Michael Arrington, Ph.D.

Michael Arrington, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Michael Irvin Arrington earned his B. A. at the University of Southern Mississippi and his M.A. and Ph.D. doctorate in communication at the University of South Florida, where he began his studies of social support for and among families affected by prostate cancer. Over the past two decades, he has held full-time faculty positions at Ohio University, the University of Kentucky, Indiana State University, and the Mercer University School of Medicine. In addition, he served as Director of Scholarly Activity and Research at the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education in Scranton, PA. His work in the classroom was recognized by the Southern States Communication Association, who awarded him the John I. Sisco Excellence in Teaching Award in 2013. His scholarship bridges the medical humanities and social sciences, investigating the intersections of interpersonal communication, health, narrative, media, and persuasion. His research has been well received, as evidenced by the Distinguished Journal Article Award he received from the Family Communication Division of the National Communication Association in 2012. He has published dozens of articles and presented dozens of papers at regional, national, and international conferences.