Heather M. Zoller

Associate Professor
Communication - Tenure-Track Faculty
120 McMicken Hall
513-556-4468
heather.zoller@uc.edu

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Education

Ph.D., Purdue University, 2000.

M.A., Texas A&M University, 1995.

B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1993.

Professional Summary

Dr. Heather M. Zoller is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Cincinnati Department of Communication. She is an Associate Editor at Management Communication Quarterly. Her research and teaching focuses on organizational and health communication, with an emphasis on politics and social justice.

Dr. Zoller teaches undergraduate and graduate courses such as Introduction to and Advanced Communication Theory, Gender Communication, Communication and Health Politics, Organizational Identity, Image, and Issue Management, and Issue Management and Public Health.

Research Interests

Dr. Zoller's research investigates the politics of public health, focused on corporate, activist and public health organizing. Topics include corporate health promotion, occupational heath and safety, health activism, and globalization policies. Theoretical concerns include power and resistance, identity and gender, issue management, and dialogue and participation. Her work appears in Communication Monographs, Communication Theory, and Communication Yearbook, among others. She is the contributing co-editor of the book "Emerging Issues and Perspectives in Health Communication: Meaning, Culture, and Power" with Mohan Dutta. She serves on the Editorial Board at Mangement Communication Quarterly, Health Communication, and Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture.

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