Stacey J.T. Hust (Ph.D., 2005, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is a professor of communication, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs & College Operations, and Chair of the Strategic Communication Department in The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University. She is nationally ranked by the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship for her health communication research focused on media and children, gender, conflict (sexual assault reduction), and substance abuse prevention. Her research identifies effective health communication messaging that can be used to reduce sexual assault and promote healthy sexual relationships among young people. She also investigates the media's effects on youths' romantic and sexual relationships. She and Kathleen Boyce Rodgers received the 2014 Mary Ann Yodelis Smith Award for Feminist Research from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Hust and Rodgers also earned one of two National Council on Family Relations Innovation Grants in 2014. Hust's research has been published in the Journal of Sex Research, Journal of Health Communication, Health Communication, Mass Communication & Society, and others. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIH, United States Department of Education, the Washington State Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, and the Washington State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Program.Specialties: Public Relations, Health Communication, Substance Abuse Prevention, Prevention of Sexual Violence, Gender, Masculinity Studies