prof. annegret hannawa

Current academic appointments

Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, Universita della Svizzera italiana (USI), Switzerland

January 2016 - present  
Associate Professor (tenured)
Founding Director, Center for the Advancement of Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety (CAHQS)

Department of Health, Behavior & Society, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA

January 2016 - present  
Associate Faculty

Past academic appointments

School of Medicine, University of Cardiff, United Kingdom

November 2016 - October 2019  
Honorary Research Associate

Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, Universita della Svizzera italiana (USI), Switzerland

July 2011 – December 2015
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

Department of Communication, Wake Forest University, USA

July 2009 - June 2011  
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY School of Medicine

Nov 2009 – June 2011
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University

May 2007 – May 2009  
Graduate Teaching Associate

Aug 2006 – May 2007  
Conflict Transformation Research Fellow

School of Communication, San Diego State University

Aug 2004 – May 2006  
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Jan 2005 – May 2006  
Academic advisor for undergraduate students

Educational history

Ph.D., Arizona State University (USA), Communication Sciences, February 2009, GPA: 4.0 (SUMMA CUM LAUDE)

Emphasis: Interpersonal Communication, Quantitative and qualitative research methods
Dissertation: "When the Truth Hurts: Toward a Validation of the Physician Mistake Disclosure (PMD) Model"
Chair: Dr. Kory Floyd, The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
Committee: Dr. Paul Mongeau, The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication; Dr. Marilyn Thompson, Department of Psychology in Education

M.A., Arizona State University (USA); Measurement, Statistics, and Methodological Studies, Department of Psychology in Education (coursework completed)

Emphasis: Quantitative Research Methods and Designs
Chair: Dr. Marilyn Thompson, Department of Psychology in Education

M.A., San Diego State University (USA), Communication Sciences, May 2006, GPA: 4.0 (SUMMA CUM LAUDE)

Emphasis: Quantitative Research Methods, Interpersonal Communication
Thesis: "My Child Can Beat Your Child, But Not Me’: Developing a Measure of Parental Self-Evaluation Maintenance (PSEM)."
Chair: Dr. Brian Spitzberg, School of Communication
Committee: Dr. Peter Andersen, School of Communication; Dr. Scott Roesch, Department of Psychology

B.A., San Diego State University (USA), August 2002, GPA: 4.0 (SUMMA CUM LAUDE)

Major: Communication Studies
Emphasis: Media Management

Date of birth

27. April 1979 in Konstanz, Germany