Faculty: Patrice Buzzanell
Professor
phone: 765-494-3317
email: buzzanel@purdue.edu
Vita: Download.
Education
Ph.D., Purdue University
M.A., Ohio University
B.S., Towson University
Research
Dr. Buzzanell's primary interest is organizational communication. Her specific interests center on feminist theorizing and the construction of gendered workplace identities, interactions, and structures, particularly as they relate to career processes and outcomes.
Representative Publications
- Buzzanell, P. M., Sterk, H., and Turner, L. H. (release date 2003). Gender in Applied Communication Contexts. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- "An organizational communication challenge to the discourse of work and family research: From problematics to empowerment," Communication Yearbook 27 (with E. Kirby, A. Golden, C. Medved, & J. Jorgensen), 2003.
- "Emotion work revealed by job loss discourse: Backgrounding-foregrounding of feelings, construction of normalcy, and (re)instituting of traditional masculinities," Journal of Applied Communication Research (with L. Turner), 2003. Rethinking Organizational and Managerial Communication From Feminist Perspectives, Sage, 2000. More information
- "Family and workplace conflict: Examining metaphorical conflict schemas and expressions across context and sex," Human Communication Research, 1997.
- "Reframing the glass ceiling as a socially constructed process: Implications for understanding and change," Communication Monographs, 1995.
- "Gaining a voice: Feminist organizational communication theorizing," Management Communication Quarterly, 1994.
Appointments
Buzzanell has served as: editor of Management Communication Quarterly; Chair of the Organizational Communication Division of the International Communication Association; President of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender; and Secretary for the Organizational Communication Division of NCA. She currently co-advises the Institute for Women and Technology team in EPICS, Engineering Projects in Community Service. Patrice is President-Elect of the International Communication Association.