Contact Information
MC-456
Research Areas
Research Areas
Biography
I am a PhD candidate studying organizational and group communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My scholarship focuses on building out communication theory and developing infrastructure and capacity for collaboration at network, organizational, team, and individual levels.
Research Interests
Organizational and small group communication
Inter-organizational and interdisciplinary collaboration
Diversity and Teams
Qualitative and mixed methods
Applied communication
Higher education and research administration
Courses Taught
CMN 213: Small Group Communication
CMN 212: Introduction to Organizational Communication
CMN 101: Public Speaking
CMN 368: Sexual Communication
Highlighted Publications
Wilson, S. R., Barley, W. C., Ruge-Jones, L., & Poole, M. S. (2020). Tacking amid tensions: Using oscillation to enable creativity in diverse teams. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0021886320960245
Pilny, A., Dobosh, M., Poole, M. S., Yahja, A., Ruge-Jones, L., Proulx, J., & Campbell, A. (2020). Team coordination in uncertain environments: The role of processual communication networks. Human Communication Research, 46(4), 385-411. doi: 10.1093/hcr/hqz020