Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters

Manning, J. (In press). At the intersection of race, class, and sexual orientation: Male masculinities in dating relationships. In E. Watson, & J. Kille (Eds.), Sexualized bodies: Masculinity from multiple perspectives.

Manning, J. (In press). Relationships, diversity, and representation: A content analysis of romantic relationship portrayals on network television. Submitted to A. J. Narro, & A. C. Ferguson (Eds.), Diversity and mass communication: The evidence of impact.

Manning, J. (In press). What does it mean to sleep together? Exploring the definition of sex. In J. MacLennan (ed.), Case studies of communication about sex. 

Manning, J. (In press). “But Luke and Laurelai belong together!” Relationships, social control, and Gilmore Girls. In D. S. Diffrient, & D. Lavery (eds.), Screwball television: Gilmore Girls.

Manning, J., & Short-Thompson, C. (In press.) The gendered political body: Considering the body as situation in political communication. In J. L. Edwards (Ed.), Gender and political communication: Rhetoric, representation, and display.

Manning, J. (In press). “I never would have slept with George!” Symbolic boasting and Grey’s Anatomy. In C. Burkhead, & H. Robson (Eds.), Collection: Grey.

Manning, J. (In press). The paradoxical battle: A feminist exploration of the relationship between branding, organizational identity, and the language of attack.  Kentucky Journal of Communication.

Manning, J., McNally, J., & Verst, S. (2007). Questioning the self, questioning others, questioning relationships: A qualitative inquiry into the pedagogical value of Judy Blume. MP: An Online Feminist Journal, 1(6), 7-15.

Book Reviews

Manning, J. (In press). Ethnographic understandings of online love. Review of Communication.

Manning, J. (In press). Review of The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Communication. Women in Language.

Textbook Chapters

Manning, J.  (2004). Navigating around sandbars: Inclusive language use. In Speaker-Audience Communication:  Survival Guide. Ford, D. J., Leonard, L. G., & Mabachi, N. M. (eds.). Boston:  Pearson.

Manning, J.  (2002). Changing voice inflection for the situation. In For Talking Out Loud:  A Speaker-Audience Communication Handbook.  Ventsam, S., Lewis, L. M., & Reynard, L. J. (eds.). Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company: Dubuque, IA.

Government Documents

Office of Migrant Education [Manning, J.]. (2007). Inter-rater reliability. In Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment Technical Assistance Team review. Gardner, KS: Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment.

Office of Migrant Education [Manning, J.]. (2007). Interview/Re-interview protocol. In Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment Technical Assistance Team review. Gardner, KS: Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment.

Office of Migrant Education [Manning, J.]. (2007). Sample designs for re-interviews. In Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment Technical Assistance Team review. Gardner, KS: Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment.

Office of Migrant Education [Manning, J.]. (2007). Sampling methods. In Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment Technical Assistance Team review. Gardner, KS: Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment.

Office of Migrant Education [Manning, J.]. (2007). Survey methods. In Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment Technical Assistance Team review. Gardner, KS: Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment.

Office of Migrant Education [Manning, J.]. (2007). Tips for recruiters. In Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment Technical Assistance Team review. Gardner, KS: Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment.

Office of Migrant Education [Manning, J.]. (2007). Training of recruiters. In Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment Technical Assistance Team review. Gardner, KS: Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment.

Office of Migrant Education [Manning, J.]. (2007). Training of trainers. In Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment Technical Assistance Team review. Gardner, KS: Consortium for Quality and Consistency in Identification and Recruitment.

Encyclopedia Entries

Manning, J. (In press). Gay/straight mixed-orientation marriages. In LGBTQ America today. New York: Greenwood.

Manning, J. (In press). GLBT life in the Midwest. In LGBTQ America today. New York: Greenwood.

Manning, J. (In press). Heterosexuality. In Encyclopedia of gender and society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Manning, J. (In press). Language, gender differences. In Encyclopedia of gender and society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Manning, J. (In press). Online dating. In Encyclopedia of gender and society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Manning, J. (In press). Al Franken. In Encyclopedia of political communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Manning, J. (In press). Personal influence. In Encyclopedia of political communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Manuscripts in Review

Manning, J. (In review). A communicative theory of coming out. Submitted to Communication Theory.

Manning, J. (In review). Balanced education: The implications of coming out in Dawson's Creek. Submitted to Journal of Children and Media.

Manning, J. (In review). A review of The Dark Side of Relationship Pursuit: From Attraction to Obsession and Stalking. Submitted to Rocky Mountain Communication Review.

Manning, J. (In review). Attribution, expectancy violations, and performativity: Finding the looking glass self, interpersonally speaking. Submitted to Journal of Bisexuality.

Manning, J. (In review). Food and the imaginative other: An (auto)ethnography of a weight loss group. Submitted to Text & Performance Quarterly.

Manning, J. (In review). Playing with gendered relational pieties: Toward establishing Gloria Steinem as significant rhetorician. Submitted to North Dakota Journal of Speech and Theatre.

Manning, J. (In review). Self-reflection and social penetration: Positive behaviors in the communicative coming out process. Submitted to Journal of Personal Relationships.

Manning, J., & Vlasis, M. (In review). Vote for the Worst, then vote for the President: Voting cynicism and American Idol. Submitted to Journal of Popular Music in Society.

Manuscripts in Final Stage of Editing for Submission

Alakoc, B. P., & Manning, J. Women responsible for peace: The Women in Black movement. To be submitted to Journal of International and Intercultural Communication.

Manning, J. Easing the management of privacy: Negative behaviors in the communicative coming out process. To be submitted to Journal of Applied Communication Research.

Manning, J. Humor, (dis)identification, and comic transcendence: An ethnography of queer bonding. To be submitted to Youth and Society.

Manning, J. Who's the fool? The humor in coming out. To be submitted to Sexualities.

Manuscripts in Construction/Research in Progress

Communication and the Coming Out Process (book proposal)

Exploring gendered limitations between methodologies (quasi-experiment using online personal advertisements)

Interdisciplinary intersections of gender and communication research (ethnographic data collection)

Sexuality and the study of communication (state-of-the-art review)

Conference Presentations

Paper Presentations

Manning, J. (2007, November). Expectancy violations, attribution, and performativity: Finding the looking-glass self, interpersonally speaking. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago.

Verst, S., Manning, J., & McNally, J. (2007, November). Challenging the identity of young women: Exploring the banned books of Judy Blume. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago.

Manning, J., Mortensen, T. A., Oscar, A. M., & Pasquinucci, R. S. (2007, November). Pedagogical implications: Does the theory we teach match the theory we study? Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago.

Manning, J. (2007, October). Interpersonal communication, ethnography, and gender: Intersections and revelations. Paper presented at the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender Annual Meeting, Omaha.

Manning, J. (2007, October). Relationships, youth, and masculinity: The lessons learned from Ugly Betty. Paper presented at the Midwest Popular Culure/American Culture Association Annual Conference, Kansas City.

Manning, J. (2007, September). Students engaging interpersonal ethnography: An integrative approach to teaching. Paper presented at the Kentucky Communication Association Conference, Carrollton, KY.

Manning, J. (2007, May). From the perspective of a communication scholar: A communicative theory of coming out. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Francisco.

Manning, J. (2007, March). Philadelphia and its metaphors. Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis.

Manning, J. (2007, March). Reconsidering the dark side: Expanding notions of light and dark in interpersonal communication. Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis.

Manning, J. (2007, March). Sexual cinema 2005: Queers, steers, aliens, and gangsters(stas). Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis.

Manning, J. (2006, November). Attacking a post-feminist icon through media outlets: The unique case of Madonna, Pepsi, and the American Family Association.  Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, San Antonio.

Manning, J. (2006, November). Not another personal advertisement study! Eliminating the limitations of methodological boundaries.  Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, San Antonio.

Manning, J. (2006, October). The past, present, and future of LGBT studies in human communication. Paper presented at the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender 2006 Conference, St. Louis.

Manning, J. (2006, April). The Case of Will & Grace versus Roseanne: Exploring contributions to a gendered social movement through the examination of language in fictive media narratives.  Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis.

Manning, J. (2006, April). Entelechial and reformative functions of anti-queer rhetoric in Kansas.  Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis.

Manning, J. (2006, April).  For better or for worse:  A case study examining how television serves as a model for interpersonal social support.  Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis.

Manning, J. (2006, April).  Queering Burke’s definition of man. Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis.

Manning, J.  (2006, April).  The talk show project.  Great idea for teaching speech presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis.

Manning, J.  (2005, November).  Queer interpretation and use of anti-queer pejoratives. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Boston.

Manning, J.  (2005, November).  Questioning visual sincerity in online rhetoric: Camping out with the Westborough Baptist Church.  Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Boston.

Manning, J.  (2005, November).  Understanding of how online dating identity is constructed.  Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Boston.

Manning, J.  (2005, April).  Apprenticing effective small group communicators.  Great idea for teaching speech presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Convention, Kansas City.

Manning, J.  (2005, April).  Toward establishing Gloria Steinem as significant rhetorician:  A Burkean analysis of 'If Men Could Menstruate.' Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Convention, Kansas City.

Manning, J.  (2004, November).  No laughing matter:  The coming out rhetoric of Will & Grace.  Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago.

Manning, J., Mabachi, N. M., & Laberge, J.  (2004, November).  HIV/AIDS and communication.  Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago.

Manning, J.  (2004, April).  Computers, television and social support.  Paper presented at the Central States Association Annual Conference, Cleveland.

Manning, J.  (2004, April).  What's he doing here?  An ethnography of Weight Watchers. Paper presented at the Central States Association Annual Conference, Cleveland.

Manning, J.  (2003, November).  Choosing a one-way message to fit the need: Television as social support for the minimized.  Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Miami Beach.

Manning, J.  (2003, November).  The liberation of nothing:  Queer representation on television.  Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Miami Beach.

Manning, J.  (2003, November).  Seeking social support online:  An exploration of support offered in online communities.  Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Miami Beach.

Irwin, J. & Manning, J.  (2003, April).  I think that’s what I said -- wasn’t it?  Answering the question of consistent media messages in politics.  Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Omaha.

Manning, J. (2003, April).  Distant relatives:  A cross-cultural comparison of the representation of family in Queer as Folk.  Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Omaha.

Manning, J. (2003, April). The not-so-young and the really restless:  Professional wrestling as the ‘male soap opera.’  Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Omaha.

Refereed Panels