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Meet the research team.

Jacquelyn Chinn

Jacquelyn earned a B.A. in Psychology with minors in Business and French from Texas A&M University. She is working toward her M.A. in the Communication Department. Her research focuses on the organizational aspects of public diplomacy and new media initiatives. Engaging in government-to-individual and individual-to-individual communication is a departure from traditional government-to-government and government-to-press forms of communication for the State Department and for other government agencies and contractors. Jacquelyn examines these questions interpretively, from local, emergent perspectives. She is also currently collaborating with Dr. Joshua Barbour on a project examining the local inceptions of nationally conceived volunteer emergency response organizations. When she’s not doing school work, she’s probably relaxing with a non-school leisure book, doing activities with her church, or practicing her keyboard.

Cara Jacocks, MA
Cara W. Jacocks is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. As her primary research focus lies at the intersection of gender, work and family, her dissertation explores compassionate communication within child, youth and family organizations, or “caregiving in context.” Ms. Jacocks earned a Master’s degree in Communication from Abilene Christian University in 2003 and is currently a full-time instructor at Texas Christian University in the Department of Communication Studies where she teaches organizational communication for graduate and undergraduate students. For more information regarding Ms. Jacocks’s teaching, research and professional interests, please visit her website.

Eric James, MA

Eric P. James is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at Texas A & M University studying organizational identity and culture. He seeks to understand the communicative nature of organizational life to expose conditions for organizational change and improvement. Upon completing his M.A. in 2007 from the University of North Texas, Eric spent several years in the corporate training and organizational development. Many of Eric’s research interests stem from his experience working with several large organizations including America Online, eBay, and Fastenal.