UMass Boston

Communication technology and social support, telemedicine, diffusion of innovations.

PhD, Mass Media, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
MS, Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
BA, Journalism and Mass Communication, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa

• Gregg, J. L. (2021). The Media in Our Daily Lives. Kendall Hunt. ISBN 9781792451997
• Logsdon, M.C., Myers, J., Rushton, J., Gregg, J. L., Josephson, A., Davis, D., Brothers, K., Baisch, K., Carabello, A., Vogt, K. Jones, K., Angermeier, J. (2017). Efficacy of an Internet-based depression intervention to improve rates of treatment in adolescent mothers. Archives of Women's Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-017-0804-z.
• Logsdon, M. C., Bennett, G., Crutzen, R., Martin, L., Eckert, D., Robertson, A., Myers, J., Tomasulo, R. Gregg, J. Barone, M. Lynch, T., Flamini, L. (2014). “Preferred Health Resources and Use of Social Media to Obtain Health and Depression Information by Adolescent Mothers.” Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 24(4), 163-168.
• Gregg, J. L. (2013). Rating Systems, Film. In M. Eastin, Encyclopedia of Media Aggression, Sage Publication, 309-312.
• Logsdon, M. C., Barone, M., Lynch, T., Robertson, A., Myers, J., Morrison, D., York, S., Gregg, J. (2013). “Testing of a prototype Web based intervention for adolescent mothers on postpartum depression.” Applied Nursing Research, 26, 143-145.
• LaRose, R., Strover, S., Gregg, J. L., Straubhaar, J., & Chew, H. E. (2011). “The Impact of Rural Broadband Development: Lessons from a Natural Field Experiment.” Government Information Quarterly, 28(1), 91-100.
• Gregg, J. L. & Teknos, T. (2011). Specialized care via telemedicine: Innovative applications in oncology. In P. Whitten, G. Kreps & M. Eastin (Eds.) E-Health: The Advent of Online Cancer Information Systems. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
• Walker, K. L., Hart, J. L., Gregg, J. L. & LaJoie, S. (2010). Undressing "health fashion": An examination of health-cause clothing and accessories. Health Promotion Practice, 11(5), 665-674.

Jennifer Gregg joined the faculty at UMass Boston in January 2015, as department chair for the Communication Department. She served as chair until fall 2022, when she was appointed interim associate dean for the College of Liberal Arts. Professor Gregg earned her PhD at Michigan State University, with specific emphasis on telecommunications. Her research focuses on the effects of technology, particularly in disadvantaged populations, and the use of technology in health care. She teaches courses in research methods, science communication, communication and technology, and media effects.  Before joining the faculty at UMass Boston, she served on the faculty of the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY, where she was a university honors fellow and graduate director in the Communication Department.