Expertise
Health Communication, Relational Communication, Conflict and Mediation

Professional Experience & Community Activities

Elizabeth Babin, Assistant Professor, started teaching at Cleveland State University in Fall 2009. She currently teaches courses in health communication and communication inquiry, but also enjoys teaching courses in interpersonal communication and conflict and mediation.

Promoting healthy relationships serves as an overarching theme of Dr. Babin’s program of research. Her research focuses on the intersection of interpersonal communication and public health problems. Her current research addresses intimate partner violence and sexual health. A piece she co-authored titled “”The relationship between parents’ verbal aggression and young adult children’s’ intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration “is currently in press at Health Communication.

In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Babin is the faculty advisor for the Association for Women in Communication and volunteers at the Domestic Violence Center of Greater Cleveland.

Education