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Allison Alford

Clinical Associate Professor - Information Systems & Business Analytics

Contact Information

Email:  Allison_Alford@baylor.edu
Homepage:  https://goodtalkconsulting.com/
Mailing Address:  One Bear Place #98005
Waco, TX  76706
Office Location:  Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation 310.02

Educational Background

  • PHD - Communication Studies, University Of Texas Austin
  • MA - Communication Studies, University Of Texas Austin
  • BA - International Studies, Texas A&M University College Station

Work Experience

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Baylor University (August 9, 2017 - Present)
  • Director, Good Talk Communication Consulting (January 2017 - Present)
  • Instructor, Texas State University (August 2016 - May 2017)
  • MBA+ Leadership and Communication Coach, The University of Texas at Austin (August 2016 - Present)
  • Instructor, St. Edward's University (August 2015 - May 2017)
  • Summer Symposium for Peace, Global Ethics, and Conflict Resolution, UT Project on Conflict Resolution (April 2013 - August 2014)
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin (August 2012 - May 2016)
  • Instructor, The Art Institute of San Antonio (January 2012 - May 2012)
  • Instructor, Northeast Lakeview College (August 2007 - December 2012)
  • Instructor, St. Mary's University (August 2007 - December 2007)
  • Instructor, University of Nevada Las Vegas (January 2006 - May 2007)
  • Instructor, College of Southern Nevada (January 2005 - August 2007)

Consulting

  • For Profit Organization, Good Talk Communication Consulting, LLC Executive Director (2017 - Present)

Awards and Honors

  • Outstanding Advisor of the Year - Global Business Connect (GBC) 2022-23, Department of Multicultural Affairs- Division of Student Life (May 2023)
  • Nominee: Teaching Excellence Award, Baylor University Hankamer School of Business (March 2023)
  • BaylorPLUS Salute, Baylor Human Resources (September 2022)
  • Nominee: Teaching Excellence Award, Baylor University Hankamer School of Business (March 2022)
  • Nominee: Waco Under 40 award, Waco Chamber of Commerce (May 21, 2021)
  • Nominee: Teaching Excellence Award, Baylor University Hankamer School of Business (January 2018)
  • Faculty Honoree, Zeta Tau Alpha annual professor reception (October 2017)
  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship (2015)
  • Conference Presentation Award (2014)

Licensures and Certifications

  • CITI Program, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (October 2020 - Present)

Professional Memberships

  • Beta Gamma Sigma (April 2018 - Present)
  • Member, Association for Business Communication (2017 - Present)
  • Member, Organization for Research on Women and Communication (2013 - Present)
  • Member, Southern States Communication Association (2013 - 2014)
  • National Communication Association (2013 - Present)

Biography

Dr. Allison M. Alford earned her Ph.D. in Communication Studies with an emphasis in Interpersonal Communication from The University of Texas at Austin in 2016. Additionally, she earned an M.A. from The University of Texas at Austin in Communication Studies and a B.A. from Texas A&M University in International Studies with minors in French and Public Relations. With her husband and two kids, Allison lives in the Waco, Texas area where they spend time at soccer games, reading, and playing tricks on each other. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Business Communication in the Management Information Systems Department in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University.

Publications

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

Alford, A. M. (2024). Daughterwork in times of social upheaval. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2024.2362212

Alford, A. M., & Melton, K. (Fall 2023). The hidden value of daughtering by adult daughters and its costs during COVID-19. Family Focus, National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report/fall-2023/hidden-value-daughtering-adult-daughters-covid19

Teaching and Learning Scholarship

"Bringing communication curriculum to a business school: Creating an accredited, undergraduate certificate program in Business and Professional Communication," : Lexington Press, June 2023 (coauthors: Christina Iluzada).

"Students' Perceptions of Professional Short-Messaging Education in Undergraduate Courses," Journal Of Communication Pedagogy, (June 2023) (coauthors: Seth Frei, Ashly B Smith).

Alford, A. M. (2021). Coffee Connections: Rebranding virtual office hours in an online course. the Western ABC Bulletin, 3.2. https://abcwest.org/2022/01/30/coffee-connections-rebranding-virtual-office-hours-in-an-online-course/

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

Alford, A. M. (2021) Doing daughtering: An exploration of adult daughters’ constructions of role portrayals in relation to mothers, Communication Quarterly, 69(3), 215-237, https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.1920442

Teaching and Learning Scholarship

Iluzada, C. and Alford, A. (2020). “Videos Can Be SO FAB! Teaching Asynchronous,
Recorded Virtual Presentations During COVID‑19.” The Western ABC Bulletin, 2.1.

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

Alford, A. M., & Harrigan, M. M. (2019) Role expectations and role evaluations in daughtering: Constructing the good daughter, Journal of Family Communication, 19(4), 348-361, https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2019.1643352

Alford, A. M. & Miller-Day, M. (2019) Introduction. In A. M. Alford & M. Miller-Day (Eds.), Constructing Motherhood and Daughterhood Across the Lifespan. New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Alford, A. M. (2019) Mothering and Motherhood. In A. M. Alford & M. Miller-Day (Eds.), Constructing Motherhood and Daughterhood Across the Lifespan. New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Alford, A. M. (2019). Daughtering and Daughterhood. In A. M. Alford & M. Miller-Day (Eds.), Constructing Motherhood and Daughterhood Across the Lifespan. New York, NY: Peter Lang.

A. M. Alford & M. Miller-Day (2019) Constructing Motherhood and Daughterhood Across the Lifespan. New York, NY: Peter Lang.

"Getting Their Attention: Student Perceptions of Prohibitive Technology Policies as Related to Sustained Attention, Cognitive Learning, and Course Satisfaction," (November 2018) (coauthors: Christina Iluzada, Robin Wakefield).

"You Can’t Have it All: An Analysis of Black Motherhood in Reality Television," , January 2016.

Teaching and Learning Scholarship

"Personal Technology in the Classroom: Evaluating Student Learning, Attention, & Satisfaction," Journal Of Effective Teaching In Higher Education, pp. 19 (coauthors: Christina Iluzada, Robin Wakefield).

Applied or Integration/Application Scholarship

Alford, A. M. (2020). Give yourself a gold star for kin work. the Western ABC Bulletin, 2.1. https://abcwest.org/2020/06/14/give-yourself-a-gold-star-for-kin-work/

Presentations and Proceedings

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

"What does it mean to “care” in families?," presented at the Re-Envisioning Care for a more Just and Inclusive Society Conference, College Station, TX, May 2024 (coauthors: Kaitlin Elizabeth Phillips).

Teaching and Learning Scholarship

"Coffee Connections: Rebranding Virtual Office Hours in an Online Course," presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention 2021, Seattle, Washington, November 2021.

"Students' Perceptions of Professional Short-Messaging Education in Undergraduate Courses," Proceedings of the Association for Business Communication International Conference 2021, Virtual, October 2021 (coauthors: Seth Frei).
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