Honors & Awards

• Summer Research Award. David Eccles School of Business, 07/01/2022
• Summer Research Grant. David Eccles School of Business, 07/2019
• Impact Your World Award. David Eccles School of Business, 05/2019
• Summer Research Grant. David Eccles School of Business, 08/01/2018
• Summer research grant recipient. Eccles Business School, 08/01/2017
• Won a top DESB teaching award that represents excellence in teaching. Brady Teaching Award, 08/10/2015
• Received summer funding for research in the Business Communication and/or Diversity Management areas. Summer Research Grant, David Eccles School of Business, 01/01/2015
• Winner of the Daniels Fund Leadership in Ethics Education Award, David Eccles School of Business, 2012 (Silver) . David Eccles School of Business, 01/2012
• Winner of the Daniels Fund Leadership in Ethics Education Award, 2011 (Bronze) . David Eccles School of Business, 12/2011
• Top Student Paper Award. Speech Communication Association, 1996
• Graduate Research Scholarship. University of Utah, 1995
• Top Four Competitive Paper. Western States Communication Association, 1994
• Full Teaching Fellowship. University of Utah, 1993
• Indiana University Speech Tradition Award for Excellence in Teaching Public Speaking. Indiana University, 1992
• Full Teaching Fellowship. Indiana University, 1991

In the Media

• My media exposure includes representation on the Executive Education web site, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram for multiple certificates, courses, and workshops in which I both design and teach. The three main areas are: (1) Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, (2) Writing as a Practice of Empowerment and Transformation, and (3) Mastering Presentation Skills. 01/01/2020.

Professional Service

• Department of Management. Role: Member. Hiring Committee for Career Line Faculty Member. 11/01/2018 - 12/01/2018
• Association for Business Communication. Role: Member. MBA Special Interest Group. 01/01/2018 - present
• Association for Business Communication. Role: Member. Consulting Special Interest Group. 01/01/2018 - present
• Department of Management. Role: Lead. Committees: 1) Online Business Communication Curriculum Committee 2) Online Management Communication Curriculum Committee 3) Online Diversity and Inclusion Curriculum Committee 4) Honors/Business Scholars Curriculum Committee 5) Undergraduate Business Communication Curriculum Committee 6) Management Communication Curriculum Committee 7) Accounting Communication Curriculum Committee . 01/01/2016 - present
• Accounting Communication Curriculum Development Committee. Role: Member. Develop and structure communication curriculum for application to accounting discipline; create assignments and coordinate interpersonal, writing, and public speaking modules. 01/01/2015 - 01/2018
• Online Management Communication Curriculum Development Committee (Online MBA). Role: Lead. Developed a fully online version of MGT 6052; webinars included. 01/01/2015 - 01/2018
• Business Communication Curriculum Development Committee (undergraduate). Re-designed 3810 with new textbook and assessments; maintain cutting edge pedagogical approach to Business Communication. 01/01/2015 - 01/2018
• Management Communication Curriculum Committee (full-time MBA). Role: Member. Worked with Dr. Cummings to create a co-taught MBA curriculum for the full-time MBAs. 01/01/2015 - 01/2018
• Diversity Initiatives Commitee, Association for Business Communication. This committee created a diversity statement and set diversity goals for the Association for Business Communication, a top scholarly organization in the field of Business Communication. 01/01/2014 - present
• Career-Line Task Force University of Utah. Role: Member. Task Force creates and implements policy related to Career-Line faculty. 01/01/2014 - 12/01/2017
• Common Ground Publishing. Role: Associate Editor. Edited essays for a variety of diversity-related academic journals. 01/01/2014 - 01/01/2015
• Boston College. Council for Women of Boston College. 01/2013 - present
• The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations. Role: Associate Editor. Acting as a Referee for Journal articles. 01/2012 - 01/2014
• Association for Business Communication. Role: Committee Member. Diversity Committee Initiative. 01/01/2011 - 01/01/2014

Internal Service

• O4B LGBTQ+ David Eccles School of Business student organization. Faculty Advisor, 09/2018 - present. College service.
• MBA Admissions Committee. Participant, 01/01/2016 - present. College service.
• Ascent Scholars Program. Mentor, 01/01/2016 - 01/2018. College service.
• Honors Thesis Advisor. 01/01/2016 - 01/2017. Department service.
• Leading the Business Communication Program. Director, Business Communication Program, 01/01/2014 - 01/2018. College service.
• Helped to develop policy related to career-line faculty. Committee Member for Academic Senate Career-line Sub Committee, 12/01/2013 - 01/2017. University service.
• Decision-making body for University of Utah. Career-line member of Academic Senate, 12/01/2013 - 01/2015. College service.
• Lead/Search Committee, Full-time Career-line Business Communication Faculty Member. 01/2013 - 01/2018. Department service.
• Diversity Retention Committee. 01/2013 - 01/2015. University service.
• Academic Senator. 01/2013 - 01/2015. University service.
• LGBT Out-for-Business David Eccles School of Business Club. Faculty Advisor, 01/01/2012 - 01/01/2013. College service.
• Director, Business Communication Program. 01/2011 - present. College service.
• University Diversity Committee. 01/2007 - 01/2013. University service.
• University Diversity Committee. Committee Member, 01/01/2007 - 01/01/2014. University service.
• MBA Field Study. Director of Communication, 2001 - 2003. College service.
• YWCA. Board of Directors, 2001 - 2002. Other service.
• Commencement Address Committee. Member, 2000 - 2007. College service.
• YWCA, Development Committee. Development Committee, 2000 - 2002. Other service.
• Diversity Initiative Summer Workshop. Member, 2000 - 2002. College service.
• MBA Field Study. Consultant, 1999 - 2003. College service.

Community Partnership

• Advisor, Diversity Consulting Team: Advise MBA students in their diversity projects at Adobe, University of Utah Health Care, David Eccles School of Business, and so forth. 01/01/2011 - 01/15/2013

Outreach

• Student in my MGT 5810 Managing Diversity in Organizations complete the "Diversity Consulting Team" final projects. Student teams (about 5 per team) provide organizations (small/large/public/private/not-for-profit) with diversity consulting services in which they research organizations' strengths and areas of opportunity and create a comprehensive diversity plan for the business and then present their findings in class and turn in a diversity business plan. 01/01/2017 - present
• Created relationships with entrepreneurs and other business leaders to speak to my students in panels, class participants, and as single guest speakers. 01/01/2000 - present