Stacy Tye-Williams

ComSt 301 Human Communication Theory
ComSt 314 Organizational Communication
ComSt 317 Small Group Communication
ComSt 404 Research Seminar
SpCm 323 Gender and Communication
Engl. 302 Business Communication
Engl. 592D Narrative and Organizational Communication

Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Organizational Communication
M.A. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Communication Studies
B.A. University of Iowa Communication Studies and English

I enjoy working with students to challenge the assumptions made about organizations to determine alternative ways of understanding and knowing. I teach students to go beyond taking the ways we talk in and about organizations at face value and begin to ask why. Articulations of organizations are socially constructed meaning that they are created and sustained through communication. Through class discussion and assignments students develop an awareness that socially constructed structures can be altered and improved through communication. Ultimately, if we have an awareness of the power of communication we can make a positive difference in our communities, our organizations, and our world. It doesn’t get any better than that!

Incivility and Civility in the Workplace; Workplace Bullying; Organizing for Positive Change; Work Life Negotiation; Emotion; Narrative

Tye-Williams, S., & Krone, K. J. (in press). Identifying and re-imagining the paradox of workplace bullying advice. Journal of Applied Communication Research.

Tye-Williams, S., & Ruble, Ruble, R. A. (in press). Perceptions of workplace bullying narratives: Exploring attributions of fault. Ohio Communication Journal.

Tye-Williams, S., & Krone, K. J. (2015). Chaos, Quests, and Reports: Narrative Agency and Co-Workers in Stories of Workplace Bullying. Management Communication Quarterly, 29, 3-27.
*Management Communication Quarterly Article of the Year

Tye-Williams, S., & Marshall, J. (2015). Hope for the Future. In M. Kramer & J. Mize-Smith. Case studies in volunteering and NGOs. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Tye-Williams, S. (2013). "The Big Bad Wolf Carries a Purse: Restorying Gender Roles in Popular Children’s Stories." In B. Ribarsky & M. Murphy (Eds.). Teaching about gender in the university classroom. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

I am currently working on a project examining the telling of workplace bullying narratives and agency. I am also comparing international perceptions of workplace bullying narratives. In addition, I am exploring how community members communicate in ways that facilitate growth and development. Finally, I am working on a project that examines how a small group of people can organize and become mobilized to have a positive impact on their communities.

I enjoy spending time with my husband and young sons. Most of the time you can find us outside having bucket drum rock concerts, building castles out of sand or rocks or snow (whatever is handy), riding bikes, or working in the garden.