Rachel L. Bailey

Rachel L. Bailey is an Associate Professor at Florida State University's College of Communication & Information. She directs the Interactions in Communication Contexts Lab, focusing on biological and evolutionary perspectives of media interactions, including embodied cognition and motivated cognition. Her work explores media's role in health communication, food choice, substance use, and social/racial justice contexts.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Communication (minor in Cognitive Science), Indiana University (2014)
• M.A. in Strategic Communication, University of Missouri-Columbia
• B.A. in Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia
• B.J. in Strategic Communication, University of Missouri-Columbia

Research focuses on:

• Media psychology
• Health communication
• Motivated mediated extended cognition
• Biological and evolutionary perspectives on media effects

She serves on editorial boards of Health Communication, Journal of Media Psychology, and Media Psychology, and previously chaired the Information Systems Division of the International Communication Association.