Cristin Compton
School of Emerging Media and Technology
Associate Professor
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
169 Taylor Hall
Biography
Cristin A. Compton, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the School of Emerging Media & Technology. Her research focuses on organizing practices, identity work, and applied qualitative methodological approaches.
She earned a bachelor's degree in speech communication, music and global studies from Drury University; a master's degree in communication studies from Missouri State University; and a doctorate in organizational communication from the University of Missouri - Columbia. While at the University of Missouri, Compton served as a graduate research and teaching assistant, an interim basic course director and a postdoctoral fellow.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Compton, C. A., Brandhorst, J. K., & Solon, K. N. (2026). The master narrative of privileged parenthood: Bifurcated identities and doxastic damage in the postpandemic workplace. Gender, Work, and Organization https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.70166
- Gist-Mackey, A. N., & Compton, C. A. (2024). Ethnographic approaches to qualitative organizational communication research. In B. H. J. M. Brummans, A. Sivunen, & B. C. Taylor (Eds.), The Sage handbook of qualitative research in organizational communication (pp. 23-44). Sage Publications.
- Brandhorst, J. K., Compton C. A., Solon, K. N., Huyler, D., McGill, C. M., & Barnhart, L. (2023). What can grounded theory do for Human Resources Development? An approach for post-pandemic research and beyond. Human Resources Development, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/15344843221149309
- Wilcox, C. D., & Compton, C. A. (2023). Beyond the screen: Exploring vaporwave musicians’ communicative identity work. Communication Studies, 74(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2023.2166553
- Brandhorst, J. K. & Compton, C. A. (2022) Constructing barriers to Employee Assistance Program use by federal correctional officers. Journal of Applied Communication Research. https:/doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2022.2032269
- Compton, C. A. & Brandhorst, J. K. (2021). Prison is power: Federal correctional officers, gender, and professional identity work. Gender, Work, & Organization, 28(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12683.
- Branton, S., & Compton, C. A. (2021). There’s no such thing as a gay bar: Co- sexuality and the neoliberal branding of queer spaces. Management Communication Quarterly, 35(1), doi: 10.1177/0893318920972113
- Compton, C. A. (2019). Communicatively navigating identities, silence, and social protest. Communication Studies. doi:10.1080/00918369.2019.1582220
- Compton, C. A. & Dougherty, D. S. (2017). Organizing sexuality: Silencing and the push-pull process of co-sexuality in the workplace. Journal of Communication, 67(6), 874-896. doi: 10.1111/jcom.12336
- Compton, C. A. (2016). Managing mixed messages: Sexual identity management in a changing United States workplace. Management Communication Quarterly, 30(4), 415-440. doi: 10.1177/0893318916641215
Education
Ph.D. in Organizational Communication- University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
MA in Communication Studies- Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
BA in Speech Communication- Drury University, Springfield, MO
MA in Communication Studies- Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
BA in Speech Communication- Drury University, Springfield, MO
Expertise
Qualitative methods
Organizational Communication
Communication Studies
Gender and Communication
Organizational Communication
Communication Studies
Gender and Communication
