henwood, K.  Formulating age: Dimensions of age identity in elderly talk.  Discourse Processes, 14, 87-106, 1991.
  84. Ng, S.H., Moody, J., & Giles, H.  Information-seeking triggered by age.   International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 33, 269-77, 1991.
  85. Kristiansen, T., Harwood, J., & Giles, H. Ethnolinguistic vitality in ‘The Danish Capital of America’.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 12, 421-448, 1991.
  86. Giles, H., Coupland, N., Coupland, J., Williams, A., & Nussbaum, J.  Intergenerational talk and communication with older people. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 34, 271-297, 1992.
  87. Giles, H., Henwood, K., Coupland, N., Harriman, J., & Coupland, J.   Language attitudes and cognitive mediation.   Human Communication Research, 18(4), 500-527, 1992.  
  88. Kristiansen, T., & Giles, H. Compliance-gaining as a function of accent: Public requests in varieties of Danish.   International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2, 17-35, 1992. 
  89. Giles, H., Coupland, N., & Wu, P.  “One for the road then?” Communicative and sociolinguistic parameters of social and problem drinking.  International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2, 3-29, 1992.
  90. Harwood, J., & Giles, H.   “Don’t make me laugh”:  Age representations in a humorous context.   Discourse & Society, 13, 403-436, 1992.
  91. Giles, H., Fox, S., & Smith, E.  Patronizing the elderly:  Intergenerational evaluations.  Research in Language & Social Interaction, 26, 129-149, 1993.
  92. Harwood, J., & Giles, H.  Creating intergenerational distance: Language, communication and middle-age.  Language Sciences, 15, 1-24, 1993.
  93. Harwood, J., Giles, H., Fox, S., Ryan, E.B., & Williams, A.   Patronizing speech and reactive responses.   Journal of Applied Communication Research, 21, 211-226, 1993.
  94. Fox, S., & Giles, H.  Accommodating intergenerational contact:  A critique and theoretical model.  Journal of Aging Studies, 7, 423-451, 1993.
  95. Leets, L., & Giles, H.  Does language awareness foster social tolerance?  Language Awareness, 2, 159-168, 1993.
  96. Giles, H., & Williams, A.  Patronizing the young: Forms and evaluations.  International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 39, 33-53, 1994.
  97. Giles, H., & Viladot, A.  Ethnolinguistic identity in Catalonia.  Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 13, 301-312, 1994.
  98. Harwood, J., Giles, H., Pierson, H.D., Clément, R., & Fox, S. Vitality perceptions of age categories in California and Hong Kong. Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 15, 311-318, 1994.
  99. Giles, H., Williams, A., Mackie, D.M., & Rosselli, F.  Reactions to Anglo- and Hispanic-American accented speakers:  Affect, identity, persuasion, and the English-only controversy.  Language and Communication, 14, 102-123, 1995.
  100. Leets, L., DeBecker, G., & Giles, H.  Fans: Exploring expressed motivations for contacting celebrities.  Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 14, 102-123, 1995.
  101. Cargile, A., & Giles, H.   Intercultural communication training:  A critical review and new theoretical perspective.  Annals of the International Communication Association, 19, 385-423, 1996.
  102. Leets, L., Giles, H., & Clément, R.   Explicating ethnicity in theory and communication research.   Multilingua, 15, 115-147, 1996. 
  103. Mulac, A., & Giles, H.  "You're only as old as you sound":  Parameters of elderly age attributions.   Health Communication, 8, 199-215, 1996.
  104. Fox, S., & Giles, H.  Interability communication: Evaluating patronizing encounters. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 15, 265-290, 1996.
  105. Williams, A., & Giles, H.   Intergenerational conversations:  Young adults' retrospective accounts.  Human Communication Research, 23, 220-250, 1996.
  106. Harwood, J., & Giles, H.  Reactions to older people being patronized: The roles of response strategies and attributed thoughts.   Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 15, 395-422, 1996.
  107. Harwood, J., Giles, H., Ota, H., Pierson, H.D., Gallois, C., Ng, S-H., Lim, T-S., & Somera, L-B.  College students' trait ratings of three age groups around the Pacific Rim.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 11, 307-317, 1996.
  108. Williams, A., Ota, H., Giles, H., Pierson, H.D., Gallois, C., Ng, S.H., Lim, T-S., Ryan, E.B., Somera, L., Maher, J., & Harwood, J.  Young peoples' beliefs about intergenerational communication: An initial cross-cultural comparison.  Communication Research, 24, 370-393, 1997.
  109. Ytsma, J., & Giles, H.  Reactions to patronizing talk: Some Dutch data.  Journal of Sociolinguistics, 1, 259-268, 1997.
  110. Harwood, J., Ryan, E.B., Giles, H., & Tysoski, S.  Evaluations of patronizing speech and three response styles in a non-service-providing context. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 25, 170-195, 1997.
  111. Cargile, A.C., & Giles, H.  Understanding language attitudes: Exploring listener affect and identity.  Language & Communication, 17, 195-218, 1997.
  112. Leets, L., & Giles, H.  Words as weapons - when do they wound?  Investigations of harmful speech.  Human Communication Research, 24, 260-301, 1997.
  113. Cai, D., Giles, H., & Noels, K. Elderly perceptions of communication with older and younger adults in China: Implications for mental health.  Journal of Applied Communication Research, 26, 32-51, 1998.
  114. Cargile, A.C., & Giles, H.  Language attitudes towards varieties of English:  An American-Japanese context.  Journal of Applied Communication Research, 26, 338-356, 1998.
  115. Viladot, M.A., & Giles, H.  Habla condescendiente y ancianidad: Evaluaciones integeneracionales en Cataluña.  Revista de Psicologia Social Aplicada, 8, 29-60, 1998.
  116. Noels, K., Giles, H., Cai, D., & Turay, L. Intergenerational communication and health in the United States and the People's Republic of China.  South Pacific Journal of Psychology, 10, 120-134, 1999.
  117. Leets, L., & Giles, H.  Harmful speech: An organizing framework for communication research.  Annals of the International Communication Association, 22, 90-137. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1999.
  118. Leets, L., Giles, H., Sansom, P., & Noels, K.  Attributed harm to racist talk.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 20, 209-215, 1999.
  119. Boggs, C., & Giles, H.  “The canary in the cage”: The nonaccommodation cycle in the gendered workplace.  International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 9, 223-245, 1999.
  120. Giles, H., Noels, K., Ota, H., Ng, S.H., Gallois, C., Ryan, E.B., Williams, A., Lim, T-S., Somera, L., Tao, H., & Sachdev, I. Age vitality across eleven nations. Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 21, 308-323, 2000.
  121. Barker, V., Giles, H., Noels, K., Duck, J., Hecht, M., & Clément, R.  The English-only movement: A communication perspective.  Journal of Communication, 51, 3-37, 2001.
  122. Harwood, J., Giles, H., McCann, R.M., Cai, D., Somera, L, Ng, S-H., Gallois, C., & Noels, K.A. Older adults’ trait ratings of three age-groups around the Pacific Rim.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 16, 157-171, 2001.
  123. Giles, H., Ballard, D., & McCann, R.M. Perceptions of intergenerational communication across cultures: An Italian case.  Perceptual & Motor Skills, 95, 583-591, 2002.
  124. Hajek, C. & Giles, H.  The old man out: An intergroup analysis of intergenerational communication among gay men.  Journal of Communication, 52, 698-714, 2002.
  125. Barker, V. & Giles, H. Who supports the English-only movement?  Evidence for misconceptions about Latino group vitality.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 23, 353-370, 2002.
  126. Ota, H., Giles, H., & Gallois, C. H. Perceptions of younger, middle-aged, and older adults in Australia and Japan: Stereotypes and age group vitality.  Journal of Intercultural Studies, 23, 253-266, 2002.
  127. Giles, H., Fortman, J., Honeycutt, J., & Ota, H.  Future selves and others: A lifespan and cross-cultural perspective.  Communication Reports, 16, 1-22, 2003.
  128. Barker, V. & Giles, H.  Integrating the communicative predicament and enhancement of aging models: The case of older Native Americans.  Health Communication, 15, 255-275, 2003. 
  129. Giles, H., Noels, K., Williams, A., Ota, H., Lim, T-S, Ng, S.H., Ryan, E.B., & Somera, L.  Intergenerational communication across cultures: Young people's perceptions of conversations with family elders, non-family elders, and same-age peers.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 18, 1-30, 2003.
  130. Abrams, J., Eveland, W.P. Jr., & Giles, H.  The effects of television on group vitality: Can television empower nondominant groups? Annals of the International Communication Association, 27, 193-219, 2003.
  131. Giles, H., Kutchukhides, M., Yagmur, K., & Noels, K.A.  Age vitality: Perceptions of young Canadian, Turkish, and Georgian urban and rural adults.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 24, 178-183, 2003.
  132. McCann, R.M., Ota, H., Giles, H., & Caraker, R.  Accommodation and nonaccommodation across the lifespan: Perspectives from Thailand, Japan, and the United States of America.  Communication Reports, 16, 1-23, 2003.  Recipient of the Western Speech Communication Association Dickens Award for the best article published in the journal from 2001-2003.
  133. Barker, V., & Giles, H.  English-only policies: Perceived support and social limitations.  Language and Communication, 24, 77-95, 2003.
  134. Reid, S., Giles, H., & Abrams, J.  A social identity model of media usage and effects. Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, 16, 17-25, 2004.
  135. McCann, R., Kellermann, K., Giles, H., Gallois, C., & Viladot, M.A.  Cultural and gender influences on age identification.  Communication Studies, 55, 88-105, 2004.
  136. McCann, R.M., Cargile, A., Giles, H., & Cui, B.T.  Communication ambivalence towards elders: Data from North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the USA.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 19, 275-297, 2004.
  137. Le Poire, B.A., Giles, H., & Prescott, M.  Stigma-by-association: The role of symbolic and instrumental attitudes.  Communication Research Reports, 21, 105-118, 2004.
  138. Giles, H., Zwang-Weissman, Y., & Hajek, C. Patronizing and policing elderly people.  Psychological Reports, 95, 754-756, 2004.
  139. Dailey, R.M., Giles, H., & Jansma, L.L. Language attitudes in an Anglo-Hispanic context: The role of the linguistic landscape.  Language and Communication, 25, 27-38, 2005.
  140. Giles, H., & Reid, S.  Ageism across the lifespan: Towards a self-categorization model of ageing.  Journal of Social Issues, 61, 389-404, 2005.
  141. Dorjee, T., & Giles, H. Cultural identity in Tibetan diasporas.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 26, 138-157, 2005.
  142. Hajek, C., & Giles, H.   Intergroup communication schemas:  Cognitive representations of talk with gay men.  Language & Communication, 25, 1161-182, 2005.
  143. McCann, R.M, Dailey, R., Giles, H., & Ota, H.  Beliefs about intergenerational communication across the lifespan: Middle age and the roles of age stereotyping and respect norms.  Communication Studies, 56, 293-311, 2005.
  144. Giles, H., Makoni, S., & Dailey, R. M. Intergenerational communication beliefs across the lifespan: Comparative data from West and South Africa.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 20, 191-211, 2005.
    McCann, R.M., & Giles, H. Communication with people of different ages in the workplace: Thai and American data.  Human Communication Research, 32, 74-108, 2006. 
  145. Marlow, M., & Giles, H.  From the roots to the shoots: A Hawaiian case study of language revitalization and modes of communication.  Annals of the International Communication Association, 30, 343-385, 2006.
  146. Dailey, R., Reid, S.A., Anderson, M.C., & Giles, H.  Community review of police conduct: An intergroup perspective.  Social Psychological Review, 8, 20-34, 2006.
  147. Hajek, C., Barker, V., Giles, H., Louw, J., Pecchioni, L., Makoni, S., & Myers, P.  Communication dynamics of police-civilian encounters: American and African interethnic data.  Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 35, 161-182, 2006.
  148. Hajek, C., & Giles, H. On communicating pride, crying in movies, and recruiting innocent bystanders: The effect of sex on communication schemas used with gay and heterosexual men. Communication Research Reports, 23, 77-84, 2006.
  149. Giles, H. Re-dressing helping attire: Methodological and interpretive issues.  Psychological Reports, 99, 935-937, 2006.
  150. McCann, R.M., & Giles, H. Age differentiated communication in organizations:  Perspectives from Thailand and the USA.  Communication Research Reports, 24, 1-12, 2007.
  151. Abrams, J., & Giles, H.  Ethnic identity gratifications selection and avoidance by African Americans: A group vitality and social identity gratifications perspective. Media Psychology, 9, 115-135, 2007.
  152. Ota, H., Giles, H., & Somera, L. Beliefs about intra- and intergenerational communication in Japan, the Philippines, and the United States: Implications for older adults’ subjective well-being.  Communication Studies, 58, 173-188, 2007.
  153. Giles, H., Dailey, R.M., Sarkar, J.M., & Makoni, S.  Intergenerational communication beliefs across the lifespan: Comparative data from India.  Communication Reports, 20, 75-89, 2007.
  154. Lim, T-S., & Giles, H. Differences in American and Korean evaluations of one-year age differences.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 28, 349-364, 2007.
  155. Presa, M.A.V., Esteban, M., Nadal, J.M., & Giles, H. Identidad, percepción de vitalidad etnolingüística y comunicación intergrupal en Catalunya (España).  Revista de Psicología Social Aplicada, 17, 223-247, 2007.
  156. Barker, V., Giles, H., Hajek, C., Ota, H., Noels, K.A., Lim, T-S., & Somera, L.  Police-Civilian interaction, compliance, accommodation, and trust in an intergroup context: International data.  Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 1, 93-112, 2008. 
  157. Hajek, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., Demirtas-Madran, A., Pecchioni, L., & Choi, C.  Perceptions of trust, compliance, and officer accommodation in police-civilian intergroup encounters: A Russian, Turkish, and American cross-national analysis.  Russian Journal of Communication, 1, 127-148, 2008. 
  158. Dixon, T.L., Schell, T., Giles, H., & Drogos, K. The influence of race in police-civilian interactions: A content analysis of videotaped interactions taken during Cincinnati police traffic stops.  Journal of Communication, 58, 530-549, 2008.
  159. Marlow, M., & Giles, H.  “Who you tink You, talkin propah?”  Hawaiian Pidgin demarginalized.  Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 2, 53-69, 2008.
  160. Giles, H., Ryan, E.B., & Anas, A.P.  Perceptions of intergenerational communication by young, middle-aged, and older Canadian adults.  Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, 40, 121-130, 2008.
  161. Hajek, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., Lin, M-C., Zhang, Y.B., & Hummert, M.L. Expressed trust and compliance in police-civilian encounters: The role of communication accommodation in Chinese and American settings.  Chinese Journal of Communication, 1, 168-180, 2008.
  162. Hajek, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., Makoni, S., & Choi.  Reported compliance in police-civilian encounters: The roles of accommodation and trust in Zimbabwe and the United States.  Communicatio:  South African Journal of Communication Theory and Research, 34, 173-187, 2008.
  163. Myers, P., Giles, H., Reid, S.A., & Nabi, R.L. (2008). Law enforcement encounters: The effects of officer accommodativeness and crime severity on interpersonal attributions are mediated by intergroup sensitivity. Communication Studies, 59, 291-305.
  164. Barker, V., Choi, C., Giles, H., & Hajek, C.  Reported compliance with police in Mongolia and the United States.  The Mongolian Journal of International Affairs, 15-16, 176-201, 2008-2009.
  165. Abrams, J.R., Barker, V., & Giles, H.  An examination of the validity of the Subjective Vitality Questionnaire.  Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 30, 59-72, 2009.
  166. Abrams, J.R, & Giles, H. Hispanic American television activity: Is it related to vitality perceptions?  Communication Research Reports, 26, 247-252, 2009.
  167. Stoitsova, T., Choi, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., & Hajek, C.  Reported compliance in police-civilian encounters: The roles of accommodation and trust in Bulgaria and the United States.  Journal of Psychological Research, 1, 99-116, 2009. 
  168. Giles, H., Hajek, C., Stoitsova, T., & Choi, C.  Intergenerational communication satisfaction and age estimates in Bulgaria and the USA.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 25. 133-147, 2010.
  169. Marlow, M., & Giles, H.  “We won’t get ahead speaking like that!” Expressing and managing language criticism in Hawai’i.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Communication, 31, 237-251, 2010.
  170. Giles, H., McIlrath, M., Mulac, A., & McCann, R.M.  Expressing age salience: Three generations’ reported events, frequencies, and valences.  International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 206, 73-91, 2010.
  171. Giles, H., & Marlow, M.  Theorizing language attitudes: Existing frameworks, an integrative model, and new directions.  Annals of the International Communication Association, 35, 161-197, 2011.
  172. Dorjee, T., Giles, H., & Barker, V. Diasporic Communication:  Cultural deviance and accommodation among Tibetan exiles in India.  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 32, 343-359, 2011.
  173. Patterson, M.L., Giles, H., & Teske, M.  The decline of behavioral research?  Examining language and communication journals.  Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 30, 326-340, 2011.
  174. Pearce, K., Giles, H., Hajek, C., Barker, V., & Choi, C.  The roles of communication and trust in reported compliance with police in Armenia and the United States.  Armenian Review, 52, 41-64, 2011.
  175. Fuertes, J.N., Gottdiener, W., Martin, H., Tracey, C., Gilbert, T.C., & Giles, H.  A meta-analysis of the effects of speakers’ accents on social evaluations.  European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 120-133, 2012.
  176. Gasiorek, J., & Giles, H. Effects of inferred motive on evaluations of nonaccommodative communication.  Human Communication Research, 38, 309-332, 2012.
  177. Viladot, M. A. & Giles, H.  Desenvolupament person per un envelliment satisfactory: El paper de la Communicacio. (Personal development and successful aging: The role of communication.)  Llengua, societat i comunicació, 10, 1-7, 2012.
  178. Choi, C., Giles, H., & Hajek, C. Young adults’ perceptions of communication with intra- and intergenerational targets across the lifespan: A cross-cultural comparison between the U.S. and Mongolia.  Anthropology and Aging Quarterly, 33, 74-86, 2012.
  179. Giles, H., Linz, D., Bonilla, D., & Gomez, M. L.  Police stops of and interactions with Latino and White (Non-Latino) drivers: Extensive policing and communication accommodation.  Communication Monographs, 79, 407-427, 2012.
  180. Giles, H., Khajavy, H., & Choi, C.W. Intergenerational communication satisfaction and age boundaries: Comparative Middle Eastern data.   Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 27, 357-371, 2012.
  181. Viladot, M.A., Giles, H., Gasiorek, J., & Esteban-Guitart, M.  Vitalidad etnolingüística, medios de comunicación e identidad étnica.  Un estudio con grupos indígenas de Chiapas (Mexico). [Ethnolinguistic vitality, mass media and ethnic identity. A study with indigenous groups in the Chiapas (Mexico)].  Sociolinguistic Studies, 6, 471-490, 2012.
  182. Mulac, A., Giles, H., Bradac, J.J., & Palomares, N. Explaining the Gender-Linked Language Effect: An empirical test of a general process model. Language Sciences, 38, 22-31, 2013.
  183. Viladot, M.A., Giles, H., Bolaños, L.F., & Esteban-Guitart, M. Identidad nacional, vitalidad etnolingüística e indigenismo en Chiapas (México).  (National identity, ethnolinguistic vitality, and indegenism in Chiapas (Mexico)).  Estudios de Psicologia (Psychology Studies), 34, 89-93, 2013.  
  184. Speer, R. B., Giles, H., & Denes, A. Investigating stepparent-stepchild interactions: The role of communication accommodation.  Journal of Family Communication, 13, 1-24, 2013.
  185. Lin, M-C., & Giles, H.  The dark side of family relationships: A communication model of elder abuse.  International Psychogeriatrics, 25, 1275-1290, 2013.
  186. Choi, C., Khajavy, H., Giles, H., & Hajek, C.  Intergenerational communication and age boundaries in Mongolia and the United States.  Communication Reports, 26, 73-87, 2013.
  187. Gasiorek, J., & Giles, H.  Volunteering as a communicative process.  International Journal of Communication, 7, 1-20, 2013.
  188. Giles, H., Ota, H., & Foley, M.  Tourism: An intergroup communication model with Russian inflections.  Russian Journal of Communication, 5, 229-243, 2013.
  189. Dragojevic, M., & Giles, H.  The Reference Frame Effect: An intergroup perspective on language attitudes.  Human Communication Research, 40, 91-111, 2014.
  190. Soliz, J., & Giles, H.  Relational and identity processes in communication: A contextual and meta-analytical review of Communication Accommodation Theory.  Annals of the International Communication Association, 38, 107-144, 2014.
  191. Goldman, L., Giles, H., & Hogg, M.A.  Going to extremes: The forces behind gang membership. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 17, 813-832, 2014.
  192. Esteban-Guitart, M., Viladot, M. A., & Giles, H.  Perceived institutional support among young indigenous and mestizos from Chiapas (México). A group vitality approach. Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 36, 124-135, 2015.
  193. Farzadnia, S., & Giles, H. Patient-provider care: A communication accommodation theory perspective.  International Journal of Society, Culture and Language, 3, 17-34, 2015.
  194. Gasiorek, J., Fowler, C., & Giles, H.  Communication and successful aging:  Profiling middle-aged and older adults. Human Communication Research, 41, 577-602, 2015.
  195. Fowler, C., Gasiorek, J., & Giles, H.  The role of communication in aging well: 
    Introducing the communicative ecology model of successful aging. Communication Monographs, 82, 431-457, 2015. See above, an NCA Outstanding Article Award, 2020.
  196. Gasiorek, J., & Giles, H.  The role of inferred motive in processing and evaluating nonaccommodation.  Western Journal of Communication, 79, 456-471, 2015.
  197. Keaton, S.A., & Giles, H. Subjective health, language, and aging: An integrative model of intergenerational communication.  International Journal of Society, Language, & Culture, 4 (2), 1-10, 2015.
  198. Dragojevic, M., Mastro, D., Giles, H., & Sink, A.  Silencing nonstandard speakers: A content analysis of accent portrayals on American primetime television. Language in Society, 45, 59-85, 2016.
  199. Dragojevic, M., & Giles, H.  I don’t like you because you’re hard to understand: The role of processing fluency in the language attitudes process. Human Communication Research, 42, 396-420, 2016.
  200. Dunbar, N. E., Gangi, K., Coveleski, S., Adams, A., Bernhold, Q., & Giles, H. When is it acceptable to lie? Interpersonal and intergroup perspectives on deception. Communication Studies, 67, 129-146, 2016.
  201. Keaton, S.A., McCann, R.M., & Giles, H.  The role of communication in the mental health of elderly individuals: Views from Thailand and the USA.  Health Communication, 32, 92-102, 2016.
  202. Denes, A., Giles, H., & Gasiorek, J. “Don’t touch that dial”:  Accommodating musical preferences in interpersonal relationships”.  Psychology of Music, 44, 1193-1201, 2016.
  203. Woo, D.J., & Giles, H. Language attitudes and intergroup dynamics in multilingual organizations. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 17, 39-52, 2017.
  204. Dragojevic, M., Giles, H., Beck, A-C., & Tatum, N. T. Foreign accent strength, processing fluency, and group prototypicality: Implications for language attitudes. Communication Monographs, 84, 385-405, 2017.
  205. Keblusek, L., Giles, H., & Maass, A. Language and intergroup communication. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 20, 632-643, 2017.
  206. Bernhold, Q.S., & Giles, H.  Grandparent-grandchild communication: Theoretical synthesis and extensions. Journal of Intergenerational Relations, 15, 368-388, 2017.
  207. Hill, S., & Giles, H.  The case for intergroup dialogue: Creating spaces for courageous conversations. California Police Chief, Spring, 34-36, 2017.
  208. Hill, S., & Giles, H. Using research to build trust and empathy: Meaningful change through
    intergroup contact.  Police Chief, 85(8), 48-50, 52-53, August 2018.  (The official publication of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc.). https://www.policechiefmagazine.org/using-research-to-build-trust-and-empathy/?ref=c2d811e37178fba4802adba886cf5311
  209. Adams, A., Dunbar, N., & Giles, H.  Communication accommodation in text messaging: 
    The effects of sex, liking, and power. The Journal of Social Psychology, 158, 
    474-490, 2018.
  210. Bernhold, Q.S., Dunbar, N., Merolla, A., & Giles, H. Face threats and facework during hurtful conflict: Extending Identity Implications Theory. Human Communication Research, 44, 127-154, 2018.
  211. Gallois, C., Watson, B. M., & Giles, H. Intergroup communication: Identities and effective interactions. Journal of Communication, 68, 309-317, 2018.
  212. Bernhold, Q.S., & Giles, H. Ethnic differences in grandparent-grandchild affectionate communication: An extension of affection exchange theory research.  Communication Reports, 31, 188-202, 2018.
  213. Choi, C., Khajavy, H., Raddawi, R., & Giles, H.  Perceptions of police-civilian encounters: Intergroup and communication dimensions in the United Arab Emirates and the USA. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 12, 82-104, 2019.
  214. Gasiorek, J., Fowler, C., & Giles, H.  Communication and successful aging: Reconceptualizing the role of uncertainty. Communication Monographs, 86, 229-250, 2019.
  215. Hill, S.L., & Giles, H.  Resilience as a department cultural initiative: Sustaining wellness.  Police Chief.  Online, May 29. http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/resilience-as-a-department-cultural-initiative/?ref=29226880c75535d64987cc8172f1943f, 2019
  216. Bernhold, Q.S., & Giles, H.  Paternal grandmothers benefit the most from expressing affection to grandchildren: An extension of evolutionary and sociological research. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 36, 514-534, 2019.
  217. Bourhis, R.Y., Sachdev, I., Ehala, M., & Giles, H. Forty years of group vitality research.  Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 38, 408-421, 2019.
  218. Giles, M., Giles, H., & Bernhold, Q. S. Cultural festivals as intergroup settings: A case study of Pacific Islander identities.  Journal of Multicultural & Multilingual Development, 40, 818-832, 2019.  
  219. Bernhold, Q.S., & Giles, H. Older adults’ recalled memorable messages about aging and their associations with successful aging.  Human Communication Research, 45, 474-507, 2019.
  220. Pines, R., & Giles, H. Dancing while aging: A case study on benefits of ballet for older women.  Anthropology & Aging, 41, 83-94, 2020.
  221. Bernhold, Q.S., Gasiorek, J., & Giles, H. Communicative predictors of older adults’ successful aging, mental health, and alcohol use. International Journal of Aging and Human Development,  90, 107-134, 2020.
  222. Dunbar, N., Giles, H., Bernhold, Q.S., Adams, A., Giles, M., Zamanzadeh, N., Gangi, K., Coveleski, S., & Fujiwara, K.  Strategic synchrony and rhythmic similarity in lies about ingroup affiliation. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 44, 153-172, 2020.
  223. Whiteside, S.B., Giles, H., & Linz, D.  Un-mournable lives: The precariousness of transgender identities. Sociological Inquiry, 90, 316-338, 2020.
  224. Bernhold, Q.S., & Giles, H. Older adults’ Age-related communication and routine dietary habits. Health Communication, 35, 1556-1564, 2020.  
  225. Bernhold, Q.S., & Giles, H. The role of grandchildren’s own age-related communication and accommodation from grandparents in predicting grandchildren’s successful aging.  International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 91, 149-181, 2020.
  226. Bernhold, Q.S., & Giles, H. Group-based identity accommodation in older adults’ romantic relationships. Communication Quarterly, 68. 417-437, 2020.
  227. Bernhold, Q.S., & Giles, H. Vocal accommodation and mimicry. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 44, 41–62. 2020.
  228. Giles, M., Pines, R., & Giles, H. Testing the communication model of intergroup interdependence: 
    The case of American and Canadian relations. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42, 97-107, 2021.  
  229. Bernhold, Q.S., Dunbar, N., & Giles, H. Accommodative and underaccommodative communication as predictors of instrumental caregiving intentions and expectations in grandparent-grandchild relationships. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 38, 158-179, 2021.
  230. Pines, R., Giles, H., & Watson, B.M. Managing patient aggression in healthcare: Initial testing of the long-term value of a communication accommodation theory intervention. Psychology of Language and Communication, 25, 62-81, 2021.
  231. Pines, R., Watson, B.M., & Giles, H. Managing patient aggression during registration: In preparation of Implementing Affordable Care Act (ACA) 1557 intake questions. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, 22, 56-65, 2021.
  232. Hill, S.L., Giles, H., & Maguire, E.R.  VOICES: A theory-driven intervention for improving relationships between police and the public.  Policing: An International Journal, 44, 786-799, 2021.
  233. Bernhold, Q.S., & Giles, H. Group-based identity accommodation as a predictor of relational solidarity and mental well-being: The moderating role of minority status in the larger family. Southern Journal of Communication, 86, 434-446, 2021.
  234. Maguire, E.R., & Giles, H. Public expressions of empathy and sympathy used by U.S. Criminal Justice Officials after police use of deadly force against unarmed African Americans. Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 41, 48-75, 2022.  See Outstanding Article Biennial Award, ICLASP18.
  235. Bernhold, Q.S., & Giles, H. Attachment theory as a lens to explain the dynamics of (non)accommodation and loneliness in parent-child relationships. Journal of Family Communication, 22, 1-17, 2022.
  236. Bernhold, Q.S., & Giles, H. Emotional mimicry: A communication accommodation perspective. Cognition & Emotion, 36, 799-804, 2022.
  237. Bernhold, Q.S., McCarty, D., & Giles, H.  Relationship satisfaction as a function of perceived similarity in religious and political beliefs and identity accommodation: Parent-child and grandparent-grandchild relationships. Journal of Family Communication, 22, 363-373, 2022.
  238. Nuño, L., Hill, S.L., Maguire, E.R., & Giles, H. Experiencing VOICES: Police and public reactions to an intergroup communication intervention. Police Practices & Research: An International Journal, 24, 631-645, 2023. 
  239. Hansia, M., Giles, H., & Dunbar, N. In search of a “sweet spot:” Can understanding how language influences intimidation maximize the quality of valued compliance?" Psychology of Language and Communication, 27(1), 208-225, 2023 
  240. Giles, H., Edwards, A. L., & Walther, J. B. Communication accommodation theory: Past accomplishments, current trends, and future prospects. Language Sciences, 99, 1–16, e101571, 2023.
  241. Giles, H., Maguire, E. R., & Hill, S. L. The police and those policed as intergroup par excellence: Current trends and future prospects. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 26(4), 781-795, 2023.
  242. Maguire, E. R., Hill, S. L., & Giles, H. Caught in the middle: Accommodative dilemmas in police-community relations. Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 29(4), 486–496, 2023.  
  243. Pines, R., Myers, K. K., & Giles, H. Healthcare professionals’ emotional labor and management of workplace violence with underserved patients in the safety net context. Health Communication, 39, 1558-1567, 2024.
  244. Giles, H., Maguire, E.R., & Hill, S.L. Policing at the crossroads: An intergroup communication perspective. In A. Gaffney, M.A. Hogg, & D. Abrams, D. (eds): “Addressing critical social issues from the perspective of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.” 25th Anniversary Special Issue of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 27(5), 1107-1127, 2024. 
  245. Elhami, A., Roshan, A., & Giles, H. Interaction between teacher and students in Spanish language classes through the lens of Communication Accommodation Theory. International Journal of Society, Culture, and Language, 12, 1-16, 2024.
  246. Giles, H. Theoretical approaches to communicative practices and intergenerational communication The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 101(1), 3-34, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1177/00914150241297398
  247. Emler, N., & Giles, H. CAT-ty gossip and rumor: An integrative framework. Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 44, 57-78, 2025.
  248. Giles, H., & Ji, D. Accommodating nursing: Communication prospects. Nursing and Care Open Access Journal, 11(1), 5-8, 2025. https://doi.org./15406/noaj.2025.11.00310 
  249. Basinger, E. D., Arroyo, A., Asbury, M. B., Fox, R., Otis, H. N., Miller, N. P., Giles, H., & Turner. M. Dialogue on difference: Fat liberation in communication. Communication Monographs, 92(1), 1-19, 2025.
  250. Ji, D., Giles, H., & Hu, W. The role of students' perceptions of educators' communication accommodative behaviors in the classroom in China. Behavioral Sciences, 15(4), 560, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15040560
  251. Dragojevic, M., Giles, H., Goatley-Soan, S., & Dayton, S.A. Americans’ attitudes toward British accents: The role of social categorization, perceived group prototypicality, and processing fluency. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. Advance online, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2024.2346575 
  252. Maguire, E. R., Giles, H., & Hill, S. L. Diffusing translational criminology:
    An intergroup communication and accommodation approach. Criminology & Criminal Justice. Advance online, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958251318650
  253. Ahn, S., Lim, T. S., Giles, H., Ota, H., Omori, K., Kim, S. Y., & Draeger, R. Assessing the universality of face needs across China, Japan, Korea, and the U.S. using an inductive approach of face needs measurement. Asian Journal of Communication. Advance online: https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2025.2501985, 2025.
  254. Giles, H., Belavadi, S., Hansen, K., & Gardikiotis, A. Toward establishing Applied Intergroup Communication as a key domain in the study of intergroup relations: Three case studies. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 32(5). Advance online: https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2025.2525793, 2025.
  255. Giles, H., Hansen, K., & Gardiokitis, A. Prologuing and communicating intergroup communication matters. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 32(5). Advance online: https://10.1080/15456870.2025.2525798. 2025.
  256. Giles, H., & Gardikiotis, A. Communication accommodation theory in an evolving digital world. In P. Kordoutis, P. Roussos, & A. Argyroudi (eds), Individuals, relationships and community in the digital era. Special Issue of Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society, in press 2025.
  257. Fowler, C., Gasiorek, J., & Giles, H. Revisiting the operationalization of communication accommodation. Communication Monographs, in press, 2025. https://10.1080/03637751.2025.2546102
  258. Etaywe, A., & Giles, H. Relational dynamics in violent extremist incitement communication: Language as bonds, obligations, and a catalyst for polarization. Discourse & Communication, in press, 2025.
    https://10.1177/17504813251378884

Esteem Measures

  • 1978 British Psychological Society's "Spearman Medalist" for "published research of outstanding merit" for scholars of no longer than 10 years Graduate Membership.
  • 1989 British Psychological Society's "President's Award" for mid-career achievements in contributing to psychological knowledge (specifically for the study of language and communication in social psychology).
  • 1993 Inaugural “Outstanding Scholar Award” from the International Communication Association’s “Language & Social Interaction” Interest Group for "distinguished intellectual contributions to the study of language".
  • 1995 Inaugural "Scholar of the Year Award" (with Jon Nussbaum) from the National Communication Association’s "Communication and Aging Division" for "outstanding contributions as a teacher, researcher, leader, and mentor in the field of communication and aging".  Award thereafter called the "Giles & Nussbaum Distinguished Scholar Award."
  • 2000 Inaugural “Career Productivity Award” (now the Chaffee Award) from the International Communication Association for “sustained excellence in communication research”, thereafter called the Steve Chaffee Award.
  • 41 NCA/ICA/WSCA/ECA Top Paper Awards (19 designated as THE Top Paper Awards): see Conference section in the main below for: 1986 (R.E. Cooley Memorial Award), ‘87, ’89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96, ‘98, ’99, ’01, ’02, ’03, (2004 Milton Dickens Award as best article published in Communication Reports [2001-03]), ’04 (2), ’05 (2), 06 (2), 07 (2), & 08 (02), 2010 (2), 2011 (2), 2012 (3), 2013 (2), 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (2), & 2019 (2), & 2024
  • Distinguished Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (2004-)
    Nominee for Margaret T. Getman Distinguished Service to Students Award (for exemplary commitment to students and contribution to the quality of life at UCSB), 2005 & 2017
  • 2005-06 Academic Senate Research Lecturer “recognizes extraordinary scholarly distinction, making it the highest honored bestowed upon UCSB professors by their peers”.
  • 2007 Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award of the International Communication Association.
    This award honors outstanding scholars, teachers, and advisors who serve as role models in those capacities and who have had a major impact on the field of communication. Most importantly, recipients of this award have influenced the discipline through their former students, who themselves are important figures in the communication discipline.
  • 2007 National Communication Association’s Distinguished Scholar Award “for significant lifetime achievements to the discipline.”
  • 2009 Mark L. Knapp Award of the National Communication Association for “career contributions to the study of interpersonal communication”
  • 2011 “Inaugural Outstanding Article Award” from the National Communication Association’s Communication and Aging Division’s for Ryan, E. B., Giles, H., Bartolucci, G., & Henwood, K. (1986). “Psycholinguistic and Social Psychological Components of Communication by and with the Elderly” published in Language and Communication, 6, 1-24.
  • 2012  UCSB (campus-wide) Academic Senate Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award
  • 2012  Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship from the National Communication Association
  • 2013 UCSB (campus-wide) Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award.  Only scholar in UCSB history to be recipient of all 3 campus Awards: Research Lecture, Outstanding Mentor, and Distinguished Teaching Awards.
  • 2015 “Inaugural Outstanding Book Award” from the National Communication Association’s Communication and Aging Division’s for Coupland, N., Coupland, J., & Giles, H. Language, Society and the Elderly: Discourse, Identity and ageing.  Oxford: Blackwell, 1991.
  • 2018 International Association of Language & Social Psychology’s “Inaugural Howie Giles Mentorship Award” in “recognition of his impact on the field of Language & Social Psychology and the scholarly legacy he has created through the work of his students”.
  • 2018 International Communication Association’s Intergroup Interest Group initiated (via their by-laws) the “Howard Giles Top Student Paper Award”.
  • 2020 Outstanding Article Award from the National Communication Association’s Communication and Aging Division for Fowler, C., Gasiorek, J., & Giles, H. (2015). “The Role of Communication in Aging Well: Introducing the Communicative Ecology Model of Successful Aging” published in Communication Monographs, 82, 431-457.
  • 2022 Invited by the current (Nosh Contractor) and a former (Ellen Wartella) President of the International Communication Association to be interviewed for a podcast as one of the “Architects of Communication Scholarship” published on November 27, 2022.  https://architects-comm-scholarship.transistor.fm/
  • 2023 “Outstanding Book Award” from the National Communication Association’s Communication and Aging Division’s for Giles, H., Gasiorek, J., Davis, S., & Giles, J.  (2022). Communication for successful aging: Empowering individuals across the lifespan. New York & London, Routledge.
  • 2024 “3rd. Jake Harwood Outstanding Book Award” from the International Association of Language & Social Psychology (ICLASP18) for Giles, H., Gasiorek, J., Davis, S., & Giles, J. (2022). Communication for successful aging: Empowering individuals across the lifespan. New York & London, Routledge, 2022.
  • 2024  “The 9th. Biennial Outstanding Paper Award” from the International Association of Language & Social Psychology (ICLASP18) for Maguire, E.R. & Giles, H. (2022). Public expressions of empathy and sympathy by U.S. criminal justice officials after controversial police killings of African Americans. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 41, 48-75.
  • 2024/25 “The Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award” from the system-wide University of California “in recognition of his extraordinary research, scholarly work, teaching and educational service since retirement”.
  • Holder of an S.S.R.C. research grant (January 1973 - December 1974) entitled:  "A social evaluation of the speech patterns of an ethnic minority group" ($5,950).
  • Supervisor of a sub-section of an S.S.R.C. Research Program directed by Henri Tajfel concerned with intergroup relations. This sub-section entitled:  "Linguistic correlates of intergroup discriminations" (January 1975 - December 1976) ($6,800).  Appointed Co-director with Henri Tajfel and John Turner of the entire Research Program, June 1976.
  • Co-holder (with Charles Husband, University of Bradford) of S.S.R.C. grant for establishing workshops on 'Intergroup theory and race relations', 1983-85 ($8,500).
  • Co-holder (with Louis Young) of a Nuffield small grant (January 1984 - December 1984) entitled:  "Key factors in human-computer interaction", ($5,100).
  • Co-holder (with Karen Henwood) of a Nuffield small grant (October 1984 - December 1984) entitled:  "Communication and the elderly" ($5,100).
  • Co-holder (with Nik Coupland) of an E.S.R.C. Program grant (April 1985 - March 1989) entitled:  "Communication and the elderly:  An interdisciplinary approach" ($193,800).
  • Co-holder (with Nik Coupland & John Wiemann) of a United States/United Kingdom Education (Fulbright) Commission “International Colloquium on Communication, health and the elderly” held at the University of Wales Conference Center, Gregynog Hall,  1988 ($7,500).
  • Holder of an Academic Senate (UCSB) Grant (July 1991-June 1992) entitled “Intergenerational communication and patronizing speech” ($2,530).
  • Holder of an Academic Senate (UCSB) Grant (July 1992-June 1993) entitled
    “Intergenerational contact: A communication perspective” ($3,000).
  • Holder of an Academic Senate (UCSB) Grant (July 1993-June 1994) entitled
    "The ubiquity of patronizing talk: Connecting to the East" ($2,031).
  • Holder of a University of California Pacific Rim Program Planning Grant (July 1994-September 1995) entitled "Intergenerational communication across the Pacific Rim" ($10,000).  
  • Holder of an Academic Senate (UCSB) Grant (July 1994-June 1995) entitled "Evaluations to patronizing talk: The Spanish connection" ($2,150). 
    Co-investigator with Beth Le Poire (UCSB) (P.I.) of a Grant (July 1995-June 1998) from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (10/94) entitled, "Partners' influence on continued chemical dependency" ($497,257).
  • Holder of a "Pearl Chase Funds" Academic Senate (UCSB) Grant (July 1995-June 1997) entitled:
    "Police-community links: Communicating with older adults" ($3,011). 
  • Holder of a University of California Pacific Rim Committee Grant (July1996-98) entitled, "Intergenerational communication around the Pacific Rim" ($25,000)
  • Co-Holder (with A. Mulac) of an Academic Senate (UCSB) Grant (July 1997-June 1999) entitled, "Instant aging: Health implications of sounding "old" ($2,000). 
  • Holder (with V. Barker) of a Linguistic Minorities Research Institute Grant (July 1999-2000) entitled, “English Only: An analysis of the linguistic landscape and changing perceptions of ethnolinguistic vitality” ($1,231).
  • Holder of an Academic Senate (UCSB) Grant (July 1999-June 2000) entitled "Intergenerational communication in Central and South America” ($2000).
  • Holder of a University of California Pacific Rim Committee Grant (July 2000-June 2002) entitled “Ageism and the workplace: A cross-cultural perspective” ($30,763).
  • Co-Holder (with D. Mullin) of an Instructional Improvement Grant (2001-2002:  $9,997.27).
  • Holder (with M.C. Anderson) of a grant (Jan 2002-Dec 2004) to support the establishment of the Center on Police Practices and Community, UC Santa Barbara ($44,800). Subsequently, A private donation (April 2006) ($50,000) & Project donations (May 2006 & May 2008) ($5,500)
    Fellowship grant from UCSB Police Department (Oct. 2002-2004) ($25,000).
  • Co-holder of Institute of Social & Economic Research C-RIG grant on gang activity (Jan-Dec. 2010) ($4,000)
  • Cottage Health Research Institute grant (with co-PI Rachyl Pines) (Feb 2020-Feb 2021) ($5,000).
  • Fellow: The Royal Society of Medicine (2023-)
  • Member: International Association of Chiefs of Police (2018-)
  • Association for Anthropology, Gerontology, and the Life Course (2007-22)
    • Non-killing Lingustics Research Committee (Invited by Center for Global Non-killing, University of Hawaii, Honolulu Executive committee, 2017-)
  • Western States Communication Association 
    • Member of its Legislative Assembly (1997).
    • Elected Delegate-at Large to Legislative Assembly (2004-06)
       
  • Board of Directors:  Pacific Standard (Miller McCune Center for Research, Media & Public Policy, 2007-16).
  • Open Handbooks of Linguistics (2016-17).
  • International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication (2013-17).
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication (2014-17), Co-Editor for Intergroup Communication
  • Journal of International and Intercultural Communication (2007-20).
  • Anthropology and Aging (2007-21).

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