Mary Claire Morr Loftus
Professor
Chair
What I do
My research focuses on privacy management, intergenerational family relationships, and work-family issues. My most recent work addresses the ways that parents in transracial, international adoptive families manage private information about their children. I am also working on research addressing the ways that work-family conflict and privacy management function in the relationships of family elder caregivers. In my classes, I work with my students to develop practical skills anchored in deep understanding of the subject matter. Communication skills and quantitative inquiry are the subjects I teach most frequently.
Degree(s)
Ph.D., Arizona State University
M.A., Miami University
B.A., Miami University
Featured Publications
Morr Loftus, M. C., Suter, E. A., Hanna, M. D., & Strasser, D. S. (2022). Parents’ management of privacy turbulence surrounding private, adoption-related information in transracial, internationally adoptive families. Journal of Family Communication, 22(1), 55-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2021.2005068
Morr Loftus, M. C., Suter, E. A., Strasser, D. S., & Hanna, M. D. (2021). Catalysts and motivations for change in privacy coordination: Transracial, internationally adoptive parents’ coordination of private, adoption-related information. Communication Quarterly, 69(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2020.1864428
Morr Loftus, M. C., & Droser, V. A. (2020). Parent and child experiences of parental work-family conflict and satisfaction with work and family. Journal of Family Issues, 41(9), 1649-1673. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X19895043
Petronio, S., & Morr Serewicz, M. C. (Eds.) (2013). Special issue on communication privacy management theory and family privacy regulation. Journal of Family Communication, 13(1).
Morr Serewicz, M. C. (2008). Toward a triangular theory of the communication and relationships of in-laws: Theoretical proposal and social relations analysis of relational satisfaction and private disclosure in parent-in-law triads. Journal of Family Communication, 8, 264-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267430802397161
Morr Serewicz, M. C., & Canary, D. J. (2008). Assessments of disclosure from the in-laws: Links among disclosure topics, family privacy orientations, and relational quality. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 25(2), 333-357. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407507087962
Morr Serewicz, M. C., & Gale, E. (2008). First-date scripts: Gender roles, context, and relationship. Sex Roles, 58, 149-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-007-9283-4
Morr Serewicz, M. C., Dickson, F. C., Morrison, J. H. T. A., & Poole, L. L. (2007). Family privacy orientation, relational maintenance, and family satisfaction in young adults’ family relationships. Journal of Family Communication, 7, 123-142. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267430701221578
Mongeau, P. A., Morr Serewicz, M. C., & Therrien, L. F. (2004). Goals for cross-sex first dates: Identification, measurement, and influence of contextual factors. Communication Monographs, 71, 121-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/0363775042331302514
Morr, M. C., & Mongeau, P. A. (2004). First-date expectations: Impact of sex of initiator, alcohol consumption, and relationship type. Communication Research, 31, 3-35. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650203260202
