UMass Boston

Computer-mediated Communication, Design Thinking in Higher Education, Collaborative Communication

PhD (Communication Studies), 2012, University of Texas at Austin

• Yilmaz, G. & Bilen, M. (2022). Sensemaking in a networked world: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Turkey. Communication Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2022.2097285
• Arzik-Erzurumlu, O. & Yilmaz, G. (2022). From remote control to tweets: How do viewers (re)shape quality criteria in the interpretation of the Oscars on Twitter. Interpreting. https://doi.org/10.1075/intp.00083.arz
• Yilmaz, G. (2021). Revitalizing the communication classroom: A case of design thinking. Communication Teacher. https://doi.org/10.1080/17404622.2021.1962934
• Yilmaz, G., & Blackburn, K. (2020). How to ask for donations: A language perspective on online fundraising success. Atlantic Journal of Communication. 30(1), 32-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2020.1808660
• Lin, Z., Anagondahalli, D., & Yilmaz, G. (2019). Customers or academic trainees? An experimental investigation to reduce academic entitlement in the college classroom. Communication Studies, 70, 507-519. Doi: 10.1080/10510974.2019.1597745
• Lefevbre, L., Yilmaz, G., Lefevbre, L., Allen, M. (2019). Argumentative communication in cooperative learning groups: Members’ use of evidence and non-evidence. Communication Teacher, 34, 68-86. Doi: 10.1080/17404622.2019.1614204
• Blackburn, K. & Yilmaz, G. & Boyd, R. (2018). Food for thought: Exploring how people think and talk about food online. Appetite, 123, 390-401. Doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.01.022
• Yilmaz, G. (2017). Bivariate statistics, significance test, z-scores. In M. Allen (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Yilmaz, G., & Youngreen, R. (2016). The application of minority influence in CMC groups. Small Group Research, 47, 692-719. doi:10.1177/1046496416661033
• Quintero Johnson, J., & Yilmaz, G., Najarian, K. (2016). Optimizing the presentation of mental health information in social media: The effects of message tailoring and platform on source perceptions, message processing, and health outcomes. Health Communication, 32, 1121-1132. Doi:10.1080/10410236.2016.1214218
• Yilmaz, G., & Lefevbre, L. (2016). The effects of self-awareness and self-reflective writing on online task performance. International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning, 6, 39-55. doi:10.4018/IJCBPL.2016040103
• Yilmaz, G. & Quintero Johnson, J. (2016). Tweeting facts, Facebooking lives: The influence of language use and modality on online source credibility. Communication Research Reports, 33, 137-144. Doi:10.1080/08824096.2016.1155047
• Yilmaz, G. (2015). What you do and how you speak matter: Behavioral and linguistic determinants of performance in virtual teams. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 35, 76-97. Doi: 0261927X15575772
• Yilmaz, G. & Peña, J. (2015). How do interpersonal behaviors and social categories affect language use? : The case of virtual teams. Communication Quarterly, 63, 427-443. Doi:10.1080/01463373.2015.1058285
• Yilmaz, G. (2014). Let’s peel the onion together: An application of Schein’s model of organizational culture. Communication Teacher. Doi: 10.1080/17404622.2014.939674
• Yilmaz, G., & Peña, J. (2014). The effects of group membership and interpersonal behaviors on intentions to form subgroups in virtual teams. Communication Research, 41, 333-352. Doi: 10.1177/0093650212443696

Gamze Yilmaz (PhD, The University of Texas at Austin) is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her first line of research focuses on the cognitive (e.g., online message perceptions, collective sensemaking) and behavioral processes (e.g., vaccine hesitancy, eating habits) as they manifest in language use on social media. Dr. Yilmaz’s second line of research examines collaborative communication processes, and the role design thinking plays on student learning experiences and academic outcomes. She is an alumna of Teaching and Learning Studio at Stanford Hasso Plattner Institute of Design and certified by IDEO as a design thinking practitioner. Her research has been published in several peer-reviewed journals including Communication Research, Health Communication, Communication Quarterly, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Communication Studies, Communication Research Reports, and Communication Teacher. Additionally, she presented her work in national and international conferences such as National Communication Association and International Communication Association. She designs courses on human communication and technology, creative collaboration, and communication research methods using design thinking framework and mindsets.