WELCOME

Bailey C. Benedict, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Management

California State University - San Bernardino

For 13 years, I have studied communication or how people make meaning and share understanding. My research examines how individuals and communities build stronger relationships and organize their social networks to help them manage uncertainty and enact resilience, especially in workplace and disaster settings.

I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in managerial communication and focus on helping people build better arguments and become more confident and competent writers and speakers. I am building a new course on leadership and followership to be offered in Fall 2025.

ABOUT

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Prefixes: Dr. or Professor

Home: Wisconsin → Indiana → California

Favorite Movie: A League of Their Own

Favorite Music for Writing: Lana Del Rey, Bon Iver, Fetty Wap, Brooks & Dunn, and the Harry Potter Soundtrack

I look for opportunities where I can grow as a scholar and practitioner, while helping others achieve their personal, academic, and professional goals. I am inquisitive, dependable, and hard-working, and believe kindness should be the status quo. Please contact me if you have questions! bailey.benedict @ csusb.edu

EDUCATION

2021

PH.D. - COMMUNICATION

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Brian Lamb School of Communication

2017

M.A. - COMMUNICATION

UW-MILWAUKEE

Department of Communication

2015

B.A. - COMMUNICATION

UW - LA CROSSE

Department of Communication Studies

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Purdue University

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

COM 114

I provided training for new instructors and helped oversee roughly 60 sections per semester of COM 114: Fundamentals of Speech Communication. I also served as peer mentor for new instructors and as a consultant in the COM Help Center.

National Science Foundation

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

CRISP & HSEES

I serve on two interdisciplinary, multi-university research projects funded by the National Science Foundation to study hurricane evacuation, resilience, and recovery particularly at the intersection of physical and social networks.

Purdue University & UW-Milwaukee

TEACHING ASSISTANT

ORGANIZATIONAL COM

I taught 8 sections as the instructor of record at Purdue: COM 114, Small Group Com, and Organizational Com. At UW-Milwaukee, I was an instructor for 4 sections and a lab instructor for 6 sections of Business and Professional Communication.