Marcy Meyer

Education

B.A., Georgetown University
M.S., Michigan State University
Ph.D., Michigan State University

Teaching

WMNST 314: Women’s Studies Symposium in Communication: Gender in the Workplace
COMM 351: Communication in Organizations
COMM 441: Contemporary Issues in Organizational Communication
COMM 465: Human Communication Inquiry
COMM 602: Quantitative Research in Communication
COMM 605: Qualitative Research in Communication
COMM 651: Organizational Communication: Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Processes
COMM 652: Organizational Systems and Cultures

Teaching Awards:

Recipient of the CCIM Core Competency Creating Community Connections Award, 2005.

Recipient of the BSU Mortar Board Award for Outstanding Faculty (2002, 1998).

Recipient of the CCIM Core Competency Award for Innovative Teaching, 2000.

Recipient of the Communication Studies Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, 1999.

Research

Research interests include:

• Organizational Communication
• Diversity
• Innovation
• Feminist Theory
• Gender Studies

Selected publications:

O’Hara, L. S., & Meyer, M. (2004). Keeping it real: The self-directed focus group as an alternative method for studying the discursive construction of prejudice. The Journal of Intergroup Relations, 31, 25-54.

Meyer, M., & O'Hara, L.S. (2004). When they know who we are: The National Women's Music Festival comes to Ball State University. In P. Buzzanell, H. Sterk, & Turner, L. (Eds.), Gender in applied communication contexts (pp. 3-24). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Meyer, M. (2004). From transgression to transformation: Negotiating the opportunities and tensions of engaged pedagogy in the feminist organizational communication classroom. In P. Buzzanell, H. Sterk, & Turner, L. (Eds.), Gender in applied communication contexts (pp. 195-214). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

O'Hara, L.S., & Meyer, M. (2003). "I never felt more uncomfortable in my life": University students' discursive constructions of "The Lesbian Convention." Communication Studies, 54, 137-153.

Meyer, M. (2000). Innovation roles: From souls of fire to devil's advocates. The Journal of Business Communication, 37, 328-347.

Research Awards:

Recipient of the Communication Studies Award for Excellence in Research, 2005.

Recipient of the Central States Communication Association Federation Prize for Outstanding Research, 2001.

Recipient of the Charles W. Redding Dissertation Award, 1996.

Service

• Member, Provost’s Prize Review Board, 2006-2008.
• Member, Provost’s Diversity Task Force, 2006-2007.
• Faculty Advisor, Feminists for Action student organization, 1999-2008.
• Member, BSU North Central Accreditation Task Force Assessment and Planning Subcommittee, 2001-2004.
• Member, BSU University Senate, 2001-2004.
• Member, BSU University Senate Governance Committee, 2001-2004.
• Member, BSU NCAA Certification Self-Study Gender and Minority Equity Subcommittee, 2001.
• Member, American Council on Educational Leadership for Change Committee, 1998-2000.
• Member, CCIM Diversity Interest Group 2005-2008
• Member, CCIM Symposium Interest Group, 2007-08.
• Member, CCIM Dean’s Search Committee, 2003-2004.
• Member, CCIM Week Planning Committee, 2000.
• Member, CCIM Innovation Center Task Force, 2000.
• Member, Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2003-2008.
• Departmental Representative, Honors in Writing Program, 2002-2008.
• Chair, Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2003-2005, 2007-08.
• Departmental Diversity Plan Task Force co-chair, 2004-2005.
• Member, Departmental Advisory Committee, 1998-2002.