Education
Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
M.A. from Western Illinois University
B.A. in English from University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Areas of Expertise
• Intercultural Communication
• Interracial Communication
• Health Communication
• Instructional Communication
Biography
Dr. Tosin Adebayo earned her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2020. She also received her M.A. in Communication from Western Illinois University and a B.A. in English from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
As an intercultural and interracial communication scholar, she critically studies
Black women’s maternal healthcare experiences. Her research examines how cultural
discourses and differences impact the healthcare experiences of Black women. Presently,
she is investigating what types of discourses are evoked in African American women’s
interactions with healthcare providers during prenatal and postnatal visits. Her long-term
research agenda seeks to explore the role of racial and cultural identity and realities
in medical interactions, particularly for Black women and immigrant populations. Her
work has been published in the Journal of Family Communication, Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, Journal of Transcultural Nursing,
Health Communication, Communication Teacher, Journal of International Students, and
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration. For leisure, she likes
to sing classical hymns and bake with her girls.
Publications
Adebayo, C. T. (2020) Physician-Patient Interactions in Nigeria: A Critical-Cultural
Perspective on the Role of Power. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2020.1799845
Adebayo, C. T., Walker, K., Hawkins, M., Olukotun, O., Shaw, L., Sahlstein Parcell,
E…& Mkandawire-Valhmu, L. (2019). Race and Blackness: A thematic review of communication
challenges confronting the Black community within the United States healthcare system.
(Published online first). Journal of Transcultural. Nursing 31(4), 397- 405. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659619889111
Adebayo, C. T., & Allen, M. (2019). The experiences of international teaching assistants
in the U.S. classroom: A qualitative study. (Published online first). Journal of International
Students. Retrieved from https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jis/article/view/1086.
Adebayo, C.T. (2019). Teaching perspective taking in intercultural contexts: Encounters
with international teaching assistants with foreign accent. Communication Teacher,
34(1), 47- 52. doi.org/10.1080/17404622.2019.1593473
Allen, M., Bourhis, J., Burrell, N., Benedict, B., Adebayo, C. T., Cherney, M.,…Richards,
R. (2018). Evaluation of communication master’s program on the basis of google citations.
Journal of Association for Communication Administration, 36(2), 20-28. Retrieved from
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58dbe18c03596e2e942115e9/t/ 5be0878e4d7a9c6daef85f14/1541441426779/JACA+36-2.pdf.