Dr. Brian Richardson

          Assistant Professor

          EDUCATION

          Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, Communication Studies 1997-2001
          MA, Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, Louisiana), Human Relations & Supervision 1991-1992
          BS, Lamar University (Beaumont, Texas), Communication 1986-1991

          PUBLICATIONS

          Taylor, J. & Richardson, B. K. (2006). Powerlessness, resistance, and the understood “they”: Sexual harassment at the intersection of race and gender. The International and Intercultural Communication Annual, Vol. 28., 68-94.

           Richardson, B. K., Osterman, H., & Byers, L. (2006). Showdown at University Baptist Church . In S. K. May (Ed.), Case Studies in Organizations: Ethical Perspectives and Practices. Thousand Oaks , Calif. : Sage Publications.

           Richardson, B. K. (2005). The phases of disaster as a relationship between structure and meaning: A narrative analysis of the 1947 Texas City explosion. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 23, 3, 27-54. 

           Richardson, B. K. (2005). Teaching tips: Developing a personal philosophy on organizational ethics and wrongdoing. Texas State Communication Journal, 30 (1), 81-83.

           Lewis, L. K., Richardson, B. K., & Hamel, S. A. (2003). When the stakes are communicative:  The lamb's and the lion's share during nonprofit planned change.  Human Communication Research, 29, 400-430.

          Lewis, L. K., Hamel, S. A., & Richardson, B. K (2001). Communicating change to non-profit stakeholders: Models and predictors of implementers' approaches. Management Communication Quarterly, 15 (1), 5-41.

          Scott, C. R., Connaughton, S. L., Diaz-Saenz, H., Maguire, K., Ramirez, R., Richardson, B., Morgan, D., Shaw, S. P. (1999). The impacts of communication and multiple identifications on intent to leave: A multi-methodological exploration. Management Communication Quarterly, 12 (3), 400-435.

          TEACHING AND INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

          Assistant Professor, University of North Texas, September 2001 - Present

    • Crisis Communications (undergraduate)
      Small Group Communication (undergraduate)
      Organizational Communication (undergraduate)
      Conflict Management (undergraduate)
      Internship Director (undergraduate)
      Communication and Change (graduate)
      Organizational Communication (graduate)
      Quantitative Research Methods (graduate)
      Communication Consulting (graduate)

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           Assistant Instructor, University of Texas at Austin, July 1998 – May 2001

          Organizational Communication.
          Briefings and Sales Presentations.
          Business and Professional Speaking
          Organizational Leadership (with Dr. Pat Witherspoon)

          Adjunct Professor, St. Edwards University, September 1997 – May, 1998

          Presentational Speaking.

          CONFERENCE PAPERS

          Richardson, B. K. (2006, April). Snipers, sharks, and corpses: Myths as (dys)functional sensemaking devices in Hurricane Katrina. Paper presented at the annual Southern States Communication Association Convention, Dallas , Texas .

          Richardson, B. K., Wheeless, L. W., & Cunningham, C. (2006, April). Tattling on the teacher: The influence of confidence, attitudes, receptivity and organizational culture on peer reporting. Paper presented at the annual Southern States Communication Association Convention, Dallas , Texas .

           Richardson, B. K., & Taylor, J. (2006, February). Sexual harassment at the point of intersectionality in the raced organization: A grounded theory model. Paper presented at the annual Western States Communication Association Convention, Palm Springs , California . Top paper panel in organizational communication.

           Richardson, B. K. (2005, May). Expanding whistle-blowing scholarship: How stakeholder theory, organizational structure, and social influence processes can inform whistle-blowing research. Paper presented at the annual International Communication Association Conference Convention, New York , New York . Top paper panel in organizational communication.

                       Taylor, J., & Richardson, B. K. (2004, November). The Ties that Bind: An Exploratory Analysis of the Intersection Between Race and African American and Hispanic Women’s Perceptions of Sexual Harassment. Paper presented at the annual National Communication Association Convention, Chicago , Illinois .

           Richardson, B. K. (2004, February). Exploring the role of the university in teaching organizational ethics: Perspectives of managers and students. Paper presented at the annual Western Communication Association Convention, Albuquerque , New Mexico .

           Richardson, B. K. (2002, November). An Empirical Investigation of Predictors of Talk about Organizational Wrongdoing. Paper presented at the annual National Communication Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

          Richardson, B. K. (2002, August). In Addition to Whistle-blowing: An Investigation into Witness’s Talk about Wrongdoing. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado.

          Richardson, B. K., & Diers, A. (2001). A Tale of Competing Narratives: Stakeholder Perceptions of Honesty in a Public Whistle Blowing Case. Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C.

          Richardson, B. K. (2000). Is the world coming to an end? Using narrative communication to understand how social collectives make sense of disaster. Paper presented at the National Communication Association, Seattle, Washington.

          Richardson, B. K. (November, 2000). The changing nature of organizational change: From an internal issue to one negotiated within extra-organizational environments. Non-competitive paper discussed at the Organizational Communication Division pre-convention conference for the National Communication Association, Seattle, Washington.

          Richardson, B. K., & Gray, S. C. (May, 2000). Organizational dissonance: How organizations respond communicatively to paradoxical situations. Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico. Ranked top student paper in organizational communication.

          Lewis, L. K., Hamel, S. A., & Richardson, B.K. (May, 2000). Strategic communication with nonprofit organization stakeholders during planned change. Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico.

          Trinastich, C. E., Richardson, B., Browning, L., & Knapp, M. (November, 1999). Car Talk: Connecting setting, communication, and relationship in a unique environment. Paper presented at the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.

          Lewis, L. K., Hamel, S. A., Richardson, B. (November, 1999). Communication with the multiple stakeholders of nonprofit organizations: Change implementers’ communicative approaches and topics of talk. Paper presented at the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.

          Lewis, L. K., Richardson, B., & Hamel, S. (May, 1999). Communication with multiple stakeholders during planned organizational change: Targets and strategy considerations of nonprofit change implementers. Paper presented at the International Communication Association, San Francisco, California.

          Scott, C. R., Connaughton, S. L., Diaz-Saenz, H., Maguire, K., Ramirez, R., Richardson, B., Morgan, D., Shaw, S. P. (November, 1998). The impacts of communication and multiple identifications on intent to leave: A multi-methodological exploration. Paper presented at the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.

          GRANTS

          Received a University of North Texas Research Initiative Grant (with Dr. Juandalynn Taylor), for $5,000 for a study titled, “Whose definition is it anyway:  Reconciling differences between legal definitions of sexual harassment and those provided by African-American and Hispanic/Latino women.”

        PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

          National Communication Association
          International Communication Association

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