Stephanie Robbins graduated with her BA in Communication Studies from Chapman in 2007,  and completed her MA and Ph.D. in Communication at UC Santa Barbara.  While studying interpersonal communication and new media at UCSB, she won the Top Masters Thesis award from the Interpersonal Communication Division of the International Communication Association in 2011.  Her dissertation is entitled “The Confidant Response Model: Examining the Impact of Structure on Response Decisions for Recipients of Distressing Disclosures.”  She is currently beginning her first semester as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Communication Studies in the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University.