Professor Karyn Sporer has had an article published in the Southern Communication Journal: Sporer, Karyn, and Paige W. Toller. (2017). Family identity disrupted by mental illness and violence: An application of relational dialectics theory. Southern Communication Journal. doi: 10.1080/1041794X.2017.1302503. Abstract This research examines how family discourse or talk about severe mental illness (SMI) creates and animates read more Sporer Article Published: Family identity disrupted by mental illness and violence: An application of relational dialectics theory