(abridged)
Caryn E. Medved
Baruch College, City University of New York
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
Education:
Ph.D. University of Kansas Communication
M.A. Michigan State University Labor Relations/HR
B.A. Michigan State University Communication
Journal Articles:
Medved, C. E. (2016). The new female breadwinner: The discursive doing and undoing of gender, work and family. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 44, 236-255.
Chatot, M. & Medved, C. E. (2016). Est-ce que c’est vraiment le rôle d’un papa d’être au foyer?: Négocier le rôle de parent au foyer quand on est un homme [what is the real role of a stay-at-home father ? negotiating the role of the at home parent when it is a man]. Négotiations, 1, 25, 155-166.
Medved, C. E. (2016). Stay-at-home fathers as a feminist opportunity: Resisting, perpetuating, and transforming gender relations of caring and earning. Journal of Family Communication, 16, 16-31.
Medved, C. E. (2015). Work and family communication research: Contemplating the possibilities of undoing gender. Electronic Journal of Communication/La Review Electronique de Communication.
Medved, C. E. (2015). The slow drip of change: Gender relations of caring and earning. Introduction to Special Issue. Electronic Journal of Communication/La Review Electronique de Communication.
Medved, C. E. & Rawlins, W. K. (2011). At-home fathers and Breadwinning Mothers Articulations of Work and Family. Women & Language, 32, 9-40.
Medved, C. E. & Turner, L. (2011). Qualitative research: Practices and practicing reflexivity. Women & Language, 32, 109-114.
Medved, C. E. (2009). Positioning Breadwinning Mother Identities. Women’s Studies Quarterly, 37, 136-152.
Medved, C. E. (2009). Crossing and transforming occupational and household gendered divisions of labor. In Beck, C. (Ed.), Communication Yearbook, 33 (pp. 457-482). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Broadfoot, K., Carlone, D., Medved, C.E. Aakaus, M., Gabor, E., & Taylor, K. (2008). “Meaningful work and organizational communication: Troubling boundaries, questioning positionality and empirical engagements.” Management Communication Quarterly, 22, 152-161.
Medved, C. E. (2007). “Deconstructing Family Labor: Contesting the Public-Private Split in Communication Studies.” Journal of Family Communication, 7, 1-19.
Medved, C.E., Brogan, S., McClanahan, A.M., Morris, J. F., & Shepherd, G.J. (2006). “Work and Family Socializing Communication: Messages, Gender, and Power.” Journal of Family Communication, 6, 161-180.
Medved, C.E., & Kirby, E.L. (2005). “Family CEOs: A feminist analysis of corporate mothering discourses.” Management Communication Quarterly, 18, 435-478.
Hubbell, A. P., Chorry-Assad, R., Medved, C. E. (2005). “A New Approach to Organizational Deception.” The North American Journal of Psychology, 7, 171-180.
Medved, C.E. (2004). “The everyday accomplishment of work and family: Accounting for practical actions and commonsense rules in everyday routines.” Communication Studies, 55, 128-154.
Kirby, E., Golden, A., Medved, C.E., Jorgenson, J., & Buzzanell, P.M. (2003). “Exploring Organizational Communication Problematics for Empowerment: Challenging and Revisioning the Discourse of Work and Family Research.” In P. Kalbfleish (Ed.), Communication Yearbook, 21, 1-44.
Modaff, D. P., & Medved, C.E. (2002). “Illustrating the Complexities of Supervisor-Subordinate Communication.” Communication Teacher, 17, 8-10.
Medved, C.E., & Heisler, J. (2002) “Critical Student-Faculty Interactions: Non-Traditional Students Manage Multiple Roles.” Communication Education, 51, 105-120.
Medved, C.E., Morrison, K., Dearing, J.W., Larson, R.S., Cline, G., & Brummans, B.H.J. (2001). “Tensions in Community Health Initiatives: Communication and Collaboration in a Managed Care Environment.” Journal of Applied Communication, 29, 137-152.
Miller, V.D., & Medved, C.E. (2000). “Dialogue: Managing after the merger: The challenges ofemployee feedback and performance appraisals.” Management Communication Quarterly, 13, 659- 667.
Book Chapters:
Medved, C. E. (2015). Men Narrating Home. In Chawla, D. & S. Holman-Jones (Eds.), Storying Home: Place, Identity and Exile (pp. 15-134). Washington, D.C.: Lexington Books.
Medved, C. E. (2015). Infertility, Professional Identity and Consciousness-Raising. In R. Silverman & J. Bagalia (Eds). Pregnancy and Loss Narratives. Peter Lange Publishers.
Medved, C. E. (2014). Work and Life Communication (pp. 204-214). In Gordon, M. & Miller, V. D. (Eds.). Meeting the Challenge of Human Resource Management: A Communication Perspective. Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, PA.
Medved, C. E. (2014). Fathering, Caregiving, and Masculinity: Stay-at-Home Fathers and Family Communication (pp. 115-132). In Kory W. Floyd & Mark T. Morman (2013). Widening the Family Circle: New Research on Family Communication, 2nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Medved, C.E., Novak, D. (2011). The ethics of work and family. In S.K. May (2nd Ed.), Case Studies in Organizations: Ethical Perspectives and Practices, 49-58. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Medved, C. E. (2008). “When do I get break?”: Unexpected emotions of a stay at home dad. In E. L. Kirby & M. C. McBride (Eds.), Gender actualized: Cases in Communicatively Constructing Realities (pp. 67-69). Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Press.
Medved, C.E., & Graham, E. E. (2006). Communicating contradictions: (Re)Producing dialectical tensions through work, family, and balance memorable messages. Turner, L.H., & West, R. (Eds.). The Sourcebook for Family Communication (pp. 353-372). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Medved, C.E., & Apker, J. (2009). Stress, burnout, and work-family conflict: Managing multiple roles during an organizational merger. In J. Keyton & P. Shockley-Zalabak (Eds.), Case Studies for Organizational Communication: Understanding Communication Processes, pp. 330-344. Roxbury Press: Los Angeles, CA. (also included in 1st and 2nd )
Medved, C.E. (1997). Negotiation: Business Interactions and Career Development. In T.Russo, J. Patterson, & D. Ford (Eds.). Handbook of Effective Business Communication (pp. 25-32). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Book Reviews:
Medved, C.E. (2011). Unfinished revolution: How a new generation is reshaping work, family and gender in America, by Kathleen Gerson. Journal of Marriage and Family, 73, 312-313.
Medved, C.E. (2009). Women at the top: Powerful leaders tell us how to combine work and family, by Diane Halpern and Fanny Cheung. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72, 214-215.
Medved, C.E. (2008). Book Review: Opting Out? Why women really quit careers and head home, by Pamela Stone. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 1325-1330.
Medved, C.E. (2008). Excavating the rhetorical roots of work for scholars and teachers of organizational communication. Journal of Communication Studies, 1, 89-92.
Encyclopedia Entries:
Medved, C. E. (forthcoming). Organizational Policy. International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Way, A. & Medved, C. E. (forthcoming). Intergenerational Communication. International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Medved, C. E. (forthcoming). Dual Career Couples. In C. Berger (Ed.). International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Medved, C. E. (2010). Work and Family Communication. In S. Sweet & J. Casey (Eds). Work and family encyclopedia. Chestnut Hill, MA: Sloan Work and Family Research Network: http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/encyclopedia_entry.php?id=17233&area=All.
Medved, C. E. (2009). Gender crossing, work and family configurations and career outcomes. In Sweet & J. Casey (Eds). Work and family encyclopedia. Chestnut Hill, MA: Sloan Work and Family Research Network: http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/encyclopedia_entry.php?id=15464&area=All.
Funding Reports:
Dearing, J. W., Larson, R. S., Cline, G., Morrison, K., Phillips, C., Brummans, B. H. J. M., Hubbell, A., Hullett, C., Jackson-Elmoore, C., Medved, C., Vigmostad, K. (2001). Cluster Evaluation Final Report and Guide for Strategic Grantmaking with Communities. Prepared W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
Dearing, J.W., Larson, R.S., Cline, G., Hubbell, A., Hullett, C., Jackson-Elemore, C., Medved, C.E., Morrison, K., Patel, D., Phillips, C., Vigmostad, K. (1999) Comprehensive Community Health Models Implementation Phase Cluster Evaluation 1999 Annual Report. W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
Conference Presentations:
Medved, C. E. (accepted, 2015). Planning, Finding or Opting to be at Home: Stay-at-Home Fathers, Care and Masculinity. International Congress of Qualitative Research (ICQR), Champagne-Urbana, IL.
Medved, C. E. (accepted, 2015). Les Impasses et les opportunities du Genre dans les vies des mères chefs de famille e des pères au foyer. l’Association Française de Sociologie, GT-ARTS48. Université Versailles St Quentin, France.
Medved, C. E. (2014). La ré-articulation vie professionnelle/vie familiale: les couples qui renversent les rôles traditionnels du genre. l’Association Française de Sociologie, GT-ARTS48. Paris, France.
Medved, C. E. (2014). Infertility, Professional Identity and Consciousness-Raising. International Congress of Qualitative Research (ICQR), Champagne-Urbana, IL.
Golden, A. G., Medved, C. E., & Andaya, E. (2014). “Can You Come in Two Hours Earlier?”: An Exploratory Study of Interrelationships Between Low Wage Work and Reproductive Healthcare Seeking. Work and Family Researchers Network, New York, NY.
Medved, C. E. (2013). Les femmes « soutien de famille » à l’épreuve des référentiels sexués traditionnels. l’Association Française de Sociologie. Université Nantes, France.
Medved, C. E. (2013). Breadwinning Mothers: Adopting, Adapting, Resisting Masculine Breadwinner Ideology. International Congress of Qualitative Research (ICQR), Champagne-Urbana, IL.
Medved, C. E. (2012). Reverse Traditional Couples: Pathways and Explanations. National Communication Association Convention, Eastern Sociological Association Convention.
Medved, C. E. (2012). From Unemployed Man to Stay-at-Home Father: Narrative Transitions in Caring and Earning. International Congress of Qualitative Research (ICQR), Champagne-Urbana, IL.
Medved, C. E. (2011). Women Professionals as Primary Breadwinners: Challenging Career Structures and Workplace Assumptions. Corporate Communication International Conference, New York, NY.
Medved, C. E. (2011). Qualitative Analysis of Reverse Traditional Couples: Emergence Explanations. Eastern Sociological Society Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Medved, C. E., (2010). Reverse Traditional Couples: Constructions of the Good Life in Research: Organization for the Study of Culture, Language and Gender Conference, Tampa, FL.
Medved, C. E. (2010). “I knew as soon as I met him!” Female Breadwinners & Stay-at-Home Fathers Explanations for Reverse Traditional Work-Family Arrangements. ICQR, Champagne-Urbana, IL.
Medved, C. E. (2009). Breadwinning Mothers’ Identities: Varieties of Positioning. Eastern Sociological Society Convention, Baltimore, MD.
Medved, C.E. (2008). Doing work and family research: Do you have a family? Qualitative Management and Organizational Research Conference. Albuquerque, NM.
Medved, C.E. & Rawlins, W.K. (2007). At-Home Fathers and Breadwinning Mothers: Variations in Couples’ Approaches to Homemaking and Moneymaking. National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Medved, C.E. (2007). Holding On while Letting Go: Irony as a Bridge betwx’ Theorizing and Being in Feminist Research. QIC, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Medved, C.E., & Graham, E. E. (2005). Communicating contradictions: (Re)Producing dialectical tensions in work, family, and balance messages. National Communication Association, Boston, MA.
Medved, C.E. & Norander, S. (2005). The dialectic of disengagement and renewal: The case of stay-at-home fathers. National Communication Association, Boston, MA.
Medved, C.E. (2005). Dualisms, dialectics, and dialogue: The consequences of civility and tolerance in the undergraduate classroom. National Communication Association, Boston, MA.
Medved, C. E., Golden, A., Jorgenson, J. (2005). Revisiting the protestant work ethic: Organizing family, time, and career through FranklinCovey. National Communication Association, Boston, MA.
Medved, C.E., Brogan, S., McClanahan, A.M., & Morris, J. F., Shepherd, G.J. (2005). Work and Family Socializing Communication: Messages, Gender, and Power. International Communication Association, New York, NY.
Medved, C.E. (2003). A routine-based structuration framework for the everyday coordination of work and family. National Communication Association, Miami, FL.
McClanahan, A.M., Medved, C.E. (2003). Working Mothers’ Working Power. Organization for the Study of Culture, Language, and Gender. Lexington, KY.
Medved, C.E., & Turner, P.K. (2002). Motherhood, Post-Modern Identity and Third Wave Feminist Discourses. Organization for the Study of Culture, Language, and Gender. Minneapolis, MN.
Kirby, E.L., Golden, A.A., Medved, C.E., Jorgenson, J., & Buzzanell, P.M. (2002). Exploring organizational communication problematics for empowerment: Challenging and revisioning the discourse of work and family research. National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Medved, C.E., Kirby, E.L. (2002). From having the “most important job in the world” to being a “Family CEO”: Contradictions and ambiguities inherent in a corporate identity for stay-at-home parents. National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Medved, C.E., Brogan, S., & Morris, J. (2002). Young adults’ memorable messages about family, work, and balance. National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Medved, C.E. (2002). The everyday accomplishment of work and family: Accounting for practical actions and commonsense rules in everyday routines. International Communication Association, Seoul, Korea.
Medved, C.E. (2001). A Structuration approach to the enactment of gender and flexible work arrangements. National Communication Association. Atlanta, GA.
Medved, C.E., & Heisler, J. (2001). A negotiated order exploration of critical student-faculty interactions: Student-parents manage multiple roles. International Communication Association, Washington D.C.
Medved, C.E., Morrison, K., Dearing, J.W., Larson, R.S., Cline, G., & Brummans, B. (2001). Tensions in community health initiatives: Communication and collaboration in a managed care environment. International Communication Association, Washington D.C.
Hubbell, A.P., & Medved, C.E. (2001). Measuring trustworthy behaviors: A review of literature & scale validation. International Communication Association, Washington D.C.
Medved, C.E. (2000). A feminist standpoint challenge to women’s career development. National Communication Association, November, Seattle, WA.
Medved, C.E., & Morrison, K. (2000). Paradoxes in collaborative community change. Health Communication Conference. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
Hubbell, A.P. & Medved, C.E. (2000). The integration of three perspectives of organizational deception: Using grice’s maxims to create a typology of organizational deceptive messages. International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico.
Medved, C E., Morrison, K., Butler-Ellis, J., Popovich, D., & Heisler, J. (1999). Describing work and family conflict situations: Sources and strategies. National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Medved, C.E. (1999). Organizational communication and the human resource function: A review and analysis of the literature, directions for future research, and practitioner implications. National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Scholarly Awards:
Top Paper, Family Communication Division of the National Communication Association. Medved, C.E. & Rawlins, W.K. (2007). At-Home Fathers and Breadwinning Mothers: Variations in Couples’ Approaches to Homemaking and Moneymaking.
Top Paper, Family Communication Division of the National Communication Association. Medved, C. E., & Graham, E. E. (2005). Communicating contradictions: (Re)Producing dialectical tensions through work, family, and balance messages.
Article of the Year Award (2003), the Organization for the Study of Culture, Language, and Gender. Kirby, E. L., Golden, A. A., Medved, C. E., Jorgenson, J., Buzzanell, P. M. (2003). Exploring Organizational Communication Problematics for Empowerment: Challenging and Revisioning the Discourse of Work and Family Research.
Article of the Year Award (2003), the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association. Kirby, E. L., Golden, A. A., Medved, C. E., Jorgenson, J., Buzzanell, P. M. (2003). Exploring Organizational Communication Problematics for Empowerment: Challenging and Revisioning the Discourse of Work and Family Research.
University Professor, Ohio University (2001-2002). Five professors university-wide honored for contributions to undergraduate education.
Top Poster Presentation, Organizational Communication Division of the International Communication Association. Hubbell, A.P., & Medved, C.E. (2001). Measuring trustworthy behaviors: A review of literature & scale validation. International Communication Association, Washington D.C.
Service
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences Service:
New Faculty Mentor (2013)
Member, Reassigned Time Committee (2011)
Member, School of Public Affairs Search Committee (2010)
Representative to the Zicklin School of Business (2008-2010)
Departmental Service
Interim Graduate Director (Summer, 2015 – January 2016)
Internship Staff Member (2012-current)
Member, Executive Committee (2012-current)
Chair, Search Committee (2012-2013)
Coordinator, Department of Communication Colloquium (2009-2011)
Member, Department of Communication Studies Executive Committee
Member, Department of Communication Studies Curriculum Committee
Member, Undergraduate Review Committee (2007)
Member, Graduate Review Committee (2007)
Undergraduate Major advisement (on-going)
Disciplinary:
Member, Work and Family Researchers Network, Communication Committee (2013-present)
International Communication Association, Division Four Secretary (2002-2005)
International Communication Association, Diversity Committee Member (1999-2000)
International Communication Association, Faculty Panelist, Doctoral Student Seminar (2003)
National Communication Association, Faculty Panelist, Doctoral Student Seminar (2003)
Division Paper Reader: International Communication Association (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005; 2014)
Division Paper Reader: National Communication Association (1999; 2001; 2008)
Promotion & Tenure External Reviewer 2008; 2010; 2011.
Editorial and Reviewing Activities:
Editor, Special Issue Electronic Journal of Communication (forthcoming, 2014)
Editor, Journal of Family Communication (1/2008 – 1/2011)
Editor, Special Issue, Journal of Family Communication (2007)
Editorial Board, Communication Yearbook (vols. 31-32; 33)
Editorial Board, Journal of Family Communication (2006 – current)
Editorial Board, Communication Studies (2004-2006; 2013)
Referee, Communication Monographs (2009; 2010; 2011)
Referee, Corporate Communications (2008)
Referee, Human Relations (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Referee, Management Communication Quarterly (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010; 2015)
Referee, Communication Theory (2005)
Referee, Journal of Family Communication (2005; 2015)
Referee, Communication Yearbook (2004, 2010)
Referee, Family Relations (2008, 2009; 2015)
Referee, Western Journal of Communication (2009)
Referee, Applied Communication Research (2009, 2010; 2011; 2014)
Referee, Community, Work, and Family (2009)
Invited Lectures and Seminar Participation:
Columbia University, Work-Family in the 21st Century Faculty Seminar, Participant (2013-present)
Baruch College, CUNY (2014), Presented colloquium on US Work-Life Policy for MBA Students from Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences
University of Amsterdam (2013), ASoCR, Netherlands, Presented colloquium on US Breadwinning Mothers Project
CUNY, Graduate Center (2013), Guest Lecture, Qualitative Research Methods and Interviewing
CUNY, Graduate Center (2013), Guest Lecture, Reverse Traditional Couples and Work-Life Research
Arizona State University (2008): Presented colloquium on Gender Dislocation and Work-Life Research
Cleveland State University (2003): Presented colloquium on Gendered Work-Life Negotiations
Fulbright Scholar Orientation, Ohio University (2003)
Institute for Local Government and Rural Development, Ohio University (2003)
Sales Center, College of Business, Ohio University (2002)
Visiting International Professional Program, Michigan State University (1997)
Training and Consulting Work:
Pfeizer (2009). Employee Engagement panel Corporate Communication International
The Academy for Leadership & Governance, Columbus, Ohio (2006)
Scholar in Residence. Provide training and consultation on issues of work and family: The President’s Institute (non-profit CEOs), the Emerging Women Leadership Program and the Fellowships in the Arts and Culture
Women in Networking (WIN), Athens, Ohio (2005). Invited to present keynote address on work and family-life issues at the Women in Network-in-retreat for Southeastern Ohio
Wal-Mart Corporation, Bentonville, Arkansas (1999); Cincinnati, Ohio; St. Louis, Missouri (2000).
Presented workshops on conflict management and effective business communication
International Mass Retail Association, Houston, Texas (1999). Presented workshop on developing
business proposals for employees of mass retailers such as Lowes, Home Depot, Wal-Mart
First National Bank, Howell, Michigan (1998).Worked with bank personnel to develop focus group protocol and survey to provide feedback on customer service, product, and new services.
Media Interviews:
WKSU (October, 2012). The Regina Brett Show, Cleveland Ohio
Bloomberg News (Summer, 2011), New York, NY
Marie Claire Magazine (September, 2010), New York, NY
610 WTVN-AM, June 15, 2007; The Bob Conners’ Morning Show, Columbus Ohio
92.3 WCOL-FM, June 11, 2007; Woody and the Wake-up Call Morning Show, Columbus, Ohio
Courses Taught at Baruch College, City University of New York:
COM 4101, Communication and Corporate Training
COM 3068, Managerial Communication (f-t-f and hybrid forms)
COM 5010, Internship in Business and Public Communication
COM 4101, Communication, Work and Family
SPA/COM, Graduate Seminar on Work-Life Policy
COM 9640, Graduate Seminar in Qualitative Methods
COM 9139, Communication Strategy
Teaching & Technology Innovations:
Hybrid Course Development Seminar, Baruch College (spring, 2015). On-going development of hybrid organizational/managerial communication course.
Completed CUNY Hybrid Teaching Certification Course (fall, 2014).
Courses Taught at University of Kansas, Michigan State University & Ohio University
Undergraduate Courses
Advanced Interpersonal Communication
Organizational Communication
Instructional Training and Development in Communication
Communication Theory
Topics in Language and Culture
Close and Personal Relationships
Business Communication
Small Group Communication
Graduate Courses
Graduate Professional Seminar
Relating and Organizing
Communication Theory
Theoretical Roots of Organizational Communication
Structuration Theory in Communication Studies
Organizational Communication
Work-Life Communication Research