News

We have a very successful group of organizational communication faculty and graduate students. A sampling of recent achievements include:

Alumni Job Placements

Timothy Kuhn – University of Colorado - Boulder
Joel Iverson – University of Texas A&M
Karen Kroman Myers – Purdue
Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik – University of New Mexico
Clifton Scott – University of North Carolina - Charlotte

Recent Awards

Sarah Tracy, Article of the Year Award, Ethnography Division, National Communication Association, 2005.

Sarah Tracy, Top Paper Award, Organizational Communication Division, Western Speech Communication Association, 2005

Recent Grants

Tracy, S. J., Co-PI w/ Jess K. Alberts. (2004). The form and frequency of workplace bullying in the United States. Jointly funded from the ASU College of Public Programs ($17,549) and Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Affairs ($15,000). $29,467.

In the News

The workplace bullying project, led by faculty members Jess Alberts and Sarah Tracy as well as alumnus Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik, has been featured in a number of media stories. They include:

Barnes, R. (June 5, 2005). Cover Story on Bullying for Sunday Business Magazine. San Antonio Express News.

Derra, S. (Fall, 2004). Bullies at work. Research: Magazine of scholarship and creative activity at Arizona State University, 18-19.

Sagario, Dawn (July 26, 2004). Survey finds bullying common at work: Researchers found that more Americans than Europeans reported abuse. The Des Moines Register, Business.

Taylor, Ed (July 19, 2004). Working for a bully. East Valley Tribune, B1.

Bodarky, George (July 17, 2004). Cityscape Public Affairs Show. WFUV 90.7 from Fordham University (NPR affiliate). Eight-minute on-air interview on workplace bullying research. Archive of show available from http://www.wfuv.org.

Braun, Janna (July 1, 2004). Bullying prevalent in many workplaces. Arizona Business Gazette, front page.

Taylor, Ed (March 8, 2004). Workplace bullying: ASU team studies intimidation on the job. East Valley Tribune, B1.

Medina, Mekahlo (February 25, 2004). Workplace bullying. Channel 12 News-Phoenix metro.

Herman, William (February 25, 2004). Today’s talker: Do you work with a bully? Arizona Republic, B1. (“Today’s Talker”).