Janet Bavelas

Janet Bavelas is a social psychologist known for her research on communication and group interactions. She studies how people coordinate conversations, share information, and respond to each other in dialogue. Bavelas developed innovative methods to analyze real-time conversations, revealing patterns that help us understand social dynamics. Her work highlights the importance of turn-taking, body language, and spatial behaviors in effective communication, contributing to fields like psychotherapy, organizational behavior, and conflict resolution. Overall, her research helps us better understand the nuanced ways humans connect and collaborate through speech and nonverbal cues.