Cameron Piercy


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  • Department of Communication Studies
  • Associate Professor

Contact Info

Bailey Hall, Room 112
Lawrence

Biography

Cameron W. Piercy (PhD, University of Oklahoma) is an Associate Professor of Relationships and Digital Media and the founding director of the Human-Machine Communication Lab. He researches how socio-technical interactions change work. He is co-editor (with Alaina Zanin at Arizona State) of a forthcoming book titled Teaming with Machines: How Contemporary Teams Collaborate with Complex Work Technologies (Wiley)

His research is published in communication, technology, organization science, and psychology journals including: Communication Research, New Media & Society, Computers in Human Behavior, International Journal of Business Communication, and Mobile Media & Communication. He is also an author of two open textbooks, Problem Solving in Teams and Groups (https://opentext.ku.edu/teams) and Connecting and Relating (https://opentext.ku.edu/interpersonal), and was awarded the 2023 Schulenburger Award for innovation and advocacy in scholarly communication. 

Dr. Piercy teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in focused on teams and groups, human-machine communication, computer-mediated communication, and organizational communication. He is an active member of the Native Faculty and Staff Council and serves as a co-director of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Mentored Scholars Program. 

Education

Ph.D. in Relationships & Social Interaction, University of Oklahoma