Brenda J. Allen

Brenda J. Allen is Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado, Denver. Her book, Difference Matters: Communicating Social Identity[1] includes her research on power dynamics and social identity (e.g., gender, race, social class, sexuality, ability status, and age).

Allen speaks at the National Center for Women & Information Technology Summit Workshop 2012

Early life and education

Allen grew up in the housing projects in Youngstown, Ohio in the 1950s and 1960s.[2] Allen was the first in her family to attend college, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Case Western Reserve University in 1972. In 1978, she completed a Master’s program in Organizational Communication at Howard University, where she also earned a Ph.D in Organizational Communication in 1989.[3]

Career

Allen currently serves as Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus, where she also is a Professor of Communication. http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/WhoWeAre/Chancellor/ViceChancellors/Provost/executiveteam/DiversityInclusion/Pages/Brenda-J-Allen-Biography.aspx

The focus of Allen's research is diversity, power, and organizational communication. Her book, Difference Matters: Communicating Social Identity examines relationships between communication and social identity.

Publications
  • Allen, B. J. (2010) Critical communication pedagogy as a framework for teaching difference. In: D. Mumby (Ed.) Organizing difference: Pedagogy, research, and practice (pp. 103–125). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
  • Allen, B. J. (2011). Difference Matters (2nd ed.). Waveland Press.
  • Allen, B.J. (2016). Difference matters. Spectra, The Magazine of the National Communication Association, 52,1, 8-13.
  • Allen, B.J. (2016). Optimizing technology’s promise. EDUCAUSE Review, 56, 28-42.
  • Allen, B.J. (2005). Social constructionism. In: S. May and D. Mumby (Eds.). Engaging organizational communication theory and research: Multiple perspectives (pp. 35–53). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Allen, B.J. (2010). Social constructions of a black woman's hair: Critical reflections of a graying sistah. In: R. Spellers and K. Moffitt (Eds.). Blackberries and redbones: critical articulations of Black hair/body politics (pp. 66–77). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
  • Allen, B.J. (2007). Theorizing communication and race. Communication Monographs 74, pp. 259–274.
  • Allen, B.J. (2016). (When and how) do I tell?: Disclosing social identity in personal relationships. In: D. Braithwaite and J. Wood (Eds.). Casing interpersonal communication: Case studies in personal and social relationships (pp. 173–179). Kendall/Hunt.
  • Allen, B. J. (2009). "With you we got a twofer": Challenging the affirmative action hire stereotype. In: E.L. Kirby and M. C. McBride (Eds.). Gender actualized: Cases in communicatively constructing realities (pp. 139–140). Dubuque, IO: Kendall/Hunt.
  • Allen, B. J., & Garg, K. (2016). Diversity Matters in Academic Radiology: Acknowledging and Addressing Unconscious Bias. Journal of the American College of Radiology, 13(12), 1426-1432. doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2016.08.016

Awards
  • 2016: Leadership in Higher Education Award from the Faculty Council of the CU system[4]
  • 2013: Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Award from the University of Colorado system[5]
  • 2008: Master Teacher by the Western States Communication Association[6]
  • 2004: Francine Merritt Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Lives of Women in Communication[7]

References
  1. J., Allen, Brenda. Difference matters : communicating social identity. ISBN 1577666739. OCLC 652362990.
  2. Allen, Brenda. Difference Matters:Communicating Social Identity. Waveland Press.
  3. "Brenda J Allen Biography".
  4. muturisauve (2013-08-15). "Leadership in Public Higher Education". University of Colorado. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  5. muturisauve (2014-01-27). "Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award". University of Colorado. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  6. "Master Teacher Award Recipients - Western States Communication Association". www.westcomm.org. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  7. "Francine Merritt Award Information". www.iupui.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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