Hannah Ball (Ph.D., West Virginia University) is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Chapman University, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on health communication theory, message design, and research methods.

Dr. Ball’s research expertise includes health campaigns, social marketing, persuasion, and family caregiving. Specifically, she uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to study theory-driven messaging that promotes public health (e.g., reducing prescription stimulant misuse, increasing vaccine confidence), the role of psychological reactance in the social influence process, and communication surrounding the adult child-older adult parent caregiving relationship. Her work has been published in Communication Monographs, Health Communication, Journal of Health Communication, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and Journal of American College Health, among other refereed journals. Dr. Ball is the current Editor of Communication Quarterly and previously served as Associate Editor of Communication Research Reports (2019-2021). She is also finishing out her term as Chair of the National Communication Association’s Communication and Aging Division.