Christopher N. Poulos

Christopher N. Poulos is professor and head of the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. An ethnographer and philosopher of communication, he teaches courses in relational and family communication, ethnography, dialogue, and film. His first book, Accidental Ethnography: An Inquiry into Family Secrecy, was published by Left Coast Press in 2009. His second book, Essentials of Autoethnography, was published by the American Psychological Association in 2021. His work has appeared in Qualitative Inquiry, Communication Theory, Southern Communication Journal, International Review of Qualitative Research, Qualitative Communication Research, and in several edited books.