Jill Cornelius Underhill

Graduate Student 

Jill Cornelius Underhill received her M.A. degree at the University of Maryland and B.A. at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. with an emphasis in Persuasion & Social Influence. Jill’s research program takes an empirical approach to studying the intersection of persuasion, emotion, and cognition in order to better understand the processes mediating and moderating message reception, acceptance, and behavior change. Specifically, her research focuses on how emotional appeals can elicit attitude and behavior change within political, social, and health communication contexts. Jill is a research assistant for the Center for Risk Communication Research, and is a teaching assistant for COMM 400: Research Methods in Communication.