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Associate ProfessorKirstie McAllum

Associate Professor

Media and Communication

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  • Associate Professor
    Media and Communication
  • +6433694583 (Work)

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

  • DISTINCTION
    Applied Communication Division Distinguished Edited Book Award
    20 Nov 2025
    The Applied Communciation Division of the National Communication Association (U.S.) awarded the book "Interprofessional communication in health and social care: Theoretical perspectives on practical realities."
  • DISTINCTION
    Applied Communication Division Distinguished Journal Special Issue Award
    20 Nov 2025
    The Applied Communication Division of the National Communication Association (U.S.) gave this award for the special topic forum “Navigating complexity: A forum on communication research in high reliability organizations” published in the journal Management Communication Quarterly in 2025.
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    Workshop
    16 Jun 2025
    Co-organizer of the Blue Sky workshop Everything you wanted to know about co-authoring but were afraid to ask for students and early career researchers (in person and online) at the International Communication Association annual conference, Denver, Colorado, United States
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference
    15 Jun 2025
    This event involved being a research mentor for three PhD/early-career researchers in order to help them move their reseach forward for publication.
  • GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT
    Summative
    5 May 2025
    Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Nomination committee for the Redding Dissertation Award for the Oganizational Communication division, International Communication Association
    3 Feb 2025
    Member
  • GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT
    Summative
    5 Aug 2024
    Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    Workshop
    20 Jun 2024
    Co-organizer of the panel Disrupting and re-imagining the meanings and meaningfulness of work: An organizational communication workshop, Organizational Communication division, International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Workshop
    20 Jun 2024
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    Colloquium
    14 May 2024
    Co-organizer of the colloquium Cultiver les dimensions relationnelles par la communication pour nourrir la collaboration dans les organisations de soins de santé et de services sociaux | Cultivating the relational dimensions of communication to foster collaboration in health and social service organizations, ACFAS | Francophone Association for Knowledge conference, Ottawa, Canada
  • EDITORIAL
    Area Editor (organizational communication), Oxford Research Encyclopedia
    5 Feb 2024
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Hiring Committee for the Vice-President of the Research Ethics Board, Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montreal, Montreal, Canada
    8 Jan 2024
    Member
  • EDITORIAL
    Journal of Professions and Organization (opens in a new tab)⁠
    8 Jan 2024
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  • OFFICE HELD
    Editorial Board Member, Journal of Professions and Organization
    6 Nov 2023
  • OFFICE HELD
    Editorial Board Member, Journal of Applied Communication Research
    2 Oct 2023
  • GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT
    Summative
    2 Oct 2023
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    Conference
    25 May 2023
    Co-organizer of the pre-conference Communicating for resilience: How humane organizational practices can support healthcare workforces, International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada
  • GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT
    Summative
    9 Jan 2023
    Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
  • DISTINCTION
    Top Paper Award, Organizational Communication Division
    26 May 2022
    The Organizational Communication division of the International Communication Association gave a Top Paper Award for the paper “Efficient city slickers versus community-driven country cousins: How rural and urban ambulance crews stigmatize each other’s expertise" in 2022.
  • DISTINCTION
    Top Paper Award, Organizational Communication Division
    25 May 2022
    The Organizational Communication Division of the International Communication Association gave a top paper award for the research paper "Mentor-mentee relationships in ambulance work: Reconciling reliability and resilience?" in 2022.
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    Workshop
    23 May 2022
    Co-organizer with Colleen Mills of the Research Escalator for the Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association annual conference, Paris, France
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    Workshop
    23 May 2022
    Co-organizer of the inter-divisional workshop Methodological speed-dating: Exploring the challenges of engaged and applied research, International Communication Association annual conference, Paris, France
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Committee for Reform of the Research Ethics Board, Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montreal, Montreal, Canada
    10 Jan 2022
    Member
  • EDITORIAL
    Communication Research and Practice (opens in a new tab)⁠
    3 Jan 2022
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  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Organizing Committee of the Third Global Carework Summit, San Juan, Costa Rica 2023
    3 Jan 2022 - 2 Jun 2023
    Member