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Leah E. LeFebvre is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama, affiliated with the College of Communication & Information Sciences. Her research explores romantic relationship dynamics in the digital age, focusing on initiation, dissolution, and narrative processes mediated by technology.
- Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
- M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- B.S., University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
She investigates how emerging technologies like Tinder and social media platforms reshape relational communication, including pre-initiation behaviors, ghosting, and digital memorialization. Her interdisciplinary work integrates methodologies from communication, psychology, and network theory to analyze virtual relational memory and its emotional consequences.
Her recent research highlights the challenges of post-breakup digital object management, network disengagement, and narrative reconciliation. Collaborations include undergraduate and graduate students, as well as international scholars, emphasizing methodological diversity in studying modern relational phenomena.
LeFebvre’s studies inform the development of the Virtual Relational Memory model, which examines the interplay between digital objects, storytelling, and social networks in relationship dissolution processes.
