Publications

Below, my articles and those I've contributed to are grouped by topic for ease of viewing. Some articles fit in more than one category and thus, may appear more than once. For a chronological view of my work, please check out my CV below. Click on a topic below to skip to a particular section of interest.

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Organ Donation

Medical Trust and Mistrust

Williamson, L.D., Monroe, H., Dennison, K., Newman, T.P., & Xenos, M. (2026). "Misinformation in layered, multifaceted...and attached to access and power": Centering Black lived experiences to rethink misinformation. Health Communication, 41(7), 1130-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2550452

Nah, S., Williamson, L.D., Upshaw, S., & Ntang Beb, J.-L., Kahlor, L.A., Atkinson, L. (2023). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Cameroon: The role of medical mistrust and social media use. Journal of Health Communication, 28(9), 619-632. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2250287

Nah, S., Williamson, L.D., Kahlor, L.A., Atkinson, L., Upshaw, S.J., & Ntang Beb, J.-L. (2023). The roles of social media use and medical mistrust in Black Americans’ COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: The RISP model perspective. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2244169

Ledford, C.J.W., Harrison, Z., Li Stein, T., Vikram, S., Williamson, L.D., Whitebloom, G., & Seehusen, D.A. (2023). Education, trust, and likelihood to vaccinate against COVID-19 among patients with diabetes in the American South. Patient Education & Counseling, 115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107905

Williamson, L.D., & Prins, K. (2023). Uncertain and anxiously searching for answers: The roles of negative healthcare experiences and medical mistrust in intentions to seek information from online spaces. Health Communication. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2201976

Cafferty, L.A., Williamson, L.D., Jones, S., Anderson, L.N., Moore, J.X., Benson, R., Whisenant, E.B., Clinton, C., Lawson, N., & Ledford, C.J.W. (2023). How attributes of place threaten community trust in the American South: Opportunities for improving pandemic-related communication. Journal of Health Communication. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2187484

Williamson, L.D. (2023). Testing vicarious experiences as antecedents of medical mistrust: A survey of Black and White Americans. Behavioral Medicine, 49(1), 40-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2021.1958740

Williamson, L.D., Thompson, K.M., & Ledford, C.J.W. Trust takes two… (2022). Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 35(6), 1179-1182. https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.220126R1

Williamson, L.D. (2022). Medical mistrust. In E. Ho, C. Bylund, and J. van Weert (Eds.). International Encyclopedia of Health Communication.

Williamson, L.D. (2022). Beyond personal experiences: Examining mediated vicarious experiences as an antecedent to medical mistrust. Health Communication, 37(9), 1061-1074. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1868744

Williamson, L.D., Smith, M.A., & Bigman, C.A. (2019). Does discrimination breed mistrust? Examining the role of mediated and non-mediated discrimination experiences in medical mistrust. Journal of Health Communication, 24, 791-799. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2019.1669742

Williamson, L.D., Bigman, C.A., & Quick, B.L (2019). A qualitative examination of African Americans’ organ donation-related medical mistrust beliefs. Howard Journal of Communications, 30, 430-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2018.1512064

Williamson, L.D., & Bigman, C.A. (2018). A systematic review of medical mistrust measures. Patient Education & Counseling, 101, 1786-1794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2018.05.007

Williamson, L.D., Reynolds-Tylus, T., Quick, B.L., & Shuck, M. (2017). African Americans’ perceptions of organ donation: “Simply boils down to mistrust!” Journal of Applied Communication Research, 45, 199-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2017.1288293

Community-Engagement, Equity, and Inclusion in Research

Ledford, C.J.W., Williamson, L.D., Waller, J.L., Wolf, L.E., Chase, A., Desrochers, E., Kye, B., Gunthert, Z., Hayes, H., Morgan, J., & Hess, D. (2026). Researcher photographs in recruitment materials to increase willingness to participate in brain health research. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 12(1), 12:e70215. https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.70215

Williamson, L.D., Cafferty, L.A., Waller, J.L., Wolf, L.E., Jones, S.R., & Ledford, C.J.W. (2026). Re-examining interpersonal source credibility in collaboration with community: A convergent mixed methods study. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 54(2), 165-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2025.2599824

Ledford, C.J.W., Williamson, L.D., Whisenant, E., Jones, S.R., Moore, J.X., & Wolf, L.E. (2025). Building and sustaining restorative community trust and engagement: The Co-Researcher Activation Network. Research Involvement and Engagement, 11(1), 123. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-025-00792-2

McFarlane, S.J., Leach, C., Williamson, L.D., Hull, S., Magsamen-Conrad, K., Wilkin, H. & Saustry, S. (2025). Invisible bridges and barriers of community-engaged research: Insights from and for communication scholars on balancing the risks and rewards. Communication Monographs, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2025.2475819

Newman, T.P., Williamson, L.D., & Xenos, M. (2024). Lived experience, shared knowledge: Reimagining community-driven science communication research. Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470241227449

Moore, J.X., Anderson, L.N., Li, C., Benson, R.D., Garcia Rychtarikova, A., Williamson, L.D., Wolf, L.E., Whisenant, E.B., Roark, E., Jones, S.R., & Ledford, C.J.W. (2023). Toward equitable payment for inclusive participation. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 7 (e58), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2023.5

Fox, J., Pearce, K.E., Massanari, A.L., Riles, J.M., Szulc, L. Ranjit, Y., Trevisan, F., Soriano, C.R., Vitak, J., Payal, A., Ahn, S.J., Alper, M., Gambino, A., Gonzalez, C., Lynch, T., Williamson, L.D., & Gonzales, A.L. (2021). Open science, closed doors? Countering marginalization through an agenda for ethical, inclusive research in communication. Journal of Communication, 71(5), 764-784. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqab029

Racial Discrimination, Disparate Impact, and Marginalization

Williamson, L.D., Hayes, H., Williamson, P.J., Jirau-Rosaly, W., & Ledford, C.J.W. (accepted). Expanding race and ethnicity information beyond limited preset categories in research and clinical care. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 10.3122/jabfm.2025.250296R1

Jones, S.R., Barsh, D., Williamson, L.D., McIntyre, K., & Ledford, C.J.W. (2025). The consequence of the cape: A mixed-methods inquiry into the sociocultural stressors impacting black women's health. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-025-02636-x

Alang, S., Rogers, T., Green, C., Williamson, L.D., & Bell, A. (2021). Police brutality, respect within healthcare settings and unmet need for mental health care. Health Services Research, 56(6), 1104-1113. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13736

Smith, M.A., Williamson, L.D., & Bigman, C.A. (2020). Can social media news encourage activism? The impact of exposure to mediated discrimination on college students’ activism intention. Social Media + Society, 6(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120921366

McNeil Smith, S., Williamson, L.D., Branch, H., & Fincham, F.D. (2020). Racial discrimination, racism-specific support, and self-reported health among African American couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 779-799. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407519878519

Bigman, C.A., Smith, M.A., Williamson, L.D., Coleman, A., McNeil Smith, S. (2019). Selective sharing on social media: Examining the effects of disparate racial impact frames on intentions to retransmit news stories among U.S. college students. New Media & Society, 21, 2691-2709. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819856574

Patient-Provider Communication

Ledford, C.C., Williamson, L.D., McIntyre, K., Johnson, C., Lucas, M., & Ledford, C.J.W. (2025). Reaching underserved communities in partnership with outreach athletic trainers. Journal of American Board of Family Medicine, 39(1), 765-767.

https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2025.250020R1

Williamson, L.D., Cotter, L.M., Couch, B.L., & Herndon, G.H. (2025). The ecological model of communication in medical encounters: A scoping review. Patient Education & Counseling, 134, 108646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2025.108646

Williamson, L.D., Thompson, K.M., & Ledford, C.J.W. Trust takes two… (2022). Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 35(6), 1179-1182. https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.220126R1

Scherr, K.A., Fagerlin, A., Hofer, T., Scherer, L., Holmes-Rovner, M., Williamson, L.D., Kahn, V.C., Montgomery, J.S., Greene, K.L., Zhang, B., & Ubel, P.A. (2017). Physician recommendations trump patient preferences in prostate cancer treatment decisions. Medical Decision Making, 37, 56-69. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X16662841

Scherr, K.A., Fagerlin, A., Wei, J.T., Williamson, L.D., & Ubel, P.A. (2017). Treatment availability influences physicians’ portrayal of robotic surgery during clinical appointments. Health Communication, 32, 119-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2015.1099502

Scherr, K.A., Fagerlin, A., Williamson, L.D., Davis, J.K., Fridman, I., & Ubel, P.A. (2017). The Physician Recommendation Coding System (PhyReCS): A reliable and valid method to quantify the strength of physician recommendations during clinical encounters. Medical Decision Making, 37, 46-55. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X16654692

Hunter, W.G., Hesson, A., Davis, J.K., Kirby, C., Williamson, L.D., Barnett, J.A., & Ubel, P.A. (2016). Patient-physician discussions about costs: Definitions and impact on cost conversation incidence estimates. BMC Health Services Research, 16, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1353-2

Hunter, W., Zhang, C.Z., Hesson, A., Davis, J.K., Kirby, C., Williamson, L.D., Barnett, J.A., & Ubel, P.A. (2016). What strategies do physicians and patients discuss to reduce out-of-pocket costs? Analysis of cost-saving strategies in 1,755 outpatient clinic visits. Medical Decision Making, 36, 900-910. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X15626384

Leblanc, T.W., Hesson, A., Williams, A., Feudtner, C., Holmes-Rovner, M., Williamson, L.D., & Ubel, P.A. (2014). Patient understanding of medical jargon: A survey study of U.S. medical students. Patient Education and Counseling, 95, 238-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2014.01.014

Social Support

Guntzviller, L.M., Williamson, L.D., & Ratcliff, C.L. (2020). Stress, mental health, and social support among young adult Hispanics. Family & Community Health, 43, 82-91. https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000224

Organ Donation

Quick, B.L., Morrow, E., Bigman, C.A., Reynolds-Tylus, T., & Williamson, L.D. (2024). An evaluation of the License to Save Lives Program to promote organ, eye, and tissue donation among teenagers. Clinical Transplantation, 38(1), e15183. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.15183

Reynolds-Tylus, T., Quick, B.L., Bigman, C.A., & Williamson, L.D. (2021). An examination of teenagers' beliefs toward organ donor registration. Clinical Transplantation, 35(4), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.14237

Medical Mistrust

Racial Discrimination, Disparate Impat, & Marginalization

Social Support

OTD

Patient-Provider

Equity and Inclusion in Research