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SPCH U448 - Organizational Communication: Prominent Orgainzational Scholars

Prominent Orgainzational Scholars

Brenda Allen - socialization, Black feminist standpoint theory, difference matters
Karen Ashcraft –gender, race, class, sexuality
Kevin Barge - leadership, public deliberations
James R. Barker – rhetoric, teamwork, control
Larry D. Browning – storytelling, narrative, technology, complexity theory
Connie Bullis – socialization, environmentalism (retired)
Patrice Buzzanell – gender, careers, leadership
Charles Conrad – organizational rhetoric
Nashir Contractor – technology, networks, consulting, self-organizing systems
George Cheney – organizational rhetoric, environmentalism, identification, conflict resolution
Stanley Deetz – democracy, dialogue, conflict resolution
Eric Eisenberg – organizational change, health communication
Gail T. Fairhurst - leadership, gender, discourse analysis
Diane Grimes – gender, whiteness, race
Lynn Harter - health, gender, feminism
Erika Kirby - gender, diversity, work-life 
Timothy Kuhn – organizational change, corporate social responsibility, identity
Jennifer Mease – gender, whiteness, race
Dennis Mumby – critical and feminist theories of organization
Majuya Pal – globalization, transnational labor issues, sustainability
Patricia S. Parker – social justice leadership, girls and women empowerment, race, gender, class
Linda Putnam - gender, negotiation, conflict, discourse
Patricia Riley - Institutional politics, information technology, organizational and cultural change
Sarah J. Tracy - work-life, wellness, emotion, workplace bullying
Angela Trethewey – gender, professionalism