Northern Illinois University
Department of Communication
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Professor
Organizational / Corporate Communication

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(Ph.D., University of Wisconsin)
Specialties: social influence in interpersonal communication, decision making, education contexts.

Latest Publications

• Miller Henningsen, M. L., Valde, K. S., Bryan, F. J., & Babin, S. (2025). Academic entitlement and expectations: Instructor responses to student cell phone use in class.  Southern Communication Journal, 90 (1), 52-70.
• Henningsen, D. D., & Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2024). Open wide and we’ll see how you’ve done: Proposing and testing a model of injunctive normative influence in dentist-patient interactions about flossing.  Asian Communication Research, 20(1), 16-19.
• Henningsen, D. D., & Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2023). Instrumental flirting: An exploration of charm in decision-making groups.  Behavioral Sciences,  13(7), 603.
• Chiasson, R, M. & Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2022).  Emergency remote instruction versus face-to-face instruction: Precursors and outcomes of online teaching self-efficacy during COVID-19.  Communication Research Reports, 39(3), 171-180. 
• Henningsen, D. D., & Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2022). Considering the rules of brainstorming in untrained idea generating groups.  Groupwork, 30(2), 77-92.
• Henningsen, D. D., & Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2022). Persuasion and social influence in groups. In S. J. Beck, J. Keyton, & M. S. Poole (eds.)  The Emerald Handbook of Group and Team Communication Research(pp. 275-288). Emerald Publishing.