Selected Refereed Publications and Conference Proceedings

Kowal, C.J & Kasker, C. (Forthcoming) Cadet Emotions: The effects of the Emotional Quality of Life on the perception of Leadership Styles in the military. Research on Emotions in Organizations.

VanLear, A. & Kowal, C.J. (Forthcoming) Development and Validation of Emotional Quality of Life (EQL) Scales for Communication Research. Communication Methods and Measures.

Kowal, C.J & Kasker, C. (2010) Military Leadership and emotions: The effects of the Emotional Quality of Life on the perception of Leadership Styles. Presentation at the 2010 NCA conference in San Francisco.

Kowal, C.J (2010) Effects of Charisma on a Presidential Candidate. Presentation at the November 2010 NCA conference in San Francisco.

Kowal, C.J & Kasker, C. (2010) Cadet Emotions: The effects of the Emotional Quality of Life on the perception of Leadership Styles in the military. Presentation at the August 2010 Emotions in Organizations Conference in Montreal, CA.

Kowal, C.J. (2010). The Emotional Investment and Attraction of a Presidential Candidate. Presentation at the 2010 APS Annual Convention in Boston, May 2010.

Kowal, C.J. (2010) The Bill and Oprah Effects of Charisma on a Presidential Candidate. Presented at the Eastern Communication Association Convention, April 2010 Baltimore, MD.

Buck, R., Kowal, C.J., & Vieira, E. (2009). The Nonverbal Communication of Character in Presidential Candidates: Competence, Compassion, Credibility, and Charisma. Presented at the National Communication Association Convention, in November, 2009 Chicago, Il.

Kowal, C.J. (2009) Exploring the Uncanny Valley: Developing a Scale for the Uncanny Valley. Presented at the National Communication Association Convention, in November, 2009 Chicago, Il.

Grants and Awards

• University of Connecticut Dean Research award, $1500., July 2011.
• Kowal, C.J. Recipient of the UConn Graduate Student Dissertation Grant, $5,000, December, 2010.
• Best Paper at Conference Award.  Kowal, C.J & Kasker, C. (2010) Cadet Emotions: The effects of the Emotional Quality of Life on the perception of Leadership Styles in the military. Presentation at the August 2010 Emotions in Organizations Conference in Montreal, CA.
• Kowal, C.J. Recipient of the Paul Hogan Summer Fellowship, $5,000, July, 2010.
• Kowal, C.J. and Buck R. An evaluation of the Emotional Education of Autistic Children. NIH Pre-Doc Training grant (unfunded). 2010.
• Kowal, C.J. and Buck, R. Emotional Education. Department of Education Special Education Research. $133,000 (unfunded). 2009.

Current Research Interests

• Communication of emotions
• Facial expressions
• Charisma and leadership
• Emotional persuasion
• Emotions in the military

Teaching Philosophy

• In all of my courses, I encourage the students to develop and use critical thinking skills. My philosophy of teaching maybe described as an adaptive student-centered focus.

Professional Organizations

• International Communication Association
• National Communication Association
• Eastern Communication Association
• American Psychology Science Association
• American Association for Public Opinion Research
• American Political Science Association
• International Society for Research on Emotion
• EmoNet (Emotions in Organizations)