She holds a PhD in Interpersonal/Relational Communication from the University of Iowa. Her current research is centered mainly on intersections between interpersonal communication and new media, particularly online dating, stigma communication in online discussion boards, and discourses of the body in online environments. Recent publications have examined the perception of credibility in online dating profiles and analyzed how the expression of identity in online dating is discursively controlled and policed by other online daters. Dr. Kopaczewski regularly teaches Interpersonal Communication, Media and Identity, Persuasion Theories, and Gender Communication.