Department of Communication Staff - Jennifer Mize Smith

Jennifer Mize Smith, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office:  FAC 182
Phone:  270-745-5147
Email:  jennifer.mize.smith@wku.edu

Courses

Organizational communication, applied organizational communication, small group communication, qualitative research methods, employee communication, nonprofit communication, communication and organizational identification, business and professional speaking

Research

Organizational identification, work identity, corporate philanthropy, fundraising discourse, communication processes in nonprofit organizational contexts, voluntourism

Bio

Selected Publications
Mize Smith, J., & Sypher, B. D. (2010). Philanthropy in the workplace: How a financial
           institution communicates charitable giving values. Southern Communication Journal, 75, 370-
           391.

Thompson, B., Mize Smith, J., & Payne, H. (in press). Who we are. In R. Robinson & G. Rossetti,
           (Eds.), Examining institutional reality and fantasy: Communicating faculty acceptable behavior
           via case study contributions of the assimilation and socialization process in higher education  
           settings. New York: McGraw-Hill.

 Mize Smith, J., Arendt, C., Lahman, J.B., Settle, G., & Duff, A. (2006). Framing the work of art:           Spirituality and career discourse in the nonprofit arts sector [Special issue]. Communication
          Studies, 57, 25-46.

Additional Information

Marketing Director for the Southern States Communication Association
Advisor for Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honor Society
Member of the WKU Institutional Review Board

Professional Affiliations

 National Communication Association
Southern States Communication Association
Kentucky Communication Association

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