PAMELA LUTGEN-SANDVIK

Department of Communication and Journalism

University of New Mexico

MSC03  2240; 1 University of New Mexico; Albuquerque, NM 87131

Department Telephone: 505-277-5305

Email: plutgen@unm.edu

 

Education

 

Doctor of Philosophy, Organizational Communication, 2005

Arizona State University; Tempe, Arizona
Research Focus: Destructive Organizational Communication
Dissertation: Water Smoothing Stones: Subordinate Resistance to Workplace Bullying

 

Master of Public Administration, 1994
City University, Bellevue Washington
Concentration: Nonprofit Management

Bachelor of Social Work, 1993
Honors: Magna cum Laude
University of Alaska Anchorage; Anchorage, Alaska
Capstone Project: School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Program for Pregnant/Parenting Teens

 

Positions Held

 

Associate Professor, University of New Mexico. 2010 – Current

Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico. 2005 – 2010

Teaching Associate, Arizona State University. 2001 – 2005

Executive Director-CEO, Matanuska-Susitna Recovery Center, Inc. 1997 - 2000

Executive Director-CEO, Valley Women’s Resource Center, Inc. 1993 - 1997

Publications (See abstracts at end of CV)

 

Books

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & Sypher, B. D. (Eds.). (2009). Destructive organizational communication: Processes, consequences, and constructive ways of organizing. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. 2009 Book of the Year, Edited (National Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division)

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2012). Writing Handbook for Professionals. Albuquerque, NM, Self-published.

Refereed Journal Articles

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & Tracy, S.J. (2012). Answering five key questions about workplace bullying: How communication scholarship provides thought leadership for transforming abuse at work. Management Communication Quarterly, 26(1), 3-47. doi: 10.1177/0893318911414400

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., Riforgiate, S. E., & Fletcher, C. V. (2011). Work as a source of positive emotional experiences and the discourses informing positive assessment. Western Journal of Communication, 75(1), 2-27.    doi: 10.1080/10570314.2010.536963 Lead Article.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & McDermott, V. (2011). Making sense of supervisory bullying: Perceived powerlessness, empowered possibilities. Southern Communication Journal, 76(5), 342–368.  doi: 10.1080/10417941003725307

Namie, G., & Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2010). Active and passive accomplices: The communal character of workplace bullying. International Journal of Communication, 4, 343-373.  http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc  

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & McDermott, V. (2008). The constitution of employee abusive organizations: A communication flows theory. Communication Theory, 18(2), 304-333.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2008). Intensive remedial identity work: Responses to workplace bullying as trauma and stigma. Organization Special Issue (Managing Identities in Complex Organizations), 15(1), 97-119. (Article of the Year. National Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division)

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2007). But words will never hurt me: Abuse and bullying at work, a comparison between two worker samples. Ohio Communication Journal, 45, 27-52.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., Tracy, S. J., & Alberts, J. K. (2007). Burned by bullying in the American workplace: Prevalence, perception, degree, and impact. Journal of Management Studies, 44(6), 835-860. Lead Article.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2006) Take this job and …: Quitting and other forms of resistance to workplace bullying. Communication Monographs, 73, 406-433. (Outstanding Scholarly Article in Applied Communication. Applied Communication Division, National Communication Association)

Tracy, S. J., Lutgen-Sandvik, P. & Alberts, J.K. (2006). Nightmares, demons and slaves: Exploring the painful metaphors of workplace bullying. Management Communication Quarterly, 20, 148-185. “The 50 Most-Frequently Read Articles in Management Communication Quarterly from December 2006 to July 2008 (#1).” http://mcq.sagepub.com/ reports/mfr1.dtl) (Distinguished Scholarly Article in Applied Communication. Applied Communication Division, National Communication Association)

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2003). The cycle of employee emotional abuse: Generation and regeneration of workplace mistreatment. Management Communication Quarterly, 16, 471-501. The 50 Most-Frequently-Read Articles in MCQ during July 2005 (#5); and December 2005 (#10)” http://mcq.sagepub.com/reports/mfr1.dtl)

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2003). An ill-wind that blows no one good: Cluster analysis of a constitutional scholar’s illness metaphor and resistance rhetoric targeting the president, congress, and the November 13th Military Order. Iowa Journal of Communication, 35, 107-123.

 

 

Book Chapters

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & Fletcher, C.V. (2012). Conflict motivations and tactics of targets, bystanders, and bullies: A thrice-told tale of workplace bullying In J. G. Oetzel & S. Ting-Toomey (Eds.), Sage Handbook of Conflict Communication (2nd ed., pp. forthcoming). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., Dickinson, E., & Foss, K. (2012). Priming, painting, peeling, and polishing: Constructing and deconstructing the woman-bullying-woman identity at work In S. Fox & T. R. Lituchy (Eds.), Gender and the Dysfunctional Workplace (pp. 61-77). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Namie, G., Namie, R., & Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2011). Challenging workplace bullying in the USA: An activist and public communication. In S. Einarsen, H. Hoel, D. Zapf & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), Workplace bullying: Developments in theory, research and practice (2nd ed., pp. 447-468). Boca Rattan, FL: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., Namie, G., & Namie, R. (2009). Workplace bullying: Causes, consequences, and corrections. In P. Lutgen-Sandvik & B. D. Sypher (Eds.), Destructive organizational communication: Processes, consequences, and constructive ways of organizing (pp. 27-52). New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & Sypher, B. D. (2009). Introduction. In P. Lutgen-Sandvik & B. D. Sypher (Eds.), Destructive organizational communication: Processes, consequences, and constructive ways of organizing (pp. xv-5). New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

McDermott, V.M., & Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2009). Communicating subtle messages: Creating hostile and supportive environments. In B. Brushan (Ed.), Communication in perspectives (pp. 31-57). Amani: Germany.

Other

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (January, 2007). How employees fight back against workplace bullying. Communication Currents, 2(1). http://www.communicationcurrents.com/. National Communication Association.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (forthcoming). Pedagogical-remedial interviewing: In-depth research with victims of trauma. In S. J. Tracy’s Qualitative Research Methods in Communication.

Manuscripts in Progress

In-Revision

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (in progress) Effects upon Workers and Workplaces When Bullying Is
Not Addressed in L. M. Crothers, Ed., Bullying in the Workplace: Symptoms, Causes and Remedies.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. & Hood, J. (revise, resubmit) Positive organizing and bullying communication: Do positive phenomena moderate the effects of workplace bullying on desired outcomes? Journal of Management Issues

 

Under Review

In-progress

Kimura, M. & Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (in progress). Attraction rather than promotion: Persuasive communication encouraging Alcoholics Anonymous newcomers to “keep coming back”

(book) Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (in progress). Positive organizing: Positive communication and transformative interactions in organizations, Routledge: NY

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (in progress). Fleshing out the effects of workplace bullying on family communication and relationships

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. & Riforgiate, S. (in progress). Blurring the boundaries between home and work: Boundary permeability, bleed-through valence, and effect of bleed-through

 

Conference Papers/Presentations

Kimura, M. & Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2012). A Program of Attraction Rather than Promotion: Encouraging the Newcomers to “Keep Coming Back.” National Communication Association, Orlando, FL, November 15-18.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. & Tracy, S. J. (2011). Nightmares and Demons Revisited: An Organizational Communication Approach to researching and Ameliorating Workplace Bullying and Employee Emotional Abuse. Top-Four Paper, Organizational Communication Interest Group. Western States Communication Association, Monterey, CA; February 18-22.

Lowry, C. & Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2011). Wartime Rape Narrative Theory. Top Paper, Communication Theory Interest Group. Western States Communication Association, Monterey, CA; February 18-22.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., Dickinson, E., & Foss, K. (2010). Priming, Painting, Peeling, and Polishing: Constructing and Deconstructing the Woman-Bullying-Woman Identity at Work. National Communication Association, San Francisco, November 14-17.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2010). Positive Communicative Interactions as an Indicator of Emergent Leadership. National Communication Association, San Francisco, November 14-17.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., Riforigate, S. & Fletcher, C.V. (2009) Work as a Source of Positive Emotional Experiences and the Discourses Informing Positive Assessment. National Communication Association, Chicago, November 12-15. Top-four Paper (National Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division)

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. & Hood, J. (2009) Positive Organizational Communication and Workplace Bullying: The Risk of Building One and Avoiding the Other. National Communication Association, Chicago, November 12-15.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & Namie, G. (2009). Workplace Bullying from Start to Finish: Bullies’ Position and Supporters, Organizational Responses, and Abuse Cessation. Western States Communication Association, Mesa, AZ; February 13-17.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., Dickinson, E. A., & Foss, K. A. (2009). Cat Fights, Bitches, and Alpha-Females?: Exploring and Critiquing the Women-Bullying-Women Pattern in Bullying Survey Research. Western States Communication Association, Mesa, AZ; February 13-17.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2009, February 13-17). Carving out a research agenda as a career path. Paper presented at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Mesa, AZ.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2008). Keynote Speaker, “Workplace Bullying in the United States: Prevalence, Resistance, and Emotions.” 6th Annual International Association on Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace Conference Montreal, Quebec; June 3-7.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & Sandweiss, N. (2008). The Bully in the Next Cubicle: How to Identify, Address, and Prevent Workplace Bullying. Diversity Leadership Council Annual Conference, Albuquerque Convention Center, NM; April 24.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2008). The Communicative Constitution of Workplace Bullying. American Psychological Association, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and Society for Occupational Health Psychology Conference, Washington D.C. March 6-8.

 

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2008). Negligent Organizations and Malevolent Actors: Telling Tales of Pain about Workplace Bullying. Qualitative Research In Management And Organization Conference, Anderson Schools of Management; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico; March 11-13. 

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., Alberts, J., & Tracy, S. (2008). The Communicative Nature of Workplace Bullying and Responses to Workplace Bullying. Western States Communication Association, Denver, February 15-19.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & McDermott, V. (2008). The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Negative and Positive Communication’s Effects on Work-Related Outcomes. Western States Communication Association, Denver, February 15-19.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2007). Fear and loathing in the workplace: Workplace bullying features, forms, and future research. Annual conference, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 15-18.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2007). Contributing factors to the development and persistence of employee-abusive workplaces: Keys to prevention and intervention. Annual conference, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 15-18.

McDermott, V.M., & Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2007) Communicating subtle messages: Creating hostile and supportive environments. Annual conference, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 15-18.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2007). When Preferred Identities are Threatened: Impacts of Adult Bullying at Work on Self-Identity. Annual conference, Western States Communication Association, Seattle, February 16-20. Top Paper, Organizational Communication Interest Group.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & Kandath, K. (2007). Gucci Work and the McJob: Discursive Closure in Two U.S. Artifacts. Annual conference, Western States Communication Association, Seattle, February 16-20.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2006). Take This Job and Shove It. Quitting and Other Forms of Resistance to Workplace Bullying. Annual conference, National Communication Association, San Antonio, November 16-19.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2006). Changing the Nature of Workplace Conversation: Moving Beyond Individualistic Approaches to Reducing Bullying and Aggression at Work. Presenter and Panel Organizer: Destructive Side or Organizational Communication. Annual conference, National Communication Association, San Antonio, November 16-19.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2006). Never Let ‘Em See You Cry: Emotional Control in the Face of Bullying Supervisors. Panel: Stiff upper lips?: Ambivalence about emotion in the public sphere. Annual conference, National Communication Association, San Antonio, November 16-19.

Lutgen-Sandvik, (2006) “Why Did This Happen To Me?”: Making Sense of Being Bullied At Work Western States Communication Association Conference, Palm Springs, CA, February 17-21. Top 4 Paper Organizational Communication Interest Group.

Lutgen-Sandvik, (2006). Wimps, Whiners, or Warning Signals: Interpreting the Indicators of Workplace Bullying and Abuse. Panel presentation in Creating Supportive Environments: Considerations for Communication Training in Diverse Settings. Western States Communication Association Conference; Palm Springs, CA, February 17-21.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2005). A “Terminally Unique” Speech Community: Specialized Linguistic Shorthand in Alcoholics Anonymous. Annual conference, National Communication Association, Boston, November 17-20.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2005). "Are You Talking to Me?": The Dialectic of Control--Employee Resistance to Workplace Bullying. Annual Conference, National Communication Association, Chicago; November 17-20.

Alberts, J.K, Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & Tracy, S.J. (2005). Workplace Bullying: A Case of Escalated Incivility. Annual conference, International Communication Association, New York; May 26-30.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., Tracy, S.J., & Alberts, J.K. (2005). Burned by Bullying in the American Workplace: A First Time Study of U.S. Prevalence and Delineation of Bullying “Degree.” Annual Conference, Western States Communication Association, San Francisco, February 18-22. Top Paper, Organizational Communication Interest Group

Tracy, S.J., Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & Alberts, J.K. (2004). Narratives of pain: The stories of workplace bullying. Annual Conference, National Communication Association, Chicago; November.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., Tracy, S.J., & Alberts, J.K. (2004). Workplace Bullying in the United States: Incidence, Comparison to International Research and a Delineation of Bullying “Degree.”  The 4th International Conference on Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace. Bergen, Norway; June 16-20.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2004) “Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones But Words…”: How Message Flows Construct Employee-Abusive Organizations. Western States Communication Association, Albuquerque, NM, February 13-17. Top Student Paper; Top 4 Paper, Organizational Communication Interest Group;

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2003). “But Words Will Never Hurt Me”: An Exploratory Study of Employee Emotional Abuse” National Communication Association, Miami, FL, November 18-21.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2003). Democracy, Free Elections and Non-Voting Behavior: The Apologia of Paradox in Persons 18 – 25 Years Old. Western States Communication Association, Salt Lake City, February 14-18.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2002). The Cycle of Employee Emotional Abuse: Generation and Regeneration of Workplace Mistreatment. Paper presented at National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November 19-23.

Awards

Research and Scholarship

2009 Book of the Year, Edited. Destructive organizational communication: Processes, consequences, and constructive ways of organizing. New York: Routledge. Awarded by Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 11-15, 2010

2009 Article of the Year. Intensive remedial identity work: Responses to workplace bullying as trauma and stigma. Organization, Special Issue (Managing Identities in Complex Organizations), 15(1), 97-119. Awarded by Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 11-15, 2010

2009 Top Paper. Work as a Source of Positive Emotional Experiences and the Discourses Informing Positive Assessment. Awarded by Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 11-15, 2010

2008 Outstanding Scholarly Article in Applied Communication. Take this job and …: Quitting and other forms of resistance to workplace bullying. Communication Monographs, 73, 406-433. Awarded by Applied Communication Division, National Communication Association, Annual Conference, San Diego, November 19-22, 2009

2007 Distinguished Scholarly Article in Applied Communication. Nightmares, Demons and Slaves: Exploring the Painful Metaphors of Workplace Bullying. Management Communication Quarterly, 20, 148-185. Awarded by Applied Communication Division, National Communication Association, Annual Conference, Chicago, November 14-18, 2008

Top Paper. Organizational Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association; Seattle, WA. 2007 Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2007, February). (When preferred identities are threatened: Impacts of adult bullying at work on self-identity)

Top 4 Paper. Organizational Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association; Palm Springs, CA. 2006 Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2006, February). (Why did this happen to me? Making sense of being bullied at work)

Top Paper. Organizational Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association; San Francisco, CA. 2005 (Burned by bullying in the US workplace: Prevalence, perception, degree, and impact)

Outstanding PhD Student Researcher, Top student research award of two annual awards [Outstanding/ Superior] competitive, 60 + graduate students, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University; Tempe, AZ. 2004

Top 4 Paper. Organizational Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association; Albuquerque, NM. 2004 (The communicative constitution of employee abusive organizations)

Top Student Paper, $100 Award. Organizational Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association; Albuquerque, NM. 2004 (The communicative constitution of employee abusive organizations)


Teaching and Advisement

The Biggest Advocate for Graduate Students Award. Communication and Journalism, Comgrads; award presented by department graduate students. 2011

Dr. Mary Poppins: (“For always adding a spoonful of sugar to everything!”). Communication and Journalism, Comgrads; award presented by department graduate students. 2010

Dr. Congeniality Award. Communication and Journalism, Comgrads; award presented by department graduate students. 2009

Most Approachable Professor Award. Communication and Journalism, Comgrads; award presented by department graduate students. 2009

Best Teacher Award. Communication and Journalism, Comgrads; annual award presented by department graduate students. 2008

Nomination, Faculty Senate Teaching Enhancement Teacher of the Year Award. Annual award for excellence in teaching, received multiple nominations for this award from department peers and students at both undergraduate and graduate levels. 2008

Apple Polishers, Chi Omega Sorority. Event honoring professors who have significantly contributed to sorority members’ academic and professional achievements/success. University of New Mexico. 2005

Teaching Excellence Award, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Arizona State University. (1 of 15 awards from 112 nominations) 2005

Certificate of Merit for Teaching. One of two annual teaching awards among over 60 graduate students, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University; Tempe, AZ. 2003

Other

Certificate of Community Appreciation. Miller’s Reach Wild Fire Disaster, Award from community members and Resource Coordination Team for successful grant writing for housing and energy needs of families affected by catastrophic forest fire. Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK. 1997

Teaching

University of New Mexico 2005 – Current, Assistant Professor

Undergraduate Courses

Professional Communication

Organizational Analysis and Training (Consulting Communication)

Dark Side of Organizational Communication

Organizational Communication (ITV, online, & face-to-face)

Leadership Communication and Ethics

Undergraduate Internship

Undergraduate Problems Course

Graduate Courses

Introduction to Graduate Studies

Seminar Organizational Communication

Foundations of Research

Positive Organizational Scholarship

Emotions in Organizational Communication

Graduate Problems

Graduate Thesis, Dissertation

Course Supervision

Organizational Communication

Small Group Communication

Arizona State University 2001-2005, Teaching Associate

Undergraduate Courses

Leadership in Small Groups (Leadership and Communication Ethics)

Small Group Communication

Business and Professional Communication

Introduction to Communication Inquiry (Theory, Paradigms)

Advanced Research Methods (Quantitative-Qualitative Methods, Research Approaches)

Advanced Critical Research Methods (Qualitative, Field Research, Service Learning)

Introduction to Organizational Communication

Research Apprenticeship Direction

Teaching Assistantship Supervision

Graduate Courses

Emotions in Organizations (Graduate Seminar Assistant)

University of Alaska Anchorage 1993-2000, Adjunct Lecturer

Interpersonal Skills in Organizations

Women’s Business and Professional Development

Diversity in Organizations

Nonprofit Organization Lifecycle

Advocating for Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Thesis and Dissertations Chaired

PhD Dissertation Committee Chair, Institutional Ethnography:  How Tenured Academic Women Talk About Success” Martina H. Myers, Doctoral Major: Communication, University of New Mexico, 2009.

Masters’ Thesis Committee Chair, “Decision making, cohesion, and collaborative communication in members of top-management and regular teams” Elijah Murphy, Master’s Major: Communication University of New Mexico, 2009.

Masters’ Thesis Committee Chair, “Identification rhetoric of a megachurch and how that rhetoric is mirrored in member talk.” Jennifer L. Caswell, Masters’ Major: Communication, University of New Mexico, 2007.

Honors’ BA Thesis Committee Chair, “Now that’s funny: The development of humor in a small group.” Matt Willis, Undergraduate Major: Communication; University of New Mexico, 2006.

Guest Lectures

“Anthony Giddens’ Structuration Theory” University of New Mexico, Communication Theories, Patricia Covarrubias, 2009, 2010.

“Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Communication Research.” University of New Mexico; Research Methods; Judith Hendry, 2007.

“Making Sense of Being Bullied at Work.” University of New Mexico; Organizational Communication; Tamar Ginossar, Instructor, 2006.

“Endnote: The Basics of Bibliography-Generating Software.” Arizona State University; Graduate Prospectus Course; Dr. Paul Mongeau, Director, Interdisciplinary PhD Program, 2004

 “Finding Your Teaching Voice. Arizona State University; Graduate Prospectus Course; Dr. Paul Mongeau, Director, Interdisciplinary PhD Program, 2004

 “Managing Classroom Rosters and Grades with Excel. Arizona State University; New Instructors’ Orientation and Training; Dr. Daniel Brouwer, Coordinator, 2004, 2003

 “Workplace Bullying and Conflict.” Arizona State University; Communication, Conflict, and Negotiation; Karen Myers, Instructor, 2004

“Is It Really That Bad? Narratives of Workplace Bullying” Arizona State University; Introduction to Human Communication; Maria Cordeshi, Instructor, 2004

“Cycle of Employee Emotional Abuse, Arizona State University; Introduction to Organizational Communication; Karen Myers, Instructor, 2003

“Subordinate Abuse by Supervisory Staff,” Western Washington State University; Introduction to Abnormal Psychology; Dr. Gary Namie, Professor, 2003

Feminist Management and an Empowerment Model,” “Participatory Management and Leadership,” “Managers versus Leaders,” “Community Social Services: Access and Eligibility,” and “Adversity as Motivation.” University of Alaska Anchorage, various courses/instructors, 2000 - 1995.

Other Teaching

Curriculum Developer and Trainer, Matanuska-Susitna Recovery Center, Inc.: “Implementing Self-Directed Teams: An Alternative to Top-Down Management.” Formulated curriculum and conducted organization-wide training, 6, 20-week sessions across four organizational divisions. 2000 - 1999.

Undergraduate Social Work Field Instructor, University of Alaska Anchorage; Social Work Department. Created comprehensive field experience learning curriculum for bachelor-level students in agency setting, evaluated progress, provided supervision and mentoring in academic areas. 2000 - 1997.

Community Trainer, West Valley Medical Campus. “Recruiting, Screening, and Hiring the Right People.” Formulated curriculum; provided 8-hour training session for community managers and supervisors. 1996.

 

Professional Experience

Executive Director-CEO. Matanuska-Susitna Recovery Center, Inc. 1997 - 2000.

Adult co-ed, women, adolescent chemical dependency treatment center
Public relations, marketing, fund development, extensive grant writing

Budget development and oversight; human resource management
Team development and training
Collaborative project partnerships and work with board of directors

Executive Director-CEO. Valley Women’s Resource Center, Inc. 1993 - 1997.

Umbrella, multi-service agency for women and children

Agency marketing and public relations

Budget development and oversight; fund development and extensive grant writing
Staff development and training; human resource management
Wide-ranging community partnerships, networking, work with board of directors
Building expansion, 8500 square foot addition to facility.

Conference Coordinator. Mat-Su Women’s Conferences (1): “Women, Courage and Creativity,” Mat-Su Women’s Conference (2): “Raising Healthy Daughters.” Organized community-wide women’s conference to include speakers including Sylvia Rimm and Mary Catherine Bateson. Marketing, public relations, media. 1996, 1995.

Program Developer, Grant Writer, Community Partner, Administrator. “Family Support and Preservation” (Collaborative project with victims’ services and child protective agency), “Women and Children’s Transitional Living Center” (Collaborative project with women’s center and Alaska Housing Finance Corporation), “Juvenile Assessment Center” (Collaborative project with mental health, substance abuse, child protective services, juvenile justice and local school district). Developed programs, wrote or assisted in writing grant proposals for projects, hired staff with community team, developed policies, implemented and administered programs. 2000, 1996, 1994.


Service Academic/ Community

Department

PhD Program Director. Chair of doctoral program committee tasked with following goals: (1) recruiting, screening, orienting, and advising incoming students, (2) program assessment and strategic planning, (3) coordination of department efforts to maintain high-quality doctoral education. 2009-2011

Faculty Advisory Committee. Member of committee with following goals: (1) broadening faculty involvement, (2) expanding organizational knowledge of department operations to a broader group of faculty, and (3) serving as a “sounding board” for the chair. 2008-2009

Speech Contest Judge. Undergraduate speech competition for Communication and Journalism students. Served as one of competition judges. 2006-2008.

Colloquia Presenter. “Pain and suffering: Emotional abuse and bullying at work.” Presented overview of bullying research to graduate students and faculty in Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico. 2006.

Panel Participant. Communication in Organizations. Introduction to Communication Studies, Ken Frandsen, 2005 - 2006.

Merit Review Committee Member. Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico. Review annual faculty merit issues; decisions regarding merit points and subsequent salary increases. 2006.

Master of Arts Committee Member. Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico review, rate, and choose spring and fall applicants for admission to C&J MA degree program. 2005 - 2006.

Health Communication PhD Committee Member. Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico. 2005-2006.

Senior Capstone Course Evaluation. Data entry and analysis for key Communication key outcomes from capstone course. Code surveys, construct codebook, data entry, and analysis for undergraduate education committee and faculty review. 2005-2008.

University

Respectful Campus Policy Committee. Member of ad hoc faculty senate committee meeting monthly for 12 months resulting in policy (including anti-bullying policy) for presentation to the faculty senate. 2007-2008

Faculty Senate Restructuring Committee. Member of ad hoc faculty senate committee to create pilot model for streamlined structure. 2009.

Faculty Senate. C&J Member, University of New Mexico Faculty Senate. 2006-2009

Faculty Commission on Shared Governance. Member. Committee tasked with completing report to acceditation commission regarding UNM shared governance. 2010.

Discipline

Editorial Board Member.

Management Communication Quarterly. 2009-2013.

Communication Research Reports. 2011-2013.

Communication Studies. 2012-2015.

Reviewer, Rater.

Organizational Communication Division, Nominations Committee. National Communication Association. 2010.

Organizational Communication Division Awards, Best Published Academic Article, 2007-2008. National Communication Association. 2008.

Critical Management Studies Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation sponsored by Organization: The critical journal of organization, theory and society and by Carroll Stephens. 2007.

Manuscript Reviewer. Communication Monographs; Management Communication Quarterly, Communication Yearbook; Gender, Work, & Organizations; Polity Organizational Communication Series; Western Journal of Communication; Scandinavian Journal of Psychology; International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, Journal of Medical Practice Management. 2003-Current.

Secretary. Western States Communication Association, Organizational Communication Interest Group. 2007-2009.

Legislative Assembly. Western States Communication Association. 2010-2012.

            Member-at-Large

            Nominating Committee Member

Panel Respondent.

Advances in Theory and Research on Emotion (at) Work. National Communication Association. 2007

Constructing the Self and the Organization. Western States Communication Association. 2008

Paper Reader/Reviewer

National Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division. 2005, 2006, 2007.

Western States Communication Association, Organizational Communication Interest Group for 2007 Seattle Conference. 2006 - Current.

Panel Moderator. Scholarship Committee Member. Reviewed submitted manuscripts for colloquia; organized into topic/sections; identified and linked to faculty respondents. Nuevo Dia Organizational Communication Conference, Tempe, AZ, 2005.

Research Assistant. “Workplace Bullying Pilot Research Project” Dean’s Incentive Grants, Selective Investments and OVPREA Initiative, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Dr. Jess Alberts, Dr. Sarah J. Tracy co-collaborators, 2004

Member.

National Communication Association, 2001-current

Western States Communication Association, 2001-current

International Communication Association, 2002-2008

Community and Beyond

Invited Speaker

“The Power of Positive Emotions to Transform Organizations” Foraker Group, Leadership Summit, Anchorage, AK 9/20 and 9/21/2010

“Positive Emotions and Personal Power: How Feeling Good Unlocks Potential” ” Foraker Group, Leadership Summit, Anchorage, AK 9/20/2010

“Case Management With Adults Bullied at Work: Understanding and Responding to Workplace Bullying” Case Management Society of America, Albuquerque, NM. 10/2/2009

“Workplace Bullying: What It is and What to Do about It” 8th Annual, Administrative Professionals Conference. UNM Continuing Education. Albuquerque, NM. 4/22/2009

“Workplace bullying in the United States: Prevalence, Resistance, and Identity” Project for Wellness and Work-Life; Hugh Downs School of Human Communication. Tempe, AZ. 10/13/2008

“The Emergence of Workplace Bullying in Organizations and How Organizations Might Respond.” Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM. 8/11/2008

“Workplace Bullying.” University of New Mexico Administrative Professionals, Administrative Professionals Day, Keynote Speaker. 6/17/2008

“Workplace bullying in the United States: Prevalence, Resistance, and Emotions.” 6th International Conference on Workplace Bullying.” Montreal, Quebec. 6/6/2008

“Workplace bullying: What’s leadership got to do with it?” 19th Annual Diversity Forum, Albuquerque, NM. 4/24/2008

“Workplace bullying: Causes, Consequences, and Interventions.” Special presentation for College Deans, Department Chairs, FDR Faculty Mediators, and Faculty Senators. Sponsored by the Faculty Dispute Resolution Center and the Office of the Provost. 10/17/2007

“Workplace Bullying: How Targets Present and Potential Ways to Advise and Counsel Them.” UNM Counseling and Referral Services (CARS). 8/7/2007

“What you should know about bullying and harassment.” UNM Women’s Resource Center. 9/19/2007

“Workplace Bullying: Causes and Consequences.” UNM Counseling and Referral Services (CARS). 3/23/2006

“What kind of woman are you?” A Forum on Gendered Violence. Feminist Research Instititute,University of New Mexico. 2/6/2006.

“Pain and Suffering: Emotional Abuse and Bullying at Work.” Colloquium, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico. 3/29/2006.

Board Member, Treasurer. International Association on Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace. Global board representing the General Assembly members of the Association. 2008-2010

Community Consulting on Workplace Bullying. Police Department, Universities, Governmental Divisions, Primary Education, Secondary Education (organizational names withheld for confidentialty) 2006-current

Grant Reviewer

Health Research Council of New Zealand. (Reviewed/rated 6 proposals to provide Workplace Stress and Bullying services to HRCNZ; reviewed electronically, Health Council contacted me to conduct this review because of my expertise/research), 2007.

City of Albuquerque, Division of Behavioral Health, substance abuse treatment grants (Reviewed 8 bi-annual treatment proposal grants; committee meetings with division staff, proposal rating/funding recommendations), 2006

Life Time Member. Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Grant Writing

Dean’s Summer Research Award. One of only two grants for junior faculty in College of Arts and Sciences, University of New Mexico granted for book project: The Destructive Side of Organizational Communication. Funded $20,000, 2007-2009

Dean’s Incentive Grant. Selective Investments and OVPREA Initiative, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Co-authored with Dr. Jess Alberts and Dr. Sarah Tracy. Grant proposal to conduct exploratory research on incidence, characteristics, and effects of workplace bullying. Funded $29,465, 2003

Graduate Research Support Program. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Grant proposal to research advocating for victims of workplace abuse. Unfunded, 2002

Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Department of Health and Social Services, State of Alaska. Chemical dependency treatment services for co-ed adults, women, adolescents, court monitoring program, rural outreach, prevention and education services, $1.25 - $1.75 million (each year, 2000-1998)

United Way of Mat-Su. Wasilla, Alaska. Chemical dependency assessment counselor position, $32-37K (each year, 2000-1998)

Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. Department of Housing and Urban Development, State of Alaska and U.S. Federal Government. For housing and energy funds for families after wild fire catastrophe, $750,000 (one time funding spread across 2000-1998).

COMPASS Institute. State of Alaska, Children’s Cabinet. Chosen as one of fifteen out of forty proposals statewide for participation in Governor Tony Knowles’ COMPASS Institute. $75K, (one time funding 1998-97)

Family Preservation Program. Department of Health and Social Services, State of Alaska. Family-based prevention and intervention to reduce child abuse. $45-168K (each year, 1997-94)

Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Department of Public Safety, State of Alaska. Battered women’s services and shelter. $320-35K. 1997-93.

Services for Young Pregnant Women. Department of Health and Social Services, State of Alaska. Adolescent pregnancy prevention services. $48-85K. (each year,1997-93)

United Way of Mat-Su. Wasilla, Alaska. Volunteer coordinator for women’s agency. $29-36K  (each year,1997-93)

Federal Emergency Management Agency. Washington DC. Emergency food services. $8-12K (each year, 1997-93)

Women, Infants, and Children Special Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC). Department of Health and Human Services, Washington DC. $179-221K. (each year, 1997-93).

 

Advanced Teaching Seminars Completed

Teaching with Clickers. Office of Support for Effective Teaching. University of New Mexico. 2008

Strategies for Effectively Enhancing Your Course Using WebCT Vista. Office of Support for Effective Teaching. University of New Mexico. 2008

Teaching Students to Think Critically and Communicate Effectively. Short Course 2105, Western States Communication Association; Palm Springs. 2006

Advancing Diversity through Innovative Pedagogy. Short Course 2105, Western States Communication Association; Palm Springs. 2006

Facilitating Student Participation through Instructional Discussion. Short course 09, National Communication Association; Boston. 2005

Writing Meaningful Learning Outcomes for College Courses. CASTL; Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Teaching and Learning. University of New Mexico. 2005

Developing an Online Resource for Teaching Organizational Communication. National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL. 2004

Teaching Research Methods as Argument. 3-hour short course. Western States Communication Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM. 2004

Using Teams In The Classroom To Increase Student Learning: Reaching In To Transform Pedagogy. 3-hour short course. National Communication Association Conference, Miami Beach, FL. 2003

Teaching the College Course in Leadership. 3-hour short course. National Communication Association Conference, Miami Beach, FL. 2003

Using Film and Literature to Teach Communication Theories. Nancy J. Hoar, James M. Brandon, & Charles F. Aust. 1.5-hour workshop, National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA. 2002

Learning Styles and Teaching Goals. 4-hours course offered through Arizona State University’s Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence. 2002

The Pedagogy of Learning Teams: Engaging Students with the Instructional Material. 1.5-hour workshop, National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA. 2002

Story Telling as an Instructional Tool. Hugh Downs School of Human Communication. Seminar offered through Graduate College, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 2001

Gender, Sex and the Large Lecture Classroom. Hugh Downs School of Human Communication. Seminar offered through Graduate College, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 2001

Pedagogy: New Graduate Instructor’s Workshop. 15-hour seminar required and offered through Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 2001