Contact Information
702 South Wright Street
Urbana IL 61801
Office Hours
Biography
Katherine Bunsold (MA, University of Illinois) is a PhD candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests center on the social dynamics of technology and hiring practices, with a particular interest in visibility and how social inequities are perpetuated in contemporary organizations. She also has a passion for engaged work and interventional design.
Research Interests
Visibility; Impression Management; Digital Inequality; Computer Mediated Communication and Technology; Identity; Organizational Communication
Education
B.A. in Communication, Wittenberg University
M.A. in Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Awards and Honors
2025 Campus Wide Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants , University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2024 Stafford H. Thomas Award Exceptional Service to Department of Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2023 Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award Outstanding Veteran Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Courses Taught
Teaching Assistant
CMN 375: Popular Media and the American Family
CMN 102: Introduction to Communication (Discussion Sections)
Instructor of Record
CMN 212: Intro to Organizational Communication
CMN 112: Written and Oral Communication II
CMN 111: Written and Oral Communication I
CMN 101: Public Speaking
Recent Publications
Bunsold, K. & Barbour, J. B. (forthcoming). Collective Communication Design and Practices in Corporate Reputation. In C. Carroll & N. Horowitz (Eds.). The Handbook of Communication and Corporate Reputation (2nd ed.). Wiley.
Giorgio, G. A., & Bunsold, K. (2025). Teaching popular media and culture through the American family lens. European Journal of American Culture, 44(1), 63–71. https://doi.org/10.1386/ejac_00134_1
Morrow, E., Yang, J., Bunsold, K., & Tomar, A. (2024). Crossing lines for laughs: Racial stereotyping and social identity in r/RoastMe. Communication Monographs, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2024.2441927
Park, J., Yang, J., Tolbert, A., & Bunsold, K. (2024) You change the way you talk: Examining the network, toxicity, and discourse of cross-platform users on Twitter and Parler during the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Journal of Information Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515241238405