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2023

Postdoctoral Associate

College of Human Ecology, Cornell University

Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research

Einhorn Center for Community Engagement

 

2021-2022

Postdoctoral Research Associate

School for Mass Communication Research, KU Leuven

 

2021-2022

Master’s Thesis Advisor (9 students)

Master of Communication Sciences: Digital Media and Society, KU Leuven

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2021

Visiting Instructor, Principles of Persuasion

University at Buffalo and the Singapore Institute of Management

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2018-2021

Instructor, Mass Communication

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

2017-2018

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mass Communication

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

2015-2017

Graduate Research Assistant
Melanie C. Green, Ph.D.

funded by the National Science Foundation

2014-2015

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Social Psychology; Sociological Foundations

James Madison University

24. Grizzard, M., Francemone, C.J., Frazer, R., Fitzgerald, K., Monge, C., & Henry, C. (in press). A comprehensive test of the Affective Disposition Theory of Drama. Journal of Communication.

 

23. Fitzgerald, K., Francemone, C.J., & Grizzard, M. (2022). Humor and poignancy: Exploring narrative pathways to face death and bereavement. Frontiers in Communication, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.973239

 

22. Frazer, R., Grizzard, M., Francemone, C. J., Fitzgerald, K., & Henry, C. (in press). Character individuation and disposition formation: An experimental exploration. Media Psychology.

 

21. Paravati, E., Fitzgerald, K., Green, M.C., McAllister, C., & Moore, M.M. (2022). Narratives to increase prosociality towards refugees. International Journal of Communication, 16, 2551-2572. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/18773

 

20. Francemone, C.J., Grizzard, M., Fitzgerald, K., Huang, J., & Ahn, C. (2021). Character gender and disposition formation in narratives: The role of competing schema. Media Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2021.2006718

 

19. Fitzgerald, K., Yue, Z., Wong, J.C.S., Green, M.C. (2021). Entertainment and social media use during social distancing: Examining trait differences in transportability and need for social assurance. Psychology of Popular Media. Advance online publication. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/ppm0000365

 

18. Grizzard, M., Francemone, C.J., Matthews, N., & Fitzgerald, K. (2021). Do audiences judge the morality of characters relativistically? How interdependence affects perceptions of characters’ temporal moral descent. Human Communication Research, 47(4), 338-363. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqab011

 

17. Moore, M., Green, M.C., Fitzgerald, K., Paravati, E. (2021). Framing inspirational content: Narrative effects on attributions and helping. Media and Communication, 9(2), 226-236. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v9i2.3788

 

16. Kryston, K. & Fitzgerald, K. (2021). Inspired to adopt: The role of social norms in media inspiration. Media and Communication, 9(2), 215-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v9i2.3805

 

15. Fitzgerald, K., Green, M.C., & Paravati, E. (2020). Restorative narratives: Using narrative trajectory for prosocial outcomes. The Journal of Public Interest Communications, 4(2), 51-74. https://doi.org/10.32473/jpic.v4.i2.p51

 

14. Fitzgerald, K., Francemone, C.J., & Grizzard, M. (2020). Memorable, meaningful, pleasurable: An exploratory examination of narrative character deaths. OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0030222820981236

 

13. Grizzard, M., Fitzgerald, K., & Francemone, C.J., (2020). Validating a set of retribution narratives for use in media psychology research. Communication Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2020.1820545

 

12. Grizzard, M., Francemone, C.J., Fitzgerald, K., Huang, J., & Ahn, C. (2020). Interdependence of narrative characters: Implications for media theories. Journal of Communication, 70, 274-301. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqaa005

 

11. Grizzard, M., Fitzgerald, K., Francemone, C., Ahn, C., Huang, J., Walton, J., McAllister, C., & Lewis, R.J. (2019). Narrative retribution and cognitive processing. Communication Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650219886512

 

10. Green, M.C., Fitzgerald, K., & Moore, M.M. (2019). Archetypes and narrative processes. Psychological Inquiry, 30(2), 99-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2019.1614808

 

9. Fitzgerald, K., Paravati, E., Green, M.C., Moore, M.M., & Qian, J. L. (2019). Restorative narratives for health promotion. Health Communication, 35, 356-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2018.1563032

 

8. Grizzard, M., Fitzgerald, K., Francemone, C.J., Ahn, C., Huang, J., Walton, J., McAllister, C., & Eden, A. (2019). Validating the Extended Character Morality Questionnaire. Media Psychology, 23, 107-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2019.1572523

 

7. Carpenter, J., Green, M.C., & Fitzgerald, K. (2019). Mind-reading motivation: individual differences in desire to perspective-take influence narrative processing. Scientific Study of Literature, 8, 211-238. https://doi.org/10.1075/ssol.18011.car

 

6. Grizzard, M., Huang, J., Ahn, C., Fitzgerald, K., Francemone, C.J., & Walton, J. (2019). The Gordian knot of disposition theory: character morality and liking. Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications, 32, 100-105. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000257

 

5. Freedman, G., Green, M. C., Flanagan, M., Fitzgerald, K., & Kaufman, G. (2018). The effect of gender on attributions for women’s anxiety and doubt in a science narrative. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 42, 178-191. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684318754528

 

4. Green, M.C., Kaufman, G., Flanagan, M., & Fitzgerald, K. (2017). Self-esteem and public self-consciousness moderate the emotional impact of expressive writing about experiences with bias. Personality and Individual Differences, 116, 212-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.04.057

 

3. Grizzard, M., Huang, J., Fitzgerald, K., Ahn, C., & Chu, H. (2018). Sensing heroes and villains: Character-schema and the disposition formation process. Communication Research, 45, 479–501. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650217699934

 

2. Grizzard, M., Huang, J., Weiss, J., Novotny, E., Fitzgerald, K., Chu, H…Ahn, C. (2017). Graphic violence as moral motivator: The effects of graphically violent content in news. Mass Communication and Society, 20, 763-783. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2017.1339804

 

1. Green, M.C. & Fitzgerald, K. (2017). Fiction as a bridge to action. Invited commentary in response to Menninghaus, W., Wagner, V., Hanich, J., Wassiliwizky, E., Jacobsen, T., & Koelsch, S. (2017). The distancing-embracing model of the enjoyment of negative emotions in art reception. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, 29-30. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X17001716

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5. Fitzgerald, K. & Green, M.C. (2022). Stories for good: Transportation into narrative worlds. In J.O. Pawelski & L. Tay (Eds.), The handbook of positive psychology on the arts and humanities: Theory and research. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

 

4. Paravati, E., Fitzgerald, K., & Green, M.C. (2020). Ups and downs: How emotions make characters real. In K. Shackleford, J., Isbouts, & K. Walker (Eds.), Real characters: The psychology of parasocial relationships with media characters. Fielding Graduate University Press.

 

3. Green, M.C., Bilandzic, H., Fitzgerald, K., & Paravati, E. (2019). Narrative effects. In M.B. Oliver, A. Raney, & J. Bryant (Eds.), Handbook of media effects: Advances in theory and research, Fourth Edition. New York, NY: Routledge.

 

2. Fitzgerald, K. & Green, M.C. (2017). Narrative persuasion: Effects of transporting stories on attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. In F. Hakemulder, M.M. Kuijpers, E.S.H. Tan, K. Balint, & M.M. Doicaru (Eds.), The handbook of narrative absorption (pp. 49-67). Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

 

1. Green, M.C., & Fitzgerald, K. (2016). Transportation theory. In the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. (pp. 1-24). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.