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Jonathan Gust
Director of Media Relations
(610) 519-6508
jonathan.gust@villanova.edu

Kathleen Scavello
Assistant Director of Media Relations
(610) 519-6733
kathleen.scavello@villanova.edu

Kate Johnston
Assistant Director of Media Relations (Villanova School of Law)
(610) 519-8333
kate.johnston@villanova.edu

Kiera Daly
Media Relations Specialist (610) 519-7357
kiera.daly@villanova.edu

Emily Walsh
Media Relations Coordinator
(610) 519-5152
emily.walsh@villanova.edu

Media Relations E-mail
media.relations@villanova.edu

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Faculty Experts - Stacey Wieland, Ph.D.

Stacey Wieland, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Villanova University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Area of Expertise:

Organizational Communication
Work/Life Balance Issues and Meanings of Work
Gender, Identity and Culture
Qualitative Methods

Summary

Many of us define who we are by the work we do. Dr. Wieland, an authority on organizational communication, is a preeminent source for commentary on the meanings of work, work/life balance, culture, identity, globalization, and gender.

Education

Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder
M.A., University of Southern California
B.A., Calvin College

Selected Publications

Wieland, S.M.B., Bauer, J.C. & Deetz, S., "Excessive careerism and destructive life stresses: The role of entrepreneurialism in colonizing work identities." In P. Lutgen-Sandvik, & B. Sypher, (Eds.). "The destructive side of organizational communication: Processes, consequences and constructive ways of organizing." London and New York: Routledge, 2009.
Wieland, S.M., "Discourses of careerism, separatism, and individualism: A work/life communication response to the opt-out revolution," Electronic Journal of communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication, 16 (3&4), 2006.
Kirby, E.L., Wieland, S.M. & McBride, M.C., "Work/life conflict." In J. Oetzel & S. Ting-Toomey (Eds.), Handbook of communication and conflict (pp. 327-357). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2006.

Selected Professional Experience

Graduate Part-Time Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder
Instructor, Calvin College
Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California

Selected Research

"Making Sense of Work as a Part of Everyday Life: A Qualitative Study of Swedish Identity Work," (moving from dissertation to publications).
"How will you use your degree? The construction of higher education as instrumental," with Daniel Lair, University of Denver.
"Managing tensions between work and non-work in a "lifestyle" law firm," with Timothy R. Kuhn, University of Colorado, Boulder.

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