• Family Communication
• Life Span Communication
• Instructional Communication

Annette Folwell  teaches communication research methods as well as gender, aging, and conflict management courses; her research centers on instructional communication issues as well as the older adult relationships, particularly marital, sibling, and grandparent-grandchild relationships. Dr. Folwell’s research has been published in Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, and Journal of the Northwest Communication Association.

• Grant, J., & Folwell, A.L. (2007). Going away to college: A family turning point. In L. Arnold (Ed.) Family communication theories and research. Boston, Massachusetts:  Allyn & Bacon.  
• Folwell, A.L., & Grant, J. (2006). Adult grandchildren’s accounts of closeness and changes in their grandparent relationships. Journal of the Northwest Communication Association, 35, 1-22. 
• Folwell, A.L. (2000). A comparison of professors’ and students’ perceptions of nonverbal immediacy behaviors. Journal of the Northwest Communication Association, 29, 14-29.  
• Nussbaum, J.F., Pecchioni, L.L., Grant, J., & Folwell, A.L. (2000). Explaining illness to older adults: The complexities of the provider-patient interaction as we age. In B. Whaley (Ed.), Explaining illness: Theory, research, and strategies (pp. 174-199). Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

• University of Idaho Advising Excellence Award, University of Idaho, 2009
• Hometown Spirit Faculty Award, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 2007
• Alumni Award for Excellence, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 2005
• (2) Alumni Award for Excellence, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 2004
• Alumni Award for Excellence, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 2002