
Darlene K. Drummond
Associate Professor of Speech
Contact
Department(s)
The Dartmouth Institute Operations, Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
Education
- B.A. Denison University
- M.A. Eastern New Mexico University
- PhD The Ohio State University
Selected Publications
Kaur-Gill, S., Drummond, D. K., Zhang, J., Butcher, R., Eggly, S., Schifferdecker, K., Brooks, G.A., Murray, G.F., Kapadia, N.S., Hanson, L.C., & Barnato, A. E. (2025). "I didn't go into medicine just to be on the phone": Emotional expression as sacrosanct during serious illness patient-physician advanced cancer care communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Communication, 40(10), 2036-2048.
Drummond, D. K., Kaur-Gill, S., Zhang, J., Eggly, S., & Barnato, A. E. (2025). Power and racial differences in the communication experiences of Black and White patients living with advanced cancer and their care partners: An application of co-cultural theory. Communication Monographs, 92(2), 333-357.
Drummond, D. K., Kaur-Gill, S., Murray, G. F., Schifferdecker, K. E., Butcher, R., Perry, A. N., Brooks, G. A., Kapadia, N. S., & Barnato, A. E. (2023). Problematic integration: Racial discordance in end-of-life decision making. Health Communication, 38(12), 2730-2741.
Drummond, D. K. (2018). The decision: A creative autoethnographic account with poetry. Health Communication, 33(4), 507-509.
Works In Progress
Kaur-Gill, S., Drummond, D.K., & Ahmed, R. (accepted). A social justice approach to health communication research: Women's health and health communication. In I. Basnyat, C. Mooney, & Thompson (Eds.), Handbook of Women and Health Communication. Wiley.
Drummond, D. K., Kaur-Gill, S., Barnato, A. & Gramling, R., (under review ). Conversational repair in end-of-life palliative care consultations with black cancer patients. Journal of Applied Communication Research.
Kaur-Gill, S., Drummond, D. K., Zhang, J., Wasp, G.T., & Barnato, A.E. (under review). Backstage-frontstage communication loops: An observational insight on care team communication with black cancer patients. Health Communication.
