Keith Cox

Keith Cox

PhD Candidate

Office: A79 Haines Hall

Email: kgcox@ucla.edu


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Degrees

  • MA Sociology, Illinois State University 2015
  • BA Sociology, Illinois State University 2012

Fields of Study

Conversation Analysis, Medical Sociology

Publications

  • Cox, Keith. (under review) “When Good News Falls Flat: Complications in the Delivery and Reception of Good News in Pediatric Neurology.” Social Psychology Quarterly
  • Timmermans, Stefan, Tanya Stivers, Keith Cox, and Amanda McArthur. (in press) “Patients in Pain: How Treatment Plan Formulations Shape Patient Response.” Communication and Medicine https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.22881
  • Cox, Keith. 2023. “Invoking Uncertainty: Parents’ Accounts for Intrusions on Medical Authority in Pediatric Neurology.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 64(4):537-554. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221465231194052
  • Tarn, Derjung M., Maureen Barrientos, Mark J. Pletcher, Keith Cox, Jon Turner, Alicia Fernandez, and Janice B. Schwartz. 2021. “Perceptions of Patients with Primary Nonadherence to Statin Medications.” Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 34(1):123-131.

Awards & Grants

  • UCLA Sociology Departmental Fellowship – 2022-2023
  • UCLA Sociology Departmental Fellowship – 2016-2017

Conference Presentations

  • “Contingency Planning in Primary Care Medical Visits.” International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA). Loughborough University, UK. (July, 2018)
  • “Breaking Down Diagnoses in Surgical Consultations for Early-Stage Breast Cancer.” International Conference on Conversation Analysis and Clinical Encounters (CACE). Loughborough University, UK. (July, 2015)