Brian L. Quick
Contact Information
Office: 340 B Communication
Telephone: (217) 333-3617
Email: bquick@illinois.edu
Assistant Professor
Bio
Professor Quick’s primary research interests focus on the processing of persuasive health messages. Specifically, his research assesses the cognitive and emotional processes that underlie persuasion. Professor Quick recently received funding from Health Resources and Services Administration to identify best practices to promote organ donation to adolescents. Other topics of interest include promoting clean indoor air policies, exercise, HIV testing, organ donation, and sunscreen usage among others.Curriculum Vitae
Experience
Health communication and persuasion; psychological reactance, cognitive and emotional processing of persuasive health messages; research methods.Education
- Ph.D., Texas A & M University
Selected Publications
Quick, B. L., & Bates, B. R. (in press). Applying prospect theory, social cognitive theory, and psychological reactance theory to promote responsible alcohol consumption on campus. Journal of Health Communication.
Stephenson, M. T., Quick, B. L., Witte, K., Vaught, C., Booth-Butterfield, S., & Patel, D. (2009). The role of face-to-face discussions in a campaign promoting hearing protection among coal miners. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 37, 317-337.
Quick, B. L., Kim, D. K., Meyer, K., Taylor, D., Kline, J., & Apple, T. (2009). A 15 year review of ABC, CBS, and NBC news coverage of organ donation: Implications for organ donation campaigns. Health Communication 24, 137-145.
Quick, B. L., & Kim, D. K. (2009). Examining reactance and reactance restoration with Korean adolescents: A test of psychological reactance within a collectivist culture. Communication Research, 36, 765-782.
Quick, B. L., Bates, B. R., & Quinlan, M. R. (2009). The utility of anger in promoting clean indoor air policies. Health Communication, 24, 548-561.
Quick, B. L. (2009). The effects of viewing Grey's Anatomy on perceptions of doctors and patient satisfaction. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 53, 38-55.
Quick, B. L., Stephenson, M. T., Witte, K., Vaught, C., Booth-Butterfield, S., & Patel, D. (2008). An Examination of Coal Miners’ Hearing Protection Behaviors: A Test of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Journal of Safety Research, 39, 329-338.
iQuick, B. L. & Stephenson, M. T. (2008). Examining the role of trait reactance and sensation seeking on reactance-inducing messages, reactance, and reactance restoration. Human Communication Research, 34, 448-476.
Quick, B. L., & Stephenson, M. T. (2007). Further evidence that psychological reactance can be modeled as a combination of anger and negative cognitions. Communication Research, 34, 255-276.