1st Edition
Organizing Inclusion Moving Diversity from Demographics to Communication Processes
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
1. Organizing Inclusion: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches
Marya L. Doerfel, Jennifer L. Gibbs
Part I Bottom-Up Approaches
2. Stigma Communication and Power: Managing Inclusion and Exclusion in the Workplace
Rebecca J. Meisenbach and Darvelle Hutchins
3. Doing Engaged Scholarship: Inclusion Theory Meets Practice in the Context of a Peacebuilding Initiative in West Africa
Stacey L. Connaughton and Jennifer Ptacek
4. Rhizomatous Dialogue, Organizational Engagement, and Inclusion
Michael L. Kent and Nneka Logan
5. Non-Profit Reuse as a Solution to Reducing Digital Divides and Technology Maintenance Inequalities
Amy L. Gonzales and Harry Yaojun Yan
6. When Pacing is a Privilege: The Time Scale of Exclusion
Dawna I. Ballard and Ana M. Aguilar
7. Creating the Being of Inclusion in Organizations
Sarah J. Tracy, Robert J. Razzante, and Katrina N. Hanna
Part II Top-Down Approaches
8. The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion among Professions and Professionals
Joshua B. Barbour, Shelbey L. Rolison, and Jared T. Jensen
9. Moving Beyond Inclusion: Lessons from the Graduate Certificate in Participatory Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Patricia S. Parker, Dorothy Holland, Jean Dennison, Sara H. Smith, and Melvin Jackson
10. Organizing for Sustainability: Including and Engaging Diverse Stakeholders
Rahul Mitra
11. Towards Financial Inclusion: Pitfalls in Illustrating and Discussing Financial Inclusion
Odile Vallée
12. Design of Meaningful Work in Diversity and Inclusion: Enactment of Inclusionary Engineering Design and Partnerships in Rural Ghana
Patrice M. Buzzanell
13. #CommSoWEIRD: The Question of Sample Representativeness in Interpersonal Communication Research
Walid A. Afifi Monica Cornejo
14. Organizing as a Tension Between Tradition and Innovation: Promoting Inclusion in Academia
Bernadette M. Gailliard, Shardé M. Davis, Jennifer L. Gibbs, and Marya L. Doerfel
Index
Biography
Marya Doerfel (Professor of Communication and Director of the Network Science Lab, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University) examines social networks, community building, and organizational and community transformation. She has been funded by the National Science Foundation with recent peer-reviewed articles including Engaging Partnerships, The Story of Collective Action, (Un)Obtrusive Control in Emergent Networks, and Digitizing the Strength of Weak Ties.
Jennifer Gibbs (Professor of Communication, Co-Editor of Communication Research) investigates collaboration in global teams and other distributed work arrangements, as well as the social and organizational impacts of new technologies. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, as well as a recent book entitled Distracted: Staying Connected without Losing Focus.
'This edited volume gathers leading thinkers in communication who are dedicated to being, thinking, and doing what’s right…namely, getting on with the project of realizing a more just and inclusive future for modern organizations and societies.' -Ryan S. Bisel, University of Oklahoma, USA
