Educator & Social Scientist
WELCOME
Bailey C. Benedict, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Business Communication
Department of Management
California State University - San Bernardino
I study organizational and interpersonal communication,
with special interests in network theory and analysis, natural disasters, resilience, and uncertainty.
ABOUT
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Prefixes: Dr. or Professor
Home: Wisconsin → Indiana → California
Favorite Movie: A League of Their Own
​Favorite Music for Writing: Melanie Martinez, Bon Iver, Fetty Wap, Luke Combs, Lizzo, 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 Com.