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Faculty Highlights

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Leilani is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP. Her main areas of teaching and research are organizational communication, intercultural communication and health communication. Dr. Carver’s most recent research explores career communication including career selection processes, college graduates transition to work and generational differences at work. Leilani teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses primarily focusing upon Organizational Communication including Professional and Organizational Communication, Professional and Organizational Ethics, Diversity and Global Communication and Health Communication.

Recent Highlights

• Taught a summer study abroad course on International Career Development in Sydney, Australia, summer, 2011.
• Writing an evidence-based popular press book to assist college students in effective career selection.
• Collaborating with the Director of Maryville’s Health and Wellness Department to create a student centered health campaign in the Fall 2011 Health Communication course.

Recent Conferences

Presented research paper entitled The Bridge of Vocational Calling: Corporate Chaplains and the Stabilizing Discourse of Calling at the National Communication Association’s annual conference in November 2010.

Presented research paper entitled A Whopper of a Stereotype: Burger King’s Racist Mexican Advertisement at the National Communication Association’s annual conference in November 2010.

Selected as Lead Guest Speaker at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s annual Image Seminar hosted
by SIUE’s Career Services in February 2011.

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Dustin is an Associate Professor of Communication at Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP. His research and teaching interests include digital marketing, branding, nonverbal communication, and innovation. Dr. York records a weekly Youtube show for students and alumni called .

Recent Highlights

• Earned the University Excellence in Innovation Award
• Won the FOCUS Teaching & Technology Award
• Named an Apple Distinguished Educator

Recent Publications

York, D. (2021). What’s Next for Amazon – and Jeff Bezos. O’Dwyers PR & Marketing Communications.
York, D. (2020). How to Build Rapport While Wearing a Mask. Harvard Business Review.
York, D. (2020). Your Employees Who Refuse to Wear Masks – Now What? TLNT.
York, D. (2020). Bouncing Back from Cancel Culture. O’Dwyers PR & Marketing Communications.
York, D. (2020). Branding Lessons from the Relaunch of the Ford Bronco. PR Daily.
York, D. (2020). How COVID-19 is Changing the Way We Communicate. The Hill.
York, D. (2020). Best Practices for Instant Messaging at Work. Harvard Business Review.