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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Department of Communication Studies

Communication, Collaboration, Community

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Dr. Kristen Lucas

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Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
Organizational Communication

436 Oldfather Hall
(402) 472-6924
klucas3@unl.edu

Education

Ph.D. @ Purdue University (2006)
M.A. @ Purdue University (2002)
B.S. @ Northern Michigan University (1995)

Research Specialties

  • Organizational Communication
  • Career- and Work-Related Discourses
  • Blue-Collar Organizations

Recent Activities

Dissertation

  • Lucas, K. (2006). No footsteps to follow: How blue-collar kids navigate postindustrial careers. Unpublished dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Publications

  • Lucas, K. (2007). Problematized providing and protecting: The occupational narrative of the working class. In W. DeGenaro (Ed.), Who says? Working-class rhetoric, class consciousness, and community. (pp.180-199) Pittsburg, PA: University of Pittsburg Press.
  • Lucas, K., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2006). Employees "without" families: Discourses of family as an external constraint to work-life balance. In L. H. Turner & R. West (Eds.), The family communication sourcebook (pp. 335-352). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Lucas, K., Liu, M., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2006). No limits careers: A critical examination of career discourse in the U.S. and China. In M. Orbe, B. J. Allen, & L. A. Flores (Eds.), International and intercultural communication annual 28 (pp. 217-242). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Conference Papers

  • Lucas, K. (2007, November). Discourses of downturn: Socializing blue-collar kids for postindustrial careers. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Lucas, K. (2007, May). Anticipatory socialization in blue-collar families: The social mobility-reproduction dialectic. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Select Classes Taught at UNL

  • COMM 311: Business & Professional Communication
  • COMM 380: Gender & Communication
  • COMM 398: Communication & Workplace Dignity
  • COMM 486: Organizational Communication
  • COMM 850: Seminar in Gender & Communication (click for syllabus)