Vincent Waldron

Vincent Waldron is professor of communication studies and Lincoln Professor of Applied Ethics at Arizona State University. His research interests include the communication of forgiveness in personal relationships, resilience in relationships and communities, relationship changes across the lifespan, and the communication of the “moral emotions” in work settings. In weaving together these strands of research, Professor Waldron’s research agenda is increasingly focused on communication practices that make relationships good, in the moral sense of that word.

He is author or coauthor of seven books and co-editor of tow other volumes. These include "Communicating Forgiveness" (Sage, 2008), "Marriage at Midlife: Analytical Tools and Counseling Strategies" (Springer, 2009), "Managing Risk in Communication Encounters: Strategies for the Workplace" (Sage, 2010), "Communicating Emotion at Work" (Polity, 2012), "Moral Talk Across the Lifespan: Creating Good Relationships" (Peter Lang, 2015), "Marriages at Midlife: Challenge, Change and Opportunity" (2017, Peter Lang), "Navigating Work Relationships" (Cognella, 2017); "Reimagining Relationships: Conflict, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation" (Routledge, 2018), and "Communicating Fatherhood" (Peter Lang, 2023). His articles appear in Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Journal of Family Communication, Journal of Applied Communication Research and Management Communication Quarterly, among other outlets.

Professor Waldron’s research considers both face-to-face and technology-mediated forms of communication and he frequently partners with colleagues in allied disciplines such as social work, aging studies and psychology. He has played central roles in projects attracting external funding of roughly $3 million to support community outreach, scholarships, instruction and research. A recent expression of his community-based research is work with ASU’s Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, which allows him to help communities explore forgiveness as an alternative to bitterness, grudge-holding and violence. 

A committed classroom teacher, Professor Waldron has been recognized with a Carnegie/CASE Professor of the Year award. He is faculty coordinator for a scholarship program serving nontraditional students and co-founded ASU’s Osher Lifelong Learning Academy, a program offering college-level learning experiences for retired citizens.