Charles Berger (academic)
Charles R. Berger was an American professor emeritus of communication at the University of California, Davis. Berger died on September 25, 2018, from health complications arising from cancer.Education
Berger received his B.S. in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University. After completing his undergraduate studies, he attended Michigan State University where he received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication.Career
He was a Fellow and former president of the International Communication Association. Berger was best known for his formulation of uncertainty reduction theory.
His research interests included message production processes and the processing of threat-related messages by intuitive and rational systems.
He was the former editor of Human Communication Research and co-editor of Communication Research. He was a member of several editorial boards of communication journals. He also was an area editor for the International Encyclopedia of Communication.
He was a Fellow and a Past President of the International Communication Association. He was a co-recipient of NCA's Mark Knapp Award.
Berger lived in Davis, California with his wife.Publications
Berger has published over 100 articles and book chapters. He co-edited the first edition of the Handbook of Communication Science with Steven H. Chaffee. He Co-edited the second edition of the Handbook of Communication Science with Michael Roloff and David R. Ewoldsen.Books
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