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.
• Henningsen, D. D., & Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2018). Does brainstorming lead to symbolic convergence? Exploring the development of cohesiveness in idea generating groups. Communication Reports, 31, 103-117. doi: 10.1080/08934215.2017.1394476
• Henningsen, D. D., Miller Henningsen, M. L., & Russell, G. A. (2017). Do groupthink symptoms reflect a single influence process? Groupwork, 27, 28-48.
• Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2017). Politeness theory. M. Allen (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. doi.org/10.4135/9781483381411.n439
• Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2017). Submission of research to a convention. M. Allen (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. doi.org/10.4135/9781483381411.n597
• Sagarin, B. J., & Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2017). Resistance to influence. S. G. Harkins, K. D. Williams, & J. Burger (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of social influence (pp. 437-456). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2016). Relationship initiation goals and plans. C. Berger & M. E. Roloff (Eds.) International encyclopedia of interpersonal communication. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. doi: 10.1002/9781118540190.wbeic0142
• Henningsen, D. D., & Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2015). A preliminary examination of social influence in group decision making in the workplace. International Journal of Business Communication, 52, 188-204. doi: 10.1177/2329488414525448
• Henningsen, D. D., & Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2015). The role of expertise and expressiveness in group decision-making. Communication Quarterly, 63, 463-479. doi: 10.1080/01463373.2015.1058284
• Mongeau, P. A., & Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2015). Stage theories of relationship development: Charting the course of interpersonal communication. D. Braithwate & P. Schrodt (Eds.), Engaging theories in interpersonal communication (2nd ed., pp. 389-402). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Valde, K. S., & Miller Henningsen, M. L. (2015). Facework in responding to unethical communication. International Journal of Business Communication, 52, 369-403. doi: 10.1177/2329488414525445
• Miller Henningsen, M. L., Valde, K. S., & Denobow, J. (2013). Academic misconduct: A goals-plans-action approach to peer confrontation and whistle-blowing. Communication Education, 62, 148-168. doi: 10.1080/03634523.2012.752509