Dr. Elizabeth (Lissa) Behm-Morawitz (Ph.D., Arizona) is Professor and Chair in the Department of Communication. Her expertise is in media effects, media psychology, and emerging technologies. She explores this research across multiple platforms, including video games, films, social media, virtual reality, and AI technologies. Specifically, her research examines how people process and respond to media messages, media influence on person perception, the relationships between media use and health and well-being, and optimizing media experiences for prosocial effects.  

Her research has been published in journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Journal of Media Psychology, Psychology of Popular Media, Communication Monographs, and Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. Dr. Behm-Morawitz serves on the editorial boards of Communication Monographs, Communication Studies, and Journal of Media Psychology.