WELCOME

Bailey C. Benedict, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Management

California State University - San Bernardino

I am a social scientist proficient in network, quantitative, and qualitative methods, and my research interests lie at the intersection of management, crisis, and organizational communication in employment and disaster contexts.

I teach two primary courses:

Applied (Managerial) Communication

(MGMT 3500) at the undergraduate level

Advanced Managerial Communications

(ADMN 6020) at the master's level.

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.