76 University Drive
Hazleton, PA 18202
Publications
Speech-Variation Activities: Embracing Momentary Discomfort to Gain Confidence, Attenuate Anxiety, and Paradoxically Increase Comfort During Public Speaking, Communication Teacher - 2024
Translating the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Principles into Specific Practices to Help Business Communication Students Innovate, Journal of Business and Technical Communication - 2024
Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Corporate Social Advocacy and Political Polarization, Corporate Communications: An International Journal - 2023
Perceptions of Corporate Communication on Debated Social Issues, Business and Society Review - 2022
CONE (Creativity, Originality, and Novelty of Expression) Projects: Explaining Course Concepts through Creative Thinking, College Teaching - 2021
Refining the Measure of Impression-Relevant Involvement, Western Journal of Communication - 2021
The Organizational Culture and Organizational Ethics of the New York Yankees Surrounding Alex Rodriguez's Doping Suspension and Eventual Exit - 2020
How Corporate Social Advocacy Affects Attitude Change Toward Controversial Social Issues, Management Communication Quarterly - 2020
Collaborator: Catherine Kingsley Westerman
How Much Should a Corporation Communicate About Corporate Social Responsibility? Reputation and Amount of Information Effects on Stakeholders’ CSR-Induced Attributions, Communication Research Reports - 2017
The Institutionalization of Corporate Social Responsibility Communication: An Intra-Industry Comparison of MNCs’ and SMEs’ CSR Reports, Management Communication Quarterly - 2017
Collaborators: Amy O'Connor, Primary Author; Katherine Tulibaski, Co-Author
‘This Is a Stage’: A Study of Public Relations Practitioners’ Imagined Online Audiences., Public Relations Review - 2017
Collaborator: Justin Walden, Primary Author
Accommodating Twitter: Communication Accommodation Theory and Classroom Interactions, Communication Teacher - 2014
#whoreallycaresabouthashtags: Using Twitter’s Hashtag to Foster an Interactive Environment - October 1, 2014
Education
PhD, Organizational Communication, North Dakota State University
MA, Communication, Eastern Michigan University
BS, Communication and Mathematics, Eastern Michigan University
AS, Pikes Peak Community College
Papers and Presentations
June 13, 2025
Posters and Oral Presentations
The Butte of Corporate Social Advocacy (CSA)
International Communication Association
Denver, CO
March 29, 2025
Papers and Oral Presentations
Process model creation: How to build and use a process model for communication research
Eastern Communication Association
Buffalo, NY
September 25, 2024
Presentations
Woah: How to Make Your Research Stand Out
2024 Faculty Research Expo
Penn State Hazleton
June 23, 2024
Papers and Oral Presentations
The Theory of Corporate Social Advocacy (CSA) Success: A Guide to CSA Success Using Moral Foundations Theory, Balance Theory, and CSA Authenticity
International Communication Association
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
March 23, 2024
Papers and Oral Presentations
Speech variation activities: Embracing momentary discomfort to gain confidence, attenuate anxiety, and paradoxically increase comfort during public speaking
Eastern Communication Association
Cambridge, MA
October 27, 2023
Papers and Oral Presentations
Teaching Business Communication Students to Foster Innovation: The What, Why, and How
Association for Business Communication Annual International Conference
Denver, CO
September 28, 2023
Presentations
2023 Research Expo Presentation
2023 Faculty Research Expo
Penn State Hazleton
2022
Papers and Oral Presentations
Creative Assessments that Positively Affect Learning Outcomes
Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days
September 2, 2022
Presentations
2022 Research Expo Presentation
2022 Faculty Research Expo
Penn State Hazleton
November 15, 2019
Papers and Oral Presentations
Refining the Measurement of Impression-Relevant Involvement
National Communication Association
Baltimore, MD
November 14, 2019
Papers and Oral Presentations
Perceptions of Corporate Communication on Debated Social Issues
National Communication Association
Baltimore, MD
September 23, 2019
Presentations
An Introduction to Corporate Social Advocacy
2019 Undergraduate Research Expo
Penn State Hazleton
June 12, 2019
Papers and Oral Presentations
Corporate Communication and Political Polarization
4th Biennial Philosophy of Communication Conference
Pittsburgh, PA
May 28, 2019
Papers and Oral Presentations
How Corporate Social Advocacy Affects Attitude Change Towards Controversial Social Issues
International Communication Association
Washington, DC
November 10, 2018
Posters and Oral Presentations
How Senders Deliver Feedback: Feedback Features and Sender Attributes
National Communication Association
Salt Lake City, UT
November, 2017
Papers and Oral Presentations
How Much Should a Corporation Communicate About Corporate Social Responsibility? Reputation and Amount of Information Effects on Stakeholders’ CSR-Induced Attributions
National Communication Association
Dallas, TX
October, 2017
Papers and Oral Presentations
From Gun Control to Transgender Rights: Corporate Social Advocacy Communication and Its Effects on Attitudes Towards Controversial Social Issues
Organizational Communication Mini Conference
Athens, OH
November, 2016
Papers and Oral Presentations
An Intra-Industry Comparison of MNCs’ and SMEs’ Corporate Social Responsibility Communication
National Communication Association
Philadelphia, PA
November, 2016
Papers and Oral Presentations
‘This Is a Stage’: A Study of Public Relations Practitioners’ Imagined Online Audiences
National Communication Association
Philadelphia, PA
April, 2016
Papers and Oral Presentations
Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives Connected to Employees’ Socialization Processes
Central States Communication Association
Grand Rapids, MI
April, 2016
Presentations
Using Twitter for Higher-Order Thinking
Central States Communication Association
Grand Rapids, MI
March, 2016
Papers and Oral Presentations
Dialectical Tensions of Risk Communication: A Case Study on Facebook’s Emotion Contagion Study
International Crisis and Risk Communication
Orlando, FL
November, 2015
Papers and Oral Presentations
“Attention Whores” and “Other People’s Shoes”: Exploring Participation and Nonparticipation in the Als Ice Bucket Challenge
National Communication Association
Las Vegas, NV
November, 2015
Papers and Oral Presentations
“Who Has an #Awesomeboss? I Do!”: Positive Portrayals of Bosses in 140-Characters or Less
National Communication Association
Las Vegas, NV
April, 2015
Papers and Oral Presentations
Ethics in Artifacts, Values, and Assumptions: A Case Study on the New York Yankees’ Organization Surrounding Alex Rodriguez’s Original 211-game Suspension
Central States Communication Association
Madison, WI
November, 2014
Papers and Oral Presentations
The Visible #Family: Using the Hashtag to Observe #Family Construction
National Communication Association
Chicago, IL