Education: 
B.A. Western Kentucky University, 1989 
M.A. Western Kentucky University, 1990 
Ph.D. University of Missouri, 1996 

Academic Teaching and Research Interests: 
Organizational communication, managerial communication, small group communication, and research methods. Research interests include employee turnover, innovation, and communication administration.

Recent Publications or Professional Presentations: 
* Cox, S. and Todd, T. (2005). Reorganizing academics: A descriptive treatise on the creation of a department of Organizational Communication and its collegiate affiliation within a College of Business. Kentucky Journal of Communication, 24, 145-156.
* Cox, S.A. (2005, January) “Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Managing Employee Turnover and Retention in Nonprofits” A paper presented to the American Humanics Management Institute annual meeting, Atlanta.
* Cox, S.A. (2004). Research: Building the foundation of your presentation. In R.M. Bokeno, E.C. Brewer, W.D. Cole, C.R.C. Coleman, S.A. Cox, C.P. Duffy, S.D. Lidzy, B.K. Malinauskas, & L.D. Tillson’s, A manner of speaking: Successful presentations for work and life (pp. 48-79). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing.
* Cox, S.A., & Moode, M.S. (2004, November). Communication Strategies Managers Use to Initiate the Creation of Innovations by Employees. A paper presented to the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association annual meeting, Chicago.
* Cox, S.A. & Todd, T.S. (2001).  Contrasting the relationships between teacher immediacy, teacher credibility, and student motivation in self-contained and mass-lecture courses.  In D.D. Sellnow (Ed.), Basic Communication Course Annual 13 (pp. 23-45).  Boston, MA:  American Press. 
* Cox, S.A. (2001, April). Predictors of Job Satisfaction and the Comparison Level of Alternatives:  Supervisor Communication, LMX, Coworker Communication, and Freedom to Communicate.  “Top Paper” in Organizational and Professional Communication presented at the Central States Communication Association annual meeting, Cincinnati.  
* Cox, S.A. (2000). Institutional shareholder activism: The storm that cleaned out the boardroom. Kentucky Journal of Communication, 19, 137-154.
* Todd, T.S., Tillson, L.D., Cox, S.A., & Malinauskas, B. (2000).  Assessing the perceived effectiveness of the basic communication course: An examination of the mass-lecture versus the self-contained format.  Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 29, 185-195.
* Cox, S.A., & Edwards, J.W. (2000).  Communication traits of emergent leaders: Cognitive complexity and communication apprehension in small groups.  Proceedings of the Association for Business Communication Joint Regional Conference, 79-90.