Valerie C. Downs

An analysis of teachers' verbal communication within the college classroom: Use of humor, self‐disclosure, and narratives

Valerie C. Downs, Manoochehr Mitch Javidi, Jon F. Nussbaum · Communication Education · 1988 · 187 citations

Education, Teacher Education, Teaching +12

A comparative analysis of teachers' use of dramatic style behaviors at higher and secondary educational levels

Manoochehr Mitch Javidi, Valerie C. Downs, Jon F. Nussbaum · Communication Education · 1988 · 40 citations

Education, Instruction, Teaching +11

The impact of argumentativeness and verbal aggression on communicator image: The exchange between George Bush and Dan Rather

Valerie C. Downs, Lynda Lee Kaid · Western Journal of Speech Communication · 1990 · 18 citations

Social Sciences, Communication, Political Communication +10

Political argumentation and violations of audience expectations: An analysis of the bush‐rather encounter

Lynda Lee Kaid, Valerie C. Downs · Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media · 1990 · 17 citations

Social Sciences, Communication, Political Communication +17

A comparative analysis of the relationship between communication apprehension and loneliness for elderly nursing home and non‐nursing home residents

Valerie C. Downs, Manoochehr Javidi, Jon F. Nussbaum · Western Journal of Speech Communication · 1988 · 13 citations

Social Sciences, Communication, Geriatric Medicine +11