Publications
Holman, A., Taladay-Carter, C., Bonander, A. (2025). “The story really stayed with me: Emerging adult college students’ stories of sexual activity and intimate relationships recalled from parents, siblings, and friends. Journal of Family Communication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2025.2514669
Holman, A., Holloway, M., Deatherage, S., Meinecke, K., Erie, E., Gilstrap, S. Kort, R., Piskel, S., Rizk, N. (2023). “Did I say too much? Did I say enough?”: Competing struggles parents experience in talking to their children about sex-related topics. Journal of Family Communication, 23(3-4) 335-346. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2023.2239230
Cooke-Jackson, A., Rubinsky, V., Gunning, J., Gerlikovski. E., Holman. A., Manning, J., Nieto, B., Noland, C., Spieldenner, A., De Los Santos Upton, S., & Zelaya, C. (2023). Elaborating on ‘the talk’ in ‘sex talks’: An interdisciplinary exploration of the place of Communication Science in sexuality education and advocacy. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 19(4), 453-471. https://doi.org/10.1080/15546128.2023.2256654
Thorson, A. & Holman, A. (2023). Family communication as taboo. In J. Manning, J. Allen, & K. J. Denker (ed.). Family communication as…Metaphor for family communication. Wiley Blackwell.
Bonander, A. & Holman, A. (2023). Journaling Our Past: Memorable Stories about Sex Communication, Education, and Relationships. In D. O. Braithwaite, J. T. Child, Kelly R. Rossetto, & J. T. Wood. Casing Interpersonal Communication: Case Studies in Personal and Social Relationships. Kendall Hunt.
Holman, A. (2021). “Why don’t all parents talk about this stuff”: Informational, emotional, and cultural barriers to meaningful parent-child conversations about sex (pp. 19-32). In A. F. Cooke-Jackson & V. Rubinsky (ed.). Communicating Intimate Health. Lexington Press.
Holman, A. & Koenig Kellas, J. (2018). “Say something instead of nothing”: Adolescents perceptions of memorable conversations about sex-related topics with their parents. Communication Monographs, 85(3), 357-379, https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2018.1426870
Holman, A. & Koenig Kellas, J. (2015). Adolescents’ perceptions of communication, relational, and family factors that relate to sexual risk. Southern Communication Journal, 80(5), 388-403. https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2015.1081976
Holman, A., & Sillars, A. (2011). Talk about “Hooking Up”: The influence of college student social networks on non-relationship sex. Health Communication, 27(2), 205-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2011.575540
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