Dr. Berry's research and teaching uses a cultural approach to study relational communication, primarily focusing on issues concerning identity development/negotiation. He uses interpretive methodologies and orientations (e.g., autoethnography, fieldwork, ethnomethodology, personal narrative and narrative analysis, queer theory) and assumptions and practices of hermeneutic phenomenology underlie all of his work. Much of Dr. Berry's research has investigated three applied communication contexts: (1) bullying, (2) LGBTQ+ cultures, and (3) reflexivity and related research practices inherent to autoethnography and fieldwork. His most recent book (co-authored with Catherine M. Gillotti and Tony E. Adams) Living Sexuality: Stories of LGBTQ Identities, Relationships, and Desires (Brill/Sense, 2020) narratively explores communication issues that shape the everyday lives of LGBTQ bodies and beings. Dr. Berry's solo-authored book Bullied: Tales of Torment, Identity, and Youth (Routledge, 2016) investigates the social practices of youth bullying, as well as the challenges and opportunities inherent to using personal stories to respond to this ubiquitous mode of interpersonal conflict. Bullied has received several honors including the 2016 "Best Book Award" by the Ethnography Division of the National Communication Association (NCA), the 2017 Goodall/Trujillo "It's a Way of Life" Award by the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, and the 2017 "Innovator Award" from the Central States Communication Association's Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Caucus. Dr. Berry's other publications can be found in journals such as Qualitative Inquiry, Journal of Applied Communication Research, and International Journal of Qualitative Methods, and books such as the Cambridge Handbook of Identity and the Handbook of Autoethnography. He also enjoys using his research to participate in community engagement events and activities. Dr. Berry is a member and past Co-Chair of NCA's Anti-Bullying Task Force, and past Chair of NCA's Ethnography Division. He most recently served as the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication at USF.