Research Interests:
Dr. Cupach's research is directed at understanding how individuals manage problematic, challenging, awkward, or aversive social and personal relations. The contexts he has investigated include relational redefinition or termination, interpersonal conflict, embarrassing predicaments, relational transgressions, safe-sex negotiation, obsessive relational intrusions, and stalking.

Teaching Interests:
Among Dr. Cupach's teaching interests are interpersonal communication, persuasion and social influence, quantitative research methods, as well as conflict management.