Purpose
The purpose of the Research Committee is to encourage and promote research in the field of business communication and oversee research awards.
Committee Charges
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Establish guidelines and criteria, publicizes, solicits nominations, and selects recipients for the Outstanding Researcher Award and the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Business Communication Award. Ensures the award recipients are publicized in the ABC newsletter and website.
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Sponsors panels and events aimed to improve research in business communication at the annual conference.
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Encourages business communication research and citing business communication scholarship in members’ research.
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Ensures that committee membership invitations include former winners of the Outstanding Researcher Award (ORA) and Outstanding Dissertation Award (ODA) and IJBC and BPCQ editorial team.
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Coordinates with the Office and Communication Manager and the Website Manager to ensure that the ABC website features research resources.
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Supports current ABC members who request resources to enhance their ability to research effectively.
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Collaborate with the Graduate Studies Committee and the Academic Environment Committee to assess and strengthen the status of business communication as an academic discipline with a strong research base.
Committee Chair
Seth Frei (term expires 12/31/2028)
Committee Members
| Name |
End of 3-Year Term
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| Abram Anders |
12/31/2026 |
| Tatiana Batova |
12/31/2025 |
| Kim Sydow Campbell |
12/31/2026 |
| Suwichit (Sean) Chaidaroon |
12/31/2025 |
| Valerie Creelman |
12/31/2027 |
| Melina De Dijn |
12/31/2028 |
| Bertha Du-Babcock |
12/31/2025 |
| Ryan Fuller |
12/31/2026 |
| Mathew Gillings |
12/31/2025 |
| Yan Jin |
12/31/2025 |
| Sky Marsen |
12/31/2025 |
| Veronica Rice McCray |
12/31/2026 |
| Lisa Meloncon |
12/31/2025 |
| Clive Muir |
12/31/2025 |
| Milena Nagengast |
12/31/2025 |
| Brigitte Planken |
12/31/2026 |
| Kirk St.Amant |
12/31/2026 |
| Robyn Walker |
12/31/2027 |
| Junhua Wang |
12/31/2027 |
[Committee chair can request committee members additions/drops by first logging into ABC and then completing the Committee Update Request Form.]
Membership
Membership on this committee is open to any ABC member in good standing who is interested in promoting the committee’s work.
Recent Prior Chairs
Stephen Carradini, Arizona State University
Milena Nagengast, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Sky Marsen, Flinders University
Catherine Nickerson, Zayed University
Daphne Jameson, Cornell University
Cynthia Ryan, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Community Page
Members of the Research Committee can access the committee’s forum and file library on their Community Page.