Summary
Chair and Professor, Department of Communications, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, George Mason University
Dr. Nicotera focuses on health communication, nursing communication, communicative/interactive constitution of organization, race and gender, diversity, and culture and organizations.
Information
Webpage: communication.gmu.edu/people/anicoter Twitter: twitter.com/annemnicotera
Email: anicoter@gmu.edu Phone: 703.993.8296 Address: Robinson Hall A 307B
Fairfax, Va. 22030
Biosketch
Anne Maydan Nicotera (PhD, Ohio University) is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Communication at George Mason University, where she teaches courses in organizational and interpersonal communication. Her research is grounded in a constitutive perspective and focuses on culture and conflict, diversity, race and gender, and aggressive communication, with a particular interest in healthcare organizations. She has published her research in numerous national journals. She has also published five books and several chapters. She has developed a theory and associated measurement tool for a construct called structurational divergence, which describes the intractable organizational conflicts that can result from the simultaneous application of multiple meanings in intra- and inter-professional interactions. She is also interested in the application of structurational divergence models to cultural competence training for healthcare practitioners who serve traditionally marginalized populations.
Current Research
The examination of communication among nurses and other healthcare professionals, especially in hospital settings, and the unique organizational ...
