Linda Lederman
Professor
Human Communication
Arizona State University
United States of America
Biography
Linda Costigan Lederman is professor of health and human communication, Director of the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, and former Dean of Social Sciences (2007-2012). An expert on communication and substance abuse, and author of more than 105 books, book chapters, journal articles and conference papers, her research has been funded by grants from federal agencies such as NIAAA, NIDA and DoE totaling more than $8 million. Prior to joining the faculty at ASU, she was professor of communication at Rutgers University, a member of the faculty of the Rutgers Center for Alcohol Studies, and the Founding Director of the Center for Communication and Health Issues at Rutgers, one of the first research groups in the nation to study the role of communication in alcohol use and abuse. in 2010 she was named Rutgers Univeristy Distinguished Graduate in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and in 2016 ASU College of Arts and Sciences named her as the recipient of the Gary Kranbuhl Difference Maker Award.
Research Interest
health communication and instructional communication
Publications
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Lederman, L.C. (2008). Beyond these walls: Exemplary readings in health communicaiton. Cambridge, England: Oxford University Press.
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Lederman, L.C. (in preparation). Beyond the bottle: Stories of men and women who wanted to stop drinking. A creative nonfiction account of alcoholism and recovery. Manuscript completed (90,000 words).
