Lane Bradley

Biography

Lane completed his Bachelor of Arts in Interpersonal Communication from Purdue University. During that time, Lane worked on research projects within the area of supportive communication. Now, he is a first year MA student and instructor at Purdue’s Brian Lamb School of Communication.

Research and Teaching

Lane’s current research is in emotional support seeking and provision in digitally-mediated contexts. For example, he had the privilege of working on a project that investigated how college students used memes to indirectly seek emotional support from a friend. In April of 2024, Lane was awarded the Bruce Kendall Award for Academic Excellence for the research he conducted alongside his undergraduate studies. Lane currently teaches COM 114, Fundaments of Speech.