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Communication and Applied Theory Research Lab


The CaAT Lab is a collaborative group directed by Dr. Griffin and is composed of undergraduate and graduate student researchers conducting their own communication research.

Lab Manager: James Dubuisson - MA Student

Lab Membership

Current UA Student Members

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Gill Grenz
​Undergraduate Researcher

Hometown: Mendham, New Jersey
Education: Communication Studies/ Foreign Languages & Literature (French)
Research Interests: Attachment theory; Deception; Cognitive abilities; Ethics
Meaningful Skills: Proficient in Accents and Impersonations

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Taylor York
​Undergraduate Researcher


Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Education:  Psychology and Criminal Justice 
Research Interests: Deception, Nonverbal communication & Interpersonal communication
Meaningful skills: Disney lover, coffee drinker, tennis player, knows all of Friends by heart


Lab Manager

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James Dubuisson
Lab Manager (Spring 2023)
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Hometown: Thorsby, Alabama
Education: MA student
Research Interests: Public speaking; credibility; Truth-default Theory
Meaningful skills: ​Running long distances without stopping

Lab Director

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Darrin Griffin, PhD
Associate Professor & Interim Department Chair of Communication Studies


Hometown: Austin, Texas
Meaningful skills: Unicycling/Barefoot water skiing

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Affiliate Lab Librarian

James Gilbreath stealing donuts
James Gilbreath, Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Reference Librarian & Liaison to the School of Public Health

Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Fun fact: Absolute weather nerd - which is very helpful in Alabama

Affiliate Lab Members

Zach Arth

​Zach Arth, PhD
Past Lab Manager (Fall 2018 - Spring 2019)

Assistant Professor, Marist College

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​Xiaoti Fan, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama in Huntsville
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Past Lab Manager (Spring 2021)
Mackenzie Pike

​Mackenzie Pike, MA
Past Lab Manager (Fall 2019)

​Doctoral Student, UT Austin


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  • Home
  • Bio
    • Curriculum Vitae
  • Contact
  • Teaching
    • BBQ Communication
    • Academic Advising
    • Student Wikipedia Projects
  • Research
    • Undergraduate Research
    • NSF Grant: Law Enforcement & Robots
    • NSF Grant: Radar Sensing for Sign Language
    • NOAA VORTEX-SE Grant
  • Research Lab
  • Deaf Culture
    • Visual Vernacular
    • Media Coverage
  • Dactylo Software
  • Service
  • Book: Lying & Deception