Angela Gist-Mackey

Ph.D., University of Missouri
Relationships & Social Interaction

Angela N. Gist-Mackey (Ph.D., University of Missouri) is a tenured Associate Professor and Associate Chairperson in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas with an expertise in organizational communication. She is an interpretive critical scholar who largely researches issues of social mobility and power in organized contexts. Her program of research frequently explores topics related to social class, economic mobility, stigmatized social identities, and organizational culture. In sum, Dr. Gist-Mackey's body of scholarship identifies how people use communication and organizing when they face adversity. In 2019 and 2020 she won the best journal article of the year award from the National Communication Association’s Ethnography Division for her critical, comparative ethnographic scholarship. Much of Dr. Gist-Mackey’s research is community engaged, meaning she partners with local, regional, and campus organizations to provide insightful recommendations for improving their programming. Throughout her career she has partnered with unemployment agencies, health and human service organizations, financial literacy programs, county/city planning offices, substance use recovery communities, local shelters, and food pantries among others. In 2021, she won the Community Engaged Scholarship award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at KU. Her scholarship has been published in outlets such as Organization Studies, Communication Monographs, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Management Communication Quarterly, Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, and Communication Education among others. Dr. Gist-Mackey teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in organizational communication about topics including social identity and stigma, organizational culture, relational dynamics in the workplace, toxic organizational behavior, and qualitative methodologies. Feel free to visit Dr. Gist-Mackey’s professional website to learn more: https://angelagistmackey.weebly.com/. You can also review her publication record online here: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1590-0728.