The Bridging Theory to Practice Project, a partner of the Association for American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), awarded my grant proposal for a civic seminar at St. Edward’s University! The grant will fund a day-long seminar for faculty, staff, and students to generate ideas to better integrate international students into St. Edward’s and our surrounding community. 

Waveland Press awarded our presentation the “Best Interactive Display Award” in the Organizational Communication Division of the International Communication Association. Cheers to my co-authors, Jeffrey Treem and Casey Spruill, for such great work!

My manuscript “Let’s Take a Trip: Exploring the Effect of Listening Styles,” was just accepted for publication in Communication Teacher. I use this activity to teach listening preferences in several of my courses, and I am excited to share it with others.

Two of my papers were accepted for presentation at the National Communication Association Convention in November. One of my submissions, “Making (and breaking) sense of membership: Organizational identification through anticipatory socialization” won a Top Student Paper award in the Applied Division! I wrote these two articles based on my dissertation data thus far, so I look forward to sharing these findings in Washington, D.C.

I was nominated for the Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award by the Communication Department at St. Edward’s University. I am so lucky to teach at this incredible school, with such vibrant students and involved faculty. This nomination means so much to me.

I was just offered the Jesse H. Jones Fellowship from the College of Communication for the 2013-2014 academic year. I feel so honored and excited to receive this award!

My manuscript with Larry Browning, “Retelling Stories in Organizations: Understanding the Functions of Narrative Repetition,” was just accepted for publication in the Academy of Management Review.  

This past weekend I travelled to Louisville, Kentucky to present on a panel organized by Michael Kramer (University of Oklahoma). The panel, titled “Socialization and Assimilation: Where
it’s Been and Where it’s Going” featured research that seeks to extend the field of socialization.