Robin Smith Mathis

About

Robin Smith Mathis, PhD is Associate Director and Associate Professor of Communication in the School of Communication & Media at Kennesaw State University. Dr. Mathis previously held positions at Mercer University, Southern Polytechnic State University, and the McCoy College of Business Administration at Texas State University. She is a qualitative researcher. Her research interests are SoTL, instructional communication, and exploring the communication processes within human resource development. More specifically, she focuses on socially tainted professions and how communication influences their work experience. Dr. Mathis has work published in Human Resource Development International, Communication Education, Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, Journal of Communication Pedagogy, Journal of Workplace Learning, and Advances in Developing Human Resources. Dr. Mathis is on the editorial board for Communication Teacher and a registered mediator with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. She is active in planning and reviewing for Eastern Communication Association (ECA) Organizational Communication Division. In 2022, Dr. Mathis was named an ECA Distinguished Teaching Fellow.

Work

Kennesaw State University
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Associate Professor of Communication

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Kennesaw State University
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Assistant Professor

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Education

Texas State University
United States of America

M.A.

Texas Tech University
United States of America

B.A.

Publications

A hostile acquisition reveals executives’ coordinated management of meaning within workplace role and relational tensions

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Human Resource Development International

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Patch leaks in the pipeline post-pandemic by preparing a resilient and sustainable community: classroom to college

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Communication Education

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Perpetuating Perceptions: Understanding the “Chaining” of a Common Training Narrative Beyond the Classroom

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Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

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The influences of student- and school-level factors on engineering undergraduate student success outcomes: A multi-level multi-school study

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International Journal of STEM Education

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A Professing Parent’s Reflection on the COVID Classroom and Research Illustrates the Full Utility of Communication Pedagogy

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Journal of Communication Pedagogy

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A Professing Parent’s Reflection on the COVID Classroom and Research Illustrates the Full Utility of Communication Pedagogy

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Journal of Communication Pedagogy

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Communicating influence: positioning the trainer as an organizational leader

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Journal of Workplace Learning

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