Communication Colloquium: Jennifer Bute, Indiana University Indianapolis
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Department of Communication
- Location
- 1002 Lincoln Hall
- Date
- Apr 10, 2026 3:30 pm
- communication@illinois.edu
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Join us for a colloquium by Jennifer Bute of IU Indianapolis.
Jennifer Bute is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at IU Indianapolis and a former senior editor for Health Communication. Her research centers on communication about health in interpersonal relationships; most of her work has explored issues of reproductive health, such as how people manage private information about topics like infertility and miscarriage.
Her research also examines public discourses about reproductive and sexual health. She serves on the Health Care Task Force for the Institute of Reproductive Grief Care, and she advises the institute in training health care providers to offer more compassionate care to those experiencing pregnancy loss.
She has also examined interpersonal communication in the management of life-threatening food allergies and served on the Outcomes Research Advisory Board for Food Allergy Research & Education.